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Majors with Important Modifications to General Education Requirements

Following is a list of majors in which GE requirements have been modified. These modifications include special approval for various required non-GE courses to count in the GE categories indicated.

Agriculture

  • ANSC 101 meets Life Sciences (B2).
  • AGRI 482 meets Upper-Division Social Sciences.

Construction Management

  • Take only one course in either Arts (C1) or Humanities (C2).
  • Take only two upper-division Pathway courses; one in Arts/Humanities and one in Social Sciences.

Computer Science

  • Take only two upper-division Pathway courses; one in Arts/Humanities and one in Social Sciences.

Liberal Studies

  • Completion of major satisfies all GE Pathway requirements. SOSC 302 and ASST 200 or SOSC 303 satisfy Diversity. Completion of MATH 110 and 111 meets Quantitative Reasoning (A4).

Music

  • MUSC 304 fulfills Arts (C1) requirement.

Nursing

  • PSYC 101 fulfills Societal Institutions (D2) requirement.
  • NURS 303 satisfies upper-division Natural Sciences requirement.
  • For online RN-BSN program only: NURS 495W satisfies upper-divisions Natural Sciences requirement.

Philosophy

  • PHIL 108 or PHIL 201 meets Humanities (C2).

Sustainable Manufacturing

  • Take only one course in either Arts (C1) or Humanities (C2).
  • Take only two upper-division Pathway courses; one in Arts/Humanities and one in Social Sciences.

Engineering Majors

Civil Engineering

  • Take CMST 131 for Oral Communication (A1).
  • Critical Thinking (A3) is waived.
  • Take only one course in either Arts (C1) or Humanities (C2).
  • Take only one course in Individual & Society (D1) or Societal Institutions (D2).
  • CIVL 495 meets Learning for Life (E).
  • Take only two upper-division Pathway courses; one in Arts/Humanities and one in Social Sciences.

Computer Engineering

  • Take CMST 131 for Oral Communication (A1).
  • Critical Thinking (A3) is waived.
  • PHYS 204B meets Life Sciences (B2).
  • Take only one course in either Arts (C1) or Humanities (C2).
  • Take only one course in Individual & Society (D1) or Societal Institutions (D2).
  • CIVL 495 meets Learning for Life (E).
  • Take only two upper-division Pathway courses; one in Arts/Humanities and one in Social Sciences.

Electrical/Electronic Engineering

  • Take CMST 131 for Oral Communication (A1).
  • Critical Thinking (A3) is waived.
  • Take only one course in either Arts (C1) or Humanities (C2).
  • Take only one course in Individual & Society (D1) or Societal Institutions (D2).
  • CIVL 495 meets Learning for Life (E).
  • Take only two upper-division Pathway courses; one in Arts/Humanities and one in Social Sciences.

Mechanical Engineering

  • Take CMST 131 for Oral Communication (A1).
  • Critical Thinking (A3) is waived.
  • Take only one course in either Arts (C1) or Humanities (C2).
  • Take only one course in Individual & Society (D1) or Societal Institutions (D2).
  • CIVL 495 meets Learning for Life (E).
  • Take only two upper-division Pathway courses; one in Arts/Humanities and one in Social Sciences.

Mechatronic Engineering

  • Take CMST 131 for Oral Communication (A1).
  • Critical Thinking (A3) is waived.
  • Take only one course in either Arts (C1) or Humanities (C2).
  • Take only one course in Individual & Society (D1) or Societal Institutions (D2).
  • CIVL 495 meets Learning for Life (E).
  • Take only two upper-division Pathway courses; one in Arts/Humanities and one in Social Sciences.
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