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Bachelor of Arts Degree in Politics, Philosophy, and Economics
 
Common Core
The King’s College academic programs are built on a Common Core of courses. They are “common” because all students take these courses, and they are “core” because they are the intellectual center of all our other programs. Most colleges and universities in the United States have a small number of such courses that all students must take. For example, students are typically required to take a freshman English course that focuses on writing. The King’s College differs in both the number of required courses (a lot more than most colleges), in the spacing of these required courses (over the first three years of the program), and in the importance of the courses to the overall program (very high).

The Common Core consists of twenty courses in a particular sequence. Students are required to take the first ten of these courses during the freshman year. During the sophomore year, students take seven more courses in the Common Core. The three final Common Core courses occur in the junior year. Altogether, the Common Core accounts for half the courses a student needs to graduate from King’s.

Why this extraordinary number of required courses? The King’s College was created to prepare students for a particular kind of religious, cultural, political, and economic leadership. We believe that students who aspire to change the key institutions of society for the better need to know the best ideas, the most important arguments, and the most influential traditions. We also believe that such students need to achieve excellence in the written and the spoken word. The Common Core is a classical answer to these challenges: it recognizes that some subjects are more fundamental than others; that subjects are best learned in a specific sequence; and that truly advanced courses must be built on secure foundations.

 
Course Year Term Title Credits
 YEAR 1         CREDITS
POL 110  Fall  Introduction to Politics*  
ENG 110  Fall  College Writing I  
HIS 111  Fall  History of the West I  
REL 112  Fall  Introduction to Old Testament  
URB 110  Fall  Introduction to the City*  
        Fall Total  15
ECO 110  Spring  Introduction to Economics*  
ENG 120  Spring  College Writing II   (ENG 110)
HIS 112  Spring  History of the West II  
REL 111  Spring  Introduction to New Testament Literature  
PHL 110  Spring  Logic*  
        Spring Total  15
        YEAR 1 CREDITS 30
 
 YEAR 2         CREDITS
POL 215  Fall  American Political Thought and Practice I   (POL 110)
ECO 210  Fall  Macroeconomics*   (ECO 110)
REL 212  Fall  Foundations of Judeo-Christian Thought   (REL 112)
        Fall Total  9
POL 216  Spring  American Political Thought and Practice II   (POL 110)
ECO 211  Spring  Microeconomics*   (ECO 110)
MAT 274  Spring  Statistics   
        Spring Total  9
        YEAR 2 CREDITS 18
 
 YEAR 3         CREDITS
PHL 313  Fall  Classical and Medieval Philosophy   (POL 110)
POL 315  Fall  American Political Thought and Practice III   (POL 110)
        Fall Total  6
PHL 314  Spring  Modern Philosophy    (PHL 313)
SCI 312  Spring  Scientific Reasoning   (PHL 110)
        Spring Total  6
        YEAR 3 CREDITS  12
        TOTAL FOR DEGREE  60

*These courses are offered in both the Fall and the Spring semesters. Students may take them in either term.
** Courses in bold (POL 110 and ENG 120) must be taken at King's. No transfer credit accepted.

While the Bachelor of Arts program in Politics, Philosophy and Economics may be started at the beginning of any semester, students should be aware that not all courses will be offered each semester.

While completing this course of study, the following requirements must be met:

  1. No fewer than 60 of the semester hours of coursework must be earned at The King’s College, and these 60 hours of credit must include at least 48 semester hours within the PPE program.
  2. The successful candidate for this degree must have a cumulative GPA of 2.00 in all work completed at The King’s College. In addition, all students must maintain at least a 2.0 cumulative GPA in the courses that are a part of the Common Core.
  3. A student must obtain a grade of C or higher in both ENG 110, College Writing I, and ENG 120, College Writing II, within his first three semesters of attendance. Failure to do so will result in dismissal from College.
  4. The successful candidate must satisfactorily complete all the requirements for the Interregnum.
  5. The successful candidate for the BA degree must obtain approval for graduation from the Office of the Registrar and upon vote of the faculty.
 
 
 
 
 

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