General Education Core Requirements

The university's general education program is designed to broaden your education and enrich your experience at the university.   However, because of the large number of courses required for graduation in chemical engineering, it is desirable to be as efficient as possible in fulfilling course requirements. A full description of the current GE program can be found in the Class Schedule (see online version for the most recent information) and should be studied carefully.  However, the following guidelines show the most efficient plan for satisfying the GE core:

1. GE Requirements Automatically Satisfied by the Major Requirements.
1. Quantitative reasoning is satisfied by Math 112
2. Languages of Learning is satisfied by Math 302
3. Communication - the Advanced Writing requirement is satisfied with Engl 316
4. Biology is satisfied with Bio 100
5. Physical Science is satisfied by Phscs 121 and Chem 111
6. Social Science is satisfied by Econ 110
2. GE Requirements that can be Double Counted
1. Arts and Letters.  The university requires one Arts and one Letters class from the list of approved classes.  However, almost all of the History of Civilization II courses double count for either Arts or Letters.  Therefore, the most efficient way to meet the Arts and Letters requirements is to: 1) Take an ARTS course and a CIV II course that counts for LTRS; or 2) Take a LTRS course and a CIV II course that counts for ARTS. You will need to plan ahead to avoid taking an additional course.
2. Global and Cultural Awareness (GCA).  This general education requirement can be met by taking a religion course or courses that will count towards both the religion requirement and the GCA requirement. Currently, the options are to take Religion 351 (World Religions: 3 credits) or the two course sequence of Religion 355 and 356 (1credit hour each).   Either of these course options will allow you to take advantage of double counting by providing credit hours towards the religion credit requirement and by completing the GCA GE requirement.  For those with mission-related or other extensive language experience, the GCA requirement can also be completed by taking the culminating course for the particular language (see table in Class Schedule for a listing of courses).   While this culminating language course is in addition to department and university minimum requirements, students often elect to take this course to solidify language abilities and to obtain university credit for the skills that they have developed.
3. In addition to the requirements listed in 1 and 2, the following GE core requirements must be met:

English 150 (3) -- (Or English 115) Note: Engl 150 replaced Engl 115 in Fall, 2006 for BYU-Provo classes. AP, transfer, and independent study credit will still use Engl 115.
American Heritage
CIV I
Wellness P.E. (3 courses) (1.5) or HEPE 129 (2)
Religion (7 total courses, including 2 Book of Mormon, Doc. & Cov., and New Testament, and any course used to double count with GCA -- see item 2b) (14)