CORE - CORE

Sed Vitae. Enrollment in CORE-ABROAD indicates that your study abroad experience will be used to satisfy the Core Curriculum's Sed Vitae requirement. CORE-ABROAD itself carries no credits, and adds only one additional requirement to your study abroad experience: you must complete the Sed Vitae reflection essay at the end of your time abroad. If you meet the essay requirements, you will earn a "Pass" for CORE-ABROAD and complete the Sed Vitae requirement.

Sed Vitae. Enrollment in CORE-INTERN indicates that your academic internship will be used to satisfy the Core Curriculum's Sed Vitae requirement. CORE-INTERN itself carries no credits, and adds only one additional requirement to your academic internship experience: you must complete the Sed Vitae reflection essay at the end of your internship. If you meet the essay requirements, you will earn a "Pass" for CORE-INTERN and complete the Sed Vitae requirement. If your internship is credit-bearing, it will receive a separate grade as determined by your academic internship faculty advisor.

Sed Vitae. Enrollment in CORE-PRAC indicates that your academic practicum experience will be used to satisfy the Core Curriculum's Sed Vitae requirement. CORE-PRAC itself carries no credits, and adds only one additional requirement to your practicum experience: you must complete the Sed Vitae reflection essay at the end of your experience. If you meet the essay requirements, you will earn a "Pass" for CORE-PRAC and complete the Sed Vitae requirement. If you are enrolled in a credit-bearing course that is associated with your practicum experience (e.g. BA-402, ED-410, ENGR-412, NU-305, etc.), it will receive a separate grade as determined by your faculty instructor.

Core Project is the Capstone assignment for Carroll's liberal arts Core curriculum. Students create and record a multimedia presentation in which they reflect on their liberal arts education and its impact on them. All undergraduate students must complete Core Project prior to graduation.

Sed Vitae. Enrollment in CORE-RSRCH indicates that your academic research experience will be used to satisfy the Core Curriculum's Sed Vitae requirement. CORE-RSRCH itself carries no credits, and adds only one additional requirement to your research experience: you must complete the Sed Vitae reflection essay at the end of your experience. If you meet the essay requirements, you will earn a "Pass" for CORE-RSRCH and complete the Sed Vitae requirement. If your academic research experience is credit-bearing through an academic department, it will receive a separate grade as determined by your faculty instructor.

Sed Vitae. Enrollment in CORE-SRVLRN indicates that your service learning experience will be used to satisfy the Core Curriculum's Sed Vitae requirement. CORE-SRVLRN itself carries no credits, and adds only one additional requirement to your service learning experience: you must complete the Sed Vitae reflection essay at the end of your experience. If you meet the essay requirements, you will earn a "Pass" for CORE-SRVLRN and complete the Sed Vitae requirement. If your service learning experience is credit-bearing through an academic department, it will receive a separate grade as determined by your faculty instructor.

Each first-year writing seminar will study a unique theme chosen by the instructor that will be analyzed in a critical manner and engage multiple disciplinary perspectives to demonstrate the purpose and nature of a liberal arts education. In the analysis of this theme, this course will prepare students to read, write, think, and discuss critically within the larger academic community. Students will study conventions of effective writing for various types of academic essays. Students will write, receive feedback on, and revise multiple pieces of formal and informal writing. Student writing, including drafts, will total at least 25 pages.

The Catholic intellectual tradition seeks a unity of thought such that no discipline stands or should desire to stand alone. As the Association of Catholic Colleges and Universities states, "[t]he Catholic Tradition is born out of the search for encompassing truths that create a unity that comprehends everything knowable by human reason." CORE-400: Vocation and Enlightenment contributes to this unity of thought by integrating a student's Core Curriculum. CORE-400 will exist as a 1-credit add-on linked to an existing major course -- a departmental capstone, seminar, or another advanced course of a department's choosing. The final assignment for Vocation and Enlightenment will be an approximately 1,500 word paper that draws on the student's previous Core courses and assignments to establish a point of integration. Students will (1) show how their study of one discipline challenged or supported their study of others and (2) apply an integrative perspective to the analysis of a complex issue.