Core Curriculum And Felician College Franciscan Values Dr. Donald Casey

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Core Curriculum And Felician College
Franciscan ValuesDr. Donald Casey
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The Core Curriculum

• 12 credit course sequence between Sophomore and
  Senior years
• Culture and Diversity
• Applied Ethical Reasoning
• Journey to Selfhood
• The Franciscan Vision Self,
• Service and Society

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Synergy In the Core Courses

• Each course is a prerequisite for any subsequent
  course in the sequence
• Each Core Syllabus references and explains all
  the Core courses
• Full time faculty facilitate Core courses

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How the Core SequenceSupports Felician
Franciscan Values
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Culture and Diversity

• Diversity Students become familiar with 5
  different cultures and their ways of dealing with
  crises and survival
• Respect Helps students understand and evaluate
  the impact of ethnocentrism

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Applied Ethical Reasoning

• Diversity Students study most important Ethical
  theories in the Western canon.
• Peace- Beyond questions of just war to issues in
  the students personal lives
• Respect for all Creation-Encouraging students to
  develop reasonable stances on social and
  environmental issues
• Reverence for the Human Person-helping students
  generate a set of personal values which they can
  reasonably defend

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Journey to Selfhood

• Joy- As students journey together, they learn to
  appreciate who they are
• Peace- An abiding interior presence achieved by
  going on pilgrimage
• Reverence for the Human Person Acknowledging
  that each of the pilgrims on the journey is sacred

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The Franciscan Vision Self, Service and Society

• Reverence for the Human Person- Systematically
  reflecting on key themes of Catholic Social
  Teaching, especially the fundamental option for
  the poor
• Service Experiencing service as a means to
  achieve leadership, self -understanding and
  personal responsibility

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The Franciscan Vision Self, Service and Society
continued

• Respect for All Creation- Another key theme of
  Catholic Social Teaching
• Peace- Expanding students awareness of local and
  global social justice issues

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Assessment of Success

• Short questionnaire administered at the
  completion of each Core course
• To determine awareness of Core sequence and goals
  of each course
• Preliminary Results look promising

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