FAQs for Students and Academic Advisors

The Core Curriculum at SMC has the following requirements:

Habits of Mind with the goal of increasing proficiency related to critical thinking, shared inquiry, research practices, oral and written communication. Requirements include:

-Collegiate Seminar: 3 courses (SEM 150, 250, 350) for 4-year students; 2 courses (SEM 327, 350) for transfer students entering with 30+ units of academic coursework.

-January Term: 2 courses (JAN 100 and JAN 200 or higher) for 4-year students; 1 course (JAN 200 or higher) for transfers

-Composition: 2门课程:WRIT 100或101 WRIT 200或201须在SMC或其他认可机构完成. 未完成200级写作课程的转学生预计将注册WRIT 308.

-Writing In The Discipline (WID): to be completed in the major

Pathways to Knowledge 其目标是通过跨学科的学习方法，提供多种途径的知识培训. Requirements include:

-Arts & Humanities: one or two courses totaling at least 4 units, one of the units must be creative practice

-Mathematical and Scientific Understanding: 每个领域一门课程:数学=至少3个单元的一门课程，科学= 3个单元的讲座+ 1个单元的实验

-Social Science: one course for a minimum of 3 units

Theological Understanding两门课程——第一门是基督教基础课程(3个学分)，第二门是神学探索课程(3个学分), and 1 course (4 units) for transfer students

Engaging the World with the goal of exploring justice, civic responsibility, and social, economic and cultural differences, by examining and reflecting on what it means to be a citizen in local and global communities.  Requirements include 1 class/experience in each area:

-Identity, Power, and Equity in the US: 1 course for a minimum of 3 units examining the social, cultural, economic, political diversity of the United States.

-Engaged Learning1门课程，至少1个单元，将智力经验应用于学院以外的社区.

-Global Issues and Perspectives: 1 course for a minimum of 3 units examining social, economic, religious structures from different global cultures.

Second Language: Students must demonstrate level two proficiency in a language other than English. Can be met through three years of high school coursework with a C- or better average, collegiate coursework, or through examination

This should be an ongoing conversation with your academic advisor. In addition, you can make an appointment with the Advising Office to discuss your progress (tao@psychomotricite-la-seyne.com). For specific questions about the Core Curriculum, contact Steve Miller, Chair of the Core Curriculum, via email at scmiller@psychomotricite-la-seyne.com or by phone 925-631-4970.

SMC的核心课程每学期都有所不同，可以在CCC主页和GaelXpress 2上找到.0

每个学生在GaelXpress的项目评估中都有一个已经满足的要求列表，并突出显示了尚未满足的要求.

学生可以通过许多不同的方式来满足核心要求——通过专业内外的课程, throughout the entire academic year including January Term and summer, and through the use of transfer courses (which can include online courses).

Courses within the major. Courses in the major can and do satisfy areas of the Core. 许多院系都计划了他们的课程设置，让学生通过专业来满足特定的核心要求. 每学期检查特定的部门课程，以确定哪些特定课程有核心指定.

Summer Courses. Summer courses count as normal courses (with the exception of the January Term in June course, which counts as a January Term course); therefore departmentally overseen courses taught in the summer carry their designations with them.

Online courses. The Core Curriculum Committee is not concerned about the delivery method of courses; in particular, it is agnostic with respect to the appropriateness of online courses. Appropriateness of online courses is determined by the  UEPC, the CCC chair, and the individual departments.

January Term courses.  虽然带有JAN前缀的一月学期课程不能用于满足其他核心要求(除了参与学习)，但一月份提供的一些课程将带有Core前缀，并将满足参与世界. Those can be found on the January Term webpage and on GaelXPress 2.0.

Off-campus/Transfer Courses.  一个系算作SMC课程的校外课程将获得与SMC课程相同的待遇, at least for the Habits of Mind and Pathways to Knowledge goals. 具有“融入世界”指定的SMC课程的校外课程不会自动获得EtW指定. Students seeking that designation can contact the CCC chair at scmiller@psychomotricite-la-seyne.com.

For courses meant to fulfill a learning goal, by “complete a course” we mean “gains a passing grade.” A grade of “D” suffices, unless that course serves as a prerequisite for another course. For example, students must earn a C- or better in WRIT 100 to be eligible for WRIT 201, and earn a C- or better to move on to a WiD course, but a D will suffice in an upper division Core course if it is not a prerequisite for anything else. Moreover, a P does not suffice for a Core course.

Core requirements cannot be waived (except in special circumstances); students need to complete all of the Core requirements either at SMC or by transfer credit.

Students can petition to have Core requirements satisfied through AP scores, transfer and study abroad courses, Independent Study. Students can contact the CCC chair (scmiller@psychomotricite-la-seyne.com) with any questions about transfer courses or AP scores.

First year-Four year students are required to complete SEM 150 in their first year, SEM 250 in their second year, and then SEM 350 in either their third or fourth year.

转学生必须在第一年完成SEM 327，之后的某个时间完成SEM 350.

四年级学生必须在第一年完成100级的JAN课程，并在毕业前再完成一门200级或更高级别的JAN课程. Students are encouraged to take up to four JAN courses.

Transfer students are required to complete one JAN course (200 level or higher)

Typically not. JAN courses are not usually offered in the summer terms.

No, with very few exceptions, January Term must be completed at SMC. 留学SMC项目的学生，如果项目在1月份开课，可以在国外上第五节课，以满足1月份的要求. 如果有您认为会妨碍您满足SMC要求的情有可原的情况，请直接与一月学期办公室联系.

Currently, SEM 350 is often taught in the summer, to facilitate graduating on time for students who needed to take an extra class. If students are behind on other Seminars, 通常可以在一年中秋季和春季学期选修两门管理学课程.

Collegiate Seminar is not taught at many other institutions. Most Colleges and Universities fill this kind of Habits of Mind learning outcome with a survey course, which is not transferable as Collegiate Seminar. All great books discussion-based courses would have to be examined in a petition for transfer. Please contact the Collegiate Seminar Office with specific questions about transfer courses.

The Habits of Mind learning goals are developmental, and so the classes that teach the HoM outcomes should be taken sequentially. For example, SEM 150 uses and builds upon the writing skills taught in WRIT 100, i.e., WRIT 100 is a corequisite for SEM 150.

WRIT 201 is a prerequisite requirement for most WID courses, although some departments may list WRIT 201 as a co-requisite requirement. Please check with each individual department for clarification.

如果转校生在之前的学校获得了同等的成绩，或者如果作文主任确定他们的成绩在WRIT 100分之外，他们可以放弃WRIT.

For split majors, the student, in conjunction with faculty from both “splits,” should decide which department to take the WID course in, and might decide to take both. 对于个性化的专业，可能没有WID指定的课程适合或可用于特定的学习计划. In this case, CCC允许学生提交一份正式的申请，申请一门替代课程作为他们的WID.

在AP或类似考试中得分足够高的学生(由注册办公室决定)可以获得较低部门的选修学分，也可以获得PtK领域的学术学分. 那些参加AP考试，但没有做得足够好，以获得学术学分的人不会在PtK领域获得学分.

No. In order to satisfy PtK Learning Outcomes, the primary focus of the course must be devoted to one particular PtK. Since a course cannot have more than one primary focus, it cannot satisfy two PtK areas. The lone exception to this is ART/HUM (a course can satisfy ART/HUM and CP simultaneously).

All SMC students are expected to meet all Pathways to Knowledge requirements. PtL requirements are not waived for students.

Yes. Requests will be reviewed by the Chair of the Core Curriculum on an individual basis.

To complete the Scientific Understanding requirement, students must complete a science-based lab that focuses on quantitative data analysis. If your original science course did not have a lab, you can take a separate science lab to complete the requirement.

Because the Christian Foundations course is a signifier of our Catholic nature, that course may not be transferred in. However, 神学探索课程可在其他院校修读，经中国基督教会主席批准后可转至其他院校.

与EtW指定的SMC课程等同的校外课程不会“自动”满足“参与世界”的目标. 希望在SMC以外的EtW课程中获得学分的学生需要与CCC主席联系 scmiller@psychomotricite-la-seyne.com.

Not necessarily. Whether a specific section of a course meets the EtW goals, is largely dependent of the instructor and the method of delivery. 并非课程的所有部分都符合相同的学习目标，因此同一课程的不同部分可能有不同的EtW指定. Students are held to whatever designations the course section has received. When in doubt please check the course syllabus or the Registrar's Office.

Yes. CCC主席将考虑传统SMC课程之外的课程满足“参与世界”目标的请愿书. Such requests must include the course syllabus and final project (if any).

No. In some cases, the EL requirement has been satisfied through other means. In those RARE cases, 学生必须通过服务学习和一篇总结如何将经验与EL学习成果联系起来的广泛论文来证明对参与式学习(EL)学习成果的掌握.