General Education Program (GEP)
General Education Program Learning Objectives
Communications Foundation
- Demonstrate the ability to analyze the situational characteristics of a communication act: audience, purpose, and source/author.
- Demonstrate the ability to understand communication and speaking skills.
- Demonstrate the ability to write in a clear, logical and appropriate manner.
- Demonstrate the ability to research academic topics and present the synthesis of that research:
- in speech with appropriate citations; and
- in texts with correct documentation.
- Demonstrate an awareness of diversity in American society.
Cultural and Historical Foundation
- Be able to gather, synthesize, and analyze information from appropriate resources and be able to critically evaluate information and sources for accuracy and credibility.
- Identify and deepen appreciation of common human themes and the richness of diverse cultures.
- Be able to analyze and discuss meaning of an artwork, performance, or text in diverse aesthetic, historical and cultural contexts.
- Demonstrate knowledge and critical thinking of the concepts, styles, and aesthetic, theoretical, and critical principals in an art.
- Demonstrate knowledge of the chronology and significance of major events and movements in western civilization, U.S. history or world civilization.
Mathematical Foundation
- Demonstrate the skills needed to solve quantitative problems including choosing the proper technique and/or technology.
- Be able to solve real-world quantitative problems.
- Demonstrate qualitative understanding of mathematical, statistical, and computing concepts.
- Demonstrate knowledge and understanding of essential computing concepts common to academic degrees and their related professions.
- Demonstrate essential computing skills common to academic degrees and their related professions. In particular, skills relating to professional use of computers and application software.
Social Foundation
- Be able to gather and synthesize information from appropriate resources, and be able to evaluate information and sources for accuracy and credibility.
- Understand how an individual’s place in the world is affected by social, economic, and political institutions.
- Gain a deeper appreciation of one’s role and potential impact in social, economic, and political institutions.
- Demonstrate an understanding of the interaction among social, economic, and political structures and functions.
- Understand how individuals behave and interact with other individuals in their psychological, political, economic and social environments.
Science Foundation
- Demonstrate an understanding of science as an empirical attempt to acquire information about the real world, develop possible explanations of these phenomena, and test the explanations by predicting the outcome of future observations.
- Demonstrate an ability to assess the extent to which claims presented as “scientific” satisfy the empirical character of scientific explanations.
- Demonstrate understanding of scientific knowledge and problem solving in a physical or life science.
General Education Program (GEP) Courses (36 credit hours required)
(Some majors require a specific course or a higher level course in some areas. Consult your major requirements and advisor.)
| Satisfactorily complete one course in each of the twelve numbered areas. |
36 hours |
| A. Communication Foundation |
9 hours |
| 1. |
ENC 1101 |
Composition I 1, 2 |
3(3,0) |
| 2. |
ENC 1102 |
Composition II PR: ENC 1101 1, 2 |
3(3,0) |
| 3. |
SPC 1608 |
Fundamentals of Oral Communication |
3(3,0) |
| |
SPC 1603 |
Fundamentals of Technical Presentation |
3(3,0) |
| |
COM 1000 |
Introduction to Communication |
3(3,0) |
| B. Cultural and Historical Foundation |
9 hours |
| 1. |
EUH 2000 |
Western Civilization I 2 |
3(3,0) |
| |
EUH 2001 |
Western Civilization II 2 |
3(3,0) |
| |
HUM 2210 |
Humanistic Tradition I 2 |
3(3,0) |
| |
HUM 2230 |
Humanistic Tradition II 2 |
3(3,0) |
| |
AMH 2010 |
U.S. History: 1492-1877 2 |
3(3,0) |
| |
AMH 2020 |
U.S. History: 1877-present 2 |
3(3,0) |
| |
WOH 2012 |
World Civilization I 2 |
3(3,0) |
| |
WOH 2022 |
World Civilization II 2 |
3(3,0) |
| 2. |
ARH 2050 |
History of Western Art I |
3(3,0) |
| |
ARH 2051 |
History of Western Art II |
3(3,0) |
| |
MUL 2010 |
Enjoyment of Music |
3(3,0) |
| |
THE 2000 |
Theatre Survey |
3(3,0) |
| |
FIL 1000 |
Cinema Survey |
3(3,0) |
| |
REL 2300 |
World Religions |
3(3,0) |
| |
PHI 2010 |
Introduction to Philosophy |
3(3,0) |
| |
LIT 2110 |
World Literature I PR: ENC 1102 2 |
3(3,0) |
| |
LIT 2120 |
World Literature II PR: ENC 1102 2 |
3(3,0) |
| 3. |
Take one additional course from either B1 or B2. |
| C. Mathematical Foundation |
6 hours |
| 1. |
MAC 1105 |
College Algebra 2 |
3(3,0) |
| |
MGF 1106 |
Finite Mathematics 2 |
3(3,0) |
| 2. |
CGS 1060C |
Introduction to Computer Science 2 |
3(3,0) |
| |
STA 1060C |
Basic Statistics using Microsoft Excel 2 |
3(3,0) |
| |
STA 2014C |
Principles of Statistics 2 |
3(3,0) |
| D. Social Foundation |
6 hours |
| 1. |
ECO 2013 |
Principles of Macroeconomics |
3(3,0) |
| |
ECO 2023 |
Principles of Microeconomics |
3(3,0) |
| |
POS 2041 |
American National Government |
3(3,0) |
| 2. |
PSY 2012 |
Introduction to Psychological Science |
3(3,0) |
| |
SYG 2000 |
Introduction to Sociology |
3(3,0) |
| |
ANT 2000 |
General Anthropology |
3(3,0) |
| E. Science Foundation |
6 hours |
| 1. |
AST 2002 |
Astronomy |
3(3,0) |
| |
PSC 1121 * |
Physical Science PR: MAC 1105 or MGF 1106 |
3(3,0) |
| |
PHY 2053C |
College Physics I: MAC 1105 and MAC 1114 |
4(3,3) |
| |
CHM 1020 |
Concepts in Chemistry PR: High School Algebra |
3(3,0) |
| 2. |
BSC 1005 * |
Biological Principles |
3(3.0) |
| |
BSC 1050 * |
Biology and Environment |
3(3,0) |
| |
GLY 1030 |
Geology & Its Applications |
3(3,0) |
| |
GEO 1200 * |
Physical Geography |
3(3,0) |
| |
ANT 2511 |
The Human Species |
3(3,0) |
| |
MCB 1310 |
Intro to Biotechnology and Genetic Engineering |
3(3,0) |