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.
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 1: Western Art Survey
Art History 2: Survey the World Art: African, Asia and the Americas (also Global Perspectives/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 Creative Practice/CP)
Communication 125: Introduction to Media, Technology & Culture (also CP)
Communication 133: Video Production
Communication 158: Film (also CP)
English 23: American Voices (also American Diversity/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 163: Anglophone Literature
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 The Common Good/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 Theater (also CP)
Performing Arts 61: World Theater (also GP)
Peforming 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: Spanish Literature: Middle Ages to 18th Century
Spanish 121: Spanish Literatre: 18th Century to the Mid-20th Century
Spanish 140: Latin American Literature I (also GP)
Spanish 141: Latin American Literature II (also GP)
Creative Practice
Art 1: Studio Foundations 1: Drawing, Painting, Photography
Art 55: Digital Foundations
Art 65: Digital Foundations 2: Web Design and Interactive Art (also AA)
Art 70: Printmaking (also AA)
Art 102: Advanced Painting
Art 155: Experimental Flim/Video (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 133: Video Production (also AA)
Communciation 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: Princples of Performance (also AA)
Performing Arts 37: Theatre Performance Lab
Performing Arts 50: Theatre for Social Justice: Interactive Theatre (also CP, TCG, and CE)
Performing Arts 71/172: Somatic Dance Courses
Performing Arts 75/175: Dance Company I: Ballet & Modern
Performing Arts 76/176: Ballet Technique
Performing Arts 90: Choreography I
Performing Arts 132: Play in ProductionPerforming Arts 142: Theatre Production Practicum
Performing Arts 152: Making Theatre: One Act Plays
One course and lab from the menu:
Biology 7: Introduction to Biological Anthrophology
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 40/41: Revolutions in Science
Physics 90/91: Introduction to Astronomy
1 course from the menu and JCL 120 (Theory and Inquiry).
Economics 10: Economics and Society
History 17: History of the United States to the Civil War
History 18: History of the United States Since Reconstruction
One course from each menu
Christian Foundations
Theology & Religious Studies 97: The Bibke and Its Interpretation
Theology & Religious 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 125: Theologies of Liberation
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: Easter 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 171: Gender and Religion in American Culture (also AD)
Theology & Religious Studies 174: Sustainability, Religion, Spirituality
Anthropology 117: Anthropology of Religion and Gender
Students pursuing JCL must take either MATH 4 or MATH 10
Math 4: Statistics
Math 10: The Art and Practice of Math
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