General Knowledge (19 or 22 Credits)

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The liberal arts and sciences have been part of a university education since the original European universities of 1,000 years ago. All students will explore the scope and range of human achievement in the arts and sciences.

Arts and Humanities (four or five courses, 12 or 15 credits):

The student will develop the ability to analyze and empathize with the human condition from a variety of perspectives-cultural, philosophical, mythological, creative, and historical.

Foreign Language: (3 or 6 credits)

The student will develop a minimum level of proficiency in a non-English language. A student who attended secondary school in a language other than English satisfies the foreign language requirements by successful completion of ENG 101 *.

*Students must complete the course prerequisites - see course descriptions.

Note: Students proficient in languages other than those referenced here may also satisfy the Foreign Language requirement by earning 6 credit hours through standardized testing. Contact UMFK’s Prior Learning Assessment Coordinator.

FRE 101: Elementary French II 3 credits *
FRE 163: Applied French for Health Care Professionals 3 credits *
SPA 101: Elementary Spanish II 3 credits *

Natural Sciences* (one course, 4 credits)

The student will be exposed to scientific inquiry and the laws and principles that have been established in humanity’s effort to understand the natural universe through the study of the biological or physical sciences.

Biological Sciences:

* Nursing and biomedical concentration students must take A&P I & II to satisfy GE requirement

* A student graduating from UMFK with an AS in Forestry and continue on for a bachelor’s degree at UMFK will have satisfied the Natural Science General Education Requirement by completion of the AS in Forestry degree.

BIO 100: General Biology 4 credits
BIO 101: Human Biology 4 credits
BIO 130: Introduction to Biotechnology 4 credits
BIO 220: Anatomy & Physiology I 4 credits *
ENV 200: Principles of Environmental Science 4 credits

Physical Sciences:

AST 110: Descriptive Astronomy 4 credits
CHY 100: Chemistry I 4 credits
PHY 100: Physics I 4 credits
PHS 100: Physical Science I 4 credits
PHS 210: Earth Science 4 credits

Behavioral-Social Sciences (one course, 3 credits)

The student will be able to describe the social and behavioral phenomena of human relationship to others, their communities, their social institutions.

ANT 100: Introduction to Anthropology 3 credits
ECO 100: Introduction to Macroeconomics 3 credits
ECO 101: Introduction to Microeconomics 3 credits
EDU 401: Educational Psychology 3 credits
GEO 201: Cultural Geography 3 credits
GEO 203: World Geography 3 credits
GOV 200: American Government 3 credits
POS 100: Political Science 3 credits
PSY 100: Introduction to Psychology 3 credits
SOC 100: Introduction to Sociology 3 credits
Honors Seminar in Behavioral/Social Sciences 3 credits