General Education Requirements

Some General Education Requirements Have Course Options. These Pages Delineate the Options.


Freshman Student

Transfer Student

Transfer Credit Hours

0-29

0-29

30 or more

Degree

B.A., B.S. or B.E.S.

BSN

B.A., B.S., BSN or B.E.S.

General Education

52 credit hour

52 credit hours


Communication

06-111 College Writing 1 (3)

06-112 College Writing 2 (3)

10-112 Intro to Human Com (3)

06-111 College Writing 1 (3)

06-112 College Writing 2 (3)

10-112 Intro Human Com (3)

06-111 College Writing 1 (3)

06-112 College Writing 2 (3)

10-112 Intro Human Com (3)

Fine Arts / Humanities

Fine Arts* (3)

09-101 Culture & Civ. I (3)

09-102 Culture & Civ. II (3)

15-110 Intro. Philosophy (3)

Literature* (3)

Fine Arts* (3)

Three of these four (9):

09-101 Culture & Civ. I (3)

09-102 Culture & Civ. II (3)

15-110 Intro. Philosophy (3)

Literature* (3)

Three of these five (9):

Fine Arts* (3)

09-101 Culture & Civ. I (3)

09-102 Culture & Civ. II (3)

15-110 Intro. Philosophy (3)

Literature* (3)

Social Science

Social Science* (3)

Economics* (3)

Social Science* (3)

Economics* (3)

Any three:

Social Science*

Economics*

Mathematics** / Science

Mathematics* (3)

Science* (3)

Science* (3)

Mathematics* (3)

Science* (3)

Science* (3)

Math or Science* (3)

Mathematics* (3)

Science* (3)

Science* (3)

Mission-Related Courses

20-290 Cultural Diversity (3)

Theology

100-level course (3)

200-level course (3)

Action & Values* (3)

76-100 Intro College Exp † (1)

† For students with 0-11 transfer credits

20-290 Cultural Diversity (3)

Theology

100-level course (3)

200-level course (3)

Ethics* (3)

76-100 Intro. College Exp. † (1)

† For students with 0-11 transfer credits

Three in these three areas with at least one Theology (9):

20-290 Cultural Diversity (3)

Theology*

100-level course (3)

200-level course (3)

Action & Values* (3)

(Two Mission-related courses must be taken at Lewis.)

Advanced Writing

Required of Major

Required of Major

Required of Major

Applicability

Students beginning fall 1998 or after.

Students beginning fall 1998 or after.

Students beginning fall 2000 or after.


* See Course Options.

** Education majors are required to complete an additional 3 credit hour Mathematics course.


Students certified in the General Education curriculum under the Illinois Articulation Initiative (IAI) have to complete only the required Mission-related courses to meet the Lewis General Education requirements.