Core Curriculum

The Core Curriculum is an integrated and sequenced course of study, which constitutes 52 - 53 semester hours of a student's degree plan. The Core is a common experience for all University of the Incarnate Word undergraduates and represents a major vehicle for transmitting the mission of the University.

The content of the Core Curriculum is dictated by the traditional concept of liberal arts education. It includes a carefully devised study of rhetoric (intelligent reading, correct writing, and effective speaking), wellness, philosophy, theology, literature and the arts, mathematics and the natural sciences, history, the social and behavioral sciences, computer literacy, and language.

Requirements for Completion of the UIW Core Curriculum

(ALL students must complete the Core Curriculum regardless of major)

Rhetoric (6 hours)

ENGL 1311 Composition I (3)

ENGL 1312 Composition II (3)

Literature and the Arts (6 hours)

 Literature (3); Fine Arts (3)

Philosophy and Religion (9 hours)

Religious Studies (3)

PHIL 1381 Introduction to Philosophy (3)

3 additional hours in Religious Studies or upper level Philosophy (3)

History and Social Sciences (6 hours)

History (3); Social Sciences (3)

Mathematics and Lab Science (7 hours)

MATH 1304 College Algebra (3)

Any Science (3) or Any Science with Lab (4)

Second Language (6 hours)

Wellness Development (3 hours)

 

Core Electives (9-10 hours)

Students will choose 3 courses representing three different disciplines from the following: Anthropology, Economics, Fine or Applied Arts, Literature, Philosophy, Political Science, Psychology, Religious Studies, Sciences, Sociology, or Speech.

Computer Literacy

By the end of the second semester at UIW, students must successfully test for computer competence or complete a computer literacy course.

Community Service (45 non-credit hours)

All students must have documented 45 hours of community service to apply to graduate. See an advisor for further explanation.