College General Requirements

The university’s Kent Core and diversity course requirements are included in the College of Arts and Sciences’ General Requirements. Students should consult the college office if they have questions concerning the applicability of specific coursework to the general requirements. None of the courses listed as part of the college’s general requirements may be taken pass/fail.

For the purposes of the general requirements, students’ major departments are defined as the departments that house the major, field of concentration or interdisciplinary program. For students in double major and dual degree programs, the restrictions on the applicability of major coursework toward the general requirements are applied to only one of their majors (generally the primary major).

Courses that have a domestic diversity focus are marked with a "D." Courses that have a global diversity focus are marked with a "G". A listing is available of all courses that fulfill both the Kent Core and diversity requirements. Laboratory courses are marked with a "LAB."

General Requirements for the Bachelor of Arts Degree


	UNIVERSITY REQUIREMENT(1)
	Undergraduate Studies (US)
	10097	Destination Kent State: First Year Experience (1)

	COMPOSITION (6 credit hours)
	Placement by ACT/SAT English composition scores; students may be required to take ENG 11001 Introduction to College Writing–Stretch
	English (ENG)
	11011	College Writing I (3)
		or 11002 College Writing I–Stretch (3)
	21011	College Writing II (3)
	Honors (HONR)
	10197	Freshman Honors Colloquium I (4)
	10297	Freshman Honors Colloquium II (4)

	MATHEMATICS AND CRITICAL REASONING (3 credit hours)
	MATH 14001 and 14002 may be used to meet the requirement provided both courses were completed while students were enrolled in another college.
	Computer Science (CS)
	10051	Introduction to Computer Science (4)
	Mathematics (MATH
	11008	Explorations in Modern Mathematics (3)
	11009	Modeling Algebra (4)
	11010	Algebra for Calculus (3)
	11012	Intuitive Calculus (3)
	12002	Analytic Geometry and Calculus I (5)
	12011	Calculus with Precalculus I (3)
	12012	Calculus with Precalculus II (3)
	Philosophy (PHIL)
	21002	Introduction to Formal Logic (3)

	HUMANITIES AND FINE ARTS (9 credit hours)
	At least one course must be selected from the Humanities in Arts and Sciences/ Communication Information area, and a least one course must be selected from the Fine Arts area. No coursework from the major department may be counted toward the humanities and fine arts category. Any course marked with a "D" or "G" that is taken to satisfy the humanities and fine arts will also satisfy the diversity requirement, provided that course is not in the major department.
	Humanities in Arts and Sciences
	Classics (CLAS)
G	21404	The Greek Achievement (3)
G	21405	The Roman Achievement (3)
	English (ENG)
	21054	Introduction to Shakespeare (3)
	22071	Great Books I (3)
	22072	Great Books II (3)
	22073	Major Modern Writers: British and United States (3)
	History (HIST)
G	11050	History of Civilization I (3)
G	11051	History of Civilization II (3)
D	12070	History of the United States: The Formative Period (3)
D	12071	History of the United States: The Modern Period (3)
	Honors (HONR)
G	13197	Colloquium: History of Civilization I (3)
G	13297	Colloquium: History of Civilization II (3)
D	13397	Colloquium: U.S. History I (3)
D	13497	Colloquium: U.S. History II (3)
	Pan-African Studies (PAS)
G	23001	Black Experience I: Beginnings to 1865 (3)
D	23002	Black Experience II: 1865 to Present (3)
	Philosophy (PHIL)
G	11001	Introduction to Philosophy (3)
G	21001	Introduction to Ethics (3)
G	21020	Comparative Religious Thought I (3)
G	21021	Comparative Religious Thought II (3)
	Humanities in Communication and Information
	Communication Studies (COMM)
D	26000	Criticism of Public Discourse (3)
	Fine Arts
	Architecture (ARCH)
	10001	Understanding Architecture (3)
	10011	Survey of Architectural History I (3)
	10012	Survey of Architectural History II (3)
	Art History (ARTH)
	12001	Art Survey (3)
	22006	Art History I: Ancient and Medieval Art (3)
	22007	Art History II: Renaissance to Modern Art (3)
G	22020	Art of Africa, Oceania and the Americas (3)
	Dance (DAN)
G	27076	Dance as an Art Form (3)
	Music (MUS)
	22111	The Understanding of Music
G	22121	Music as a World Phenomenon (3)
	Theatre (THEA)
G	11000	The Art of the Theatre (3)

	SOCIAL SCIENCES (9 credit hours)
	Courses must be selected from at least two curricular areas. No coursework from the major department may be counted toward the social sciences category. Any course marked with a "D" or "G" that is taken to satisfy the social sciences will also satisfy the diversity requirement, provided that course is not in the major department.
	Anthropology (ANTH)
G	18210	Introduction to Cultural Anthropology (3)
G	18420	Introduction to Archaeology (3)
	Center for Applied Conflict Management (CACM)
D	11001	Introduction to Conflict Management (3)
	Economics (ECON)
	22060	Principles of Microeconomics (3)
	22061	Principles of Macroeconomics (3)
	Geography (GEOG)
	10160	Introduction to Geography (3)
G	17063	World Geography (3)
D	17064	Geography of the United States and Canada (3)
G	22061	Human Geography (3)
	Gerontology (GERO)
D	14029	Introduction to Gerontology (3)
	Honors (HONR)
D	15297	Colloquium: American Politics (3)
G	15397	Colloquium: World Politics (3)
G	15497	Colloquium: Comparative Politics (3)
	21197	Colloquium: Principles of Microeconomics (3)
	21297	Colloquium: Principles of Macroeconomics (3)
	Journalism and Mass Communication (JMC)
D	20001	Media, Power and Culture (3)
	Justice Studies (JUS)
	26704	Issues in Law and Society (3)
	Political Science (POL)
G	10004	Comparative Politics (3)
D	10100	American Politics (3)
D	10301	Diversity in American Public Policy (3)
G	10500	World Politics (3)
	Psychology (PSYC)
	11762	General Psychology (3)
	20651	Child Psychology (3)
	21211	Psychology of Adjustment (3)
D	22221	Multicultural Psychology (3)
	Sociology (SOC)
D	12050	Introduction to Sociology (3)
G	22778	Social Problems (3)

	BASIC SCIENCES (9 credit hours)
	Minimum 9 credit hours must be selected from the courses listed below, or from beginning "major sequences" courses in biological anthropology (ANTH 38630); biological sciences (BSCI 10110, 10120), chemistry (CHEM 10060, 10061, 10062, 10063, 10960, 10961) and physics (PHY 23101, 23102). The total credit hours must include at least one laboratory course (marked "LAB"). Restrictions: (1) No more than two courses from any curricular area (not counting labs) may be counted toward the basic sciences category. (2) No coursework from the major department may be counted toward the 6 credit hours selected. (3) Credit toward the basic sciences category is not allowed for the following:
	Both PHY 11660 and either the CHEM 10050 series, the CHEM 10060 series or the PHY 13001 series Both the CHEM 10050 and the CHEM 10060 series More than one of the PHY 13001, PHY 13011 or PHY 23101 series Combinations of the BSCI 10001 series, the BSCI 10110 series and/or the BSCI 20020 series
	Anthropology (ANTH)
	18630	Human Evolution (3)
LAB	18631	Issues in Human Evolution (1) (Pre/corequisite 18630)
	Biological Sciences (BSCI)
	10001	Human Biology (3)
	10002	Life on Planet Earth (3)
LAB	10003	Laboratory Experience in Biology (1)
LAB	20020	Biological Structure and Function (5)
	Chemistry (CHEM)
	10030	Chemistry in Our World (3)
LAB	10031	Chemistry in Our World Laboratory (1) (Pre/corequisite 10030)
	10050	Fundamentals of Chemistry (3)
	10052	Introduction to Organic Chemistry (2)
LAB	10053	Inorganic and Organic Laboratory (1) (Corequisite 10052)
	10054	General and Elementary Organic Chemistry (5)
	Geography (GEOG)
	21062	Physical Geography (3)
LAB	21063	Physical Geography Laboratory (1)
	Geology (GEOL)
	11040	Earth Dynamics (3)
LAB	11041	Earth Dynamics Laboratory (1) (Pre/corequisite 11040)
	11042	Earth History (3)
LAB	11043	Earth History Laboratory (1) (Pre/corequisite 11042)
	21062	Environmental Geology (3)
	21080	Oceanography (3)
	Nutrition and Dietetics (NUTR)
	23511	Science of Human Nutrition (3)
	Physics (PHY)
	11030	Seven Ideas that Shook the Universe (3)
	11660	Physical Science (3)
	13001	General College Physics I (4)
	13002	General College Physics II (4)
	13011	College Physics I (2)
	13012	College Physics II (2)
LAB	13021	General College Physics Laboratory I (1)
LAB	13022	General College Physics Laboratory II (1)
	21040	Physics in Entertainment and the Arts (3)
LAB	21041	Physics in Entertainment and the Arts Laboratory (1) (Pre/corequisite 21040)
	21430	Frontiers in Astronomy (3)
		or 24001 Astronomy (3)

	ADDITIONAL COURSES (6 credit hours)
	Select additional courses from above (no more than one course per area). One or both of the following courses may also be selected:
	Classics (CLAS)
	21201	English Words from Classical Elements (3) *Course does not fulfill LER*
	Communication Studies (COMM)
	15000	Introduction to Human Communication (3)
	Philosophy (PHIL)
	11009	Principles of Thinking (3)
	Foreign Languages
	Any Intermediate II (2xxx2) Foreign Language course not included in Foreign Language requirement below.
	DIVERSITY
	All students must complete a two-course diversity requirement, consisting of one with a domestic focus and one with a global focus. At least one course must be taken from courses that are marked above as global (G) or domestic/U.S. (D). This course may count both for the diversity requirement and for the Kent Core category in which it is listed, provided that the course is not in a student’s major department. The second course may be from the major department; however, it might not apply toward the Humanities, Fine Arts or Social Sciences category. Visit the Diversity page for a complete course listing.

	WRITING INTENSIVE
	Students must complete a one-course writing-intensive requirement and earn minimum C (2.00) grade. Visit the Writing-Intensive page for a complete course listing.

	FOREIGN LANGUAGES (14 credit hours)
	Courses in one foreign language or American Sign Language or equivalent in proficiency is required. This requirement may be fulfilled by one of the following four conditions: (1) passing the first four semesters of any foreign language or American Sign Language (or 14 hours). Students who receive advanced placement meet the requirement by passing the fourth semester of a language; (2) placement in courses beyond intermediate II level on the placement examination administered by Academic Testing Services. Consult with the Department of Modern and Classical Language Studies for further information; (3) passing a course beyond intermediate II level; or (4) receiving credit for intermediate II or beyond from CBE, CLEP or transfer. Note: The requirement may be met with fewer than 14 credit hours if students receive advanced placement. In this case, students are required to complete the remaining hours with “free” electives.

		TOTAL CREDITS: 57

General Requirements for the Bachelor of Science Degree


	UNIVERSITY REQUIREMENT (1)
	Undergraduate Studies (US)
	10097	Destination Kent State: First Year Experience (1)

	COMPOSITION (6 credit hours)
	Placement by ACT/SAT English composition scores; students may be required to take ENG 11001 Introduction to College Writing–Stretch
	English (ENG)
	11011	College Writing I (3)
		or 11002 College Writing I–Stretch (3)
	21011	College Writing II (3)
	Honors (HONR)
	10197	Freshman Honors Colloquium I (4)
	10297	Freshman Honors Colloquium II (4)

	MATHEMATICS AND CRITICAL REASONING (3 credit hours)
	MATH 14001 and 14002 may be used to meet the requirement provided both courses were completed while students were enrolled in another college.
	Computer Science (CS)
	10051	Introduction to Computer Science (4)
	Mathematics (MATH
	11008	Explorations in Modern Mathematics (3)
	11009	Modeling Algebra (4)
	11010	Algebra for Calculus (3)
	11012	Intuitive Calculus (3)
	12002	Analytic Geometry and Calculus I (5)
	12011	Calculus with Precalculus I (3)
	12012	Calculus with Precalculus II (3)
	Philosophy (PHIL)
	21002	Introduction to Formal Logic (3)

	HUMANITIES AND FINE ARTS (9 credit hours)
	At least one course must be selected from the Humanities in Arts and Sciences/ Communication Information area, and a least one course must be selected from the Fine Arts area. No coursework from the major department may be counted toward the humanities and fine arts category. Any course marked with a "D" or "G" that is taken to satisfy the humanities and fine arts will also satisfy the diversity requirement, provided that course is not in the major department.
	Humanities in Arts and Sciences
	Classics (CLAS)
G	21404	The Greek Achievement (3)
G	21405	The Roman Achievement (3)
	English (ENG)
	21054	Introduction to Shakespeare (3)
	22071	Great Books I (3)
	22072	Great Books II (3)
	22073	Major Modern Writers: British and United States (3)
	History (HIST)
G	11050	History of Civilization I (3)
G	11051	History of Civilization II (3)
D	12070	History of the United States: The Formative Period (3)
D	12071	History of the United States: The Modern Period (3)
	Honors (HONR)
G	13197	Colloquium: History of Civilization I (3)
G	13297	Colloquium: History of Civilization II (3)
D	13397	Colloquium: U.S. History I (3)
D	13497	Colloquium: U.S. History II (3)
	Pan-African Studies (PAS)
G	23001	Black Experience I: Beginnings to 1865 (3)
D	23002	Black Experience II: 1865 to Present (3)
	Philosophy (PHIL)
G	11001	Introduction to Philosophy (3)
G	21001	Introduction to Ethics (3)
G	21020	Comparative Religious Thought I (3)
G	21021	Comparative Religious Thought II (3)
	Humanities in Communication and Information
	Communication Studies (COMM)
D	26000	Criticism of Public Discourse (3)
	Fine Arts
	Architecture (ARCH)
	10001	Understanding Architecture (3)
	10011	Survey of Architectural History I (3)
	10012	Survey of Architectural History II (3)
	Art History (ARTH)
	12001	Art Survey (3)
	22006	Art History I: Ancient and Medieval Art (3)
	22007	Art History II: Renaissance to Modern Art (3)
G	22020	Art of Africa, Oceania and the Americas (3)
	Dance (DAN)
G	27076	Dance as an Art Form (3)
	Music (MUS)
	22111	The Understanding of Music
G	22121	Music as a World Phenomenon (3)
	Theatre (THEA)
G	11000	The Art of the Theatre (3)

	SOCIAL SCIENCES (6 credit hours)
	Courses must be selected from two curricular areas. No coursework from the major department may be counted toward the social sciences category. Any course marked with a "D" or "G" that is taken to satisfy the social sciences will also satisfy the diversity requirement, provided that course is not in the major department.
	Anthropology (ANTH)
G	18210	Introduction to Cultural Anthropology (3)
G	18420	Introduction to Archaeology (3)
	Center for Applied Conflict Management (CACM)
D	11001	Introduction to Conflict Management (3)
	Economics (ECON)
	22060	Principles of Microeconomics (3)
	22061	Principles of Macroeconomics (3)
	Geography (GEOG)
	10160	Introduction to Geography (3)
G	17063	World Geography (3)
D	17064	Geography of the United States and Canada (3)
G	22061	Human Geography (3)
	Gerontology (GERO)
D	14029	Introduction to Gerontology (3)
	Honors (HONR)
D	15297	Colloquium: American Politics (3)
G	15397	Colloquium: World Politics (3)
G	15497	Colloquium: Comparative Politics (3)
	21197	Colloquium: Principles of Microeconomics (3)
	21297	Colloquium: Principles of Macroeconomics (3)
	Journalism and Mass Communication (JMC)
D	20001	Media, Power and Culture (3)
	Justice Studies (JUS)
	26704	Issues in Law and Society (3)
	Political Science (POL)
G	10004	Comparative Politics (3)
D	10100	American Politics (3)
D	10301	Diversity in American Public Policy (3)
G	10500	World Politics (3)
	Psychology (PSYC)
	11762	General Psychology (3)
	20651	Child Psychology (3)
	21211	Psychology of Adjustment (3)
D	22221	Multicultural Psychology (3)
	Sociology (SOC)
D	12050	Introduction to Sociology (3)
G	22778	Social Problems (3)

	BASIC SCIENCES (6-7 credit hours)
	Minimum 6-7 credit hours must be selected from the courses listed below, or from beginning "major sequences" courses in biological anthropology (ANTH 38630); biological science (BSCI 10110, 10120), chemistry (CHEM 10060, 10061, 10062, 10063, 10960, 10961) and physics (PHY 23101, 23102). The total credit hours must include at least one laboratory course (marked "LAB"). Restrictions: (1) No coursework from the major department may be counted toward the 6-7 credit hours selected. (2) Credit toward the basic sciences category is not allowed for the following:
	Both PHY 11660 and either the CHEM 10050 series or the CHEM 10060 series, or the PHY 13001 series Both the CHEM 10050 and the CHEM 10060 series More than one of the PHY 13001, PHY 13011 or PHY 23101 series Combinations of the BSCI 10001 series, the BSCI 10110 series and/or the BSCI 20020 series
	Anthropology (ANTH)
	18630	Human Evolution (3)
LAB	18631	Issues in Human Evolution (1) (Pre/corequisite 18630)
	Biological Sciences (BSCI)
	10001	Human Biology (3)
	10002	Life on Planet Earth (3)
LAB	10003	Laboratory Experience in Biology (1) (Pre/Corequisite 10001 or 10002)
LAB	20020	Biological Structure and Function (5)
	Chemistry (CHEM)
	10030	Chemistry in Our World (3)
LAB	10031	Chemistry in Our World Laboratory (1) (Pre/corequisite 10030)
	10050	Fundamentals of Chemistry (3)
	10052	Introduction to Organic Chemistry (2)
LAB	10053	Inorganic and Organic Laboratory (1) (Corequisite 10052)
	10054	General and Elementary Organic Chemistry (5)
	Geography (GEOG)
	21062	Physical Geography (3)
LAB	21063	Physical Geography Laboratory (1)
	Geology (GEOL)
	11040	Earth Dynamics (3)
LAB	11041	Earth Dynamics Laboratory (1) (Pre/corequisite 11040)
	11042	Earth History (3)
LAB	11043	Earth History Laboratory (1) (Pre/corequisite 11042)
	21062	Environmental Geology (3)
	21080	Oceanography (3)
	Nutrition and Dietetics (NUTR)
	23511	Science of Human Nutrition (3)
	Physics (PHY)
	11030	Seven Ideas that Shook the Universe (3)
	11660	Physical Science (3)
	13001	General College Physics I (4)
	13002	General College Physics II (4)
	13011	College Physics I (2)
	13012	College Physics II (2)
LAB	13021	General College Physics Laboratory I (1)
LAB	13022	General College Physics Laboratory II (1)
	21040	Physics in Entertainment and the Arts (3)
LAB	21041	Physics in Entertainment and the Arts Laboratory (1) (Pre/corequisite 21040)
	21430	Frontiers in Astronomy (3)
		or 24001 Astronomy (3)

	ADDITIONAL COURSES (6 credit hours)
	Select additional courses from above (no more than one course per area). One or both of the following courses may also be selected:
	Communication Studies (COMM)
	15000	Introduction to Human Communication (3)
	Philosophy (PHIL)
	11009	Principles of Thinking (3)
	Foreign Languages
	Any Intermediate II (2XXX2) Foreign Language course not include in Foreign Languages requirement below.
	DIVERSITY
	All students must complete a two-course diversity requirement, consisting of one with a domestic focus and one with a global focus. At least one course must be taken from courses that are marked above as global (G) or domestic/U.S. (D). This course may count both for the diversity requirement and for the Kent Core category in which it is listed, provided that the course is not in a student’s major department. The second course may be from the major department; however, it might not apply toward the Humanities, Fine Arts or Social Sciences category. Visit the Diversity page for a complete course listing.

	WRITING INTENSIVE
	Students must complete a one-course writing-intensive requirement and earn minimum C (2.00) grade. Visit the Writing-Intensive page for a complete course listing.

	FOREIGN LANGUAGES (8 credit hours)
	Courses in one foreign language or American Sign Language or equivalent in proficiency is required. This requirement may be fulfilled by one of the following four conditions: (1) passing the first two semesters of any foreign language or American Sign Language. Students who receive advanced placement meet the requirement by passing the second semester of a language; (2) placement in courses beyond elementary II level on the placement examination administered by Academic Testing Services. Consult with the Department of Modern and Classical Language Studies for further information; (3) passing a course beyond elementary II level; or (4) receiving credit for elementary II or beyond from CBE, CLEP or transfer. Note: The requirement may be met with fewer than 8 credit hours if students receive advanced placement. In this case, students are required to complete the remaining hours with “free” electives.

		TOTAL CREDITS: 45-46

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