General Education, Fine Arts, B.F.A.

Featured Courses: 6 Hours

• GND 1015, First-Year Seminar 3 Hours
• XXX 3015, Junior Cornerstone Seminar 0 Hours
  Students must take a “3015” course to satisfy this requirement. The hours for the Junior Cornerstone (JCS) may count below in V-VI or VIII-XI depending on its prefix. In the unlikely event that students take additional JSC courses, they may be applied below in V or VI-XI. JCS credits may not count in major or minor.
• XXX 4015 or GND 4015, Senior Capstone Seminar 3 Hours
• Linked Cohort Courses, 1000- and/or 2000-level 0 Hours
  The hours for the Linked Cohorts (LCCs) may count below in III, V, and / or VII-XII depending on their prefixes
• Global Studies (GS), 4 courses 0 Hours
  Experiential Learning (EL), 2 courses 0 Hours
  Global Studies (GS) and Experiential Learning (EL) courses may be taken in the BELL Core, or in the major, the minor, or other required or elective courses. Note that the Junior Cornerstone Seminar is, by definition, an EL course, but the category of EL will vary. For the comprehensive list of all GS and EL courses offered at Belmont, and for the “key” to the codes, go to www.belmont.edu/bellcore/, click on “Academic Advising,” and then “GS/EL Permanently Designated Courses” or “GS/EL Codes.” For the list of currently offered GS and EL courses, go to the homepage of ClassFinder and look for the appropriate link in the BELL Core box. For a list of transfer courses that count for GS credit, go to the same web address, click on “Academic Advising” and click on “Global Studies Transfer Courses.”

Oral Communication: 3 Hours

• COM 1100 Fundamentals of Speech Communication 3 Hours

Written Communication: 6 Hours

• ENG 1010 First-Year Writing 3 Hours
• ENG 3010 Third-Year Writing 3 Hours

Fine Arts: 3 Hours

Education majors completing a Pre-K-4 or a 5-8 license, and students must take MUH 2140  (4 hrs)–or, alternatively, MUH 2160  (2 hrs) + ART 2160  –for the Fine Arts requirement.

• ART 2800 Art History I 3 Hours - Required for ART majors
• TDR 2800 The Theatre Experience 3 Hours - Required for TDR majors
• MUH 1200 Introduction to Music: History, Style and Culture 3 Hours  - Required for BFA in Musical Theatre

Humanities: 3-4 Hours

First semester studies in a foreign language (e.g. XXX 1010), will fulfill the Humanities requirement in Gen. Ed. only if the second semester of the same language (e.g. XXX 1020) is successfully completed.

Mathematics: 3 Hours

Select one of the following courses: ⁴

• MTH 1080 Mathematical Inquiry 3 Hours
• MTH 1020 Introduction to Mathematical Reasoning 3 Hours
• CSC 1020 Inquiry Through Computer Science 3 Hours

Religion: 6 Hours

Six hours must be done in the same path. Choose six hours from path “a” or six hours from path “b”: ⁵

Sciences: 4 Hours

Select one of the following courses: ^6,7

• BIO 1010 Biological Science 4 Hours
• BIO 1110 Principles of Biology I 4 Hours
• BIO 1120 Principles of Biology II 4 Hours
• CEM 1010 Chemistry: __________ 4 Hours
• CEM 1610 General Chemistry I 4 Hours
• CEM 1620 General Chemistry II 4 Hours
• ENV 1110 Introduction to Environmental Science 4 Hours
• PHY 1010 Science: A Process of Inquiry 4 Hours
• PHY 1100 Acoustical Physics 4 Hours
• PHY 1110 Precalculus-Based Physics I 4 Hours
• PHY 1120 Precalculus-Based Physics II 4 Hours
• PHY 1140 Introduction to Physics 4 Hours
• PHY 2110 Calculus-Based Physics I 4 Hours
• PHY 2120 Calculus-Based Physics II 4 Hours
• PSY 1200 Introduction to Psychological Science 4 Hours

Social Sciences: 3 Hours

Students seeking art K-12 licensure must select among the following courses to meet their Social Sciences requirement: HIS 1010 , HIS 1020 , HIS 2010 , HIS 2020 , PSC 1210 , and PSC 1300 .

Wellness: 3 Hours

Students who have successfully completed 5 semesters of ROTC may petition the chair of the Department of Sport Science for waiver of the Wellness requirement.

Elective in General Education: 3 Hours

Select three hours of coursework from any of the General Education disciplinary areas as identified in the BFA degree.

Total: 43-44 Hours

2 Correspondence work in Foreign Language is not accepted as credit for Belmont students. Also, students who have had three years or more of a Foreign Language in high school may be ready to begin language study at Belmont with the 2000-level courses. Incoming students with previous language study are encouraged to consult instructors in each language to determine specific placement.

3 Exceptions:1) ENG 1050  and ASN 2000  will count as a Humanities credit. 2) These individual courses will not fulfill the Humanities requirements in General Education: ENG 1000, 1030, 1010, 2030, 3010; ENL 1990, 2000, 3440, 4900; ENW 2000, 3050, 3960, 3970, 4010, 4900; EUR 4500; PHI 1540,  2330, 2340, 2350, 2360, 3150, 3160, 3240, 3430, 4110, 4120, 4130, 4140, 4150, 4200. (The following PHI will meet the Gen Ed Humanities requirement: PHI 1510 , PHI 1520 , PHI 1600 , PHI 2250 , PHI 2310 , PHI 2380 , PHI 3110 , PHI 3200 , PHI 3260 , 1950, PHI 2950 , PHI 3950 ).

4 Education students seeking K-12 or 7-12 licensure must take MTH 1080  if they have a score of 25 or above on the Math ACT test; otherwise, they must take MTH 1110  (College Algebra) to fulfill state licensure requirements. For K-12 and 7-12 Licensure students, MTH 1110  is approved to meet a General Education requirement for Mathematics for those students who do not qualify to take MTH 1080 .

5 Once a student has matriculated to Belmont, he or she may not take a lower-level Religion course at another institution and transfer this course in as Belmont 3000-level General Education course in Religion. A 3000-level (or above) course in Religion may, however, be taken elsewhere and transferred in for Belmont’s 3000-level Religion requirement after the student has acquired 45 credit hours toward his or her degree.

6 BIO 1010  is intended for most non-science majors. BIO 1010  is an introductory course for BIO majors, BIO minors, and pre-health students. CEM 1010  and PHY 1010  are intended for most non-science majors. CEM 1610  is the introductory course for chemistry majors, minors and pre-health sciences. PHY 1100  is intended for those with interests in sound. PHY 1140  is intended for AET (Audio Engineering Technology) majors. PHY 1110  (trigonometry-based) and PHY 2110  (calculus-based) are introductory courses for science majors and pre-health students. CEM 1610 , PHY 1110 , & PHY 1120  have mathematics prerequisites.

7 Education students seeking secondary or K-12 licensure should consult their advisors before taking courses to meet their Science requirements.

10 Marching band do not substitute.