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 1, 2
- 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.
1 Strongly recommended for learners who have not satisfied the communications requirement.
2 Required for General Psychology specialization.
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 1
- PHI2050 - Human Nature and Ethics - 3 quarter credits
- PHI2100 - Introduction to Logic
- PHI3200 - Ethics in Health Care
1 Required for General Psychology specialization.
Natural Science and Mathematics (each course 6 quarter credits unless noted)
- BIO1000 - Human Biology 1
- 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 4
- MAT1051 - Pre-Calculus
- MAT2001 - Statistical Reasoning2
- MAT2050 - Statistical Literacy - 3 quarter credits3
- MAT2051 - Discrete Mathematics*
1 Required for General Psychology specialization.
2 Required for Accounting, Finance, Marketing, Project Management (Business), and
General Psychology specializations.
3 Required for Criminal Justice, Emergency Management, Homeland Security, and Security
Management specializations.
4 Required for Information Assurance Security, Network Technology, Software Architecture specializations, General Information Technology, Health Informatics and Project Management Information Technology) specializations.
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 1
- POL1000 - The Politics of American Government
- POL2000 - Globalization
- SOC1000 - Introduction to Human Society
- SOC2000 - Cultural Diversity
1 Required for General Psychology specialization.
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.
Lower-Division Courses
Lower-division courses may not be used to fulfill general education requirements.
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BUS1000 Introduction to Business
- 3 quarter credits
- IT1000 Introduction to Information Technology - 3 quarter credits
- IT2210 Introduction to Web Systems and Technologies
- IT2230 Introduction to Database Systems
- 3 quarter credits
- IT2240 Introduction to Programming - 3 quarter credits
- IT2250 Introduction to Network Technology
- 3 quarter credits
All courses are 6 quarter credits except as noted.
Courses listed in parentheses denote prerequisite(s).
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