Core Curriculum

The Bellevue University General Education Core courses assist the student to acquire the skills, conceptual and factual knowledge and the ability to conduct structured inquiry as a foundation to all the areas of knowledge commonly held by educated persons and that permit full understanding of the material presented in the various major courses of study offered by the University.  They furthermore provide the necessary foundation for lifelong learning.

• Undergraduate Degrees

General Education Core Curriculum* (45 semester credit hours)

• Basic Communication (9 credit hours)
• Human Behavior (6 credit hours)
• Human Civilization (6 credit hours)
• Human Expression (6 credit hours)
• Human Thought (3 credit hours)
• Science (3 credit hours)
• Mathematics (3 credit hours)
• Kirkpatrick Signature Series (9 credit hours)

• Basic Communication (9 credit hours)

  Composition I
  Composition II
  and Fundamentals of Speech Communication or Oral Communication Skills

• Human Behavior (6 credit hours)

  Anthropology (any course/s)
  Psychology (any course/s)
  Sociology (any course/s)
  

• Human Civilization (6 credit hours)

  Archeology (any course/s)
  Culture (any course/s)
  Geography (any course/s)
  History (any course/s)
  International Studies (any course/s)
  Political Science (any course/s)
  Women's Studies (any course/s)
  

• Human Expression (6 credit hours)

  American Sign Language (any course/s)
  Art (any course/s)
  Art History (any course/s
  Communication (any course/s 200 or higher)
  Computer Graphics (ARCT) (any course/s)
  Drama (any course/s)
  Foreign Languages (any course/s)
  Humanities (any course/s)
  Literature (any course/s)
  Music (any course/s)
  

• Human Thought (3 credit hours)

  Economics (any course/s)
  Philosophy (any course/s)
  Religion (any course/s)
  

• Science (3 credit hours)

  Any Science course
  

• Mathematics (3 credit hours)

  Intermediate Algebra
  or a more advanced mathematics course
  

  
  

  In addition to satisfying the General Education Core, all students must complete the Signature Series.

• Kirkpatrick Signature Series (9 credit hours)

  LA 400 American Vision and Values
  LA 410 Tradition and Change
  LA 420 Freedom and Responsibility
  

* The substitution of transfer courses and the use of Experiential Learning Assessment (ELA) credit is made as designated by the office of the appropriate College Dean. There is a designated CLEP/DANTES examination or in-house examination available for each of the General Education Core Curriculum requirements, except for Kirkpatrick Signature Series requirement.  There is no substitution, ELA or transfer course for the Kirkpatrick Signature Series.