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General Education and LEC Requirements

The 1999 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, Distribution Areas and LEC Core A.
• Minimum 6 credits of 300/400 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).
• Any self instructional work must be approved through/by the advising office.

Click on each proficiency, distribution or LEC core 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 (0-4 Credits)
• Proficiency 4: Critical Thinking (3-4 Credits)
• Proficiency 5: Computer Literacy (3 Credits)
  Does not count toward the minimum 37 credit requirement.
• Proficiency 6: Foreign Language (0-8 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)

LEC Core

1. Additional Course Area III, U.S. Cultures & Issues (3-4 Credit hours).
2. Additional Course from AREA VI, Natural Sciences or Science Depart. (3-4 Credits) Need not include a lab, see curriculum advisor.
3. Additional Course from AREA II, Humanities or a Humanities Dept. (3-4 Credits), see curriculum advisor.
4. Additional Course for AREA V, Social & Behavioral Sciences (cannot be an introductory or principles course) or a Social Science Dept. (3-4 Credits), see curriculum advisor.