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General Studies Courses

General Studies Program Requirements and Recommendations

Several BFA courses also fulfill General Studies requirements. Additionally, the BFA has specific recommendations for other General Studies requirements. The total number of General Studies units not covered by BFA classes is 52.

Skills and University Requirements
COMM 111
Public Communication
3
ENGL 110
Freshman Writing Seminar
3
Foreign Language^8
LDRS 100
Beginnings: Personal Development and the College Experience
1
PE 240
Health Education (F, S)
2
PE XXX
Fitness for Life^ or Varsity Sport^
1
Upper-division Writing Intensive Course:
ART 356
History of Modern Art^^
3
Select one of the following:
MATH 110
College Algebra
3
- or -
MATH 115
Analytical Inquiry
3
- or -
MATH 120
Contemporary Mathematics
3
Integrative Core Requirements
Aesthetics and the Creative Arts:
ART 354
Ancient Art History^^
3
Heritage and Institutions—Philosophy component:
PHIL 220
Introduction to Philosophy (recommended)
3
Heritage and Institutions—History/Political Science component:
PHIL 220
Introduction to Philosophy
3
- or -
HIST 152
United States History Since 1865
3
- or -
POLI 160
Introduction to Politics
3
Identity and Relationships:
PSYC 110
General Psychology (recommended)
3
- or -
SOC 120
Introduction to Sociology (recommended)
3
Language and Literature:
ENGL 112
Introduction to Literary Analysis (recommended)
3
Nature:
Nature^ (lab required)4
God’s Word and the Christian Response
MIN 108
Christian Life, Faith, and Ministry
3
UBBL 100
Introduction to Biblical Literature: Exodus/Deuteronomy
3
UBBL 230
Luke/Acts
3
Additional Bible Course^3
Doctrine Course^3
Senior Seminar:
ART 496
Senior Seminar: Art Ethics^^
3
Electives
Lower-division General Studies Elective Courses^^6 units
ART 205
Ceramics I
3
BFA students may choose from:
ART 210
Printmaking: Relief
3
- or -
ART 211
Printmaking: Serigraph
3
Upper-division General Studies Elective Courses^^6 units

^Select from the approved General Studies options.
^^These General Studies requirements are met within the BFA.

Note: This information is current for the 2012–13 academic year; however, all stated academic information is subject to change. Please refer to the current Academic Catalog for more information. For additional information, please contact the appropriate office.