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Credit hours associated with each category are listed first
"WIC" stands for "writing intensive course"
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| OUS
Institution (or other) |
Writing/ Communication |
Natural/ Laboratory Science |
Social Science | Humanities/ Arts |
Mathematics | Language | Other | Minimum Gen Ed Credits |
| EOU | 15: Comm and critical thinking | 7-12: Natural world | 7-12: Human behavior | 7-12: Aesthetics & humanities 7-12: Arts & creative process |
7-12: Lang, logic & culture | 60 |
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| [*EOU degree requirements] | WR 121 or higher; pass Writing Proficiency Exam (WPE); WIC x 2 in major | BS: math at college level | BA: second language proficiency | • Computer literacy in major • Capstone in major |
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| OIT | 18: Communication (speech, writing) | 16: Science/math | 12: Social science | 9: Humanities | [one college-level course: included in "Science/math"] | 12: Technology 9: Business/industrial management • Intercultural studies (encouraged) |
76 |
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| OSU | 9: Skills, writing/speech • WIC in major |
12: Perspectives, science | 6: Perspectives, social science | 6: Perspectives, literature/arts/ culture |
3: Skills, math | 3: Skills, fitness 3: Perspectives, diversity 6: Synthesis (upper div) |
51 |
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| PSU | 15: Freshman Inquiry 12: Sophomore Inquiry 12: Upper div cluster 6: Senior capstone |
45 |
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| [*PSU BS degree requirements] | 12: Science, including 8 hrs with lab | 12: Social science and/or arts & letters | 4: Math/stats | |||||
| [*PSU BA degree requirements] | 4: Science | 8: Social science and/or science | 12: Arts & letters, including 4 hrs from fine & performing arts | Second lang profic (4 hrs numbered 203/above) | ||||
| [PSU recommends Freshman Inquiry transfer out] | WR 121 | 4: Science | 4: Social science | 4: Arts & letters | ||||
| SOU | 12: University Seminar 101, 102, 103(8 credits writing; 4 credits communication) | 11/12 lower division: (2 courses must include lab) | 12 lower division | 12 lower division | 4: Quantitative Reasoning | 9 to 12 Upper-division requirements: 1 course in each goal area of H-Science, Society, Technology; I-Social Responsibility; J-Diversity | 60-64 |
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| [*SOU degree requirements] | 8: BS: math/ computer science |
BA: second language proficiency | • Writing, research skills, and Capstone in major (upper div) | |||||
| [SOU Transfer Student Option] | 12: Writing/Oral Communication | 8: Science sequence | 8: Social Science sequence | 8: Arts & Letters sequence | 3-4: Math | 9: Upper division | ||
| UO | 8: Writing [WR121 plus 122 or 123] | 15: Science | 15: Social science | 15: Arts and Letters | 6: Multicultural | 59 |
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| [*UO degree requirements] | BS: math/ computer science proficiency |
BA: second language proficiency | ||||||
| WOU | 3: Speech (111) 4: Writing (135) |
12: Laboratory science | 11-12: Social science | 9: Creative arts 8: Literature 3: Philo/Rel |
4: Health/PE | 55 |
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| [*WOU degree requirements] | 6: WIC | Computer science/math: 6: BA 12: BS | BA: second language proficiency | BS: 6: Cultural Diversity | ||||
| AA/OT | 8: Writing [WR121, 122, 123 or 227] 3: Oral communication |
15: Science/ math/computer science |
15: Social science | 10: Arts and Letters | 4: Math | 55 |
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| AS/OT-Bus | 8: Writing [WR121, 122, or 227] 3: Oral communication |
12: Science w/laboratory | 12: Social science | 12: Arts and Letters | 12: Math (111 or above; including 4 credits in statistics) | 3-6: Computer applications (proficiency) | 62-65 |
* baccalaureate degree requirements in addition to the lower-division/upper-division general education requirements
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