Core Courses
To receive any undergraduate degree, a student (in addition to the general requirements) must complete the following core course requirements within the requisite semester hours for graduation.
Core Course Requirements
These core courses are incorporated into all the succeeding degree requirements.
Capstone
English - 9 hours
**Please note: Unless otherwise specified on their degree plan, students may take any 2000-level literature course(s) to fulfill the Literature requirement(s) of the UMHB core curriculum.**
Quantitative Reasoning - 3 hours
MATH only
Lab Science - 4 hours
Scientific Inquiry or Natural Sciences - 3 hours
Fine Arts - 3 hours
Freshman Seminar - 1 hour
UMHB 1101: required for first-time freshmen with fewer than 12 semester hours of transfer credit only
Chapel - 1 to 4 credits
UMHB 1002: credits determined by admission classification
Christian Studies - 6 hours
Social Science - 6 hours
two different subject areas outside of major
World Ideas or Philosophy or Non-US History - 3 hours
Global Issues or Social Science - 3 hours
Speech Communication - 3 hours
Activity PE - 2 courses
Fine Arts Experience - 2-8 hours
UMHB 1005: credits determined by admission classification
Total Credit Hours: 46
“Double-Dipping”
Except where it is explicitly disallowed by the core requirements, courses taken in the major or minor may be used to meet a core requirement also. No course may be used by any one student to meet more than one core requirement. For example, if a literature course receives a CWI designation, it can be used by a student to meet either the core literature requirement or the CWI requirement, but that course cannot be used to meet both requirements.