52/Curricula and Organization
CURRICULA AND
ORGANIZATION
Introduction
The Academic Affairs division of Edinboro University provides degree program-
ming through three schools: The School of Liberal Arts, the School of Science,
Management and Technology and the School of Education. The departments and
instructional programs of the University are organized within these schools and
are so listed herein.
Graduate programming is provided and administered through these schools.
Information on graduate standards, procedures and programming is provided in a
separate graduate catalogue available through the Office of Graduate Studies.
General Education Curriculum
All students earning an undergraduate degree at Edinboro University must com-
plete general education requirements as outlined below. It is especially important
for students to understand these general education requirements and their rela-
tionship to the courses required in academic majors or required as related cours-
es. It is critical that students work closely with advisors to ensure that courses
selected for general education appropriately match other degree requirements.
The general education component of the undergraduate curriculum is the unique
contribution to the education of its students by an institution. It is that part of the
undergraduate experience that crosses all boundaries; it is that which unifies oth-
erwise distinct constituencies within the institution.
General Education Goals
1.
To provide a broad base of knowledge.
2.
To provide a basic understanding of the traditions underlying western and
non-western civilizations.
3.
To stimulate imagination and creative thinking through art, music, drama,
and literature.
4.
To provide philosophical and practical foundations for ethical, social, and
civic decision making.
5.
To provide knowledge of natural, behavioral, and social sciences.
6.
To develop communication skills.
7.
To develop analytical thinking skills.
8.
To develop a sense of self and of community.
9.
To develop an awareness of healthy lifestyles.
10. To develop mathematical, computer, and quantitative skills.
Rather than seeking to achieve these goals solely in separate and discrete courses
or disciplines, Edinboro University's general education program offers instruction
that addresses these goals in a variety of approaches, throughout and across the
curriculum.
General Education Requirements for
Baccalaureate Degrees
A. Skills
12 sem. hrs.
On the basis of an analysis of academic history, incoming students will be
placed into MATH104, a developmental course, or a higher-level mathemat-
ics course appropriate to their specific program of study. Based upon academ-
ic history, incoming students will normally be placed in ENGL101/102, but
those who have performed at a high level of skill in English will be placed in
the ENGL103/104 sequence. Students may fulfill the computer competency
requirement by completing CSCI104, testing out of CSCI104, completing a
higher level CSCI course, or completing a discipline-specific computer com-
petency course approved for the major. Testing will be conducted at various
times through the summer and academic year. Students testing out of
CSCI104 may use these three semester hours to pursue other curricular
requirements. Developmental courses in mathematics and writing may be
required in order to advance to Skills courses, to enter major programs, or to
attain upper class standing.
1. ENGL101 College Writing Skills
3 sem. hrs.
2. ENGL102 Specialized College Writing and Research Skills
3 sem. hrs.
3. MATH104 Finite Mathematics or
3 sem. hrs.
MATH110 Mathematical Reasoning I
3 sem. hrs.
4. Computer Competency
3 sem. hrs.
CSCI104 Essential Computing I
-or- Higher level CSCI course
-or- Discipline-specific computer competency course
B. Core
21 sem. hrs.
The Core consists of lower level general education courses intended to pro-
vide a broad base of common knowledge.
Three semester hours are required from each of the following categories.
Separate courses must be taken to satisfy each Core requirement.
1. Artistic Expression
3 sem. hrs.
Objective: Knowledge of historical, cultural, and aesthetic elements for
artistic expression by developing an understanding through practical and
theoretical studies in art, music, literature, and/or drama.
2. World Civilizations
3 sem. hrs.
Objective: Knowledge of fundamental ideas, institutions, and values that
have shaped world civilizations.
3. American Civilizations
3 sem. hrs.
Objective: Knowledge of fundamental ideas, institutions, and values that
have shaped American civilizations.
4. Human Behavior
3 sem. hrs.
Objective: Knowledge of human development, behavior, and communica-
tion at individual and collective levels, including cognitive processes.
5. Cultural Diversity and Social Pluralism
3 sem. hrs.
Objective: Knowledge of diverse ways of living and thinking that are root-
ed in cultural, ethnic, racial, gender, and social differences.
6. Ethics
3 sem. hrs.
Objective: Knowledge of the practical, ethical dimensions of personal,
social, and professional decisions.
7. Natural Science
3 sem. hrs.
Objective: Knowledge of science, and of the fundamental elements of the
scientific processes in biology, chemistry, geology, or physics.
C. Distribution
12 sem. hrs.
The Distribution category consists of, usually upper level, courses that build
upon the broad base of knowledge established in the Core and Skills. No
course required in the major may be included in meeting the distribution
requirements: however, related courses required for the major may be includ-
ed. The two courses selected in an area (arts and humanities, social and
behavioral sciences, and natural science and mathematics) must have the
same prefix. This requirement will ensure depth in one area outside the major
area of study. Core and Distribution courses in the natural sciences are no
longer interchangeable.
1. Humanities and Fine Arts
(Art, English, Theater, Music, Philosophy, Speech, and Foreign
Languages)
2. Social and Behavioral Sciences
(History, Economics, Geography, Sociology, Anthropology, Political
Science, and Psychology)
3. Natural Science and Mathematics
(Biology, Chemistry, Physics, Geology, Computer Science, and
Mathematics )
D. Health and Physical Education
3 sem. hrs.
Because of the substantial overlap of health content in the three-credit health
and activity (wellness) courses, only one of these courses may be used to sat-
isfy graduation requirements in General Education or elsewhere in the cur-
riculum.
1. Health
2 sem. hrs.
2. Activity
1 sem. hr.
TOTAL 48 sem. hrs.