Core 2.0

The mission of Core 2.0 is to enhance students' use of multiple perspectives in making informed creitical and ethical judgments in their personal, public and professional lives. 

Foundation Courses: 

Students learn to think, speak and write effectivelyevaluate the oral and written expression of others; and use complex knowledge in making decisions and judgments. 

Inquiry Courses: 

Students are introduced to the methods used to discover and create the factual and theoretical knowledge of the discipline. 

Research Course:

Students experience the process of research or creative activity as a unique intellectual practice leading to a scholarly or artistic product. 

Core 2.0 Worksheet
Foundation Courses
Course Number
University Seminar (US) (at least 3 credits)
 
College Writing* (W) (at least 3 credits)
 
Quantitative Reasoning (Q) (at least 3 credits)
 
Diversity (D) (at least 3 credits)
 
Contemporary Issues in Science (CS) (at least 3 credits)
 
Ways of Knowing: Inquiry and Research & Creative Experience 
Course Number
Arts (IA or RA) (at least 3 credits)
 
Humanities (IH or RH) (at least 3 credits)
 
Social Sciences (IS or RS) (at least 3 credits)
 
Natural Science (IN or RN) (at least 3 credits)
 
Research & Creative Experience (R, RA, RH, RN, or RS) (at least 3 credits) Courses designated RA, RH, RN, or RS count as two Core 2.0 requirements. For example, a course designated as RA will satisfy both the Inquiry Arts and the Research & Creative Experience Core 2.0 requirements.
 

Notes: 
1.A grade of C- or better is required in all Core 2.0 courses. 

2. See MSU catalog for permitted substitutions