Students must complete all the general education (GE) courses required of all students. The major in general studies requires students to complete 39 credit hours of electives beyond the normal GE requirements. Any course listed in the LU General Education Handbook will satisfy this 39 credit hour elective requirement.
All elective courses must be different from those courses taken to satisfy general education requirements. For example, students are required to complete two literature courses for general education and two additional literature courses for the general studies degree.
Requirements
A degree in general studies requires the completion of the following general education requirements:
English Composition
One course selected from the following options:
| ENG 15000 | Strategies for University Writing | 3 |
| EPP 15000 | Strategies for University Writing for Non-Native Speakers | 3 |
One required course:
Communications
One course selected from the following options:
Literature
Two courses selected from the following options:
Religion or Philosophy
One course selected from the following options:
Fine Arts
One course selected from the following options:
History and Government
One course selected from the following options:
One course selected from the following options:
| HIS 10500 | America: Colony to Civil War | 3 |
| HIS 10600 | America: Civil War to World Power | 3 |
| HIS 15500 | U.S. Government: Politics and History | 3 |
| HIS 21500 | American History to 1865 Advanced Survey | 3 |
| HIS 21600 | American History Since 1865 Advanced Survey | 3 |
Foreign Language
Two courses selected from the following pairs of courses:
Pair 1:
Pair 2:
Pair 3:
Pair 4:
Social Science
Two courses selected from different disciplines from the following options:
Natural Sciences
Two courses selected from different discipline areas and at least one having a lab from the following options:
Biology area:
BIO 100000, BIO 11200, BIO 2510: have a lab componens
Earth science area:
Option 1:
Option 2:
Physical science area:
Mathematics
One course selected from the following options:
Courses beyond the required general education coursework
A degree in general studies also requires the completion of an additional 39 credit hours of elective coursework chosen from general education courses. Courses beyond the required general education coursework must come from the ten categories listed below:
One computer/computer applications course selected from the following options:
Two literature courses selected from the following options:
One political science or history course selected from the following options:
| PS 15500 | American Government: The Nation | 3 |
| PS 15600 | American Government: The States | 3 |
| HIS 10500 | America: Colony to Civil War | 3 |
| HIS 10600 | America: Civil War to World Power | 3 |
| HIS 15500 | U.S. Government: Politics and History | 3 |
| HIS 21500 | American History to 1865 Advanced Survey | 3 |
| HIS 21600 | American History Since 1865 Advanced Survey | 3 |
Two cross cultural courses selected from the following options:
One social science course selected from the following options:
Two fine and performing arts courses selected from the following options:
One philosophy course selected from the following options:
One religion course selected from the following options:
One written or oral communications course selected from the following options:
One economics course selected from the following options:
Note: No course can count as both a general education required course and as an elective course for the major in general studies.