Since there will be many arts courses in the Humanities area, it is expected that most students will end up with at least one of those in addition to the performance course requirement. However, it seemed inappropriate to go too far in planning this since the proposal is not passed. The committee did an excellent job on this time-consuming activity. At one time, St. Ambrose had a 4-semester physical education requirement and 128 credits required for graduation. That was passed by the faculty last spring as a part of the skills area.
Physical activity is important to health and well being.
It ought to be mandated in the curriculum. Is the Samaritan course option set in stone. To the extent that it has been passed by the faculty and will appear in the next catalog, yes. Criminal Justice and Education majors ought to all have First Aid. The skill areas that have already been passed include writing, mathematics, foreign language, information literacy, and physical education.