General Education Requirements

Written & Oral Communication (9 hours)

• ENGL 1113 - Freshman Composition I #
• ENGL 1213 - Freshman Composition II #

•  Choose ONE course from the following:

    

• COMM 1113 - Fundamentals of Oral Communication #
• COMM 2213 - Public Speaking #
• COMM 3223 - Business and Professional Communication #
• COMM 3303 - Group Dynamics #

Social and Behavioral Sciences (9 hours)

• POLS 1113 - American Federal Government #
• HIST 1483 - American History 1492-1876 #
• or  HIST 1493 - American History since 1876 #

•  Choose ONE course from the following:

   

• GEOG 2243 - Fundamentals of Geography #
• SOC 1113 - Introduction to Sociology #
• PSYC 1113 - Introduction to Psychology #
• ECON 2213 - Principles of Microeconomics #
• ECON 2313 - Principles of Macroeconomics #

Global Perspectives (6 hours)

Select ONE course each from TWO of the five categories for a total of 6 credit hours, OR take two consecutive courses in the same language in the second language category.

Life Skills (6 hours)

• 1.  ONE course from the following:

    

• H ED 1113 - Personal Health#
• NUTR 1653 - Basic Nutrition #

• and

   

• 2.  Select 3 hours from the following:

    

• FIN 2113 - Personal Financial Planning
• HFS 1103 - Relationships and Marriage #
• HFS 3113 - Consumer Issues #
• PSYC 1003 - Introduction to Human Behavior #
• CS 1003 - Computers in Modern Society #
• or  IS 1003 - Computers in Modern Society #

• or a more advanced CS/IS course

    

• EDUC 4823 - Technology in Education (This course is designed for education majors)
• H ED 2212 - First Aid/Responding to Emergencies
• LIBM 4611 - Electronic Information Retrieval

• Any military science leadership, physical education activity, and/or performance-based arts courses(s).

Humanities (6 hours)

Natural Sciences (7-9 hours)

At least one course from the biological or physical sciences must include a lab.

Quantitative Analysis (3 hours)

• MATH 1473 - Applied Mathematics #
• MATH 1513 - College Algebra # (This course may be required for some majors)

• OR an advanced course in mathematics, statistics, or computer programming

University Studies (3 hours)

• UNIV 1002 - University Strategies #
• UNIV 2091 - General Education Capstone #

Total Hours = 49-51

Computer Proficiency

Students must demonstrate computer proficiency, which includes the competent use of a variety of software and networking applications.  Students may complete the requirement through one of three options:

1. Successfully completing a high school computer science course that meets the State Regents’ high school curricular requirements; OR
2. Satisfying NSU’s computer proficiency assessment; OR
3. Successfully completing CS/IS 1003 Computers in Modern Society or EDUC 4823 Technology in Education (for Education majors)

Students should complete this requirement in their first 30 hours of course work.