Undergraduate Catalog 2023-2024

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General Education Requirements

 

Category I. An individual who engages great questions and who seeks solutions informed by reasoning—The Individual (9 to 11 hours)

Area IA: Who engages the great questions of humanistic study—Rhetoric (3 hours)

ENGL 1101Rhetoric and Composition

3
 

Area IB-IC: Who can process ideas through reasoning, evaluating old ideas and developing new ones (6 to 7 hours)

Area IB: Mathematical Reasoning (3 to 4 hours)

Students must choose one of the following courses:

BUSA 2100Business Analytics I

3
MATH 1000Mathematics for the Liberal Arts

3
MATH 1100College Algebra

3
MATH 1113Precalculus

3
MATH 1300Elementary Statistics

3
 
MATH 2450Calculus I

4
AND
MATH 2450LCalculus I Lab

0
 

Area IC: Critical Thinking (3 hours)

Students must choose one of the following courses:

EDUC 2207Learning 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 Problems

3
 
Students in business, education, nursing, and health science are exempt from the courses in Area IC since their major delivers and assesses this outcome (critical thinking).

Area ID: Who understands the scientific method as a mode of modern inquiry—Scientific Method (0 to 1 hour)

Students must choose the lab course that corresponds to the science sequence in Area IVA:

BIOL 1101LGeneral Biology I Lab

1
CHEM 1101LGeneral Chemistry I Lab

1
GEOL 1101LPhysical Geology Lab

1
PHYS 1110LCollege Physics I Lab

1
PHYS 2110LUniversity Physics I Lab

0
 

Category II: A member of a cultural group and who recognizes his/her own social/cultural/ historical heritage—Western Civilization (15 hours)

Area IIA-IIB: Who can effectively communicate with other members—English Communication (6 hours)

Area IIA: Freshman Composition (3 hours)

ENGL 1102Literature and Composition

3
 

Area IIB: Speaking (3 hours)

Students must choose one of the following courses:

BUSA 2000Business Communication

3
MCOM 1110Public Speaking

3
 

Area IIC: Who understands behavior and interaction—Social and Behavioral Sciences (3 hours)

Students must choose one of the following courses:

BUSA 1210Introduction to Microeconomics

3
PSYC 1101General Psychology

3
SOCI 1101Introduction to Sociology

3
 

Area IID: Who understands his/her group’s cultures and history—Humanities (3 hours)

Students must choose one of the following courses:

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
 

Area IIE: Who understands the role of government and its institutions—Government (3 hours)

Students must choose one of the following courses:

HIST 2212Pivotal Moments in Recent U.S. History

3
POSC 1101American Government

3
 

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

Area IIIA: Modern Languages (6 hours)

Students must choose a two-semester sequence:

FREN 1101Elementary French I

3
AND
FREN 1102Elementary French II

3
 
GRMN 1101Elementary German I

3
AND
GRMN 1102Elementary German II

3
 
JPNS 1101Elementary Japanese I

3
AND
JPNS 1102Elementary Japanese II

3
 
SPAN 1101Elementary Spanish I

3
AND
SPAN 1102Elementary Spanish II

3
 

Area IIIB-IIIC: Who understands the history and artistic products of other cultures (6 hours)

Area IIIB: History of Other Cultures (3 hours)

Students must choose one of the following courses:

EDUC 2201The 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
RELG 1101Religions of the World

3
 

Area IIIC: Fine Arts (3 hours)

Students must choose one of the following courses:

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
 

Category IV: A person who understands the broader natural world (6 to 9 hours)

Area IVA: Who understands important aspects of the physical nature of the universe, the earth, and/ or living organisms found thereon—Natural Science (6 to 9 hours)

Students must choose a two-semester sequence:

BIOL 1101General Biology I

3
AND
BIOL 1102General Biology II

3
 
BIOL 1101General Biology I

3
AND
BIOL 2100Human Anatomy and Physiology I

3
AND
BIOL 2110Human Anatomy and Physiology 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 1110College Physics I

3
AND
PHYS 1120College Physics II

3
 
PHYS 2110University Physics I

4
AND
PHYS 2120University Physics II

4
 

Category V: Someone whose understanding transcends the academy and is informed by an appreciation for a greater good—Ethical Perspectives (3 hours)

Area VA: Philosophy, Religion, and Ethics (3 hours)

Students must choose one of the following courses:

ENGL 2225Nature Writers

3
ENVS 2070Environmental Science

3
PHRG 2205The Good Life: A Global Perspective

3
PHRG 3305Ethics

3
PHRG 3325Environmental Ethics

3
 
Students in business, education, nursing, and health science are exempt from the courses in Area VA since their major delivers and assesses this outcome (ethics).

Category VI: Institutional Requirement (1 hour)

Area VIA: First-Year Experience (1 hour)

Students who have earned less than 24 semester credit hours must take the following course:

PDMT 1101Intro to University Life and Liberal Arts Tradition

1

Total Credit Hours: 46-51