Dec 06, 2025

Undergraduate Catalog 2025-2026

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Undergraduate Catalog 2025-2026

Core Curriculum Courses for the Associate’s Degrees

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Students pursuing associate’s degrees must take all of the Required Courses and must satisfy each of the Elective Areas.

A course may satisfy only one Core Curriculum requirement.

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

Required Courses - 16 hours (On Campus) or 17 hours (Online)

BBL 2022 Essentials of Christian Formation (On Campus and Online) ^P or
BBL 2043 Essentials of Christian Formation: Study Abroad
(Study Abroad) 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

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

One of the following

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

Elective Areas - 11 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

BUS 2193 Business Statistics (On Campus and Online) ^P
MTH 1003 Introduction to Statistics
(On Campus and Online)
MTH 1113 College Algebra
(On Campus and Online) ^P
MTH 1163 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 - 3 hours

One course must have a lab component. Lecture and corresponding lab must be taken together.

BIO 1002 Biological Science
(On Campus) (with lab BIO 1001 )
BIO 1003 Biological Science (Online) (includes lab)
BIO 1013 Fundamentals of Cell Biology (On Campus) (with lab BIO 1011 )
BIO 1123 Cell Biology
(On Campus) (with lab BIO 1121 )
BIO 1143 Plant and Animal Diversity (On Campus) (with lab BIO 1141 )
BIO 1093 Honors: Biological Science (On Campus) ^P (includes lab)
BIO 2183 Ecology and Evolution (On Campus) ^P (with lab BIO 2181 )
CHM 1013 Fundamentals of Chemistry (On Campus) ^P (with lab CHM 1011 )
CHM 1123 General Chemistry I (On Campus) ^P (with lab CHM 1121 )
CHM 1133 General Chemistry II (On Campus) ^P (with lab CHM 1131 )
GSC 1023 Physical Science (On Campus and Online) ^P
GSC 1033 Astronomy (On Campus) ^P
GSC 1043 Elementary Science Content I (On Campus) (includes lab)
GSC 1053 Elementary Science Content II (On Campus)
GSC 1143 Earth Science (Online)
GSC 2003 Environmental Science
(On Campus)
PHY 1113 Fundamentals of Physics I (On Campus) ^P (with lab PHY 1111 )
PHY 1123 Fundamentals of Physics II (On Campus) ^P (with lab PHY 1121 )
PHY 2213 General Physics I (On Campus) ^P (with lab PHY 2211 )
PHY 2313 General Physics II (On Campus) ^P (with lab PHY 2311 )

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. Lecture and corresponding lab must be taken together.

BIO 2513 Anatomy and Physiology I (On Campus) ^P (with lab BIO 2511 )
BIO 2523 Anatomy and Physiology II (On Campus) ^P (with lab BIO 2521 )
BIO 3513 Human Anatomy (On Campus) ^P (with lab BIO 3511 )
BIO 3523 Human Physiology (On Campus) ^P (with lab BIO 3521 )

Whole Person Wellness - 2 hours

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

Social and Behavioral Sciences - 3 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 ^P
PPE 2113 , PPE 2133

Linguistics

LS 2173

Peace and Conflict Studies

PAC 2153

Political Science

POL 1013 , POL 1093 ^P, POL 2213 , POL 3163 ^P, POL 3173 ^P, POL 3213 , POL 3223 , POL 3253 , POL 3353 , POL 3453 , POL 4213 , POL 4223
PPE 2113 , PPE 2133

Psychology

ED 2143
FAM 2143 , FAM 2243 , FAM 2413 , FAM 2633 , FAM 3243 ^P, FAM 3273 , FAM 3413 ^P, FAM 3653 ^P, FAM 4253 ^P, FAM 4273 ^P, FAM 4383 ^P, FAM 4443 ^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