Undergraduate Catalog
College of Arts & Sciences
Bachelor of Arts
General Education Core
Degree: Bachelor of Arts – 128 hours minimum
I. General Studies (37-38 hours)
Communication (9 hours)
ENG-1100 English Composition or any IAI: C1 900 course
(Students with an English ACT score of less than 20 must first take ENG-1000 Basic Writing as an elective credit only, but not as an English elective credit.)
CTH-1100 Speech Communication or any IAI: C2 900 course
One of the following
- CTH-2000 Writing About the Media
- ENG-2000 Writing About Literature
- SOC-2000 Writing from a Sociological Perspective
- THY-2100 Writing About Theology
- Any IAI: C1 901 course
Humanities (9 hours)
- Select one three-hour Humanities course from Literature, History or Philosophy.
- ENG-2200 Non-Western Literature++
- ENG-2210 Society & Literature
- HIS-1110 Early Modern Europe
- HIS-1120 Modern Europe
- HIS-1320 World History Since 1350++
- HIS-2200 History of the American People or any IAI: H2 904 course
- PHI-2010 Primer in Philosophy or any IAI: H5 900
- PHI-2110 Philosophy of Religion or any IAI: H4 905 course
- Select one three-hour Fine Arts course from Art, Music or Theatre.
- ART-1100 Intro to Visual Arts or any IAI: F2 900 course
- ART-1210 Two-Dimensional Studio
- ART-1310 Three-Dimensional Studio
- CTH-2600 Introduction to Theatre or any IAI: F1 907 course
- CTH-4420 Contemporary Theatre
- CTH-4511 Oral Interpretation of Literature
- MUS-1503 Exploration of Music or any IAI: F1 900 course
- MUS-2203 Survey of Western Music
- MUS-2243 Music of World Cultures++ or any IAI: F1 903N course
Select the three-hour Interdisciplinary Humanities course
- HUM-1970 Arts and Ideas
One course from an area not selected above.
Logical & Mathematical Reasoning (3 hours)
- PHI-2210 Introduction to Logic or any IAI: H4 906 course
- MAT-1550 Finite Mathematics or any IAI: M1 900 course
- Any MAT above 1550
Natural Sciences (7-8 hours) (One laboratory course required)
- Life Science
- Biology
- Any IAI approved course in the Biological Sciences
- Physical Sciences
- Chemistry
- Physics
- Earth Science
- Any of the NSCI courses
- Any IAI approved course in the Physical Sciences
- The three-hour Interdisciplinary Natural Science course (NSCI-1970 Energy and Our Environment) can be used as a Life Science or a Physical Science course.
Social & Behavioral Sciences (9 hours)
- Select 6 hours from two different subject areas:
- ATH-2020 Cultural Anthropology++ or any IAI: S1 901N course
- ECO-1100 Intro to Economics
- ECO-2100 Microeconomics or any IAI: S3 902 course
- ECO-2200 Macroeconomics or any IAI: S3 900 course
- GEO-1100 Geography of North America
- GEO-1200 World Geography++ or any IAI: S4 901 course
- GEO-1300 The Developing World++ or any IAI: S4 902N course
- POS-1100 American Government or any IAI: S5 900 course
- PSY-2000 General Psychology
- SOC-2010 Intro to Sociology or any IAI: S7 900 course
Select the three-hour Interdisciplinary Social and Behavior Science course.
- SBS-1970 Diversity in American Society++
or - One course from an area not selected above
II. Mission Specific Courses (9-12 hours)
- IDS-1970 Freedom & Responsibility (Freshman experience course; Transfer students are exempt.)
- IDS-4970 Values & Virtues (Senior Capstone course)
Theology (6-12 hours)
Select one Biblical Studies.
- THY-1100 The Bible
- THY-2000 Old Testament
- THY-3100 New Testament
Select one Theological Studies course.
- THY-1200 Summary of Christian Beliefs
- THY-1310 History of Christian in America
- THY-2200 Faith of the Christian Church
- THY-3320 Survey of Church History
Church Profession students additional requirements:
- THY-2000 Old Testament
- THY-3100 New Testament
Program Support Courses (8-11 hours)
- PES-1100 Fitness and Wellness for Life
Foreign Language
Choose 6 hours in any modern or classical language or any IAI: H1 900 course. Waived for students with two or more years of high school credit in ONE language.
All students must take a course with an international or non-Western emphasis.
Concordia courses that fill this requirement:
- ART-4140 Non-Western Art
- ATH-2020 Cultural Anthropology
- ENG-2200 Non-Western Literature
- GEO-1200 World Geography: Cultural
- GEO-1300 The Developing World
- HIS-1320 World History Since 1350
- MUS-2243 Music of World Cultures
IV. Majors (30-52 hours)
Majors for Bachelor of Arts can be found later in the College of Arts & Sciences section.
Note: No more than half of the courses (equaling no more than one half of the credits) for a major can be used toward another major within the College of Arts & Sciences. Up to two thirds of the courses used toward a minor can be double counted from a major.
No course in a major may be taken on the Pass/DF grade option.
V. Minors (18-23 hours) optional
Minors for the College of Arts & Sciences can be found here.
VI. Electives (as needed to meet the 128 hours degree requirement)
* May be counted toward Humanities or Social Science credit.
++ May be counted toward World Studies Requirement.
