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General Education Requirements
The General Education requirements consist of courses with General Education designations in the following curriculum areas:
(you can see a static listing of Gen Ed classes here) [downloadable file]
Writing
The Freshman Writing requirement is satisfied by College Writing (CW) taken during the freshman year, or by exemption from the requirement through the Placement Exam, SAT/Achievement test scores, or Advanced Placement test score. The Junior Year Writing requirement (which does not carry a General Education designation) is part of the requirements for each student's major. Writing Program website
Basic Math Skills (Tier I)
A student may be exempted from the Basic Math Skills requirement by achieving a sufficiently high score on the Basic Math Skills (Tier 1) Exemption Exam. Students not exempted by examination must take one Basic Math Skills (R1) course.
Analytic Reasoning (Tier II)
This requirement is fulfilled by completion of one Analytic Reasoning (R2) course.
NOTE: The Faculty Senate has approved a new method for students to satisfy their R1 requirement. Click here to familiarize yourself better with the University's R1/R2 policy.
Biological And Physical World
Students are required to take three Biological and Physical World courses. They must take one course in Biological Sciences (BS) and one course in Physical Sciences (PS). Students who entered the University prior to Fall 2005 can satisfy the third science requirement with a BS, PS, Interdisciplinary (I) or Science Interdisciplinary (SI) course. Students who entered the University Fall 2005 or later can satisfy the third science requirement with a BS, PS or Science Interdisciplinary (SI) course. They can not satisfy this requirement with an I.
Social World
Students are required to take one course in each of the following areas: Literature (AL), Historical Studies (HS), and Social and Behavioral Sciences (SB). In addition, students must take one course in each of the following areas: Arts (AL, AT, I or SI), Social and Behavioral Sciences (SB, I or SI), Social World (AL, AT, HS, SB, I or SI).
Interdisciplinary Courses
A student may substitute up to three interdisciplinary (I) and/or Science Interdisciplinary (SI) courses for some General Education requirements, except for CW, R1, and R2. Up to three 'I' or 'SI' courses may be substituted in the other areas, subject to the restriction that all students must take at least one course in each of: AL, HS, SB, BS, and PS. Students who entered the University in Spring 2005 or later may use an 'SI' course to satisfy their third science requirement, but not an 'I' course. An 'I' or 'SI' course which has a Social and Cultural Diversity designation (e.g., SIG, IU) may also be used to fulfill a Diversity component.
Social And Cultural Diversity
Students must take two Diversity courses. Undergraduates entering the University in Fall 2002 need to take one Diversity class which focuses on Diversity in the United States, designated by ‘U’; the other must focus on Global Diversity, designated by ‘G’.
Students who entered the University before Fall 2002 can fulfill their two-course Diversity requirement through any combination of (the old) ‘D’ or the new ‘U’ or ‘G’ designations.
The U and G designations may be combined with Social World courses with designations like ALU, ALG, ATU, ATG, HSU, HSG, SBU, SBG, IU or IG.
Important Restrictions Concerning General Education Courses
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Only one course in a student's major department may be counted toward the satisfaction of General Education requirements, with the following exception: If a student uses one course from the major department designated AL, AT, HS, SB, BS, PS, R2, I or SI, the student may use a second course from the major department that has a Diversity designation (U or G, alone or added to AL, AT, HS, SB, I or SI) to satisfy one of the Diversity requirements. (Only a Diversity requirement will be fulfilled by the second course.) |
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Courses taken pass/fail may not be used to satisfy General Education or Diversity requirements. |
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