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General Education Program Requirements 42 Credit Hours

University GEP Core Requirements: Minimum of forty-two (42) hours is required. Students who enter as a first-time freshman must take an entrance assessment.  A minimum grade of “C” is required in English (ENGL 131, ENGL 132, COMM 201) and Mathematics (MATH 131).  Students that have course requirements waived must satisfy the MINIMUM required hours of 120 in order to graduate.

First and Second-Year Experience - 4 credits

Freshmen are required to complete the First Year and Second Year Experience classes.

• FYE 111 Falcon Flight I (1)  
• FYE 112 Falcon Flight II (1)  
• SYE 211 Falcon Flight III (1)  
• SYE 212 Falcon Flight IV (1)  

Communication Skills - 9 Credits

Written and Oral Communication Definition:

Written and Oral Communications is the ability to impart and interchange information of ideas within a meaningful context using various rhetorical modes such as descriptive, informative, analytical and argumentative writing.

All students are required to take ENGL 131, ENGL 132, COMM 201. Some students will be required to take ENGL 150 and LIS 150.

• CCOMM 201 Communication Skills (3)  
• ENGL 131 English Composition I (3)  
• ENGL 132 English Composition II (3)  

Spiritual Development - 3 credits

Critical thinking is characterized by the comprehensive exploration of issues, ideas, artifacts, and events before accepting or formulating an opinion or conclusion. Spiritual development is the ability to understand diverse religions and to develop positive spiritual growth.

• PHIL 231 Introduction to Philosophy (3)  

 - OR - 

• PHIL 235 Ethics (3)  

- OR - 

Any REL Course (3)

Health and Wellness - 4 credits

Ability to understand, develop and adopt positive behaviors and life strategies that promote physical, mental, emotional, social well-being.

• PE 120 Total Wellness (3)  

• One PE activity (1).

STEM - 7 credits

Science - 4 credits

Student must take one science course with lab (3 credit + 1 credit) = 4 credits required.

Note that STEM majors will take BIOL 133 + Lab and CHEM 141 + Lab.

• BIOL 131 Fundamentals of Biology (3)  

and

• BIOL 131L Fundamentals of Biology Laboratory (1)  

or

• BIOL 133 Principles of Biology I (3)  

and

• BIOL 133L Principles of Biology I Laboratory (1)  

or

• CHEM 141 General Chemistry I (3)  

and

• CHEM 141L General Chemistry I Laboratory (1)  

or

• PHYS 131 Fundamentals of Physical Science (3)  

and

• PHYS 131L Fundamentals of Physical Science Laboratory (1)  

Mathematics - 3 credits

Students are required to take at least six credit hours of mathematics. Note 1: STEM majors are required to take MATH 135 and MATH 231. Note 2: Accounting and Business majors are required to take MATH 135 and either MATH 224 or MATH 231. All other majors can satisfy mathematics requirements by taking  MATH 131 and MATH 132 or MATH 174.  

• MATH 131 College Algebra (3)  
• MATH 132 Finite Mathematics (3)  
• MATH 135 Algebra and Trigonometry (4)  
• MATH 224 Business Calculus (4)  
• MATH 231 Calculus I (4)  

Social Science - 3 credits

• POLS 210 American National Government (3)  

(Recommended)

- OR -

• ECON 236 Principles of Macroeconomics (3)  

History - 3 credits

• HIST 224 African American History I (3)   (Highly Recommended)

- OR -

• HIST 225 African American History II (3)   (Highly Recommended)

- OR - 

Any HIST course

Fine Arts - 3 credits

Any 100/200 level course from the following subjects:

• ART
• FIM
• MUS or 
• THE

Behavioral Science - 3 credits

Any 100/200 level PSYCH, SOC or CJ course 

- OR -

• POLS 100 Introduction to Political Science (3)  

World Languages - 3 credits

FL _ 131 or higher (3)