General Education Courses
Required of all WNMU students

Area I – Communications (9 hrs)

• ENGL 101 – Composition & Rhetoric I
• ENGL 102 – Composition & Rhetoric II
• COMM 110 – Public Speaking

Area II – Mathematics (3 hrs)

• A college-level mathematics course

Area III – Laboratory Science (8 hrs)

• Two general science courses with labs – may be from two different fields

Area IV – Social and Behavioral Sciences (6-9 hrs)

• PSY 102 – General Psychology
• SOC 101 – Intro to Sociology
• ECON 201 – Principles of Macroeconomics or POLS 201 – American National Gov’t
• ANTH 201 – Cultural Anthropology

Area V – Humanities and Fine Arts (6-9 hrs)

• HIST 111 or 112 – World Civilization I or II
• HIST 201 or 202 – American History I or II
• ART 211, MUSC 111, or THR 110 -  Art, Music, or Theater Appreciation
• Any 200-level ENGL literature course
• PHIL 100 – Intro to Philosophy

The total credits from Areas IV and V must be 18 hours.

Computer Literacy (3 hrs)

• CMPS 111 – Computer Literacy

Total required General Education credit hours = 41