Communications Requirement 9 cr.

Take: EN105  and EN106   and either CA103   or CA105   

Artistic Interpretation and Creation Requirement 6 cr.

Select two of the following: 

AR115 , AR215 , AR216 , EN201 , EN232 , EN234  , MU106  , MU260   

Ethical Reasoning Requirement 3 cr.

Select one of the following:

PH102  , PH221  , PH224  , PH308   

Civics Requirement 3 cr.

Select one of the following:

HIS104  , HIS105  , PA 230  , PO200  , PO210  

Human Diversity, Intercultural Understanding and Social Justice Requirement 3 cr.

 Select one of the following:

AN100  , EN221  , GGH110  , SO206   , SO342   , SW205   

Information Literacy and Logic Requirement 3 cr.

Select one of the following:

BAI209  , CA322  , PH101  , PH103   

Mathematical and Quantitative Reasoning Requirement 3 cr.

Select one of the following:

MA115  , MA120  , MA135 , or higher math course excluding MA208   

Scientific Inquiry - Natural and Physical Requirement 7 cr.

Natural Science - Select one from the following:

BI111  , BI214  , GO125  , GO141   

Physical Science - Select one from the following:

CH101  , GGP115  , GGP120  , PY101  , PY130   

(One course must include a lab portion)

Scientific Inquiry- Social Science- 6 cr.

Choose 2 courses from the following: 

EC141   , EC142  , PS101  , PS125  , SO141   

Student Seminar 3 CR.

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

Upper Division Requirements 36 cr.

36 hours of 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 , BIO327  , BIO498 , CA218 , CA322  , CA510  , CH342 , CJ221 , CS300 , EDU310 , EN201 , EN 204 , EN221 , EN232 , EN234 , EN490 , EXS375  , GGP350  , HC 263 , HIS261 , HIS334  , HIS453H , HIS453M  , IDS410 , MA301 , MG495 , ML251 , MU401  , NUR450  ,  NUR460 , PA432 , PC202  , PO210  , PS315 , SO141 , SW325  

Modern Language Requirement

Completion of two, 3-hour elementary level modern language courses (103 and 104); or the second 3-hour elementary level modern language course (104) and one, 3-hour intermediate course (201); or one, 3-hour intermediate course (201).  Placement will be determined through a Modern Language Placement test.

Additional Requirements

Park University confers the Bachelor of Arts degree at selected locations when a candidate has satisfied the following conditions:

• Completion of a minimum of 120 semester hours with a cumulative 2.0 GPA (or higher dependent on major).

• A minor is required (some may be discipline specific as noted in the major).

• Satisfaction of all requirements for a major.

• Completion of the Liberal Education requirements.

• Completion of the degree specific 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.