• ENG 101 ENGLISH COMPOSITION I
  Basic college expository writing, emphasizing mastery of purpose, focus, organization, development, and mechanics.
• ENG 102 ENGLISH COMPOSITION II
  Essay writing, emphasizing stylistic development through more difficult expository tasks, including argumentation, persuasion, textual analysis, and a research paper.
• MTH 101 COLLEGE ALGEBRA
  Review of algebra and the study of functions, including the real number system and the exponential and polynomial.

• CORE 100 YEAR ONE
  A freshman “bookend” to COR 400 in which students design and conduct a group service project.
• ENG 105 INTRODUCTION TO WORLD LITERATURE
  Reading and analysis of at least three major works of Western Literature common to all sections, with additional Western and non-Western works chosen by individual instructors. 
• POL 105 THE AMERICAN EXPERIENCE
  An introduction to the main institutions and ideas in the American political tradition for all first-year students who wish to enhance their ability to perform duties of citizenship within that tradition.

• HIS 201 WESTERN CIVILIZATION I
  Major political, economic, cultural, and social forces and events from the time of the ancient Hebrews and Greeks through to the Reformation of 16th century Europe.
• HIS 202 WESTERN CIVILIZATION II
  Major political, economic, cultural, and social forces and events from the time of the Early Modern period through to present-day.

Students will take additional distribution courses during the four years to strengthen their understanding of quantitative and scientific thought, human and institutional behavior, different cultures, and religious and philosophical thought.

Courses include the following:

• One year of a foreign language

• One mathematics course

• One lab science course

• One social science course

• One fine arts course

• One religion/philosophy course

• Two PE courses