2020-2021 Catalog 
    
    Apr 18, 2024  
2020-2021 Catalog [ARCHIVED CATALOG]

General Knowledge (13 Credits)


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. (13 credits).

* Associate of Science in Applied Forest Management: choose one course from General Knowledge; Natural Science satisfied through program requirements.

Arts and Humanities* (two courses, 6 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.

Choose one course from these three areas: (3 credits)


Foreign Language: Choose one course (3 credits)


A student whose native language is not English satisfies the foreign language requirements by sucessfully completing ENG 100  and ENG 101 .

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.

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.

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.

Total General Education Core Credits: 29 credits