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2024-2025 Undergraduate Academic Catalog [ARCHIVED CATALOG]

General Education

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Liberal Arts Core

Lutheran Theology

  1. One course from THE 105  or THE 110 .
  2. One course in Biblical Theology: THE 221 , THE 224 , THE 225 ♦, THE 227 , THE 228 , THE 230 , THE 231 , THE 234 , THE 235 , THE 238  or THE 239 .
  3. One course in Applied Theology: THE 311 , THE 312 , THE 321 ♦, THE 331 ♦, THE 332 ♦, THE 350 , THE 301  or PHI 202 .
  4. One course in Systematic Theology: THE 401 , THE 402 , THE 411 , THE 441 , THE 442  or THE 461 .

Professional Development

grade of ‘C’ or better is required

Foreign Language

For the BA, one of the following:

  1. Completion of three years of a high school foreign language, two of which must be sequential from the same language.
  2. Completion of a college level foreign language course: GER 101 , GER 102 , SPA 101 ,  

For the BS and BSN, one of the following:

  1. Completion of two sequential years of a high school foreign language.
  2. Completion of a college level foreign language course: GER 101 , GER 102 , SPA 101 ,  
  3. Completion of a foreign language diversity course: ANT 104 , GER 100 , SPA 100  

Note: If a course is used to satisfy the foreign language requirement it may not be used to satisfy the Intercultural Knowledge and Competence requirement.

 

Approaches to Individual and Social Questions

  1. One Literature course from: ENG 210 , ENG 211 , ENG 220 , ENG 221 , ENG 293 , ENG 294 , ENG 295 , ENG 307 ♦.
  2. One History course from: HIS 101 , HIS 102 , HIS 103 , HIS 111 , HIS 112 , HIS 113 , HIS 321 , HIS 352 ♦, HIS 371 ♦, HIS 381 , HIS 383 .
  3. One Quantitative Reasoning course: MAT 116 , MAT 117 , MAT 118 , MAT 119 , MAT 221 .
  4. One Lab Science course from: ANT 101 ♦,BIO 121 , BIO 124 , BIO 142  and BIO 143 , BIO 202 , CHE 101 , CHE 105 , CHE 161  and CHE 168 , ESS 182 , PHY 101  and PHY 105 , PHY 151 , PHY 152 , PHY 201 , PHY 202  
  5. One Social Science course from: ANT 100 ♦, ANT 102 ♦, ANT 322 ♦, BUS 150 , BUS 181 , COM 203 , COM 211 , COM 260 , COM 309 ♦, PHI 101 , POL 110 , POL 290 ♦, POL 390 ♦, PSY 101 , PSY 120 , SOC 101 ♦, SPE 240 .
  6. One Fine Arts course from: ART 110 , ART 120 , ART 130 , ART 140 , ART 150 ♦, ART 200 , MUS 100 , MUS 101 , MUS 105 , MUS 106 , MUS 110 , THR 101 , THR 210 ; or successfully complete three semesters of MUS 021  or three semesters of MUS 025 .

Intercultural Knowledge and Competence

One cultural diversity course (can be met by a course used to satisfy one of the other GENED requirements indicated by ♦ above): ANT 100 , ANT 101 , ANT 102 , ANT 322 , ART 150 , COM 309 , ENG 307 , HIS 352 , HIS 371 , POL 290 , POL 390 , SOC 101 , THE 225 , THE 331 , THE 332 , THE 321 .

This requirement may also be met by a second foreign language course (GER 100 , GER 101 , GER 102 , SPA 100 , SPA 101 , SPA 102 ) or ANT 104 . 

Credit Requirements

  • At least 120 degree credits are required for a bachelor’s degree along with completion of the GENED curriculum and the requirements of at least one major.
  • There is no limit to the number of credits which may be earned in one department.
  • A minimum of 30 of the final 36 credits must be earned in residence to receive a bachelor’s degree from WLC.
  • Students must also earn at least 15 credits in residence in upper division courses in the major to receive a bachelor’s degree from WLC.
  • If a major requires a capstone course, it is required to be taken at WLC.
  • At least 9 credits in the minor must be taken at WLC.
  • A minimum cumulative grade point average of 2.0 must be achieved to satisfy the degree requirements. Individual programs may require grade point averages higher than a 2.0 for courses used to satisfy the major. 

GENED Sequencing

  • Freshman: COL 101  (Fall), LAS 101  (Spring), Foreign Language/Foreign Language Diversity, Quantitative Reasoning, ENG 101 , COM 101 , THE 105  or THE 110 , ~9 cr. in the major
  • Sophomore: Biblical Theology, PED 100 , 1-2 Approaches, declare major
  • Junior: Applied Theology, 1-2 Approaches
  • Senior: Systematic Theology, 1-2 Approaches, LAS 401  or LAS 402  

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