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General Education and LEC Requirements
The 2008 Liberal Education Curriculum (LEC) is a listing of approved courses and electives specifically catered to College of Arts & Sciences students only.
One course must be completed in each Area:
- Minimum 37 credits from Proficiencies 1, 3 & 4, and Distribution Areas 1 - 8.
- Minimum 6 credits of 3000/4000 level coursework within the Distribution Areas.
- No more than 2 courses from any Department may be used to satisfy the Distribution Area requirements.
- All courses taken to satisfy any of the LEC requirements must be taken for a regular letter grade (no C/NC).
Click on each proficiency or distribution and a window will open that will show you which courses apply.
You can hit CTRL P on your computer to print the contents of the window.
Proficiencies
- Proficiency 1: College Level Writing (3-4 Credits)
- Proficiency 2: Baccalaureate
Level Writing (3-4 Credits)
Does not count toward the minimum 37 credit requirement. - Proficiency 3: College-Level Math or Quantitative Reasoning (3-4 Credits)
- Proficiency 4: Critical Thinking (3-4 Credits)
- Proficiency 6: Foreign
Language (8 Credits)
Does not count toward the minimum 37 credit requirement.
Distribution Areas
- AREA I: FINE ARTS (3-4 Credits)
- AREA II: HUMANITIES (3-4 Credits)
- AREA III: UNITED STATES: CULTURES & ISSUES (3-4 Credits)
- AREA IV: OTHER CULTURES & CIVILIZATIONS (3-4 Credits)
- AREA V: SOCIAL & BEHAVIORAL SCIENCES (3-4 Credits)
- AREA VI: NATURAL SCIENCES w/lab (4-5 Credits)
- AREA VII: NATURAL SCIENCES & TECHNOLOGY: APPLICATIONS & IMPLICATIONS (3-4 Credits)
- AREA VIII: HEALTH & WELL- BEING (2-3 Credits)