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General Education

Eastern Illinois University’s General Education curriculum provides the intellectual foundation for students’ academic, professional, and personal lives. The mission of the General Education program is to:

Enhance student literacy and oral communication
Encourage students to think critically and reflectively; and
Introduce students to knowledge central to responsible global citizenship.

Students must complete courses from the six segments of the General Education curriculum, as shown below. The School of Business requires students to complete the specific courses listed as part of their general education curriculum. If no specific courses are listed below, students should select the courses approved for that segment from the General Education courses. A grade of C or better is required in courses shown in red. For a convenient checklist of general education requirements, click here (.pdf).

For further information about the General Education Curriculum, see the unversity catalogue.

LANGUAGE SEGMENT – 9 semester hours
ENG 1001G	Composition and Language
ENG 1002G	Composition and Literature
CMN 1310G	Introduction to Speech Communication
MATHEMATICS SEGMENT – 6 semester hours*
MAT 2110G	Brief Calculus with Applications
MAT 2120G	Finite Mathematics
SOCIAL & BEHAVIORAL SCIENCES – 9 semester hours (from at least two different disciplines)
ECN 2801G	Principles of Economics I
ENC 2802G	Principles of Economics II
_________	____________________ (one course from a discipline other than ECN)
HUMANITIES & FINE ARTS SEGMENT – 9 semester hours (from at least two different disciplines)
_________	____________________ (one humanities course)
_________	____________________ (one fine arts course)
_________	____________________ (one humanities or fine arts course)
SCIENTIFIC AWARENESS SEGMENT – 7 semester hours (must include lab course)
_________	____________________ (one biological sciences course)
_________	____________________ (one physical sciences course)

SENIOR SEMINAR – 3 semester hours (after completing at least 75 semester hours)
EIU ______	____________________

* The University requires completion of only 3 semester hours in the mathematics segment; however, the School of Business requires an additional course as shown.

Students who have not completed at least two years in a single foreign language in high school (with an average grade of C or better for the two years’ work) also must complete two university-level courses in a single foreign language.

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