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Page | 76Lamar State College-Port Arthur Core CurriculumChart I: – Students must select 36 semester credit hours of the core curriculum from the componentsdescribed below:Component Area Required Credit Hours LSCPA CoursesCommunication 6 ENGL 1301 and 1302(English rhetoric/composition)Mathematics 3 MATH 1314, 1324, 1332Natural Sciences 6 Any combination of twolaboratory science courses selected from:BIOL 1406, 1407, 2401 or 2402;CHEM 1405, 1406, 1407, 1408, 1411 or 1412;GEOL 1403 or 1404;PHYS 1401, 1402, 1405, 1407,1411, 1412, 1415, 1417, 2425, or 2426Humanities 3 ENGL 2321, 2326, 2331 or 2341Visual or Performing Arts 3 Selected from: ARTS 1301, 1311 or 1316DRAM 1310, 1320, 1321, 1351 or 1352Social or Behavioral SciencesU.S. History 6 HIST 1301, 1302, 2301*Political Science 6 GOVT 2301 and 2302Social or Behavioral Science 3 ECON 2301 or 2302;GOVT 2304;HIST 1301, 1302, 2301, 2321or 2322; PSYC 2301, 2314 or 2317SOCI 1301, 1306 or 2301Total for Chart I36 semester hours* 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 toalso 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 CoursesCommunication 3 SPCH 1315 or SPCH 2335Mathematics 0Natural Sciences 2 Science LabsHumanities or Visual or Performing Arts 3 Selected from:ARTS 1301, 1303, 1304, 1311 or 1316DRAM 1310, 1320, 1321, 1351,1352, 2336, 2351 or 2361ENGL 2321, 2326, 2331 or 2341;HUMA 1315; MUSI 1306 or 1310;PHIL 1301, 1304, 1316, 1317 or 2303Social or Behavioral Sciences 0Institutionally-Designated Option 3 COSC 1301 or BCIS 13051 Physical activity courseTotal for Chart II12 semester hoursTotal Core Curriculum -- 48 semester hours