Dominican University

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Core Curriculum

The core curriculum, which underlies every undergraduate student's course of study at Dominican, consists of four components.

Foundations strengthen students' skills and enhance a student’s ability to:

  • Read with understanding and to communicate in writing.
  • Comprehend and use mathematics.
  • Understand the connections between human languages and specific cultures, and interact appropriately with people of another culture.
  • Find, evaluate and use information effectively and acquire information literacy.
  • Understand and use computers and their applications.
Area Studies introduce students to seven "disciplines"; or areas of inquiry:
  • Philosophy
  • Theology
  • History
  • Social Sciences
  • Literature
  • Fine Arts
  • Natural Sciences
Liberal Arts and Sciences Seminars apply multiple perspectives to the "big" questions to help students integrate what they are learning. Student take four Liberal Arts and Sciences Seminars, one each year. The topics are:
  • Freshman Seminar: Dimensions of the Self
  • Sophomore Seminar: Diversity, Culture, and Community
  • Junior Seminar: Technology, Work, and Leisure
  • Senior Seminar: Virtues and Values
Multicultural Courses focus on the cultural diversity both within the United States and outside its borders.