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GEC General Rules
1.
Credit earned by
examination may be used to fulfill requirements in the Fundamentals,
Science/Technology, and Perspectives categories.
2.
With the exception
of Wellness, courses taken to fulfill General Education requirements may not be
taken pass/fail.
3.
With the exception
of the Co-Curricular component, a single course may satisfy only one General
Education requirement.
4.
Following SMU
matriculation, students must meet the English, Mathematical Sciences, and
Information Technology Fundamentals requirements through SMU coursework.
5.
The following
requirements for Fundamentals should be followed:
a.
Students must be
continuously enrolled in the appropriate English course each term until
completion of the Written English Fundamentals requirement. Students who do not
enroll in the appropriate English course each term will be subject to
suspension. However, certain students who begin their Writing Requirements with
ENGL 1302 may defer their initial enrollment for one term. Students may not drop
these courses; if they do, a W grade will be changed to a grade of F.
b.
Students who have
not completed the Fundamentals Mathematical Sciences requirement within their
first year must be enrolled in an appropriate math course each term thereafter
until completion of the requirement. Students who do not meet this standard
will be subject to suspension.
c.
University academic
progress policy requires that full-time regular students have completed the
English and Mathematics requirements by the end of their fourth regular term of
enrollment (the second term for full-time students transferring in 15 or more
units from another institution). Part-time regular students have 48 credit hours
to complete these requirements; part-time transfer students have 24 credit hours
to complete them. Students who do not meet this standard will be subject to
suspension.
6.
A minimum grade of
C- is required in each Written English Fundamentals course.
7.
A student who uses a
writing-intensive departmental course to satisfy the Written English requirement
beyond ENGL 1302 may not also use that course to satisfy the Perspectives or
Cultural Formations requirements.
8.
Ideally, the Science
and Technology requirement should be completed within the first 90 hours of
undergraduate work.
9.
Cultural Formations
courses will carry CF, CFA, or CFB numbers and may also carry departmental
numbers. However, if such a course is taken with a departmental number, it will
not be given Cultural Formations credit. Similarly, a course taken with a CF
number will not also count as a departmental course. (Please note that the
departmental co-listing of a CF course may NOT receive Perspectives credit.
Cultural Formations and Perspectives are mutually-exclusive categories; one
cannot count for the other.)
10.
CF courses must be
taken at SMU, either on the Dallas campus, at SMU-in-Taos, or through the Study
Abroad International Programs. Courses transferred from other institutions may
not receive CF credit under any circumstances.
11.
Students must
complete two Cultural Formations courses between their sophomore and senior
years.
12.
The Perspectives
requirement may NOT be satisfied by courses in the department or program of the
student’s major, by courses applied to fulfill requirements for a student’s
interdisciplinary major, or by the co-listing of a CF course (see #9 above).
(“Program” here refers to division, center, school, or other academic unit
designated for a course of study in the University bulletin.)
13.
A Perspectives
course may double count toward a student’s minor or second major.
14.
No single course
may be listed in more than one Perspectives category.
15. No department or program may list its courses in more than one Perspectives category. (“Program” here refers to division, center, school, or other academic unit designated for a course of study in the University bulletin.)