May 08, 2024

Undergraduate Catalog 2023-2024

Undergraduate Catalog 2023-2024 Archived Catalog

Core Curriculum Courses

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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’.

Required Courses - 25 hours (On Campus) or 26 hours (Online)

BBL 1013 Old Testament Survey (On Campus and Online) or BBL 1083 Honors: Old Testament Survey (On Campus) ^P
BBL 1023 New Testament Survey (On Campus and Online) or
BBL 1093 Honors: New Testament Survey
(On Campus) ^P
BBL 2013 Essentials of Evangelical Theology (On Campus and Online) ^P or
BBL 2093 Honors: Integrated Theology II
(On Campus) ^P or BBL 2033 Essentials of Evangelical Theology: Study Abroad
BBL 2022 Essentials of Christian Formation (On Campus and Online) ^P or
BBL 2043 Essentials of Christian Formation: Study Abroad
(Study Abroad) ^P or
BBL 2083 Honors: Integrated Theology I
(On Campus) ^P
COR 1002 Gateway Seminar in Community, Calling, and Faithful Learning (On Campus) or
COR 1103 Orientation to Learning
(Online)
EGL 1013 English I: Composition (On Campus and Online) or
EGL 1083 Honors: English I: Composition
(On Campus) ^P
EGL 1023 English II: Literary Analysis and Research (On Campus and Online) ^P or
EGL 1093 Honors: English II: Literary Analysis and Research
(On Campus) ^P

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

Option 1 - Preferred

HST 2013 Integrated Humanities I (On Campus and Online) ^P or
HST 2083 Honors: Integrated Humanities I
(On Campus) ^P
HST 2023 Integrated Humanities II (On Campus, Online, and Irish Studies) ^P or
HST 2093 Honors: Integrated Humanities II
(On Campus) ^P

Option 2

Western Civilization I
HST 2023 Integrated Humanities II (On Campus, Online, and Irish Studies) ^P or
HST 2093 Honors: Integrated Humanities II
(On Campus) ^P

Option 3

HST 2013 Integrated Humanities I (On Campus and Online) ^P or
HST 2083 Honors: Integrated Humanities I
(On Campus) ^P
Western Civilization II

Option 4

Western Civilization I
Western Civilization II
A Survey of Literature course (e.g., EGL 3003 , EGL 3043 , EGL 3273 , EGL 3283 , EGL 3413 )

Option 5

HST 2013 Integrated Humanities I (On Campus and Online) ^P HST 2083 Honors: Integrated Humanities I
US History I or US History II

Option 6

Western Civilization I
US History I or US History II
A Survey of Literature course (e.g., EGL 3003 , EGL 3043 , EGL 3273 , EGL 3283 , EGL 3413 )

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.

Intercultural Engagement - 3 hours

ART 2163 Irish Art and Culture (Irish Studies)
ART 3293 Sketchbook Journaling and Visual Ethnography (Study Abroad)
ART 3543 Photography Abroad (Study Abroad) ^P
ED 2033 Cultural Competencies for Human Service Professionals (On Campus)
EN 3513 Intercultural Problem Solving (On Campus) ^P
FAM 4113 Intercultural Family Seminar (On Campus)
HST 3263 Slavery and Race in American History
(On Campus)
HST 3433 History of the Middle East, 600-1800 (On Campus)
HST 3443 The Modern Middle East
(On Campus)
HST 3453 African Civilizations
(On Campus)
ICS 2113 Intercultural Communication
(On Campus and Online)
ICS 2193 Honors: Intercultural Communication (On Campus) ^P
INT 4103 Global Environment of Business (On Campus, Online, and Irish Studies)
LS 4113 Readings in Spanish I (On Campus) ^P
POL 3253 Politics and Race in America
(On Campus)
RPH 3533 Introduction to Islam
(On Campus)
RPH 3543 Introduction to Hinduism and Buddhism
(On Campus)

Mathematics - 3 hours

BUS 2193 Business Statistics (On Campus and Online) ^P
MTH 1003 Introduction to Statistics
(On Campus and Online) ^P
MTH 1113 College Algebra
(On Campus and Online) ^P
MTH 1123 Survey of Calculus (On Campus) ^P
MTH 1134 Calculus I (On Campus) ^P
MTH 2103 Applied Statistics for Scientists (On Campus) ^P
PSY 2383 Statistics for the Behavioral Sciences (On Campus and Online) ^P

Natural Science - 6 hours

One course must have a lab component

BIO 1003 Biological Science
(On Campus and Online) (includes lab)
BIO 1093 Honors: Biological Science (On Campus) ^P (includes lab)
BIO 1014 Fundamentals of Cell Biology (On Campus) (includes lab)
BIO 1124 Cell Biology
(On Campus) (includes lab)
BIO 1144 Plant and Animal Diversity (On Campus) (includes lab)
BIO 2184 Ecology and Evolution (On Campus) ^P (includes lab)
CHM 1014 Fundamentals of Chemistry (On Campus) ^P (includes lab)
CHM 1124 General Chemistry I (On Campus) ^P (includes lab)
CHM 1134 General Chemistry II (On Campus) ^P (includes lab)
GSC 1023 Physical Science
(On Campus and Online) ^P
GSC 1033 Astronomy
(On Campus) ^P
GSC 1043 Elementary Science Content I (On Campus) ^P (includes lab)
GSC 1053 Elementary Science Content II (On Campus) ^P
GSC 1143 Earth Science (Online) ^P
GSC 2003 Environmental Science
(On Campus)
PHY 1114 Fundamentals of Physics I (On Campus) ^P (includes lab)
PHY 2114 General Physics I (On Campus) ^P (includes lab)
PHY 2124 General Physics II (On Campus) ^P (includes lab)

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

BIO 2514 Anatomy and Physiology I (On Campus) ^P (includes lab)
BIO 2524 Anatomy and Physiology II (On Campus) ^P (includes lab)
BIO 3514 Human Anatomy (On Campus) ^P (includes lab)
BIO 3524 Human Physiology (On Campus) ^P (includes lab)

Whole Person Wellness - 2 hours

KIN 1002 Wellness for Life
(On Campus and Online)
NUR 1022 Concepts in Community Health & Wellness
(On Campus)

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

Religion and Philosophy

BBL 3413 ^P, BBL 3423 ^P, BBL 3433 ^P, BBL 3443 ^P, BBL 3453 ^P, BBL 3463 ^P, BBL 3473 ^P, BBL 3583 , BBL 3613 ^P, BBL 3623 ^P, BBL 3633 ^P, BBL 3663 ^P, BBL 4433 ^P
CMF 2313
POL 3003 ^P
PPE 2113 , PPE 2133 (only one PPE course may count toward the Arts and Humanities elective area)
RPH 2103 , RPH 2323 , RPH 2423 , RPH 2483 , RPH 3013 ^P, RPH 3323 , RPH 3343 , RPH 3353 , RPH 3533 , RPH 3543 , RPH 4433 ^P, RPH 4481 , RPH 4482 , RPH 4483

Social and Behavioral Sciences - 3 to 6 hours

Economics

ECN 2003 , ECN 2113 , ECN 2123 ^P, ECN 2543 , ECN 3133 ^P, ECN 3153 ^P, ECN 3163 ^P, ECN 3213 ^P, ECN 4103 ^P, ECN 4123 ^P, ECN 4413 ^P, ECN 4423 ^P, ECN 4993
EN 4343
PPE 2113 , PPE 2133 (only one PPE course may count toward the Social and Behavioral Sciences elective area)

Linguistics

LS 2173

Political Science

POL 1013 , POL 2213 , POL 3163 ^P, POL 3173 ^P, POL 3213 , POL 3223 , POL 3253 , POL 3353 ^P, POL 3453 , POL 4213 , POL 4223
PPE 2113 , PPE 2133 (only one PPE course may count toward the Social and Behavioral Sciences elective area)

Psychology

ED 2143
FAM 2143 , FAM 2243 ,FAM 2413 , FAM 2633 ^P, FAM 3243 ^P, FAM 3273 , FAM 3413 ^P, FAM 4113 ^P, FAM 4253 ^P, FAM 4443 ^P, FAM 4453 ^P, FAM 4483
PSY 1013 , PSY 1093 ^P, PSY 2123 , PSY 2383 ^P, PSY 2413 , PSY 3203 ^P, PSY 3303 ^P, PSY 3333 ^P, PSY 3411 ^P, PSY 3412 ^P, PSY 3413 ^P, PSY 3423 ^P, PSY 3493 ^P, PSY 4213 ^P, PSY 4333 ^P, PSY 4343 ^P, PSY 4353 ^P, PSY 4411 ^P, PSY 4412 ^P, PSY 4413 ^P, PSY 4493 ^P

Sociology

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.