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SUMMARY OF LIBERAL STUDIES REQUIREMENTS*

LEARNING SKILLS:

• English Composition (7 credits)
  ENGL 101 (4 credits) College Writing--to be taken 1^st or 2^nd semester 
  ENGL 202 (3 credits) Research Writing--to be taken no earlier than 3^rd semester (i.e. at least sophomore standing)

• Mathematics (3-6 credits): Many departments specify which math course should be taken

 KNOWLEDGE AREAS:

• Humanities (9 credits): One course from each of three areas: history, philosophy or religious studies, literature

• Fine Arts (3 credits): One course from list

• Natural Science (8-10 credits)
  EITHER Option I (8 credits in a two-semester lecture-lab sequence) OR Option II (4 credits in a one-semester lecture-lab course with 6 credits from two courses from the list of  “Natural Science Nonlaboratory Courses.”  The second non-lab course may count as one of the LS electives.

• Social Science (9 credits): 3 courses from list, but no course prefix may be used more than once.

• Health and Wellness (3 credits): Alternate ways of fulfilling this requirement: one year of Military Science/ROTC (MLSC 101-MLSC 102 or MLSC 203-MLSC 204); veterans are given 4 credits by validating two years active duty.  

LIBERAL STUDIES ELECTIVES:

• 0-9 credits: At least one course must be numbered 200 or higher; no course carrying the student's major prefix may be used; no course prefix may be used more than once (except for intermediate-level foreign language)

NON-WESTERN CULTURES:

• 3 credits: One course from list; many of these courses also fulfill other Liberal Studies requirements

SYNTHESIS:

• 3 credits: One course with many sections (about 35-40 Fall and Spring semesters); prerequisite 73 or more credits earned.

WRITING COURSES:

• Minimum of 2 courses designated as writing-intensive. One course must be in the student’s primary major. Section numbers of writing-intensive courses will begin with ‘W’ (such as MATH 350 W01) or include a ‘W’ in the section number (see IUP registration webpage (www.iup.edu/ursa/ ).

* (See catalog and IUP registration webpage (www.iup.edu/ursa/ )
for lists of specific Liberal Studies courses)

Liberal Studies - 103 Stabley, IUP, Indiana, PA 15705 phone (724) 357-5715

NO course scheduled to fulfill LS requirements may be taken pass/fail.

Last Modified Friday February 08 2008