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What is the Core Curriculum?

The Core Curriculum is the set of classes that all Lawrence Technological University undergraduates take, no matter what their major. Designed for excellence, the Core Curriculum prepares you to take leadership role in the diverse world in which you will live, advance your career, and contribute to your community.

Built around a strongly interactive engagement with literature, history, philosophy, mathematics, science, and the arts, the Core also emphasizes shared intellectual experiences within a community of learning through reading, directed discussions, group presentations, and problem-solving teamwork.

» The Goal of the Core Curriculum:

  • Capacity to evaluate conflicting ideas
  • Savvy to seek alternative solutions to problems
  • Perseverance to succeed in difficult projects
  • Ability to read and analyze challenging works
  • Poise to articulate ideas orally and in writing
  • Competency to simplify complex problems through the manipulation of symbols
  • Discipline to apply scientific principles to improve understanding
  • Confidence to be creative
  • Knowledge of the past that informs the role of citizens in a free society
Course Offerings

Your Core Learning Experience is Built On:

Four courses in the humanities, which are based on reading the great books and experiencing the great art of world civilizations:

  • HUM 1213 Engaging Ancient Texts
  • HUM 1223 Engaging Modern Texts
  • One LLT 2xx3 Elective
  • One SSC 2xx3 Elective
In the Humanities Core, you:
  • Analyze many of the best books in science, literature, philosophy, and politics
  • Defend your interpretations in oral presentations and clear, well-reasoned papers

Two courses in written, oral, and visual communication:

  • English Composition
  • Technical and Professional Communication

Two courses, where what you study depends on your major

In the Mathematics Core, you:
  • Master the skills needed for your profession and gain an understanding of the impact of mathematics on Western culture
  • Are exposed to the concept of functions and their manipulation and to calculus, including its impact on the development of science and Western thought
  • Gain expertise in the use of computers in your field

Two courses in natural sciences, including laboratory experience.

In the Natural Sciences Core, you:
  • Receive a full year of rigorous training that, no matter what your major, can enable you to more fully understand scientific thinking, its limitations, and its implications for other fields of thought.

One upper-division elective in the humanities or social sciences, to add depth to your education.

The Core’s blend of in-depth knowledge, broad understanding, and analytical thinking can give you the confidence to determine your life’s course, make meaningful contributions to the lives of others, and achieve success in your professional field.

The Humanities Core Curriculum

The Humanities Core Curriculum provides a comprehensive, interactive engagement with literature, history, philosophy, and the arts. LTU’s Humanities Core is designed to help you unleash your curiosity, providing you the chance to engage some of the fundamental questions and enduring ideas of intellectual life through shared readings, lively discussions with faculty and fellow students, collaborative presentations, and problem-solving teamwork. From their very first year, students engage some of the most provocative, challenging, and exciting humanistic works of the past in the two-course “Engaging Texts” sequence, allowing them to cultivate their curiosity, imagination, and intellectual breadth. Building on this experience, students take a series of 2000-level elective courses—one in Language and Literature, the other in the Social Sciences that offer them the chance to explore culture, society, history, the arts, technology, and ideas, from introductory to advanced study. Finally, students conclude the humanities core with a 3000/4000-level Jr/Sr elective.

HUM 1213 Engaging Ancient Texts/LLT 1213 World Masterpieces 1

CRN Course Course Title Time Days Instructor
5244 HUM1213 Engaging Ancient Texts Online Michelle Kustarz
5245 HUM1213 Engaging Ancient Texts Online Michelle Kustarz

HUM 1223 Engaging Modern Texts/SSC 2423 Development of the American Experience

CRN Course Course Title Time Days Instructor
5246 HUM1223 Engaging Modern Texts Online Jeffrey Powell
5247 HUM1223 Engaging Modern Texts Online Jeffrey Powell

COM 0094: Basic Composition / COM 1103: College Composition

CRN Course Course Title Time Days Instructor
5066 COM0094-01 Basic Composition 9:30 – 12:15 Tuesday, Thursday Dan Moyer
5001 COM1103-01 College Composition 10:20 – 12:30 Tuesday Richard Robinson-Sanabria

COM 2103: Technical and Professional Communication

CRN Course Course Title Time Days Instructor
5002 COM2103-01 Technical and Prof Comm Online Julia Kiernan
5077 COM2103-02 Technical and Prof Comm Online Julia Kiernan

LLT 2xx3/LLT 1223 World Masterpieces 2

CRN Course Course Title Time Days Instructor
5248 LLT2213 Intro to Literary and Cultural Studies: Y2K Literature Online Shelby Cadwell
5249 LLT2603 Intro to Humanity and Technology Online Scott DeGregoris

SSC 2xx3/SSC 2413 Foundations of the American Experience

CRN Course Course Title Time Days Instructor
5255 SSC2143 American Political Theory Online Jason Barrett
5256 SSC2143 American Political Theory Online Jason Barrett

LLT/SSC/PSY 3xx3/4xx3 (Jr./Sr. Elective)

CRNCourseCourse TitleTimeDaysInstructor
5166LLT4923-01Modern World LiteratureOnlineLudger Brinker
5185LLT4923-02Modern World LiteratureOnlineLudger Brinker
5257SSC4513Seminar in Social Science: History of OilOnline*6-week summer term
(May 19-June 27)		Jason Barrett
5258SSC4513Seminar in Social Science: History of OilOnline*6-week summer term
(May 19-June 27)		Jason Barrett

HUM 1213 Engaging Ancient Texts/LLT 1213 World Masterpieces 1

CRN Course Course Title Time Days Instructor
1619 HUM1213-01 Engaging Ancient Texts 9:30 – 10:45 a.m. Tuesday, Thursday Winer, Laurence
1620 HUM1213-02 Engaging Ancient Texts 11:00 a.m. – 12:15 p.m. Tuesday, Thursday Winer, Laurence
1621 HUM1213-03 Engaging Ancient Texts 12:30 – 1:45 p.m. Monday, Wednesday Winer, Laurence
1622 HUM1213-04 Engaging Ancient Texts 4:20 – 5:35 p.m. Monday, Wednesday Campbell, Kurt
1623 HUM1213-05 Engaging Ancient Texts 11:00 a.m. – 12:15 p.m. Tuesday, Thursday Kustarz, Michelle
1681 HUM1213-06 Engaging Ancient Texts (Honors) 9:30 – 10:45 a.m. Tuesday, Thursday Winer, Laurence
1960 HUM1213-09 Engaging Ancient Texts 9:30 – 10:45 a.m. Monday, Wednesday Shargel, Dan
1961 HUM1213-10 Engaging Ancient Texts 11:00 a.m. – 12:15 p.m. Monday, Wednesday Winer, Laurence
1962 HUM1213-11 Engaging Ancient Texts 2:00 – 3:15 p.m. Monday, Wednesday Shargel, Dan
1963 HUM1213-12 Engaging Ancient Texts 11 AM – 12:15 PM Tuesday, Thursday Kustarz, Michelle

HUM 1223 Engaging Modern Texts/SSC 2423 Development of the American Experience

CRN Course Course Title Time Days Instructor
1628 HUM1223-01 Engaging Modern Texts 2:00 – 3:15 p.m. Tuesday, Thursday Powell, Jeffrey
1629 HUM1223-02 Engaging Modern Texts 4:20 – 5:35 p.m. Tuesday, Thursday Powell, Jeffrey
1630 HUM1223-03 Engaging Modern Texts 11:00 a.m. – 12:15 p.m. Monday, Wednesday Jaussen, Paul
1631 HUM1223-04 Engaging Modern Texts 12:30 – 1:45 p.m. Monday, Wednesday Marks, Edward
1673 HUM1223-05 Engaging Modern Texts 11:00 a.m. – 12:15 p.m. Tuesday, Thursday Kao, Vivian
1957 HUM1223-06 Engaging Modern Texts 2:00 – 3:15 p.m. Monday, Wednesday Marks, Edward
1958 HUM1223-07 Engaging Modern Texts 9:30 – 10:45 p.m. Tuesday, Thursday Weiss, Daniel
1959 HUM1223-08 Engaging Modern Texts 9:30 – 10:45 p.m. Monday, Wednesday Mullaj, Alisa

LLT 2xx3/LLT 1223 World Masterpieces 2

CRN Course Course Title Time Days Instructor
1671 LLT2213-01 Introduction to Literature and Cultural Studies: Y2K Literature and Media 9:30 – 10:45 p.m. Monday, Wednesday Cadwell, Shelby
1966 LLT2213-03 Introduction to Literature and Cultural Studies: Y2K Literature and Media 11:00 a.m. – 12:15 p.m. Monday, Wednesday Cadwell, Shelby
1967 LLT2213-04 Introduction to Literature and Cultural Studies: Literature and Images 9:30 – 10:45 p.m. Tuesday, Thursday Robinson-Sanabria, Richard
1968 LLT2213-05 Introduction to Literature and Cultural Studies: Literature and Images 11:00 a.m. – 12:15 p.m. Tuesday, Thursday Robinson-Sanabria, Richard
1624 LLT2493-01 Intro to Contemporary Lit 2:00 – 3:15 p.m. Tuesday, Thursday Kao, Vivian
1625 LLT2603-01 Intro to Hum and Tech 2:00 – 3:15 p.m. Monday, Wednesday DeGregoris, Scott
1953 LLT2603-02 Intro to Hum and Tech Online – DeGregoris, Scott

SSC 2xx3/SSC 2413 Foundations of the American Experience

CRNCourseCourse TitleTimeDaysInstructor
1632SSC2143-01American Political Theory4:20 – 5:35 p.m.Tuesday, ThursdayBarrett, Jason
1964SSC2143-02American Political Theory5:45 – 7:00 p.m.Tuesday, ThursdayBarrett, Jason
1640SSC2203-01Historical Foundations in Psyc2:00 – 3:15 p.m.Tuesday, ThursdayAl-Azary, Hamad
1641SSC2203-02Historical Foundations in Psyc11:00 a.m. – 12:15 p.m.Tuesday, ThursdayAl-Azary, Hamad
1714SSC2213-01Intro to the Social Sciences9:30 – 10:45 a.m.Monday, WednesdayHanson-DeFusco
1965SSC2213-02Intro to the Social Sciences11:00 a.m. – 12:15 p.m.Monday, WednesdayHanson-DeFusco
1954SSC2313Ways of Seeing8:00 – 9:15 a.m.Tuesday, ThursdayPowell, Jeffrey
1955SSC2313Ways of SeeingOnline–Powell, Jeffrey

LLT/SSC/PSY 3xx3/4xx3 (Jr./Sr. Elective)

CRNCourseCourse TitleTimeDaysInstructor
1358LLT3443-01Am. Lit: Contact to Civil War11:00 a.m. – 12:15 p.m.Tuesday, ThursdayWeiss, Daniel
1969LLT4213Shakespeare in Production: Shakespeare Adapted11:00 a.m. – 12:15 p.m.Monday, WednesdayMullaj, Alisa
1480SSC3523-01Money and Banking2:00 – 3:15 p.m.Monday, WednesdayMulder, Daniel
1633SSC3613-01Philosophy of Mind11:00 a.m. – 12:15 p.m.Monday, WednesdayShargel, Daniel
1540SSC4513-01Seminar in Social Science:
Design Justice and Speculative Technology		11:00 a.m. – 12:15 p.m.Monday, WednesdaySmith, Rebecca
1956SSC4143Constitutional Law2:00 – 3:15 p.m.Tuesday, ThursdayBarrett, Jason

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  • What you will need to have and do
  • Download the mobile Zoom app (either App Store or Google Play)
  • Have your phone plugged in
  • Set up video stand phone holder

From Computer

Log in and start your Zoom session with participants

From Phone

  • Start the Zoom session on your phone app (suggest setting your phone to “Do not disturb” since your phone screen will be seen in Zoom)
  • Type in the Meeting ID and Join
  • Do not use phone audio option to avoid feedback
  • Select “share content” and “screen” to share your cell phone’s screen in your Zoom session
  • Select “start broadcast” from Zoom app. The home screen of your cell phone is now being shared with your participants.

To use your cell phone as a makeshift document camera

  • Open (swipe to switch apps) and select the camera app on your phone
  • Start in photo mode and aim the camera at whatever materials you would like to share
  • This is where you will have to position what you want to share to get the best view – but you will see ‘how you are doing’ in the main Zoom session.