Chairperson: Peter Hamlin
Professors: K. Hekmatpanah, R. Spittal, J. K. Waters, S.J. (Emeritus)
Associate Professor: P. Hamlin, M. Stohlmann
Assistant Professors: M. Kropf, J. Tarver
Senior Lecturer: D. Fague
The department offers two majors and two minors:
Bachelor of Arts, Music major
(required concentration in General Studies, Performance, Composition, Sacred Music, or Jazz)
Bachelor of Arts, Music Education major
(required concentration in Choral and General Music or Instrumental and General Music)
Minor in Conducting (for Music or Music Education majors only)
Minor in Music
The Music major requires the completion of a concentration in General Studies, Performance, Composition, Sacred Music, or Jazz. The Music Education major certifies the graduate to teach music in the elementary and secondary schools in the State of Washington and 47 reciprocating states. Students majoring in Music Education may select either the choral and general music or instrumental and general music concentration.
All music majors are required to be involved in a major ensemble (orchestra, wind ensemble, or choir) and applied lessons (MUSC 131) in their major instrument each semester after declaration as a music major. Majors in the performance concentrations are required to enroll in applied lessons for two credits every semester beginning the sophomore year. Students must audition to enter upper-division applied lessons (MUSC 331). All music majors are also required to pass a functional keyboard proficiency requirement. Those students who are awarded music scholarships are required to be involved actively in the department, maintain high academic standards, and participate in a performing ensemble and applied lessons each semester.
All instrumental and choral ensembles are open to all students regardless of major or minor through placement processes with faculty. Individual lessons are also available in voice, piano, organ, guitar, woodwinds, strings, brass, percussion, and jazz.
B.A. Major in Music: 35-55 Credits |
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Lower Division (30 credits) | |
MUSC 120 Introduction to Music Technology (not required for General Studies) | 1 credit |
MUSC 130 Piano Proficiency Class (not required for General Studies) | 1 credit |
MUSC 131 Applied Lessons | 4 credits |
Ensembles(1) | 4 credits |
MUSC 140 Concert Choir
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MUSC 144 Gonzaga Glee Club
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MUSC 145 Musea Treble Chorus
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MUSC 146 Wind Ensemble
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MUSC 147 Symphony Orchestra
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MUSC 150 Guitar Ensemble
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MUSC 153 String Chamber Ensemble
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MUSC 157 Liturgical Music Ensemble
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MUSC 161 Music Theory I | 3 credits |
MUSC 161L Theory I Ear Training Lab | 1 credit |
MUSC 162 Music Theory II | 3 credits |
MUSC 162L Theory II Ear Training Lab | 1 credit |
MUSC 211 Conducting (Not required for general Studies) | 3 credits |
MUSC 257(2) Creative Music Lab Ensemble (Not required for General Studies) | 3 credits |
(MUSC 257 is a 1-credit course that must be repeated for a total of 3 credits) | |
MUSC 261 Music Theory III | 3 credits |
MUSC 261L Theory III Ear Training Lab | 1 credit |
MUSC 262(3) Music Theory IV | 3 credits |
Upper Division (9 credits) | |
MUSC 391 Music History I | 3 credits |
MUSC 392 Music History II | 3 credits |
MUSC 480 Music History Seminar | 3 credits |
(1)Sacred Music concentration students must take MUSC 157 for 4 credits. |
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(2)Sacred Music concentration students do not take MUSC 257 as the content is covered in other required coursework. | |
(3)MUSC 262 is not required for Sacred Music concentration students | |
General Studies in Music Concentration: 6 credits |
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Music Electives | 6 credits |
MUSC 491 Thesis/Oral Comprehensive Exam | 0 credit |
MUSC 499 Senior Thesis | 0 credit |
Performance Concentration: 10 Credits |
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MUSC 131 Applied Lessons | 2 credits |
MUSC 241 Upper Division Applied Exam | 0 credit |
MUSC 325 Half Recital | 0 credit |
MUSC 331 Applied Lessons | 8 credits |
MUSC 425 Full Recital | 0 credit |
Composition Concentration: 19 Credits |
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MUSC 132A Applied Composition ( 1 credits w/ 2 semesters) | 2 credits |
MUSC 110 Introduction to Music Composition | 3 credits |
MUSC 332A Applied Composition (2 credits w/ 4 semesters) | 8 credits |
MUSC 210 Orchestration and Arranging | 3 credits |
MUSC 310 Interdisciplinary Composition | 3 credits |
MUSC 326 Composition Junior Portfolio | 0 credit |
MUSC 426 Composition Senior Portfolio | 0 credit |
Sacred Music Concentration: 21 Credits |
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MUSC 131 Applied Lessons (Piano or Organ) | 1 credit |
MUSC 131C Applied Lessons (voice) | 1 credit |
Additional Ensembles: | 2 credits |
Chosen from: MUSC 140, 144, 145, 146, 147, 149, 150, 153 | |
MUSC 241 Upper Division Applied Exam | 0 credit |
MUSC 320 Vocal Pedagogy | 2 credits |
MUSC 325 Half Recital |
0 credit |
MUSC 331 Applied Lessons |
4 credits |
MUSC 364 Composition | 2 credits |
MUSC 497 Internship | 3 credits |
RELI 326 Liturgy | 3 credits |
One additional Religious Studies course selected from the following: | 3 credits |
RELI 233 Christian Spirituality
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RELI 327 Christian Leadership
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RELI 229 Christian Diversity
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Jazz Concentration: 14 credits |
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MUSC 131 Applied Jazz Lessons | 2 credits |
MUSC 149 Jazz Workshop Combo | 4 credits |
MUSC 175 Jazz History | 3 credits |
MUSC 241 Upper Division Applied Exam | 0 credits |
MUSC 331 Applied Jazz Lessons | 4 credits |
MUSC 340 Jazz Piano Proficiency Exam | 0 credits |
MUSC 450 Jazz Theory & Analysis | 1 credit |
MUSC 425 Full Recital | 0 credits |
B.A. Major in Music Education: 65-66 Credits(with required Music Education Concentration) |
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Lower Division: 31 credits |
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MUSC 120 Introduction to Music Technology | 1 credit |
MUSC 130 Piano Proficiency Class | 1 credit |
MUSC 131 Applied Lessons | 4 credits |
MUSC 131T Applied Conducting | 1 credit |
Ensembles | 4 credits |
MUSC 140 Concert Choir
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MUSC 144 Gonzaga Glee Club
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MUSC 145 Musea Treble Chorus
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MUSC 146 Wind Ensemble
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MUSC 147 Symphony Orchestra
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MUSC 150 Guitar Ensemble
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MUSC 153 String Chamber Ensemble
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MUSC 157 Liturgical Music Ensemble
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MUSC 161 Music Theory I | 3 credits |
MUSC 161L Theory I Ear Training Lab | 1 credit |
MUSC 162 Music Theory II | 3 credits |
MUSC 162L Theory II Ear Training Lab | 1 credit |
MUSC 211 Conducting | 3 credits |
MUSC 241 Upper Division Applied Exam | 0 credit |
MUSC 257 Creative Music Lab Ensemble | 3 credits |
(MUSC 257 is a 1 credit course that must be repeated for a total of 3 credits) | |
MUSC 261 Music Theory III | 3 credits |
MUSC 261L Theory III Ear Training Lab | 1 credit |
MUSC 262 Music Theory IV | 3 credits |
Upper Division: 9 credits |
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MUSC 311 Conducting II | 3 credits |
MUSC 325 Half Recital | 0 credits |
MUSC 391 Music History I | 3 credits |
MUSC 392 Music History II | 3 credits |
Select one of two required Music Education Concentrations |
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Choral and General Music Concentration or |
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Instrumental and General Music Concentration | |
Required Education Courses: 36 credits (Both Concentrations) |
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EDPE 417 Abuse Prevention |
1 credit |
EDSE 150 Psychology of the Exceptional Child | 3 credits |
EDTE 101 Foundations of American Education | 3 credits |
EDTE 213 NW History for Teachers | 1 credit |
MUSC 454L Field Experience III | 1 credit |
MUSC 495 Student Teaching Professional Seminar | 2 credits |
MUSC 496S Student Teaching | 12 credits |
MUSC 139 World Music Methods | 1 credit |
MUSC 452 Classroom Management & Assessment | 3 credits |
MUSC 452L Field Experience I | 1 credit |
MUSC 453 General Music Education Methods | 3 credits |
MUSC 453L Field Experience II | 1 credit |
MUSC 454 Music Education Methods | 3 credits |
Choral and General Concentration: 13 credits | |
Choose 2 of the following 4 courses: | 2 credits |
MUSC 133 Brass Techniques
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MUSC 134 Woodwind Techniques
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MUSC 135 String Techniques
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MUSC 136 Percussion Techniques
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Choose 1 of the following 2 courses: |
2 credits |
MUSC 231 Vocal Diction I
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MUSC 232 Vocal Diction II
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Additional Required courses: |
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MUSC 320 Vocal Pedagogy | 2 credits |
MUSC 325 Half Recital | 0 credit |
MUSC 331C Applied Lessons (Voice) | 4 credits |
Instrumental and General Music Concentration: 12 Credits |
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MUSC 133 Brass Techniques | 1 credit |
MUSC 134 Woodwind Techniques | 1 credit |
MUSC 135 String Techniques | 1 credit |
MUSC 136 Percussion Techniques | 1 credit |
MUSC 137 Vocal Techniques | 1 credit |
3 credits from the following 2 courses: |
3 credits |
MUSC 146 Wind Ensemble | |
MUSC 147 Symphony Orchestra | |
MUSC 331 Applied Lessons (Instrument) | 4 credits |
Minor in Conducting: 20 credits(For Music Majors or Music Education Majors only) |
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MUSC 211 Conducting | 3 credits |
MUSC 131T Applied Conducting | 4 credits |
MUSC 332 Choral Conducting Lab | 0 credit |
MUSC 333 Instrumental Conducting Lab | 0 credit |
MUSC 325 Half Recital (major instrument or voice) | 0 credit |
Ensembles: | 8 credits |
MUSC 140 Concert Choir
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MUSC 143 Chamber Singers
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MUSC 146 Wind Ensemble
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MUSC 147 Symphony Orchestra
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Electives: | 5 credits |
MUSC 131 Private Lessons (in primary instrument)
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MUSC 133 Brass Techniques
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MUSC 134 Woodwind Techniques
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MUSC 135 Strings Techniques
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MUSC 136 Percussion Techniques
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MUSC 137 Vocal Techniques
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MUSC 140 Concert Choir
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MUSC 143 Chamber Singers
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MUSC 146 Wind Ensemble
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MUSC 147 Symphony Orchestra
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Minor in Music: 20 credits |
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Knowing: | 11 credits |
MUSC 161 Music Theory I | 3 credits |
MUSC 161L Theory I Ear Training Lab | 1 credit |
MUSC 162 Music Theory II | 3 credits |
MUSC 162L Theory II Ear Training Lab | 1 credit |
Choose one of the following: |
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MUSC 171 Music in the Humanities
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3 credits |
MUSC 175 Jazz History
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3 credits |
MUSC 249 World Music
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3 credits |
MUSC 250 American Music
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3 credits |
MUSC 261 Music Theory III
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3 credits* |
*requires co-requesite MUSC 261LTheory III Ear Training Lab for 1 credit | |
Creating: |
4 credits |
Choose from the following: | |
MUSC 131 Applied Lessons (can take up to 4 credits)
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1 credit |
MUSC 120 Intro to Music Tech
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1 credit |
MUSC 121 Piano Class I
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1 credit |
MUSC 221 Piano Class II
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1 credit |
MUSC 123 Guitar Class I
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1 credit |
MUSC 223 Guitar Class II
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1 credit |
MUSC 125 Group Voice Class
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1 credit |
MUSC 257 Creative Music Lab
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1 credit |
MUSC 231 Vocal Diction I
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2 credits |
MUSC 232 Vocal Diction II
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2 credits |
MUSC 320 Vocal Pedagogy
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2 credits |
Performing: | 5 credits |
Choose from the following* | |
MUSC 140 Concert Choir
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1 credit |
MUSC 144 Gonzaga Glee Club
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1 credit |
MUSC 143 Chamber Singers
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1 credit |
MUSC 145 Musea Treble Chorus
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1 credit |
MUSC 146 Wind Ensemble
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1 credit |
MUSC 147 Symphony Orchestra
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1 credit |
MUSC 149 Jazz Workshop Combo
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1 credit |
MUSC 150 Guitar Ensemble
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1 credit |
MUSC 152 Gonzaga Jazz Ensemble
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1 credit |
MUSC 153 String Chamber Ensemble
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1 credit |
*One ensemble can be taken up to 8 times total for credit, but a maximum of 5 of those credits will apply to the minor |
EDTE 454N - OK if taken since Fall 2021
In addition to their major and minor areas of study, all undergraduate students follow a common program designed to complete their education in those areas that the University considers essential for a Catholic, Jesuit, liberal, and humanistic education. The University Core Curriculum consists of forty-five credits of course work, with additional designation requirements that can be met through core, major, or elective courses.
The University Core Curriculum is a four-year program, organized around one overarching question, which is progressively addressed through yearly themes and questions. Hence, core courses are best taken within the year for which they are designated. First year core courses encourage intellectual engagement and provide a broad foundation of fundamental skills. Second and third year courses examine central issues and questions in philosophy and religious studies. The fourth year course, the Core Integration Seminar, offers a culminating core experience. Taken at any time throughout the four years, broadening courses intersect with the core themes and extend students’ appreciation for the humanities, arts, and social and behavioral sciences. Finally, the designation requirements (writing enriched, global studies, and social justice) reflect important values and reinforce students’ knowledge and competencies.
Overarching Core Question: As students of a Catholic, Jesuit, and Humanistic University, how do we educate ourselves to become women and men for a more just and humane global community?
Year 1 Theme and Question: Understanding and Creating: How do we pursue knowledge and cultivate understanding?
- The First-Year Seminar (DEPT 193, 3 credits): The First-Year Seminar (FYS), taken in the fall or spring of the first year, is designed to promote an intellectual shift in students as they transition to college academic life. Each small seminar is organized around an engaging topic, which students explore from multiple perspectives. The FYS is offered by many departments across the University (click here [PDF] for list of FYS courses).
- Writing (ENGL 101, 3 credits) and Reasoning (PHIL 101, 3 credits): The Writing and Reasoning courses are designed to help students develop the foundational skills of critical reading, thinking, analysis, and writing. They may be taken as linked sections. Writing (ENGL 101) carries one of the three required writing-enriched designations (see below).
- Communication & Speech (COMM 100, 3 credits): This course introduces students to interpersonal and small group communication and requires the application of critical thinking, reasoning, and research skills necessary to organize, write, and present several speeches.
- Scientific Inquiry (BIOL 104/104L, CHEM 104/104L, or PHYS 104/104L, 3 credits): This course explores the scientific process in the natural world through evidence-based logic and includes significant laboratory experience. Students pursuing majors that require science courses will satisfy this requirement through their major.
- Mathematics (above Math 100, 3 credits): Mathematics courses promote thinking according to the modes of the discipline—abstractly, symbolically, logically, and computationally. One course in mathematics, above Math 100, including any math course required for a major or minor, will fulfill this requirement. MATH 100 (College Algebra) and courses without the MATH prefix do not fulfill this requirement.
Year 2 Theme and Question: Being and Becoming: Who are we and what does it mean to be human?
- Philosophy of Human Nature (PHIL 201, 3 credits): This course provides students with a philosophical study of key figures, theories, and intellectual traditions that contribute to understanding the human condition; the meaning and dignity of human life; and the human relationship to ultimate reality.
- Christianity and Catholic Traditions (RELI, 3 credits). Religious Studies core courses approved for this requirement explore diverse topics including Christian scriptures, history, theology, and practices as well as major contributions from the Catholic intellectual and theological traditions (click here [PDF] for a list of approved courses) .
Year 3 Theme and Question: Caring and Doing: What principles characterize a well lived life?
- Ethics (PHIL 301 or RELI, 3 credits): The Ethics courses are designed to help students develop their moral imagination by exploring and explaining the reasons humans should care about the needs and interests of others. This requirement is satisfied by an approved ethics course in either Philosophy (PHIL 301) or Religious Studies (click here [PDF] for a list of approved courses).
- World/Comparative Religion (RELI, 3 credits): Religious Studies courses approved for this core requirement draw attention to the diversity that exists within and among traditions and encourage students to bring critical, analytical thinking to bear on the traditions and questions considered. These courses carries one of the required two global-studies designations (see below) (click here [PDF] for a list of approved courses).
Year 4 Theme and Question: Imagining the Possible: What is our role in the world?”
- Core Integration Seminar (DEPT 432, 3 credits). The Core Integration Seminar (CIS) offers students a culminating core experience in which they integrate the principles of Jesuit education, prior components of the core, and their disciplinary expertise. Some CIS courses may also count toward a student’s major or minor. The CIS is offered by several departments across the University (click here [PDF] for list of CIS courses).
The Broadening Courses
- Fine Arts & Design (VART, MUSC, THEA, 3 credits): Arts courses explore multiple ways the human experience can be expressed through creativity, including across different cultures and societies. One approved course in fine arts, music, theatre, or dance will fulfill this requirement (click here [PDF] for a list of approved courses).
- History (HIST, 3 credits): History courses are intended to develop students’ awareness of the historical context of both the individual and the collective human experience. One course in History (HIST 101, HIST 102, HIST 112, HIST 201, HIST 202) will fulfill this requirement.
- Literature (3 credits): Literature courses foster reflection on how literature engages with a range of human experience. One approved course in Literature (offered by English, Classics, or Modern Languages) will fulfill this requirement (click here [PDF] for a list of approved courses).
- Social & Behavioral Sciences (3 credits): Courses in the social and behavioral sciences engage students in studying human behavior, social systems, and social issues. One approved course offered by Criminal Justice, Economics, Political Science, Psychology, Sociology, or Women and Gender Studies will fulfill this requirement (click here [PDF] for a list of approved courses).
The Designations
Designations are embedded within already existing core, major, minor, and elective courses. Students are encouraged to meet designation requirements within elective courses as their schedule allows; however, with careful planning students should be able to complete most of the designation requirements within other core, major, or minor courses.
- Writing Enriched (WE; 3 courses meeting this designation): Courses carrying the WE designation are designed to promote the humanistic and Jesuit pedagogical ideal of clear, effective communication. In addition to the required core course, Writing (ENGL 101), which carries one of the WE designations, students must take two other WE-designated courses (click here [PDF] for a list of approved courses).
- Global-Studies (GS; 2 courses meeting this designation): Courses carrying the GS designation are designed to challenge students to perceive and understand human diversity by exploring diversity within a context of constantly changing global systems. In addition to the required core course, World/Comparative Religion (RELI 300-level), which carries one of the GS designations, students must take one other GS-designated course (click here [PDF] for a list of approved courses).
- Social-Justice (SJ; 1 course meeting this designation): Courses carrying the SJ designation are designed to introduce students to one or more social justice concerns. Students must take one course that meets the SJ designation (click here [PDF] for a list of approved courses).
Major-specific adaptations to the University Core Curriculum
All Gonzaga students, regardless of their major, will complete the University Core Curriculum requirements. However some Gonzaga students will satisfy certain core requirements through major-specific programs or courses. Any major-specific adaptations to the core are described with the requirements for the majors to which they apply.