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Liberal Arts Major

Program Overview

THM (301), 651-962-8017
Fernandes, Gaalaas, Gibson, McCann, Rosado, Smith, Trost

All students must complete the requirements outlined below.

Unless specifically noted, all courses are four credits each.

64 credits total

Requirements, to be completed by the end of the first year:

Complete at least two courses

All students must complete:

  • FYEX 120: First Year Seminar: Leading & Serving (2-credits per semester, must enroll for both semesters of first year)

Choose at least four (4) credits from:

  • HLTH 250: Personal Health and Wellness (2 credit sections only)
  • HLTH 275: Lifelong Stress Management (2 credits)
  • HLTH 296: Topics (2 credits)
  • PHED 101: Physical Fitness (2 credits)

Literature, Writing, Communication

Complete all four courses*

  • ENGL 110: Intensive writing [*Students may place out of 110, please see your advisor. If you do not take this course you must take an additional 4-credits from Fine Arts]
  • ENGL 121: Critical Thinking: Literature and Writing
  • ENGL 203: Texts in Conversation, Writing Intensive
  • COMM 100: Public Speaking

Natural and Physical Sciences

Complete two courses

Choose one from:

  • BIOL 101: General Biology
  • BIOL 102: Conservation Biology*
  • BIOL 105: Human Biology

Choose one from:

  • CHEM 100: Chemistry in Our World*
  • CHEM 101: Environmental Chemistry*
  • GEOL 115: Environmental Geology
  • ENGR 123: Energy and the Environment

*Students who take CHEM 100 or CHEM 101 must then take BIOL 102

Math and Quantitative Literacy

Complete one course

Choose one from:

  • MATH 101: Finite Mathematics
  • MATH 105: Precalculus

History and Social Science

Complete three courses

  • SOCI 100: Introduction to Sociology
  • HIST 112: The History of the Modern World since 1550
    OR HIST 115: The World Since 1900
  • PSYC 111: General Psychology
    OR ECON 251: Principles of Macroeconomics

Faith, Social Responsibility, and Human Diversity

Complete all three courses:

  • THEO 101: The Christian Theological Tradition
  • PHIL 115: Philosophy of the Human Person
  • JPST 250: Introduction to Justice and Peace Studies

Fine Arts

Complete one course (* an additional 4 credits are required if ENGL 110 was waived)

Choose one from:

  • ARTH 110: Introduction to Art History
  • MUSC 115: Understanding Music & Culture
  • MUSC 130: Introduction to World Music
  • MUSC 162: The Roots of Blues, Rock, and Country Music

Additional Requirements, to be completed by the end of the first year:

Complete at least two courses

All students must complete:
FYEX 120: First Year Seminar: Leading & Serving (2-credits per semester, must enroll for both semesters of first year)

Choose at least four (4) credits from:
HLTH 250: Personal Health and Wellness (2 credit sections only)
HLTH 275: Lifelong Stress Management (2 credits)
HLTH 296: Topics (2 credits)
PHED 101: Physical Fitness (2 credits)

Courses

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