Effective Summer 2010, the new Core Curriculum is designed to foster critical thinking skills and introduce students to the basic domains of thinking in the disciplines. The faculty’s goal in creating this new Core is to provide a direct linkage between the first classes a student takes and the senior Capstone experience. This new general education curriculum applies to all majors. *

Core I: 9 hours

• 3 hours: First Year Seminar (100-level)
• 6 hours of discipline-specific courses with an emphasis on critical thinking and active learning (100- or 200-level). Specific courses that fulfill the requirement are designated CT and listed below.

Core II: 25 hours (100- or 200-level). Specific courses that fulfill Core II may be found under the Core II Course List link on the sidebar.

• 6 hours: Composition
• 3 hours: Communication
• 3 hours: Math
• 4 hours: Physical or Natural Science
• 3 hours: Social Science
• 3 hours: Humanities
• 3 hours: Fine Arts

Additional University Requirements

• 6 hours of Writing Intensive credit in any discipline at any level
• 3 hours of Multicultural or International coursework in any discipline at any level
• Capstone project in the major

*Transfer students with 26 or more college credits must complete one CT course in Core I, all of Core II and the additional University requirements. Students enrolled at Marshall University prior to Summer 2010 who change majors and/or colleges may choose to remain under their current general education requirements or they may opt into the Core Curriculum under the same terms as transfer students. Core II may be fulfilled through a combination of transfer and Marshall credit hours.