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College of Liberal Arts

Liberal Arts Core Requirements

Category Credits Needed Acceptable Courses
Fine Arts 3 ANTH 452
ART 101, 115, 131, 261, 281, 291
MUS 101, 102, 103, 105, 107, 140, 150, 160, 340, 360
TA 121, 147, 242, 244, 248
WR 224, 241, 324, 341, 424, 441
Humanities 3 ART 204, 205, 206
CHN 329
COMM 314, 316, 320, 372, 380, 385, 454, 456, 458, 459, 460, 462, 464, 466, 471, 472, 476, 478
ENG Any course except ENG 199, 200, 401, 402, 403, 405, 406, 407, 410
ES 201, 213, 221, 231, 233, 242, 243, 311, 314, 331, 332, 334, 351
FR 331, 332, 333, 340, 341, 342, 343
GER 331, 332, 341, 342, 343
HST Any course except HST 100, 199, 400, 401, 402, 403, 405, 406, 407, 410
HSTS Any course except HSTS 401, 403, 405, 407, 412, 413, 418, 425
PHL 150, 160, 201, 205, 207, 220, 230, 280, 301, 302, 303, 331, 342, 360, 365, 380, 411, 412, 417, 440, 444, 447, 451, 460, 470
PS 206, 361, 362
RUS 231, 232, 233
SPAN 331, 332, 333, 336, 337, 338
TA 330, 331, 332, 344, 360
TCS 200, 201, 300, 301
Non Western Culture 3
ANTH 226, 311, 313, 314, 315, 316, 317, 318, 319, 320, 462
ART 207, 465, 467
CHN 331, 332, 333
ENG

210, 211, 212, 213, 360, 457, 458

ES

212, 221, 241, 242, 243, 345, 444, 445, 448, 452

GEO

325, 327, 328

HST 320, 342, 350, 351, 381, 382, 383, 384, 387, 388, 391, 392, 485, 495
JPN 331, 332, 333
MUS 108
PHL 308, 311, 312, 313, 315, 316, 371, 443
PS 345, 346, 348, 349
SOC 460, 466
TCS 301
WS 480
Social Sciences 3 ANTH 110, 230, 240, 283, 330, 340, 350, 380
COMM 280, 318, 321, 322, 324, 326, 328, 368, 416, 418, 422, 426, 430, 432, 440, 442, 444, 446, 480, 482, 484
ECON 201, 202, 203, 319, 330, 340, 383, 420, 422, 455,481, 495
ES 321, 323
GEO 106, 300, 313, 350
HST 101,102, 103, 201, 202, 203, 432, 441
HSTS 411, 414, 415, 416, 417, 419, 421
NMC
101, 437
PS 200, 201, 203, 204, 205, 317
PSY 201, 202, 330, 340, 350, 360, 370, 380
SOC 204, 205, 206
TCS 200, 201, 300, 301
WS 223, 224, 270, 340, 414, 460, 490
  3 One additional course from one of the above areas

CLA B.A./B.S. Requirements

Catagory Credits Needed Acceptable Courses
B.A. language*   second year proficiency at the college level with C grade or better
B.S. 15 hours in science, computer science and quantitative studies 15

The CLA B.S. degree requirement is a 15-credit block of science, computer science, and quantitative studies as follows:

  1. Computer Science (3-4 credits), and
  2. Any course from the College of Science except math or statistics (3-4 credits),
  3. One of the following (8-12 credits):
    1. Any 8 credits of departmentally approved ST courses, 4 credits of which must be at the 300-level or above (8 credits).
    2. MTH 111 and 245 (8 credits).
    3. Any 8 credits of MTH courses at the 200 level or above (not including MTH 211, 212, 390.
    4. MTH 241 or 251, and ST 351 (8 credits). Economics majors.

Courses used to satisfy the B.S. requirements may not also be used to satisfy baccalaureate core requirements. Many departments require specific courses to satisfy this set of requirements; consult your academic adviser for details.