General Studies
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General Studies Curriculum
The general studies degree requires a minimum of 120 credit hours to complete, including the general education requirements and at least 39 senior division hours.
- Social and Behavioral Sciences – 6 hours
- Course 1
- Course 2
- Constitution requirement – 3 hours
- Course 1
- Written Communication – 6 hours
- Course 1
- Course 2
- Oral Communication – 3 hours
- Course 1
- Natural Sciences – 7 hours (from two disciplines, one to include a lab) Course 1
- Course 2
- Mathematics – 3 hours
- Course 1
- Humanities & Fine Arts – 9 hours (from at least two disciplines)
- Course 1
- Course 2
- Course 3
- Additional requirements – 5 hours (to include UI100 for native students)
- UI100/Course 1
- Course 2
- Civics examination
Plus 39 hours of 300-500 Level Courses
Fall
- Full Term: Aug. - Dec. (3 hours)
- Full Term: Aug. - Dec. (3 hours)
- Full Term: Aug. - Dec. (3 hours)
- 1st 8 Week: Aug. - Oct. (3 hours)
- 2nd 8 Week: Oct. - Dec. (3 hours)
- Total: 15 hours
Spring
- Wintersession: Dec. - Jan. (3 hours)
- Full Term: Jan. - May. (3 hours)
- Full Term: Jan. - May. (3 hours)
- 1st 8 Week: Jan. - Mar. (3 hours)
- 2nd 8 Week: Mar. - May. (3 hours)
- Total: 15 hours
Summer
- 1st 4 Week: June (3 hours)
- 8 Week: June-July (3 hours)
- 2nd 4 Week: July (3 hours)
- Total: 9 hours
Program Assessment
See how General Education Learning Goals inform how we align, design, deliver, and access student learning across the general education curriculum.
First Year Seminar - UI100
Southeast Missouri State University is proud of our commitment to helping you, our first-year students, transition successfully to the University. Southeast requires most of our first-year students to take the UI100: First-Year Seminar which is a one-credit hour course to assist you during your first semester.
Student Forms
General Education forms include course substitution, military-based substitution, waiver guidelines, contract for study abroad, interdisciplinary studies, and information on transferring courses.
General Education Council
General Education Council handles all policy matters affecting the General Education program and all proposals for new courses or changes in the treatment of the General Education objectives in existing courses.
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