<p>I understand that there are basic philosophy/religion courses that must be fulfilled, but what exactly are the requirements? I was accepted into CSOM, but I would like to get these required courses out of the way so that I can pursue the courses that I am truly interested in.</p>
<p>University core plus CSOM core. Remember, that you can apply AP credits to many university core courses and a few CSOM core courses.</p>
<p>Management - University core</p>
<ol>
<li> Writing: 1 core course</li>
<li> Literature: 1 core course</li>
<li> Arts: 1 core course in fine arts, music, or theater</li>
<li> Mathematics: MT100 or higher & MT235</li>
<li> History I: First semester core course</li>
<li> History II: Second semester core course</li>
<li> Philosophy: 2 core courses</li>
<li> Social sciences: Fulfilled by Principles of Economics I & II (EC131 & EC132) within the management core</li>
<li> Natural science: 2 core courses in biology, chemistry, geology & geophysics, or physics.</li>
<li> Theology: 2 core course sequence of one of the following: TH001-002, TH016-017, TH023-024, TH161-162, TH088-089, or TH090-091.</li>
</ol>
<h2>11. Cultural diversity: One core course</h2>
<p>School of Management Core
All SOM core, except MD099, must be completed by the end of Jr yr.</p>
<ol>
<li> Financial Accounting and Managerial Accounting: MA021 and MA022</li>
<li> Principles of Economics I (Micro) & II (Macro): EC131 and EC132</li>
<li> Computers in Management: MI021</li>
<li> Statistics: EC151</li>
<li> Basic Finance: MF021</li>
<li> Marketing Principles: MK021</li>
<li> Management and Operations: MD021</li>
<li> Law I - Intro to Law: MJ021</li>
<li> Organizational behavior: MB021 or MB022</li>
<li> Strategy and policy: MD099</li>
<li> Introduction to ethics: MH011</li>
<li> 3 Arts and Sciences Electives</li>
</ol>
<p>You may not want to finish all of your core classes right away. Think about it, would you want to take 5 business classes during your junior year or would you have everything spread out?</p>
<p>Well, from the looks of it, I have already fulfilled the history course requirement with my 5 in AP US History.</p>
<p>Are most of these courses one semester only? How many courses can you take in one semester?</p>
<p>A “course” lasts one semester and usually counts as 3 credits. (There are a few 1-credit seminar-type classes and some courses are 4 credits.) The normal course load is 5 classes per semester, or 15 credits.</p>
<p>The 2-course requirement for history, theology, and philosophy must be filled with a year-long sequence – i.e., the spring semester class is a continuation of the fall class in that subject. But the science requirement can be met with two unrelated one-semester classes.</p>
<p>I do not think BC counts your AP US History grade.</p>
<p>Oh. That’s for two history electives, if I read correctly?</p>
<p>Whatever… I do very well in history anyways. Wouldn’t mind too much about taking it again.</p>
<p>You wouldn’t be taking US history again to satisfy the core requirement for history. You would take one of the designated year-long courses in Modern History. </p>
<p>By the way, a score of 4 or 5 on the AP European History or the AP World History exam would get you out of the history core requirement.</p>
<p>They didn’t offer either course mentioned at my school. I would have rather taken AP European History instead, but my school, being low on funding, offered only US.</p>
<p>I hear that they are introducing an AP World History course next year, so I guess I will be missing out on that.</p>
<p>I don’t think for history or social sciences it has to be parts 1 and 2 of the same course. I know a lot of people who are switching it up. You can also shape your core to help your major. For example, a lot of CSOM/poli sci/econ students take globalization for their history core, micro and marco econ is required for CSOM and that will knock off your social studies core, you have to take calc for business anyway and that knocks out the math core, and so on.</p>
<p>So, BC2012guy, as a student at BC, do you find the core curriculum slightly limiting and inflexible? I’m given the impression that it is, to a degree.</p>
<p>While I don’t have too many problems with the core curriculum’s selection of material, it feels as though, with all of these requirements, I might not be able to complete this and the CSOM management core in time, should I dedicate five courses per semester.</p>
<p>Your take on this concern of a would-be BC student?</p>
<p>You’ll have enough classes/credits to complete the university core and the CSOM core. If this weren’t possible, why would BC do it in the first place?</p>
<p>For social sciences, you can fulfill the core with unrelated one-semester courses – just like the natural sciences. </p>
<p>It’s only history, philosophy, and theology that require the year-long sequences and even then, exceptions are permitted for history. </p>
<p>“HISTORY: Every student must take one first-half and one second-half of a core sequence (i.e., one of your courses must be odd-numbered and one even-numbered). Although students are expected to take both halves in the same sequence, switching to a different sequence at midyear is permitted.”</p>
<p>Ah, so it has to be the first and second level, but not of the same class. I tested out with AP World and AP Euro, so I never looked into it. </p>
<p>I find the core to be a good thing, and I think most students would agree. I took an ecology course for my science core, and a comparative theology which has been my favorite course so far. You can use it to complement your major, and it allows you think in a lot of different ways at the same time, so you don’t get bogged down with all reading/analytical or all quantitative/mathematical. It exposes you to a lot of things, and I think there is a lot of value to being educated in a range of things, including philosophy and theology. Many CSOM students double-concentrate and don’t have an issue with core requirements. As of now I am double-majoring and am not stressed about fitting everything in. The CSOM and University cores make it so that you have less course selection, but you would have to take the required Carroll classes anyway to really have a comprehensive business education. I really advise people to look at the course offerings that fulfill each requirement, there are are a lot of interesting things out there. Yes, sometimes it is restrictive in a sense because it mandates that you take things you wouldn’t otherwise jump to take, but I am glad I took the core courses I did and I feel that they were invaluable to my first year here. You can take a lot of bs core courses and get nothing out of it, so it’s really what you make of it. Just consider the fact that a lot of parents who went to Jesuit schools insist that their kids go to Jesuit schools. The core really just mandates that you come out well-rounded, not a trained monkey who knows finance and accounting but nothing else. For the price tag you pay for a private school, you may as well get the overall enrichment of a complete education than just wholly career-specific training.</p>
<p>How much of the core classes are accounted for by the Honors Program?</p>
<p>I understand that there are basic courses that must be fulfilled, but what exactly are the requirements? I was accepted into CAS, but I would like to get these required courses out of the way so that I can pursue the courses that I am truly interested in. I was thinking about pre-med or engineering, quite not sure though.</p>
<p>Here’s the link to the core requirements:</p>
<p>[Boston</a> College Core Curriculum](<a href=“http://fmwww.bc.edu/core/]Boston”>Core Curriculum - Morrissey College of Arts and Sciences - Boston College)</p>
<p>You do know that BC does not offer engineering, don’t you?</p>