GENERAL EDUCATION CATEGORIES

Manchester College offers baccalaureate degrees and associate degrees.  General Education requirements for the undergraduate degrees are outlined below. 

The distribution of requirements is quite similar for baccalaureate and associate degrees. Language is required for a Bachelor of Arts and fewer courses are required for an Associate of Arts degree. For specific requirements, see the Manchester College Catalog.

REQUIREMENTS BY CATEGORIES

• FOUNDATIONS

First Year Colloquium (FYC), written and oral communication, mathematics, Western Civilization, a selected course on Christian tradition, and physical education credits.
 

• THE DISCIPLINES

Courses in Experiencing the Arts, philosophy, two courses in the natural sciences and two in the social sciences.
 

• CONNECTIONS

Students choose two courses dealing with general cultural connections. Bachelor of Arts students must choose two courses in one language at the intermediate level or higher. An additional course dealing with non-European culture must be taken by all BA and BS degree students.

Juniors or seniors take a course which provides an opportunity to apply advanced critical thinking skills to the examination of an interdisciplinary topic. Topics for this course will vary.

All students earn credit in the Values, Ideas, and the Arts category by attending weekly convocations and selected events throughout the year.

General Education requirements may be met by any of the following, subject to the policies and limitations appropriate to each:

1. Completion of appropriate courses from the General Education list with a passing grade.
2. Proficiency credit by examination for courses on the General Education list. Proficiency credit via General Examinations of the College Level Examination Program (CLEP) or Advanced Placement Program (AP).
3. Transfer credit for courses evaluated as equivalent to courses on the General Education list or approved alternate courses.
4. Completion of courses specified as approved substitutes for General Education courses, with a passing grade.

For information concerning proficiency, Advanced Placement, CLEP or transfer, contact the registrar, Lila Hammer.