Marquette Core Curriculum (CORE)


CORE 1929  Foundations in Methods of Inquiry  (3 credits)  
Compares and contrasts the approach of three different disciplines to a common theme. Asks students to reflect on what disciplinary methods they find most appealing or challenging, and why.
Prerequisite: THEO 1001 or PHIL 1001; and Soph. stndg.  
Level of Study: Undergraduate  
Marquette Core Curriculum: Foundation  
Last four terms offered: 2024 Summer Term, 2024 Spring Term, 2023 Fall Term, 2023 Summer Term  
CORE 1929H  Honors Foundations in Methods of Inquiry  (1-3 credits)  
Compares and contrasts the approach of three different disciplines to a common theme. Asks students to reflect on what disciplinary methods they find most appealing or challenging, and why. Completion of 3 credits satisfies the MCC Foundations in Methods of Inquiry requirement. As an Honors Program course, includes a more intensive research or project component.
Prerequisite: Admission to Marquette University Honors Program.  
Level of Study: Undergraduate  
Marquette Core Curriculum: Foundation  
Last four terms offered: 2024 Spring Term, 2023 Fall Term, 2023 Spring Term, 2022 Fall Term  
CORE 4929  The Service of Faith and Promotion of Justice  (3 credits)  
Designed to integrate the Marquette core by emphasizing the reflection on and application of knowledge and skills developed in the core for life beyond Marquette University. Special focus on vocation and discernment invites students to evaluate their coursework at Marquette alongside their own worldview and transcendent commitments in order to identify ways they are uniquely equipped to work for justice in the world. A collaborative, interdisciplinary analysis of a lasting problem in the local or global community presents a test-case for this integration of academic experience and personal faith for the promotion of justice, providing the foundation for an analogical application to student’s lives and work after Marquette.
Prerequisite: Jr. stndg.  
Level of Study: Undergraduate  
Marquette Core Curriculum: Culminating  
Last four terms offered: 2024 Summer Term, 2024 Spring Term, 2023 Fall Term, 2023 Summer Term  
CORE 4929H  Honors Service of Faith and Promotion of Justice  (3 credits)  
Designed to integrate the Marquette core by emphasizing the reflection on and application of knowledge and skills developed in the core for life beyond Marquette University. Special focus on vocation and discernment invites students to evaluate their course work at Marquette alongside their own worldview and transcendent commitments in order to identify ways they are uniquely equipped to work for justice in the world. A collaborative, interdisciplinary analysis of a lasting problem in the local or global community presents a test-case for this integration of academic experience and personal faith for the promotion of justice, providing the foundation for an analogical application to student’s lives and work after Marquette. Core Honors students are required to take this course during the third or fourth year of their undergraduate career.
Prerequisite: Sr. stndg. and Admission to Marquette University Honors Program.  
Level of Study: Undergraduate  
Marquette Core Curriculum: Culminating  
Last four terms offered: 2024 Spring Term, 2023 Fall Term, 2023 Spring Term, 2022 Fall Term