Core Curriculum—Undergraduate University Core Requirements

The following courses comprise the Core curriculum and are required for all students entering Boston College:

• 1 course in Writing
• 1 course in Literature—Classics, English, German Studies, Romance Languages and Literatures, Slavic and Eastern Languages
• 1 course in the Arts—Fine Arts, Music, Theater
• 1 course in Mathematics—For CSOM students, one semester of Calculus (MT 100 or higher) and one semester of Statistics (EC 151) are required. For CSON students beginning with the class of 2010, MT 180 Principles of Statistics for Health Sciences is the required Mathematics Core course.
• 2 courses in History—Modern History I and II
• 2 courses in Philosophy
• 2 courses in Social Sciences—Economics (EC 131 and EC 132 for CSOM), Political Science, Psychology, Psychology in Education (PY 030 and PY 031 are required for LSOE and acceptable in all schools), or Sociology
• 2 courses in Natural Science—Biology, Chemistry, Geology/Geophysics, Physics
• 2 courses in Theology
• 1 course in Cultural Diversity (PY 031 for LSOE)

The Connell School of Nursing curriculum satisfies the University's Cultural Diversity Core requirement.

The Cultural Diversity requirement may be fulfilled by an appropriate course taken to fulfill another Core requirement, a major requirement, or an elective.

Students are advised to select Core courses very carefully. Identification of Core courses can be determined by contacting the appropriate department head in the College of Arts & Sciences and by reference to each semester's Schedule of Courses.