General Education Requirements

First Year Experience (3 hours)

Students are expected to complete FYE 100 in their first semester unless an exception is approved by the Director of General Education.

• FYE 100 - First Year Experience Hours: 3

Language & Culture (3 hours)

Students should choose at least 3 hours from the following courses.

• FRE 110 - French Language and Intercultural Communication I Hours: 3
• GER 110 - German Language and Intercultural Communication I Hours: 3
• SPA 110 - Spanish Language and Intercultural Communication I Hours: 3
• SED 281 - American Sign Language I Hours: 3
• Higher level Language course

Global Challenges Lower Division (3 hours)

Students should choose at least 3 hours from the following courses.

• COM 120G - Introduction to Mass Media Hours: 3
• CSC 175 - Information Technology Hours: 3
• EAR 110G - Physical Geology Hours: 3
• EDU 220G - Child and Adolescent Development Hours: 3
• EDU 274G - Global Education Hours: 2
• EDU 275G - Race, Class and Gender in Education Hours: 3
• ENV 120G - Introduction to Environmental Science and Policy Hours: 4
• HCS 250G - Multicultural Perspectives Hours: 3
• HIS 205G - Introduction to East Asian History Hours: 3
• HIS 208G - The Modern Developing World Hours: 3
• HIS 230G - The Long 20th Century Hours: 3
• HUM 188G - Humanities Level One - Global Hours: 3
• POL 230G - International Relations Hours: 3

Global Challenges Upper Division (3 hours)

Students should choose at least 3 hours from the following courses. **GRADUATION REQUIREMENT (Not transferred with associate degree) These hours are counted as graduation requirements in addition to General Education.

• BUS 447 - Global Studies Tour in Business Hours: 3
• EDU 388G - Global Understandings of Inclusive Education Hours: 3

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• SED 388G - Global Understandings of Inclusive Education Hours: 3

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• GLS 388G - Global Studies Seminar Hours: 3
• HES 452G - Global Health & Ethics Hours: 3
• HIS 304 - Seminar in East Asian History Hours: 3
• HIS 305 - Seminar in African History Hours: 3
• HSB 388G - Human Society and Behavior Level Two - Global Hours: 3
• NAT 388G - Natural World Level Two Hours: 3
• NUR 455G - Health Promotion with Populations and Families Hours: 3
• NUR 470G - Trends in Professional Nursing in a Global Society Hours: 3
• SOC 345G - Global Inequality Hours: 3

Fine Arts (3 hours)

• ART 200 - Art Appreciation Hours: 3
• ENG 281 - Introduction to Creative Writing Hours: 3
• FIN 188 - Fine Arts Level One Hours: 3
• MUS 112 - Understanding Concert Music Hours: 3
• MUS 200 - Music Appreciation Hours: 3
• THR 200 - Theatre Appreciation Hours: 3

Social Sciences (3 hours)

• CRJ 230 - Introduction to Criminology Hours: 3
• ECO 101 - The Economics of Social Issues Hours: 3
• ECO 121G - Principles of Economics Macroeconomics Hours: 3
• ECO 122 - Principles of Economics Microeconomics Hours: 3
• HSB 188 - Human Society and Behavior Level One Hours: 3
• POL 120 - American Government Hours: 3
• POL 140G - Comparative Politics Hours: 3
• PSY 100 - Introduction to Psychology Hours: 3
• SOC 100 - Introduction to Sociology Hours: 3

Natural Science (4 hours)

Science course must have a lab component.

• AST 100 - Descriptive Astronomy Hours: 4
• BIO 100 - Biological Concepts Hours: 4
• BIO 121 - Principles of Biology I Hours: 4
• BIO 220 - Microbiology Hours: 4
• CHE 101 - Fundamentals of General and Inorganic Chemistry Hours: 4
• CHE 103 - General Chemistry and Qualitative Analysis I Hours: 3 and
• CHE 103L - General Chemistry and Qualitative Analysis Laboratory I Hours: 1

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• PHY 115 - Energy, Technology and Society Hours: 4
• PHY 121 - General Physics I Hours: 4
• PHY 211 - Analytical Physics I Hours: 4
• SCI 110 - Physical Science for Elementary Teachers Hours: 4

Humanities (6 hours)

Students must choose courses from two different disciplines; one must be a REL course.

• REL 100 - The Christian Faith Hours: 3
• REL 103 - Encountering Religion Hours: 3
• REL 120G - World Religions Hours: 3
• EDU 188 - Professional Writing for Educators Hours: 3
• ENG 233G - Reading World Literature Hours: 3
• HIS 115G - Global Histories Hours: 3
• HIS 201 - The American Experiment Hours: 3
• HUM 188 - Humanities Level One Hours: 3
• PHI 100-299 - Choose one course in the range Hours: 3

Mathematics (at least 3 hours)

• MAT 113 - Excursions in Mathematics Hours: 3
• MAT 115 - Introduction to Statistics Hours: 3
• MAT 125 - Finite Mathematics Hours: 3
• MAT 165 - Calculus I Hours: 4
• MAT 215 - Applied Statistics Hours: 4