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General Education

Requirements of the General Education Program

Disciplinary Perspectives:
Arts (min. 3 crs)
Humanities (min. 3 crs)
Natural Sciences (min. 6 crs)
Social Sciences (min. 6 crs)
Cultural and Historical Perspectives:
U.S. Historical Perspectives (min. 3 crs)
Europe (min. 3 crs)
Regions beyond Europe (min. 3 crs)
Global and Cross-Cultural Studies (min. 3 crs)
U.S. Diversity & Pluralism (min. 3 crs)
Communication and Reasoning Competencies:
Information Literacy (min. 1 course)
Oral Discourse (min. 1 course)
Written Discourse:
Lower-level Writing (min. 1 course)
Upper-level Writing (min. 1 course)
Mathematics and Statistics:
one semester of collegiate study, or the equivalent, of mathematics at or
above the level of pre-calculus and/or probability, statistics, and data analysis
Foreign Language:
two semesters of collegiate study, or the equivalent, of a foreign language

Students may not use the same course to fulfill both the Arts and the Humanities categories. Otherwise, if a course fulfills more than one category, students may use the course to fulfill all of those categories. Although such “double counting” may reduce the number of credits needed to fulfill General Education, to graduate from the University each student must have satisfactorily completed a minimum of thirty (30) graduation credits in courses designated as General Education requirements. If a course fulfilling a General Education category also meets a major or minor requirement, there is no prohibition against counting the course toward General Education and the major or minor.

 

 

 
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