Curriculum
Northwest Missouri State University’s general education requirements are outlined below. The Honors Program requires a minimum of 21 credits from this general education program. Courses designated with an “H” have an Honors section. It is anticipated that, in the future, more courses will have Honors sections.
Written Communication (6 hours)
- Composition 10-111 and Composition 10-112-H
- OR Composition 10-115 and an English ACT subscore of 27 or above
Oral Communication (3 hours)
- Fundamentals of Oral Communication 29-102-H
Mathematics (3-4 hours)
- Finite Mathematics 17-110
- General Statistics 17-114-H
- Concepts of Mathematics 17-115
- Pre-calculus 17-117
- College Algebra 17-118
- Calculus 17-120
- Fundamentals of Mathematics 17-171
Political Science (3 hours)
- Introduction to American Government 34-102-H
- OR If the student has completed an American Government class outside of the state of Missouri he/she will complete this requirement by completing Missouri Politics 34-201.
History (3 hours)
- America – A Historical Survey 33-155-H
Life and Physical Science (8 hours)
- Life Sciences (4 hours)
- General Biology 04-102-H and General Biology Lab 04-103
- General Botany 04-112 and General Botany Lab 04-113
- General Zoology 04-114 and General Zoology Lab 04-115
- Plant Science 03-130
- Physical Sciences (4 hours)
- General Chemistry/Lab – 24-112 and 24-113
- General Chemistry I 24-114 and General Chemistry I Lab 24-115
- General Geology/Lab – 27-110-H and 27-111
- General Earth Science/Lab – 27-114 and 27-115
- General Physics I/Lab – 25-110 and 25-111
- General Physics II/Lab – 25-112 and 25-113
- Fundamentals of Classical Physics/Lab – 25-120 and 25-121
- The Physical Sciences/Lab – 40-102 and 40-103
- Descriptive Astronomy/Lab – 40-122 and 40-123
Humanities and Fine Arts (9 hours)
- Literature (3 hours)
- Introduction to Literature – 10-220-H
- Humanities/Philosophy (3 hours)
- Western Civilization I – 26-102
- Western Civilization II – 26-103-H
- The Humanities, Eastern World – 26-104
- Introduction to Philosophy – 39-171-H
- Introduction to Ethics – 39-274
- Introduction to Classical Rhetoric – 29-235
- Fine Arts (3 hours)
- Art Appreciation – 13-102
- Survey of Art – 13-110
- The Enjoyment of Music – 19-201-H
- History of Dance – 22-262
- Theatre Appreciation – 43-101
Social and Behavioral Sciences (6 hours)
- Social Sciences (3 hours)
- Survey of Economics – 52-130
- General Economics I – 52-150-H
- Introduction to Geography – 32-101-H
- General Sociology – 35-101
- General Anthropology – 35-108
- Introduction to Agricultural Economics – 03-102
- Behavioral Sciences (3 hours)
- General Psychology – 08-103-H
- Educational Psychology – 08-303