Liberal Arts Core Requirements
The Liberal Arts Core requirements are a requirement of the College of Liberal Arts at Oregon State University. Transfer students in the following programs have this requirement: Anthropology, Art, Creative Writing, Economics, English, History, Journalism and Mass Communications, Liberal Studies, Music, Political Science, Psychology, Sociology, Speech Communication, and World Languages.
A single course cannot count towards all three of the General Education, Liberal Arts Core, and major requirements. However, a single course can count towards two of them (e.g., both General Education and major). Credits fulfilling two requirements will only be counted once.
I. Fine arts (3 credits)
Select one course from the following:
II. Humanities (3 credits)
Select one course from the following:
| ART 204 | History of Western Art | 3 |
| ART 205 | History Of Western Art | 3 |
| ART 206 | History of Western Art | 3 |
| ENG | Any except 199 | 3 |
| HST 101 | History of Western Civ: Ancient World to 1000 AD | 4 |
| HST 102 | History of Western Civ: 1000 to 1789 | 4 |
| HST 103 | History of Western Civ: 1789 to the Present | 4 |
| HST 201 | US History: Origins to 1820 | 4 |
| HST 202 | US History: 1820-1920 | 4 |
| HST 203 | US History: 1920- the Present | 4 |
| PHL 201 | Intro To Philosophy | 3 |
| PHL 202 | Elementary Ethics | 3 |
III. Non-Western Culture (3 credits)
Select one course from the following:
| ANTH 232 | Peoples of the World - North America | 3 |
| GEOG 202 | Wrld Reg Geo: Latin Amer/Carib | 3 |
| GEOG 203 | World Reg Geography: Asia | 3 |
| GEOG 204 | Wrld Reg Geo: Africa/Mid East | 3 |
| ENG 207 | World Literature: Asia | 4 |
| ENG 208 | World Literature: Africa | 4 |
| ENG 209 | World Lit: Non-Western Lit of the Americas | 4 |
| MUS 108 | Music Cultures of the World | 3 |
IV. Social Sciences (3 credits)
Select one course from the following:
| ANTH 101 | Introduction to Anthropology | 3 |
| ANTH 110 | Introduction to Cultural Anthropology | 3 |
| ANTH 230 | Time Travelers | 3 |
| ANTH 240 | Introduction to Biological Anthropology | 3 |
| EC 201 | Introduction to Microeconomics | 4 |
| EC 202 | Introduction to Macroeconomics | 4 |
| HST 101 | History of Western Civ: Ancient World to 1000 AD | 4 |
| HST 102 | History of Western Civ: 1000 to 1789 | 4 |
| HST 103 | History of Western Civ: 1789 to the Present | 4 |
| HST 201 | US History: Origins to 1820 | 4 |
| HST 202 | US History: 1820-1920 | 4 |
| HST 203 | US History: 1920- the Present | 4 |
| PS 201 | Intro to American Politics/Government | 3 |
| PS 204 | Intro To Comparative Politics | 3 |
| PS 205 | Intro International Relations | 3 |
| PSY 201Z | Introduction to Psychology I | 4 |
| PSY 202Z | Introduction to Psychology II | 4 |
| PSY 215 | Intro Developmental Psychology | 3 |
| PSY 216 | Social Psychology | 3 |
| SOC 204 | Introduction To Sociology | 3 |
| SOC 205 | Institutions And Social Change | 3 |
| SOC 206 | Social Problems And Issues | 3 |
| WS 223 | Intro to Women, Gender, Sexuality Studies | 3 |
V. Select one additional course (3 credits) from previous categories I-IV.
No credit may be used for more than one Liberal Arts Core requirement.