Purpose of General Requirements

The general requirements of Emmanuel College have been established and designed to ensure that every student experiences the range of skills and content that are implied by the liberal arts mission of the college. These include:

• the skills required for successful college-level work
• the intellectual breadth that makes possible a life-long engagement with and curiosity about significant knowledge, ideas, and issues
• the foundation for competent functioning in diverse and changing contexts
• the informed intelligence necessary for responsible participation in society

These goals are achieved through required courses drawn from a cross-section of the liberal arts disciplines that expose students to models of analytical reasoning, symbolic thinking, observation, creativity, critical thinking, moral reasoning, self-knowledge; and significant intellectual content from the fields of history, literature, the arts, philosophy, religion, the social sciences, the natural sciences and the study of non-U.S. cultures. Additionally, such courses require student work that enhances the ability of students to comprehend and to function intellectually in the variety of disciplinary modes that constitute the liberal arts.

Aesthetic Inquiry

The 2-course requirement in this domain consists of courses that expose students to original works produced by writers, visual artists and musicians, and provide an opportunity to interpret, evaluate, analyze and understand these products of the creative imagination. Using the language, concepts, and criteria of the respective aesthetic disciplines, courses in American, British, World and Foreign Language literature; historical surveys of art, music, theatre; and performance/studio courses will explore the relationship between aesthetic works and their historical and cultural contexts. Requirement: two courses (one from literature, one from the arts).

A. Literature(one course)

• AMST1101 - Introduction to American Studies
  
• ENGL1105 - Introduction to Literature
• ENGL2103 - Literary Mirrors: Introduction to World Literature
• ENGL2105 - Contemporary Latin American Fiction
• ENGL2106 - Irish Identities: Literature and Culture
• ENGL2301 - Major American Authors I
• ENGL2302 - Major American Authors II
• ENGL2303 - Modern American Authors
• ENGL2304 - American Voices in Fiction and Non-Fiction
• ENGL2305 - Writing Women
• ENGL2306 - Survey in American Drama
• ENGL2307 - Making It New: Poetry from Bradstreet to Bishop
• ENGL2309 - The Haves and Have-Nots: American Authors on Money, Class and Power
• ENGL2321 - Love and Gender
• ENGL2323 - Short Fictions
• ENGL2325 - Spirituality and the Literary Imagination
• ENGL2402 - Shakespeare: Tragedies, Histories, Comedies, Romances
• ENGL2404 - Major British Poetry
• ENGL2406 - The Rise of the British Novel
• ENGL2408 - Modern British Novel
• ENGL2409 - Modern Political Novel
• ENGL2413 - A Tradition of Resistance: African American Literature
• ENGL2417 - Chant Down Babylon: Cultures of the Black Atlantic
• ENGL2603 - Studies in Drama: Ritual and Social Reality
• ENGL2605 - Stages of the Modern
• ENGL2607 - Major British Drama
• ENGL2609 - Playing Shakespeare: From Study to Stage to Film
• ENGL2701 - Literature and Film
• ENGL3301 - The Land Before Us: American Literature About the West
• ENGL3421 - Spanish Caribbean Literature
  
• LANG2103 - Literary Mirrors: An Introduction to World Literature
• LANG2105 - Contemporary Latin American Fiction
• LANG3405 - Spain: A Cultural Approach
• LANG3417 - Spanish American Experience: An Overview
• LANG3421 - Spanish Caribbean Literature
• LANG3427 - Contemporary Spanish American Women Novelists
• LANG3429 - Encounters with Great Figures of Hispanic Literature
• LANG3431 - Contemporary Spanish Novel
• LANG3433 - Modern Hispanic Drama
  
• PHIL1111 - Literature & Philosophy

B. Art, Performance, etc.(one course)

• ART1201 - Survey of Western Art I
• ART1202 - Survey of Western Art II
• ART2213 - History of Photography
• ART3205 - American Art
• ART3207 - Modern Art
  
• PERF1101 - The Theatre: History and Appreciation
• PERF1301 - Survey of Music History
• PERF1302 - Song: From the Monks to the Monkees
• PERF1303 - History of American Musical Theatre
• PERF1304 - Musics of the World

Historical Consciousness (one course)

The requirement in this domain consists of courses that provide students with a context for understanding relationships between historical events, an understanding of the connectedness of past and present, and for an opportunity for creative engagement with the past. The course in the historical consciousness domain will be drawn from courses which survey a period in history or a region of the world and which demonstrate the methods and theories with which historians deal with such issues as causation, the role of perspective and judgement in reconstructing the past, conflicting interpretations of historical events and processes, and the ways in which evidence is analyzed and evaluated as a tool for reconstructing the past. Requirement: one course (a historical survey of a significant period of history or region of the world).

• HIST1105 - US History to 1877
• HIST1106 - US History Since 1877
• HIST1107 - Themes of Africa
• HIST1108 - World History to 1500
• HIST1109 - Modern World History
• HIST2116 - History of Modern Latin America
• HIST2118 - Minorities and Marginalities in European History
• HIST2119 - European History, 1815 - 1914
• HIST2120 - Europe: 1914-The Cold War
• HIST2122 - History of Colonial Latin America
• HIST2401 - Modern China: Continuity and Change

Social Analysis
(two courses from two different disciplines)

The two course requirement in this domain consists of courses that present and apply the formal theoretical perspectives and empirical research methods that define those bodies of knowledge known as the social sciences: anthropology, economics, political science, psychology and sociology. Courses in this domain have in common the aim of analyzing the interaction between individuals, states and cultures; and the institutions and ideas that organize social life within and between societies, but individual courses will vary according to their respective disciplinary emphases on personality, economic systems, political institutions, social structures and culture. Courses will provide an understanding of important elements of the intellectual tradition of social science inquiry and have application to issues of contemporary society. Requirement: two courses from two different disciplines.

• ECON1101 - Principles of Microeconomics
• ECON1103 - Principles of Macroeconomics
  
• EDUC1111 - The Great American Experiment: Education for All in a Diverse Society
• EDUC1112 - The Great American Experiment: Education for All in a Diverse Society
  
• ITECH3105 - Social Issues in Computing (SA)
  
• MGMT2307 - Organizational Behavior
  
• POLSC1201 - Introduction to American Politics and Government
• POLSC1301 - Introduction to Comparative Government and Politics
• POLSC1401 - Introduction to International Relations
  
• PSYCH1201 - General Psychology I
• PSYCH1401 - Child Development
• PSYCH1405 - Adolescent Psychology
• PSYCH1501 - General Psychology (previously PSYCH1201)
• PSYCH2103 - Relationships, Marriage and the Family
• PSYCH2105 - Cross Cultural Psychology
• PSYCH2203 - Social Psychology
  
• SOC1101 - Introduction to Sociology
• SOC1105 - U.S. Institutions
• SOC1107 - Introduction to Anthropology
• SOC2105 - Race and Ethnic Relations
• SOC2127 - Social Class and Inequality 
• SOC2129 - Cultural Geography

Scientific Inquiry and Quantitative Analysis
(one laboratory science [L], one mathematics, one either mathematics or science with or without lab)

The 3-course requirement in this domain consists of two types of courses which deal respectively with the scientific study of the natural world and with the logical systems of mathematics. The scientific inquiry component of the requirement consists of courses that demonstrate the methods used by scientists to obtain and evaluate information, consider the impact of scientific information on humanity and the environment, and provide experience in using scientific reasoning to investigate questions and develop and evaluate hypotheses. In so doing, such courses can provide a basis for scientific literacy in non-scientists. The quantitative analysis component of the requirement consists of courses that teach the logical structures of quantitative reasoning, the concept of probability, or the application of quantitative argument to everyday life. In so doing, the courses in this domain provide a basis for mathematical literacy in non-mathematicians. Requirement: three courses (one laboratory science course, one quantitative analysis course, and one from either area, where the science course may be a non-laboratory science course).

A. Scientific Inquiry

• BIOL1101 - Life on Earth (L)
• BIOL1102 - Biology of Women and Men (L)
• BIOL1103 - Biology of Women and Men
• BIOL1105 - Introduction to Cellular and Molecular Biology (L)
• BIOL1106 - Introduction to Organismic and Evolutionary Biology (L)
• BIOL1110 - Human Anatomy and Physiology I (L)
• BIOL1111 - Human Anatomy and Physiology II (L)
• BIOL1112 - Biology and Society
• BIOL2113 - Human Nutrition
  
• CHEM1101 - Principles of Chemistry (L)
• CHEM1102 - Principles of Chemistry (L)
• CHEM1103 - Chemical Perspective (L)
• CHEM1104 - Chemistry of Everyday Life (L)
• CHEM1105 - Prescription and Non-Prescription Drugs (L)
• CHEM1125 - Prescription and Non-Prescription Drugs
• CHEM1107 - Forensic Chemistry
• CHEM1108 - Chemistry and Art (L)
• CHEM1110 - Introduction to Physical Sciences (L)
• CHEM1111 - Chemistry: A World of Choices
• CHEM1112 - Chemistry: A World of Choices (L)
• CHEM2113 - Chemistry of Boston Waterways
  
• PHYS1109 - General Physics I (Calculus) (L)
• PHYS1113 - General Physics II (Calculus) (L)
• PHYS1116 - Astronomy
• PHYS1117 - Astronomy (L)
• PHYS1121 - Energy and the Environment (L)
• PHYS1121 - Energy and the Environment
  
• PSYCH2209 - Physiological Bases of Behavior

B. Quantitative Analysis

• ITECH2101 - Problem Solving with Computers
• ITECH2107 - Computer Databases: Designs and Applications
• ITECH2115 - Introduction to Programming with MATLAB
  
• MATH1101 - College Algebra
• MATH1103 - Precalculus Mathematics
• MATH1105 - Finite Mathematics
• MATH1111 - Calculus I
• MATH1112 - Calculus II
• MATH1117 - Introduction to Statistics
• MATH1119 - Math for Elementary School Teachers
• MATH1120 - Foundations of Mathematics for Teachers I
• MATH1121 - Applied Mathematics
• MATH1122 - Foundations of Mathematics for Teachers II
• MATH2101 - Linear Algebra
• MATH2103 - Calculus III
• MATH2109 - Discrete Methods
• MATH2113 - Applied Statistics
  
• MGMT1201 - Financial Accounting
  
• PHIL2119 - Symbolic Logic
  
• PSYCH2207 - Quantitative Methods in Psychology

Religious Thought and Moral Reasoning
(two in religious thought, one in moral reasoning)

The 3-course requirement in this domain consists of courses that provide an intellectual framework for the exploration of systems of religious belief and of moral concepts. Courses fulfilling the religious thought requirement will affirm the religious dimension of life as a central aspect of understanding human experience, address the interrelationship of religion with other social systems and cultures, and explore the multiplicity of expressions of belief both within and across religious traditions. Courses fulfilling the moral reasoning requirement may be those which address moral reasoning either in the narrow sense of determining right from wrong and good from evil, or in the broader sense in which the subject matter of moral reasoning is the good life itself, especially the virtues discussed by philosophers for centuries, especially the virtue of wisdom. Requirement: three courses (two in religious thought, one in moral reasoning).

A. Religious Thought

• PHIL1103 - Philosophy of Religion
  
• RELIG1101 - Introduction to Religious Studies
• RELIG1103 - The Catholic Tradition: Search for Meaning
• RELIG1111 - Introduction to the Bible
• RELIG2105 - Judaism
• RELIG2107 - Protestant Traditions in the U.S.
• RELIG2108 - Religion and the Environment: Ethical Explorations
• RELIG2109 - Understanding the Bible
• RELIG2110 - Introduction to the Hebrew Bible
• RELIG2111 - Love and Justice: Christian Ethics
• RELIG2112 - Introduction to the New Testament
• RELIG2114 - The Prophets & Prophetic Literature
• RELIG2121 - Religions in the U.S.: An Historical Survey
• RELIG2130 - Catholic Social Teaching
• RELIG2135 - World Religions
• RELIG2141 - What do Catholics Say? Introduction to Catholic Theology
• RELIG2151 - Religious Traditions of Rome
• RELIG2205 - Gospels: Portraits of Jesus
• RELIG2207 - Church: Community for Justice
• RELIG2209 - History of Christianity
• RELIG2211 - Islam
• RELIG3128 - Women in the World's Religions
• RELIG3129 - Women in Christian Traditions
• RELIG3131 - Human Relationships: Christian Perspectives
• RELIG3133 - Social Justice and Religious Traditions
• RELIG3135 - Contemporary Issues in Roman Catholicism
• RELIG3137 - Spirituality and Religion: A Dialogue
• RELIG3139 - Contemporary Christian Thought
• RELIG3141 - Interpretations of the Bible: Genesis to Deuteronomy

B. Moral Reasoning

• PHIL1115 - Recent Moral Issues
• PHIL1117 - Critical Thinking
• PHIL2101 - Problems in Philosophy
• PHIL2103 - Ethics at Work
• PHIL2104 - Theories of Human Nature (previously PHIL1109)
• PHIL2113 - Health Care Ethics
• PHIL2114 - Global Ethics
• PHIL2115 - History and Philosophy of Science
• PHIL2117 - War, Terrorism, and Morality