The Core Curriculum 

The Core curriculum is at the heart of an undergraduate degree.Ê It was created by the faculty to give you a strong liberal arts foundation in your education.Ê All students must complete the Core curriculum which is comprised of 44 credits or eleven courses over the course of their academic career.Ê Those eleven courses are comprised of the following areas:
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Public Speaking
Rhetoric and Composition
Math
Science
Literature
History
Philosophy
Theology and Religious Studies
Ethics
Social Sciences
and, Visual and Performing Arts

You must also fulfill two other requirements: Cultural Diversity and Community Engaged Learning. 

USF is a premiere Jesuit Catholic and urban University with a Global Perspective. By requiring cultural diversity and community engaged learning courses, we aim to educate students to be leadersÊwho will fashion a more humane and just world. Students can fulfill these requirements by selecting from a variety of courses that are spread throughout the Core, your major, or electives.