A. General Education Requirements for Bachelor of Arts, Bachelor of Fine Arts, Bachelor of Science, and Bachelor of Science in Nursing

Total hours listed in each section below are minimums.

I. An individual who engages great questions and who seeks solutions informed by reasoning (10 hours)

Who engages the great questions of humanistic study – rhetoric

ENGL 1101

Rhetoric and Composition

(minimum grade of “C” required)

Who can process ideas through reasoning, evaluating old ideas and developing new ones

Mathematical Reasoning

One course from

MATH 1113	Precalculus	3
MATH 2050	Mathematics for the Liberal Arts	3
MATH 2100	Elementary Statistics	3
MATH 2450	Calculus I	4

MATH 2450 w/lab

(minimum grade of “C” required)

Critical Thinking

Students in business and education are exempt from these courses since their major delivers and assesses this outcome (critical thinking).

One course from

EDUC 3307	Learning and Cognition	3
PHIL 1101	Introduction to World Philosophy	3
PHIL 1102	Critical Thinking	3
PHIL 2210	Symbolic Logic	3
PSYC 2240	Psychology of Childhood and Early Adolescence	3
PSYC 2290	Human Growth and Development	3
SOCI 2210	Social and Cultural Problems	3

Who understands the scientific method as a mode of modern inquiry – scientific method

One lab course from

BLAB 1101	General Biology Lab I	1
CLAB 1101	General Chemistry Lab I	1
GLAB 1101	Physical Geology Lab	1
PHYS 1011	Physical Science I	4
PHYS 2110	General Physics I	4

PHYS 2110 w/lab

II. A member of a cultural group and who recognizes his/her own social/cultural/ historical heritage (15 hours)

Who can effectively communicate with other members – English communication

Freshman composition

ENGL 1102

Literature and Composition

(minimum grade of “C” required)

Speaking

BUSA 2000	Business Communication	3
	OR
MCOM 1110	Public Speaking	3

Who understands behavior and interaction

One course from

BUSA 1210	Introduction to Microeconomics	3
PSYC 1101	General Psychology	3
SOCI 1101	Introduction to Sociology	3

Who understands his/her group’s cultures and history – American, British, multicultural American literature, or history of western civilization

One course from

ENGL 2203	British Literature to 1790	3
ENGL 2204	British Literature from 1790	3
ENGL 2210	United States Literature to 1865	3
ENGL 2211	United States Literature from 1865	3
ENGL 2220	Ethnic American Literature	3
ENGL 2221	Women Writers	3
HIST 1113	Transformative Developments in Western Civilization (1500-present)	3
PHIL 2201	History of Philosophy I - Ancient and Medieval	3
PHIL 2202	History of Philosophy II - Modern and Contemporary	3
RELG 2201	Religious Movements in North America	3
RELG 2254	History of Christianity	3
RELG 2501	Celtic Christianity	3

Who understands the role of government and its institutions – U.S. history or American government

HIST 2212	Pivotal Moments in Recent U.S. History	3
	OR
POSC 1101	American Government	3

III. A world citizen who appreciates the cultural contributions of other societies and who understands and appreciates other cultures (12 hours)

Modern Languages (choose pair)

SPAN 1101	Elementary Spanish I	3
	AND
SPAN 1102	Elementary Spanish II	3

GRMN 1101	Elementary German I	3
	AND
GRMN 1102	Elementary German II	3

JPNS 1101	Elementary Japanese I	3
	AND
JPNS 1102	Elementary Japanese II	3

FREN 1101	Elementary French I	3
	AND
FREN 1102	Elementary French II	3

Who understands the history and artistic products of other cultures

World history, world religions, anthropology, or world literature

One course from

RELG 1101	Religions of the World	3
EDUC 4401	The Multicultural Classroom	3
ENGL 2201	World Literature to the Renaissance	3
ENGL 2202	World Literature from the Renaissance	3
HIST 1111	World History to the Mid-17th Century	3
HIST 1112	World History since the Mid-17th Century	3
ANTH 1102	Introductory Anthropology	3
ANTH 2250	Cultural Anthropology	3

Fine arts

One course from

ART 1100	Introduction to Art	3
ART 2301	Art History: Prehistoric to Renaissance	3
ART 2302	Art History: Renaissance to Present	3
ENGL 2222	Introduction to Film	3
MUSC 1000	Introduction to Music	3
MUSC 2300	Music in the Christian Church	3
THTR 1100	Introduction to Theatre	3
THTR 3301	Theatre History I	3
THTR 3302	Theatre History II	3

IV. A person who understands the broader natural world (6 hours)

who understands important aspects of the physical nature of the universe, the earth, and/ or living organisms found thereon – natural science

(2-semester sequence – choose pair)

BIOL 1101	General Biology I	3
	AND
BIOL 1102	General Biology II	3

CHEM 1101	General Chemistry I	3
	AND
CHEM 1102	General Chemistry II	3

GEOL 1101	Physical Geology	3
	AND
GEOL 1102	Historical Geology	3

PHYS 1011	Physical Science I	4
	AND
PHYS 1012	Physical Science II	4

PHYS 2110	General Physics I	4
	AND
PHYS 2120	General Physics II	4

BIOL 1101	General Biology I	3
	AND
BIOL 2100	Human Anatomy and Physiology I	4
	AND
BIOL 2110	Human Anatomy and Physiology II	4

V. Someone whose understanding transcends the academy and is informed by an appreciation for a greater good (3 hours)

Philosophy or religion that involves practical application or nature appreciation (ethics)

Students in business, education, and nursing and health science are exempt from these courses since their major delivers and assesses this outcome (ethics).

One course from

ENGL 2225	Nature Writers	3
ENVS 2070	Environmental Science	3
RELG 3305/PHIL 3305	Ethics	3
RELG 3325/PHIL 3325	Environmental Ethics	3
SOCI 3320	Structured Social Inequality	3

VI. Additional course for all students who enter the College with fewer than 24 undergraduate credit hours (1 hour)

Course

PDMT 1101

Intro to College Life and Liberal Arts Tradition

Total Credit Hours: 46-47

Requirements II.d and V. may be satisfied through the Compass program (Two Compass learning endeavors/courses).

History must be taken in at least one of II.c, II.d, or III.b.i