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CURRENT 2025-2026 Undergraduate Catalog
Liberal Studies Program Requirements
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The Liberal Studies component includes a total of forty-two semester hours, distributed as listed below.
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C2. Mathematics (3 hours)
C3. Oral Communication (3 hours)
C5. Physical and Biological Sciences (6 hours)
Courses must be taken in two different disciplines Other 100-200 level science courses from AST, BIOL, CHEM, ENVH, GEOL, NRM, and PHYS (with the exceptions of ENVH 200, ENVH 210, NRM 213, NRM 240, and courses numbered from 190-199) meet this requirement. The First-Year Seminar (3 hours)
- Students transferring in 0-15 credit hours are required to take this course in their first year.
- Students with 15.1 - 29.9 transfer credit hours are eligible to take a First-Year Seminar, but it is not required.
- Students with 30 or more transfer credit hours are not eligible to take First-Year Seminar.
- When a student is not required to take a FYS course, it is considered waived. The student does not have to make up the hours in the Liberal Studies program, but htey will still need to graduate with the same number of hours required by the program of the major (total hours for the degree are not reduced)
- A FYS course cannot be repeated, and it is therefore not possible to replace a grade received in a FYS course.
- Grading for all FYS courses is A, B, C, I (“Incomplete”), or U (“Unsatisfactory”).
- Students receiving a “U” grade must make up the unearned credits from the FYS course by taking another course in the Liberal Studies Program.
- Transition courses such as LEAD, COUN, USI 101 & 130 are not considered First-Year Seminar courses.
The Perspectives (18 hours)
NOTE: Courses used to meet Liberal Studies requirements (with the exception of Upper Level Perspective) may be used simultaneously to meet other requirements, including requirements in the major. UPPER LEVEL PERSPECTIVE (ULP) (300-400 level) One of the perspectives categories must be met with an upper-level perspective course that is outside of the discipline of the major. ULPs are bolded. Students should not enroll in courses numbered above their class rank without permission of the department offering the course. P1. Social Sciences (6 hours)
Courses must be taken in two different disciplines. P2. Category Has Changed to Core 5 (Physical & Biological Sciences)
P5. Fine and Performing Arts (3 hours)
P6. World Cultures (3 hours)
Satisfied if student passes Modern Foreign Language (MFL) (101, 102, 140, 110, 231, 232, 240, or 301) Only three credit hours earned in MFL apply to P6 category. UPPER-LEVEL PERSPECTIVES 300-400 COURSES
*One upper-level course is required in any perspective category outside the discipline (prefix) of the student’s major. Students should not enroll in courses numbered above their class rank without permission of the department offering the course. NOTE:
Courses used to meet Liberal Studies requirements may be used simultaneously to meet other requirements, including requirements in the major. Be reminded the Upper Level Perspective (ULP) requirement must be met by an approved ULP Liberal Studies course and be outside the discipline of the student’s major.
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