Students are required to complete Breadth courses in seven distinct areas of university study that reflect fundamental ideas and approaches associated with core academic disciplines.
In completing the Exploring Science requirement, students must take both lecture and lab courses (if they are offered separately). Students may elect to take two Exploring Science classes and use the second to satisfy the Technological Advances and Society requirement. Students must take both lecture and lab courses (if they are offered separately) to use an Exploring Science course to fulfill the Technological Advances and Society requirement. The maximum of 23 credits reflects the fact that lab-based science courses may be four credits.
Explore the seven Breadth requirements at SMU.
