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2016 - 2017 Undergraduate Bulletin [ARCHIVED CATALOG]

General Education Requirements

First Year Seminar

*Open to students who transfer at least 30 hours AND are classified as transfer students by Admissions. The 30 hours must be completed prior to enrollment at ASU. Students using this option will have 41 hours of General Education.

Writing Across the Curriculum (6 Hours Required)

First Year Writing

Sophomore Writing

Major Requirements

Hours count in major requirements

  • Junior Writing in the Discipline (“WID” on major program of study)
  • Senior Capstone Experience (“CAP” on major program of study)

Quantitative Literacy (4 Hours Required)

1 Hour Courses

For students who transfer 3 hours of QL coursework:

If you have transferred 3 hours of QL coursework, please check with your advisor to see if your intended major requires a course which can count for the final QL hour.

3 Hour Courses

These courses count toward, but do not fully complete, this requirement.:

4 Hour Courses

These courses fully complete this requirement.:

Wellness Literacy (2 Hours)

Choose from the following:

1 Hour Courses

2 Hour Courses

3 Hour Courses

Additional hour may count as elective:

Science Inquiry

Requires 8 semester hours from one theme. Courses in themes marked with an * must be taken sequentially. Check the course descriptions for any pre- and/or co-requisites.

A 1 hour lab option may be available for students who have transferred in a 3 hour science lecture course. Please contact the Office of General Education at (828) 262-2028 or gened@appstate.edu for more information.

Biology in Society

The Blue Planet

Chemistry Connections to Our Changing World*

Global Environmental Change

How Things Work*

Life, Earth and Evolution

The Physics of Our Technological World*

Physics of Self Expression

Physics with Calculus*

Restless Planet: Earth, Environment and Evolution

Voyages Through the Cosmos*

Designations

3 hours of each required); may be taken in Integrative Learning Experience or Liberal Studies Experience:

Integrative Learning Experience

Complete 9 semester hours from a single theme (underlined). Students must take courses from at least two discipline prefixes in the chosen theme with the exceptions of “Appalachian Mountains: Community, Culture, and Land” and “Experiencing Inquiry: How to Ask Questions.”

American Culture: Past and Present

Appalachian Mountains: Community, Culture, and Land

Critical Consciousness: Learning for Equity and Justice

Both C I and FDN prefixes are required.

Cultivating Creative Expression

Experiencing Inquiry: How to Ask Questions

Expressions of Culture

From Empire to Globalization

How We Know What We Know About the Past: Method, Evidence, Knowledge

How We Tell Stories

Imagination, Innovation, and Meaning

Intersections: Race, Class, and Gender

Las Américas

Revolutions: Social and Political

Social Relations Across Contexts

Sustainability and Global Resources

War and Peace

Liberal Studies Experience

Complete 12 semester hours from at least three discipline prefixes.