General Education Requirements
General Education courses are required for the Bachelor of Arts, the Bachelor of Fine Arts, the Bachelor of Music Education, the Bachelor of Science, the Bachelor of Science in Education, the Bachelor of Science in Clinical Laboratory Sciences, and the Bachelor of Science in Nursing Completion Program.
Required courses for the Bachelor of Technology may be chosen from the General Education Requirements. See Bachelor of Technology for specific information on this degree.
Any courses taken to fulfill the General Education Requirements cannot also fulfill the Institutional Requirements or Major/Minor requirements, unless specifically permitted in this catalog.
It is recommended that students carefully sequence courses from the General Education Requirements during their freshman and sophomore years.
Freshman Seminar (1 hour)
Written Communication (6 hours)
See ENGL course descriptions.
Required Courses:
Any student with ACT English score of 19 or above
For students with ACT English score of 27 or above
| ENGL 10115 | Accelerated Composition | 3 |
| | ENGL ACT credit | 3 |
ENGL ACT credit: upon successful completion of ENGL 10115, except for students with previous English composition credit
Students who have an ACT English score of 27 or above may elect to take ENGL 10111 and ENGL 10112. Students with credit for ENGL 10111 and an ACT English score of 27 or above may elect to take ENGL 10115 for three hours credit rather than ENGL 10112. No student may receive more than six hours of credit for the freshman composition requirement.
NOTE: ENGL 10110 Introduction to College Writing is a prerequisite for students who do not meet placement criteria for ENGL 10111.
Oral Communication (3 hours)
See COM course descriptions.
Required Course:
Mathematics (3 hours)
Advisement necessary for correct selection.
See MATH course descriptions.
Required: One of the following courses:
NOTE: MATH 17090/MATH 17091 Math Skills is a prerequisite for students who do not meet placement criteria for the Mathematics choices listed above.
Political Science (3 hours)
Required Course:
NOTE: POLS 34201 is the required course for students who have credit for an American Government course which did not include a study of the Missouri Constitution. (Students successfully completing POLS 34203 State and Local Government at Northwest may have POLS 34201 Missouri Politics waived. See chairperson of the Department of Humanities and Social Sciences for approval of this waiver.)
History (3 hours)
See HIST course descriptions.
Required Course:
Life and Physical Sciences (8 hours)
See
AGRI,
BIOL,
CHEM,
GEOL,
PHYS,
PHSC course descriptions.
Required: One course from each area:
Associated Lab included with selected course
Life Sciences
Physical Sciences
Humanities and Fine Arts (9 hours)
See
ENGL,
COM,
HUM,
PHIL,
POLS,
ART,
MUS,
THEA course descriptions.
Required: One course from each area.
Literature
Humanities/Philosophy
Fine Arts
Social and Behavioral Sciences (6 hours)
See
AGRI,
ECON,
GEOG,
SOC,
PSYC course descriptions.
Required: One course from each area.
Education degrees require PSYC 08303.
Social Sciences
Behavioral Sciences
Total Credit Hours: 42