Many of Xavier's classes are designed to foster skill in these areas, and you will build on them in many courses throughout your college career. The skills of rhetoric and quantitative analysis are universal in their usefulness and importance. The Second Language requirement (201-level competency) immerses you in new cultures and languages, leading to greater cross-cultural competency, language proficiency, sensitivity, appreciation, and engagement.The Diversity Flag which examines the social, economic, political, psychological, and cultural experiences and positions of individuals and groups characterized by differing gender, race, sexual orientation, ethnicity, socioeconomic class, age, religion, and physical/mental abilities.Cultural Understanding is essential for responsible participation in modern society, both locally and globally. Electives in Humanities, Natural Sciences and Social SciencesĬultural Understanding is the ability to think analytically about culture in its many forms.Theological Perspectives - electives primarily offered in Theology.Scientific Perspectives - electives primarily offered in Biology, Physics, Psychology and Sociology.Philosophical Perspectives - electives primarily offered in Philosophy.Mathematical Perspectives - electives primarily offered in Mathematics and Computer Science.Historical Perspectives - electives primarily offered in History and Classics.Creative Perspectives - electives primarily offered in Art, Music, Theatre and Communication.Liberal Arts Perspectives courses help lead you to practical, wise and sensitive action in the world. A Liberal Arts education emphasizes knowledge and the ability to analyze knowledge meaningfully, to organize it and integrate it, and to break out into new areas. The Liberal Arts encompass the broad range of the human experience. Literature and the Moral Imagination (Year 2 or 3).Philosophy 100: Ethics as an Introduction to Philosophy (Year 1 or 2).Theology 111: Theological Foundations (Year 1).You'll be better prepared to make good decisions in complex situations. The Ethics/Religion and Society (E/RS) sequence of courses provides a basis for you to become intellectually, morally and spiritually educated individuals capable of critical reflection on ethical and religious questions of social significance. Learn more about your First Year or check out a list of current First-Year Seminar Course Options. Your First-Year Experience includes Manresa, First-Year Seminar, and GOA, the First-Year Journey Program. Xavier's Core engages all areas of Liberal Arts Catholic Jesuit education, encouraging Xavier women and men to become people of learning and reflection, integrity and achievement, in solidarity for and with others.
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