General Education Courses: General Education Requirements

All degree-seeking students are required to take:

• ENG101 College Composition OR ENG101E College Composition Enhanced
• COM101 Introduction to Human Communication
• IDS101 CPC Foundations
• IDS102 Introduction to Information Literacy
• MTH105 College Algebra OR MTH125 Quantitative Literacy
• Scientific reasoning - choose one of the following:
  • BIO100 Human Biology
  • BIO105 Human Development
  • PSY100 Psychology
  • SCI100 Nutrition
  • SCI230 Environmental Geology
  • SOC100 Sociology
• Global Citizenship - choose one of the following:
  • ALH255 Medical Law & Ethics
  • BUS130 Macroeconomics
  • GEO105 Global Geography
  • HIS101 The United States & the World to 1850
  • HIS102 The United States & the World from 1850

In addition to above, Bachelor degrees require: 

• ENG105 Research and Argument
• PHI105 Ethics
• 1 Experiential Learning course (3 credits):
  • HON400 Honors
  • IDS401 Topics in Service-Learning
  • IDS402 Topics in Student Leadership
  • IDS403 Independent Study in Special Topics

Bachelor degree seeking students will also declare their intention to complete 12 credits (choose 4 courses) in one of the following 3 intersections:

• Community & Multiculturalism
  • COM295 Media & Politics
  • ENG225 Introduction to Contemporary World Literature
  • HUM310 World Mythology
  • IDS400 Topics in Multiculturalism
• Health & Wellness
  • BIO105 Human Development
  • ENG230 Literature & Health
  • PHI210 Death & Dying
  • PSY220 Abnormal Psychology
  • SCI100 Basic Nutrition
  • SCI220 Holistic Health
• Popular Culture & Society
  • COM285 Media & Society
  • ENG235 Literature & Popular Culture
  • ENG430 Selected Topics in Rhetoric
  • IDS205 Selected Topics in Film

Most programs also require an Internship or Capstone. Please see the individual program guide for degree-specific requirements not listed here.