General Education Requirements

English Composition (6 credits)

All baccalaureate students must complete six credits in English composition, one from each group listed below.

Mathematical/Analytical Reasoning (6 credits)

General education analytical reasoning courses must come from the following list. All baccalaureate students must have credit in at least one Mathematics course.

Natural Sciences (9 credits)

To complete the natural science requirement, a baccalaureate student must take at least nine credits from the following list. A minimum of six credits must be in a life science or a physical science course sequence and the remaining credits must be in an area other than that previously selected (i.e., both physical and life sciences must be taken). Sequence options are identified following the course list.

Humanities (9 credits)

Baccalaureate students must complete a total of nine semester credits of humanities chosen from each of the following areas: Literature/Literature Intensive Humanities, History/Philosophy, and Communication/World Languages.

Social/Behavioral Sciences (6 credits)

All baccalaureate students complete at least 6 credits in social science chosen from the list below.

• ANTH 1010 - CULTURAL ANTHROPOLOGY 3 Credit Hour(s)
• ANTH 1100 - INTRODUCTION TO PHYSICAL ANTHROPOLOGY 3 Credit Hour(s)
• CJ 1010 - INTRODUCTION TO CRIMINAL JUSTICE 3 Credit Hour(s)
• ECON 1010 - ECONOMICS OF CURRENT ISSUES 3 Credit Hour(s)
• ECON 1020 - ELEMENTS OF ECONOMICS 3 Credit Hour(s)
• ECON 2010 - PRINCIPLES OF ECONOMICS (MACROECONOMICS) 3 Credit Hour(s)
• ECON 2020 - PRINCIPLES OF ECONOMICS (MICROECONOMICS) 3 Credit Hour(s)
• GEOG 1030 - INTRODUCTION TO GEOGRAPHY 3 Credit Hour(s)
• GEOG 1260 - ENVIRONMENTAL CONSERVATION AND GEOGRAPHY 3 Credit Hour(s)
• POLI 2010 - AMERICAN POLITICS 3 Credit Hour(s)
• POLI 2020 - STATE AND LOCAL POLITICS 3 Credit Hour(s)
• PSYC 1010 - GENERAL PSYCHOLOGY I 3 Credit Hour(s)
• PSYC 1020 - GENERAL PSYCHOLOGY II 3 Credit Hour(s)
• PSYC 1167 - HONORS: GENERAL PSYCHOLOGY I 3 Credit Hour(s)
• PSYC 1177 - HONORS: GENERAL PSYCHOLOGY II 3 Credit Hour(s)
• PSYC 2040 - DEVELOPMENTAL PSYCHOLOGY 3 Credit Hour(s)
• PSYC 2100 - SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY 3 Credit Hour(s)
• SOC 1010 - INTRODUCTORY SOCIOLOGY 3 Credit Hour(s)
• SOC 1017 - HONORS: INTRODUCTORY SOCIOLOGY 3 Credit Hour(s)
• SOC 2120 - SOCIAL PROBLEMS 3 Credit Hour(s)
• SOC 2150 - SOCIOLOGY AND SEXUALITY 3 Credit Hour(s)
• SOC 2220 - MARRIAGE AND FAMILY LIFE 3 Credit Hour(s)

Fine Arts (3 credits)

All baccalaureate students complete at least 3 credits in fine arts chosen from the list below. 

• ART 1050 - SURVEY OF WORLD ART HISTORY I 3 Credit Hour(s)
• ART 1060 - SURVEY OF WORLD ART HISTORY II 3 Credit Hour(s)
• DNC 1000 - INTRODUCTION TO DANCE 3 Credit Hour(s)
• HONR 1917 - INTERDISCIPLINARY ARTS 3 Credit Hour(s)
• MUS 1510 - INTRODUCTION TO MUSIC 3 Credit Hour(s)
• MUS 1710 - HISTORY OF ROCK AND ROLL 3 Credit Hour(s)
• THEA 1310 - INTRODUCTION TO THE THEATRE 3 Credit Hour(s)

First-Year Seminar (2 credits)

Students may complete either SE 1010/SE 1017 or two semesters of SE 1020. The first-year seminar is not a Board of Regents general education requirement and is not required of transfer or readmitted Southeastern students with 30 credits or more. Those students will replace the seminar with 2 credits of electives.

• SE 1010 - FRESHMAN ACADEMIC SUCCESS AT SOUTHEASTERN 2 Credit Hour(s)
• SE 1017 - HONORS: FRESHMAN ACADEMIC SUCCESS AT SOUTHEASTERN 2 Credit Hour(s)
• SE 1020 - FRESHMAN ACADEMIC COACHING SEMINAR 1 Credit Hour(s)