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Academic Core
Academic Core Skills
Marist College is strongly committed to preparing you to meet the complex and varied challenges of a changing global society. The chart below summarizes the ways in which the Marist Core equips you with essential 21st-century skills.
Skill Area | Curricular Component |
Critical Thinking |
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Information Literacy |
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Public Presentation |
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Quantitative Reasoning |
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Scientific Reasoning |
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Technological Competency |
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Writing |
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Intensive Core Requirements
Technology-Intensive Courses
Technology-intensive courses provide students with an understanding of the impact of technology on their lives and on the world around them. In addition, technology-intensive courses instruct students in the theoretical and practical use of technology relevant to their academic discipline. Whether focusing exclusively on computing and information technology or incorporating other forms as well, technology-intensive courses provide students with the opportunity to use technology skillfully and to critically evaluate the implications of various technologies on society
Discipline | Courses that will fulfill the Technology -intensive requirement |
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Art | ART 231 Introduction to Digital Media |
Business | BUS 310 Data Modeling for Business - *Taken fall 2023 or later |
Communication | COM 103 Digital Toolbox |
Computing Technology | CMPT 103 Technology for the 21st Century CMPT 120 Introduction to Programming CMPT 300 Management Information Systems |
Data Science and Analytics | DATA 220 Introduction to Data Analysis |
Economics | ECON 325 Quantitative Methods in Economics |
Education | EDUC 150 Learning Through Technology |
Environmental Science |
ENSC 230 Introduction to Geographic Information Systems |
Fashion |
FASH 245 Fashion CAD I |
History | HIST 209 Digital Humanities |
Italian |
ITAL 392, Italian in the Digital Age |
Media Studies |
MDIA 103 Digital Toolbox |
Spanish |
SPAN 325 Spanish in a Digital Age (taught in Spanish) |
Public Presentation Intensive Courses
The Public Presentation Intensive (PPI) requirement provides students with the opportunity to develop their ability to research, organize, and deliver presentations. Involving both low-stakes assignments and more formal expositions, PPI courses build upon skills introduced in the First Year Seminar and help prepare students for presentations in their advanced-level Capping courses.
Discipline |
Courses that will fulfill the PPI requirement |
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Art |
ART 380 Renaissance Art |
Biology |
BIOL 131 General Biology II |
Business |
BUS 100 Introduction to Business & Management BUS 302 Organizational Behavior BUS 340 Principles of Marketing |
Communication |
COM 101 Public Presentation COM 420 Advanced Public Presentations |
Computing Technology |
CMPT 305 Technology, Ethics, & Society |
Criminal Justice |
CRJU 374 Criminal Justice Research Methods |
Education |
EDUC 373 Principles of Teaching Students with Special Needs |
English |
ENG 150 Introduction to Theatre |
Environmental Science & Policy |
ENSC 210 Geology |
Fashion | FASH 126, The Creative Process |
Games & Emerging Media |
GAME 301 The Business of Games |
History | HIST 217 Catholics in the US |
Honors | HONR 360, A Gift of Fire: Ethical Implications of Technology |
Italian |
ITAL 281 Italian for Conversation |
Mathematics | MATH 310 Introduction to Mathematical Reasoning |
Media Studies |
MDIA 310 Interactive Media II |
Medical Technology | MEDT 350 Foundations of Clinical Laboratory Science |
Philosophy | PHIL 243 Knowledge & Reality |
Political Science | POSC 217 Catholics in the US |
Psychology |
PSYC 351 Psychological Research Methodology & Lab II |
Religious Studies | REST 217 Catholics in the US |
Social Work |
SOCW 330 Social Service: Theory & Practice |