Bachelor of Arts General Education

Graduation Requirements

Minimum credits required for graduation	120
Minimum credits in upper-division courses	36
Maximum credits in any one subject counted toward graduation	50
Complete requirements for a major (see Major section which follows)
Complete requirements for a minor (see Minor section which follows)

General Requirements

Communication Requirement

ENGL 105 - English Composition Credit(s): 3
OR
ENGL 111 - English Composition Credit(s): 3
ENGL 112 - English Composition Credit(s): 3 (or equivalent honors courses)
COMM 230 - Public Speaking Credit(s): 3 (or equivalent honors courses)
OR
HNRS 110 - Public Speaking and the Rhetorical Tradition Credit(s): 3

Foreign Language Requirement

Completion of 222 in a foreign language or the equivalent. (See Satisfying the B.A. and B.S. Foreign Language Requirement section.)

Humanities Requirement

Humanities A - Complete One Sequence and One Course from Two Other Areas:

HNRS 101 - Great Works I - The Ancient World and Classical Antiquity Credit(s): 3
HNRS 102 - Great Works II - Late Antiquity to the Middle Ages Credit(s): 3
HNRS 201 - Great Works III - The Late Middle Ages to the Renaissance Credit(s): 3 (For students in the University Scholars Program, these courses will satisfy the requirement in Humanities A of a sequence in one area and one course in another area.)

English:

(foreign language literature courses numbered 300 or above may be substituted for English courses.)

ENGL 250 - British Literary Tradition Credit(s): 3
ENGL 251 - British Literary Tradition Credit(s): 3
OR
ENGL 260 - American Literary Tradition Credit(s): 3
ENGL 261 - American Literary Tradition Credit(s): 3
OR
ENGL 270 - World Literature Credit(s): 3
ENGL 271 - World Literature Credit(s): 3

Laboratory Science Requirement

Complete one sequence outside of major:

ASTR 201 - Astronomy Credit(s): 4
ASTR 202 - Astronomy Credit(s): 4
BIOL 120 - Introductory Plant and Animal Biology Credit(s): 4
OR
BIOL 130 - Foundations of Biology: Ecology, Evolution and Diversity Credit(s): 4 AND
BIOL 110 - Introductory Cell Biology and Genetics Credit(s): 4
OR
BIOL 140 - Foundations of Biology: Cell and Molecular Credit(s): 4
CHEM 111 - Introduction to Chemistry I: General and Inorganic Chemistry Credit(s): 4
CHEM 112 - Introduction to Chemistry II: Organic and Biochemistry Credit(s): 4
OR
CHEM 102 - Fundamentals of Chemistry Credit(s): 4
CHEM 122 - General Chemistry Credit(s): 4
OR CHEM 121-122
GEOS 110 - Geoscience in Everyday Life Credit(s): 4
OR
GEOS 110H - Honors Geoscience in Everyday Life Credit(s): 4 AND
GEOS 120 - Earth Materials and Processes Credit(s): 4
OR
GEOS 130 - Global Change and Earth History Credit(s): 4
OR
GEOS 140 - Weather and Climate Credit(s): 4 or equivalent honors course
PHYS 101 - Physics in Everyday Life Credit(s): 4
PHYS 102 - Physics in Everyday Life Credit(s): 4
OR
PHYS 211 - College Physics Credit(s): 4
PHYS 212 - College Physics Credit(s): 4
OR
PHYS 220 - University Physics Credit(s): 4
PHYS 221 - University Physics Credit(s): 4

Social Science Requirement

Outside of major complete one sequence and one additional course in a different area (one course must come from ECON 201 , ECON 202 ; POSC 210 ; PSYC 101 ; or SOC 201 )

ECON 201 - Principles of Macroeconomics Credit(s): 3
ECON 202 - Principles of Microeconomics Credit(s): 3
GEOG 151 - Introduction to Regional Geography: North America, Europe and Russia Credit(s): 3
GEOG 152 - Introduction to Regional Geography: Asia, Africa and Latin America Credit(s): 3
GEOG 201
GEOG 202 - Introduction to Cultural Geography Credit(s): 3
HNRS 202 - Great Works IV - The Enlightenment to Modernity Credit(s): 3
POSC 210 - American Government and Politics Credit(s): 3
POSC 220 - American Political Institutions and Policy Credit(s): 3
OR
POSC 220 - American Political Institutions and Policy Credit(s): 3
POSC 230 - Introduction to World Politics Credit(s): 3
PSYC 101 - Introduction to Psychology Credit(s): 3 (or equivalent honors courses)
SOC 101 - Introduction to Anthropology Credit(s): 3
SOC 300 - Cultural Anthropology Credit(s): 3
SOC 201 - General Sociology Credit(s): 3
SOC 202 - Social Problems Credit(s): 3
WMST 201 - Introduction to Women’s and Gender Studies Credit(s): 3

Mathematical Reasoning Requirement

Complete one math course from the following:

MATH 110 - Essentials of Algebra II Credit(s): 4
MATH 130 - The Nature of Mathematics Credit(s): 3
MATH 140 - Precalculus College Algebra Credit(s): 3
MATH 160 - Calculus for Business and Life Sciences Credit(s): 3
MATH 185 - Precalculus Credit(s): 5
MATH 210 - Elementary Statistics and Probability Credit(s): 3
MATH 251 - Calculus I Credit(s): 4 (or equivalent honors course)
HNRS 120 - Development of Mathematical Enquiry Credit(s): 3