Requirements For B.S.E. Major — 58 Hours, 2.0 Cumulative; 3.00 Content; and 3.00 Professional Education GPA

No grade lower than a “C” in education core.

Students seeking secondary certification must select one of the following areas of certification:

• Biology  
• Chemistry  
• Earth Science  
• English  
• Mathematics  
• Social Science  

Writing Seminar 6 cr.

EN105  and EN106   

Math Requirement 3 cr.

Select one of the following:

MA120 , MA135 , or higher math course excluding MA208   

Science with a lab Requirement 4 cr.

Select one of the following:

BI101 , BI111 , BI211 , BI212 , BI223 , BIO221 , BIO225 , BIO325 , BIO327 , BIO330 , BIO337L  and BIO337 , BIO350 , BIO400 , BIO410 , BIO411 , BIO417 , CH101 , CH105 , CH107L  and CH107 , CH108L  and CH108 , CH317L  and CH317 , CH318L  and CH318 , CH328 , CH329 , CH337L  and CH337 , CH440 , GGP115 , GGP205 , GO130 , GO141 , GO151 , GO200 , GO310 , GO320 , GO330 , PY155 , PY156 , PY205 , or PY206  

Ethics Requirement 3 cr.

Select one of the following:

AC435 , CA302 , CS300 , EDU310 , MG495 , NS306 , PA380 , PH102 , PH221 , PH224 , PH308 , PS220 , SO220 , SW492 

Communications Requirement 3 cr.

Select one of the following:

CA103 , CA105  

Citizenship Requirement 3 cr.

Select one of the following:

PO200 , PO210 , HIS111 , HIS112 , or HIS113   

Humanities Requirement 6 cr.

Select one of the following Art or English: 

AR115 , AR215 , AR216 , EN201 , EN221 , EN232 , EN234  

And one of the following:

AR115 , AR215 , AR216 , EN201 , EN221 , EN232 , EN234 , CA104 , CA116 , CA235 , ML235 , ML251 , PH101 , PC202 , PH205 , RE109 , SP110 , SP201 , SP202 , TH100 , TH101 , 

Natural Science Requirement 3 cr.

Select one of the following:

BI214 , CH101 , CH102 , CH105 , CH107  CH107L , CH108  CH108L , GGP115 , GGP120 , GGP205 , GO125 , GO130 , GO141 , GO151 , GO200 , NS220 , PY101 , PY155 , PY156 , PY205 , or PY206  

_{^{*Computer Science and PE courses excluded.}}

Social Science Requirement 6 cr.

Select two of the following:

AN100 , CJ100 , CJ200 , EC141 , EC142 , EDU210 , FI201 , GGH110 , GGH200 , HIS104 , HIS105 , PO216 , PS101 , PS125 , PS205 , SO141 , SO206 , or SW205 

Seminar: Integrative & Interdisciplinary Learning 3 cr.

Select one of the topics for LE300*   

Student Seminar 3 cr.

FYE100 First-Year Seminar  (required for all incoming first-time freshman and highly encouraged for transfer students)

Upper Division Hours 36 cr.

36 hours upper division (300 - 400) level course work

Writing Across the Curriculum 9 cr.

3 credit hours of Professional Writing (EN306*  or equivalent from the list below) plus 6 credit hours of Writing Intensive coursework are required.

EN306A , EN306B , EN306C , EN307 , EDU300 , CJ450 , HIS455 , MG306 , NS306 , PA430 , PO405 , PS300 , PS406 , or SO310  

6 credit hours to fulfill the Writing Intensive requirement must be chosen from among the courses designated in the catalog as “WI” (Writing Intensive ), composed as follows:

• 3 of the credit hours must come from a WI course outside the student’s major(s); that is, the course must be offered by a program other than the one(s) that house(s) the student’s major area of study at the time the course is taken.
• 3 of the credit hours must come from a WI course that is offered by the student’s major program; that is, the course must be offered by the same program that houses the student’s major at the time the course is taken.

AR316 , AR498 , BIO498 , CA218 , CH342 , CJ221 , CS300 , EDU310 , EN201 , EN 204 , EN221 , EN232 , EN234 , EN490 , FW190 , GGP350 , HC 263 ,  HIS261 , HIS453 , IDS410 , MA301 , ML251 , MG495 , NUR460 , PA432 , PO210 , PS315 , SO141 , SP320 , SW325  

Additional Requirements

Park University grants the Bachelor of Science, Bachelor of Science in Business Administration, Bachelor of Public Administration, Bachelor of Science in Education, Bachelor of Fine Arts, and the Bachelor of Music Degree upon completion of the following requirements:

• Completion of a minimum of 120 semester hours with a cumulative 2.0 GPA (or higher dependent on major).
• A minor for Geography, B.S.  and Information Systems, B.S.  majors.
• Satisfaction of all requirements for a major.
• Completion of degree specific requirements.
• Completion of Liberal Education requirements.
• Completion of residency requirement, 30 hours of earned and graded (A, B, C, D) college hours at Park University. At least 15 of these 30 hours must be in the major.
• Submission of an Application for Graduation.