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University Core

Regardless of your major, 41 hours of University core are required for all Bachelors degrees. These courses are:

Course

Description

Hours

Bible

BIBL 101,102,211,212

New Testament and Old Testament

12

300-499

Advanced course: BGRK, BHEB, BIBD, BIBH, BIBL, BIBM, BMIS

3

English

ENGL 111

Composition and Rhetoric

3

Literature

Includes literature in a Foreign Language

3

Speech

COMS 111

Fundamentals of Communication

3

History

HIST 100-299

Selection

3

Science

CHEM 133 &
BIOL 112 or
PHYS 120

General Chemistry I Lec. (BA/BS Chem/Biochem)
General Biology I Lec. (BA/BS Biochemistry) or
Engineering Physics I Lec. (BS Chemistry)

3
3

Mathematics

MATH 124+

Precalculus II or beyond

3

Exercise Science

EXSC 100
3 activity

Concepts of Health Fitness and three other activity classes

4

University Seminar

UNIV 100

University Seminar

1

Total University Core Hours

41

Foreign language (6 hrs) may also be required in lieu of 2 HS units (one language)

The Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry in the College of Arts and Science offers six tracks in four undergraduate degree programs and a minor: