Foundations Curriculum
Students must have at least 42 semester hours of foundations curriculum (FC) in order to graduate. There are six categories under FC, listed below. Depending on the student’s major, certain classes in each category are required by the major. Students must refer to the left hand side of their major’s checksheet for this info!
Where students have free choice of classes under those categories, please look at our FC Worksheet. FC course suggestions are listed on page 2 of this worksheet. If you would like more selection, please click here for an exhaustive listing FC Courses and SPRING 2010 List of FC Courses
- English Composition (6 hours) – courses falling under this category are identified by FC:EN in the online university undergraduate catalog.
- Natural Science (8 hours, with at least 1 lab course) – courses falling under this category are identified by FC:SC in the online university undergraduate catalog.
- Social Science (12 hours, with courses from 3 different disciplines) – courses falling under this category are identified by FC:SO in the online university undergraduate catalog.
- Mathematics (3 hours) – courses falling under this category are identified by FC:MA in the online university undergraduate catalog.
- Humanities and Fine Arts (10 hours, with at least one course in Humanities and one course in Fine Arts) – courses falling under this category are identified by FC:HU and FC:FA in the online university undergraduate catalog.
- Health and Exercise & Sport Science (3 hours) – courses falling under this category are identified by FC:HL and FC:EX in the online university undergraduate catalog.
