1998-1999 Academic Catalog

V. Global Awareness Bachelor ofArts (B.A.) and Bachelor ofMusic Education (B.M.E.) degrees must complete one of the following: 1. Pass three years of the same foreign language in high school or one term of an intermediate college level foreign language. 2. Live in a non-U.S. cultural immersion experience for at least one school year after the age of 12. 3. Pass two years of the same high school foreign language or pass the third quarter of a college level foreign language, and one of the following: a. A global awareness course selected from the list below in number four. · b. Completing an approved intercultural experience of at least four weeks. Bachelor ofScience (B.S., B.S.N., B.S.E.E., and B.S.M.E.) degrees must complete one of the following: 1. Pass two years of the same foreign language in high school 2: Pass the third quarter of a college level foreign language 3. Live in a non-U.S. cultural immersion experience for at least one school year after the age of 12 4. A global awareness course from the following: ANTH-180 Cultural Anthropology BEPH-226Religion and Culture BUS-291 International Business COM-314 Intercultural Communication ECON-338 Developmental Economics and the Political Economy GE0-352WorldRegional Geography-East GE0-354 Geography ofAfrica HIST-321 History and Political Development of East Asia HIST-322 The Middle.East: History and Politics HIST-375Social Movements NSG-309 CommunityHealthNursing II NSG-420Culture and Health SPAN-364 Introduction to Hispanic Literature SPAN-460Hispanic Civilization 5. Completing an approved intercultural experience of at least four weeks. VI.PhysicalEducation ............................................................ 3 A. PEF" 199 Physical Activity and the Christian Life ................ 2 B. One general physical education activity course chosen fromPE-lOOthroughPE-212 ................................................... 1 VII. Science andMathematics ............................................... 15 A. One course from the biological sciences ............................. 5 B. One course from the physical sciences ............................... 5 C. At least five quarter hours selected from the following quantitative courses: BUS-211,212StatisticsI,II ................................................... 6 GSCI-180 Introduction to Mathematics ................................ 5 GSCI-184CollegeAlgebra .................................................... 5 GSCI-185 Precalculus ............................................................ 5 GSCI-190 Calculus for Business and Social Science ............ 5 POLS-368DataAnalysis ...................................................... 5 (or SWK-368 Data Analysis .............................................. 5) PYCH-261 PsychologicalStatistics ...................................... 5 Any five credit MATH course ............................................. 5 D. Students pursuing Bachelor of Scii;:nce degrees (B.S., B.S.N.,B.S.E.E.,andB.S.M.E.)mustcompleteanadditional nine quarter hours. These hours must be selected from courses with BIO, CHEM, MATH, and PHYS designators; or appropri– ate GSCI courses; or decision sciences; or statistics; or computer application courses selected from the following: ENGR-191 DigitalLogicDesign ............................................ 4 ENGR-221 Fortran Programming ........................................... 4 ENGR-280"C"Progranuning ................................................ 3 MIS-222StmcturedProgramming ........................................ 4 MIS-223 Microcomputer Applications ................................. 3 MIS-325COBOLProgramming ............................................. 4 MMT-375 Authoring for Interactive Multimedia ................. 4 VIII. Social Sciences and History ......................................... 14 A. GSS-100 Foundations of Social Science .............................. 5 B. One course in history ....................................................... 4-5 C. Electives in social sciences or history .............................. 4-5 Total General EducationRequirements ........................ 80-102 Many of these courses also satisfy the requirements for majorfields of study. General Education Course Sequence Many of the General Education Requirements provide important background for advanced courses that are required · as a part of a major field of study. Consequently, in most programs many of these requirements are taken in the first two years of the four-year curriculum. The sample four-year curricula found by each major field of study in the catalog outlines this sequence. Because of the importance of several of the requirements to all students, the following courses must be completed before the beginning ofthe junior year or before a student earns 96 quarter hours: BEGE-171 The Christian Life BEGE-172 Introduction to Bible Study COM-110 Fundamentals ofSpeech ENG-110,140 English Composition I and II PEF-199 Physical Activity and the Christian Life