12 courses with the subject CORE, each shown exactly as we captured it from the college's catalog, with every element we hold. Where the wording looks broken, that is our reading of the catalog, not the college's text.
CORE 100New Student Orientation Seminar
Series [1 credit] - New Student Orientation is a one semester course that is designed to provide students with the essential academic, social and personal skills to maximize their opportunity for success during their freshman year. Academic rules and regulations, learning strategies, time, stress and financial management, healthy lifestyle choices, and career development are among the topics that will be discussed in this course. All students will engage in group discussions focused on a selected summer reading. Even though students will meet primarily in their respective sections, they will be required to attend convocations and other designated campus events. Students will also be expected to participate in an approved service- learning project. The MAPP (Measure of Academic Proficiency and Progress) test will be administered in this course to evaluate the academic skills of our freshmen students. This class will meet one hour per week. 78
of the Paul/Elder Model [2 credits] - This freshman level course focuses on the foundation of the Paul/Elder model of critical thinking. This model focuses on improvement and assessment of thinking through the understanding of elements of reasoning and the application of intellectual standards for the development of intellectual traits including lifelong learning. Students will increase their understanding of the model and will be given the opportunity to apply these concepts to real world problems.
Contemporary World – This course may be waived for students whose transfer credits include a college course in mathematics at or above the level of college algebra. [The course is also waived for students who qualify for and complete a Fisk mathematics course numbered 101 or above.]
waived for students whose transfer credits include coursework in at least one of the humanities disciplines emphasized in this Fisk course – philosophy or religion.
may be waived for students whose transfer credits include coursework (in one or more college courses) in anthropology, cultural geography, comparative cultures, and world history or world civilization. Courses limited to Western civilization are not acceptable as transfer equivalents to Fisk's CORE 360, unless the student also has a college course focusing on the history or culture of at least one society that is neither European nor rooted primarily in European traditions. Unless otherwise stated, students must earn a grade of D or higher in all CORE Curriculum courses in order to graduate from Fisk University. Transfer students who hold the Associate of Arts or Associate of Science degree from an accredited two-year institution are exempted from the entire Fisk CORE curriculum. This exemption is granted when there exists a close correspondence FISK UNIVERSITY UNDERGRADUATE BULLETIN between the program of liberal studies pursued in the two-year college and the normal requirements of Fisk's CORE curriculum. The exemption does not apply, however, to associate degrees that are purely technical or vocational in character, or any two-year degrees other than those designed primarily to provide a basis for transfer to a four-year liberal arts college. Once matriculated at Fisk, students are expected to complete any remaining CORE requirements by taking the appropriate Fisk courses. The faculty regards the CORE curriculum as an important expression of Fisk's special mission in multicultural liberal arts education designed particularly with the African-American experience in mind. Students therefore are not encouraged to seek permission to meet Fisk CORE requirements through studies at other institutions. Exceptions may be authorized by the Provost, but only in cases of particular need, and only where course equivalencies are clear. DESCRIPTIONS OF CORE C OURSES
