2000-2001 Academic Catalog

Academic Information 31 V. GlobalAwareness Bachelor ofArts (B.A.) andBachelor ofMusic Education (B.M.E.) degrees must complete one ofthe 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., andB.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 andCulture BUS-291 International Business COM-230 Voices ofDiversity COM-314 Intercultural Communication ECON-338Developmental Economics and the Political Economy GE0-352WorldRegionalGeography-East GE0-354 GeographyofAfrica HIST-321 History and Political Development ofEast Asia HIST-322 The Middle East: History and Politics HIST-375 SocialMovements MGMT-357 InternationalManagement MRKT-462 InternationalMarketing NSG-309 CommunityHealthNursing II NSG-420 Culture andHealth SPAN-368 Understanding Hispanic Cultures 5. Completing an approved intercultural experience ofat least four weeks. VI.PhysicalEducation ............................................................ 3 A. PEF-199 Physical Activity and the Christian Life ................ 2 B. One general physical education activity course chosen fromPEA-lOOthroughPE-212 ................................................ 1 VII.ScienceandMathematics ............................................... 15 A. One laboratory course from the biological sciences ........... 5 B. One laboratory course from the physical sciences .............. 5 C. At least five quarter hours selected from the following quantitative courses: BUS-211,212Statisticsl,II ................................................... 6 GMTH-180 Introduction to Mathematics ............................. 5 GMTH-184CollegeAlgebra ................................................. 5 GMTH-185Precalculus ......................................................... 5 GMTH-190 Calculus for Business and Social Science ......... 5 GSS-368 DataAnalysis ......................................................... 5 (or SWK-368 Data Analysis .............................................. 5) PYCH-261 Psychological Statistics ...................................... 5 Any five credit MATH course ............................................. 5 D. Students pursuing Bachelor of Science degrees (B.S., B.S.N., B.S.E.E., and B.S.M.E.) must complete an additional nine quarter hours. These hours must be selected from courses with BIO, CHEM, MATH, and PHYS designators; or appropriate GSCI and GMTH courses; or decision sciences; or statistics; or computer application courses selected from the following: ENGR-191 DigitalLogicDesign ............................................ 4 ENGR-221FortranProgramming ........................................... 4 ENGR-280"C"Programming ................................................ 3 MIS-222 StructuredProgramming ........................................ 4 MIS-223 MicrocomputerApplications ................................. 3 MIS-325COBOLProgramming ...................... ;...................... 4 MMT-37 5 Authoring for InteractiveMultimedia ................. 4 VIII. Social Sciences andHistory ......................................... 14 A. GSS-100 Foundations ofSocial Science .............................. 5 B. One course in history ....................................................... 4-5 C. Electives in social sciences or history .............................. 4-5 Total GeneralEducationRequirements ........................ 80-102 Many ofthese courses also satisfY the requirements for majorfields ofstudy. 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 followi11g courses must be completed before the begi1111i11g ofthe ju11ior year or before a student eams 96 quarter hours: BEGE-171 The Christia11 Life BEGE-172 I11troductio11 to Bible Study COM-110 Fu11da111e11tals ofSpeech ENG-110,140 English Composition I and II PEF-199 Physical Activity and the Christia11 Life