Undergraduate Catalog

College of Arts & Sciences
Bachelor of Science General Education Core

Degree: Bachelor of Science – 128 hours minimum

I. General Studies (37-38 hours)

Communication (9 hours)

ENG-1100 English Composition or any IAI: C1 900 course
(Students with an English ACT score of less than 20 must first take ENG-1000 Basic Writing as an elective credit only, but not as an English elective credit.)

CTH-1100 Speech Communication or any IAI: C2 900 course

One of the following:

• CTH-2000 Writing About the Media
• ENG-2000 Writing About Literature
• SOC-2000 Writing from a Sociological Perspective
• THY-2100 Writing About Theology
• Any IAI: C1 901 course

Humanities (9 hours)

• Select one three-hour Humanities course from Literature, History or Philosophy.
• ENG-2200 Non-Western Literature++
• ENG-2210 Society & Literature
• HIS-1110 Early Modern Europe
• HIS-1120 Modern Europe
• HIS-1320 World History Since 1350++
• HIS-2200 History of the American People or any IAI: H2 904 course
• PHI-2010 Primer in Philosophy or any IAI: H5 900
• PHI-2110 Philosophy of Religion or any IAI: H4 905 course
• Select one three-hour Fine Arts course from Art, Music or Theatre.
• ART-1100 Intro to Visual Arts or any IAI: F2 900 course
• ART-1210 Two-Dimensional Studio
• ART-1310 Three-Dimensional Studio
• CTH-2600 Introduction to Theatre or any IAI: F1 907 course
• CTH-4420 Contemporary Theatre
• CTH-4511 Oral Interpretation of Literature
• MUS-1503 Exploration of Music or any IAI: F1 900 course
• MUS-2203 Survey of Western Music
• MUS-2243 Music of World Cultures++ or any IAI: F1 903N course

Select the three-hour Interdisciplinary Humanities course

• HUM-1970 Arts and Ideas

One course from an area not selected above.

Logical & Mathematical Reasoning (3 hours)

• PHI-2210 Introduction to Logic or any IAI: H4 906 course
• MAT-1550 Finite Mathematics or any IAI: M1 900 course
• Any MAT above 1550

Natural Sciences (7-8 hours) (One laboratory course required)

• Life Science
• Biology
• Any IAI approved course in the Biological Sciences
• Physical Sciences
• Chemistry
• Physics
• Earth Science
• Any IAI approved course in the Physical Sciences

The three-hour Interdisciplinary Natural Science course (NSCI-1970 Energy and Our Environment) can be used as a Life Science or a Physical Science course.

Social & Behavioral Sciences (9 hours)

Select 6 hours from two different subject areas:

• ATH-2020 Cultural Anthropology++ or any IAI: S1 901N course
• ECO-1100 Intro to Economics
• ECO-2100 Microeconomics or any IAI: S3 902 course
• ECO-2200 Macroeconomics or any IAI: S3 900 course
• GEO-1100 Geography of North America
• GEO-1200 World Geography++ or any IAI: S4 901 course
• GEO-1300 The Developing World++ or any IAI: S4 902N course
• POS-1100 American Government or any IAI: S5 900 course
• PSY-2000 General Psychology
• SOC-2010 Intro to Sociology or any IAI: S7 900 course

Select the three-hour Interdisciplinary Social and Behavior Science course.

• SBS-1970 Diversity in American Society++
  or
• One course from an area not selected above

II. Mission Specific Courses (9-12 hours)

• IDS-1970 Freedom & Responsibility (Freshman experience course; Transfer students are exempt.)
• IDS-4970 Values & Virtues (Senior Capstone course)

Theology (6-12 hours)

Select one Biblical Studies.

• THY-1100 The Bible
• THY-2000 Old Testament
• THY-3100 New Testament

Select one Theological Studies course.

• THY-1200 Summary of Christian Beliefs
• THY-2200 Faith of the Christian Church
• THY-2310 History of Christian in America
• THY-3320 Survey of Church History

Church Profession students additional requirements:

• THY-2000 Old Testament
• THY-3100 New Testament

III. Program Support Courses (8-11 hours)

• PES-1000 Fitness and Wellness for Life

Quantitative/Deductive Reasoning Courses (6-9 hours)

• PHI-2210 Introduction to Logic (if not taken as part of General Studies work)

Choose 6 hours from courses recommended by individual departments offering a BS Major.

All students must take a course with an international or non-Western emphasis.

Concordia courses that fill this requirement:

• ART-4140 Non-Western Art
• ATH-2020 Cultural Anthropology
• ENG-2200 Non-Western Literature
• GEO-1200 World Geography: Cultural
• GEO-1300 The Developing World
• HIS-1320 World History Since 1350
• MUS-2243 Music of World Cultures

IV. Majors (30-52 hours)

Bachelor of Science Majors can be found at the end of this section.

Note: No more than half of the courses (equaling no more than one half of the credits) for a major can be used toward another major within the College of Arts & Sciences. Up to two thirds of the courses used toward a minor can be double counted from a major.

No course in the major at Concordia may be taken on the Pass/DF grade option.

V. Minors (18-23 hours) optional

Liberal Arts minors can be found at the end of this section.

VI. Electives (as needed to meet the 128 hours degree requirement

*May be counted toward Humanities or Social Science credit.
++ May be counted toward World Studies Requirement.