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GE Requirements for Bachelor of Arts, Bachelor of Fine Arts, and Bachelor of Social Work

English Required: ENG 15000/EPP 15000 and ENG 17000
Communications Select: one Communications course (GE-Comm)
Humanities Select: two English literature courses (GE-Lit) and one philosophy or religion course (GE-Phl-Rel)
Fine Arts Select: one fine arts course (GE-Fine Art)
American Government or American History Select: one American government or history course
Culture and Civilization Required: HIS 10000 or HIS 22100 and Select: two cross cultural courses (GE-CrsClt) or two foreign language courses* (GE-ForLang)
Social Sciences Select: two social sciences courses (GE-SocSci) from different disciplines
Mathematics Select: one mathematics course (GE-Math)
Natural Sciences Select: two natural science courses (GE-BioSci, GE-EarthSci, or GE-PhysSci) from two different science disciplines, one of which must include a lab.

*Non-native speakers of that language only

Some general education courses meet more than one type of general education requirement. For example, ART 22200 History of Western Art to 1300 is listed in the catalog as (GE-Fine Art/CrsClt), indicating that it meets either the fine art or the cross-cultural requirement. However, the course cannot be used to satisfy both requirements simultaneously.

In contrast, if a GE course and a course required for one’s major can be met by one course, that course may be used to satisfy both the GE requirement and the major requirement. For instance, ART 22200 (GE-Fine Art/CrsClt) is a requirement in the Arts Management major and can be used to satisfy both the requirement of the major and the GE fine arts requirement.

Note: Although two requirements are fulfilled in this instance, the total number of credits earned is still three, as only one course was taken.

<a name="english" >English Composition</a>

Six credit hours

Required:

ENG 15000Strategies for University Writing

3
Or
EPP 15000Strategies for University Writing for Non-Native Speakers

3
And
ENG 17000Research and Argumentation

3

Notes: (1) In order to advance to Research and Argumentation (ENG 17000), students must earn at least a C in Strategies for University Writing (ENG 15000 or EPP 15000). In order to advance beyond Research and Argumentation (ENG 17000), students must also earn a C or better in Research and Argumentation (ENG 17000). This requirement applies also to students who have transferred their English composition courses into Lindenwood University.

(2) Upon completion of ENG 17000, students are required to successfully complete the Writing Proficiency Assessment. If students do not pass the assessment, they are required to successfully complete the Writing Proficiency Lab (ENG 21000) prior to graduation. Transfer students are also required to meet this requirement. It is strongly recommended that students complete the writing assessment immediately following the semester in which they complete ENG 17000.

<a name="communications" >Communications</a>

Three credit hours

Select one course from:

COM 10200Public Debate

3
COM 10300Storytelling

3
COM 10500Group Dynamics and Effective Speaking

3
COM 11000Fundamentals of Oral Communication

3
SW 10000Intercultural Communication

3

<a name="humanities" >Humanities</a>

Six credit hours of literature and three credit hours of philosophy or religion

Select six credit hours of literature from:

ENG 20000Introduction to Literature

3
ENG 20100World Literature I

3
ENG 20200World Literature II

3
ENG 21600Comedy: Its Origin and Development

3
ENG 23500American Literature I

3
ENG 23600American Literature II

3
ENG 24500Folklore and Fables: The Telling of Tales

3
ENG 25000Myth and Civilization

3
ENG 25600Epic and Tragedy: The Hero and the City

3
ENG 27600African-American Literature

3
ENG 27800Latino Literature

3
ENG 28000-28099Selected Topics in Literature

3
ENG 28100-28199Selected Topics in Literature

3
ENG 30500British Literature I

3
ENG 30600British Literature II

3
ENG 30900The English Novel

3
ENG 31000Modern Fiction

3
ENG 33200Chaucer

3
ENG 33300Shakespeare

3
ENG 33500Modern Drama

3
ENG 33700Survey of American Literature

3
ENG 33800Medieval English Literature

3
ENG 33900Renaissance English Literature

3
ENG 34100Restoration and 18th-Century Literature

3
ENG 34200English Romantic Literature

3
ENG 34300Victorian Literature

3
ENG 34700-34799Topics in American Literature

3
ENG 35100Modern Poetry

3
ENG 38000-38099Advanced Topics in Literature

3
ENG 38100-38199Advanced Topics in Literature

3
TA 33500Modern Drama

3
TA 33600Survey of Dramatic Literature

3

Select three hours of philosophy or religion from:

PHL 10200Moral Life: A Study in Ethics

3
PHL 14000Philosophy of Love

3
PHL 15000Introduction to Philosophy

3
PHL 17000Philosophy of Human Nature: Mind, Soul and Body

3
PHL 18000-18099Selected Topics in Philosophy

3
PHL 18100-18199Selected Topics in Philosophy

3
PHL 21400Ethics

3
PHL 21500Traditional Logic

3
PHL 24000Bioethics

3
PHL 25000Contemporary Moral Theory

3
PHL 25200Dante and the Virtues

3
PHL 26000Philosophy of Art

3
PHL 26500Philosophy of Science

3
PHL 28000-28099Selected Topics in Philosophy

3
PHL 28100-28199Selected Topics in Philosophy

3
PHL 30000The Natural Law

3
PHL 30500Political Philosophy

3
PHL 31100Ancient Philosophy

3
PHL 31200Medieval Philosophy

3
PHL 31300Modern Philosophy

3
PHL 32500Philosophy of Religion

3
PHL 38000-38099Selected Topics in Philosophy

3
PHL 38100-38199Selected Topics in Philosophy

3
REL 15000World Religions

3
REL 20100History of Christianity

3
REL 20200Religion in America

3
REL 21000Old Testament

3
REL 21100New Testament

3
REL 22200Amusements and American Religion

3
REL 28000-28099Selected Topics in Religion

3
REL 28100-28199Selected Topics in Religion

3
REL 30000Religion, Science, and Faith

3
REL 30500The Psychology of Religion

3
REL 31000Islam and the West

3
REL 31800Asian Myth and Religion

3
REL 32000The Christian Faith

3
REL 32600Faith and Reason

3
REL 33000Religious Upheaval in 16th Century Europe

3
REL 38000-38099Selected Topics in Religion

3
REL 38100-38199Selected Topics in Religion

3
* REL 31800 and REL 32600 have been added or updated since the publication of the July 2014 catalog addendum.

<a name="fine arts" >Fine Arts</a>

Three credit hours

Select three credit hours of fine arts from:

ART 10000Fundamentals of Drawing and Design

3
ART 13600Three-Dimensional (3-D) Design

3
ART 18100Analog Photography I

3
ART 18101Digital Photography I

3
ART 24000Ceramics I

3
ARTH 22200History of Western Art to 1300

3
ARTH 22400History of Western Art from 1300

3
DAN 10100Introduction to Dance

3
DAN 17100Dance as an Art

3
DAN 37100Dance in the 21st Century

3
MUS 15000Music in America

3
MUS 15500Jazz History

3
MUS 16500Introduction to Music Literature

3
MUS 35500History of Western Music I

3
MUS 35600History of Western Music II

3
MUS 35700World Music

3
TA 10500Fundamentals of Acting

3
TA 11700Introduction to the Theatrical Arts

3
TA 31700History of Costume and Fashion

3
TA 33500Modern Drama

3
TA 33600Survey of Dramatic Literature

3
TA 33700Seminar in American Drama

3
TA 37000History of Theatre

3
TA 38600-38699Special Topics

3
TA 38700-38799Special Topics

3

<a name="american government or american history" >American Government or American History</a>

Three credit hours

Select three credit hours from:

HIS 10500America: Colony to Civil War

3
HIS 10600America: Civil War to World Power

3
HIS 15500U.S. Government: Politics and History

3
HIS 21500American History to 1865 Advanced Survey

3
HIS 21600American History Since 1865 Advanced Survey

3
PS 15500American Government: The Nation

3
PS 15600American Government: The States

3

<a name="culture and civilization" >Culture and Civilization</a>

Three credit hours of world history and six credit hours of cross cultural or foreign language coursework.

Notes: (1) If foreign language courses are selected, the student must choose two courses of the same foreign languages with a GE- ForLang designation in order to meet the requirement. However, foreign language GE- CrsClt courses can be combined with other GE- CrsClt courses in other departments to meet the cross cultural requirement.

(2) Native speakers of a foreign language may not satisfy the Culture and Civilization GE requirement by taking courses designated as GE-ForLang if taught in their first language. However, they may satisfy this requirement by taking courses designated as GE-CrsClt even if offered in their first language.

(3) In the list of courses below, the GE-ForLang courses are those appearing at the end of the list, including elementary, intermediate, conversation and composition, and advanced oral expression and grammar courses.

Required:

HIS 10000World History Since 1500

3
Or
HIS 22100Global History Since 1500

3

 

Select six credit hours of cross-cultural studies from:

ANT 10000Introduction to Anthropology

3
ANT 11200Cultural Anthropology

3
ANT 21000Native North American Indians

3
ANT 31700Social and Cultural Change

3
ANT 31800Race, Ethnicity, and Gender: A Global Perspective

3
ANT 32400The Anthropology of Religion

3
ANT 32700Environmental Anthropology

3
ANT 33700Anthropology of Migration

3
ART 38700-38799Special Topics

1-3
ARTH 22200History of Western Art to 1300

3
ARTH 22400History of Western Art from 1300

3
ARTH 35400Nineteenth-Century Art

3
ARTH 35600Baroque Art

3
ARTH 35700Ancient Art

3
ARTH 35800Medieval Art

3
ARTH 36100Twentieth-Century Art/Modern

3
ARTH 36300Early Modern Gender Studies

3
ARTH 36400Non-Western Art

3
ARTH 38300Renaissance Art

3
ARTH 38400Classical Myth

3
ARTH 35800Medieval Art

3
CHI 10300Chinese Culture

3
CJ 22500Comparative Criminal Justice Systems

3
COM 37000History of Film

3
COM 37600Asian Cinema

3
CSP 35000History of Traditional Chinese Civilization

3
CSP 35100History of Modern Chinese Civilization

3
DAN 17100Dance as an Art

3
DAN 37100Dance in the 21st Century

3
ECON 33035Current Economic & Social Issues

3
ENG 20100World Literature I

3
ENG 20200World Literature II

3
ENG 21600Comedy: Its Origin and Development

3
ENG 24500Folklore and Fables: The Telling of Tales

3
ENG 25000Myth and Civilization

3
ENG 27800Latino Literature

3
ENG 28100-28199Selected Topics in Literature

3
ENG 33500Modern Drama

3
ENG 38100-38199Advanced Topics in Literature

3
FRE 23000France: Museums, Monuments and Culture

3
FRE 33700History of French Civilization

3
FRE 35000Masterpieces of French Literature to 1800

3
FRE 35100Masterpieces of French Literature since 1800

3
FRE 36000Speaking of Art: The Pulitzer Project

3
FRE 38200-38299Special Topics

3
FRE 40000-40999Seminar on Selected Authors and Genres of French Literature

3
FRE 41000Seventeenth-Century French Theatre

3
FRE 41100Rise of the French Novel

3
FRE 41200French and Francophone Women Writers

3
FRE 41300Twentieth-Century French Theatre

3
FRE 41400French Autobiography

3
GER 23000From the Berlin Wall to the Bavarian Alps

3
GER 38200-38299Special Topics in German

3
GEO 20100World Regional Geography

3
GEO 20200Concepts of Geography

3
GEO 20300Human Geography

3
GEO 20700World Economic Geography

3
GEO 28100-28199Special Topics

3
GEO 30100World Historical Geography

3
HIS 20500History of Asia

3
HIS 22000History of Latin America

3
HIS 28200-28299Selected Topics

3
HIS 38200-38299Selected Topics

3
INTL 48070International Business and Cross-Cultural Communications

3
IR 35000International Relations Theory

3
MUS 35500History of Western Music I

3
MUS 35600History of Western Music II

3
MUS 35700World Music

3
PHL 18100-18199Selected Topics in Philosophy

3
PHL 28100-28199Selected Topics in Philosophy

3
PHL 31800Asian Philosophy

3
PS 30000Comparative Analysis

3
REL 15000World Religions

3
REL 23000Introduction to Asian Religions

3
REL 31000Islam and the West

3
REL 31800Asian Myth and Religion

3
SOC 31800Race, Ethnicity, and Gender: A Global Perspective

3
SPA 20300Intermediate Spanish Composition and Reading

3
SPA 23000Travel Experience in Spanish-Speaking Nations

3
SPA 23700Costa Rica Through History

3
SPA 31300Advanced Spanish Composition Workshop

3
SPA 31400Introduction to Spanish Linguistics

3
SPA 33500Peninsular Spanish Culture and Civilization

3
SPA 33600Latin American Culture and Civilization

3
SPA 33700Costa Rica: History and Society of 19th and 20th Centuries

3
SPA 35000Masterpieces of Peninsular Spanish Literature

3
SPA 35100Masterpieces of Spanish-American Literature

3
SPA 36400Latin American History in Film

3
SPA 40000Seminar on Selected Authors and Genres of Spanish and Spanish-American Literatures

3
SPA 41200Spanish Romanticism

3
SPA 41300Major Movements in the 19th-Century Spanish Novel

3
SPA 41500The 20th-Century Spanish Novel

3
SPA 41600The Role of Women in Hispanic Societies

3
SPA 41800The Spanish-American Short Story

3
SPA 42000The Novel of the Mexican Revolution

3
SPA 42100The Spanish-American Regional Novel

3
TA 33500Modern Drama

3
TA 33600Survey of Dramatic Literature

3
TA 37000History of Theatre

3
TA 38700-38799Special Topics

3
CHI 10100Elementary Mandarin I

3
CHI 10200Elementary Mandarin II

3
CHI 20100Intermediate Mandarin I

3
CHI 20200Intermediate Mandarin II

3
FRE 10100Elementary French I

3
FRE 10200Elementary French II

3
FRE 20100Intermediate French I

3
FRE 20200Intermediate French II

3
FRE 31100French Conversation and Composition I

3
FRE 31200French Conversation and Composition II

3
GER 10100Elementary German I

3
GER 10200Elementary German II

3
GER 20100Intermediate German I

3
GER 20200Intermediate German II

3
GER 31100German Conversation and Composition I

3
GER 31200German Conversation and Composition II

3
SPA 10100Elementary Spanish I

3
SPA 10200Elementary Spanish II

3
SPA 20100Intermediate Spanish I

3
SPA 20200Intermediate Spanish Il

3
SPA 31100Advanced Oral Expression and Grammar I

3
SPA 31200Advanced Oral Expression and Grammar II

3
* ENG 27800 has been added as of the publication of the July 2014 catalog addendum.

<a name="social sciences" >Social Sciences</a>

Six credit hours (from two different disciplines)

Select six credit hours from:

ANT 10000Introduction to Anthropology

3
ANT 11200Cultural Anthropology

3
ANT 32700Environmental Anthropology

3
ANT 33700Anthropology of Migration

3
CJ 20000Criminology

3
ECON 23010Survey of Economics

3
ECON 23020Principles of Microeconomics

3
ECON 23030Principles of Macroeconomics

3
GEO 28200-28299Special Topics

3
PSY 10000Principles of Psychology

3
PSY 10100Interactive Psychology

3
REC 20600Leisure in Contemporary Society

3
SOC 10200Basic Concepts of Sociology

3
SOC 21400The Family

3
SOC 22000Social Problems

3
SOC 24000The Sociology of Gender Roles

3
SW 24000Human Diversity and Social Justice

3
*GEO 28200-28299 has been added as of the publication of the July 2014 catalog addendum.

<a name="mathematics" >Mathematics</a>

Three to five credit hours

Note: Specific math courses are required for certain programs.

Select one mathematics course in college-level mathematics from:

MTH 12100Introduction to Contemporary Mathematics

3
MTH 14100Basic Statistics

3
MTH 14200Quantitative Methods for Business

3
MTH 14800Mathematical Structures for Teachers I

4
MTH 14900Mathematical Structures for Teachers II

3
MTH 15100College Algebra

3
MTH 15200Pre-calculus: Elementary Functions

3
MTH 17300Survey of Calculus

4
MTH 24100Statistics for Natural Science

3
MTH 27100Calculus I

5
MTH 27200Calculus II

5
PHL 21600Modern Symbolic Logic

3
PSY 30600Behavioral Science Statistics

3

<a name="natural sciences" >Natural Sciences</a>

Seven to eight credit hours

Note: Specific science courses are required for certain programs.

Select two natural science courses (at least one of which must include a lab) representing two of the following areas: biological science, earth science, and physical science.

Biological Science

Select courses from:

ANT 13100Biological Anthropology with Lab

4
BSC 10000Concepts in Biology

4
BSC 10700Human Biology

3
BSC 11000Principles in Biology

3
BSC 11200Environmental Biology

4
BSC 11400Principles of Environmental Biology

3
BSC 11500Environmental Biology Laboratory

1
BSC 12100Nutrition

3
BSC 22700Human Anatomy and Physiology I

4
BSC 24000Introduction to Biological Diversity

4
BSC 24400Introduction to Cellular and Molecular Biology

4
HFS 20700Human Anatomy and Physiology

4
SCI 21400Ethical Problems in Science

3

Earth Science

Select courses from:

ESC 10000Physical Geology with Lab

4
ESC 10500Survey of Geology

3
ESC 11000Introductory Meteorology

3
ESC 11100Meteorology Lab

1
ESC 12000Oceanography

3
ESC 13000Introductory Astronomy

3
ESC 13100Astronomy Lab

1
ESC 13200Introductory Astronomy with Lab

4

Physical Science

Select courses from:

CHM 10000Concepts in Chemistry

4
CHM 10100The World of Chemistry

3
CHM 10500Chemistry in Society

3
CHM 11100Environmental Science

3
CHM 23000General Chemistry 1

3
CHM 23100General Chemistry 2

3
CHM 23200General Chemistry 3

3
CHM 24100General Chemistry 2 Laboratory

1
CHM 24200General Chemistry 3 Laboratory

1
PHY 11100Concepts of Physics

3
PHY 11200Concepts of Physics Laboratory

1
PHY 25100Introductory Physics I

4
PHY 25200Introductory Physics II

4
PHY 30100General Physics I

4
PHY 30200General Physics II

4