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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 1101Rhetoric and Composition

3

(minimum grade of “C” required)

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

Mathematical Reasoning

One course from

BUSA 2100Business Analytics I

3
MATH 1113Precalculus

3
MATH 1000Mathematics for the Liberal Arts

3
MATH 1300Elementary Statistics

3
MATH 2450Calculus 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 3307Learning and Cognition

3
PHIL 1101Introduction to Philosophy

3
PHIL 1102Critical Thinking

3
PHIL 2210Symbolic Logic

3
PSYC 2240Psychology of Childhood and Early Adolescence

3
PSYC 2290Human Growth and Development

3
SOCI 2210Social and Cultural Problems

3

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

One lab course from

BLAB 1101General Biology Lab I

1
CLAB 1101General Chemistry Lab I

1
GLAB 1101Physical Geology Lab

1
PHYS 1011Physical Science I

4
PHYS 2110General 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 1102Literature and Composition

3

(minimum grade of “C” required)

Speaking

BUSA 2000Business Communication

3
OR
MCOM 1110Public Speaking

3

Who understands behavior and interaction

One course from

BUSA 1210Introduction to Microeconomics

3
PSYC 1101General Psychology

3
SOCI 1101Introduction 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 2203British Literature to 1790

3
ENGL 2204British Literature from 1790

3
ENGL 2210United States Literature to 1865

3
ENGL 2211United States Literature from 1865

3
ENGL 2220Ethnic American Literature

3
ENGL 2221Women Writers

3
HIST 1113Transformative Developments in Western Civilization (1500-present)

3
PHIL 2201History of Philosophy I - Ancient and Medieval

3
PHIL 2202History of Philosophy II - Modern and Contemporary

3
RELG 2201Religious Movements in North America

3
RELG 2254History of Christianity

3
RELG 2501Celtic Christianity

3

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

HIST 2212Pivotal Moments in Recent U.S. History

3
OR
POSC 1101American 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 1101Elementary Spanish I

3
AND
SPAN 1102Elementary Spanish II

3
 
GRMN 1101Elementary German I

3
AND
GRMN 1102Elementary German II

3
 
JPNS 1101Elementary Japanese I

3
AND
JPNS 1102Elementary Japanese II

3
 
FREN 1101Elementary French I

3
AND
FREN 1102Elementary 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 1101Religions of the World

3
EDUC 4401The Multicultural Classroom

3
ENGL 2201World Literature to the Renaissance

3
ENGL 2202World Literature from the Renaissance

3
HIST 1111World History to the Mid-17th Century

3
HIST 1112World History since the Mid-17th Century

3
ANTH 1102Introductory Anthropology

3
ANTH 2250Cultural Anthropology

3

Fine arts

One course from

ART 1100Introduction to Art

3
ART 2301Art History: Prehistoric to Renaissance

3
ART 2302Art History: Renaissance to Present

3
ENGL 2222Introduction to Film

3
MUSC 1000Introduction to Music

3
MUSC 2300Music in the Christian Church

3
THTR 1100Introduction to Theatre

3
THTR 3301Theatre History I

3
THTR 3302Theatre 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 1101General Biology I

3
AND
BIOL 1102General Biology II

3
 
CHEM 1101General Chemistry I

3
AND
CHEM 1102General Chemistry II

3
 
GEOL 1101Physical Geology

3
AND
GEOL 1102Historical Geology

3
 
PHYS 1011Physical Science I

4
AND
PHYS 1012Physical Science II

4
 
PHYS 2110General Physics I

4
AND
PHYS 2120General Physics II

4
 
BIOL 1101General Biology I

3
AND
BIOL 2100Human Anatomy and Physiology I

3
AND
BIOL 2110Human Anatomy and Physiology II

3

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 2225Nature Writers

3
ENVS 2070Environmental Science

3
RELG 2205/PHIL 2205The Good Life: A Global Perspective

3
RELG 3305/PHIL 3305Ethics

3
RELG 3325/PHIL 3325Environmental Ethics

3
SOCI 3320Structured Social Inequality

3

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

Course

PDMT 1101Intro to College Life and Liberal Arts Tradition

1

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