Core Curriculum

Class of 2012 and Earlier

General Education Core General Business Core

General Education Core Requirements (46-47 credits)

FS 111 First Year Seminar
1 credit
Required of all full-time day first year students in their first semester. The faculty member assigned to the course will serve as the student’s adviser through the first year.
IT 101 Information Technology and Computer System Concepts
3 credits
IT 101 will focus on computer concepts, providing a comprehensive and current introduction to information technology in general and computer system concepts in particular. IT 101 may be taken either semester and will generally be completed in the freshman year.
*EXP I and EXP II The Expository Writing Sequence
6 credits
*Expository Writing Coordinator: Bruce Herzberg
LIT Literature course (200- or 300- level)
3 credits
  
Humanities/Social Science Elective
3 credits
The Humanities Elective may be satisfied by completion of any communication (COM) course, cinema studies (CIN) course , media and culture course (MC), an additional literature, modern language, philosophy elective, some interdisciplinary courses. The Social Science Elective may be satisfied by completing any 200-level or higher behavioral sciences course (psychology, sociology); global studies, or history beyond the core requirement; some economics, interdisciplinary studies, or law courses (LA 101 – LA 106).
PH 101 Problems of Philosophy
3 credits
  
HI History course (200- or 300- level)
3 credits
  
EC 111 Principles of Microeconomics
3 credits
  
EC 112 Principles of Macroeconomics
3 credits
  
Government
3 credits
  
Behavioral Science elective (PS or SO)
3 credits
  
Mathematical Sciences I and II 
6 credits
1st course 2nd course
Track 1* MA 131 MA 139
Track 2 MA 123 MA 126
Track 3 MA 123L MA 126L
*Required of all Mathematical Sciences majors
NASC Natural science course with Lab                                                          4 credits   
*Mathematical 200-level or Natural Science 300-level Elective
3 credits
*  Computer Information Systems majors must complete a MA elective.  

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Business Core Requirements (24 credits)

First Year
GB 101    World of Business  
3 credits
GB 102    Human Behavior in Organizations
1.5 credits 
GB 103    Legal Environment of Business 
1.5 credits
Sophomore Year
GB 201    Financial Reporting and Analysis  
3 credits 
GB 202    Accounting Information for Decision-Making  
1.5 credits 
GB 203    Information Support Systems in Business 
1.5 credits 
GB 210 Business Statistics
3 credits
Junior Year
GB 301    Integrated Business Functions 
6 credits 
Senior Year

*GB 401 Strategic Management  
3 credits  

*GB 401 is not required for BS in Mathematical Sciences majors

Course Focus Requirements

Students must complete a course(s) in their curriculum that address the following competencies:
Communications Intensive U.S. Diversity Intensive
Communications Intensive (Major) International Intensive

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Class of 2013?


Curriculum Requirements here.