2020-2021 Catalog with Addendum 
    
    Dec 08, 2024  
2020-2021 Catalog with Addendum [ARCHIVED CATALOG]

University Requirements


University Requirements, except advanced courses, should be completed by the end of the sophomore year.

General Education Requirements


The Core (3 Credit Hours)


Bible (9 Credit Hours)


(Lower Level Required Courses)

Humanities (3 Credit Hours)


  • Sophomore Literature (ENGL 200-299 or Foreign Language Literature) Credit Hours: 3

Communication (3 Credit Hours)


Science (6 Credit Hours)


Students may take two unconnected courses in different disciplines or one two-semester sequence of courses within a single discipline from the following list:

Agricultural and Environmental Science


Nutrition


Mathematics (3 Credit Hours)


  • MATW 120, MATH 120 or higher Credits: 3

Social Science (3 Credit Hours)


Choose 3 credit hours from the following list:

Anthropology


Geography


Information Technology & Computing


Journalism and Mass Communication


Kinesiology (2 Credit Hours)


Total General Education Hours: 38


Additional University Requirements


Bible (6 Credit Hours)


(Upper Level Selections)

  • Choose 2: BIBH, BIBL, BIBM, BIBP, BIBT, BMIS (300-499)

Historical Literacy (3 Credit Hours)


Choose 3 credit hours from the following list:

Cultural Awareness (3 Credit Hours)


Choose 3 credit hours from the following list:

Anthropology


Business Administration


Foreign Language


  • Foreign Language (Spanish, German, French, Latin) 111 or higher

Geography


Global Healthcare


Management


Marketing


Music


Sociology


University Requirements Selection (3 Credit Hours)


  • Choose 3 credit hours from any menu listed above.

Free Elective (3 Credit Hours)


  • Choose 3 hours from any ACU courses not required for your major.

Total Hours from Additional Requirements: 18


Total University Requirements Hours: 56


A single course cannot satisfy a requirement in more than one area of University Requirements. For example, ANTH 101  may fulfill the social science or the cultural awareness selection, but not both.

Students with demonstrated proficiency may petition to take selected advanced courses in place of the courses listed in this menu.

Note: For the University Requirements for the associate of arts degree in architecture, refer to Architecture, AA (ARCH) .

University Requirements for ACU Degrees


University Requirements for certain baccalaureate degrees include additions or modifications to the University Requirements for all bachelor’s degrees. See the chart below for special requirements for the BA, BBA, BFA, BM, BS, BSE, and BSN degrees.

BA 6 hours - Sophomore foreign language
3 hours - Sophomore (or higher) literature
BBA 3 hours - ECON 260  or ECON 261  
BFA 3 hours - Sophomore (or higher) literature
BM Minimum of 72 hours of music
BS No additional hours
BSE No additional hours
BSN 12 hours - Bible total