Categories and Credit Distribution
Under the Intellectual Foundations 2014 requirements, a student must complete the requisite number of credit hours in the following categories:
| Credit Hours | Categories |
|---|---|
| 0-6 | Basic Writing and Oral Communication: CWP 101 and CWP 102 or equivalent |
| 3 | Mathematics/Quantitative Reasoning1 |
| 3 | Cognate Foundations: Arts2 |
| 3 | Cognate Foundations: Humanities2 |
| 3 | Cognate Foundations: Natural Sciences2 |
| 3 | Cognate Foundations: Social Sciences2 |
| 3 | Foundations of Civilizations: American History |
| 3 | Foundations of Civilizations: Western Civilization |
| 3 | Foundations of Civilizations: Non-western Civilization |
| 0-6 | Global Engagement3 |
| 3 | Diversity |
| 0 | IF 14 Infused: Writing 3 |
| 0 | IF 14 Infused: Critical Thinking |
| 0 | IF 14 Infused: Information Management |
| 33-39 | Total credit hours |
| 1 | Students cannot be exempted from this requirement. Students must complete MAT 097 or MAT 098 or the equivalent before taking the Mathematics and Quantitative Reasoning required course unless they have completed three years of high school math or attained an SAT math score of 460 or an ACT math score of 16. |
| 2 | Course must be outside of the primary major prefix. |
| 3 | Proficiency may be wholly or partially completed prior to college. |
Students may count mathematics and quantitative reasoning, foundations of civilizations, diversity, and global engagement courses toward their major and minor requirements.