Liberal Arts Major (SCI Phoenix)

The requirement is met by taking a course that focuses either on the creative processes that go into making a work of art, or on analysis and interpretation of the products of that artistic creativity. All courses designated with the Fine Arts Requirement attribute fulfill the Core Curriculum requirement.

This requirement is met by taking any course with the HIS subject code or any course with the CHIS attribute. 

All students take a thematic literature and writing seminar course. ENG 1975 or any course with the CLWS attribute fulfill the requirement.

Students must take one course in either Mathematics or Statistics. Any course offered by the Department of Mathematics and Statistics fulfills the Core Curriculum requirement. Certain courses offered by other departments (e.g., Computer Science and Philosophy) also fulfill the requirement. These courses are designated by the Mathematics A & S Core attribute.

This requirement is met by taking two courses in AST, BIO, CHM, GEV, MSE, or PHY.

This requirement is met by taking PHI 1000 or any course with the PHI subject code.

Students satisfy the requirement by taking two courses with the CSSC attribute or any two courses with the CRM, ECO, PA, PSC, PSY, or SOC subject code. 

This requirement is met by taking two courses with the THL subject code or the CTHL attribute .

This requirement is met by taking one course with the LWC attribute.

UNITAS Courses

Courses that fulfill Core UNITAS requirements may be used to fulfill other requirements (i.e., primary major, core curriculum, minors, concentrations, or free electives).

UNITAS Division Requirement (2 courses)

Learning to see through the eyes of other peoples and cultures is essential to a liberal arts education. Villanova and the College of Liberal Arts and Sciences are committed to offering a curriculum that, as stated in the University’s Learning Goals, encourages students to recognize how different ideas, behaviors and systems affect individuals’ sense of community and belonging and influence efforts to build a just and peaceful world. Consistent with those goals and the University’s Mission, students in the College of Liberal Arts and Sciences take at least two courses with the UNITAS Division 1-3 designation, indicated by a DIV attribute.

Students are required to select two courses, covering two out of the three areas below:

UNITAS Division 1 (DIV 1): Courses that focus on historically marginalized populations in the United States or Europe, and the systems or mechanisms that give rise to the experiences of power, privilege, and marginalization.

UNITAS Division 2 (DIV 2): Courses that focus on women’s experiences and/or highlight the relationship between gender, culture, and power.

UNITAS Division 3 (DIV 3): Courses that focus on societies and nations other than those of Western Europe and the United States and that emphasize power and privilege or analyze how these cultures or national communities define and express themselves.

NOTES:

• Service-learning courses, internships, and other experiential or communitybased learning courses may be applied toward the UNITAS Division requirement, provided they include a significant reflective component and have been pre-approved for UNITAS Division course credit.
• Study abroad courses may be applied toward this requirement; such courses will be assessed the same way as Villanova courses.
• Although some courses have more than one UNITAS Division attribute, all students must take two different courses; a single course with multiple attributes may not be used to fulfill both UNITAS Division course requirements.
• The UNITAS Requirement cannot be fulfilled by independent study or a senior thesis.
• Language courses cannot fulfill the requirement, although literature courses in another language may fulfill the requirement if they are designated with a UNITAS Division attribute.
• A student may fulfill one UNITAS Division 1 (DIV 1) course requirement by taking three 1-credit COM 5300: Dialogue, Identity, and Social Justice courses.