College of Business
Bachelor of Science General Education Core

Degree: Bachelor of Science – 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-1310 The World to 1350++
• 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 (6 hours)

• PHI-2210 Introduction to Logic or MAT-1550 Finite Mathematics or any IAI: M1 900 course
• Any MAT above 2000

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 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
• SBS-1970 Diversity in American Society++
• SOC-2010 Intro to Sociology or any IAI: S7 900 course 

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-2200 Faith of the Christian Church
• THY-2310 History of Christian in America
• THY-3320 Survey of Church History

III.  Program Support Courses (8-11 hours)

• PES-1000 Fitness and Wellness for Life
• 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 (45-54 hours)

• Majors for Bachelor of Science can be found at the end of this 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 Business.  Up to two thirds of the courses used toward a minor can be double counted from a major.

V.  Minors (18-23 hours) optional
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.