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:
*Course options have been updated as of the publication of the July 2014 catalog addendum.
Philosophy or Religion
One course selected from the following options:
*Course options have been updated as of the publication of the July 2014 catalog addendum.
Fine Arts
One course selected from the following options:
*Course options have been revised as of the publication of the July 2014 catalog addendum.
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 |
| PS 15500 | American Government: The Nation | 3 |
| PS 15600 | American Government: The States | 3 |
*Course options have been revised as of the publication of the July 2014 catalog addendum.
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:
*Course options have been revised as of the publication of the July 2014 catalog addendum.
Natural Sciences
Two courses selected from different discipline areas and at least one having a lab from the following options:
Biological Science
BSC 100000, BSC 11200, BSC 24400 have a lab component.
*Course options have been revised as of the publication of the July 2014 catalog addendum.
Earth Science
*Course options have been revised as of the publication of the July 2014 catalog addendum.
Physical Science
CHM 10000, PHY 25100, and PHY 30100 have lab components.
*Course options have been revised as of the publication of the July 2014 catalog addendum.
Mathematics
One course selected from the following options:
*Course options have been revised as of the publication of the July 2014 catalog addendum.
Additional required 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:
*Course options have been revised as of the publication of the July 2014 catalog addendum.
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:
*Course options have been revised as of the publication of the July 2014 catalog addendum.
One social science course selected from the following options:
*Course options have been revised as of the publication of the July 2014 catalog addendum.
Two fine and performing arts courses selected from the following options:
*Course options have been revised as of the publication of the July 2014 catalog addendum.
One philosophy course selected from the following options:
*Course options have been revised as of the publication of the July 2014 catalog addendum.
One religion course selected from the following options:
*Course options have been revised as of the publication of the July 2014 catalog addendum.
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.
*Course options have been revised as of the publication of the July 2014 catalog addendum.