General Education Curriculum Requirements

General Education Areas of Study

The General Education curriculum provides a broad liberal arts knowledge base and includes courses from across the university, including art, English, history, humanities, mathematics, science, health, and physical education. All students who matriculate at the university must complete a minimum of 40 credit hours of general education (may increase due to selected science classes that have laboratory requirements). The General Education curriculum does not include developmental skills courses. Satisfactory completion of the General Education requirements involves the following areas: (a) communications: 9 hours; (b) health and physical education: 3 hours; (c) freshman seminar: 1 hour; (d) humanities: 9 hours; (e) mathematics: 3 hours; (f) science: 7 hours (may increase slightly due to mandatory lab requirements in selected science classes)– must select a lecture and lab course from the same discipline and one science lecture course from another department; and (g) social and behavioral science: 9 hours.

During the first two years, students complete General Education courses and introductory courses required in their major. General Education core courses must be completed satisfactorily before the student may officially declare a major.