General Education, Social Work, B.S.W.

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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.
SWK 4015 Senior Seminar 3 Hours
Note: Total offered Senior Capstone hours may be counted either in the major or in the General Education Core requirements (depending upon the program of study), but not both.
Linked Cohort Courses, 1000- and/or 2000-level
The hours for the Linked Cohorts (LCCs) may count below in III and / or V-XI depending on their prefixes0
Global Studies (GS), 4 courses 0 Hours
Experiential Learning (EL), 2 courses
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: 3-4 Hours

Select one of the following courses: ¹

ART 2000 Art Experience 3 Hours
ART 2800 Art History I 3 Hours
MUH 1200 Introduction to Music: History, Style and Culture 3 Hours
MUH 2000 The Musical Experience 3 Hours
MUH 2010 Popular Music Experience 3 Hours
MUH 2020 World Music Experience 3 Hours
MUH 2140 The Arts for Education: Appreciation and Application 4 Hours
TDR 2000 The Film Experience 3 Hours
TDR 2800 The Theatre Experience 3 Hours
DAN 2000 The Dance Experience 3 Hours

Humanities: 3-4 Hours

Select one courses from the following prefixes:
(Students will receive credit for their study at the 1010 level of a foreign language only if they also successfully complete the 1020 level of the same foreign language.) ^{2, 3}
CLA, ENL, ENW, EUR, HUM, PHI, CHN, FRE, GER, GRK, ITL, JPN, LAT, RUS, and SPA ^{2, 3}
(ENG 1050 and ASN 2000 will also count in this category. See footnote 3)

Mathematics: 6 Hours

[Students who transfer 30 or more hours to Belmont University may count any MTH course 100/1000-level or above]

MTH 1150 Elementary Statistics 3 Hours

Plus one of the following courses:

MTH 1080 Mathematical Inquiry 3 Hours ⁴
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: 7 - 8 Hours

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

BIO 1010 Biological Science 4 Hours
PSY 1200 Introduction to Psychological Science 4 Hours
or
PSY 1100 General Psychology 3 Hours

Social Sciences: 9 Hours

Choose three courses from at least two prefixes:

ASN 2010 Asia For the Social Sciences 3 Hours
COM 2020 Argumentation and Debate 3 Hours
COM 2140 Family Communication 3 Hours
COM 4920 Political Communication 3 Hours
ECO 2210 Principles of Macroeconomics 3 Hours
or
ECO 2220 Principles of Microeconomics 3 Hours
HIS 1010 World History to 1500 3 Hours
HIS 1020 World History Since 1500 3 Hours
HIS 1100 The African American Experience after 1865 3 Hours
HIS 1200 The Wild West 3 Hours
HIS 1300 The Roman World 3 Hours
HIS 1400 The Medieval World: Kings, Queens, Commoners and Crusaders 3 Hours
HIS 1500 The Islamic World Since 1750 3 Hours
HIS 1600 The Modern U.S. from the Cold War to Bush v. Gore 3 Hours
HIS 1700 The Samurai and their World 3 Hours
HIS 2010 The American Experience to Reconstruction 3 Hours
HIS 2020 The American Experience Since Reconstruction 3 Hours
HIS 1895 Special Topics 1-3 Hours
HIS 2895 Special Topics 1-3 Hours
MDS 1500 Mass Media and Society 3 Hours
MDS 1700 Digital Citizenship 3 Hours
PRL 1180 Public Relations Principles 3 Hours
PSC 1100 Special Topics in General Education: Political Science 3 Hours
PSC 1210 American Government 3 Hours
PSC 1300 The United States and World Affairs 3 Hours
SOC 1010 Introduction to Sociology 3 Hours
SOC 1020 Social Problems 3 Hours
SOC 1100 Special Topics in General Education: Sociology 3 Hours

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.

Choose one path:

Path a.

WEL 1600 Health and Fitness Concepts 2 Hours

plus:

WEL 2000 - 20_ _ , any course 1 Hours
or
DAN 1101 Ballet I 1 Hours ⁸
or
DAN 1201 Jazz I 1 Hours ⁸
or
DAN 1301 Modern I 1 Hours ⁸
or
DAN 1401 Tap I 1 Hours ⁸

Path b.

WEL 1500 Lifetime Fitness 1 Hours

plus:

WEL 2000 - 20_ _ , any course 1 Hours
or
DAN 1101 Ballet I 1 Hours ⁸
or
DAN 1201 Jazz I 1 Hours ⁸
or
DAN 1301 Modern I 1 Hours ⁸
or
DAN 1401 Tap I 1 Hours ⁸

plus one of the following courses:

NUR 1100 Wellness Nutrition 1 Hours
NUR 1110 Wellness and Mental Health 1 Hours
NUR 1310 Healthy Beginnings: Wellness Across Pregnancy and Birth 1 Hours
NUR 1320 Women’s Health: Wellness Across the Lifespan 1 Hours
NUR 1330 Health Promotion of the Family 1 Hours
NUR 1340 Men’s Health: Wellness Across the Lifespan 1 Hours

Path c.

WEL 1700 Health and Fitness Concepts with Activity 3 Hours

Total: 51-53 Hours

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

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.

8 Marching band do not substitute.