General Education Requirements (GER) - Fall 2009
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Overview Requirements
(Effective for entering class in Fall 2009 and thereafter)
I. First Year Seminar (FSEM) Must be taken at Emory College of Arts and Sciences in the first two semesters; one course, 4 credit hours.
II. First Year Writing Requirement (FWRT) Must be completed in the first two semesters: English 101 or 181; or Comparative Literature 110.
III. Continuing Writing Requirement (WRT) Three WRT-designated courses. These may only be taken at Emory College of Arts and Sciences, and a grade of C or better must be earned.
IV. Mathematics and Quantitative Reasoning (MQR) One course; 4 credit hours.
V. Science, Nature, Technology (SNT) Two courses, one with a laboratory component; 8 credit hours.
VI. History, Society, Cultures (HSC) Two courses; 8 credit hours.
VII. Humanities, Arts, Performance (HAP) & (HAL) Four courses; or 16 credit hours. Must include 8 hours of coursework in a single foreign language wherein the language of instruction is not English, with possible exemption of 4 such hours by AP credit.
VIII. Personal Health (HTH) One course, 1 credit hour. May be exempted through examination.
IX. Physical Education and Dance (PED) Three one-hour courses, one of which must be a Principles of Physical Fitness course. PED courses are allowed to be taken on a satisfactory/unsatisfactory basis to satisfy this requirement.
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