Bachelor of Arts (B.A.)
| General Education Core Requirements for B.A. | 59-62 Hours | |
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| I. Featured Courses | 4-6 | |
| GND 1015, First-Year Seminar | 3 | |
| XXX 3015, Junior Cornerstone Seminar Students must take a "3015" course to satisfy this requirement. The hours for the Junior Cornerstone (JCS) may count below in V-VII or IX-XII depending on its prefix. In the unlikely event that students take additional JSC courses, they may be applied below in V-VII or IX-XII. JCS credits may not count in major or minor. |
0 | |
| XXX 4015 or GND 4015, Senior Capstone Seminar Note: Total offered Senior Capstone hours may be counted either in the major or in the General Education Core requirements (depending upon the program of study), but not both. |
1-3 | |
| Linked Cohort Courses, 1000- and/or 2000-level The hours for the Linked Cohorts (LCCs) may count below in III, V, and / or VII-XII depending on their prefixes |
0 | |
| Global Studies (GS), 4 courses Experiential Learning (EL), 2 courses Global Studies (GS) and Experiential Learning (EL) courses may be taken in the BELL Core, or in the major, the minor, or other required or elective courses. Note that the Junior Cornerstone Seminar is, by definition, an EL course, but the category of EL will vary. For the comprehensive list of all GS and EL courses offered at Belmont, and for the "key" to the codes, go to www.belmont.edu/bellcore/, click on "Academic Advising," and then "GS/EL Permanently Designated Courses" or "GS/EL Codes." For the list of currently offered GS and EL courses, go to the homepage of ClassFinder and look for the appropriate link in the BELL Core box. For a list of transfer courses that count for GS credit, go to the same web address, click on "Academic Advising" and click on "Global Studies Transfer Courses." |
0 | |
| II. Oral Communication | 3 | |
| COM 1100, Fundamentals of Speech Communication | 3 | |
| III. Written Communication | 6 | |
| ENG 1010, First-Year Writing | 3 | |
| ENG 3010, Third-Year Writing | 3 | |
| IV. Fine Arts Select one of the following courses: 1, 2 |
3-4 | |
| ART 2000, The Art Experience (3) ART 2800, Art History I (3) (required for BA Art Majors) MUH 1200, Introduction to Music: History, Style and Culture (3) (required for Music Majors) MUH 2000, The Musical Experience (3) MUH 2010, Popular Music Experience (3) MUH 2020, World Music Experience (3) MUH 2140, The Arts for Education (4) TDR 2000, The Film Experience (3) TDR 2800, The Theatre Experience (3) DAN 2000, The Dance Experience (3) |
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| V. Foreign Language Select two courses from the same language, 2000 level or above: |
6 | |
| CHN, FRE, GER, GRK, ITL, JPN, LAT, RUS and SPA 3,4 | ||
| VI. Humanities Select three courses from at least two of the following prefixes: |
9 | |
| CLA, ENL, ENW, EUR, HUM, and PHI 5, 6, 7 (ENG 1050 and ASN 2000 will also count in this category. See footnote 5) |
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| VII. Mathematics Select one of the following courses: 8 |
3 | |
| MTH 1080, Mathematical Inquiry (3) MTH 1020, An Introduction to Mathematical Reasoning (3) CSC 1020, Inquiry Through Computer Science (3) |
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| VIII. Religion Six hours must be done in the same path. Choose six hours from path "a" or six hours from path "b": 9,10 |
6 | |
| Path a.REL 1020, Introduction to the Old Testament (3) Plus one of the following courses: REL 3050, Introduction to the New Testament (3) REL 3950 Study Abroad taken as "The New Testament World" (3) |
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| Path b.REL 1010, Understanding the Bible (3) Plus one of the following courses: REL 3020, Ancient Wisdom for Contemporary Issues (3) REL 3030, God, the Bible, and Scientific Discovery (3) REL 3060, Jesus in the Gospels and Film (3) REL 3080, Questions that Matter (3) REL 3090, Spirituality in World Religions(3) REL 3095, Ethics in World Religions (3) REL 3950 Study Abroad taken as "The New Testament World" (3) |
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| IX. Sciences Select two of the following courses, at least one must be lab-based: 11,12 |
7 or 8 | |
| BIO 1010, Biological Sciences (4) BIO 1023, Topics in Biology (3) BIO 1110, Principles of Biology (4) BIO 1120, Principles of Biology II (4) CEM 1010, Chemistry, Your Environment and You (4) CEM 1610, General Chemistry I (4) CEM 1620, General Chemistry II (4) ENV 1110, Introduction to Environmental Science (4) PHY 1010, Science: A Process of Inquiry (4) PHY 1100, Acoustical Physics (4) PHY 1110, Basic College Physics I (4) PHY 1120, Basic College Physics II (4) PHY 1140, Introduction to Physics (4) PHY 2110, General College Physics I (4) PHY 2120, General College Physics II (4) PSY 1100, General Psychology (3) [may not be taken or counted in Gen Ed if PSY 1200 is taken] PSY 1200, Introduction to Psychological Science (4) |
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| X. Social Sciences Choose three courses from at least two prefixes, including at least one in HIS: |
9 | |
| ASN 2010, Asia for the Social Sciences (3) COM 2020, Argumentation and Debate (3) COM 2140, Family Communication (3) COM 4920, Political Communication (3) ECO 2210, Principles of Macroeconomics (3) or ECO 2220, Principles of Microeconomics (3) HIS 1010, World History to 1500 (3) HIS 1020, World History since 1500 (3) HIS 1100, The African American Experience after 1865 (3) HIS 1200, The Wild West (3) HIS 1300, The Roman World (3) HIS 1400, The Medieval World: Kings, Queens, Commoners & Crusaders (3) HIS 1500, The Islamic World Since 1750 (3) HIS 1600, The Modern U.S. from the Cold War to Bush v. Gore (3) HIS 1700, The Samurai and Their World (3) HIS 2010, American Experience From Colonial to Civil War (3) HIS 2020, American Experience From Reconstruction to Cold War (3) HIS 1895, Special Studies (3) HIS 2895, Special Studies (3) Any course with a HIS prefix may serve as a second HIS course if a student elects to take one MDS 1500, Mass Media and Society (3) MDS 1700, Digital Citizenship (3) PRL 1180, Public Relations Principles (3) PSC 1100, Special Topics in Gen. Ed.: Political Science (3) PSC 1210, American Government (3) PSC 1300, The United States and World Affairs (3) SOC 1010, Introduction to Sociology (3) SOC 1020, Social Problems (3) SOC 1100, Special Topics in Gen. Ed.: Sociology (3) |
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| XI. Wellness 13 Choose one path: |
3 | |
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Path a.WEL 1600, Health and Fitness Concepts (2) Path c. WEL 1700, Health and Fitness Concepts with Activity (3) |
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| Core Total | 59-63 | |
1 Education majors completing a Pre-K-4 or a 5-8 license must take MUH 2140 (4 hrs)--or, alternatively, MUH 2160 (2 hrs) + ART 2160 (2 hrs)--for the Fine Arts requirement. Also, BA students with a major in Music should take MUH 1200 to fulfill the Fine Arts requirement.
2 Music majors seeking a BA degree must choose ART 2000, DAN 2000, TDR 2000, or TDR 2800.
3 Classics majors must choose one pair from the following to fulfill the BA Foreign Language requirement: REL 1150 + 1160 (Elementary Greek); REL 1110 +1120 (Elementary Hebrew); GRK 1010 + 1020 (Elementary Classical Greek).
4 Correspondence / Distance work in Foreign Language is not accepted as credit for Belmont students. Also, students who have had three years or more of a Foreign Language in high school may be ready to begin language study at Belmont with the 2000-level courses. Incoming students with previous language study are encouraged to consult instructors in each language to determine specific placement.
5 Exceptions:1) ENG 1050 will count as a Humanities credit. ASN 2000, Asia for the Humanities, will count for HUM credit. 2) These individual courses will not fulfill the Humanities requirements in General Education: ENG 1000, 1030, 1010, 2030, 3010; ENL 1990, 2000, 3440, 4900; ENW 2000, 3050, 3960, 3970, 4010, 4900; EUR 4500; PHI 1540, 2330, 2340, 2350, 2360, 3150, 3160, 3240, 3430, 4110, 4120, 4130, 4140, 4150, 4200. (The following PHI will meet the Gen Ed Humanities requirement: PHI 1510, 1520, 1600, 2250, 2310, 2380, 3110, 3200, 3260, 1950, 2950, 3950).
6 Philosophy majors and minors must take PHI 1600 as part of the Humanities requirement.
7 Language majors must take at least one ENL course in literature, at the 2000 level or above.
8 Education students seeking K-12 or 7-12 licensure must take MTH 1080 if they have a score of 25 or above on the Math ACT test; otherwise, they must take MTH 1110 (College Algebra) to fulfill state licensure requirements. For K-12 and 7-12 Licensure students, MTH1110 is approved to meet a General Education requirement for Mathematics for those students who do not qualify to take MTH 1080.
9 Majors in the School of Religion will follow neither Path A nor Path B. Rather, they will take REL 1020, Introduction to Old Testament, followed immediately by REL 1250, Introduction to New Testament and Exegetical Methods, which is a non-General Education course. They will also take a 3000-level topical (Path B) Gen. Ed. REL course after accruing 60 credit hours.
10 Once a student has matriculated to Belmont, he or she may not take a lower-level Religion course at another institution and transfer this course in as Belmont 3000-level General Education course in Religion. A 3000-level (or above) course in Religion may, however, be taken elsewhere and transferred in for Belmont’s 3000-level Religion requirement after the student has acquired 45 credit hours toward his or her degree.
11 Education students seeking secondary or K-12 licensure should consult their advisors before taking courses to meet their Science requirements.
12 BIO 1010 is intended for most non-science majors. BIO 1110 is an introductory course for BIO majors, BIO minors, and pre-health students. CEM 1010 and PHY 1010 are intended for most non-science majors. CEM 1610 is the introductory course for chemistry majors, minors, and pre-health sciences. PHY 1100 is intended for those with interests in sound. PHY 1140 is intended for AET (Audio Engineering Technology) majors. PHY 1110 (trigonometry-based) and PHY 2110 (calculus-based) are introductory courses for science majors and pre-health students. CEM 1610, PHY 1110, and PHY 1120 have mathematics prerequisites. Students who apply PSY 1200 to the BELL Core may not use PSY 1100 for other science options in General Education.
13 Students who have successfully completed 5 semesters of ROTC may petition the chair of the Department of Sport Science for waiver of the Wellness requirement.
14 Marching band do not substitute.