Students who score below a certain level on the Mathematics test will be required to enroll in Fundamentals of Mathematics. All students are required to take courses in Composition, Literature, Religion, and the Fine Arts, as well as one class in Orientation, as delineated in the description of the General Studies Curriculum. All students are required to take two credit hours of physical education regardless of the major area chosen. Students take two of the three courses to satisfy the Fine Arts Requirement. An exception is Interdisciplinary Studies majors, who will take ART 231 Fundamentals of Art, and MUS 235 Fundamentals of Music, among their required hours in the major.
Students take two of the four courses to satisfy Religion requirements.
ART 233 Art Survey, ART 130 Beginning Drawing, and ART 230 Intermediate Drawing are required for a minor. The remaining 12 hours may be selected with the help of the student's academic advisor and the art instructor. To expose the student to excellence in writing and oral communication through the study and analysis of literature and the techniques of composition. To train the student in the skills necessary for perceptive reading, critical thinking, and effective writing and speech. To equip each major graduate in order to demonstrate these skills sufficiently to succeed in graduate study or careers in education, law, medicine, ministry, library science or communications, among the career options.