The General Education Curriculum ensures that all students acquire the intellectual skills and knowledge that not only enable them to succeed in their academic endeavors, but also prepare them for the challenges and opportunities in a knowledge, information-based global society.
General Education Competencies
General Education Courses
General Education courses may be taken simultaneously with the program courses. These required General Education courses can be completed either through the University or via the CLEP examination if available.
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Humanities and Fine Arts Courses Course Number Course Title Credit Hours Group A ART 1301 Art Appreciation I 3 ART 1302 Art Appreciation II 3 HUM 2301 Historic Tour of Italy 3 LIT 2301 War in Literature 3 PHI 2301 Philosophies of World Religions 3 PHI 2302 Contemporary Ethics 3 Group BAny course from Group A or one of the following:COM 1301 Introduction to Communication 3 COM 2301 Professional Communication 3 ENG 3301 Technical Writing 3 PHI 1301 Critical Thinking 3 COM 1302 Fundamentals of Speech Communication 3 -
Social and Behavioral Sciences Courses Course Number Course Title Credit Hours ECO 2301 Principles of Microeconomics 3 ECO 2302 Principles of Macroeconomics 3 POL 1301 Introduction to Political Science 3 POL 2301 United States Government 3 POL 2302 American State and Local Politics 3 POL 2303 Politics and Terrorism 3 PSY 1301 General Psychology 3 PSY 2301 Abnormal Psychology 3 SOC 1301 Introduction to Sociology 3 SOC 2302 Cultural Geography 3 -
Natural Sciences Courses Course Number Course Title Credit Hours BIO 1301 Non-Majors Biology 3 BIO 1302 Ecology and the Environment 3 BIO 1303 General Biology I 3 BIO 1304 General Biology II 3 CHM 1301 General Chemistry I 3 CHM 1302 General Chemistry II 3 PHY 1301 Physics I 3 PHY 1302 Physics II 3 -
Mathematics Courses Course Number Course Title Credit Hours MAT 1301 Liberal Arts Math 3 MAT 1302 College Algebra 3 MAT 1303 Algebra and Trigonometry 3 MAT 1304 Finite Math 3 MAT 2301 Elementary Statistics 3 MAT 2302 Pre-Calculus 3 MAT 2303 Calculus 3 -
History Courses Course Number Course Title Credit Hours HIS 1301 American History I 3 HIS 1302 American History II 3 HIS 1303 United States Military History I 3 HIS 1304 United States Military History II 3 HIS 1305 Western Civilization I 3 HIS 1306 Western Civilization II 3 HIS 2301 Medieval History 3 -
English Composition Courses Course Number Course Title Credit Hours ENG 1301 English Composition I 3 ENG 1302 English Composition II 3