Trinity's common curriculum insures our students receive a well-rounded education, provides context to their major course of study, and introduces them to many new areas of interest.

Proficiency in the following areas is an imperative part of a contemporary education:

I. First Year Seminar Program: A course with variable themes, taught by faculty from all disciplines of the university. Comprised of a maximum of 15 first year students, each seminar inducts students into intellectual discussions of substantive issues and enhances their speaking, writing, and bibliographic skills.

II. Writing Workshop: A class focused on developing rhetorical skills in first year students, and designed to refine and strengthen skills in critical reading, analysis, judgment, and written composition.

III. Proficiency in Foreign Language, Computer, and Mathematics Skills: Proficiency in these three areas are an imperative part of a contemporary education. Language and math requirements may be met through high school course work. Computer proficiency may be proved by passing an exam during orientation or completing a course in the first three semesters at Trinity.

IV. Fitness Education: Students should possess sufficient knowledge, understanding, and skill to make intelligent decisions relating to health and fitness throughout their lives. This requirement may be satisfied by participating in a high school club or varsity sport for one season or by completing any approved sport or fitness activity.

V. Five Fundamental Understandings: Students can choose from a wide variety of classes in each of the five essential areas below, which represent the foundation of a liberal arts education.

1. Understanding Cultural Heritage (9 hours; 3 courses)
   1. Cultural Traditions Indigenous to Africa, Asia and the Americas (at least 3 hours; 1 course)
   2. Greco-Roman and Judeo-Christian Traditions through Early Modern Period (at least 3 hours; 1 course)
2. Understanding the Arts&Literature (9 hours; 3 courses)
   1. Visual Arts, Music, Performance, and Aesthetic Production (at least 3 hours; 1 course)
   2. Literary Studies (at least 3 hours; 1 course)
3. Understanding Human Social Interaction (9 hours; 3 courses)
   1. Approaches to the Social Sciences (6 hours; 2 courses)
   2. Social Issues and Social Values (3 hours; 1 course)
4. Understanding Quantitative Reasoning (3 hours; 1 course)
5. Understanding Natural Science&Technology (6 hours)
   1. Using Scientific Methods (at least 1 course)
   2. Natural Science (at least 3 hours; 1 course)