Advanced Critical Thinking, Certificate
The Core Curriculum is designed to foster critical thinking skills and introduce students to basic domains of thinking that transcend disciplines. The Core applies to all majors. Information on specific classes in the Core can be found at https://www.marshall.edu/gened/.
Course Requirements
| Code | Title | Credit Hours |
|---|---|---|
| SCLA 101 | Transformative Texts CMM (CT) | 3 |
| SCLA 102 | Transformative Texts ENG | 3 |
| SCLA 150 | Community Engagement | 1 |
| Choose 3 additional courses in one of the following tracks: 1 | 9 | |
| Science & Technology | ||
| Crisis & Risk Communication | ||
| Digital Communication | ||
| Intro to Digital Humanities | ||
| Science Fiction | ||
| Intro Digital Literary Studies | ||
| Scientific & Tech Writing | ||
| Writing in the Digital World | ||
| Cartography & GIS | ||
| Geographic Information Systems | ||
| Remote Sensing & Photogram | ||
| Drones: Remote Sensing & GIS | ||
| Japanese Anime & Manga (CT) | ||
| Intro to Formal Logic (CT) | ||
| Philosophy of Science | ||
| Politics and Video Games | ||
| Paranormal Phenomena | ||
| Experimental Psychology | ||
| Sensation & Perception | ||
| Science, Knowledge, and Tech | ||
| Environment & Sustainability | ||
| Culture and Environment | ||
| Crisis & Risk Communication | ||
| Appalachian Literature | ||
| Global Environment Issues (CT) | ||
| Environmental Geography | ||
| Floods Hazards and GIS | ||
| Extreme Weather | ||
| Weather Analysis | ||
| Food in World History | ||
| Models of Public Policy | ||
| Issues in Public Policy | ||
| Environmental Politics | ||
| Cross Cultural Psychology | ||
| Population Dynamics | ||
| Environment and Society | ||
| Ecocriticism in Latin America | ||
| Healthcare & Medicine | ||
| Health, Culture & Society | ||
| Design, Planning & Health | ||
| Disaster, Culture & Health | ||
| Language, Gender and the Body | ||
| Health Communication | ||
| Interpersonal Health Comm | ||
| Addiction Literature | ||
| Writing for Non-Profits | ||
| Medical Geography | ||
| History of Global Pandemics | ||
| LGBTQ+ History of the US | ||
| History of Sexuality | ||
| Ethics of Health Care (CT) | ||
| Applied Ethics | ||
| Issues in Public Policy | ||
| Issues in World Politics | ||
| Nonprofit Management | ||
| Human Sexual Behavior | ||
| Physiological Psychology | ||
| Health Psychology | ||
| Community Health | ||
| Health, Culture and Society | ||
| Aging in Society | ||
| Soc of Death & Dying | ||
| Gender and Society | ||
| Management & Organization | ||
| Communication in Relationships | ||
| Professional Presentations | ||
| Communication in Groups | ||
| Legal Communication | ||
| Leadership Dynamics | ||
| Intercultural Communication | ||
| Crisis & Risk Communication | ||
| Conflict Communication | ||
| Writing for the Workplace | ||
| Intro to Professional Writing | ||
| Writing, Editing & Doc Design | ||
| Writing for Non-Profits | ||
| Economic Geography (CT) | ||
| Transportation Geography | ||
| GIS Location Analytics | ||
| American Legal History | ||
| Conspiracies in US History | ||
| Intro to Public Administration | ||
| UN & Global Organizations | ||
| Public Policy Development | ||
| Public Organizations | ||
| Psychology of Personnel | ||
| Intro to I-O Psychology | ||
| Social Organization | ||
| Work in Society | ||
| Evaluation Research | ||
| Conflict Resolution & Justice | ||
| Murder in Ancient World (CT) | ||
| Rhetoric of Seduction | ||
| Body, Sex and Violence in Rome | ||
| Roman Law | ||
| Communication in Relationships | ||
| Legal Communication | ||
| Intercultural Communication | ||
| Conflict Communication | ||
| The Political Novel | ||
| Postcolonial Literature | ||
| Crime and Sensation Literature | ||
| African American Literatures | ||
| Multicultural Literatures | ||
| Women Writers | ||
| Urban Geography | ||
| Women in US History | ||
| Drug Wars | ||
| The Holocaust | ||
| African-American History | ||
| The US in the 1970s | ||
| The United States in the 1980s | ||
| The Civil Rights Movement | ||
| Lit Asians in Americas | ||
| Ethics of Health Care (CT) | ||
| Managing Life | ||
| Applied Ethics | ||
| Ethics | ||
| Phil of Politics & Power | ||
| Black Politics | ||
| War and Pop Culture | ||
| International Relations | ||
| International Law | ||
| Women and Political Thought | ||
| Diplomacy | ||
| Conflict and Revolution | ||
| US Court System | ||
| Power in American Society | ||
| Politics of Poverty | ||
| Social Psychology | ||
| Psychology Of Aggression | ||
| Race Culture and Development | ||
| Social Movements | ||
| Social Class Power & Conflict | ||
| Chicano/a Identities (CT) | ||
| Latin American Women | ||
| Afro-Latin America | ||
| Against Oppression SPN LA Film | ||
| Total Credit Hours | 16 | |
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Students must choose courses from at least two departments in their chosen track.
ADDITIONAL NOTE:
Program Directors may approve reasonable course substitutions if listed courses are full or otherwise unavailable.