2025-2026 Undergraduate Catalog 
    
    Dec 05, 2025  
2025-2026 Undergraduate Catalog

Birth through Kindergarten, Non-Teaching, B.S.


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Program Requirements

Core Requirements: Minimum of 38-40 credits in the core curriculum required of all students. Students who enter as first-time freshmen must take an entering freshman and rising junior assessment to complete core requirements.

Graduation Requirements: All graduating seniors are required to complete the Graduating Senior Assessment after completing 90 or more semester hours (including credit by examination), but not later than the graduation semester.

University College Core Curriculum: 38 Credits


Transitional Studies - University Studies: 2 Credits


UNIV 101 -UNIV 102  required for all first time students; UNIV 110  required for transfer students with fewer than 30 transfer credits. Students do not earn credit if requirement is waived. UNIV 111  may be required based on academic performance.

Select one option from the following:

Communication Skills - Written Communication: 3 Credits


Select from the following:

** Courses can be used to satisfy Core and Foundations of American Democracy requirements.

Communication Skills - Oral Communication: 3 Credits


Information Literacy: 3 Credits


Reasoning Skills - Critical Thinking: 3 Credits


Not required for students with 60+ transfer credits. Students do not earn credit if requirement is waived.

Reasoning Skills - Quantitative Reasoning: 3 Credits


MATH 121  may be required based on profile scores. Some core courses require a one-hour lab.

Scientific Literacy - Social Sciences: 3 Credits


Select one from the following:

** Courses can be used to satisfy Core and Foundations of American Democracy requirements.

Humanities and Creative Arts: 3 Credits


Select one from the following:

Global Literacy: 3 Credits


Not required for students with 30+ transfer credits from a foreign institution. Students do not earn credit if requirement is waived.

Select one from the following:

Ethics and Civic Engagement: 3 Credits


Foundations of American Democracy


Not required for students with 60+ transfer credits. 

Select three credits from the courses below.

The course selected must also be used to satisfy another Core or major requirement. The credits count only once.

Program Requirements: 82 Credits


Other Major Requirement: 3 Credits


Minor: 18 Credits


Complete the requirements for the special education minor or a minor in another area of study. 

Total Credit Hours: 120


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