Baccalaureate Core

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At Oregon State University new students are required to have completed a series of general courses, known as Baccalaureate Core classes (Bac Core for short). Students must complete 48 credits of bac core classes, plus any Writing Intensive Courses (WIC) for their specified major program. The subject areas of these courses ranges from fitness to sciences. The requirements are listed below and for a more in depth look at Baccalaureate Core please visit the bac core catalog page.

Skills Courses (15 credits)

• Fitness (3)

• Mathematics (3)

• Writing 1 (3)

• Writing 2 (3)

• Writing 3 (3)

Perspective Courses (24 credits)

• Biological Science (4 or 8)

• Literature and the Arts (3)

• Physical Science (4 or 8)

• Social Processes and Institutions (3)

• Western Culture (3)

• Difference, Power, and Discrimination Courses (3)

Synthesis Courses (6)

• Contemporary Global Issues (3)

• Science, Technology, and Society (3)