General Education Requirements

Baccalaureate Degree (50 Hours)

COMMUNICATION 9 hours
  1. ENGL 1113 or ENGL 1123*
  2. ENGL 1213 or ENGL 1223*
  3. COMM 1113

NOTE: English courses numbered lower than 1113 do not apply toward degree requirements.

*Honors course.

 
MATHEMATICS 3 hours

Select one of the following:  MATH 1413, MATH 1513, MATH 1613, MATH 1715, MATH 2215, MATH 2713.

Some major programs specify the course to be selected. Refer to the major to determine which course is specified. 

 
SCIENCE* 8-10 hours
  1. BIOL 1004*, BIOL 1114* or BIOL 1364* or ENSC 2004
  2. ESCI 1135* or CHEM 1004 or CHEM 1364/1361* or PHYS 1004 or PHYS 1115* or GEOL 1014* or PSCI 1055 or ASTR 1104.

*One course must be a laboratory science. 

 
AMERICAN HISTORY AND POLITICAL SCIENCE 6 hours
  1. HIST 1483 or HIST 1493
  2. PS 1113
 
HUMANITIES 6 hours
To be selected from the following with no more than one course from the discipline in which the student is majoring.
  1. ART 1013, ART 2613, ART 2623
  2. THTR 1103, FNAR 1013
  3. ENGL 2013, ENGL 2053, ENGL 2313, ENGL 2323, ENGL 2343
  4. ARBC 1113, ARBC 1223, CHNS 1113, CHNS 1223, FREN 1113, FREN 1223, GERM 1113, GERM 1223, ITAL 1113, ITAL 1223, LATN 1113, LATN 1223, PRSN 1113, PRSN 1223, RUSN 1113, RUSN 1223, SPAN 1113, SPAN 1223, SWLI 1113, SWLI 1223 
  5. HIST 1113, HIST 1123, HIST 2113, HIST 2223, HIST 3353
  6. MUSC 1013, MUSC 1023, MUSC 1033, MUSC 1413
  7. PHIL 1113, PHIL 2213
  8. HON 2113, HON 2123
 
BEHAVIORAL SCIENCE 3 hours

Select one from the following:  FAMS 1123, PSY 1113, SOCI 1113 

 
ECONOMICS 3 hours

Select one from the following:  AGRC 1334, ECON 2013, GEOG 3023, CRM 3603 

 
PHYSICAL EDUCATION ACTIVITY* 4 hours
  1. Any physical education activity course(s) or HLTH 1012
  2. Any of the following Military Science courses: MSL 1011, MSL 1021, MSL 2011, MSL 2021, MSL 3011, MSL 3021, MSL 4011, MSL 4021
    (Each of which will satisfy one hour of the Physical Education activity requirement)
*Not required if student:
  1. is 30 years of age or older, or
  2. is recommended by a medical doctor for waiver of the requirement, or
  3. is awarded credit based on one year of active full-time military service
 
ELECTIVES SUFFICIENT TO TOTAL 50 SEMESTER HOURS

But with no more than 6 hours of these electives in any one department. 

 

Associate Degree

Eighteen (18) hours of General Education are required of each person who receives an Associate in Applied Science Degree from Cameron University. The Associate of Science Degree requires students to complete the same General Education program as Baccalaureate Degree students at Cameron University, except for Physical Education Activity and Electives (38 to 40 hours).

Computer Literacy

All undergraduate degree programs require students to achieve some level of computer literacy. The means by which students acquire or demonstrate such literacy varies among the programs, but acceptable means include (1) successfully completing a high school computer science course that meets State Regents’ high school curricular requirements, or (2) satisfactorily completing a computer literacy assessment; or (3) successfully completing courses designated as program requirements.