Students graduating from Southern Methodist University must successfully complete courses in written English, quantitative reasoning, information technology and science and technology. In addition, recognizing the rapidly changing sources of knowledge, students are asked to take courses in both disciplinary and interdisciplinary studies. Finally, our students must choose one of the more than eighty majors approved in the four undergraduate schools.
I. | Fundamentals | |
1. Rhetoric (Written English) | 6 hours | |
2. Mathematical Sciences | 3 hours | |
3. Information Technology | 3 hours | |
II. | Wellness | 2 hours |
III. | Science and Technology* | 6 hours |
IV. | Perspectives | 15 hours |
V. | Cultural Formations | 6 hours |
VI. | Human Diversity | 3 Co-Curricular hours |
TOTAL | 41 hours |
*NOTE: (Students must take two courses in Science and Technology; at least one must be in the field of biology, chemistry, geological sciences, physics, or CEE 1331, and no more than one may be from the other Science and Technology category)