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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

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