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General Education Advisement

No more than three semester hours of General Education Middle and Outer Core courses from the major department can count toward General Education credit. 

Refer to Catalog for full listing of General Education Courses.

Inner Core Requirements  IC (18 hours)

IDS 100:  Foundations of Inquiry                                                                                      

ENG 101:  Language and Composition I                                                                             

COM 110:  Language and Communication I                                                                        

MAT 111, 120, 130, or 145 (one course)                                                                            

BSC 101, CHE 102, GEO 102, or PHY 102 (two courses)                                                    

            (See NS alternative courses in catalog.)

Middle Core Requirements MC  (15-16 hours)

Student must choose one course from each of the following five categories:

I.  Quantitative Reasoning:

     MAT 121, 146, 131, MAT/POS 162, PHY 117, PHI 112

     ECO/GEO/POS/PSY 138, MQM 100, ACS 115 or FOR 115                                                       

II.  Language in the Humanities:

      COM/ENG/FOR 128, ENG/FOR 125, IDS 121, 254                                                                 

III. United States Tradition:

      ENG/HIS 131, FCS/HIS/SOC 112, HIS/SOC 111                                                                                 

IV.  Individuals and Civic Life:

      CJS 102, PHI 104, POS 101,106                                                                                            

V. Individuals and Societies:

      AGR 201, ANT 175, ECO 103, GEO 140, TEC/SOC 175

      PSY 110, PSY/SOC 131, SOC 108, WS 120                                                                           

Outer Core Requirements (12 hours)*

Students must choose two courses from each of the categories Knowing in the Disciplines and Disciplinary Knowledge in Cultural Contexts and one course from each of the following disciplinary groups.               

I.  Science, Mathematics, and Technology                                         KD   DKCC

     Knowing in the Disciplines:  BSC 160, 202, CHE 104, GEO 202, 207, 211

     HSC 156, IDS 265, PHY 205, 207

     Disciplinary Knowledge in Cultural Contexts:  ACS 214, AGR 203,

     BSC 145, 170, FCS/HPR/HSC 208, TEC 275, PHY 206                                                            

II. Social Sciences  

     Knowing in the Disciplines:  ANT 101, ANT/ENG/FOR 143, GEO 135

     HIS 264, POS 140*, PSY 113, SOC 240, SWK 125

     Disciplinary Knowledge in Cultural Contexts:  ANT 185*, FCS 222, 224

     GEO 235*, HSC 170, IDS 206                                                                                                

III. Fine Arts

      Knowing in the Disciplines:  THE 152, MUS 152

      Disciplinary Knowledge in Cultural Contexts:  ART 176, 275*,

      MUS 275*, 176, THE 176.01, 176.02, 275.01*, 275.02*                                                                       

IV. Humanities

      Knowing in the Disciplines:  ENG 229, IDS 207, PHI 101, 251, HIS 107

      Disciplinary Knowledge in Cultural Contexts:  ENG/FOR 206*

      ENG 261, FOR 106, FOR/HIS 119, HIS 104, IDS 203*, PHI 150, 202, 224, 238                          

                                                                        Total General Education Hours                              

*At least one Outer Core course must focus on Global Studies (the cultures of Asia, the Middle East, Africa, Latin America, or the indigenous peoples of the world).  Course marked with * meet this requirement.