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Bachelor of Arts General Education Core

Degree: Bachelor of Arts – 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-1310 The World to 1350++
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 of the NSCI courses
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
SBS-1970 Diversity in American Society
SOC-2010 Intro to Sociology or any IAI: S7 900 course

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-1310 History of Christian in America
THY-2200 Faith of the Christian Church
THY-3320 Survey of Church History

III. Program Support Courses (8-11 hours)

PES-1100 Fitness and Wellness for Life
Foreign Language

Choose 6 hours in any modern or classical language or any IAI: H1 900 course
Waived for students with two or more years of high school credit in ONE language.

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 (39-51 hours)

Majors for Bachelor of Arts 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 Business. Up to two thirds of the courses used toward a minor can be double counted from a major.

V. Minors (18-23 hours) optional
VI. Electives (as needed to meet the 128 hours degree requirement)
++ May be counted toward World Studies Requirement.
Majors for Bachelor of Arts degree in the College of Business
Accounting Major (51 hours)