III. How the CONNECTED CURRICULUM Works: Graduation Requirements

CONNECTED CURRICULUM
Planning Map

Student's Year	Fall	Spring	Summer
Immersion
1st Year	Study	Study	Vacation
Exploration
2nd Year	Work	Study	Work
Individualized Focus
3rd Year	Study	Work	"Summer of Choice"
Integration and Application
4th Year	Study	Study	Graduation with 112 Academic credits and 36 Co-op credits

Antioch’s CONNECTED CURRICULUM is a system characterized by dynamic stages.

• First-year Core Program – Immersion
  • 2006/07 CORE Program Learning Communities
  • first-year CORE Program example
• Second-year – Exploration
  Consisting of course offerings characterized by collaborative teaching and learning.
• Third-year – Individualized Focus
  Finalizing individually guided major with faculty mentors.
• Fourth-year–Application and Integration: Senior Capstone
  • Examples of Senior Seminars
  • Some Examples of recent Senior Projects
• Co-op
• Summer of Choice