General Requirements for the Bachelor of Arts Degree
General Requirements for the Bachelor of Arts Degree
The university’s Liberal Education Requirements and diversity course requirements are included in the College of Arts and Sciences’ General Requirements. Students should consult the college office if they have questions concerning the applicability of specific coursework to the general requirements. None of the courses listed as part of the college’s general requirements may be taken pass/fail.
For the purposes of the general requirements, students’ major departments are defined as the departments that house the major, field of concentration or interdisciplinary program. For students in double major and dual degree programs, the restrictions on the applicability of major coursework toward the general requirements are applied to only one of their majors (generally the primary major).
Courses that have a domestic diversity focus are marked with a "D." Courses that have a global diversity focus are marked with a "G". A listing is available of all courses that fulfill both the LER and diversity requirement. Laboratory courses are marked with a "LAB."
General College or University Requirement (1 credit hour)
Composition (6 credit hours)
Mathematics and Critical Reasoning (3 credit hours)
Humanities and Fine Arts (9 credit hours)
Social Sciences (9 credit hours)
Basic Sciences (9 credit hours)
Additional Courses (6 credit hours)
Diversity Course Requirement
Writing-Intensive Course Requirement
Foreign Languages (14 credit hours)
| GENERAL COLLEGE OR UNIVERSITY REQUIREMENT (1 credit hour) | |||
| Undergraduate Studies (US) | |||
| 10097 | Destination Kent State: First Year Experience (1) | ||
| COMPOSITION (6 credit hours) | |||
| Placement by ACT/SAT English composition scores; students may be required to take ENG 11001 Introduction to College Writing–Stretch | |||
| English (ENG) | |||
| 11011x | College Writing I (3) | ||
| or 11002 College Writing I–Stretch (3) | |||
| 21011 | College Writing II (3) | ||
| Honors (HONR) | |||
| 10197 | Freshman Honors Colloquium I (4) | ||
| 10297 | Freshman Honors Colloquium II (4) | ||
| MATHEMATICS AND CRITICAL REASONING (3 credit hours) | |||
| MATH 14001 and 14002 may be used to meet the requirement provided both courses were completed while students were enrolled in another college. | |||
| Computer Science (CS) | |||
| 10051 | Introduction to Computer Science (4) | ||
| Mathematics (MATH | |||
| 11008 | Explorations in Modern Mathematics (3) | ||
| 11009 | Modeling Algebra (4) | ||
| 11010 | Algebra for Calculus (3) | ||
| 11012 | Intuitive Calculus (3) | ||
| 12002 | Analytic Geometry and Calculus I (5) | ||
| 12011 | Calculus with Precalculus I (3) | ||
| 12012 | Calculus with Precalculus II (3) | ||
| Philosophy (PHIL) | |||
| 21002 | Introduction to Formal Logic (3) | ||
| HUMANITIES AND FINE ARTS (9 credit hours) | |||
| At least one course must be selected from the Humanities in Arts and Sciences/ Communication Information area, and a least one course must be selected from the Fine Arts area. No coursework from the major department may be counted toward the humanities and fine arts category. Any course marked with a "D" or "G" that is taken to satisfy the humanities and fine arts will also satisfy the diversity requirement, provided that course is not in the major department. | |||
| Humanities in Arts and Sciences | |||
| Classics (CLAS) | |||
| G | 21404 | The Greek Achievement (3) | |
| G | 21405 | The Roman Achievement (3) | |
| English (ENG) | |||
| 21054 | Introduction to Shakespeare (3) | ||
| 22071 | Great Books I (3) | ||
| 22072 | Great Books II (3) | ||
| 22073 | Major Modern Writers: British and United States (3) | ||
| History (HIST) | |||
| G | 11050 | History of Civilization I (3) | |
| G | 11051 | History of Civilization II (3) | |
| D | 12070 | History of the United States: The Formative Period (3) | |
| D | 12071 | History of the United States: The Modern Period (3) | |
| Honors (HONR) | |||
| G | 13197 | Colloquium: History of Civilization I (3) | |
| G | 13297 | Colloquium: History of Civilization II (3) | |
| D | 13397 | Colloquium: U.S. History I (3) | |
| D | 13497 | Colloquium: U.S. History II (3) | |
| Pan-African Studies (PAS) | |||
| G | 23001 | Black Experience I: Beginnings to 1865 (3) | |
| D | 23002 | Black Experience II: 1865 to Present (3) | |
| Philosophy (PHIL) | |||
| G | 11001 | Introduction to Philosophy (3) | |
| G | 21001 | Introduction to Ethics (3) | |
| G | 21020 | Comparative Religious Thought I (3) | |
| G | 21021 | Comparative Religious Thought II (3) | |
| Humanities in Communication and Information | |||
| Communication Studies (COMM) | |||
| D | 26000 | Criticism of Public Discourse (3) | |
| Fine Arts | |||
| Architecture (ARCH) | |||
| 10001 | Understanding Architecture (3) | ||
| 10011 | Survey of Architectural History I (3) | ||
| 10012 | Survey of Architectural History II (3) | ||
| Art History (ARTH) | |||
| 12001 | Art Survey (3) | ||
| 22006 | Art History I: Ancient and Medieval Art (3) | ||
| 22007 | Art History II: Renaissance to Modern Art (3) | ||
| G | 22020 | Art of Africa, Oceania and the Americas (3) | |
| Dance (DAN) | |||
| G | 27076 | Dance as an Art Form (3) | |
| Music (MUS) | |||
| 22111 | The Understanding of Music | ||
| G | 22121 | Music as a World Phenomenon (3) | |
| Theatre (THEA) | |||
| G | 11000 | The Art of the Theatre (3) | |
| SOCIAL SCIENCES (9 credit hours) | |||
| Courses must be selected from at least two curricular areas. No coursework from the major department may be counted toward the social sciences category. Any course marked with a "D" or "G" that is taken to satisfy the social sciences will also satisfy the diversity requirement, provided that course is not in the major department. | |||
| Anthropology (ANTH) | |||
| G | 18210 | Introduction to Cultural Anthropology (3) | |
| G | 18420 | Introduction to Archaeology (3) | |
| Center for Applied Conflict Management (CACM) | |||
| D | 11001 | Introduction to Conflict Management (3) | |
| Economics (ECON) | |||
| 22060 | Principles of Microeconomics (3) | ||
| 22061 | Principles of Macroeconomics (3) | ||
| Geography (GEOG) | |||
| 10160 | Introduction to Geography (3) | ||
| G | 17063 | World Geography (3) | |
| D | 17064 | Geography of the United States and Canada (3) | |
| G | 22061 | Human Geography (3) | |
| Gerontology (GERO) | |||
| D | 14029 | Introduction to Gerontology (3) | |
| Honors (HONR) | |||
| D | 15297 | Colloquium: American Politics (3) | |
| G | 15397 | Colloquium: World Politics (3) | |
| G | 15497 | Colloquium: Comparative Politics (3) | |
| 21197 | Colloquium: Principles of Microeconomics (3) | ||
| 21297 | Colloquium: Principles of Macroeconomics (3) | ||
| Journalism and Mass Communication (JMC) | |||
| D | 20001 | Media, Power and Culture (3) | |
| Justice Studies (JUS) | |||
| 26704 | Issues in Law and Society (3) | ||
| Political Science (POL) | |||
| G | 10004 | Comparative Politics (3) | |
| D | 10100 | American Politics (3) | |
| D | 10301 | Diversity in American Public Policy (3) | |
| G | 10500 | World Politics (3) | |
| Psychology (PSYC) | |||
| 11762 | General Psychology (3) | ||
| 20651 | Child Psychology (3) | ||
| 21211 | Psychology of Adjustment (3) | ||
| D | 22221 | Multicultural Psychology (3) | |
| Sociology (SOC) | |||
| D | 12050 | Introduction to Sociology (3) | |
| G | 22778 | Social Problems (3) | |
| BASIC SCIENCES (9 credit hours) | |||
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Minimum 9 credit hours must be selected from the courses listed below, or from | |||
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| Anthropology (ANTH) | |||
| 18630 | Human Evolution (3) | ||
| LAB | 18631 | Issues in Human Evolution (1) (Pre/corequisite 18630) | |
| Biological Sciences (BSCI) | |||
| 10001 | Human Biology (3) | ||
| 10002 | Life on Planet Earth (3) | ||
| LAB | 10003 | Laboratory Experience in Biology (1) | |
| LAB | 20020 | Biological Structure and Function (5) | |
| Chemistry (CHEM) | |||
| 10030 | Chemistry in Our World (3) | ||
| LAB | 10031 | Chemistry in Our World Laboratory (1) (Pre/corequisite 10030) | |
| 10050 | Fundamentals of Chemistry (3) | ||
| 10052 | Introduction to Organic Chemistry (2) | ||
| LAB | 10053 | Inorganic and Organic Laboratory (1) (Corequisite 10052) | |
| 10054 | General and Elementary Organic Chemistry (5) | ||
| Geography (GEOG) | |||
| 21062 | Physical Geography (3) | ||
| LAB | 21063 | Physical Geography Laboratory (1) | |
| Geology (GEOL) | |||
| 11040 | Earth Dynamics (3) | ||
| LAB | 11041 | Earth Dynamics Laboratory (1) (Pre/corequisite 11040) | |
| 11042 | Earth History (3) | ||
| LAB | 11043 | Earth History Laboratory (1) (Pre/corequisite 11042) | |
| 21062 | Environmental Geology (3) | ||
| 21080 | Oceanography (3) | ||
| Nutrition and Dietetics (NUTR) | |||
| 23511 | Science of Human Nutrition (3) | ||
| Physics (PHY) | |||
| 11030 | Seven Ideas that Shook the Universe (3) | ||
| 11660 | Physical Science (3) | ||
| 13001 | General College Physics I (4) | ||
| 13002 | General College Physics II (4) | ||
| 13011 | College Physics I (2) | ||
| 13012 | College Physics II (2) | ||
| LAB | 13021 | General College Physics Laboratory I (1) | |
| LAB | 13022 | General College Physics Laboratory II (1) | |
| 21040 | Physics in Entertainment and the Arts (3) | ||
| LAB | 21041 | Physics in Entertainment and the Arts Laboratory (1) (Pre/corequisite 21040) | |
| 21430 | Frontiers in Astronomy (3) | ||
| or 24001 Astronomy (3) | |||
| ADDITIONAL COURSES (6 credit hours) | |||
| Select additional courses from above (no more than one course per area). One or both of the following courses may also be selected: | |||
| Classics (CLAS) | |||
| 21201 | English Words from Classical Elements (3) Course does not fulfill LER | ||
| Communication Studies (COMM) | |||
| 15000 | Introduction to Human Communication (3) | ||
| Philosophy (PHIL) | |||
| 11009 | Principles of Thinking (3) | ||
| Foreign Languages | |||
| Any Intermediate II (2xxx2) Foreign Language course not included in Foreign Language requirement below. | |||
| DIVERSITY | |||
| All students must complete a two-course diversity requirement, consisting of one with a domestic focus and one with a global focus. At least one course must be taken from courses that are marked above as global (G) or domestic/U.S. (D). This course may count both for the diversity requirement and for the LER category in which it is listed, provided that the course is not in a student’s major department. The second course may be from the major department; however, it might not apply toward the Humanities, Fine Arts or Social Sciences category. Visit the Diversity page for a complete course listing. | |||
| WRITING INTENSIVE | |||
| Students must complete a one-course writing-intensive requirement and earn minimum C (2.00) grade. Visit the Writing-Intensive page for a complete course listing. | |||
| FOREIGN LANGUAGES (14 credit hours) | |||
| Courses in one foreign language or American Sign Language or equivalent in proficiency is required. This requirement may be fulfilled by one of the following four conditions: (1) passing the first four semesters of any foreign language or American Sign Language (or 14 hours). Students who receive advanced placement meet the requirement by passing the fourth semester of a language; (2) placement in courses beyond intermediate II level on the placement examination administered by Academic Testing Services. Consult with the Department of Modern and Classical Language Studies for further information; (3) passing a course beyond intermediate II level; or (4) receiving credit for intermediate II or beyond from CBE, CLEP or transfer. Note: The requirement may be met with fewer than 14 credit hours if students receive advanced placement. In this case, students are required to complete the remaining hours with “free” electives. | |||
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TOTAL CREDITS: 57 | |||