Common Core
The King’s College academic
programs are built on our
Common Core classes. 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
the number of required
courses (many more than most
colleges), in the spacing of
these courses (over all four
years), and in their
importance to our overall
program (very high).
The Common Core consists of
twenty courses in a
particular sequence.
Students take nine of these
courses during the freshman
year. After that, they take
five as sophomores, four as
juniors, and two as seniors.
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.
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Course |
Year |
Term |
Title |
Credits |
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YEAR 1 |
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CREDITS |
| ENG |
110 |
1 |
Fall |
College Writing I
|
3 |
| REL |
112 |
1 |
Fall |
Introduction to Old Testament Literature*
|
3 |
| HIS |
111 |
1 |
Fall |
Western Civilization I*
|
3 |
| URB |
110 |
1 |
Fall |
Introduction to the City
|
3 |
| PHL |
110 |
1 |
Fall |
Logic*
|
3 |
| |
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Fall Total |
15 |
| ENG |
120 |
1 |
Spring |
College Writing II
(ENG 110) |
3 |
| ECO |
110 |
1 |
Spring |
Introduction to Economics*
|
3 |
| REL |
110 |
1 |
Spring |
Christianity and Society*
|
3 |
| MAT |
155/160/270 |
1 |
Spring |
Quantitative Reasoning/Pre-Calculus/Calculus*
|
3 |
| |
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Spring Total |
12 |
| |
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YEAR 1 CREDITS |
27 |
| |
|
YEAR 2 |
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CREDITS |
| POL |
210 |
2 |
Fall |
Foundations of Politics*
|
3 |
| ECO |
211 |
2 |
Fall |
Microeconomics*
(ECO 110) |
3 |
| HIS |
112 |
2 |
Fall |
Western Civilization II*
|
3 |
| |
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|
Fall Total |
9 |
| REL |
211 |
2 |
Spring |
Introduction to New Testament Literature*
|
3 |
| POL |
215 |
2 |
Spring |
American Political Thought and Practice I*
|
3 |
| |
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Spring Total |
6 |
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YEAR 2 CREDITS |
15 |
| |
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YEAR 3 |
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CREDITS |
| SCI |
312 |
3 |
Fall |
Scientific Reasoning*
(PHL 110) |
3 |
| POL |
313 |
3 |
Fall |
American Political Thought and Practice II
|
3 |
| |
|
|
|
Fall Total |
6 |
| REL |
354 |
3 |
Spring |
Biblical Interpretation*
(REL 112, REL 211) |
3 |
| POL |
315 |
3 |
Spring |
American Political Thought and Practice III
|
3 |
| |
|
|
|
Spring Total |
6 |
| |
|
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YEAR 3 CREDITS |
12 |
| |
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YEAR 4 |
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CREDITS |
| REL |
412 |
4 |
Fall |
Foundations of Judeo-Christian Thought*
(REL 112, REL 211) |
3 |
| |
|
|
|
Fall Total |
3 |
| ENG |
412 |
4 |
Spring |
Persuasive Writing and Speaking*
|
3 |
| |
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Spring Total |
3 |
| |
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YEAR 4 CREDITS |
6 |
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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 (e.g. ENG 120, POL 210 and SCI 312) must be taken at King's. No transfer
credit accepted.
