General Education Requirements, By Division, At Selected Comparison Institutions

We have included "skills" courses under these divisions, though at many institutions they are separated. We have assigned them in the UNCA fashion; that is, writing/composition classes and foreign language classes are under Humanities, computer science classes under science and math. Public speaking classes are also under Humanities. Many institutions have interdisciplinary requirements that defy taxonomy. History is often included in social sciences, where we have placed it, with a note. Many requirements obviously can be satisfied by competency exams, making the number of hours required fluid. Some requirements are stated in terms of courses rather than units or credit hours. Some of these requirements are very difficult to extract from web pages and no guarantee of complete accuracy is implied. Note that "across-the-curriculum" requirements are in the Other column.

 

I. COPLAC Institutions

Institution

Humanities

Social Science

Science and Math

Other

College of Charleston

24-36 (includes 0-12 hrs. in FL (through inter-mediate level)

6

14 (math requirement includes logic)

  

Evergreen State College

NA

      

Henderson State University

21; includes 3 hrs oral communication

12 (includes 6 hours of History [civilization])

14

PE-2

Fort Lewis College

12-14

6-8

12-16

PE--3; Library--one course; One Writing Intensive course in the major

Georgia College and State University

14

14 (includes history)

14

  

Keene State College

18

12

12

  

Mary Washington College

18-30 (includes FL to intermediate level)

6

11

PE-2; also a lot of "across-the-Curriculum" courses: 1 environmental; 2 global awareness; 1 race and gender; 2 speaking intensive; 5 writing intensive

Massachusetts College of Liberal Arts

18

6

13

One interdisciplinary capstone course

New College of Florida

NA

      

Ramapo College of New Jersey

15

12 (includes history)

14

First year seminar

St. Mary's College of Maryland

15-21 (includes FL competency through 102 level)

6

11

  

Sonoma State University

21 (includes choice between FL or comparative cultures)

15 (includes history)

12

The Integrated Person--3

SUNY-Geneseo

17-26 (includes US History 0-3 and FL through 102 level)

6

5-9 (includes symbolic reasoning, 0-4)

Non-Western culture 0-3

Truman State University

NA

      

University of Maine at Farmington

13

9

11

FYE-1; Health Promotion-3; other "skills and perspectives courses" (across the curriculum, apparently): writing skills--9; comparative cultural perspectives--9; public presentation skills--6; research skills--3; technology skills-3

University of Minnesota at Morris

21

3

11

First Year Seminar--2;

Global village--2 courses from different areas, as follows: Human Diversity; People and the Environment; International Perspective; Ethical & Civic Responsibility

University of Montevallo

24

9

11-14

Health & PE--4

Writing Across curriculum-12

University of Wisconsin--Superior

24

6

9-12

Wellness--3; Nonwestern--3; Diversity--3

 

 

II. Peer Institutions (defined by Institutional Research)

 

Institution

Humanities

Social Sciences

Science and Math

Other

College of the Holy Cross

5-9 COURSES (includes FL through intermediate level)

2 courses

2 courses

1 course in cross-cultural studies

Colorado College

    

3 units

2 units in Alternative Perspectives, Western; 2 units in Alternative Perspectives, nonwestern, minority, or gender studies; either a thematic minor, 5 units, or a distribution requirement, 6 units, split among divisions other than student's major

Denison University

18

6

9 (includes psychology)

Minority/women's studies--3; nonwestern studies--3; western studies--3

DePauw University

4-6 COURSES (includes FL through 2nd semester prof.)

2 courses (includes history)

3 courses

First year seminar; historical/philosophical understanding--2 courses; self-expression, 1 1/2 courses; writing, speaking, and quantitative reasoning across the curriculum.

Franklin and Marshall College

4-6 (includes FL through 102 level)

2

2

Nonwestern cultures--1

Furman University

7-10 COURSES; FL through intermediate, or one course beyond placement

2 courses

3 courses

Health and Exercise--1; Asian/African studies--1

37 Cultural Life Program events.

Gettysburg College

5-9 COURSES (includes FL through intermediate level)

2 courses

3 courses

Nonwestern cultures-1 course

Hope College

28 hours

6

10

FYE-2; Health-2; senior seminar--3; cultural diversity--3

Macalester College

16

8

8

FYE course; International Diversity--4; Domestic Diversity--4

Skidmore College

5 COURSES

2

2

Interdisciplinary FYE-1; interdisciplinary sophomore seminar-1; Nonwestern--1; cultural diversity--1

St. Mary's College of Maryland

See table I

      

St. Olaf College

8-12 COURES (includes FL through intermediate competency)

2

3

PE--.5; oral communication (across disciplines)--1; 4 writing intensive courses; global and domestic diversity--2; integrative ethics--1

Union College

4-7 COURSES (may include 2-3 courses in FL)

1 course

3 courses

WAC-2-4 courses; Freshman Preceptorial; Senior Writing Experience

University of Minnesota at Morris

See table I

      

University of Puget Sound

5-6 COURSES; includes either 2 courses in FL or one course in public speaking

2 (includes history; one must be international)

4 (includes one interdisciplinary science course)

Comparative values capstone--1