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 in these two areas (9):

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.)

Mission-Related Courses

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.