General Education Requirements
Foundational Studies
College-Level Writing I and II
| ENG 101 | Analytical Thinking, Writing, and Research | 3 |
| | AND | |
| ENG 102 | Writing about Literature | 3 |
Culture and Language
Language 122 or 123 (3 sh)
A specified Culture and Language course (LA 155, SPAN 115, or SPAN 121) can meet the Culture and Language requirement for students in the Evening and Online programs.
Oral Communication
| COMM 100 | Introduction to Oral Communication | 3 |
Quantitative Literacy
One course or exemption by exam (3 sh) selected from
Liberal Arts Knowledge Domains
Aesthetic Literacy
One course (3 sh) selected from
| ART 204 | Introduction to Art: Media and Techniques | 3 |
| ART 205 | Introduction to Art: Survey and Interpretation | 3 |
| ART 261 | History of Art: Ancient to Renaissance | 3 |
| ART 262 | History of Art: Baroque to 21st Century | 3 |
| DAN 105 | Dance Appreciation | 3 |
| EDU 345 | Arts Integration | 3 |
| LA 104 | Fine Arts in the Modern World | 3 |
| MUS 206 | Music of the World | 3 |
| MUS 207 | Music Appreciation | 3 |
Historical Literacy
One course (3 sh) selected from
| HIS 102 | Perspectives on World Civilization I | 3 |
| HIS 103 | Perspectives on World Civilization II | 3 |
| HIS 104 | Contemporary World History-Post 1945 | 3 |
| HIS 207 | United States History, Colonial Era to Reconstruction | 3 |
| HIS 208 | United States History, Reconstruction Era to the Present | 3 |
Literary Knowledge
One course (3 sh) selected from
| ENG 200 | Survey of World Literature | 3 |
| ENG 203 | The Modern Fairy Tale | 3 |
| ENG 210 | British Literature to 1660 (Medieval and Renaissance) | 3 |
| ENG 220 | British Literature 1660 to 1832 (Neoclassical and Romantic) | 3 |
| ENG 230 | British Literature since 1832 (Victorian and Modern) | 3 |
| ENG 231 | Sex, Lies, and Anxieties in British Literature and Film | 3 |
| ENG 240 | American Literature I | 3 |
| ENG 248 | Blurred Lines: Ecological Imaginations | 3 |
| ENG 250 | American Literature II | 3 |
| ENG 251 | African-American Literature through Reconstruction | 3 |
| ENG 252 | Twentieth-Century African-American Literature | 3 |
| ENG 261 | Collecting Treasures: Contemporary African Literature and Film | 3 |
| ENG 278 | Young Adult Literature | 3 |
| ENG 310 | Genre Studies | 3 |
| ENG 311 | Popular Fictions | 3 |
| ENG 325 | Shakespeare | 3 |
| ENG 340 | American Women Writers | 3 |
| ENG 355 | British Women Writers | 3 |
| ENG 356 | Eighteenth-Century Studies | 3 |
| ENG 372 | Literature of the American South | 3 |
| ENG 373 | American Gothic | 3 |
| ENG 374 | American Romanticism | 3 |
| ENG 375 | American Multicultural Literature | 3 |
| ENG 381 | Film and Literature | 3 |
| ENG 382 | Women's Autobiography | 3 |
| ENG 383 | The Modern Consciousness | 3 |
Religious Studies/Philosophical Inquiry
One course in Philosophical Inquiry OR Religious Studies (3 sh) selected from
| PHIL 153 | An Introduction to Philosophical Ethics | 3 |
| PHIL 154 | Introduction to Philosophy | 3 |
| PHIL 156 | Ethics of Yoga | 3 |
| POSC 240 | Political Philosophy and the Pursuit of Justice | 3 |
| REL 104 | Contemporary Cultures and World Views | 3 |
| REL 127 | World Religions and Ethics | 3 |
| REL 128 | The Historical and Cultural World of the Bible | 3 |
Scientific Literacy
One course with a laboratory component (4 sh) selected from
Human Institutions and Behavior
One course (3 s.h.) selected from
Service, Social Justice, & Leadership
Liberal Arts
| LA 201 | Diversity, Gender, and Social Justice | 3 |
| | AND | |
| LA 301 | Women, Leadership and Social Change | 3 |
Overlays and Intensives
Multicultural Intensive
| ANTH 131 | Introduction to Cultural Anthropology | 3 |
| ANTH 240 | Anthropology of Religion | 3 |
| ANTH 310 | Conflict, Culture and Identity | 3 |
| ART 205 | Introduction to Art: Survey and Interpretation | 3 |
| ART 261 | History of Art: Ancient to Renaissance | 3 |
| ART 262 | History of Art: Baroque to 21st Century | 3 |
| BIO 381 | Genetics | 4 |
| CJ 204 | Corrections | 3 |
| COMM 245 | Intercultural Communication | 3 |
| DAN 320 | Dance in Sociopolitical Contexts | 3 |
| EDU 218 | Moral and Political Foundations of Teaching | 3 |
| EM 110 | Psychological and Social Dimensions of Disaster | 3 |
| EM 460 | International Disaster Response | 3 |
| ENG 251 | African-American Literature through Reconstruction | 3 |
| ENG 252 | Twentieth-Century African-American Literature | 3 |
| ENG 375 | American Multicultural Literature | 3 |
| GB 205 | International Business Negotiation | 3 |
| GB 301 | The Global Business Enterprise | 3 |
| GEOG 164 | Introduction to World Geography | 3 |
| GWS 200 | Introduction to Girls Studies | 3 |
| GWS 300 | Issues in Gender Studies | 3 |
| POSC 211 | Politics and Multiculturalism | 3 |
| PSY 254 | Understanding Diversity and Inclusion | 3 |
| SLP 384 | Language Disorders | 3 |
| SOC 268/SOWK 268 | Ethnic and Minority Groups | 3 |
| SPAN 335 | Photoshopped Bodies: Latinas (Re)presented | 3 |
| SPAN 351 | Discovering Culture Through Film | 3 |
| SPAN 485 | Spanish for the Professions and International Affairs | 3 |
Writing Intensive
Information and Technology Literacy
| ART 361 | Issues in Contemporary Art | 3 |
| BIO 120/PUBH 120 | Human Health and Epidemiology | 4 |
| BIO 240 | Ecology | 4 |
| BUS 350 | Computer Applications of Business | 3 |
| | | |
| CHEM 261 | Organic Chemistry I | 4 |
| | AND | |
| CHEM 262 | Organic Chemistry II | 4 |
| | | |
| CIS 109 | Computer Science for the Liberal Arts | 3 |
| CIS 110 | Fundamentals of Computer and Information Science | 3 |
| COMM 255 | Computer Mediated Communication | 3 |
| EDU 150 | Introduction to the Profession of Teaching | 3 |
| EDU 485LS | Internship in Teaching (Directed Teaching) | 10 |
| EM 201 | Planning for Emergency and Disaster Management | 3 |
| EM 220 | Hazard Mapping and Modeling | 3 |
| HIS 200 | The Historian's Craft | 3 |
| MATH 140 | Elementary Statistics | 3 |
| MATH 343 | Probability and Statistics | 3 |
| PSY 300 | Statistics for Behavioral Science | 3 |
| PSY 450 | Psychology Laboratory | 3 |
| SLP 310 | Speech Language Pathology Clinical Technology | 3 |
Communication Intensive
Language courses must be in a language different from the one satisfying the Culture and Language requirement in order to count as satisfying the Communication Intensive requirement.
Total Credit Hours: 40-43
Notes:
- A specified Culture and Language course can meet the culture and language requirement for students in Communiversity programs.
- Students in Online Communiversity programs must also take OL 101, Orientation to Online Learning.
- Students with fewer than 24 semester hours of college credit (excluding exam, AP, and dual-enrollment credit) must also take LA 100. Students with an equivalent transfer course and students in Communiversity programs are exempt.
- Each Communiversity major program will identify courses addressing themes of social justice and leadership within major courses, restricted electives, or general education courses.
- Each major program offering a bachelor of science degree will identify 8 to 9 additional required semester hours in math/science/technical/professional courses. These hours may be specified within major programs.
- Each major program will identify a technological literacy, communication intensive, multicultural intensive, and writing intensive course within major courses, restricted electives, or general education courses.
- Students who have an academic credential in a language other than English are exempt from the culture and language requirement. Women's College students who place into SPAN 221 or higher and complete a Spanish course numbered 221 or higher with a grade of “B” or better will automatically receive credit for SPAN 121 and SPAN 122 (6 s.h.). Students who place into SPAN 122 and complete both SPAN 122 and SPAN 221 will automatically receive credit for SPAN 121 (3 s.h.) if they complete SPAN 221 with a grade of “B” or better.
- General education courses will be offered regularly.