Core Curriculum

The Core Four courses are designed to build a campus community that understands people are God's creation, made intentionally and uniquely, not by accident. (Ephesians 2:10)

• HU 210 Created to Belong - explores the concept of belonging in human relationships. All people are created in God’s image and placed in families, communities, and societies. Students will develop their God-given abilities to live faithfully, act justly, and contribute to thriving communities.
   
• HU 220 Created to Create - invites students to explore the intersection of divine beauty and human creativity through the study of Christian artists, authors, poets, composers, filmmakers, and musicians. Students will be challenged to consider how their unique abilities, passions, and experiences can positively impact the world for Christ through creative endeavors. 
• HU 230 Created to Discover - enables students to explore the rich intersections between mathematical and scientific inquiry and Christian theology. Students will investigate how discovery in these fields reflects the order and beauty of God’s creation while addressing the complex questions that arise when scientific findings seem to conflict with biblical teachings.
• HU 240 Created to Flourish – explores what it means to truly flourish as human beings created in the image of God. Students learn how to cultivate a life that reflects wholeness in body, mind, and spirit.

The General Education courses provide HU students with greater flexibility for credit transfer and even more space to pursue a double major, add a minor, earn a certificate, study abroad, or get a running start in graduate school.

They consists of:

• Old Testament Survey (3)
• New Testament Survey (3)
• Understanding the Christian Faith (3)
• Foundations of Writing & Reading (3)
• Foundations of Communication (3)
• Historical Perspectives (3)
• Math (3-4)
• Lab Science (4)
• Social Science (3)

Immersives are hands-on experiences that broaden student perspectives in meaningful and practical ways. Students will complete an approved experience in each of the three immersive categories during their time at HU:

• Cultural Enrichment can be fulfilled through designated classes, service-learning trips, multi-lingual competency, or other co-curricular criteria 
   
• Experiential Learning can be fulfilled through internships, clinicals, practicums, service-learning trips, leadership roles on campus, or other co-curricular criteria  
   
• Creative Arts can be fulfilled through designated classes or participation in music ensembles, theater productions, literary publications, or other co-curricular criteria

Some immersive experiences may have academic credit attached, while others such as leadership roles on campus or service-learning trips often do not. These hands-on opportunities are designed to broaden student perspectives in meaningful and practical ways, but they are not limited to for-credit experiences.