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College of Communication and Fine Arts

College of Communication and Fine Arts
University Core Requirements

The Bachelor of Arts degree for elementary and secondary teacher preparation follows University core requirements that are specific to each major.  Please use this link to access the core requriements specific to each degree. For assistance or questions about this program, please contact Admissions at admissions@lmu.edu.

American Cultures Studies (3 semester hours)
L. A. Valley College students fulfill this requirement at LMU.

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

ENGLISH 101

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

PHILOS 8
SPEECH 101*, 103, 104, 105*, 121

*Note: Those who intend to major in Communication Studies at LMU take one of these courses.

Critical and Creative Arts (6 semester hours)
L. A. Valley College students choose one course from each category. Students may not choose courses in their major department.

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

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

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

Western Civilization Category:
HISTORY 1, 2

Contemporary Civilization Category:
HISTORY 12, 13

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

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

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

Mathematics
MATH 215, 225, 234, 238, 239, 240, 245, 265. 266, 267, 270, 275

Science/Technology
ANATOMY 1
ANTHRO 101
ASTRON 1
BIOLOGY 3, 6, 7, 10, 25, 39, 40
BOTANY 3
CHEM 51, 60, 68, 70, 101, 102, 211, 212, 221
CO SCI 801, 802, 808, 816, 832, 834, 836, 839, 840, 861, 890, 895
EARTH 4
ENG GEN 131, 151, 243
ENV SCI 1, 2, 7
FAM & CS 21
GEOG 1, 3, 14, 30, 31, 32
GEOLOGY 1, 10, 12
HEALTH 11, 12
METEOR 3
MICRO 1, 20
OCEANO 1, 2
PE 718, 719
PHYS SC 1
PHYSICS 6, 7, 12, 37, 38, 39
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. Valley College students choose one of the three following options:

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. Valley 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. Valley College students fulfill the lower division requirement by taking the following course:

HISTORY 7
PHILOS 33