Core Curriculum Details | Fordham College at Lincoln Center



	As a Catholic university in the Jesuit tradition of education, Fordham seeks to help its students develop the habits of heart and mind that are the hallmarks of liberally educated men and women. The core curriculum, therefore, asks students to think critically across a range of disciplines and to engage in the kind of abstract work that will help them meet the challenges of the future. Through approximately eighteen courses, students develop writing, research, and quantitative skills for upper-level study, explore ways of knowing within different disciplines, and gain an understanding of themselves within the historical, cultural and social contexts of the twenty-first century.

	Rhetoric: One course ENLU-1100 English Composition/Rhetoric

	Literature: Two courses in sequence ENLU-1000 Close Reading/Critical Writing A second sophomore literature course chosen from courses offered by Literary Studies (COLU), English (ENLU), Classics (CLLU or LALU), Modern Languages (MLLU), and Medieval Studies (MVLU) departments: 1200 Chaucer, Shakespeare, Milton 1210 Literature & Society 1220 Poetry & Poetics 1230 History & the Novel 1240 Tragedy & Comedy 1250 Traditions of Story Telling

	Philosophy: Two courses in sequence PHLU- or PHLF-1000 Philosophy of Human Nature PHLU-1100 Philosophical Ethics

	Theology: Two courses in sequence RSLU- or RSLF-1000 Faith and Critical Reason Any religious texts course (RSLU) at the 2000 level

	History: Two courses HSLU- or HSLF-1000 West from Enlightenment to the Present One of the following: HSLU- or HSLF-1100 Introduction to Modern American History HSLU-1200 Introduction to Ancient History HSLU-1300 Introduction to Medieval History HSLG-1400 Introduction to Latin American History HSLG-1500 Introduction to Asian History HS/AALG-1600 Introduction to African History HSLG-1700 Introduction to Middle East History

	Mathematical Reasoning: One course MTLU-1100 Finite Math or CSLU-1100 Structures of Computer Science [NOTE: Students may also complete this requirement with MTLU-1203 Applied Calculus or MTLU-1206 Calculus I.] Students intending to major in computer science should take CSLU1400 rather than CSLU1100.

	Natural Science: Two courses NSLU-1100 Perspectives: Chemistry or NSLU-1200 Perspectives: Physics NSLU-1000 Perspectives: Biology or PSLU_1000 Introduction to Psychology [NOTE: Students may complete both Science requirements by taking a 2-course sequence in one science which includes a lab, e.g. General Biology with Lab I and II, Basic Chemistry with Lab I and II, or General Physics with Lab I and II.]

	Social Sciences: Two courses in sequence One introductory course chosen from the following: ANLG- or ANLF-1100 Cultural Anthropology ECLU- or ECLF-1100 Basic Microeconomics ECLU- or ECLF-1200 Basic Macroeconomics POLU- or POLF-1100 Introduction to Politics SOLU- or SOLF-1100 Introduction to Sociology A second course chosen from the following options: Another introductory course in a different discipline, taken from the list above The following Communications course: CMLU-1010 Introduction to Communications and Media Studies A second course in the same discipline as the first introductory course, selected from the following: All 2000-level courses in Anthropology, Economics, Political Science or Sociology. One of the following Psychology courses: PSLU-2600 Social Psychology PSLU-3100 Health Psychology PSLU-3300 Industrial / Organizational Psychology PSLU-3320 Consumer Behavior PSLU-3340 Urban Psychology PSLU-3720 Psychology of Women PSLU-4300 sequence cross-disciplinary courses One of these interdisciplinary social science courses: SSLU- or SSLF-1110 Introduction to Social Science

	Fine Arts: One course (Theatre majors fulfill the fine arts core with major courses.) One course chosen from the following: AHLU- or AHLF-1100 Art History Introduction ARLU-1100 Urbanism MULU-1100 Music History Introduction MULU-1101 Introduction to Opera TDLU- or TDLF -1100 Invitation to Theatre

	Modern or Classical Language: Up to five courses (BFA Dance, Computer Science, Mathematics, Natural Science, and Psychology Majors will complete two courses) A modern language sequence of Spanish (SPLU), French (FRLU), German (GELU), Arabic (MERU), Russian (RULU), Japanese (JPLU) or Chinese (MCLU) to an advanced level (currently numbered 2001) from initial placement. A classical sequence in Latin (LALU) or Greek (GCLU) to an advanced level

	Core Enrichment/Distributive Requirements In addition to the above core requirements, there are four Core Enrichment/Distributive requirements. Courses in the core or major satisfying these requirements are indicated by the 4th letter in the course number (e.g. AHLF-1100). Instead of U which signifies an undergraduate course, F, G, P and V have the following designations: F - Freshman Seminar: one course required in the first year by freshmen only G - Global Studies: one course P - American Pluralism: one course V - Senior Seminar in Values & Moral Choices: one course open to seniors (with 90 or more credits) only .

	AP courses with scores of 4 or 5 may substitute for some core requirements.