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Dec 11, 2024
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2023-2024 Rivier Academic Catalog [ARCHIVED CATALOG]
Bachelor of Arts in Education and Community Leadership (Day)
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This degree is designed to provide students with the knowledge, competencies, and dispositions required to become an effective leader in community organizations. Through a series of courses students gain an understanding of how organizations sustain themselves through effective leadership, sound financial management, effective hiring and staff evaluation practices, a constant focus on mission, and the flexibility to adapt to changing market forces.
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Major Requirements (54 credits)
Community Core Courses (39 credits)
Education Concentration Courses (15 credits)
Select five courses from one of the following areas: Elementary, or Early Childhood, or Special Education. General Education Requirements (42-45 credits)
Who am I and What is the World? Students explore these questions in their first year common core courses. Associated with General Core
Who is My Neighbor? Students explore this question in their second and third years.(6 credits) - HUM200 Literature, Art, and the Human Credits: 3
Students take one -200 level interdisciplinary course that addresses a basic human question from the perspectives of the literary, visual, and musical arts. - HIS203 Interactions: The West in the World I Credits: 3 or
- HIS204 Interactions: The West in the World II Credits: 3
How Shall We Live? Students explore this question in their junior and senior years. (6 credits) - Religion: Faith, Religion, and Social Justice Credits: 3
Students take one Religion course developed with this theme at its center. - Philosophy: Ethics, Values, and Moral Choices Credits: 3
Students take one Philosophy course developed with this theme at its center. What, then, Shall We Do? Students explore this question in their junior or senior year. (3 credits) - Capstone: Justice and Global Responsibility Credits: 3
Students take one of a number of offerings under Justice and Global Responsibility. This seminar serves as the culmination of the Common Core. Informed by problem-solving pedagogy, this seminar enhances the student’s connection with the Catholic vision of the University by focusing on justice and global responsibility. Area Distribution Courses: The Core Complement
Humanities and Social Sciences (6 credits) - One course from: English, History, Modern Language, Philosophy, Religious Studies Credits: 3
- One course from: Economics, Geography, Political Science, Psychology, or Sociology Credits: 3
Mathematics and Natural Sciences (6 credits) - One course in Mathematics: MA112 College Algebra or above Credits: 3
- One course from: Computer Science, Mathematics, Biology, Chemistry, or Physical Science Credits: 3-4
Culture through Language (6 credits)
Students must demonstrate university-level introductory competency in a language other than English. General Electives (24 credits)
Degree Requirements (minimum 120 credits)
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