General Education Requirements - Humanities and Social Sciences
Elmhurst University- Joint Program Agreement
(See the current Elmhurst University Undergraduate catalog)
1. First Year Seminar (FYS 100) – 4 semester hours, waived for transfer students.
2. Composition – 8 semester hours
- ENG 105 – 4 semester hours, or student may demonstrate proficiency by examination.
- ENG 106 – 4 semester hours
3. Areas of Knowledge – 36 credit hours
Students in the joint engineering program must choose one course from each of the following categories. Approved courses may be found in the 2016-2017 College Catalog. At least 2 courses must be at the 300+ level.
A student must complete at least 21 semester hours to fulfill the IIT Humanities and Social Sciences requirement excluding courses listed in the area of Physical Science.
- Inquiry into Ethics and Justice (IEJ) – 4 semester hours. A student may complete any course listed.
- Religious Studies in Context (RSC) – 4 semester hours. A student may complete any course listed.
- Literature (LT) – 4 semester hours. A student may complete any course listed.
- Fine Arts (FA) – 4 semester hours. A student may complete any course listed excluding ART 115, 120, 125, 230, 235, 240, 244, MUS 135, 312, THE 225, 340, WL 230.
- Historical Analysis (HA) – 4 semester hours. A student may complete any course listed.
- Social and Political Analysis (SPA) – 4 semester hours. A student may complete any course listed.
- Cognitive and Behavioral Science (CBS) – 4 semester hours. A student may complete any course listed excluding COM 113, 114, 311.
- Life Science (LS) – 4 semester hours. A student may complete any course listed.
- Physical Science (PS) – 4 semester hours. Requirement is met by PHY 121.
Updated - June 2016