General Education
Here is a link to a .pdf of the current General Education Requirement: Gen Ed Requirements
General Education Program - All students except BGS students are required to complete this 55-hour program. This program has two components: Foundation Studies and Liberal Arts. The Foundation Studies has two divisions: A) Analysis and Communication and B) Personal Wellness, and the Liberal Arts having three divisions: A) International Studies, B) Distribution and C) Upper-Division Integrative Courses.
I. FOUNDATION STUDIES (18 HOURS REQUIRED)
A) COMMUNICATION (9 HOURS REQUIRED)
A student is required to take the following courses:
- ENG 101 English Composition I
- ENG 102 English Composition II
- COMM 100 Fundamentals of Oral Communication
B) QUANTITATIVE LITERACY (3 HOURS REQUIRED)
A student must complete one of these courses.
- MATH 101 Contemporary Mathematics or
- MATH 105 College Algebra with Review or
- MATH 110 College Algebra or
- MATH 130 Pre-Calculus Mathematics
C) COMPUTING LITERACY(3 HOURS REQUIRED)
A student must complete this course.
- INF 101 Introduction to Computer Systems
D) PERSONAL WELL-BEING (3 HRS REQUIRED)
A student must complete this courses.
- HHP 200 Personal Wellness
II. Liberal Arts (37 hours required)
A) International Studies (6 hours required)
A student must complete 2 of the 3 courses.
- ENG 125 World Literature and the Human Experience
- GSCI 110 World Geography
- HIST 111 Modern World Civilization
B) Distribution (28 hours required)
Course areas used to complete requirements under International Studies allow a student to take only 1 additional course in that area under distribution for General Education credit.
Humanities--9 hrs required with no more than 2 courses in 1 area
Art and Design
- 180 Fundamentals & Appreciation of Art
- 201 Survey of Art History I
- 202 Survey of Art History II
- 280 Approaches to Creativity
- 125 Introduction to Motion Pictures
- 318 Intro to Organizational Communication
- 125 World Literature and the Human Experience
- 126 Introduction to Literature
- 327 Literature Matters
Interdisciplinary Studies
- 333 Exploration in the Humanities
- 350 Diversity in the United States
- Beginning 1 class in any language. (May not be used as General Education for students earning the B.A. degree)
- 112 Great Works in Translation
- THTR 120 Introduction to Theatre
- MUS 161 Listening to Music
- MUS 391 Jazz
- 100 Critical Thinking
- 120 Introduction to Philosophy
- 340 Introduction to Ethics
- 320 Basic Sign Language
- 420 Advanced Sign Language
Mathematics and Natural Sciences--10 hrs with no more than 2 courses in 1 area; 1 hr must be laboratory credit
- 100 Human Biology
- 102 Lab Experience in Biology*
- 200 Humans and The Environment
- 300 Human Heredity
- 100 Chemist's View of the World
- 105 Introduction to the Chemistry Lab*
- 112 General Chemistry I and Lab*
- 114 General Chemistry II and Lab*
- 100 Introduction to Geology
- 101 Elements of Physical Geography
- 102 Introduction to Geology Laboratory*
- 340 Environmental Geology
Mathematics and Computer Science
- 234 Analytic Geometry & Calculus I
- 250 Elements of Statistics
- 331 Calculus Methods
- 102 Physical Science
- 103 Physical Science Laboratory*
- 208 Elementary Meteorology
- 309 Descriptive Astronomy
*Course fulfills 1 hr lab requirement
Social and Behavioral Sciences--9 hrs with no more than 2 courses in 1 area
Economics/Finance
- ECON 201 Principles of Microeconomics
- ECON 202 Principles of Macroeconomics
- FIN 205 Theory & Practice of Personal Finance
- 110 World Civilization to 1500
- 130 United States History to 1877
- 131 United States History Since 1877
Interdisciplinary Studies
- 350 Diversity in the United States
- 101 American Government
- 105 Current Political Issues
- 230 Introduction to International Relations
- 100 General Psychology
- 300 Abnormal Psychology
- 340 Social Psychology
- 140 Understanding Society: Introductory Sociology
- 355 Sociology of Death and Dying
- 388 Sociology of the Family in America
C) Upper-Division Integrative Course (3 hours required)
These 3 hours will also count towards fulfilling the university's upper-division requirement.
- IDS 300 Economic Ideas and Current Issues
- IDS 325 Ideal Societies in Fiction
- IDS 326 Literature and the Environment
- IDS 360 Social Justice: Action and Policy
- IDS 390 Technology in Society
- IDS 400 Bioethics
- IDS 401 Ethical Issues in the Professions and Business
- IDS 402 U.S. Human Geography: Issues for the 21st Century
- IDS 405 Heritage: Society, Science and Culture Since 1700
- IDS 407 Global Challenges
- IDS 440 Conceptions of the Mind
- IDS 468 Political Communication
- IDS 499 Global Environmental Issues
Italics denotes general education courses required for the teacher education program.
All courses are 3 credit hours except labs (1 or 2 hours), beginning language 1 courses (5 hours), and IDS 333 (1 hour).