2025-2026 Undergraduate Catalog 
    
    Apr 26, 2025  
2025-2026 Undergraduate Catalog

Navigator


Navigator is a unique student support and success program that offers each Newman University undergraduate baccalaureate student an opportunity to take charge of their own destiny. Students have a dedicated team of NU staff and faculty walking alongside them to ensure that the student thrives while at Newman and beyond. The dedicated support team will help students explore their purpose and passion and how these align with their personal and professional goals. Students will demonstrate individualized career or graduate school readiness through preparation of application materials and the development of successful interviewing skills. Additionally, students gain leadership development through hands-on learning opportunities to ensure a capacity for transforming society.

Course

Considerations and Exceptions

NAV 1011   Flight Planning

First in a series of Navigator courses taken first semester for first time students or transfers with less than 30 credit hours. 

NAV 2001   Lift-Off

 

Second in a series of Navigator courses taken second semester for first time students or transfer students with less than 30 credit hours. Not required for seminarians.

NAV 3001   Destination Check

Or

*Designated Course for social work/education, nursing, sonography

 

Third in a series of Navigator courses best taken first semester of Junior year but before the semester of the students’ projected graduation.

Not required for transfer students with an associate degree or for students transferring in more than 60 credit hours; seminarians; or students accepted into the Adult and Professional Studies Program.

NAV 4001   Launch

Or

*Designated Course for social work/education, nursing, sonography

 

Fourth in a series of Navigator courses best taken first semester of senior year, but before the semester of the students’ projected graduation.

Not required for transfer students with an associate degree or for students transferring in more than 60 credit hours; seminarians; or students accepted into the Adult and Professional Studies Program.

 

*Designated courses that satisfy the Destination Check and Launch course requirements include:

NSG 4115   - Professional Development

SWK 4273   - Social Work Senior Seminar

EDUC 4013   - The Art and Science of Teaching

SONO 3112   - Intro to Sonography and Patient Care