General Education

Effective for students who enter IU Southeast in Fall 2013, and after

The following describes the general education requirements for all IU Southeast baccalaureate degrees for students who enter the university in the Fall, 2013, and after. However, students who entered the university prior to Fall 2013, have the option to use the requirements below, with the approval of their academic advisor. Care should be taken to document approval for students who change to the new requirements.

The list of approved courses from which students must choose for each requirement is the list of courses for that requirement found under "Approved General Education Courses."

1. Written Communication
   Students are required to take ENG-W 131 Elementary Composition. (Honors program students may take HON-H 103 to meet this requirement.) Students are also required to take one course, selected on the basis of their major, from the list of second-level approved courses. Students should consult with their advisor to determine which second course is appropriate for their intended major.
2. Oral Communication
   Students are required to complete one course from the list of approved courses.
3. Quantitative Reasoning
   Students are required to complete one course from the list of approved courses.
4. Reasoning about Ethical Questions or Diversity
   Students are required to complete one course from the list of approved courses.
5. Critical Thinking
   This is met through completion of the Central Ideas, Issues, and Methods of Inquiry requirement (see below). No additional courses are needed for Critical Thinking.
6. Information Literacy Library Instruction
   Students are required to complete one course from the list of approved courses.
7. Central Ideas, Issues and Methods of Inquiry
   
   1. Students are required to take one course in either the Humanities or the Arts from the list of approved courses in those disciplines.
   2. Students are required to take 5 credit hours from the list of approved courses in the Natural Sciences. The five hours are generally met by completing a course with a built in laboratory component (i.e. BIOL-L 100) OR by enrolling in a combination of lecture and laboratory courses (i.e. CHEM-C 100 and CHEM-C 121).
   3. Students are required to take one course from different disciplines from the list of approved courses in the Social and Behavioral Sciences.
   4. Students must choose one additional course from either Arts, Humanities, or Social/Behavioral Sciences. The course chosen cannot be from the same discipline as any of the courses chosen to meet the aforementioned Arts & Humanities or Social/Behavioral Science requirement.