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Undergraduate Advising Handbook 
Advising
All students at the College will complete a liberal arts core requirement as part of their Fisher degree.
The core that a student follows is based upon the student's status at
the time the student entered the College.
TIER ONE - Foundations |
Usually Taken |
How many credits? |
Which course? |
Fall semester, Freshman year |
Minimum 6 credits |
Learning Community: Writing About Contemporary Issues (LC) |
Spring semester, Freshman year |
Minimum 3 credits |
DEPT 199C: Research-based Writing (RW) |
Sophomore year |
Minimum 3 credits |
Scientific and Quantitative Literacy (SQ) |
Sophomore year |
Minimum 3 credits |
Cultural Contrasts (CC) |
TIER TWO - Perspectives |
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Two courses; minimum 6 credits |
Perspectives on the Arts courses (P1) |
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Two courses; minimum 6 credits |
Philosophical and Religious Perspectives (P2) |
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Two courses; minimum 6 credits |
Socio-cultural Perspectives courses (P3) |
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Two courses; minimum 6 credits |
Explorations of the Natural and Technical World courses (P4) |
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Two courses; minimum 6 credits |
Intercultural Perspectives and Languages courses (P5)* |
* BA students must take 2 foreign language courses in sequence in the same language |
Literature/
Foreign Language |
ENGL 101C (or one of the courses in a
writing intensive Learning Community) |
Any 199C Writing & Research Course (or
ENGL 150C/102C if applicable)* |
English Literature or Foreign Language or
LLIT or LCLA |
English Literature or Foreign Language or
LLIT or LCLA or Alternate |
Social Sciences
(at least two social science
subject areas) |
Social Science |
Social Science |
Social Science |
Social Science or Alternate |
Philosophy/
Religious Studies
(in any combination) |
PHIL/REST |
PHIL/REST |
PHIL/REST |
PHIL/REST or Alternate |
Mathematics/
Natural Science
(at least two subject
areas) |
Math/Natural Sci. |
Math/Natural Sci. |
Math/Natural Sci. |
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Pluralism/Diversity**
These courses may be used
to meet other core requirements and do not at to the number
of courses required in the core. |
Pluralism |
Diversity |
Pluralism or Diversity |
* Students who enrolled as
freshmen in the Fall of 2004 or later are required to
complete a 199C Writing and Research Course.
** Pluralism and Diversity courses must be
taken at St. John Fisher College. |
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