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    Core Curriculum

    “All human beings by nature desire to know.” These words, which Aristotle wrote in the 4th century B.C. capture the fact that there is a deeply rooted desire in all of us to learn something about the world, to understand reality, and to find our place in it.

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  • First-Year students in learning community before Freshman Convocation

    First-Year Experience

    The First-Year Experience is the foundational liberal education core of the first-year curriculum, bringing first-year students together in small Learning Communities for a shared, yearlong experience.

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  • Students doing lab research

    Majors and Minors

    Catholic University offers more than 60 majors as well as more than 60 minors and certificate programs.

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