Degree Requirements

Berea’s curriculum offers the advantage of interdisciplinary general study coupled with intensive study in 33 major fields (some of which have multiple concentrations) and 34 minor fields of study. In all academic disciplines, students acquire knowledge and deepen their understanding of the subject area, while gaining competency in applying the content and methods of inquiry to daily life. A degree is conferred upon the completion of both the General Education curriculum and the curriculum of a selected major, provided the student has earned the minimum number of credits (including 20 outside the major), and has earned a cumulative grade point average (GPA) of 2.00 or higher in all courses, as well as in the major course work. (Please be aware that some academic departments require a GPA higher than the College requirement of 2.00.) A minimum of 32 earned course credits (typically 34 in Nursing) is required for graduation, with at least 20 credits taken outside the major discipline.

General Education Requirements

Berea College's curriculum includes an interdisciplinary General Education curriculum in addition to intensive study in a major. As an institution with a liberal arts foundation and outlook, the College has a responsibility to educate the whole person. Berea College's General Education curriculum addresses Berea's Great Commitments and is designed to help students develop important knowledge, skills, and habits of mind. The curriculum extends from the first year through the senior year and includes, in addition to course work, convocations and other experiences.

All Berea College degrees include the following General Education Requirements

GSTR 110: Writing Seminar I: Critical Thinking in the Liberal Arts
Note: credit for this course cannot be transferred in; however, transfer students who took College Composition while attending a regionally-accredited college or university as a degree-seeking student—and who earned a grade of B or higher in the course—can waive this requirement and take GSTR 210 in their first term of attendance.
GSTR 210: Writing Seminar II: Identity and Diversity in the United States (credit cannot be transferred in or waived)
GSTR 310: Understandings of Christianity (credit cannot be transferred in or waived)
GSTR 332: Scientific Origins OR the optional alternative of two approved Natural Science courses in two different disciplines, at least one of which must be approved as a Natural Science Laboratory course. To date, the following courses have been approved to meet this alternative (all of them approved to meet a Natural Science Laboratory course)—ANR 110, ANR 130, BIO 100, BIO 101, BIO 110, CHM 101, CHM 113, CHM 131, CHM 134, PHY 111, PHY 127, and PHY 221.
GSTR 410: Seminar in Contemporary Global Issues (credit cannot be transferred in or waived)
Practical Reasoning Requirement (two approved courses, at least one of which must be firmly grounded in mathematics or statistics)
Six Perspectives Areas—Arts; Social Science; Western History; Religion; African Americans', Appalachians', Women's; and International (Language or World Culture option)
Lifetime Health and Wellness: WELL 101, WELL 102 and Physical Activity Requirement
Active Learning Experience (ALE)
Developmental Mathematics Requirement
Twenty (20) courses taken outside the major
Convocation Requirement

NOTE: Some Berea College courses can be used to fulfill more than one requirement. When a course is used to satisfy both a General Education requirement and a major requirement (i.e., PSY 100: General Psychology, which meets the General Education Social Science Perspective, as well as the requirement for the Psychology major), the credit is counted only once and in the major discipline. No single course may fulfill more than two General Education requirements and no single transfer course can fulfill more than one General Education requirement. The required General Studies courses (GSTR 110, GSTR 210, GSTR 310, GSTR 332, and GSTR 410) cannot be used to fulfill any additional requirements.

The Aims of General Education

Knowledge

The General Education Program will help students understand:

aesthetic, scientific, historical, and interdisciplinary ways of knowing;
religion, particularly Christianity, in its many expressions;
Berea College’ s historical and ongoing commitments to racial (traditionally black and white) and gender equality, as well as to the Appalachian region;
the natural environment and our relationship to it;
the roles of science and technology in the contemporary world;
U.S. and global issues and perspectives.

Skills

The General Education Program will help students develop the abilities to:

read and listen effectively; write and speak effectively, with integrity and style;
think critically and creatively, and reason quantitatively;
develop research strategies and employ appropriate technologies as a means to deepen one’s knowledge and understanding;
work effectively both independently and collaboratively;
resolve conflicts nonviolently.

Habits of Mind

The General Education Program will help students:

deepen their capacities for moral reflection, spiritual development, and responsible action;
develop an openness to and knowledgeable appreciation of human diversity in terms of race, gender, class, religion, sexuality, language, and culture;
cultivate their imagination and ability to discern connections, consider alternatives, and think about topics and issues from multiple perspectives;
think and act in ways that promote peace with justice;
develop habits leading to lifetime health and fitness.

Learning Experiences

The above aims of General Education Program will be achieved through a combination of learning experiences designed to help students become independent learners and thinkers. Such learning experiences are likely to include:

Discussion and lecture;
Student-initiated learning;
Experiential learning (for example, service-learning, travel, internships, etc.);
Collaborative learning.

Core Competencies

To determine the extent to which students have attained the Aims of General Education, Berea College will regularly asses student achievement in five areas:

Critical Thinking
Communication
Research and Information Literacy
Quantitative Literacy
Intercultural Competence

Practical Reasoning Requirement--Two Courses

The Practical Reasoning Requirement is met through the satisfactory completion of two courses, at least one of which must be firmly grounded in mathematics or statistics. Courses meeting this requirement are intended to help students discern connections, consider alternatives, and think about topics and issues from multiple perspectives.

Designations for Practical Reasoning Courses

An approved Practical Reasoning course that is "firmly grounded in mathematics or statistics" is called "Practical Reasoning with Quantitative Emphasis" and is given the designation "PRQ." Other approved Practical Reasoning courses are given the designation "PR."

The Committee on General Education (COGE) has approved the following courses to meet the Practical Reasoning Requirement. COGE continues to review departmental proposals for additional courses to meet this requirement in the General Education curriculum.

NOTE: Transfer credit for PSY 100 General Psychology does not meet the Practical Reasoning requirement but meets the Social Science Perspective.

Approved Courses (PR & PRQ)

Courses below have been designated by the Committee on General Education to meet the indicated requirement. Special topics courses are approved on a term-by-term basis and approvals are listed in the Schedule of Classes.

Practical Reasoning--Quantitative Emphasis (PRQ)

CHM 131	Accelerated General Chemistry	1 Course Credit
CHM 134	Accelerated Environmental Chem	1 Course Credit
ECO 250	Applied Statistics	1 Course Credit
MAT 101/MAT 108	Math Modeling Using Computer	1 Course Credit
MAT 104	Introduction to Statistics	1 Course Credit
MAT 105	Intro to Discrete Math	1 Course Credit
MAT 108/MAT 101	Environ Issue:Math Model Appr	1 Course Credit
MAT 115	College Algebra with Modeling	1 Course Credit
MAT 125	Trigonometry with Applications	1 Course Credit
MAT 135	Calculus I	1 Course Credit
MAT 214	Linear Algebra	1 Course Credit
MAT 225	Calculus II	1 Course Credit
MAT 311	Probability	1 Course Credit
MAT 312	Operations Research	1 Course Credit
MAT 330	Calculus III	1 Course Credit
MAT 437	Differential Equations	1 Course Credit
PHY 130/PHY 225	Applied Mah for Physics & Eng.	1 Course Credit
PHY 225	Math Methods in Physics I	1 Course Credit
PSY 325	Stats & Rsrch Meth-Behav Sc II	1 Course Credit
SENS 320	Intro-Geographical Info System	1 Course Credit
SOC 340	Social Statistics-Diverse Soc	1 Course Credit
TAD 352	Quality Control	1 Course Credit

Practical Reasoning (PR)

BUS 114	Business App & Prog (CSC)	1 Course Credit
BUS 120	Accounting I	1 Course Credit
CFS 145	Consumer Decision Making	1 Course Credit
COM 201	Argumentation and Debate	1 Course Credit
COM 203	Persuasion	1 Course Credit
CSC 111	Storytelling-Comp Animation	1 Course Credit
CSC 114	Business App & Prog (BUS)	1 Course Credit
CSC 126	Intro to Robotics	1 Course Credit
GST 235	Intro to Behavioral Sciences	1 Course Credit
HIS 316	20th Cent Europe:Div & Recon	1 Course Credit
MAT 203	Geometry-Midl Grades/Elem Tchr	1 Course Credit
MAT 315	Fundamental Concepts of Math	1 Course Credit
PHI 104	Morality, Law & Philosophy	1 Course Credit
PHI 106	Introductory Reasoning	1 Course Credit
PHI 204/PSC 204	Justice&Law-Class Pol Phi(PSC)	1 Course Credit
PHI 207/PSC 207	Human Rights, Intl Law (PSC)	1 Course Credit
PHI 209/PSC 209	Freedom,Law,&Modern State(PSC)	1 Course Credit
PHI 214	Approaches to Ethics	1 Course Credit
PHI 218	Symbolic Logic	1 Course Credit
PHI 230	Reflecting on Nature	1 Course Credit
PHY 111	Introduction to Astronomy	1 Course Credit
PSC 204/PHI 204	Justice&Law-Class Pol Phi(PHI)	1 Course Credit
PSC 207/PHI 207	Human Rights, Intl Law (PHI)	1 Course Credit
PSC 209/PHI 209	Freedom,Law,&Modern State(PHI)	1 Course Credit
PSY 100	General Psychology***	1 Course Credit
REL 235	Christian Social Ethics	1 Course Credit
SENS 100	Intro-Sustainability & Environ	1 Course Credit
SOC 335	Methods of Social Research	1 Course Credit

***PSY 100 does not meet the Practical Reasoning Requirement if brought in as a Transfer Course.

Six Perspective Areas--All Six Areas Required

Individual courses may be approved to satisfy more than one Perspective Area; however, no single course will be designated to satisfy more than two Perspective Areas. Each course counts only once in the earned-credit minimum needed to graduate. The six Perspective Areas are:

Arts

develops an understanding and appreciation of artistic form and creation through the study and/or practice of the visual arts, creative writing, literature, music, dance, and/or theatre.

Social Science

develops a scientific understanding of human behavior at the individual, group, or community level.

Western History

develops an understanding and appreciation of history as a way of knowing through the study of one or more major traditions, institutions, events, or achievements of Western Civilization. The “West” denotes those regions in which the primary influence has been European in origin.

Religion

develops an understanding and appreciation of the role of religion in human experience through the study of one or more major religious traditions, institutions, or ideas.

African Americans’, Appalachians’, Women’s

develops an understanding and appreciation of diversity through the study of one or more of those groups central to Berea’s Commitments: African Americans, Appalachians, and/or Women.

International

develops an understanding and appreciation of world citizenship through the study of languages or world cultures. This perspective area may be met by the completion of either:

two courses in the same, non-English language, one of which may be waived by a placement examination (i.e., at least one language course must be taken after entering Berea College).
NOTE: Some majors require study in a foreign language. Students should check requirements for the department(s) they wish to pursue before deciding which option in the International Perspective to complete.

OR
two world culture courses, one of which must be Non-Western; one or both of which may be met by approved courses taken abroad.

Approved Courses

Courses below have been designated by the Committee on General Education to meet the indicated requirement. Special topic courses are approved on a term-by-term basis and approvals are listed in the Schedule of Classes. Cross-listed courses are listed only once but are approved as meeting the associated perspective under either disciplinary rubric.

African Americans', Appalachians', and Women's Perspective

AFR 202/PSC 202/WGS 202	Women & Afr Amer-Pol(WGS/PSC)	1 Course Credit
AFR 222	Intro to African-Amer Studies	1 Course Credit
AFR 230/APS 230	African Amer-Appalachia(APS)	1 Course Credit
APS 121	Appalachian Cultures	1 Course Credit
APS 113	Appalachian Weaving	1 Course Credit
APS 140/ENG 140	Appalachian Literature (ENG)	1 Course Credit
APS 229	Contemporary Issues-Appalachia	1 Course Credit
CFS 207/WGS 207	Family Relations (WGS)	1 Course Credit
CFS 209/APS 209	Appalachian Foodways (APS)	1 Course Credit
CFS 366/WGS 366	Cross-Cultrl Persp-Fam (WGS)	1 Course Credit
COM 310/WGS 310	Communication and Gender (WGS)	1 Course Credit
ENG 135/AFR 135/WGS 135	Afr-Amer Women Writer(AFR/WGS)	1 Course Credit
ENG 141/AFR 141	African-American Lit (AFR)	1 Course Credit
ENG 212/AFR 212/WGS 212	Lit-Caribbean Women(AFR/WGS)	1 Course Credit
ENG 237/WGS 237	Women And Literature (WGS)	1 Course Credit
HIS 102/WGS 102	West Civ II:Std in Gendr (WGS)	1 Course Credit
HIS 165/AFR 165	Intro to Afr Amer His(AFR)	1 Course Credit
HIS 253/APS 253	Appalachian America (APS)	1 Course Credit
HIS 356/AFR 356	Sem: African-Amer History(AFR)	1 Course Credit
HLT 210/APS 210	Health in Appalachia (APS)	1 Course Credit
HLT 236/WGS 236	Women and Health (WGS)	1 Course Credit
MUS 224/APS 224	Appalachian Music (APS)	1 Course Credit
MUS 234/AFR 234	Afri-Amer Mus:Overview (AFR)	1 Course Credit
PSJ 210	Diversity and Social Justice	1 Course Credit
REL 211/WGS 211	Women in Religion (WGS)	1 Course Credit
SENS 215/APS 215	Sustainable Appal Comm (APS)	1 Course Credit
SENS 225/AFR 225/APS 225/PSJ 225/WGS 225	Envr Justice(AFR/WGS/PSJ/APS)	1 Course Credit
SOC 132/AFR 132	Intro to Race in America (AFR)	1 Course Credit
SOC 330/APS 330	Comm Analysis:Appal Case(APS)	1 Course Credit
TAD 213/APS 213	Appalachian Crafts (APS)	1 Course Credit
WGS 124	Intro to Women's & Gender Stds	1 Course Credit
WGS 127	Riding the Waves of Feminism	1 Course Credit
WGS 220/APS 220	Gender in Appalachia (APS)	1 Course Credit
WGS 315	Classic Texts in Women's & Gen	1 Course Credit

Arts Perspective

ARH 210	Topics in Islamic Art & Archit	1 Course Credit
ARH 220/AST 220	Topics in Indian Art H (AST)	1 Course Credit
ARH 230	Topics in Latin American Art	1 Course Credit
ARH 232	Classical Art & Archaeology	1 Course Credit
ARH 233	Art&Arch Ancnt Nr East&Egypt	1 Course Credit
ARH 242	Medieval Art	1 Course Credit
ART 111	Printmaking I	1 Course Credit
ART 115	Drawing Fundamentals	1 Course Credit
ART 116	Painting I	1 Course Credit
ART 123	Ceramics I	1 Course Credit
ART 125	Fibers I	1 Course Credit
ART 130	Sculpture I	1 Course Credit
CFS 238	Human Environments II	1 Course Credit
CLS 222	Classical Mythology (REL)	1 Course Credit
COM 211	Broadcast Journalism I	1 Course Credit
CSC 111	Storytelling-Comp Animation	1 Course Credit
ENG 124	Intro to Creative Writing	1 Course Credit
ENG 141/AFR 141	African-American Lit (AFR)	1 Course Credit
ENG 200	Studies in Time	1 Course Credit
ENG 282	Workshop in Creative Writing	1 Course Credit
FRN 320	Panorama of French Lit I	1 Course Credit
FRN 321	Panorama of French Lit II	1 Course Credit
FRN 325	Seventeenth Century Frn Lit	1 Course Credit
FRN 330	Nineteenth Century French Lit	1 Course Credit
FRN 340	Twentieth Century French Lit	1 Course Credit
GER 320	German Poetry	1 Course Credit
GER 325	German Narrative Prose	1 Course Credit
GER 330	German Drama	1 Course Credit
GER 340	German Novel	1 Course Credit
HHP 245	Dance Education	1 Course Credit
HHP 248	World Dance	1 Course Credit
HHP 249	Dancing Through Space & Time	1 Course Credit
HHP 305	Improvisation & Choreography	1 Course Credit
LAT 210/HIS 210	Classical Roman Civ (HIS)	1 Course Credit
LAT 223	Virgil	1 Course Credit
LAT 321	Latin Historians	1 Course Credit
LAT 324	Classical Poetry	1 Course Credit
MUS 106	World Music	1 Course Credit
MUS 115	Intro to Music Literature	1 Course Credit
MUS 216	Perceptive Listening to Music	1 Course Credit
MUS 224/APS 224	Appalachian Music (APS)	1 Course Credit
MUS 234/AFR 234	Afri-Amer Mus:Overview (AFR)	1 Course Credit
REL 110	Religion and the Arts	1 Course Credit
REL 222	Classical Mythology (CLS)	1 Course Credit
SPN 315	Intro to Spanish Literature	1 Course Credit
SPN 320	Peninsular Literature I	1 Course Credit
SPN 321	Peninsular Literature II	1 Course Credit
SPN 330	Spanish American Literature I	1 Course Credit
SPN 331	Spanish American Literature II	1 Course Credit
SPN 340	The Novel	1 Course Credit
TAD 180	Graphic Com and Design	1 Course Credit
TAD 202	Photography	1 Course Credit
TAD 213/APS 213	Appalachian Crafts (APS)	1 Course Credit
THR 331	Film Production: Documentary	1 Course Credit
THR 332	Film Production: Feature Film	1 Course Credit

International Perspective (two options)

The International Perspective is met by taking EITHER

Foreign Language Option —two courses in the same foreign language, one of which may be waived by a placement examination (at least one language course must be taken after entering Berea College unless transfer credit has been awarded for a foreign language through the second level) OR
World Culture Option —two approved World Culture courses, at least one of which must be approved as Non-Western. Here is a list of courses that have been approved to meet the World Culture component of this perspective, first Non-Western, then Western:

International Perspective (Non-Western)

AFR 136/REL 136	African Trad Religion (REL)	1 Course Credit
AFR 212/ENG 212	Lit-Caribbean Women(ENG/WGS)	1 Course Credit
AFR 260/HIS 260	Survey of African His (HIS)	1 Course Credit
ARH 220/AST 220	Topics in Indian Art H (AST)	1 Course Credit
ARH 239	Native Nrth Amer Art&Archaelog	1 Course Credit
AST 132/REL 132	Religions of China (REL)	1 Course Credit
AST 135/REL 135	Religions of Japan (REL)	1 Course Credit
AST 322/HIS 322	Sem in Chinese History (HIS)	1 Course Credit
AST 323/HIS 323	Sem in Japanese History (HIS)	1 Course Credit
ENG 242	Intro to Non-Western Lit	1 Course Credit
HHP 248	World Dance	1 Course Credit
HIS 122/AST 122	History of China (AST)	1 Course Credit
HIS 123/AST 123	History of Japan (AST)	1 Course Credit
HIS 223	Hist of Pre-Modern Middle East	1 Course Credit
HIS 270	Recent History of Middle East	1 Course Credit
MUS 106	World Music	1 Course Credit
PSC 175/HIS 175	His & Pol of Arab-Isr (HIS)	1 Course Credit
PSC 352	Politics of Developing Nations	1 Course Credit
REL 100	Religion in Global Context	1 Course Credit
REL 240/HIS 240	Islam (HIS)	1 Course Credit
REL 260/AST 260	Buddhism (AST)	1 Course Credit
REL 308/AST 308	Themes in Asian Tradition(AST)	1 Course Credit

International Perspective (Western)

ARH 230	Topics in Latin American Art	1 Course Credit
CFS 225	Food, Culture and Society	1 Course Credit
CFS 366/WGS 366	Cross-Cultrl Persp-Fam (WGS)	1 Course Credit
ECO 341	Economic Dev:Theory & Appl	1 Course Credit
ENG 103	ESL and American Culture	1 Course Credit
GER 140	German Civilization	1 Course Credit
HIS 131	Britain & the Emp, 1688 to Pre	1 Course Credit
HIS 224	20th Century World History	1 Course Credit
HIS 229/AST 229	Modern Imperialism (AST)	1 Course Credit
HIS 311	Seminar: Medieval History	1 Course Credit
LAT 117	Classical Etymology	1 Course Credit
PHI 207/PSC 207	Human Rights, Intl Law (PSC)	1 Course Credit
SOC 341	Soc of Dev & Social Change	1 Course Credit
SPN 140/HIS 140	History of Spain (HIS)	1 Course Credit

Religion Perspective

ARH 210	Topics in Islamic Art & Archit	1 Course Credit
ARH 242	Medieval Art	1 Course Credit
CLS 222	Classical Mythology (REL)	1 Course Credit
HIS 202/REL 202	Christians & Pagans (REL)	1 Course Credit
HIS 215/REL 215	Christianity to 1600 (REL)	1 Course Credit
HIS 223	Hist of Pre-Modern Middle East	1 Course Credit
HIS 240/REL 240	Islam (REL)	1 Course Credit
HIS 311	Seminar: Medieval History	1 Course Credit
HIS 314	Renaissance and Reformation	1 Course Credit
HIS 355	Sem in American Rel Hist (REL)	1 Course Credit
PSJ 205	Movements & Commnty Organizing	1 Course Credit
REL 100	Religion in Global Context	1 Course Credit
REL 109	Intro to Christian Thought	1 Course Credit
REL 110	Religion and the Arts	1 Course Credit
REL 126	Poverty and Justice	1 Course Credit
REL 132/AST 132	Religions of China (AST)	1 Course Credit
REL 135/AST 135	Religions of Japan (AST)	1 Course Credit
REL 136/AFR 136	African Trad Religion (AFR)	1 Course Credit
REL 211/WGS 211	Women in Religion (WGS)	1 Course Credit
REL 212	Rel, Rhetoric, & Rationality	1 Course Credit
REL 215	Christianity to 1600 (HIS)	1 Course Credit
REL 222	Classical Mythology (CLS)	1 Course Credit
REL 225	Images of Jesus	1 Course Credit
REL 228	The Bible, His., & Archeology	1 Course Credit
REL 235	Christian Social Ethics	1 Course Credit
REL 250	Judaism	1 Course Credit
REL 260/AST 260	Buddhism (AST)	1 Course Credit
REL 309	Themes in Abrahamic Traditions	1 Course Credit
REL 312	Religious Thought & Ethics	1 Course Credit
REL 308/AST 308	Themes in Asian Tradition(AST)	1 Course Credit
REL 320	Advanced Biblical Studies	1 Course Credit
REL 355	Sem in American Rel Hist (HIS)	1 Course Credit

Social Science Perspective

ARH 234	Intro to Archaeological Method	1 Course Credit
ARH 238	History & Analysis of Craft	1 Course Credit
BUS 257	Consumer Behavior	1 Course Credit
CFS 207/WGS 207	Family Relations (WGS)	1 Course Credit
COM 220	Theories of Communication	1 Course Credit
ECO 101	Principles of Macroeconomics	1 Course Credit
ECO 102	Principles of Microeconomics	1 Course Credit
ECO 301	Intermediate Macroeconomics	1 Course Credit
ECO 302	Intermediate Microeconomics	1 Course Credit
ECO 360/PSC 360	Int'l Political Economy (PSC)	1 Course Credit
ECO 370	Environ Issue in Public Policy	1 Course Credit
GST 235	Intro to Behavioral Sciences	1 Course Credit
HIS 200	Intro to Historical Study	1 Course Credit
PSC 100	Intro to Study of Politics	1 Course Credit
PSC 110	American Government	1 Course Credit
PSJ 305	Conflict Transformation	1 Course Credit
PSY 100 *	General Psychology	1 Course Credit
SOC 100	Sociology of Everyday Life	1 Course Credit
SOC 110	Prob of American Institutions	1 Course Credit
SOC 220	Cultural Anthropology	1 Course Credit

Western History Perspective

HIS 314	Renaissance and Reformation	1 Course Credit
AFR 356/HIS 356	Sem-African-Amer History (HIS)	1 Course Credit
ARH 232	Classical Art & Archaeology	1 Course Credit
ARH 242	Medieval Art	1 Course Credit
ARH 255	20th & 21st Century Art	1 Course Credit
FRN 140	Frn Civilization Past/Present	1 Course Credit
GER 140	German Civilization	1 Course Credit
HIS 101	Western Civilization I	1 Course Credit
HIS 102	West Civ II:Std in Gendr (WGS)	1 Course Credit
HIS 130	Albion & Eire: British Isles	1 Course Credit
HIS 131	Britain & the Emp, 1688 to Pre	1 Course Credit
HIS 161	American History to 1865	1 Course Credit
HIS 162	American History Since 1865	1 Course Credit
HIS 165/AFR 165	Intro to Afr Amer His(AFR)	1 Course Credit
HIS 209	Classical Greek Civilization	1 Course Credit
HIS 215	Christianity to 1600 (REL)	1 Course Credit
HIS 310	Seminar in U. S. History	1 Course Credit
HIS 316	20th Cent Europe:Div & Recon	1 Course Credit
HIS 335	Topic Sem-Modern European His	1 Course Credit
HIS 355	Sem in American Rel Hist (REL)	1 Course Credit
LAT 210	Classical Roman Civ (HIS)	1 Course Credit
PHI 204/PSC 204	Justice&Law-Class Pol Phi(PSC)	1 Course Credit
PHI 209/PSC 209	Freedom,Law,&Modern State(PSC)	1 Course Credit
PHI 305	Classical Philosophy	1 Course Credit
PSY 420	His & Systems of Psychology	1 Course Credit
REL 202/HIS 202	Christians & Pagans (HIS)	1 Course Credit
SPN 140/HIS 140	History of Spain (HIS)	1 Course Credit
TAD 118	History of Technology	1 Course Credit

Lifetime Health and Wellness

As of Fall 2017, all incoming students are required to complete WELL 101 and WELL 102 in their first year of attendance. Students not successfully completing WELL 101 and WELL 102 in the first year must complete the sequence in the second year. Students who do not complete the sequence by the 5th term are subject to suspension. Students admitted on previous catalogs must complete HLT 100 (prior to 2016-17) or WELL 101 (2016-17 catalog).

Berea College offers courses, programs, and facilities intended to promote the wellness and personal well-being of students and employees. This commitment is reflected in the adoption of the FRESH Start Quality Enhancement Plan. In addition to WELL 101 and WELL 102, each student must complete two 1/4-credit activity courses chosen from the 200-level HHP activity courses (from two different areas). Waivers from the 1/4-credit activity courses are provided for students awarded a letter in an intercollegiate sport. Students who are awarded one letter in each of two different sports may waive both of the 1/4-credit requirements. If the student’s swimming skills are below the minimal safety/survival levels, students are required to complete HHP 200 and this may count as one of the two 1/4-credit activity courses.

Active Learning Requirement

The Active Learning Experience (ALE) is an opportunity for students to explore interconnections among various venues for learning—courses, labor, service, research, internships, etc. All ALEs must include: a) learning through sustained, continual engagement in, reflection on, and assessment of experiences; b) the use of knowledge, imagination, and judgment to address questions in novel contexts; and c) the exploration of connections between theory and practice, and between learning in courses and from experiences outside the classroom. When the experience has a strong Service-Learning component, it is designated as ALE-SL which indicates that the course is an active learning experience as a result of its incorporation of Service-Learning. Students must complete one approved ALE or ALE-SL.

Developmental Mathematics Requirement

The Development Mathematics Requirement must be waived on the basis of test scores OR met by completing MAT 010, MAT 011, and MAT 012. Each of these full-term courses carries one full load term credit but not earned credit toward graduation. The grades for these courses are “satisfactory,” “satisfactory completion,” or “unsatisfactory.”

Students are required to enroll continuously--Fall-Spring-Summer--in MAT 010, 011, and 012 until their Developmental Mathematics requirement is competed. Those students not completing their Developmental Mathematics requirement by the beginning of their third regular term are subject to suspension for two regular terms.

By policy, students initially placed in MAT 010 are required to attend the summer session following their first year in order to complete MAT 012. Students placed in MAT 011 who do not successfully complete in their initial attempt are required to attend the summer session following their first year in order to complete MAT 012.

Incoming Student Requirements (GSTR, WELL, and Developmental Math)

GSTR 110 and GSTR 210 must be completed by the end of the third regular term of enrollment. GSTR 110 must be taken in the first regular term of enrollment and GSTR 210 in the second regular term. GSTR 210 may be delayed until the third regular term only if a student re-takes (and passes) GSTR 110 in the second term, or if a student takes (and passes) GST 150 for additional writing instruction. WELL 101 and WELL 102 must be taken in sequence during a students first year.

Students who do not waive Developmental Math must maintain continual enrollment until the sequence is completed (see Developmental Math Requirement)

Twenty Earned Course Credits Outside the Major Requirement

Students must complete 20 earned course credits outside the core and distribution requirements of their major. GSTR courses are counted outside the major. When a course is used to satisfy both a General Education requirement and a major requirement, the credit is counted only one time, and in the major discipline. Collateral courses are included in the 20 credits outside the major.

Note: If a collateral course or a substitution for a collateral course is within the major rubric, it does not count in the 20 credits outside the major.

Collateral courses are included in the major’s GPA calculation. Cross-listed courses may be counted as being outside the major if the course does not count toward any requirement for that major—including collateral courses—and if it is taken under the non-major rubric.

Residency Requirement

To earn a Berea College degree, students must complete a minimum of four (4) regular (fall and spring) terms as a degree-seeking student at Berea College.

Convocations

All full-time and part-time students are expected to attend Convocations each term of attendance at Berea minus one (usually the last term of attendance). A grade of CA (Convocation 'A') is recorded for all students who are marked as attending 7 Convocations by the Convocations program. No more than 8 CA (Convocation 'A') grades may count towards the student's cumulative GPA. Convocation credit is only GPA credit and does not count towards the total credits required for graduation. Exceptions are detailed below:

Students doing a Study Abroad term are exempt from the Convocation requirement during that term.
Students engaged in student teaching are exempt from the Convocation requirement during that term as well as during the preceding term (generally the student's 8th term).

See the Convocations program website for specific details about participation in the Convocation program.

Note: Participation in the Convocations program is not technically a degree requirement. Students are expected to participate. A grade of CF (Convocations Fail) is recorded and averaged in to a student's GPA each term a student is expected to participate and is not marked in attendance for 7 or more Convocation events. A grade of CA (Convocations 'A'') is recorded otherwise and averaged into the GPA.

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