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CORE CURRICULUM
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Common Core: The Human Journey
Common Core Calendar of Events
Foundational and Elective Core Courses
AAC&U Core Commitments Initiative
The Art Collection & the Human Journey
Integrative Learning for Core Curriculum Grant
What Students Are Saying About The Program
SHU Common Core in the News

SACRED HEART UNIVERSITY'S CORE CURRICULUM

Sacred Heart University has developed a core curriculum that is:
  • Fundamental to becoming a knowledgeable and educated person.
  • Foundational to the major and to life-long learning.
  • Essential for personal and professional success in a global and ever changing world.

The core curriculum consists of 3 areas:

  • Foundational Core courses that develop skills needed for a global world and ever-changing society

  • Common Core: The Human Journey is academically rigorous, distinct, enduring, and is Sacred Heart University's academic signature.  It culminates with a capstone course which focuses on the practice of ethical thinking and moral decision making

  • Elective Core courses that develop knowledge needed for the major and for life-long learning

Supporting Member

The Human Journey & the Lilly Exchange Network

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