Catalog year 2007 - 2008

University General Education Requirements

• Written communication (6 credits): Fulfilled by ENGL 100 or 101 and ENGL 302
• Oral communication (3 credits): Fulfilled by COMM 100 or 101
• Quantitative reasoning (3 credits)
• Information technology (3 credits)
• Literature (3 credits)
• Fine arts (3 credits)
• Natural science (7 credits) : CHSS and COS require 8 credits fulfilled by 2 approved courses with a laboratory experience
• Western civilization (3 credits): Fulfilled by HIST 100 or 125 (other options for transfer student)
• Social and behavioral science (3 credits)
• Global understanding (3 credits)
• Synthesis (3 credits)

Students must fulfill each of these university general education requirements with a separate course. No course may be used to fulfill more than one university requirement.

Under some circumstances, students may use a single course to fulfill a university general education requirement and a college-level requirement or a requirement for the major. See your academic advisor for more information.

Transfer students who have completed an AA or AS from the Virginia Community College System (VCCS) have fulfilled all lower level university general education requirements. They will need to complete English 302 and a synthesis course. Transfer students pursuing a BA degree in COS also need to meet the foreign language requirement.

College of Science Requirements for the Bachelor of Arts Degree

In addition to the University general education requirements, students pursuing a BA degree in the College of Science are required to complete the following:

• Philosophy or religious studies (3 credits): Fulfilled by any course in PHIL or RELI
• Social science: 3 credits in addition to the university general education requirement in social and behavioral sciences for a total of 6 credits): Fulfilled by any course in ADJ, ANTH, ECON, GEOG (except 102 or 309), GOVT, LING, PSYC, or SOCI. (The two courses used to fulfill the combined university and college requirements must be from different disciplines in the social sciences).
• Non-western culture (3 credits in addition to the university general education requirement in global understanding)
• Proficiency in a foreign language through the intermediate level

Under some circumstances, students may use a single course to fulfill a more than one college-level requirement. It is also possible under some circumstances to use a single course to fulfill a university general education requirement and a college-level requirement or a requirement for the major. See an academic advisor for more information.

Transfer students who have completed an AA or AS from the Virginia Community College System (VCCS) have fulfilled all lower level university general education requirements. They will need to complete English 302 and a synthesis course. Transfer students pursuing a BA degree in CHSS or COS also need to meet the foreign language requirement.