Undergraduate Programs at the Nicholas School

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Curriculum 2000

Curriculum 2000 introduces a new set of general studies requirement for undergraduates. For specific information concerning the Curriculum 2000 requirements, visit the Curriculum 2000 web page. The general requirements for Curriculum 2000 are listed below:

Required Courses:
Areas of Knowledge: All students must take 3 courses in each of the following areas of knowledge:

Arts and Literature (AL)
Civilizations (CZ)
Social Sciences (SS)
Natural Sciences and Mathematics (at least 2 from Natural Sciences)

Required Exposures within courses:
Modes of Inquiry: All students must take 2 courses designated as offering exposures to each of the Modes of Inquiry:

Quantitative, Inductive, and Deductive Reasoning (QID)
Interpretive and Aesthetic Approaches (IAA)

Focused Inquiries: All students must take 2 courses designated as offering exposures to each of the three Focused Inquiries:

Cross-Cultural Inquiry (CCI)
Science,Technology Society (STS)
Ethical Inquiry (EI)

Competencies: All students must take courses designated as offering exposures to the following competencies:

Foreign Language: All students must take at least one course in a Foreign Language. No student is required to take more than three courses in Foreign Language (see Appendix/Link 3: Languages Task Force Report)
Writing: All students are required to take three courses designated as offering an intensive opportunity to develop writing skills, one of which will be in the freshman year.
Research: All students are required to take two courses designated as offering a research-intensive experience.

Coding of EN AB Degree prerequisites under Curriculum 2000:

Class		Area of Knowledge	Mode of Inquiry	Focused Inquiry	Competency
Biology 25		NS	-	-	-
Biology 31 or 32, or 140, or 176		NS	-	-	-
Chemistry 11 and 12, or 19		NS	QID	-	-
Economics 2D or 52D		SS	QID	-	R (52D)
Geology 41 or 53		NS	QID	STS	-
Mathematics 31L and 32L, or 41L		M	QID	-	-
Environment 101		SS	-	EI, STS	W
(1) Approved public policy class	PPS 107 PPS 147 ENVIRON 149 PS 148 ENVIRON 273	SS SS SS SS -	CCI CCI - CCI -	- EI, STS EI, STS EI, STS -	- - - - -
(1) Approved statistics classes	ECON 139 PS 138 PSY 117 STA 101 STA 102 STA 103 STA 112	M SS M M M M M	- - - - - - -	- - - - - - -	R - - - - - -
Independent study/internship/field experience		-	-	-	R

Coding of EN BS Degree prerequisites under Curriculum 2000:

Class				Area of Knowledge	Mode of Inquiry	Focused Inquiry	Competency
Biology 25				NS	-	-	-
Chemistry 11 and 12, or 19 or CHEM 151				NS	QID	-	-
Physics 41L and 42L or 53L and 54L				SS	QID	-	R (52D)
Earth and Ocean Sciences 41 or 53				NS	QID	STS (EOS 41)	-
Mathematics 31L and 32L, or 41L				M	QID	-	-
5 of these 6	Atmosphere and Oceans EOS 160			NS	QID	-	R
	ENVIRON 160			NS	-	-	-
	History of the Earth EOS 172			NS	-	-	R
	Hydrology EOS 123			NS	QID	STS
		(1) Ecology Course	BIOLOGY 110L BIOLOGY 114L BIOLOGY 123 BIOLOGY 128L BIOLOGY 129	NS NS NS NS NS	- QID - - -	- - - - -	- R - - -
		(1) Humans and Environment Course	ENVIRON 101 ENVIRON 105 ENVIRON 122 ENVIRON 129 ENVIRON 140 ENVIRON 149 ENVIRON 185 BIOLOGY 109 ECON 163 PHIL 115	SS NS NS NS, SS NS, SS SS NS, SS NS SS CZ	- QID QID - QID - - - QID -	EI, STS - - EI, STS STS EI, STS EI, STS EI, STS STS EI, STS	W - - - - W W - - -
Statistics				M	QID	-	-