Oct 11, 2024  
Undergraduate Catalog 2022-2023 
    
Undergraduate Catalog 2022-2023 Archived Catalog

Core Curriculum Courses


Students must take all of the Required Courses and must satisfy each of the Elective Areas.

A course may satisfy only one Core Curriculum requirement, except that study abroad courses satisfying the Intercultural Engagement requirement may also satisfy one other Core Curriculum requirement.

Courses with prerequisites are marked with a superscript ‘P’.

One of the following options to satisfy the Integrated Humanities I and II requirements


Option 1 - Preferred


Option 2


Option 3


Option 4


Option 5


Option 6


Option 7a


Option 7b


Additional Option for Meeting Core Curriculum


A student who enters JBU with either a bachelor’s degree or one of the following associate’s degrees-Associate of Arts or Associate of Science-from an accredited institution will satisfy the Core Curriculum requirements except for the following courses:

A student who completes either an Associate of Arts or an Associate of Science through reverse transfer will also satisfy the Core Curriculum requirements except for the courses listed above. Associate’s degrees earned from JBU will not fall under this policy and students must explicitly satisfy each Core Curriculum requirement in order to earn a bachelor’s degree.

Elective Areas - 23 hours


Note: Courses recommended for most students are shown in bold. Courses that are not bolded will satisfy the elective area but may be more appropriate for students in a particular major.

Mathematics - 3 hours


Natural Science - 6 hours


One course must have a lab component

One of the following


Anatomy and/or Physiology courses may only be used to satisfy up to three hours of the Natural Science elective area

Whole Person Wellness - 2 hours


Arts, Humanities, Social and Behavioral Sciences - 9 hours


3 hours from any of the areas in the Arts and Humanities

3 hours from any of the areas in the Social and Behavioral Sciences

3 additional hours from any of the areas in either the Arts and Humanities or the Social and Behavioral Sciences

Arts and Humanities - 3 to 6 hours


The Arts

Literature

Religion and Philosophy

Social and Behavioral Sciences - 3 to 6 hours


Economics

Linguistics

Political Science

Psychology

Sociology