General Education Requirements
Competencies
 Competencies must be completed within the student’s first 30 credits.
    | ♦ Basic College Mathematics | 
  | ♦ Reading Comprehension | 
  
 ♣ General Education Categories (34-35 credits total)
 FYS, W-I, and OC courses must be completed within the student’s first 30 credits. Courses used to satisfy the general education requirements of the university must be taken from a minimum of six different academic disciplines. First Year Seminar and Level I Written Communications courses are exempt from this restriction.  Courses may not be used to fulfill both major discipline and general education requirements.  
    | ♦FYS | First Year Seminar (Required of all freshmen and transfers with fewer than 15 transfer credits) | 3 credits | 
  | ♦W-I | Written Communication Level I | 3 credits | 
  | ♦OC | Oral Communication | 3 credits | 
  | PGR | Personal Growth and Responsibility | 3 credits | 
  | CEA | Creative Expression and Appreciation | 3 credits | 
  | HP | The Human Past | 3 credits | 
  | CS | Contemporary Society | 3 credits | 
  | WC | World Cultures | 3 credits | 
  | #SR | Scientific Reasoning Laboratory Course | 4 credits | 
  | Any Scientific Reasoning Course | 3-4 credits | 
  | QR | Quantitative Reasoning | 3 credits | 
  
  ‡ Written Communication (Level II & Level III) and Diversity, Power Dynamics & Social Justice
 Courses taken for Written Communication Level II, Level III and Diversity, Power Dynamics and Social Justice may be used to satisfy requirements anywhere else in a student’s program of study where they may apply.  Credits will be counted in the area where they apply.
    | W-II | Written Communication - Level II | 
  | W-III | Written Communication - Level III | 
  | DPDS | Diversity, Power Dynamics & Social Justice | 
  
 ♥       Students may choose to use support courses to satisfy general education categories, but may not be required to do so.  Note:  If a course is used to satisfy two or more requirements (for example, a support course and Scientific Reasoning requirement), the credits are counted in only one place.  Using a course to satisfy more than one requirement does not reduce the credit total required for graduation.  
 ♣       Courses used to satisfy the general education requirements of the university must be taken from a minimum of six different academic disciplines.  First Year Seminar and Level I Written Communications courses are exempt from this restriction.  Courses may not be used to fulfill both major discipline and general education requirements.
 #       These Scientific Reasoning General Education Category courses do not have to be a sequence or be from the same discipline.
 ‡        Level II and Level III Written Communications courses and Diversity, Power Dynamics & Social Justice may be used to satisfy requirements anywhere else in a student’s program of study where they may apply. The credits are counted only in one area.
 ♦        General Education categories to be completed with the first 30 credits. Exceptions in the timing of these courses will be made for transfer students.