Core
Curriculum Purpose Statement
As the curricular entity defining the range of skills and abilities students are expected to master while in attendance at Lamar State College-Orange, the core curriculum encompasses the common body of knowledge, values, skills and perspectives that help define an educated person. The objectives associated with the core curriculum encompass what every associate degree graduate of the institution should be able to think, know or do. The core curriculum furthermore serves as the foundation upon which the remainder of the baccalaureate is based, and its completion prepares students to learn effectively through their college years and throughout their lives.
Core Curriculum Transfer
If a student successfully completes the core curriculum, that block of courses may be transferred to any other Texas public institution of higher education and must be substituted for the receiving institution's core curriculum. A student shall receive academic credit for each of the courses transferred and may not be required to take additional core curriculum courses at the receiving institution.
A student who transfers without completing the core curriculum shall receive academic credit within the core curriculum of the receiving institution for each of the courses that the student has successfully completed in the core of the sending institution. The student may be required to satisfy the remaining course requirements in the core curriculum of the receiving institutions.
Core Curriculum Courses
LAMAR STATE
COLLEGE-ORANGE
CORE CURRICULUM
Chart I
|
Component
Area
|
Required
Semester Credit Hours
|
Tentative
LSC-O Courses
|
| Communication (English rhetoric/composition) |
6
|
English 1301 English 1302 (6) |
| Mathematics (logic college-level algebra equivalent or above) |
3
|
Mathematics 1314 or above (excluding MATH 1335 and MATH 1338) (3) |
| Natural Sciences |
6
|
Biology, Chemistry, Physics, Physical Science, Geology courses with labs (8) |
| Humanities
& Visual and Performing Arts must include: Visual/Performing Arts, Other (literature, philosophy, modern or classical language/Literature and cultural studies*) |
6 (3) |
ARTS 1301, DRAM 1310, HUMA 1315, MUSI 1306 (3) andSophomore Literature (3) |
| Social
and Behavioral Sciences must include: U.S. History (legislatively mandated) Political Science(legislatively mandated) Social/Behavioral Science |
15
(6) (6) (3) |
History 1301, 1302 (6)Government 2301, 2302 (6) ECON 2301, ECON 2302,GEOG 1301, GEOG 1302,ANTH 2346, ANTH 2351,PSYC 2301, SOCI 1301 (3) |
| Total Minimum Requirements |
36
|
38
|
*Humanities application of language skills includes a study of literature in the original language, and/or the cultural studies related to a modern or classical language.
LAMAR STATE COLLEGE-ORANGE
PROGRAM DEVELOPMENT
Chart II
|
Component
Area
|
Possible
Additional Semester Credit Hours (6 Total)
|
Tentative
LSC-O Courses
|
| Communication (Composition, Speech, modern language/communication skills) |
Up to
6
|
SPCH 1315, SPCH 2335, or a modern language course (including SGNL 1301) (3) |
| Mathematics (finite math, statistics, calculus or above) |
Up to
3
|
|
| Natural Sciences |
Up to
3
|
|
| Humanities & Visual and Performing Arts (literature, philosophy, modern or classical language/literature and cultural studies) |
Up to
3
|
PHIL 1370, or sophomore-level literature (3) |
| Institutionally Designed Option (may include additional semester credit hours in the categories listed above, computer literacy, health/wellness, kinesiology, capstone or interdisciplinary courses, etc.) |
Up to
3
|
academic computer science
course (3)PHED (1) |
| Total Additional Hours |
6
|
10
|
LSC-O Total: 48
The LSC-O Curriculum Committee placed significant value on the need for a computer course for all students. As a foundation course which provides knowledge and skills used across the curriculum, the computer course is viewed as an essential element of core education.
The emphasis in our society
on a healthy and active lifestlye is mirrored in the LSC-O core curriculum
requirement of PHED. The student has the option of choosing among a variety
of lecture and activity classes, which focus on general health and the
impact in everyday living.
