General Education Courses

A Strong Foundation

Our breadth of general education courses provide a strong foundation for your Bachelor of Science program by providing you with knowledge, skills, and abilities in four core areas: communication, humanities, natural science and mathematics, and social science. These courses will build and strengthen your analytical and relational skills—to improve your professional practices

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Bachelor's Degree General Education Requirements

Choose 45 total quarter credits required with a minimum 6 quarter credits from each category.

Communication (each course 6 quarter credits unless noted)

• ENG1000 - English Composition
• ENG2000 - Research Writing
• SPC1000 - Public Speaking - 3 quarter credits
• SPC2000 - Intercultural Communication
• SPC2050 - Visual Design in Communications - 3 quarter credits
• : SPC1000 - Public Speaking received the 2007 Blackboard Greenhouse Exemplary Course Award.

Humanities (each course 6 quarter credits unless noted)

• ART2000 - Art History Survey
• HUM1000 - Introduction to the Humanities
• HUM1050 - World Religions - 3 quarter credits
• HUM3300 - Global Multiculturalism and World Religions
• LIT2001 - Introduction to Literature: Short Stories - 3 quarter credits
• LIT2100 - Women’s Literature - 3 quarter credits
• PHI1000 - Introduction to Philosophy
• PHI2000 - Ethics
• PHI2050 - Human Nature and Ethics - 3 quarter credits
• PHI2100 - Introduction to Logic

Natural Science and Mathematics (each course 6 quarter credits unless noted)

• BIO1000 - Human Biology
• BIO1050 - Biology and Society - 3 quarter credits
• BIO2000 - Environmental Health
• CHM1000 - Chemistry for Changing Times
• CHM1050 - Chemistry and the Environment - 3 quarter credits
• PHY1000 - Introduction to Astronomy
• MAT1050 - College Algebra
• MAT1051 - Pre-Calculus
• MAT2001 - Statistical Reasoning
• MAT2050 - Statistical Literacy - 3 quarter credits
• MAT2051 - Discrete Mathematics*

Social Science (each course 6 quarter credits unless noted)

• ECO1050 - Microeconomics
• ECO1051 - Macroeconomics
• HIS1000 - Immigrants in the American City - 3 quarter credits
• HIS3200 - History of Health Care in America - 3 quarter credits
• PSYC1000 - Introduction to Psychology
• POL1000 - The Politics of American Government
• POL2000 - Globalization
• SOC1000 - Introduction to Human Society
• SOC2000 - Cultural Diversity

In addition, choose 21 quarter credits of additional undergraduate courses from general education courses above.

*Throughout your undergraduate degree program, you may take both general education and program courses concurrently.

Residents of Arkansas must complete Arkansas general education requirements.

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