Our goal for the 2026–27 academic year is to continue offering SEU’s Foundational Core courses, expand opportunities in SEU’s Divine Design/Pre-Professional courses, and work with you to offer your Major and Minor Core courses.
⬇️ FOUNDATIONAL CORE Courses ➡️ DIVINE DESIGN/Pre-Professional Courses ➡️ MAJOR/MINOR CORE Courses
The Foundational Core is the shared, required academic core for all undergraduate students at Southeastern University, offering a common intellectual and spiritual foundation grounded in a Christian worldview. It forms the whole student by shaping how they think, communicate, and understand the world.
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1. College Composition~ ENGL 1113 (3 Credits) Discursive Inquiry
This course covers the key skills and practices required for effective written communication at the college level. Students will build research and writing skills necessary to engage with critical issues, develop well-grounded arguments, and prepare students for future academic success.
2. Community & College Success~ CORE 1111 (1 Credit) SEU Foundations
This course is an academic introduction to the Southeastern University community and the varied resources available focusing on whole-person success. The course focuses on the college experience, belonging, personal and community awareness, successfully navigating life transitions. Students will introspectively and collaboratively discover how to live and work according to God’s call on their life.
3. Divine Design & Missional Vocation~ CORE 1112 (2 Credits) SEU Foundations
This course prepares students for success in professional, academic, and social settings through leadership development aligned to whole person self-actualization. Through this course, students will explore their Divine Design and the career most aligned to their unique giftings outlining a clear path to personal and professional success. The course will focus on career readiness concepts through an exploration of critical analysis of spirituality and society, modes of inquiry through a deep dive of paths of study at SEU, and real-world problems.
4. Nutritional Science~ NSCI 1044 (4 Credits with Lab) Natural-Scientific Inquiry
This online course provides an overview of nutrition including nutrients, digestion and transport, different nutrition needs as related to life cycle, and how certain disease states affect nutrition status. Also included is interpretation of current USDA nutritional guidelines, and application of nutrition knowledge in the establishment of eating habits.
5. Professional Communication~ Eng 2113 (3 Credits) Discursive Inquiry
Professional communication introduces students to communication found in real-world settings with an emphasis on clarity, organization, format, language, and audience, for both written and oral assignments.
6. Critical Issues in American History HIST 2113 (3 credits) Socio-Historical Inquiry
A survey of the political, social, economic, military, and cultural developments in America. Learn the elements of the study of history: the critical reading of sources, research skills, and differing historical methodologies.
7. Introduction to Psychology PSYC 1133 (3 Credits) Socio-Historical Inquiry
This course is an introduction to the field of psychology. Topics addressed are neuroscience and behavior, nature and nurture, consciousness, sensation and perception, learning, memory, intelligence, personality, psychological disorders, and social behavior.
8. Topics in Mathematics MATH 1313 (3 credits) Quantitative Inquiry
This is a discrete mathematics course that demonstrates the beauty and utility of mathematics. The topics for this course are set theory, logic, financial mathematics, probability, elementary graph theory and voting theory.
9. Introduction to Literature ENG 2133 (3 Credits) Creative-Aesthetic Inquiry
A course to introduce in-depth study of the poetry, fiction, and drama of American, English, and world literature.
