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Liberal Arts Core Requirement

In order to provide the elements of a general education considered necessary for responsible practice as an educated engineer, the School of Engineering requires each student to complete at least 18 hours in the Liberal Arts Core comprising:

  1. At least 3 hours selected from courses classified in the AXLE Curriculum Course Distribution of the College of Arts and Science as Humanities and Creative Arts (HCA) with the exception of CMST 1500, 2100, 2110, and 2120, and
  2. At least 3 hours selected from courses classified in the AXLE Curriculum Course Distribution of the College of Arts and Science as Social and Behavioral Sciences (SBS).

The remaining hours are to be selected from:

  1. Courses classified in the AXLE Curriculum Course Distribution of the College of Arts and Science as Humanities and Creative Arts (HCA), International Cultures (INT), History and Culture of the United States (US), Social and Behavioral Sciences (SBS), and Perspectives (P)
  2. CS 1151 and ENGM 2440
  3. Arabic 1101, Chinese 1011, 1012, 1101, English 1100, French 1101, German 1101, Greek 1101, Hebrew 1101, Italian 1101, Japanese 1011, 1012, 1101, Latin 1101, Portuguese 1101, Russian 1101, and Spanish 1100, 1101
  4. Peabody College courses in Psychology and Human Development numbered 1205, 1207, 1250, 2200, 2250, 2300, 2400, 2500, 2550, 2600, and 3150, and in Human and Organizational Development numbered 1250, 1300, 2100, 2260, 2400, 2500, 2700, and 3232
  5. All MUSC, MUSE, MUSO, COMP, MREP, MUTH, and performance courses in the Blair School of Music, except MUSO 1001

AXLE Curriculum Course Distribution areas are notated in the catalog description for the course posted on YES.  To search specifically for the categories above, use the Advances Search feature in YES.