Course Listing

Course Listing Explanations  

English

The field of English encompasses the study of literature, composition, creative writing, and the English language itself. Newman’s curriculum is designed to prepare students to write well and read deeply so that they may communicate effectively, act nobly, and enrich the world through language and universal ideas.

Fine Arts

General Studies

These practical resource courses are designed to encourage personal growth through innovative teaching and creative approaches to learning and decision-making.

Health Science

Before enrolling in a course which has a prerequisite course listed, the student must have earned a grade of “C” or better in the prerequisite course.

History

History, the humanistic interpretative study of past human society, has as its purpose providing students with a course of study designed to assist them in integrating the past of human society with the present in the hope of influencing a more favorable future. History is seen as a synthesizing core preparing for numerous career options such as law, civil service, museum work, ministry, communications, teaching, research work for corporations and organizations.

Honors Program

The Honors Program at Newman University is designed to help high-achieving students meet their full academic potential through a variety of enhanced educational and co-curricular opportunities. The program challenges students both inside and outside the classroom to stimulate their intellectual growth and become part of a community that values and enjoys academic pursuits. It also allows each student to pursue his or her own interests within an atmosphere that encourages participants to transform society.

Humanities

These interdisciplinary courses are designed by disciplines in the Humanities to show the integration of knowledge.