Elective Guidelines

Elective requirements can be fulfilled with a variety of courses. The descriptions below describe which courses fulfill each elective requirement.

Liberal Arts Electives

Courses from the Humanities, Social Science, and Natural Science and Mathematics categories fulfill Liberal Arts requirements and General Elective requirements.

Humanities

Courses beginning with the following prefixes fulfill humanities requirements:

ART Art

ASL American Sign Language

CIN Cinema

COM Communications

ENG English

FRN French

HON Honors*

HUM Humanities

MUS Music

PHL Philosophy

SPN Spanish

THE Theatre

* Honors courses may be given Liberal Arts credit in the area appropriate to the topic of course.

Social Science

Courses beginning with the following prefixes fulfill Social Science requirements:

ANT Anthropology

ECO Economics

HIS History

POL Political Science

PSY Psychology

SOC Sociology

SSC Social Science

Natural Science and Mathematics

Courses beginning with the following prefixes fulfill Natural Science and Mathematics requirements:

BIO Biology

CHM Chemistry

MAT Mathematics

NS Nutritional Science

PHY Physics

SCI Science