The Emc易倍体育 Curriculum
General Education requirements at Emc易倍体育 are called the Emc易倍体育 Curriculum (LC). The LC consists of the following:
- Inquiry Seminar (INQS)
- Modes of Inquiry (MOIs)
- Creative Studies (CS)
- Individuals, Systems, and Societies (IS)
- Natural World (NW)
- Quantitative Reasoning (QR)
- Ultimate Questions (UQ)
- Vital Past (VP)
- Upper Division (an additional 300+ level course in one of the six MOI categories)
- Diversity Studies
- U.S. Pluralisms (US)
- Global Pluralisms (GP)
The Inquiry Seminar
- A minimum of 3 semester credits or 5 quarter credits is required to complete the INQS requirement.
- A student entering Emc易倍体育 must either take INQS at Emc易倍体育 or transfer in approved equivalent course(s).
- A student entering Emc易倍体育 with an earned Associate Transfer Degree will be considered to have met the INQS requirement.
General information for transfer coursework planning
- A minimum of 3 semester credits or 3 quarter credits is required to complete each of the Modes of Inquiry and Diversity Studies requirements.
- Any transfer course applied towards a Mode of Inquiry or Diversity Studies requirement must be at least 3 semester credits or 3 quarter credits.
- Only two courses (including both Emc易倍体育 courses and transfer courses) from any single department can be used toward completion of the Modes of Inquiry and Diversity Studies components of the Emc易倍体育 Curriculum (for the purpose of the LC requirements only, theatre and communication arts are viewed as separate departments).
- There is no double-counting between the Six Modes of Inquiry (including the Upper Division requirement) and the Diversity Studies.
- Courses taken to satisfy the lower division Modes of Inquiry and Diversity Studies requirements may count toward completion of a major or minor.
- The Upper-Division Mode of Inquiry requirement may only be met with a course taken outside the major department and numbered 300 or above.
- Students who have earned a baccalaureate degree from Emc易倍体育 or another regionally accredited institution are exempt from Emc易倍体育 Curriculum and Paracurriculum requirements.
Other requirements
Please refer to the for other requirements, such as total credit, BA or BS, paracurricular, major, and minor requirements.