Undergraduate Day General Education Program and Courses

1. First Year Experience (FYE) (6 units)

First Year Experience “Big History” at Dominican University of California is a one-year program that takes students on an immense journey through time to witness the first moments of our universe, the birth of stars and planets, the formation of life on earth until the dawn of human consciousness, and the ever-unfolding story of humans as Earth's dominant species. As the epic story of evolution is studied, students engage with fundamental questions regarding the nature of the universe and our momentous role in shaping possible futures for our planet.

The program is designed to promote:

• Recognition of the personal, communal, and political implications of the Big History story, including insight into the interdependence of humans and their environment
• Critical and creative thinking in a manner that awakens curiosity and enhances openness to multiple perspectives
• Development of reading, thinking, and research skills in order to enhance the ability to evaluate and articulate understanding of one’s place in the unfolding universe

The FYE requirement includes 6 units and is to be completed during the first year at Dominican. In the first semester, students explore the common history of the cosmos and humanity to learn our universal story and develop a global perspective. Following this grand sweep of natural and human history, students deepen their knowledge of specific areas of inquiry by reexamining major big history concepts through the lens of a discipline or field of inquiry.

Every first-year student is required to enroll in FYE 1001 Big History: Big Bang to the Present (3 units) in the first semester. The remaining 3 units are selected from the additional First Year Experience course offerings in the second semester.

Special Conditions

1. FYE is required for all students transferring 0-15 units of applicable and transferable coursework prior to matriculation.
2. FYE is waived for transfer students with more than 15 units of applicable and transferable coursework prior to matriculation.

Students who transfer in college or university units but have no previous college or university experience are required to take the FYE course sequence.

Students who fail an FYE 1001 course will re-enroll in an FYE 1001 course in the following year, thereby allowing the failing grade to be replaced by a successful grade. Students who fail one of the second-semester FYE courses may enroll in any of the other second-semester FYE courses the following year and replace the failing grade with a successful grade. Students who receive an ‘F’ in FYE 1001 may enroll in a second-semester FYE course with special permission of the program director. Students who repeat one or more FYE courses, must successfully complete the full FYE requirement by the conclusion of the Sophomore level (within the first 60 units).

Courses that Fulfill the Requirement

Semester 1

FYE 1001

Big History: Big Bang to the Present

3.00 units

Semester 2

FYE 1100	Visual Art through Lens of Big History	3.00 units
FYE 1210	Human Cultures through Lens of Big Hist	3.00 units
FYE 1220	Power&Politics thru Lens of Big History	3.00 units
FYE 1250	Dogs Through the Lens of Big History	3.00 units
FYE 1310	Mythology thru the Lens of Big History	3.00 units
FYE 1320	Big Literature thru the Lens of Big Hist	3.00 units
FYE 1330	Myth&Ritual thru the Lens of Big History	3.00 units
FYE 1400	Business&Trade thru Lens of Big History	3.00 units
FYE 1510	Philosophy thru the Lens of Big History	3.00 units
FYE 1520	Religion thru the Lens of Big History	3.00 units
FYE 1600	Sex and Gender thru Lens of Big History	3.00 units
FYE 1700	Music through the Lens of Big History	3.00 units
FYE 1800	Health&Healing thru Lens of Big History	3.00 units
FYE 1900	Visualizing Big History	3.00 units
FYE 1910	Creative Writing & Big History	3.00 units
FYE 2000	HO: Big History: From Big Bang-Present	3.00 units
FYE 2100	HO:Visualizing the Sacred thru Big Hist	3.00 units
FYE 2200	HO:Beauty thru the Lens of Big History	3.00 units
FYE 2300	HO: Innovation thru Lens of Big History	3.00 units

FYE 1100 Course Learning Outcomes

The student will:

1. Describe and analyze the use of visual arts to narrate the story of our universe, including insight into the interdependence of humans and our environment on personal, communal, or political levels
2. Use the appropriate vocabulary to identify, define, and discuss works of art as manifestations of the Big History narrative
3. Formulate a research question that addresses the ability of works of art to illustrate specific Big History themes or developments; locate and evaluate appropriate sources; and extract, synthesize, and apply information

FYE 1210 Course Learning Outcomes

The student will:

1. Describe and analyze the cultural ways in which humans have extracted energy (in the form of food and drink) from their environment as they have evolved biologically from simple living organisms to complex human cultures as evidenced with the emergence of the ancient agricultural revolution.
2. Compare and contrast the cultural food and drink ways of ancient human cultures (as evidenced in his/her Big History narrative) with early modern and industrial cultural developments in human food and drink ways, and conclude with an assessment of how these cultural practices of extracting energy from the environment have serious consequences for the biosphere today and for the near and distant future
3. Formulate a research question, locate and evaluate appropriate sources, and extract and synthesize, and apply information on a human cultural topic of the student’s choice

FYE 1220 Course Learning Outcomes

The student will:

1. Recognize and describe the major developments in power relations and political systems from the beginning of time to the present day through analysis and synthesis of diverse political cultures of prehistoric, ancient, and modern times
2. Describe and analyze one aspect of power and politics from a Big History perspective
3. Formulate a research question; locate and evaluate appropriate sources; and extract, synthesize, and apply information

FYE 1250 Course Learning Outcomes

The student will:

1. Compare and contrast the hypotheses that have been developed to explain the domestication of dogs
2. Formulate a research question; locate and evaluate appropriate sources; and extract, synthesize, and apply information on a relationship between dogs and humans of the student’s choice
3. Describe and analyze the many different ways humans and dogs have coevolved

FYE 1310 Course Learning Outcomes

The student will:

1. Make connections across widely separated times, places, and cultures, recognizing the common psychological, social, and environmental influences that both inspire and constrain myth-making
2. Understand in-depth non-Western mythological tradition, as both a human response to the products of the earliest thresholds of Big History, and as an ongoing development of human experience from ancient times to modern
3. Formulate a research question; locate and evaluate appropriate sources; and extract, synthesize, and apply information from traditional mythologies to a modern scientific understanding of the place of human beings in the universe

FYE 1320 Course Learning Outcomes

The student will:

1. Read and understand selections from literary texts, and interpret and apply to make personal and conceptual connections to key threshold ideas presented in first-semester Big History
2. Describe and evaluate Big History themes within the framework of great literature from more or less the last hundred years
3. Formulate a research question; locate and evaluate secondary sources to support understanding of primary texts; and extract, synthesize, and apply information
4. Participate in the classroom community by showing up prepared, do the reading, offer thoughtful critical feedback to peers, speak and listen in good proportion

FYE 1330 Course Learning Outcomes

The student will:

1. Make connections across time and cultures and engage with myths and rituals critically through a Big History perspective; includes identifying, comparing, and analyzing Big History thresholds as told in myth
2. Formulate a research question within the framework of a myth of personal significance and its associated rituals; locate and evaluate appropriate sources; and extract, synthesize, and apply information

FYE 1400 Course Learning Outcomes

The student will:

1. Describe and analyze how businesses function to create wealth, organize labor, promote expenditure of wealth, and how they impact the environment
2. Recognize, describe, and evaluate global trade patterns and economic institutions and how they emerged over time
3. Articulate issues related to the rise of the modern consumer. This will include key theories that work towards explaining the changing role of consumers throughout history
4. Formulate a research question; locate and evaluate appropriate sources; and extract, synthesize, and apply information

FYE 1510 Course Learning Outcomes

The student will:

1. Compare and synthesize modes of philosophical thought from the Paleolithic Age to the Modern Era in order to trace the threads of human cognitive, and cultural evolution
2. Formulate a research question; locate and evaluate appropriate sources; and extract, synthesize, and apply information
3. Describe and evaluate major Big History themes within the framework of philosophical thought, past and present

FYE 1520 Course Learning Outcomes

The student will:

1. Compare and contrast two religious systems (analyzing their belief systems, their rituals and practices, or their institutional structures) from different thresholds and based on information gained from assigned texts
2. Research how one of the present-day religious systems is responding/not responding, adapting/not adapting to current concerns over the future of Planet Earth and other environmental issues raised by the first semester FYE Big History course
3. Understand the emergence of religion as a universal human effort to create meaning that has been captured by great diversity in the history of the human experience

FYE 1600 Course Learning Outcomes

The student will:

1. Understand how sex and especially gender intersect with major developments in the Big History story. Students will identify and analyze how sex/gender operates within the following contexts: social, historical, political, religious, artistic, or intellectual
2. Formulate a research question; locate and evaluate appropriate sources; and extract, synthesize, and apply information
3. Understand the social and biological factors impacting sexual development and behavior in animals, including humans

FYE 1700 Course Learning Outcomes

The student will:

1. Make connections across time and cultures to engage with music critically through a Big History perspective; includes identifying and analyzing the Big History narrative and its thresholds as evidenced in your topic, in addition to studying and imagining its implications
2. Formulate a research question within the framework of a musical selection or topic of personal significance; examples include but are not limited to a research question which leads you to explore how a selected culture from the early world zones/agrarian civilizations composes, performs, and develops an appreciation for music; or how evolutionary concepts might apply to jazz, rock, or Western art music by tracing the development of a form, an instrument, or the music of a specific composer, performer, band, or ensemble. You will locate and evaluate appropriate sources; and extract, synthesize, and apply information.
3. Identify and describe the musical concepts of pitch, melody, rhythm, timbre and texture
4. Listen to or view audio or video recordings of representative composers or performers who intend to interpret musically one or more of the eight thresholds of Big History
5. Attend and review one of the Dominican Guest Concert Series Performances; review should demonstrate a careful listening to the concert and seek to illustrate one or more of the concepts or themes of the Big History narrative (this will count as one of your two required Big History events)

FYE 1800 Course Learning Outcomes

The student will:

1. Discuss health as a concept of the universe, evolution and humanity
2. Recognize the impact of disease in the evolution of the universe and humanity
3. Describe the components of healthy communities and societies
4. Examine the roles of death and life in the universe and humanity

FYE 1900 Course Learning Outcomes

The student will:

1. Use formal skills in creative art with the content of Big History as a source
2. Express content of Big History in creative work
3. Recognize and describe the relationship between Big History content and the creative arts discipline. Writing on, reading, and discussing the relationship between the content of Big History and the creation of visual artwork
4. Formulate a creative arts-specific research question; locate and evaluate appropriate sources; and extract, synthesize, and apply information

FYE 1910 Course Learning Outcomes

The student will:

1. Describe and analyze “text” from the perspective of Big History, its thresholds, and/or major themes within the framework of the course
2. Formulate a research question; locate and evaluate appropriate sources; and extract, synthesize, and apply information
3. Demonstrate formal skills in creative writing with the content of Big History as a source

FYE 2000 Course Learning Outcomes

The student will:

1. Employ major Big History concepts and the eight Big History thresholds from the Big Bang to the present in developing a perspective that emphasizes a view of themselves as embedded in the fabric of an interconnected world
2. Demonstrate an understanding of Big History themes addressed in the course through identifying, defining, explaining, and/or analyzing them
3. Demonstrate the ability to locate and evaluate appropriate secondary sources, and extract and synthesize research; while summarizing, paraphrasing, and quoting in accordance to the MLA, APA, or CMS documentation styles. Assessment: two library exercises and Little Big History essay

FYE 2100 Course Learning Outcomes

The student will:

1. Describe and analyze the use of visual arts to narrate the story of our universe by identifying and comparing the social, political, artistic, and intellectual values of different cultures as demonstrated in the visual arts
2. Understand, assess, and analyze world issues from historical and contemporary perspectives as implications of Big History
3. Formulate a research question; locate and evaluate appropriate sources; and extract, synthesize, and apply information
4. Develop their Honors Portfolio

FYE 2200 Course Learning Outcomes

The student will:

1. Describe and analyze the use of visual arts to narrate the story of our universe by identifying and comparing the social, political, artistic, and intellectual values of different cultures as demonstrated in the visual arts
2. Understand, assess, and analyze world issues from historical and contemporary perspectives as implications of Big History
3. Formulate a research question; locate and evaluate appropriate sources; and extract, synthesize, and apply information
4. Develop their Honors Portfolio

FYE 2300 Course Learning Outcomes

The student will:

1. Describe and analyze how innovation has shaped human society and the important issues and impacts technology is likely to have on our future
2. Describe the connection between biological and technological evolution and role of both forms of innovation in the big History narrative
3. Formulate a research question about innovation; locate and evaluate appropriate sources; and analyze synthesize, and apply information
4. Further develop their Honors Portfolio: Achieved by the addition of their final written work (research paper) for this course to their Honors Portfolio

2. Expository Writing (3 units)

Writing of university-level expository essays across rhetorical modes. Emphasis on critical reading and thinking, summary, analysis, synthesis, and research. Students must complete this course with a ‘C’ (2.0) or higher to fulfill the first of a two-semester General Education requirement in writing. Prerequisite: placement test; passing ENGL 1003; passing WRIT 1001/WRIT 1002 and with departmental approval; or equivalent.

English Placement Policy

See the Proficiency/Placement Examinations section of this catalog.

Course that Fulfills the Requirement

ENGL 1004

Expository Writing

3.00 units

Course Learning Outcomes

Students will write university-level essays that include:

1. Specific, debatable theses
2. Relevant, cogent, and valid supporting evidence
3. Logical and coherent organization, including effective paragraphing and transitions
4. Precise word choice and correctness in spelling, grammar, mechanics, and punctuation
5. Appropriate research methods and documentation

Special Conditions

1. Students who have passed a 3-unit university-level writing course (comparable to ENGL 1004 Expository Writing, as articulated and approved by Dominican) with a 'C' (2.0) or higher prior to matriculation enroll in ENGL 3200 Advanced Writing and Research.
2. Students who have passed with 'C' (2.0) or higher a course that fulfills the IGETC English Communication Area 1A (English Composition) requirement enroll in ENGL 3200 Advanced Writing and Research.
3. Students who score 3 or higher on the Advanced Placement English Language and Composition or English Literature and Composition Exam or who score 600+ on SAT Critical Reading or 26+ on ACT English enroll in ENGL 3200 Advanced Writing and Research.
4. Depending on the SAT Critical Reading exam score, beginning first-year students and first bachelor degree transfer students who have not passed a 3-unit university-level writing course (comparable to ENGL 1004 Expository Writing) with a 'C' (2.0) or higher may be required to take the English Placement Exam. Depending on their demonstrated writing skill and the consequent proficiency assessment, students are assigned to WRIT 1001/WRIT 1002 Language Concepts and Skills Practicum I and II (3 units each semester), ENGL 1003 Developmental Writing, or ENGL 1004 Expository Writing.
5. Students who have passed two 3-unit college-level or university-level writing courses (comparable to ENGL 1004 and ENGL 3200 articulated and approved by Dominican), each with a 'C' (2.0) or higher, have met the GE writing requirement. As course levels are determined by the transfer school, writing courses transferred in for credit may be either lower and/or upper division. Lower division transfer courses may be accepted to fulfill the GE's ENGL 3200 Advanced Writing and Research if equivalent; however, these transfer courses remain lower division and do not count towards the total number of upper division units needed for graduation.
6. Students who have previously completed a BA, or comparable degree, have met the GE writing requirement.
7. Students are subject to the English Placement Policy in effect at the time they first enroll in or transfer to Dominican.

3. Advanced Writing and Research (3 units)

Further development of competencies in critical thinking, expository writing, and research across the disciplines. Practice in identifying, summarizing, evaluating, and integrating information. Students must complete this course with a ‘C’ (2.0) or higher to fulfill the second General Education requirement in writing. Prerequisite: passing ENGL 1004 or its equivalent with a grade of ‘C’ or higher.

English Placement Policy

See the Proficiency/Placement Examinations section of this catalog.

GE Prerequisites

ENGL 1004	Expository Writing	3.00 units
	or its equivalent
WRIT 1001	Language Concepts & Skills Practicum I	3.00 units
	and/or
WRIT 1002	Language Concepts & Skills Practicum II	3.00 units

Course that Fulfills the Requirement

ENGL 3200

Advanced Writing and Research

3.00 units

Unless satisfied prior to matriculation, this course must be taken at Dominican. ENGL 3200 may not be challenged or met by CLEP or Excelsior examination.

Course Learning Outcomes

Students will:

1. Show continuing competency in the Course Learning Outcomes of ENGL 1004 Expository Writing
2. Use appropriate research methods and information sources
3. Demonstrate critical thinking and analysis through such methods as summary, evaluation, and integration of research
4. Apply standard documentation, such as APA, MLA, or CMS

Special Conditions

See Special Conditions under Expository Writing requirement section above.

4. Speech (3 units)

Theory, practice, and evaluation of oral communication, with a primary emphasis on public speaking. Practice in selection, development, organization, and presentation of ideas in informative and persuasive discourse with attention to ethical responsibility. Study also involves communication in different interpersonal contexts: dyads, interviews, and exercises in listening and speaking intended to develop competence in oral communication. Gender, interracial, and cross-cultural communication patterns will be addressed.

Courses that Fulfill the Requirement

CMS 1200	Public Speaking	3.00 units
BUS 2030/BUS 3001	Bus Commun.& Critical Thinking	3.00 units

Course Learning Outcomes

The student will:

1. Design a cogent oral argument suitable to the topic, purpose, and audience (being responsive to audience diversity)
2. Deliver effective, informative speeches
3. Critically evaluate content and delivery of peer oral speeches

5. Mathematical Thinking and Quantitative Reasoning (3 or 4 units)

The primary goal of the quantitative reasoning requirement is to help students develop certain general intellectual mathematical abilities as well as see mathematics as an enriching and empowering discipline. Students will undertake practices that encourage independent exploration in mathematics and that develop tenacity and confidence in their abilities to use it. In the courses below, students will address practical mathematical problems posed by real-world situations and will regularly apply inductive and deductive reasoning techniques to build convincing arguments.

Math Placement Policy

See the Proficiency/Placement Examinations and Placement Policies section of this catalog.

Math Prerequisite Policy

The General Education requirement for Quantitative Reasoning is met by taking and passing MATH 1400 College Algebra, MATH 1450 Mathematical Thinking and Quantitative Reasoning, PSY 3187 Statistics for the Health and Behavioral Sciences or BUS 3023 Business Statistics and Data Analytics. In order to enroll in these courses, students must meet specific requirements, such as passing or transferring in a course equivalent to:

MATH 1300

Intermediate Algebra for College

3.00 units

Pass

MATH 1210

Elementary & Intermediate Algebra

4.00 units

Fulfilling the Requirement

• Pass one course that fulfills the IGETC Mathematical Concepts and Quantitative Reasoning Area 2A (Math), with a grade of ‘C’ (2.0) or higher
• Pass one 3-unit university-level math course, comparable to College Algebra (or higher); MATH 1400; MATH 1450; PSY 3187; or BUS 3023 articulated and approved by the University, with a grade of ‘C’ (2.0) or higher
• Pass one of the following exams with the corresponding minimum score:
  • AP Calculus AB: 3 or higher
  • AP Calculus BC: 3 or higher
  • AP Statistics: 3 or higher
  • CLEP College Mathematics: 50 or higher
  • CLEP College Algebra : 50 or higher
  • CLEP Precalculus: 50 or higher
• Achieve an appropriate placement test score

Course Learning Outcomes

For MATH 1400 and MATH 1450, the student will:

1. Differentiate between deductive and inductive reasoning and an ability to construct valid deductive arguments
2. Reason and draw conclusions from numerical information
3. Translate problem situations into symbolic representations and use those representations to solve problems
4. Understand the concept of a function graphically and symbolically and incorporate it into the use of mathematics

For PSY 3187, the student will:

1. Calculate and interpret the results of basic descriptive and inferential statistical procedures
2. Understand the logic underlying the testing of research hypotheses
3. Analyze and interpret statistical procedures using the computer-based program SPSS (Statistical Package for Social Sciences)

For BUS 3023, the student will:

1. Calculate and interpret the results of basic descriptive and inferential statistical procedures
2. Understand the logic underlying the testing of research hypotheses
3. Analyze and interpret statistical procedures using the computer-based program SPSS (Statistical Package for Social Sciences) and/or discipline-based statistical software commonly used in business decision making

6. Social Science (3 units)

The disciplines of social science investigate the thought and behavior of human individuals and groups as cultural contexts and social environments condition them. The aim of social science inquiry is to gather empirical evidence regarding, and to develop theories explaining, human thought, action, and interaction.

Courses that Fulfill the Requirement

ECON 1010	Macroeconomics	3.00 units
HCS 1101/HCS 3101	Sociology	3.00 units
HCS 1102/HCS 3102	Cultural Anthropology	3.00 units
HCS 1103/HCS 3103	Problems in Contemporary Society	3.00 units
HIST 1776	Columbus to Clinton:US History 1492-1992	3.00 units
POL 1100	Intro to American Politics	3.00 units
PSY 1100	Introduction to Psychology	3.00 units

Course Learning Outcomes

The student will:

1. Effectively communicate an understanding of the method(s) used by the particular social science under study
2. Articulate at least three theories used to understand human behavior in the social science discipline
3. Recognize themselves as citizens of diverse communities

7. Natural Science (6-8 units)

Scientific reasoning is distinguished by understanding and applying scientific method, laboratory techniques, mathematical principles, and experimental design to natural phenomena. The natural science requirement prepares students to (a) understand the role of empirical data in establishing scientific knowledge; (b) appreciate that, in addition to empirical evidence, science involves skepticism and rational arguments; that it is not opinion but is rather a reasoned consensus among informed experts which improves over time; and (c) comprehend several paradigmatic examples of the fundamental conceptual models in at least two separate disciplines of the natural sciences including Biology, Chemistry, Physics, and Geology.

To satisfy the general education requirement in natural sciences students are required to complete two courses: one from Category A and one from Category B. Courses are designed to help the student develop an appreciation and understanding of the scientific method, and explore the relationships between natural science and other human activities (world issues).

Special Conditions

Biology, Chemistry, Health Science, Liberal Studies, Nursing and Public Health students complete their Natural Science requirement through their majors.

For day transfer students, all 6 units of the Natural Science requirement may be satisfied by transfer units consisting of 3 units of Biological Science and 3 units of Physical Science, with at least one of these courses including a lab. If neither course has a lab component the student must take a Natural Science course with a lab, either at Dominican or off campus.

After matriculation, GE Natural Science courses taken off campus must include a lab.

Course Learning Outcomes

The student will:

1. Use (understand) the scientific method to carry out a quantitative experiment; develop a hypothesis and research protocol, analyze data, interpret and assess reliability of results, and draw reasonable conclusions
2. Communicate the result effectively in written and oral form including use of figures, graphs, and presentation software
3. Explain the method by which scientific theories and models evolve over time
4. Explain key scientific ideas covered in the course
5. Show the relevance of scientific findings to current social, political, and/or ethical issues

Although all courses listed below are eligible to meet the General Education Natural Science requirements, not all courses are suitable for students in all majors. The School of Health & Natural Sciences has categorized the following courses into those that are: (1) recommended for non-science majors, (2) those that require permission or are intended only for certain majors, and (3) those that are not recommended for non-science and/or non-health majors. Students should review these notations carefully and consult with their academic advisor before selecting a science course in order to ensure the best possible learning experience.

Courses that Fulfill the Requirements for the Biological Sciences

(*Prerequisite course required) Recommended for non-Biological Sciences or non-Chemistry majors:

BIO 1400	Biological Foundations	2.00 units
BIO 1405	Biological Foundations Lab	1.00 unit
ENSC 2000	Environmental Sciences	2.00 units
ENSC 2005	Environmental Sciences Lab	1.00 unit
ENSC 2100/ENSC 4100	Birds & the Environment	2.00 units
ENSC 2105/ENSC 4105	Birds & the Environment Lab	1.00 unit

Not recommended for students for whom this is not a major requirement:

BIO 1000	Organismal Biology	3.00 units
BIO 1005	Organismal Biology Lab	1.00 unit
BIO 1100	Cell and Developmental Biology	3.00 units
BIO 1105	Cell and Developmental Biology Lab	1.00 unit
BIO 2500	Human Anatomy	3.00 units
BIO 2505	Human Anatomy Lab	1.00 unit
BIO 2600	Human Physiology	3.00 units
BIO 2605	Human Physiology Lab	1.00 unit
BIO 3600	Microbiology for Health Sciences	3.00 units
BIO 3605	Microbiology for Health Sciences Lab	1.00 unit

Not recommended for non-Dance majors:

BIO 3810	Anatomy and Kinesiology for Dance	3.00 units
BIO 3815	Anatomy and Kinesiology for Dance Lab	1.00 unit

Courses that Fulfill the Requirements for the Physical Sciences

(*Prerequisite course required) Recommended for non-Biological Sciences or non-Chemistry majors:

PHSC 2200	Earth Science	2.00 units
PHSC 2205	Earth Science Lab	1.00 unit
PHSC 2300	Physical Geology	2.00 units
PHSC 2305	Physical Geology Lab	1.00 unit
PHYS 1000	Conceptual Physics	2.00 units
PHYS 1005	Conceptual Physics Lab	1.00 unit

Not recommended for students for whom this is not a major requirement:

CHEM 1600	Chemistry for Health Sciences	2.00 units
CHEM 1605	Chemistry for Hlth Science Lab	1.00 unit
CHEM 2000	General Chemistry I	3.00 units
CHEM 2005	General Chemistry I Lab	1.00 unit
ENSC 3000	Environmental Chemistry	3.00 units
ENSC 3005	Environmental Chemistry Lab	1.00 unit
PHYS 2000	General Physics I	3.00 units
PHYS 2005	General Physics I Lab	1.00 unit

8. Creative and Performing Arts (3 units)

The experience and growth of one's own creativity through the actual process of making art through studio work, creative writing, performing arts, visual arts, or music. The creative process should include the use of problem solving and methodology, personal experience, reflection, and invention.

Courses that Fulfill the Requirement

Courses in art, dance, literature, language, and music that are listed below fulfill the Creative and Performing Arts requirement.

ART 1010/ART 3101/ART 3601	Beginning Printmaking	3.00 units
ART 1021	Beginning Drawing	3.00 units
ART 1022/ART 3021/ART 3022/ART 3301	Intermediate Drawing	3.00 units
ART 1030/ART 3031/ART 3311	Beginning Watercolor	3.00 units
ART 1041/ART 3041	Beginning Ceramics	3.00 units
ART 1071
ART 1081/ART 3190/ART 3341	Design and Color	3.00 units
ART 1082/ART 3082	3D Design	3.00 units
ART 1083
ART 1090
ART 1144/ART 4144	Beginning Graphic Illustration	3.00 units
ART 1240/ART 3242/ART 3381	Beginning Ceramic Sculpture	3.00 units
ART 1501/ART 3371/ART 3501	Beginning Black & White Photography	3.00 units
ART 2115/ART 4115	Beginning Web Site Design	3.00 units
ART 2117/ART 3771/ART 4117	Beginning Digital Photography	3.00 units
ART 2166
ART 2220/ ART 4120	Video/Multimedia	3.00 units
ART 3010	Community Engaged Art:Principles & Prac.	3.00 units
ART 3021/ART 1022/ART 3022/ART 3301	Advanced Drawing	3.00 units
ART 3022/ART 1022/ART 3021/ART 3301	Advanced Drawing II	3.00 units
ART 3031/ART 1030/ART 3311	Advanced Watercolor	3.00 units
ART 3041/ART 1041	Advanced Ceramics	3.00 units
ART 3071/ART 1070/ART 3331/ ART 1071	Advanced Oil Painting	3.00 units
ART 3082/ART 1082	Advanced 3D Design	3.00 units
ART 3101/ART 1010/ART 3601	Advanced Printmaking, Monotype	3.00 units
ART 3119	Art Fundamentals	3.00 units
ART 3121/ART 3122/ART 3621	Life Drawing	3.00 units
ART 3140
ART 3180	Ceramic Sculpture	3.00 units
ART 3190/ART 1081	Advanced Color & Design	3.00 units
ART 3242/ART 1240	Advanced Ceramic Sculpture	3.00 units
ART 3308/ART 5358	The Artist's Graphic Novel	1.50 units
ART 3501/ART 1501/ART 3371	Advanced Black & White Photography	1.00 to 3.00 units
ART 4115/ART 2115	Advanced Web Site Design	3.00 units
ART 4117/ART 2117/ART 3771	Advanced Digital Photography	3.00 units
ART 4120
ART 4144/ART 1144	Advanced Graphic Illustration	3.00 units
ART 4166
CMS 1800/CMS 3800	Cinema Production	3.00 units
CMS 1801/CMS 3801	Screenwriting	3.00 units
CMS 1820/CMS 3820	Art of Film	3.00 units
CMS 1850/CMS 3250/CMS 3850	Documentary Production	3.00 units
CMS 3800/CMS 1800	Advanced Cinema Production	3.00 units
ENGL 2305/ENGL 3412	Introduction to Creative Writing	3.00 units
ENGL 3402	Drama Writing	3.00 units
ENGL 3403/ENGL 3431/LCS 3403	Fiction Writing	3.00 units
ENGL 3405/ENGL 5405/LCS 3405	Poetry Writing	3.00 units
ENGL 3409/ENGL 5409	Autobiographical/Biographical Writing	3.00 units
ENGL 3410/LCS 3410	Creative Nonfiction	3.00 units
ENGL 3412/ENGL 2305/LCS 3412	Advanced Creative Writing	3.00 units
ENGL 3413	The Spoken Word	3.00 units
ENGL 3440	Advanced Writing Seminar 1	3.00 units
MUS 1001/MUS 3210	Materials of Music	3.00 units
MUS 1010/MUS 3010/MUS 5010	Digital Songwriting	2.00 units
MUS 1400/MUS 3400	Dominican Chorale	1.00 unit
MUS 1402/MUS 3402	A Cappella Workshop	1.00 unit
MUS 1407/MUS 3407	DUofC Chamber Music Ensemble	0.50 to 1.00 units
MUS 1408/MUS 3408	Dominican Jazz Ensemble	1.00 unit
MUS 2651/MUS 4651	Piano Class	1.00 unit
MUS 2652	Piano Class (Music Majors)	1.00 unit
MUS 2655/MUS 4655	Guitar Class	1.00 unit
MUS 3240	Talking Back: Blues/Black Women Voices	3.00 units
MUS 3304	Songs that Built America	3.00 units
MUS 3305	Early American Women Through Song	3.00 units
	All Applied Music Private or Class Instruction in an Instrument or Voice	1.00-3.00 units

Course Learning Outcomes

The student will:

1. Identify important concepts and methods under study
2. Apply the above to the creation of works in the artistic genre
3. Engage in the creative process as an effective and imaginative problem-solving method, involving research, development and synthesis

9. Moral Philosophy/Ethics (3 units)

Practicing the art of clear and cogent reasoning in the critical analysis of various moral positions and arguments on a variety of contemporary ethical issues.

Courses that Fulfill the Requirement

HONO 3500	Self, Community, and Service	3.00 units
HONO 3501	Moral Philosophy	3.00 units
HONO 3503/PHIL 3103	Ethics, Leadership & Meaning	3.00 units
PHIL 1108/PHIL 3108	Ethics	3.00 units
PHIL 1109/PHIL 3109	Ethics in Healthcare	3.00 units
PHIL 1110/PHIL 3110	Environmental Ethics	3.00 units
PHIL 3102	Global Business Ethics and Law	3.00 units
PHIL 3103/HONO 3503	Ethics, Leadership and Meaning	3.00 units
PHIL 3150	Sexual Morality	3.00 units
PHIL 3204/POL 3204	Virtuosity: Cultivating Moral/Political	3.00 units
PHIL 3520	Self, Community & Service	3.00 units

Course Learning Outcomes

The student will:

1. Conduct analysis of contemporary ethical issues
2. Comprehend ethical method and theory
3. Make moral arguments that demonstrate awareness of and sensitivity to differing values and ethical perspectives

10. Religion (6 units)

The study of religion is characterized by the application of interpretive methods—phenomenological, historical and comparative—to religious phenomena, i.e., the religious experiences, beliefs, and practices of the world’s cultures. The cross-cultural aspect of the requirement prepares students to: (a) understand human religiosity in the context of biological and cultural evolution; (b) comprehend the historical foundations, central truth-claims and key practices of the world’s major religious traditions; and (c) appreciate the role of rational analysis in assessing the truth or falsity and/or psychological and sociological utility or inutility of religious beliefs and behaviors. For students from a non-Christian or non-religious background, the Western aspect of the requirement complements their cross-cultural study; for students from a Catholic or other Christian background (at DUC, 75% of those responding to the religious affiliation query), the Western aspect of the requirement prepares them to overcome naive or absolutist understandings of their own faith and at the same time gain a greater appreciation for its uniqueness and spiritual depth. The study of religion, however, always involves more than the attainment of objective knowledge; it necessarily involves students in reflection upon the ethical and spiritual dimensions of their own lives, whether these are construed in religious or a-religious terms.

To satisfy the general education requirement in religion, students are (in most cases) required to complete two courses: one from the category of Cross-Cultural Study of Religion, and one from the category of Western Cultural Study of Religion. Courses in both categories are designed to help students understand that particular religions and spiritualities are culturally variant forms of a transcultural phenomenon—which some social and biological scientists consider an adaptive mutation in homo sapiens’ evolutionary success.

In the Day program there is a 6-unit requirement: one course from each category. One of these can be lower division.

In the Honors program, there is a 6-unit requirement: HONO 3191 and one course from the Western Cultural Study of Religion category. The latter course may be lower division.

Courses that Fulfill the Requirement for the Cross-Cultural Study of Religion

RLGN 3001/DANC 3001/RLGN 5001	Dance & Spiritual Expression	3.00 units
HONO 3191	Worldview/Pract of Great Relig	3.00 units
PHIL 1175/PHIL 3175/RLGN 1175/RLGN 3175	Philosophy of Religion	3.00 units
RLGN 1032/RLGN 3132	Women, Religion and Sexuality	3.00 units
RLGN 1063/RLGN 3163	Mysticism	3.00 units
RLGN 1070/RLGN 3170	The Spirituality of the Earth	3.00 units
RLGN 1075/RLGN 3075	Religion & Social Theory	3.00 units
RLGN 1077/PHIL 1077/PHIL 3177/RLGN 3177	Philosophy & Religions of Asia	3.00 units
RLGN 1175/PHIL 1175/PHIL 3175/RLGN 3175	Philosophy of Religion	3.00 units
RLGN 1178/RLGN 3178	The World's Religions	3.00 units
RLGN 3179	Myth, Symbol and Ritual	3.00 units
RLGN 3381	Religion & Globalization	3.00 units
RLGN 3382	Islam & Native American Religions	3.00 units
RLGN 3712/HIST 3712	Religion in American History	3.00 units

Courses that Fulfill the Requirement for the Western Cultural Study of Religion

HONO 3185/RLGN 3185	Hellenistic Age Religion	3.00 units
RLGN 1001/RLGN 3101	Hebrew Bible/ O.T. Survey	3.00 units
RLGN 1010/RLGN 3110	Christianity & Contemporary Film	3.00 units
RLGN 1012/RLGN 3112	Introduction to Christianity Through Art	3.00 units
RLGN 1018/RLGN 3118	Gospels of Matthew, Mark, Luke & Acts	3.00 units
RLGN 1026/RLGN 3126	Gospel & Epistles of John	3.00 units
RLGN 1027/RLGN 3127	New Testament Survey	3.00 units
RLGN 1028/RLGN 3128	Book of Revelation	3.00 units
RLGN 1030/RLGN 3130	The Letters of St. Paul	3.00 units
RLGN 1042/RLGN 3142	Catholic Moral Philosophy	3.00 units
RLGN 1052/RLGN 3152	Contemporary Views of Christ	3.00 units
RLGN 1054/RLGN 3154	Theology of Women	3.00 units
RLGN 1055/RLGN 3155	Passion for Justice: Liberation Theology	3.00 units
RLGN 1058/RLGN 3158/RLGN 5158	Catholic Thought in Contemporary World	3.00 units
RLGN 1059/RLGN 3159	Prophets, Psalms, and Social Justice	3.00 units
RLGN 1085/RLGN 3185	Judaism&Christianity in Greco-RomanWorld	3.00 units
RLGN 1086/RLGN 3186	Catholic Social Teaching	3.00 units
RLGN 1102
RLGN 3102
RLGN 3120	The Rhetoric of Belief	3.00 units
RLGN 3180	Theory/Practice:Christian Prayer&Meditat	3.00 units
RLGN 3187/RLGN 5187	Understanding Islam	3.00 units

Course Learning Outcomes for Religion Courses

The student will:

1. Explain key features (e.g., scriptural contents and context, major historical events and their contexts, ritual practices, spirituality, ethical perspectives, theology, impact on culture) of the religion(s) being studied.
2. Analyze such features critically per at least one of the following:
   1. Their implication for dealing with problems in contemporary social life (e.g., sexual and gender issues, ecological issues, poverty, war, religious diversity, and/or science and religion).
   2. Their impact on the student’s personal quest for meaning and spiritual well-being.
3. Express this knowledge in some effective written document (e.g., essay examination, research paper, reflection paper, and/or journal).

Special Conditions

Quantitative transfer protocol

For students transferring into the Day program with at least 24 academic units, the Religion requirement is reduced to 3 upper division units (one course) from either category.

Qualitative transfer protocol

For all transfer students, the decision as to whether any transferred units can be counted toward the fulfillment of their Religion GE is made by the University’s transfer credit evaluator in consultation with Chair of the Religion Department.

11. Colloquium (6 units)

Each colloquium consists of two 3-unit 3000-level courses taught in conjunction in the same semester. These courses are from different disciplines and integrated around a shared theme addressing issues of human accomplishments, concerns, and challenges. The colloquium courses follow Big History and provide room for students to envision their role in a global society by examining diverse communities and real-world challenges.

These courses serve as an introduction to upper division study and should be taken in the student’s second year. Colloquia are anchored in the LEAP essential learning outcomes articulated by the Association of American Colleges and Universities.

Course Learning Outcomes

The student will:

1. Apply an integrative colloquium idea to large social contexts to deepen understanding of diverse communities and real-world challenges
2. Evaluate a colloquium idea critically as evidenced by a sophisticated thesis argued within a logically and coherently organized essay crafted through a process of drafting, revising, and editing
3. Formulate research questions; utilize proper research methods, integrate evidence appropriately and effectively; provide incisive explanations; and document sources in the appropriate style, MLA, APA, or CMS

GE Prerequisites

• Passing ENGL 1004 or its equivalent with a grade of 'C' or higher is required prior to enrollment in the Colloquium program. Please also see the Proficiency/Placement Examinations and Placement Policies section of this catalog.

Courses that Fulfill the Requirement

• Colloquia vary from year to year. See each semester’s Course Schedule for Colloquium offerings, labeled “CLQ.” Enrollment in both courses in a Colloquium is required for completing this GE category. Students may not take one course from one Colloquium and one from another to meet this 6-unit requirement. Colloquia must be taken at Dominican unless one of the following special conditions apply.

Special Conditions

Students who transfer to Dominican may satisfy the GE Colloquium requirement in one of the following ways:

1. Transfer students who are IGETC-certified (37 units minimum) by California Community College are exempt from this requirement.
2. Transfer students with 45 or more transfer units and students seeking a second Bachelor’s degree are not required to take Colloquium.
3. Students who study abroad in their time at Dominican may develop a colloquium abroad with the approval of the Director of the General Education Program.
4. Honors Program students will take Colloquia developed specifically for the Honors Program. Contact the Honors Program Director for selection of courses.