Undergraduate Catalog - Lake Erie College

Courses designated to fulfill the basic proficiencies are listed below:
Basic Proficiencies: (20 Semester Hours)
Goal: To enhance the basic academic skills necessary for success in college and beyond. To facilitate this goal, it is
expected that all students will enroll in both the required English and mathematics courses during their first year of
attendance and complete all basic proficiency requirements early in their educational career.
EN 101 Principles of Composition and Research (4 SH)
CI 101 Computers and Information Processing (2 SH)
CM 105 Fundamentals of Public Speaking (2 SH)
FR/GR/IT/SP/LA 101 and 102: Beginning Language I and II (4, 4 SH)
MT 106 Geometry and Statistics for Education (3 SH) *Early Childhood Education or Intervention Specialist majors only
MT 107 Applied College Algebra (4 SH) OR MT 109 Pre-Calculus I (4 SH)
Beyond these proficiencies, the curriculum is focused on the acquisition of that information and those abilities and
experiences which enable students to be successful in college and lead to a liberal arts education. The College seeks
to equip students with the abilities necessary for careers, the flexibility to face change and the habits and values
conducive to lifelong learning. Many of the courses in the general education core are interdisciplinary. Others may
employ interdisciplinary components within the process of teaching, learning and research. Students are encouraged
to think how each general education choice relates to other courses within the core curriculum and in their major. The
core requirements are designed to meet a series of specific educational goals; these goals and the courses designated
to fulfill them are listed below:
Core Requirements: (24 Semester Hours)
Goal: The ability to exercise skills in critical thinking through an interdisciplinary approach to the liberal arts. (4 SH)
One of the following:
HU 120 Travels Through Time and Space (4 SH)
HU 125 Critical Thinking through Controversy (4 SH)
Goal: The ability to carry out careful analysis of sophisticated texts. (4 SH) One of the following:
EN 140 Principles of Critical Analysis (4 SH)
PO 201 Introduction to Political Ideologies (4 SH)
PR 111 Issues in Western Culture (4 SH)
PR 101 Introduction to Philosophy (4 SH)
Goal: An awareness of the foundations of cultures and values, both of their own and those of other societies. (4 SH)
One of the following: FR/GR/IT/SP 201 Intermediate Language (4 SH)
FR/GR/IT/SP 220 Conversation (4 SH)
HI 122 World History III: 1815 to Present (4 SH)
IS 200 Peoples and Cultures in Contrast (4 SH)
IS 300, 301 Intercultural Relationships (2, 2 SH)
PR 238 World Religions (4 SH)
Note: The requirement for this goal may also be fulfilled by an approved overseas experience or study abroad tour of
four semester credits.
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