BSU Core Curriculum
 

Welcome to the website for the new BSU Core Curriculum!                                                                                                                

Bridgewater State University's Core Curriculum was developed to serve as the educational foundation that all Bridgewater State University students will build upon when completing their program of study.  The Core Curriculum features a skills-centered, outcomes based distribution model of general education that allows students a wide choice of courses and the flexibility to integrate the requirements of their major with the broader, liberal education that is required of responsible, educated citizens of the 21st century.  Students who complete the BSU Core Curriculum will learn a significant body of factual knowledge as well as gaining an understanding of the intellectual foundations, conceptual frameworks, and methodologies of the major academic disciplines.

The BSU Core Curriculum is composed of four main areas.

• Skill Requirements. All students are required to demonstrate proficiency in the skill areas of writing, logical reasoning, mathematical reasoning, and spoken communication.
• Core Distribution Requirements. All students will learn about the arts, humanities, the natural and social and behavioral sciences, global culture, multiculturalism, quantitative reasoning and the U.S. and Massachusetts Constitutions.
• Seminars. The First and Second Year Seminars are key features of the BSU Core Curriculum. These topic courses will allow students to explore an area of interest in a small, discussion-oriented course. The First Year Seminar is a writing intensive course designed to engage the student in college-level learning. The Second Year Seminar is either speaking or writing intensive and will engage students in the connections between classroom learning and its applications.  *Please note:  Students may only take one First Year Seminar and one Second Year Seminar.
• Requirements in the major. To connect the Core Curriculum with each major, students will complete one writing intensive course in their major and will be able to demonstrate information literacy and technology proficiency in their major.

Last Modified: August 25, 2010

For more information you may contact

Dr. Rita Miller
Maxwell Library, Room 100
10 Shaw Road
Bridgewater, MA 02325
Tel:  508.531.1218
Fax: 508.531.6131
rmiller@bridgew.edu