学生和学术顾问常见问题解答

SMC的核心课程有以下要求:

Habits of Mind 以提高与批判性思维相关的熟练程度为目标, shared inquiry, research practices, 口头及书面沟通. 需求包括:

大学研讨会: 3 courses (SEM 150, 250, 350) for 4-year students; 2 courses (SEM 327, 转校生入学时需修满30个以上的学术课程.

-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 courses: WRIT 100 or 101 WRIT 200 or 201 to be completed at SMC or at another accredited institution. Transfer students who enter without completing a 200-level writing course are expected to enroll in WRIT 308.

-纪律写作(WID): 完成本专业

通往知识之路 with the goal of providing training in diverse pathways to knowledge via a cross-disciplinary approach to learning. 需求包括:

-Arts & Humanities: 1 - 2门课程共4个单元，其中一个单元必须是创造性实践

-数学与科学 Understanding: 1 course in each area: Math = one course for a minimum of 3 units and Science = 3 unit lecture + 1 unit lab

-Social Science一门课程最少3个学分

神学上的理解: 2 courses- the first is Christian Foundations (3 units) and the second in Theological Exploration (3 units) for 4-year students, 转学生1门(4学分)

Engaging the World 以探索正义为目标, 公民责任, and social, 经济和文化差异, 通过检查和反思在当地和全球社区中成为公民意味着什么.  要求包括每个领域的1门课程/经验:

-美国的身份、权力与公平: 1门课程，至少3个单元，考察社会, cultural, economic, 美国的政治多样性.

-Engaged Learning: 1 course for a minimum of 1 unit applying intellectual experiences to the community beyond the academy.

-全球问题与展望学生:至少修一门社会学科的课程, economic, 来自全球不同文化的宗教结构.

Second Language: 学生必须具备英语以外的一门语言的二级熟练程度. 能不能通过三年平均成绩为C或更高的高中课程来满足, 大学课程, 或者通过考试

这应该和你的学术顾问进行持续的对话. 此外，你可以预约咨询办公室讨论你的进展(tao@85500171.com). 有关核心课程的具体问题, 联系史蒂夫·米勒, 核心课程主席, via email at scmiller@85500171.com 或致电925-631-4970.

The Core offerings at SMC vary each semester and can be found on the CCC home page and on GaelXpress 2.0

Each student's Program Evaluation in GaelXpress has a list of requirements that have been met and highlights the ones that have not been met.

Students are able to satisfy the core requirements in a number of different ways- through coursework within and outside of their academic major, 整个学年包括一月学期和夏季, 通过使用转学课程(包括在线课程).

主修课程. 本专业的课程可以满足核心课程的要求. Many departments have planned their curricular offerings to allow students to satisfy specific Core requirements through the major. Check specific department offerings each semester to determine which specific courses have Core designations.

Summer Courses. 夏季课程按正常课程计算(一月学期的课程除外), 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, 对于在线课程的适当性，它是不可知的. 在线课程的适当性由UEPC决定, the CCC chair, 以及各个部门.

一月学期课程.  While 一月学期课程 with the JAN prefix cannot be used to satisfy other Core requirements (aside from Engaged Learning) some courses offered in January will carry the CORE prefix and will satisfy Engaging the World. 这些可以在一月学期网页和GaelXPress 2上找到.0.

校外/转让课程.  Off-campus courses that a department counts as SMC courses will receive the same treatment as the SMC courses, 至少对于思维习惯和通往知识目标的途径来说是如此. Off-campus courses that count as SMC courses with an Engaging the World designation do NOT automatically receive the EtW designation. 寻求指定的学生可以联系CCC主席 scmiller@85500171.com.

对于旨在实现学习目标的课程，“完成一门课程”的意思是“获得及格分数”.“D”的成绩就足够了，除非这门课是另一门课的先决条件. For example, 学生必须在WRIT 100中获得C-或更高的成绩才有资格参加WRIT 201, 并获得C-或更好的成绩，以进入WiD课程, 但如果不是其他课程的先决条件，那么在高级核心课程中D就足够了. 此外，对于核心课程来说，P是不够的.

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.

学生可以申请通过AP成绩来满足核心要求, 转学和出国学习课程, Independent Study. 学生可联络中心主席(scmiller@85500171.com)，询问有关转学课程或AP成绩的问题.

四年级学生必须在第一年完成SEM 150, 第二学年的250名学生, 然后在第三或第四年获得SEM 350.

Transfer students are required to complete SEM 327 in their first year and SEM 350 at some point after that.

First year-Four year students are required to complete a 100-level JAN course in their first year and one more JAN (200 level or higher) before graduation. 学校鼓励学生选修最多四门JAN课程.

转学生必须完成一门JAN课程(200级或更高)

Typically not. JAN课程通常不在夏季学期开设.

不可以，除了极少数例外，一月学期必须在SMC完成. Students studying abroad in an SMC program may take a fifth class while abroad to satisfy the January Term requirement if the program starts in January. Please contact the January Term office directly if there are extenuating circumstances you believe will prevent you from being able to satisfy the requirement at SMC.

Currently, SEM 350通常在夏季授课, 方便需要补课的学生按时毕业. 如果学生在其他研讨会上落后, it is usually possible to catch up by taking two SEM courses in one year during the fall and spring semesters.

许多其他机构不开设大学研讨会. 大多数学院和大学都用一门调查课程来填补这种思维习惯的学习成果, 哪些课程不能作为学院讲座转让. 所有以讨论为基础的好书课程都必须在转学申请中进行审查. 有关转学课程的具体问题，请与学院研讨会办公室联系.

思维习惯学习目标是发展性的, 所以教授HoM结果的课程应该按顺序进行. 例如，SEM 150使用并建立在WRIT 100中教授的写作技巧的基础上.e.， WRIT 100是SEM 150的必要条件.

WRIT 201是大多数WID课程的先决条件要求, 尽管有些部门可能会将WRIT 201列为共同必备要求. 请与各部门核实.

Transfer students may waive WRIT if they have taken the equivalent at their previous institution or if the Composition Director determines that they place out of WRIT 100.

For split majors, the student, 与来自两个“分支”的教员合作,她应该决定在哪个系上WID课程, 可能会决定两者兼得. For individualized majors it’s possible that no WID designated course may be appropriate or accessible for a particular program of study. In this case, the CCC allows for a student to submit a formal request to have an alternative course substitute as their WID.

Students who score high enough on an AP or similar exam (as determined by the Registrar’s Office) to merit lower division elective credit also receive academic credit in the PtK area. Those who took the AP exam but did not do well enough to get academic credit do NOT get credit in the PtK area.

No. 为了满足PtK学习成果 primary 课程的重点必须放在一个特定的PtK上. 由于一门课程不能有多个主要重点，它不能满足两个PtK领域. 唯一的例外是ART/HUM(一门课程可以同时满足ART/HUM和CP).

所有SMC学生都应该满足所有知识之路的要求. 学生不免除PtL要求.

Yes. 申请将由核心课程主席个别审查.

完成科学理解的要求, 学生必须完成一个以科学为基础的实验室，重点是定量数据分析. 如果你原来的科学课程没有实验室, 你可以选择一个单独的科学实验室来完成要求.

因为基督教基础课程是我们天主教本质的象征, 那门课不能转学. However, Theological Exploration courses can be taken at other institutions and transferred in with approval of the CCC Chair.

Off-Campus courses counted as equivalent to SMC courses with EtW designations will not 'automatically' satisfy Engaging the World goals. Students wishing to seek credit for EtW courses taken outside of SMC need to do so by contacting the CCC chair at scmiller@85500171.com.

Not necessarily. 课程的特定部分是否符合EtW的目标, 很大程度上取决于讲师和授课方法. Not all sections of the course will meet the same learning goals and therefore different sections of the same course may have different EtW designations. 学生将被指定为该课程部门收到的任何名称. 如有疑问，请查看课程大纲或注册办公室.

Yes. The CCC Chair will consider petitions that courses outside of the traditional SMC curriculum satisfy Engaging the World goals. 这些要求必须包括课程大纲和期末项目(如果有的话)。.

No. 在某些情况下，EL的要求已通过其他方式得到满足. 在那些罕见的情况下, the student has to demonstrate mastery of the Engaged Learning (EL) Learning Outcomes through service learning and an extensive paper summarizing how the experience was connected to EL Learning Outcomes.