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The ÎÞÓÇ´«Ã½ Curriculum

General Education requirements at ÎÞÓÇ´«Ã½ are called the ÎÞÓÇ´«Ã½ Curriculum (LC). The LC consists of the following:

• Inquiry Seminar (INQS)
• Modes of Inquiry (MOIs)
  • Creative Studies (CS)
  • Individuals, Systems, and Societies (IS)
  • Natural World (NW)
  • Quantitative Reasoning (QR)
  • Ultimate Questions (UQ)
  • Vital Past (VP)
  • Upper Division (an additional 300+ level course in one of the six MOI categories)
• Diversity Studies
  • U.S. Pluralisms (US)
  • Global Pluralisms (GP)

The Inquiry Seminar

• A minimum of 3 semester credits or 5 quarter credits is required to complete the INQS requirement.
• A student entering ÎÞÓÇ´«Ã½ must either take INQS at ÎÞÓÇ´«Ã½ or transfer in approved equivalent course(s).
• A student entering ÎÞÓÇ´«Ã½ with an earned Associate Transfer Degree will be considered to have met the INQS requirement.

General information for transfer coursework planning

• A minimum of 3 semester credits or 3 quarter credits is required to complete each of the Modes of Inquiry and Diversity Studies requirements.
• Any transfer course applied towards a Mode of Inquiry or Diversity Studies requirement must be at least 3 semester credits or 3 quarter credits. 
• Only two courses (including both ÎÞÓÇ´«Ã½ courses and transfer courses) from any single department can be used toward completion of the Modes of Inquiry and Diversity Studies components of the ÎÞÓÇ´«Ã½ Curriculum (for the purpose of the LC requirements only, theatre and communication arts are viewed as separate departments).
• There is no double-counting between the Six Modes of Inquiry (including the Upper Division requirement) and the Diversity Studies.
• Courses taken to satisfy the lower division Modes of Inquiry and Diversity Studies requirements may count toward completion of a major or minor.
• The Upper-Division Mode of Inquiry requirement may only be met with a course taken outside the major department and numbered 300 or above.
• Students who have earned a baccalaureate degree from ÎÞÓÇ´«Ã½ or another regionally accredited institution are exempt from ÎÞÓÇ´«Ã½ Curriculum and Paracurriculum requirements.

Other requirements

Please refer to the for other requirements, such as total credit, BA or BS, paracurricular, major, and minor requirements.