GENERAL EDUCATION POLICY
    FOR CONTINUING STUDENTS

(Approved: Faculty Senate October 14, 2002; General Faculty November 19, 2002)

Any combination of courses from the old General Education Program in place prior to Fall 2003 or the new General Education Program initiated in Fall 2003 which totals at least fifty-five credits and which complies with the distribution requirements detailed below may be used to satisfy the General Education requirements in effect prior to Fall 2003. To utilize this transitional arrangement, all courses must be completed by the end of Summer 2008.

Area I: 11 or 12 credits

Two English composition courses and one mathematics course.

Thirty-two credits from Areas II, III and IV distributed among these three areas in accordance with the following’s conditions.

Area II: 9 to 18 credits

A. History: 6 to 10 credits
B. The Non-Western World: 3 to 8 credits*

* If two courses are selected, one must be chosen from Comparative Studies and one from Regional Studies.

Area III: 9 to 14 credits

At most one course may be selected from each of the four subcategories comprising this area (economics, political science, psychology, and sociology).

Area IV: 6 to 8 credits

A. Great Books: 3 to 4 credits
B. Fine and Performing Arts: 3 to 4 credits

Area V: 12 credits (lab sciences)