Rising out of the Core Curriculum, the Newberry College Online Core Curriculum for students accepted into the Newberry College Online program is designed to help students build a solid educational foundation emphasizing intellectual and personal development, meaningful vocation and engaged citizenship in a global society. The Liberal Arts Core Curriculum enables students to explore the following principal areas of knowledge: humanities and fine arts, social and behavioral sciences, natural sciences and mathematics.
| Requirement | Credit Hours |
|---|---|
| CL: COL 110 - Academic and Professional Success | 3 |
| EN: ENG 113 - First-Year Composition | 3 |
| WI: Writing Intensive | 3 |
| RL: REL 110 or 12x - Religion | 3 |
| SB: Social and Behavioral Sciences | 3 |
| MA: MAT 101, 111, 121, 150, 200, or 211 - Mathematics | 3 - 4 |
| LS: Laboratory Science | 4 |
| CE: Civic Engagement | 3 |
| GL: Global Learning | 3 |
| HF: Humanities and Fine Arts | 3 |
| TOTAL | 31-32 |
| Note: No single course can fulfill more than one general core requirement. | |
| Major Core Requirements: | |
| PCOM: Professional Writing and Communication (mission statement area 1) | |
| PETH: Professional Ethics (mission statement area 2) | |
| PCEN: Professional Civic Engagement (mission statement area 3) | |
| Each major will cover these requirements in courses (or a course) of the program's choosing. | |
| Note: Any course that fulfills a major core requirement cannot also fulfill a general core requirement. |