JCL Core Menu

In addition to Justice, Community and Leadership program courses, JCL students must meet other major requirements in conjunction with the SMC Core by choosing from the following menus of selected core-designated courses.   

Artistic Understanding
2-2.25 courses from the following, including two full-credit courses that meet the Artistic Analysis requirement and one quarter credit that meets the Creative Practice requirement:

Artistic Analysis
Art History 2: Survey of World Art: Africa, Asia and the Americas (also GP)  
Art History 144: Issues in Non-Western Art 
Art Theory and Criticism 80: Art Theory

Art Theory and Criticism 180: Seminar in Theory & Practice of Art
Communication 2: Communication and Social Understanding (also CP)
Communication 125: Introduction to Media, Technology & Culture (also CP) 
Communication 158: Film (also CP)
English 23: American Voices (also AD)
English 25: Creative Writing: Multi-Genre Studies (also CP)
English 102: Creative Writing (also CP)
English 153: American Ethnic Writers and Oral Traditions (also AD)
English 154: Studies in African-American Literature (also AD)
English 173: Women Writers
French 11: Introduction to Literature 
French 130: Thematic and Stylistic Study of a Single French Author or Genre 
Modern Languages 126: Italian Film
Modern Languages 186: Culture and Civilization of Italy (also TCG)
Performing Arts 1: Perceiving the Performing Arts
Performing Arts 10: Rock to Bach: Introduction to Music
Performing Arts 14: World Music and Dance (also CP)
Performing Arts 33: Acting I: Principles of Performance  (also CP)   
Performing Arts 50: Interactive Theatre (also CP, CE, TCG)
Performing Arts 61: World Theater (also GP)
Performing Arts 113: Jazz and Blues in America (also AD)
Performing Arts 181: Asian Dance (also GP)
Performing Arts 184: Dance in Performance (also AD)
Spanish 11: Introduction to Literature (also GP)
Spanish 120: 

Creative Practice
Art 1: Studio Foundations 1: Drawing, Painting, Photography
Art 55: Digital Foundations 1: Photo, Video and Sound (also AA)
Art 65: Digital Foundations 2: Web Design and Interactive Art (also AA)
Art 70: Printmaking (also AA) 
Art Theory and Criticism 80: Art Theory (also AA)
Communication 2: Communication and Social Understanding (also AA)
Communication 125: Introduction to Media, Technology & Culture (also AA)
Communication 158: Film (also AA)
English 25: Creative Writing: Multi-Genre Studies (also AA)
English 102: Creative Writing (also AA) 
Performing Arts 12: Applied Music
Performing Arts 14: World Music and Dance (also AA)
Performing Arts: 19: Performing Ensembles
Performing Arts 33: Acting I: Principles of Performance  (also AA)   
Performing Arts 37: Theatre Performance Lab
Performing Arts 50: Interactive Theatre (also AA, CE, TCG)

Performing Arts 70: Commercial Dance

Performing Arts 71/172: Somatic Dance Courses

Performing Arts 75/175: Dance Company
Performing Arts 90: Choreography

Performing Arts 76/176: Ballet Technique

Performing Arts 90: Choreography I

Performing Arts 132: Play in Production

Performing Arts 142: Theatre Production Practicum

Performing Arts 152: Making Theatre: One Act Plays

Mathematical Understanding
(JCL and L4+1, 1 course): 
Students pursuing the JCL and L4+1 options must take either MATH 4 (Statistics) or MATH 10 (The Art and Practice of Math) or Psychology 105: Advanced Psychological Statistics

Scientific Understanding
Scientific Understanding (JCL and L4+1, 1 course):
Students in JCL and L4+1 select one course and lab from the menu
Biology 7: Introduction to Biological Anthropology
Biology 50/51: General Biology
Biology 88/89: Biology of Women
Environmental and Earth Science 40/41: Geology and the Earth
Environmental and Earth Science 50/51: Earth and Life through Time
Environmental and Earth Science 75/76: Wetlands
Environmental and Earth Science 92/93: Introduction to Environmental Science (also TCG)
Physics and Astronomy 40/41: Revolutions in Science 

Physics and Astronomy 90/91: Introduction to Astronomy

Theological Understanding
One course from each menu

Christian Foundations
Theology & Religious Studies 97: The Bible and Its Interpretation
Theology & Religious Studies 189: The Bible and Its Interpretation (transfer only)

Theological Explorations
Philosophy 130: Ethics (also TCG) 
Theology & Religious Studies 117: Wealth and Poverty in the Bible (also AD, TCG)

Theology & Religious Studies 118: Women and the Bible
Theology & Religious Studies 141: Christian Ethics
Theology & Religious Studies 142: Medical Ethics
Theology & Religious Studies 143: Catholic Social Teaching (also CE)
Theology & Religious Studies 151: Judaism
Theology & Religious Studies 152: Islam (also GP)
Theology & Religious Studies 153: Eastern Religions (also GP)   
Theology & Religious Studies 154: Hinduism (also GP)
Theology & Religious Studies 155: Buddhism (also GP)
Theology & Religious Studies 156: Religions of India (also GP)
Theology & Religious Studies 166: Spirituality in Practice: Catholics in America (also AD)
Theology & Religious Studies 171: Gender and Religion in American Culture (also AD)

Theology & Religious Studies 174: Sustainability, Religion, Spirituality
Theology & Religious Studies 189: The Bible and It’s Interpretation: Great Themes