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Lamar State College-Port Arthur Core Curriculum
Chart I: – Students must select 36 semester credit hours of the core curriculum from the components described
below:
Component Area Required Credit Hours LSCPA Courses
Communication 6 ENGL 1301 and 1302
(English rhetoric/composition)
Mathematics 3 MATH 1314, 1332
Natural Sciences* 6 BIOL 1406, 1407, 2401 or 2402;
CHEM 1405, 1406, 1407, 1408, 1411 or 1412;
GEOL 1403 or 1404;
PHYS 1401, 1402, 1405, 1407, 1415 or 1417
Humanities 3 ENGL 2321, 2326, 2331 or 2341
Visual or Performing Arts 3 Selected from:
ARTS 1301, 1311, 1312, 1316, 2313, or 2316
DRAM 1310, 1320, 1321, 1351, 1352 or 2336
Social or Behavioral Sciences
U.S. History 6 HIST 1301, 1302, 2301**
Political Science 6 GOVT 2305 and 2306
Social or Behavioral Science 3 ECON 2301 or 2302;
GEOG 1302;
HIST 1301, 1302, 2301, 2321
or 2322; PSYC 2301, 2314 or 2317
SOCI 1301, 1306 or 2301
Total for Chart I
36 semester hours
* Students must complete two lab science courses from those listed. Some courses have prerequisites and must be taken in sequence.
** If a student chooses to use HIST 2301 for one of the two required courses in U.S. History, then he/she may not use that course to
also meet the 3 semester credit hour requirement in Social/Behavioral Sciences.
Chart II: – Students select from the courses listed for the 12 additional semester credit hours required:
Component Area Required Credit Hours LSCPA Courses
Communication 3 SPCH 1315 or SPCH 2335
Mathematics 0
Natural Sciences 2 Science Labs
Humanities or Visual or Performing Arts 3 Selected from:
ARTS 1301, 1303, 1304,
1311, 1312, 1316, 2316. 2348, or 2349
DRAM 1310, 1320, 1321, 1351,
1352, 2336, 2351 or 2361
ENGL 2321, 2326, 2331 or 2341;
MUSI 1310;
PHIL 1301
Social or Behavioral Sciences 0
Institutionally-Designated Option 3 COSC 1301 or BCIS 1305
1 Physical activity course
Total for Chart II
12 semester hours
Total Core Curriculum -- 48 semester hours