Below is a general listing of those gateway courses that fulfill basic General Education competency requirements. In order to promote a breadth of educational experience, students are not allowed to fulfill General Education requirements by using required courses within their major. Besides these courses, students participate in national and College-developed assessment measures of their development in the all-College competencies. Transfer students, especially those with an A.A. or A.S. degree, will ordinarily have met those General Education requirements satisfied by 100- and 200-level coursework. Transfer students who have earned more than 12 academic credits are not required to take the First Year Seminar and may substitute an open elective. This exception does not apply to students who have earned college credits through Advanced Placement or other high school coursework. Transfer and upper division students may also petition to substitute a suitable advanced course for a gateway course. The General Education Program begins with the student’s choice of First Year Seminar and ends with the culminating Senior Capstone course within the selected major.
All students must complete the following general education requirements:
First Year Seminar
Student choice from list of available First Year Seminars
Written Communication
EN 101 Academic Writing I AND
EN 201 Academic Writing II
Spoken and Interpersonal Communication
CM 121 Effective Speaking AND
CM 301 Speech and Rhetoric OR
CM 313 Debate OR
CM 410 Advocacy and Public Communication OR
LG 3__ 300 level language course OR
Communications intensive course (offerings vary by semester)
Computer Literacy
Pass the Computer Competency measure (information released during the Fall semester)
Click Student Resource Guide to review for Computer Competency Test.
Ethics
HU361 Commitment and Choice
OR
HU365 Ethics
Quantitative Literacy
Any college level mathematics course*
Cultural Literacy
Select course from this list:
EN 210 Approaches to Literature
EN 216 Shakespeare and His Rivals
EN 221 Ethnic American Literature
EN 342 Children’s Literature
FA 111 Art History I
FA 112 Art History II
HG 101 World Civilization to 1550
HG 102 World Civilization 1550 to Present
HG 121 U.S. History to 1877
HG 122 U.S. History 1877 to Present
HU 160 Introduction to Philosophy
Scientific Literacy
Select course from this list:
SB 110 Introduction to Anthropology
SB 120 Introduction to Psychology
SB 130 Introduction to Sociology
SM 111 Evolution, Ecology and Genetics
SM 112 Cellular and Organismal Biology
SM 116 Physical Science
SM 121 General Chemistry I
SM 140 Environmental Science
Diversity and Social Consciousness
Select course from this list:
EN 221 Ethnic American Literature
FA 401 Contemporary Developments in the Arts
HG 211/311 History of Africa
HG 212/312 The African Diaspora
HG 223 Women in American History
HG 261 Comparative Political Ideologies
LG __ Foreign Language course
SB 110 Introduction to Anthropology
SB 130 Introduction to Sociology
SB 201 Multicultural Contributions to American Society
SB 250 Cultural Geography
Visual Literacy
Select course from this list:
FA 111 Art History I
FA 112 Art History II
FA 123 Introduction to Film Analysis
FA 125 History and Contemporary Trends in Photography
FA 161 Theater History I
FA 162 Theater History II
FA 210 Art of the World
FA 408 Aesthetics
Critical Thinking, Problem Solving, and Information Literacy
Designated Critical Thinking, Problem Solving, and Information Literacy course in major (see program degree requirements)
Senior Capstone
Designated Senior Capstone course in major (see program degree requirements)
* Associate degree candidates need only demonstrate math proficiency by taking and passing either the math proficiency exam or SM100.