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Bellarmine College of Liberal Arts

Bellarmine College of Liberal Arts
University Core Requirements 

For assistance or questions about this program, please contact Admissions at admissions@lmu.edu.

American Cultures Studies (3 semester hours)
L. A. Pierce College students take the following course:

ENGLISH 219

College Writing (3 semester hours)
L. A. Pierce College students take the following course:

ENGLISH 101

Communication or Critical Thinking (3 semester hours)
L. A. Pierce College students choose one of the following courses:

PHILOS 5*
SPEECH 101, 103, 104, 121

*Note: Those who intend to major in Psychology take this course.

Critical and Creative Arts (6 semester hours)
L. A. Pierce College students choose one course from each category:

Critical Arts Category:
ART 101, 102, 111
MUSIC 101, 111, 112
THEATER 110, 125

Creative Arts Category:
ART 200, 201, 400, 708
DANCEST 819
ENGLISH 127
PHOTO 10
THEATER 270

History (6 semester hours)
L. A. Pierce College students choose one course from each category:

Western Civilization Category:
HISTORY 1*, 2

*Note: Those who intend to major in Classical Civilizations, Classics, Latin, or Classical Greek take this course.

Contemporary Civilization Category:
HISTORY 12, 13

*Note: Those who intend to major in Chicana/o Studies fulfill the Contemporary Civilization requirement at LMU.

Literature (3 semester hours)
L. A. Pierce College students choose one of the following courses:

ENGLISH 102, 203, 204, 211, 212, 213
SPANISH 11, 12, 15, 25
THEATER 110, 125

Mathematics, Science and Technology (6 semester hours)
L. A. Pierce College students choose one mathematics course and one science or technology course:

Mathematics
MATH 215, 227*, 228B*, 235, 238, 240, 245, 259, 260, 261, 262, 263, 270, 275
STAT 7

*Note: Those who intend to major in Psychology take one of these courses.

Science/Technology
AGRI 901
ANATOMY 1
ANTHRO 101
ASTRON 1, 3
BIOLOGY 3, 6, 7, 10, 11, 12, 18, 39, 46, 99J, 110, 121, 123
CHEM 51, 60, 101, 102, 211, 212, 221
CO SCI 501, 506, 507, 508, 515, 516, 532, 534, 535, 536, 538, 539, 540, 541, 544, 546, 552, 555, 575
ELECTRONICS 48A
ENG GEN 131
ENG MEC 110
ENV SCI 1, 2, 7, 31
GEOG 1, 14, 21, 22, 31, 32, 33, 34, 35, 36
GEOLOGY 1, 4, 11, 12
GIS 31, 32, 33, 34, 35, 36, 37, 38, 39
HEALTH 2, 7, 11
METEOR 3
MICRO 1, 20
OCEANO 1
PHYS SCI 4, 13
PHYSICS 6, 7, 12, 66, 67, 101, 102, 103
PHYSIOL 1, 8, 9

Philosophy (6 semester hours)
Students are required to take PHIL 160: Philosophy of Human Nature at LMU and 3 semester hours of upper division philosophy to fulfill the core requirement.

Social Sciences (6 semester hours)
L. A. Pierce College students choose one of the three following options:

*Note: Those who intend to major in Urban Studies must take one of the Economics courses indicated below in partial fulfillment of this requirement.

Option A:  Select 2 courses from the following departments.  Each course must be from a different department.
Economics Department
ECON 1, 2
Geography Department
GEOG 2
Political Science Department
POL SCI 1, 2
Psychology Department
PSYCH 1
Sociology Department
ANTHRO 102
SOC 1
OR
Option B:  Select 1 course from each section:
Section 1:
L. A. Pierce College students fulfill Section 1 at LMU.

Section 2:
ANTHRO 102
ECON 1, 2
GEOG 2
POL SCI 1, 2
PSYCH 1
SOC 1
OR
Option C:  Select one course from the following.  Students who select this option are required to take an upper division course in the same department at LMU to fulfill the University Core requirement in Social Sciences.
Economics Department
ECON 1, 2
Geography Department
GEOG 2
Political Science Department
POL SCI 1, 2
Psychology Department
PSYCH 1
Sociology Department
ANTHRO 102
SOC 1

Theological Studies (6 semester hours)
Students are required to take one 100-level theology course and one 300-level theology course. L. A. Pierce College students fulfill the lower division requirement by taking the following course:

HISTORY 7