IV. Building Competencies

a. Writing Intensive

(9 hours - Students are required to take 9 hours from this component, with at least three hours at the 300-400 level and at least three hours in the major.)

b. Information Literacy

(9 hours - Students are required to take 9 hours from this component, with at least three hours in the major.)

c. Quantitative and Logical Reasoning (3 hours - may be taken as a major requirement):

This requirement offers an option; students can take 1) an additional course beyond the mathematics or statistics course used for the Mathematics and Statistics requirement, or an additional course beyond the science course used for the Scientific Approaches to the Natural World requirement, or a quantitative methods course from any discipline that acquaints a student with how quantitative reasoning is applied; or 2) an introductory logic, symbolic logic or critical thinking course that will improve student ability to reason critically by analyzing, evaluating and extending arguments.