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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. Southwest College students fulfill this requirement at LMU.

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

ENGLISH 101

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

PHILOS 8*
SPEECH 101, 103, 121

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

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

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

Creative Arts Category:
ART 201
ENGLISH 127
THEATER 270

History (6 semester hours)
L. A. Southwest 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, 6*

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

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

ENGLISH 102, 211, 212, 213
THEATER 110

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

Mathematics
MATH 215, 216, 227*, 230, 235, 236, 240, 245, 265, 266, 267, 270, 275

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

Science/Technology
ANATOMY 1
ANTHRO 101
ASTRON 1
BIOLOGY 3, 5, 6, 7, 9, 20, 40
CHEM 51, 101, 102, 211, 212
CO SCI 601, 602, 608, 617, 636, 639
FAM & CS 21
GEOG 1
GEOLOGY 1
HEALTH 2, 11, 12
MICRO 1
PHYS SC 1
PHYSICS 6, 7, 11, 12, 37, 38, 39
PHYSIOL 1

Philosophy (6 semester hours)
L. A. Southwest College 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. Southwest 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 (courses must be from different departments):

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 one course from each section:

Section 1:
L. A. Southwest 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 followinglist. Students are also required to take an upper division course in the same department at LMU in order to fulfill the 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. Southwest College students fulfill the lower division requirement at LMU.