Accounting Major

The Liberal Arts Core Curriculum is rooted in the Liberal Arts and our Franciscan heritage. It is designed to create a framework to develop knowledge, skills, and responsibilities necessary to educate students so that they will be prepared to contribute to the world guided by a concern for issues of justice and ethical behavior.

LEADERSHIP:  4 credits

• Freshman Seminar (1 cr.)
• Spiritual & Ethical Literacy (3 cr.) 

FOUNDATIONAL LITERACIES/SKILLS:  12 credits

• Personal Branding Communication (3 cr.)
• Writing for the 21^st Century (3 cr.)*
• Quantitative Problem Solving (3 cr.)*
• Language & Culture (3 cr.)

*For ‘Writing for the 21^st Century’ (English) and ‘Quantitative Problem Solving’ (Math), you may need additional courses depending on your placement.

CORE LITERACIES:  15 credits – Choose one (1) course from each broad theme. Course options can be found in the course catalog or on the academic advising page. Broad themes are:

• Narratives of Identity       (3 cr.)
• Science, Environment & Culture (3 cr.)   
• Social Tensions (3 cr.)    
• The American Experience (3 cr.)
• Approving the Better Things (3 cr.)

Giving students a culminating experience as well as practical work experience, the Professional Core is a graduation requirement for every Stritch student in a bachelor’s degree program. This bachelor’s degree program includes completion of the Professional Core consisting of three courses:

• Pre-Internship
• Internship
• Capstone