Undergraduate Catalog 2024-2025

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General Education Requirements

 

I. Communication (9 hours)

Rhetoric and Composition (3 hours)

ENGL 1101Rhetoric and Composition

3
Total Credit Hours:3
Grade of C or higher is required.

Literature and Composition (3 hours)

ENGL 1102Literature and Composition

3
Total Credit Hours:3
Grade of C or higher is required.

Communication (3 hours)

Choose one from:

MCOM 1110Public Speaking

3
OR
BUSA 2000Business Communication

3
Total Credit Hours:3

II. Humanities and Fine Arts (15 hours)

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
 
Total Credit Hours:6

English Literature (3 hours)

Choose one 2000-level English literature course.

(except for ENGL 2225 and ENGL 2226, which meet the General Education Ethics requirement, below)

Total Credit Hours:3

Philosophy and Religion (3 hours)

Choose one PHIL or RELG course at the 1000-2000-level.

Total Credit Hours:3

Fine Arts (3 hours)

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
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
Total Credit Hours:3

III. History and Social Sciences (9 hours)

World History (3 hours)

Choose one from:

HIST 1111World History to the Mid-17th Century

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

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

3
EDUC 2201The Multicultural Classroom

3
Total Credit Hours:3

Government (3 hours)

Choose one from:

HIST 2212Pivotal Moments in Recent U.S. History

3
POSC 1101American Government

3
Total Credit Hours:3

Social Science (3 hours)

Choose one course at the 1000-2000 level from PSYC, SOCI, BUSA 1210, EDUC 2207

(PSYC 2202 may NOT be used)

Total Credit Hours:3
 

IV. Mathematics and Natural Sciences (10-12 hours)

Mathematics (3-4 hours)

Choose one from:

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
Total Credit Hours:3-4
Grade of C or higher is required.

Natural Science (7-8 hours)

Choose a pair in sequence (first science course must have a lab).

BIOL 1101General Biology I

3
BIOL 1101LGeneral Biology I Lab

1
AND
BIOL 1102General Biology II

3
 
BIOL 1101General Biology I

3
BIOL 1101LGeneral Biology I Lab

1
AND
BIOL 2100Human Anatomy and Physiology I

3
AND
BIOL 2110Human Anatomy and Physiology II

3
 
CHEM 1101General Chemistry I

3
CHEM 1101LGeneral Chemistry I Lab

1
AND
CHEM 1102General Chemistry II

3
 
GEOL 1101Physical Geology

3
GEOL 1101LPhysical Geology Lab

1
AND
GEOL 1102Historical Geology

3
 
PHYS 1011Physical Science I

4
AND
PHYS 1012Physical Science II

4
 
PHYS 1110College Physics I

4
PHYS 1110LCollege Physics I Lab

0
AND
PHYS 1120College Physics II

4
 
PHYS 2110University Physics I

4
PHYS 2110LUniversity Physics I Lab

0
AND
PHYS 2120University Physics II

4
 
Total Credit Hours:7-8

V. Ethics (3 hours)

Ethics (3 hours)

Choose one from:

ENGL 2225Nature Writers

3
ENGL 2226Literature of Social Justice

3
ENVS 2070Environmental Science

3
BUSA 2306Applied Ethics

3
PHRG 2205The Good Life: A Global Perspective

3
PHRG 3305Ethics

3
PHRG 3325Environmental Ethics

3
Total Credit Hours:3
Students in education, nursing, and health science are exempt from the Ethics requirement since their major delivers and assesses this outcome (ethics).

VI. Institutional Requirement (1 hour)

 

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: 46-49