Core Curriculum Traditional Students 49-50 Credits
FYE101-102, First-Year Experience, 2 credits per year
N.B.: First time, first year students transferring 30 or more college credit hours to Belmont Abbey College are not required to take First-Year Experience.
Requirements
Writing, 4 credits
| RH104 | Rhetoric and Writing | 4 |
Quantitative Reasoning, 3 credits
| MA135 | Math for Liberal Arts | 3 |
| Or | |
| MA151 | College Algebra | 3 |
| Or | |
| MA152 | Trigonometry and Precalculus | 3 |
| Or | |
| One 200 level or higher mathematics course | |
Natural Science 4 credits
| BI100 | Essentials of Biology | 4 |
| BI100L | Essentials of Biology Lab | 0 |
| Or | |
| BI101 | General Biology | 4 |
| BI101L | General Biology Lab | 0 |
| Or | |
| CH105 | General Chemistry I | 4 |
| CH105L | General Chem I Lab | 0 |
| Or | |
| SC110 | The Physical World | 4 |
| SC110L | Physical World Lab | 0 |
Theology 6 credits
| TH105 | Introduction to Scripture | 3 |
| TH205 | Introduction to Theology | 3 |
History 6 credits
| HI101 | Western Civilization I | 3 |
| HI102 | Western Civilization II | 3 |
Social Science 6 credits
| PO201 | The American Constitution | 3 |
| At least 3 additional course hours from among | 3 |
| CJ201 | Introduction to Criminal Justice | 3 |
| EC201 | Introductory Macroeconomics | 3 |
| PC201 | Introduction to Psychology | 3 |
| SO201 | Principles of Sociology | 3 |
All students are required to take PO 201.
Literature 6 credits
| EN211 | Literary Classics of the Western Trad I | 3 |
| EN212 | Literary Classics of the West Trad II | 3 |
Fine Arts 3 credits
| Any 3 credit Art (AR) course | |
| Any 3 credit Dance (DA) course | |
| Any 3 credit Music (MU) course | |
| Any 3 credit Theatre (TA) course | |
| EN106 | Intro to Digital and Multi-Media Arts | 3 |
| EN207 | Creative Writing | 3 |
| EN208 | Intro to Poetry Reading and Writing | 3 |
| EN215 | Introduction to Film Criticism | 3 |
| EN216 | Film Criticism II | 3 |
Students may also complete this requirement by taking three one credit voice, chorus, dance, or music lesson. (i.e. taking three one credit offerings over the course of study)
Philosophy 6 credits
| PH200 | Intro to Philosophy: Ancient & Medieval | 3 |
| Or | |
| PH200W | Intro to Philosophy | 3 |
| And either | |
| PH250 | Ethics | 3 |
| Or | |
| PO250 | Justice and the Good Society | 3 |
Empirical Reasoning 3-4 credits
| HS350 | Appl Statistical & Research Reasoning | 4 |
| MA208 | Statistics | 3 |
| MA304 | Statistics for Business & Economics | 3 |
| Or | |
| PC300 | Fundamental Statistics for Soc. Sci. | 3 |
| PO315 | Research Methods in Politics | 3 |
An additional lab science beyond the core Natural Science requirement.
Other Graduation Requirements
- Writing-Intensive Requirement, one flagged 3 credit course
Each student must complete at least one course designated as “Writing Intensive,” marked with the designation (W) in the course schedule. Students are strongly encouraged to choose one within their major or minor field of study.