The Curriculum

The Curriculum

Undergraduate students are required to complete 49-51 credits of general education courses. COE Handbook section 1.9.3.2 outlines parameters for general education requirements and how general education interacts with academic majors. The Office of General Education and Common Learning maintains a list of approved general education courses, which is published in Section 10 of this guide and updated annually.

Navigate through the entirey of the curriculum below. 

• 1.  Ways of Knowing
  • 1.1 Literary and Aesthetic Ways of Knowing
  • 1.2 Cultural/Humanistic Ways of Knowing
  • 1.3 Social Scientific Ways of Knowing
  • 1.4 Mathematical and Scientific Ways of Knowing (6-8 credits)
• 2.  First Year Seminar
• 3.  Holistic Wellness
• 4.  Written Communication
• 5.  Oral Communication
• 6.  Knowledge of the Bible
• 7.  Christian Beliefs
• 8.  Ethics and the Common Good
• 9.  Intercultural Perspectives
  • 9.1 Intercultural Perspectives – US
  • 9.2 Domestic Cross-Cultural
  • 9.3 Intercultural Perspectives - Global 
  • 9.4 International Cross-Cultural Course
  • 9.5 Third-Level Language
• 10. Approved General Education Courses
• 11. Honors General Education Requirements
• 12. Recommended Sequencing of Courses 
• 13.  Common Learning Requirements
  • 13.1 ELI 
  • 13.2 Writing across the Curriculum
  • 13.3 Digital Competence Across the Curriculum
  • 13.4 Information Literacy Across the Curriculum
  • 13.5 Capstone in the Major
• 14. Interdisciplinary Course Parameters
  • 14.1 First Year Seminar
  • 14.2 Ethics and the Common Good
  • 14.3 Intercultural Perspectives-US Parameters
  • 14.4 Intercultural Perspectives-Global Parameters
  • 14.5 Cross-Cultural Course Parameters
• 15. General Education Policy Accommodations
  • 15.1 Language Accommodations
  • 15.2 Intercultural Perspectives-Global/Cross-Cultural Waiver
  • 15.3 First Year Seminar Waive