These limitations apply to the minimum 120 hours required for graduation from a baccalaureate program.
Baccalaureate Degree
Preparatory Courses
Preparatory courses are required only for certain students as noted.
Students whose high school GPA is below 2.50, whose Composite ACT score is less than 19, or who are required to do so after examination of academic records by the Admissions Committee must take the following:
| COR-1012M | Discipleship of the Christian Mind (Mentor) | 2 |
| CSS-1011 | Advanced College Success Strategies | 2 |
Preparatory Mathematics
Students whose academic program includes courses with Algebra prerequisites can fulfill those requirements through approved placement or exam scores, or by taking the MVNU course shown below. This course is specifically for students with an ACT mathematics subscore of less than 19, an SAT mathematics subscore of less than 530, or an ALEKS PPL score of less than 46. Credits from this courses do not count toward graduation credit minimums.
| MAT-0073 | College Preparatory Mathematics | 3 |
General Education Curriculum
Note: All courses taken for general education purposes must have the G suffix designation.
MVNU Core (15-18)
Take all of the following:
Take either:
| BIB-1023G | The Narrative of Scripture | 3 |
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| OR BOTH | |
| BIB-1003G | Old Testament History & Literature | 3 |
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| AND | |
| BIB-1013G | New Testament History & Literature | 3 |
BIB-1003G and BIB-1013G: Both courses are required for School of Christian Ministry majors. All students outside of the School of Christian Ministry have the option to take both BIB-1003G and BIB-1013G in place of BIB-1023G, but are not required to do so.
Competencies (10-14)
Writing Requirement (3-4)
Take one of the following:
Communication Arts (3-4)
Take one of the following:
Quantitative Reasoning (3-4)
Take one of the following:
Health and Wellness (1-3)
Take one of the following:
The following courses are for intercollegiate team members only: PED-2011, PED-2021, PED-2031, PED-2041, PED-2051, PED-2061, PED-2081, PED-2091, PED-2101, PED-2111, PED-2121, PED-2131, PED-2141.
Students who can document the completion of military basic training may contact the registrar to receive credit for this category.
Explorations (14-20)
Take one course from each Explorations category. No one Explorations course may count for more than one category.
Crossing Cultures^ (0-4)
Complete the requirements for one of the following avenues.
Avenue 1 - Travel to a cross-cultural site and complete reflection.
Option 1A (0-4)
Participation in any travel course approved to meet this requirement by the General Education Committee. Courses approved by the General Education Committee will need to provide pre-trip cross-cultural orientation, end-of-course reflection, and an implementation plan consistent with cross-cultural and cultural intelligence principles.
Take one of the following:
Option 1B (0-1)
Completion of ITD-1009G Crossing Cultures Training and Experience as a corequisite with any one-to-three week spring break or summer crossing cultures trip sponsored by Mount Vernon Nazarene University.
| ITD-1009G | Crossing Cultures Training & Experience | 0-1 |
Avenue 2 - Study of a non-western civilization in an approved course (3)
Take one of the following:
^Students meeting any of the following criteria may apply to the General Education Committee for exemption from the Crossing Cultures requirement:
- Students who have lived for one year in a country other than their home culture after the age of seven;
- Student who have two years of active duty military service overseas; or
- International Students.
The Arts (1-3)
Take one of the following:
ART-2013: This course may be used to fulfill either the Explorations in the Arts or the Exploration in Crossing Cultures, but not both categories.
History (3)
Take one of the following:
| HIS-1003G | Western Civilization I: Antiquity to Reformation | 3 |
| HIS-1013G | Western Civilization II: Reformation to the Present | 3 |
| HIS-2013G | United States History to 1865 | 3 |
| HIS-2023G | United States History Since 1865 | 3 |
Note: Students may petition the English and History Department to take another course with an HIS prefix to complete this requirement.
Literature (3)
Take one of the following:
Natural Science (4)
Take one of the following:
| BIO-1014G | Principles of Biology with Laboratory | 4 |
| BIO-1054G | General Zoology with Laboratory | 4 |
| BIO-1074G | General Botany with Laboratory | 4 |
| BIO-1094G | Environmental Conservation and Sustainability | 4 |
| CHE-1034G | General Chemistry I with Laboratory | 4 |
| CHE-1064G | Principles of General, Organic, and Biological Chemistry with Laboratory | 4 |
| ESS-1034G | Earth Science with Laboratory | 4 |
| ESS-1044G | Astronomy with Laboratory | 4 |
| ESS-1054G | Meteorology With Laboratory | 4 |
| PHY-2014G | General Physics I with Laboratory | 4 |
| PHY-2055G | University Physics I with Laboratory | 5 |
Social Science (3)
Take one of the following: