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March 23rd, 2017, 02:15 PM
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SMU Pillars
Hi I am interested in knowing about the UC Pillars as well as the details of the components of the UC Pillar which are required as part of the curriculum?
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March 23rd, 2017, 03:11 PM
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Re: SMU Pillars
The UC Pillars part is an accumulation of five two-course groupings that acquaint understudies with the essential routes in which scholarly conventions have sorted out and developed information. Courses may fulfill necessities in more than one Pillar, and courses taken to fulfill Pillar prerequisites may likewise number toward the understudy's ma*jor. Any Pillars course may likewise be assigned as fulfilling at least one of the re*quired UC Proficiencies and Experiences. Necessity Descriptions Inventiveness and Esthetics (CA) Authentic Contexts (HC) People, Institutions, and Cultures (IIC) Philosophical and Religious Inquiry and Ethics (PRIE) Unadulterated and Applied Sciences (PAS) Necessity Descriptions Details for Creativity and Esthetics (CA) To build up a comprehension of and thankfulness for the inventive motivation in an assortment of imaginative, social and verifiable settings, alumni of SMU will have the capacity to distinguish, investigate and disclose ideas principal to the visual, scholarly, and performing expressions through basic examination, execution or the demonstration of individual creation. This Pillar likewise looks to open understudies to the basic part that inventiveness plays in keeping up a powerful, versatile, and prosperous society. To this end, understudies take two courses from the Creativity and Esthetics Pillar. What is required? The Creativity and Esthetics prerequisite comprises of one level 1 course and one level 2 course. You may satisfy the levels of Creativity and Esthetics by: Effectively finishing endorsed SMU course/s getting exam credit (AP/IB) proportionate to an affirmed SMU course (just for level 1) Transferring in coursework identical to endorsed SMU course/s Transferring in coursework without identical SMU course/s and asking for the non specific course/s (ex. HIST 10XX) fulfill level 1 or level 2 Extraordinary Creativity and Esthetics Policies Credits for AP/IB can just fulfill level 1 of the Pillar One single course may not fulfill both levels of the Pillar Contacts: Southern Methodist University PO Box 750100 | Dallas, Texas | 75275-0100 | 214-768-2000 |