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General Education Program

Special Note
Students must complete ENGL 101  and ENGL 102  before taking WLIT 203 , WLIT 204 , or any 200-level English course and must complete WLIT 203 or 204 before taking any 300- or 400-level English or World Literature course. Students in Early Childhood Education, Elementary Education, and Special Education meet the English Option requirement by completing ENGL 321  Children's Literature (not available to other majors).

Required Courses
The following is a list of required courses for any degree-seeking undergraduate major. Please note the appropriate course combinations, as some built-in flexibility exists. The credit total is between 45 and 47.

Category I English Composition 6 Credits
To complete this category, all of the following must be selected:
  1. ENGL 101 
  2. ENGL 102 
Category II Arts And Humanities 18 Credits
To complete this category, one must take:
  1. WLIT 203  or WLIT 204 
  2. Any ENGL, JRNL or WLIT course 200 level or higher
  3. PHIL 102  or PHIL 201 
  4. Any one of the following History Combinations:
    • HIST 201  and HIST 202 
    • HIST 203  and HIST 204 
    • HIST 205  and HIST 206 
  5. Any one of the following courses:
    • IDIS 102 
    • IDIS 103 
    • Any foreign language course
    • ART 105 
    • MUSC 201 
    • PHED 225 
    • THEA 211 
Category III Social & Behavioral Science 6 Credits
Any two of the following must be completed according to major:
  • ANTH 207 
  • ECON 201 
  • ECON 103 
  • POSC 301 
  • PSYC 201 
  • SOCI 201 
  • SOSC 200 
Category IV Mathematics 3 Credits
Generally one of the following courses must be completed according to major:
  • MATH 110 
  • MATH 103 
  • MATH 125 
  • MATH 131 
  • MATH 203 
Category V Natural Sciences 7-8 Credits
To complete this category, a total of two courses must be selected, one of which must be a lab course. Only one course may be selected from any chosen discipline:

Biology Choices (pick only one)
  • BIOL 101  (Lab course)
  • BIOL 107  (Lab course)
Chemistry Choice
  • CHEM 101  (Lab course)
Physical Science Choices (pick only one)
  • PHSC 101  (Lab course)
  • PHSC 103 
Category VI Interdisciplinary & Emerging Issues 5-6 Credits
To satisfy this category, the following must be completed:
  1. HLTH 101  or any other three (3) credit HLTH course
  2. Any one of the following:
    • SPCH 105 
    • SPCH 202 
    • SPCH 204 

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