Core Curriculum

There are 16 required core courses (58 credits).

Language and Culture - Lithuanian residents will be placed in the appropriate level Lithuanian language courses based on a proficiency exam. Eight credit hours are required. Non-Lithuanian residents must take Introductory Lithuanian I but may substitute an approved language or culture course for Introductory Lithuanian II.

Computer skills are essential to academic success and it is assumed that students enter LCC with them. If an entering student fails the computer proficiency exam, CIS 105 must be taken before any 200-level courses. No credits are earned for CIS 105.

The table below identifies the core courses that all students should take. All courses are four credits unless noted.

The sequence of courses according to year recognizes the normal progression of learning from the general to the more advanced courses. Courses in any given year are normally considered prerequisite to those in successive years.

Code Title Credit
CIS 105 Computer Proficiency 0
ENG 113 Academic Writing 4
ENG 114 Rhetoric and Communication 4
ENG 131 Introduction to Literature 4
HIS 123 History of World Civilization 4
MTH 102 Quantitative Reasoning 4
PSY 122 Introduction to Psychology 4
or
SOC 100 Introduction to Sociology 4
SOC 101 First Year Seminar 2
BIB 200 Introduction to the Bible I 4
BIB 201 Introduction to the Bible II 4
CST 200 Introduction to Conflict Studies 2
ENG 262 Public Speaking 2
LTH According to the level and placement test 4
LTH According to the level and placement test 4
HIS 315 Political Economy 4
THE 341 Introduction to Theology 4
PHI 435 Moral Philosophy 4
Total credits:
58