The School of the Arts and Professions

GENERAL EDUCATION REQUIREMENTS

All students are expected to complete a common body of academic coursework. The General Education Requirements are designed to promote the development of a comprehensive education base which will effectively support a student's choice of a major concentration. From this list, a particular major may require specific courses. Therefore, students should consult with their departmental advisor for course selections.

General Education Requirements are distributed as follows:

CURRICULUM AREA I — 9 Sem. Hrs.

(Arts and Humanities) (one course in each of two disciplines)

Students must select ENGL 203 plus two additional courses.

Discipline A: Arts Discipline 

ARTS 101
ARTS 310
MUSI 100
MUSI 101
MUSI 109
MUSI 310H

Discipline B: History Discipline 

HIST 201
HIST 202 
HIST 333
HIST 334
HIST 341
HIST 360

Discipline C: Language Discipline 

FREN 101 and FREN 102
SPAN 101 and SPAN 102

Discipline D: Literature

ENGL 325 or ENGL 325H 
ENGL 327 or ENGL 327H
ENGL 328 or ENGL 328H
ENGL 329
ENGL 345 or ENGL 345H
ENGL 401
ENGL 405
ENGL 412 or ENGL 413

Discipline E: Speech
All students must select ENGL 203.

CURRICULUM AREA II — 6 Sem. Hrs.

(Social and Behavioral Sciences)
(one course in each of two disciplines).

Students must select one course from each of the following disciplines:

Discipline A: Social Sciences 

ECON 201 or ECON 201H
ECON 202 or ECON 202H
GEOG 201 or GEOG 202
HIST 101 or HIST 111H
POLI 200 or POLI 200H
POLI 342
SOCI 101 or SOCI 111H

Discipline B: Behavioral Sciences

CRJS 230
HUEC 102
HUEC 220
HUEC 361
HUEC 380
PSYC 200
SOCI 201
SOWK 200 or SOWK 200H

CURRICULUM AREA III — 7-8 Sem. Hrs.

(Biological and Physical Sciences)

Two science courses, at least one of which must be a laboratory course.

Students must select from:

ANSC 114 PHYS 101
BIOL 101 PHYS 103 (lab)
BIOL 103 (lab) PHYS 121
BIOL 111 PHYS 122
BIOL 112 PHYS 181H
CHEM 101 PHYS 182H
CHEM 102 PLSC 184
CHEM 103 (lab)
CHEM 104 (lab)
CHEM 111

CURRICULUM AREA IV — 3- 4 Sem. Hrs.

(Mathematics)

One course at or above the level of College Algebra or another suitable course.

Students must select one course as required by their major department and/or results of their Mathematics Placement Exam:

MATH 102, MATH 109, MATH 110, MATH 111H, MATH 112

CURRICULUM AREA V — 9 Sem. Hrs.

(English Composition)

ENGL 101 or ENGL 101H, ENGL 102 or ENGL 102H, ENGL 305 or ENGL 310

CURRICULUM AREA VI — 1-7 Sem. Hrs.

GNST 101 Student orientation — 1 credit
(Required of all students)

Options: Choose two from the following:

ENGL 317 Shakespeare (3 cr.)
ENGL 324 Literature and Film (3 cr.)
ENGL 325 Literary Criticism (3 cr.)
ENGL 345 Special Topics in Literature (3 cr.)
 

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