Goals for Associate Degrees
All students will acquire fundamental knowledge, skills, and dispositions during their careers at the University. The following overriding goals shape curricular decisions to ensure breadth and depth of content and experience and to encourage independent learning. They help create the context of a value-based liberal arts education and reinforce the University’s Mission Statement including the Catholic University Identity Statement and the Core Values of Providence Health and Services.
University of Providence Graduates Engage the Foundation Questions
What Does it Mean to be Human?
- recognize the inherent value and interrelatedness of all God’s creation
- accept the inherent dignity of every person
- confirm and value cultural differences and similarities
- recognize that community is essential to being and becoming human
What Does it Mean to Participate in Intellectual Inquiry?
- participate in the search for truth and knowledge
- synthesize the cumulative wisdom of human inquiry, past and present as a means to enrich the future
What Does it Mean to “Make a Living” and to Live as a Productive Human Being?
- communicate clearly and effectively in multiple modes of discourse
- identify problems and articulate appropriate solutions
- accept the consequences of their decisions and actions
- commit to active participation in their chosen field of endeavor
What Does it Mean to Participate in the Spiritual and Religious Dimensions of Life?
- further God’s work of reaching out to humanity
- make sound moral judgments
- recognize the Christian and Catholic traditions
To earn the associate degree (A.A or A.S.) from the University, a student must:
- Complete a minimum of 60 credits.
- Maintain a cumulative University of Providence grade point average of 2.00 or higher.
- Complete the associate degree Core Curriculum.
- Complete an area of specialization. All courses used to complete the specialization must have a grade of “C” or better.
- Complete at least twenty of the final thirty semester hours of coursework at the University of Providence.
- Complete a minimum of 40% or 15 credits of their major (whichever is greater) in residency at the University of Providence.
- Apply for graduation in accordance with the prescribed deadlines.
- Comply with all University policies, rules, and regulations.
- Pay all indebtedness to the University.
Corps of Discovery Experience
| Code | Title | Credits |
|---|---|---|
| COD 100 | CORPS OF DISCOVERY 1 | 3 |
| Total Credits Required: | 3 | |
| 1 | Required of all first year, full time, on campus students. Part time students, distance students and students transferring in with 30 or more credits are exempt. |
Foundation Skills
| Code | Title | Credits |
|---|---|---|
| ENG 117 | WRITING ESSAYS 1 | 3 |
| Select one of the following: | 1 | |
| ESSENTIALS OF SPREADSHEETS | ||
| ESSENTIALS OF WORD PROCESSING | ||
| ESSENTIALS OF PRESENTATIONS | ||
| CPS 215 | INFORMATION LITERACY | 1 |
| PHL 101 | WHAT DOES IT MEAN TO BE HUMAN | 3 |
| TRL 201 | INTRODUCTION TO THEOLOGY | 3 |
| Select one of the following (depending on major): 2 | 3-4 | |
| CONTEMPORARY MATHEMATICS | ||
| ELEMENTARY STATISTICS | ||
| PRECALCULUS I | ||
| CALCULUS I | ||
| Total Credits Required: | 14-15 | |
| 1 | UProvidence requires ENG 099 COLLEGE WRITING SKILLS for students with a score below the following: 17 on the English section of the ACT, a 520 on the Writing section of the SAT, 5 on the Accuplacer Writing Test, or 81 on the English portion of the Compass test. |
| 2 | UProvidence requires MTH 090 ELEMENTARY ALGEBRA for students with a score below the following: 18 on the Math section of the ACT, a 450 in the Math section of the SAT, unless the student has received a grade of B or higher in a high school Algebra class. |
Arts and Science
| Code | Title | Credits |
|---|---|---|
| ENG 215 | INTRO TO LITERARY STUDIES | 3 |
| History Array | 3 | |
| Social Sciences | 3 | |
| Fine Arts | 3 | |
| Experimental Science | 4 | |
| Total Credits Required: | 16 | |
History Array
| Code | Title | Credits |
|---|---|---|
| Select 3 credits from the following: | 3 | |
| GLOBAL HISTORY II | ||
| UNITED STATES HISTORY I | ||
| UNITED STATES HISTORY II | ||
| Total Credits Required: | 3 | |
Social Sciences
Courses in this category study human society and individual relationships within society as well as provide students with the cognitive and intellectual skills to succeed in the modern world. Students must complete one of the following:
| Code | Title | Credits |
|---|---|---|
| Select 3 credits from the following: | 3 | |
| INTRO TO CRIMINAL JUSTICE SYST | ||
| SOC JSTC & CIVIC ENGMT IN AMER | ||
| INTRODUCTION TO LAW | ||
| WE THE PEOPLE: INTRO POL SCI | ||
| AMERICAN GOVERNMENT | ||
| GENERAL PSYCHOLOGY | ||
| DEVELOPMENTAL PSYCHOLOGY | ||
| CONTEMP ISSUES IN HISTORY | ||
| THE REAL WORLD: INTRO TO SOC | ||
| MACROECONOMICS | ||
| MICROECONOMICS | ||
| WELLNESS PERSPECTIVES | ||
| Total Credits Required: | 3 | |
Fine Arts
Courses in this category both enhance students’ aesthetic appreciation and allow students to explore the creative process as it relates to visual, literary, and performing arts. Students must complete one of the following:
| Code | Title | Credits |
|---|---|---|
| Select 3 credits from the following: | 3 | |
| INTRO TO CREATIVE WRITING | ||
| STUDIO ART PRACTICE | ||
| DRAWING I | ||
| PAINTING I | ||
| CERAMICS I | ||
| PHOTOGRAPHY I | ||
| INTRO TO TECHNICAL THEATER | ||
| INTRODUCTION TO ACTING | ||
MUS 1XX - 2XX | Any Music Designated Course level 100 - 200 | |
| Total Credits Required: | 3 | |
Experimental Science
Courses in this category must include an experience in the laboratory, classroom, or the field that allows students to engage in the scientific process by designing experiments, recording their data, analyzing their results, and discussing their findings. Students must complete one of the following:
| Code | Title | Credits |
|---|---|---|
| Select 4 credits from the following: | 4 | |
| STRUCT & FUNC OF HUMAN BODY | ||
| THE LIVING ENVIRONMENT | ||
| ENVIRONMENTAL ECOLOGY | ||
| GENERAL BIOLOGY I | ||
| ESSENTIALS OF INORGANIC CHEM | ||
| CHEMISTRY IN CONTEXT | ||
| GENERAL CHEMISTRY I | ||
| Total Credits Required: | 4 | |