Liberal Education Guidlines

  1. Liberal education consists of eleven categories. Each category has a minimum credit and course requirement.
  2. A total of 42 credits must be completed to satisfy the Liberal Education Program at BSU. Forty of these credits must be in categories 1 through 10, which compose the Minnesota Tranfer Curriculum.
  3. A single course may be placed in one or two categories. Each credit in any of these courses, however, may be counted only once in meeting the 42 credit requirement. (Numbers in parentheses after a course title indicate in which other category the course will appear.)
  4. The Critical Thinking category may be satisfied by the satisfactory completion of the other Liberal Education categories. In each category where two courses are required, students are encouraged to take courses with different departmental prefixes.
 
Transfer Students
 

For information on completing the Minnesota Transfer Curriculum, please refer to the undergraduate catalog.
All Students
  Courses with an *(asterisk) will satisfy Liberal Education at BSU, but do not meet Minnesota Transfer Curriculum guidelines and may not be accepted as MNTC `courses at other MnSCU institutions.
Honor Program Students
  Students participating in the Honors Program need to follow the Honors Program cirriculum in place of the Liberal Education requirements. See the Honors Program Office or here for more information.
 
Liberal Education Categories
  Category 1: Communication (requires two courses, 6 credits)
  Category 2: Critical Thinking (requires completion of the rest of the Liberal Education Program)
  Category 3: Natural Science (requires two courses, 7 or more credits, at least one course must have a laboratory component)
  Category 4: Mathematical/Logical Reasoning (requires one course, 3 or more credits)
  Category 5: History and the Social and Behavioral Sciences (requires two courses, 6 or more credits)
  Category 6: Humanities and the Arts (requires two courses, 5 or more credits)
  Category 7: Human Diversity (requires one course, 2 or more credits)
  Category 8: Global Perspective (requires one course, 3 or more credits)
  Category 9: Ethical and Civic Responsibility (requires one course, 2 or more credits)
  Category 10: People and the Environment (requires one course, 3 credits)
  Category 11: Performance and Participation (requires 1 or more credits)
 

EXERCISE:
  1. Read through each category of Liberal Education.
  2. Identify which courses you may be interesting in taking by checking those courses in the 'Preferred Selection' field.
  3. See which of the selected courses are offered by referring to the appropriate Course Schedule.
Following this procedure will ensure proper selection and completion of your liberal education requirements.
 
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