Undergraduate Catalog 2026-2027

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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)

Philosophy and Religion (3 hours)

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

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
MUSC 3210Music History I

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)

 

IV. Mathematics and Natural Sciences (11-12 hours)

Mathematics (3-4 hours)

Choose one from:

MATH 1000Mathematics for the Liberal Arts

3
MATH 1100College Algebra

3
MATH 1113Precalculus

3
MATH 1300Elementary Statistics

3
MATH 2450Calculus I

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

Natural Science (8 hours)

Choose a pair in sequence.

BIOL 1101General Biology I

3
BIOL 1101LGeneral Biology I Lab

1
AND
BIOL 1102General Biology II

3
BIOL 1102LGeneral Biology II Lab

1
 
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
CHEM 1102LGeneral Chemistry II Lab

1
 
GEOL 1101Physical Geology

3
GEOL 1101LPhysical Geology Lab

1
AND
GEOL 1102Historical Geology

3
GEOL 1102LHistorical Geology Lab

1
 
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 1120LCollege Physics II Lab

0
 
PHYS 2110University Physics I

4
PHYS 2110LUniversity Physics I Lab

0
AND
PHYS 2120University Physics II

4
PHYS 2120LUniversity Physics II Lab

0
 
Total Credit Hours:8

V. Ethics (3 hours)

Ethics (3 hours)

Choose one from:

ENGL 2225Nature Writers

3
ENGL 2226Literature of Dissent

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: 47-49