Dec 21, 2024

Online Undergraduate Catalog 2020-2021

Online Undergraduate Catalog 2020-2021 Archived Catalog

Core Curriculum Courses

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John Brown University’s Core Curriculum provides a common set of broadly oriented foundational courses that instill a deeper, integrative understanding of scripture, creation, and culture in order to prepare students to honor God and serve others.

Students must take all of the Required Courses and must satisfy each of the Elective Areas.

A course may satisfy only one Core Curriculum requirement, except that study abroad courses satisfying the Intercultural Engagement requirement may also satisfy one other Core Curriculum requirement.

Courses with prerequisites are marked with a superscript ‘P’.

Note: Courses that are not linked to this catalog can be viewed in the Traditional Undergraduate Catalog.

Required Courses - 26 hours

BBL 1013 Old Testament Survey or BBL 1083 Honors: Old Testament Survey ^P
BBL 1023 New Testament Survey or BBL 1093 Honors: New Testament Survey ^P
BBL 2013 Essentials of Evangelical Theology ^P or BBL 2093 Honors: Integrated Theology II ^P
BBL 2022 Essentials of Christian Formation ^P or BBL 2043 Essentials of Christian Formation: Study Abroad ^P or BBL 2083 Honors: Integrated Theology I ^P
COR 1103 Orientation to Learning
EGL 1013 English I: Composition or EGL 1083 Honors: English 1: Composition ^P
EGL 1023 English II: Literary Analysis and Research ^P or EGL 1093 Honors: English II: Literary Analysis and Research ^P

One of the following options to satisfy the Integrated Humanities I and II requirements

Option 1 - Preferred

HST 2013 Integrated Humanities I ^P or HST 2083 Honors: Integrated Humanities I ^P
HST 2023 Integrated Humanities II ^P or HST 2093 Honors: Integrated Humanities II ^P

Option 2

Western Civilization I
HST 2023 Integrated Humanities II ^P or HST 2093 Honors: Integrated Humanities II ^P

Option 3

HST 2013 Integrated Humanities I ^P or HST 2083 Honors: Integrated Humanities I ^P
Western Civilization II

Option 4

Western Civilization I
Western Civilization II
A Survey of Literature course (e.g., EGL 2213, EGL 2223, EGL 2413, EGL 2423, EGL 3003, EGL 3343, EGL 3353)

Option 5

HST 2013 Integrated Humanities I ^P or HST 2083 Honors: Integrated Humanities I ^P
US History I or US History II

Option 6

Western Civilization I
US History I or US History II
A Survey of Literature course (e.g., EGL 2213, EGL 2223, EGL 2413, EGL 2423, EGL 3003, EGL 3343, EGL 3353)

Elective Areas -23 hours

Note: Courses recommended for most students are shown in bold. Courses that are not bolded will satisfy the elective area but may be more appropriate for students in a particular major.

Intercultural Engagement - 3 hours

ART 2163 Irish Art and Culture
ART 3543 Photography Abroad ^P
COM 2433 Diversity and Media Issues
ED 2033 Cultural Competencies for Human Service Professionals
EN 3513 International Problem Solving
FAM 4113 Intercultural Family Seminar
HST 3263 Slavery and Race in American History
HST 3443 The Modern Middle East
HST 3473 African Civilization since 1850
ICS 2113 Intercultural Communication
ICS 2193 Honors: Intercultural Communication ^P
INT 4103 Global Environment of Business
LS 4113 Readings in Spanish I ^P
POL 3253 Politics and Race in America
RPH 3533 Introduction to Islam
RPH 3543 Introduction to Hinduism and Buddhism

Mathematics - 3 hours

BUS 2193 Business Statistics ^P
MTH 1003 Introduction to Statistics ^P
MTH 1113 College Algebra ^P
MTH 1123 Survey of Calculus ^P
MTH 1134 Calculus I ^P
MTH 2103 Applied Statistics for Scientists ^P
PSY 2383 Statistics for the Behavioral Sciences ^P

Natural Science - 6 hours

One course must have a lab component

BIO 1003 Biological Science (includes lab)
BIO 1093 Honors: Biological Science ^P (includes lab)
BIO 1124 Cell Biology (includes lab)
BIO 1144 Plant and Animal Diversity (includes lab)
BIO 2184 Ecology and Evolution ^P (includes lab)
CHM 1014 Fundamentals of Chemistry ^P (includes lab)
CHM 1124 General Chemistry I (includes lab)
GSC 1023 Physical Science ^P
GSC 1033 Astronomy ^P
GSC 1043 Elementary Science Content I ^P (includes lab)
GSC 1053 Elementary Science Content II ^P
GSC 1143 Earth Science ^P
GSC 2003 Environmental Science
PHY 1114 Fundamentals of Physics I ^P (includes lab)
PHY 2114 General Physics I ^P (includes lab)
PHY 2124 General Physics II ^P(includes lab)

One of the following

Anatomy and/or Physiology courses may only be used to satisfy up to three hours of the Natural Science elective area

BIO 2514 Anatomy & Physiology I ^P (includes lab)
BIO 2524 Anatomy & Physiology II ^P (includes lab)
BIO 3514 Human Anatomy ^P (includes lab)
BIO 3524 Human Physiology ^P (includes lab)

Whole Person Wellness - 2 hours

KIN 1002 Wellness for Life
NUR 1022 Concepts in Community Health & Wellness

Arts, Humanities, Social and Behavioral Sciences - 9 hours

3 hours from any of the areas in the Arts and Humanities

3 hours from any of the areas in the Social and Behavioral Sciences

3 additional hours from any of the areas in either the Arts and Humanities or the Social and Behavioral Sciences

Arts and Humanities - 3 to 6 hours

The Arts

ART 2163, ART 2233 ^P,ART 2333, ART 2343, ART 3203, ART 3233, ART 3563^P
BBL 4453
COM 2083
MUS 1113^P,MUS 1203^P,MUS 2083 , MUS 2113^P,MUS 3213^P,MUS 3223^P,MUS 3243^P
THE 3213^P

History

HST 2113, HST 2123, HST 2133, HST 2153, HST 2243, HST 2323, HST 2523, HST 3253, HST 3263, HST 3273, HST 3313, HST 3411, HST 3412, HST 3413, HST 3423 , HST 3433, HST 3443, HST 3463, HST 3473

Literature

EGL 2213^P, EGL 2223^P, EGL 2243^P, EGL 2273^P, EGL 2413^P, EGL 2423^P, EGL 3003 ^P_,EGL 3313^P, EGL 3323^P, EGL 3333^P, EGL 3343^P, EGL 3353^P, EGL 3713^P, EGL 4473^P, EGL 4483^P
LS 4123^P

Religion and Philosophy

BBL 3413^P, BBL 3423^P, BBL 3433^P, BBL 3443^P, BBL 3453^P, BBL 3463^P, BBL 3473^P, BBL 3583, BBL 3613^P, BBL 3623^P, BBL 3633^P, BBL 3663^P, BBL 4433^P
RPH 2103, RPH 2323, RPH 2423, RPH 3013^P, RPH 3323, RPH 3343, RPH 3353, RPH 3533, RPH 3543, RPH 4433^P, RPH 4481, RPH 4482, RPH 4483
POL 3003 ^P
PPE 2113, PPE 2133 (only one PPE course may count toward the Arts and Humanities elective area)

Social and Behavioral Sciences - 3 to 6 hours

Economics

ECN 2003, ECN 2113 , ECN 2123 ^P, ECN 2543, ECN 3133^P, ECN 3213^P, ECN 4103 ^P, ECN 4413^P, ECN 4423^P, ECN 4993
EN 2323
PPE 2113, PPE 2133 (only one PPE course may count toward the Social and Behavioral Sciences elective area)

Linguistics

LS 2173

Political Science

POL 1013 , POL 2213, POL 3163^P, POL 3173^P, POL 3213, POL 3253, POL 3353^P, POL 3423^P, POL 4213, POL 4223
PPE 2113, PPE 2133 (only one PPE course may count toward the Social and Behavioral Sciences elective area)

Psychology

ED 2143
FAM 2133, FAM 2413, FAM 2633^P, FAM 3223^P, FAM 3243^P, FAM 3273, FAM 3413^P, FAM 4113^P, FAM 4253^P, FAM 4443^P, FAM 4453^P, FAM 4481, FAM 4482, FAM 4483
PSY 1013 , PSY 1093^P, PSY 2123, PSY 2383 ^P, PSY 2413 , PSY 3203 ^P, PSY 3303^P, PSY 3333^P, PSY 3411^P, PSY 3412^P, PSY 3413 ^P, PSY 3423 ^P, PSY 3493 ^P, PSY 4213 ^P, PSY 4333 ^P, PSY 4343 ^P, PSY 4353 ^P, PSY 4411^P, PSY 4412^P, PSY 4413^P, PSY 4493 ^P

Sociology

ICS 2123
SST 1113 , SST 1133, SST 1143

Additional Option for Meeting Core Curriculum

A student who enters JBU with either a bachelor’s degree or one of the following associate’s degrees-Associate of Arts or Associate of Science-from an accredited institution will satisfy the Core Curriculum requirements except for the following courses:

COR 1002 Gateway Seminar in Christian Scholarship or COR 1103 Orientation to Learning
BBL 1013 Old Testament Survey
BBL 1023 New Testament Survey
BBL 2013 Essentials of Evangelical Theology
BBL 2022 Essentials of Christian Formation

A student who completes either an Associate of Arts or an Associate of Science through reverse transfer will also satisfy the Core Curriculum requirements except for the courses listed above. Associate’s degrees earned from JBU will not fall under this policy and students must explicitly satisfy each Core Curriculum requirement in order to earn a bachelor’s degree.