The General Education Requirements
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Curriculum Requirement |
Credits |
Description of Courses |
| First Year Seminar | 3 | Academic course taught by tenure-track or tenured professor on topic of her or his choice, with ethics, and transition to college component |
| Reading and Writing | 6 | EN 101 and EN 102 |
| Natural Sciences | 6 | Two courses from BY, CE, PH, or SC |
| Mathematics | 3 | MA at the 100-level or higher (except MA 101) |
| Historical Perspectives | 3-6 | 3 or 6 credits in HS 101 and HS 102 (Western Civilization) |
| Social Sciences | 3-6 | 3 or 6 credits in introductory social sciences AN, BE, GO, GS, PS, PY, or SO |
| Aesthetics and Creativity | 3 | 3 credits of graded courses in AR, DA, MU, or TH including performance, studio, and instruction courses |
| Literature | 3 | A non-writing intensive 200-level literature class |
| Cultural Diversity * | 3 | 3 credits from a list of courses dealing with issues of diversity, e.g. race, gender |
| Global Understanding * | 3 | 3 credits from a list of courses dealing with global issues, e.g. other societies, other countries |
| Interdisciplinary Perspectives on the Human Experience | 3 | 3 credits from a list of courses on interdisciplinary topics, e.g.: Death and Dying, War and Peace, selected from a list of approved courses |
| Technological Literacy | 3 | Any course deemed TL, selected from a list of courses; may be inside or outside the major and may include IT 100, IT 102, or CS 102 |
| Reasoned Oral Discourse | 3 | Any 3-credit course designated RD inside or outside the major |
| Completion of Two Writing Intensive Courses | 0 | Selected from a list of approved courses (credits are within the major) |
| Experiential Education (junior or senior year) | 0 | 50 hours per credit through one of the following:
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* Six credits in the study of the same foreign language automatically fulfill the Cultural Diversity AND Global Understanding requirements.
