The University of St. Thomas

College of Arts & Sciences | Renaissance Program

Program Requirements

Program Requirements

Renaissance Program Requirements

1. Participants elect a major field of study from any of the Liberal Arts disciplines: Humanities, Social Sciences and Natural Sciences. Majors from the College of Business or from Health and Human Performances are not eligible for this program.

2. Participants complete an internship in a career-related field.

3. Participants take the Renaissance Program Professional Minor composed of six professional and pre-professional courses. Students select courses based on personal interest and career goals.

Students must complete 24 credits from Economics, CISC, Business and Interdisciplinary Studies. Other courses may be substituted with the approval of the director of the Renaissance Program.

Group I: Economics
Choose one course from the following:

ECON 251   Principles of Macroeconomics (4 credits)
ECON 252   Principles of Microeconomics (4 credits)

Group II: Computer and Information Sciences
Choose one course from the following:

CISC 130   Introduction to Programming and Problem-Solving in the Sciences (4 credits)
CISC 200   Introduction to Computer Technology and Business Applications (4 credits)
STAT 220   Statistics I (4 credits)

Group III: Business
Choose three courses from the following list:

ACCT 210   Introduction to Financial Accounting (4 credits)
ACCT 215   Managerial Accounting (4 credits)
BLAW 301   Legal Environment of Business (4 credits)
FINC 300   Finance for Non-Business Majors (4 credits)
MGMT 305   Management and Organizational Behavior (4 credits)
MKTG 300   Principles of Marketing (4 credits)

Group IV: Interdisciplinary Studies
One required course:
IDSC   333    Renaissance Program Studies (4 credits)
Prerequisites: Permission of the director of the Renaissance Program or four other courses from this minor.

In addition to the courses listed above, students must complete an internship.  To receive credit for their internships, students must enroll in:

IDSC   330    Renaissance Program Internship (0 credits)