UNDERGRADUATE Catalog 2013–2014 - Herzing University

3.00 Semester Credit Hours in Social or Behavioral Science
Suggested Herzing courses:
Course Number Course Name Prerequisites/Corequisites
Semester
Credit Hours
PS 101 Psychology None 3.00
SS 120 Introduction to Sociology None 3.00
SS 340 Social Structure and Culture in the United States None 3.00
SS 350 Social Issues and Technology None 3.00
3.00 Semester Credit Hours in Speech
Suggested Herzing course:
Course Number Course Name Prerequisites/Corequisites
Semester
Credit Hours
EN 116 Speech None 3.00
General Education Requirements for Bachelor’s Degrees
pROGRAM OBJECTIVES
Upon completion of the general education requirements, students should be able to:
1. Write unified, coherent, and grammatically correct academic, personal, and career-related documents.
2. Express themselves clearly and concisely in academic, personal, and career-related presentations and discussions.
3. Consider the needs and perspectives of a diverse culture when making decisions and solving personal, academic, and careerrelated
problems.
4. Use the scientific method while practicing safe and appropriate laboratory skills.
5. Use up-to-date technology to complete papers, projects, research, and reports.
6. Demonstrate applicable critical thinking, decision making, argumentation, and problem-solving skills.
7. Use various math skills to solve a variety of academic, personal, and career-related problems.
Students enrolled in bachelor’s degrees must complete a minimum of 37.00 semester credit hours in general education distributed among
the following disciplines. A minimum of 9.00 semester credit hours must be upper level (300- to 400-level courses). Some programs may
require more semester credit hours of general education, depending on their content and objectives. *
4.00 Semester Credit Hours in Computer Applications
3.00 Semester Credit Hours in Cultural Diversity
6.00 Semester Credit Hours in English Composition or Literature
3.00 Semester Credit Hours in General Education Electives
3.00 Semester Credit Hours in Humanities With a Critical Thinking Focus **
1.00 Semester Credit Hour in Information Literacy
7.00 Semester Credit Hours in Mathematics (College Algebra or Above)
4.00 Semester Credit Hours in Natural Science With a Lab Component
3.00 Semester Credit Hours in Social or Behavioral Science
3.00 Semester Credit Hours in Speech
* Transfer students may transfer courses that are within 1.00 semester credit hour of the courses listed above to meet these discipline
requirements. Any resulting deficiency in the total of 37.00 semester credit hours required in general education may be made up with
general education electives from any of the listed disciplines.
** A course with a critical thinking focus would be a course that addresses the theories and application of critical analysis with an emphasis
on developing sequential reasoning skills. Examples may be courses in critical thinking, philosophy, logic, or science.
In the state of Minnesota, a minimum of 33.00 semester credit hours in general education is required, not counting computer
applications. However, all Herzing University students must complete a minimum of 37.00 semester credit hours in general education,
including computer applications, to complete the requirement for graduation from all bachelor’s degree programs. Minnesota
students must complete at least 4.00 semester credit hours of general education in the humanities.
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Undergraduate Programs of Study