Approved General Education Courses

The general education courses support the mission and philosophy of Liberty University through 11 aims.  All associate and bachelor degree seeking students are required to complete the general education requirements.

Courses with an asterisk are offered online.  Courses without an asterisk have been approved to satisfy general education requirements through transfer or residency. Students should not take courses at another institution without written Transient Approval.  
  
ENGLISH COMPOSITION

• ENGL 101 (Composition & Rhetoric) *
• ENGL 102 (Composition & Literature) *

COMMUNICATIONS

• COMS 101 (Speech Communications) *
• Any Communications (COMS) course including upper and lower level electives
• ENGL 350 (Advanced Expository Writing)
• ENGL 333 (Modern Grammar)
• BUSI 300 (Business Communications) *

MATH

• Any course equivalent to or higher than MATH 115*
• MATH 1XX, 2XX, 3XX or 4XX may be considered through the course substitution process.
• Restrictions may apply when MATH 201* (Introduction to Probability & Statistics) is required in a particular major

NATURAL SCIENCE
Any lower or upper level natural science course within the following disciplines of study (including electives):

• BIOL 101 (Principles of Biology)*
• Natural Science (NASC)
• Physical Science (PHSC)
• Biology (BIOL)
• Physics (PHYS)
• Chemistry (CHEM)
• Restrictions may apply to some majors

FINE ARTS/HUMANITIES

• HUMN 101 (Humanities in Western Culture)*
• Any Humanities (HUMN) course including upper or lower level electives
• ENGL 201, 202, 215, 216*, 221, 222
• MUSC 103 (Music Appreciation)
• ARTS 105 (Art Appreciation)
• VCAR 105 (Art Appreciation)
• THEA 101 (Theatre Appreciation)
• ANTH 203 (World Religions)
• Any Philosophy (PHIL) course including upper or lower level electives
• All Foreign and Modern Languages including upper or lower electives.(SPAN, FREN, GREK, LANG, etc)
   

HISTORY

• HIEU 201 (Western Civilization I)*
• HIUS 221 (Survey of Am History I)*
• Any lower or upper level course within a history discipline (HIEU, HIUS, HITW, HIST) may satisfy the History requirement (including electives).

SOCIAL SCIENCE
Any lower or upper level course, including electives, within the following disciplines of study:

• Sociology (SOCI), including SOCI 200* or SOCI 201*
• Psychology (PSYC), including PSYC 101* or PSYC 210*
• Government (GOVT), including GOVT 200* or GOVT 220*
• Economics (ECNC), including ECNC 213 or ECNC 214*
• Geography (GEOG)
• Anthropology (ANTH)
• Intercultural Studies (ICST), including ICST 200*
• History (HIEU, HIUS, etc) including HIUS 221* or HIEU 201*.
• HLTH 216 (Personal Health)
• HLTH 252 *
• Restrictions may apply to some majors

COMPUTER

• CMIS 201 (Intermediate Microcomputer Applications)*
• CSCI 111 (Computer Science I)
• CSCI 112 (Computer Science II)

RELIGION for Non-Religion Majors

• PHIL 104 (Christian Worldviews)*
• BIBL 104 (Intro to Biblical Literature)*
• THEO 104 (Intro to Christian Thought)*
• PHIL 201 (Intro to Philosophy)*

RELIGION for Religion Majors

• EVAN 101 (Evangelism)*
• BIBL 105 (Old Testament Survey)*
• BIBL 110 (New Testament Survey)*
• THEO 201 (Theology Survey I)*
• THEO 202 (Theology Survey II)*
• CRST 290 (History of Life)*
• PHIL 201 (Intro to Philosophy)*

GENERAL EDUCATION ELECTIVE
This elective may be fulfilled by approved courses within the Fine Arts/Humanities, Natural Science, Math, Computer, History, or Social Science disciplines. Restrictions may apply to some majors.