9 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.
This course is for all first-year students. Students engage in small groups to explore the academic, empathic, and vocational skills that support a successful transition to EMU. Discussion and community-building is emphasized.
CORE 103 and 402 bookend the Core Foundations courses, providing space for integrative reflection on EMU values outcomes related to Power & Equity, Intercultural Understanding, Environmental Sustainability, and Faith & Meaning as well as academic, professional, and vocational planning and preparation.
• WRIT 125 College Writing I (3) • WRIT 135 College Writing II (3) • CORE 302 University Research (1) These courses for students in their first year at EMU develop academic reading, thinking, and writing skills in various discourse communities and provide a basis in Communication at the college level. The following are guidelines to follow for writing placement. Decisions are made on an individual basis. 42 – 2025-26 EMU Core
This largely experiential course focuses on creation care and stewardship of the body in relation to doing justice, loving mercy, and walking humbly with God. This course is not available for first- year students and is ideally taken in the second year at EMU. (Education students seeking PreK-3, PreK-6, SPED, or Health and Physical Education (PreK-12) licensure, substitute HE 202 Health and Safety for CORE 201 Life Wellness.)
This largely experiential course invites students to explore their own wellness and well-being through the lens of holistic wellness, and supports them in pursuing goals for well-being in a personal growth project. Students will consider various intersecting dimensions of well-being, including physical, social, community, emotional/mental, faith, spiritual, financial, and occupational. Through community-building activities, conversations with expert guests, and work towards individual goals related to various dimensions of health, students will integrate and apply their understandings about well-being in college and beyond as part of their journey to become wise, bridge-building leaders. This course is not available for first-year students and is ideally taken in the second year at EMU. Education students seeking PreK-3, PreK-6, SPED, or Health and Physical Education (PreK-12 licensure, substitute HE 202 Health and Safety for CORE 202 Living Well.
CORE 300 supports the Core Power & Equity learning outcome. May also be fulfilled by: • SOWK 360 Race and Gender (3) • WCSC 387 Race, Space, and Inequality (3) • WCSC 388 La Lucha Latina (3) ICSSC xxx Intercultural Understanding course (3) ICSSCXXX supports the Core Intercultural Understanding outcome. For this year’s intercultural experience offerings, consult the Intercultural Programs section of the catalog. For future programs and further details, contact the Intercultural Programs office.
This course is recommended for transfer students who have fulfilled their College Writing requirement prior to enrollment at EMU. Students participate in a guided study to be oriented to EMU's digital resources and research expectations as they complete a single research project. Students complete the study within 4-7 weeks during the first or second session of their first semester.
*ENGL 346 Rooms of Their Own (3) *ENGL 348 American Manhood (3)
CORE 103 and 402 bookend the Core Foundations courses, providing space for integrative reflection on EMU values outcomes related to Power & Equity, Intercultural Understanding, Environmental Sustainability, and Faith & Meaning as well as academic, professional, and vocational planning and preparation. Core Inquiry (14+ SH + intensives) Creative Arts Exploration (one course; 1-4 SH) Students practice Innovative and Applied Learning as they engage with the creative process. See courses coded CA in the schedule of undergraduate course offerings. 44 – 2025-26 EMU Core
Source: Eastern Mennonite University's catalog, linked per course · table learning_unit · CourseShelf publish 59
