Fundamental Skills

A maximum 3 semester hours may be used towards degree total.

• GEN 100 - College Writing Workshop
• GEN 101 - Reading Workshop
• GEN 102 - Mathematics Workshop

Rhetorical and Critical Thinking Core Skills

• GEN 110 - Composition I: Academic Writing
• GEN 112 - Composition II: Argumentation and Research
• GEN 130 - Core I: Foundations of Critical Thinking

Quantitative Skills

• MAT 130 - Intermediate Algebra
• MAT 162 - Pre-Calculus  OR  MAT 220 - Probability and Statistics  

Science Courses

• BIO 111 - Life Sciences I (4 semester hours)
• CHM 131 - Principles of Chemistry I (4 semester hours)
• CHM 132 - Principles of Chemistry II (4 semester hours)
• 12 additional semester hours of biology (BIO), biochemistry (BIOC), chemistry (CHM), or physics (PHY) courses (excluding BIO 100 and CHM 100).

Distributional Studies

Complete 21 semester hours of coursework with 12 of these semester hours fulfilling at least four of the following six categories. Although listed course prerequisites still apply, all courses with the parenthetical program designations are acceptable unless specifically excluded below:

• Art, Music, Theatre (ART, GDN, MUS, THE)
• History and Political Science (HIS, POL)
• Literature and Writing (ENG, WRT) - (Excluded courses: ENG 230; WRT 211; WRT 212)
• Philosophy and Religion (PHI, REL)
• Social Sciences (ANT, CRJ, ECN, EGS, SOC, PSY) - (Excluded course: SOC 335/PSY 335)
• World Languages (CHI, GER, JPS, SPA)