The College | Arts & Sciences

The Praxis Program Curriculum

Please note that NO required courses may be taken pass/fail.

YOUR INTERNSHIP IS ALSO VERY IMPORTANT, PLEASE FOLLOW DETAILS BELOW CLOSELY!

1. ORGANIZATIONAL/LEADERSHIP REQUIREMENT (3 UNITS)
Required: Praxis L62 201 Leaders in Context

2. SOCIO-TECH REQUIREMENT (Technology in Organizations) (2 UNITS)
Required: Praxis 207 Fluency in Socio-Technology

3. COMMUNICATION REQUIREMENT, WRITTEN AND ORAL (3 UNITS)
Required: Praxis 111 Communication That Works

4. ANALYTIC AND PROBLEM-SOLVING REQUIREMENT (6 UNITS)
Required: Microeconomics
Required: A second course in analytic skills (select one from below)
Macroeconomics
Accounting I (University College or Olin)
Logic and Critical Analysis (Philosophy)

5. STATISTICS REQUIREMENT (QUANTITATIVE REQUIREMENT) (3 UNITS)
Required: Statistics (select one from below)
Math 101 Quantitative Applications in Arts & Sciences
Math 1011 Introduction to Statistics
Math 2200 Elementary Probability & Statistics
Math 2400 Elementary to Intermediate Statistics and Data Analysis
Social Thought and Analysis 326 Methods & Reasoning in the Social Sciences I
Psychology 300 Introductory Psychological Statistics

6. INTERNATIONAL PERSPECTIVE REQUIREMENT (3 UNITS)
Required:
-- Either:
a. The study of any language through the 300 level
-- Or:
b. A semester abroad
-- Or:
c. One course in International Economics or Economic Development, namely:
Anthropology 306B Africa: Peoples & Cultures
Anthropology 3322 Brave New Crops
Anthropology 333 Culture and Health
Anthropology 361 Culture and Environment
Anthropology 3611 Population and Environment
Anthropology 4361 Culture, Power and the State
Anthropology 4517 Anthropology and Development
Economics 333 Economics of the European Union
Economics 335 Money and Banking
Economics 371 Economic Development: An Interdisciplinary Approach
History 344 Introduction to European Studies
Political Science 369 Topics in Public Policy

7. CAPSTONE REQUIREMENT: INTERNSHIP (3 UNITS or paid)

• Students should contact the Praxis internship coordinator, Dean Joy Kiefer (jkiefer@WUSTL.EDU), and appropriate Praxis faculty to have the internship approved BEFORE beginning. For Health Praxis students, this internship must be in a health-related field.
• It is NOT POSSIBLE to fulfill the internship portion of the Praxis program with an internship that occurred before completing the majority of Praxis requirements.
• The internship should consist of 135 hours.
• Internships relating to majors are acceptable for the Praxis internship requirement. In such cases, the internships will be conducted by a faculty sponsor from within the relevant department.
• During the internship, monthly progress reports must be provided to the Praxis internship coordinator and sponsoring faculty.
• Upon completion of the internship, the student will submit a 10-page paper exploring relevant issues and questions set by the sponsoring faculty. Depending on the topic, nature of the internship, and discretion of the sponsoring faculty, a daily journal may be submitted in lieu of the 10-page paper.
• According to University policy, paid internships may not receive credit. Students will receive a grade for a 0 unit course and thereby fulfill the internship requirement.
• Unpaid internships will receive 3 credit hours. The grade will be pass/fail.