Requirements <p>Students who first enrolled at UW-Whitewater before the 2026 Catalog Year will continue to complete their General Education using the following gen ed requirements within the following categories.&nbsp;</p> <p><em>* For transfer students, Core courses requirements will be determined on the basis of the number of credits transferred and the distribution of the student course work.</em></p> <p>** Transfer students may substitute 1 credit of PEGNRL coursework.</p> Communication and Calculation Skills (12-13 credits or waivers) <ul> <li>ENGLISH 101: Freshman English I</li> <li>ENGLISH 102: Freshman English II</li> <li>COMM 110: Introduction to Human Communication</li> <li>MATH 139 Quantitative Reasoning or MATH 140 Mathematical Ideas or MATH 142 College Algebra</li> </ul> Arrow Quantitative and Technical Reasoning (7-11 credits) <p>Selected from science, math and computer science courses from at least two different disciplines. At least one course must be a 4-5 credit laboratory science.</p> Arrow Cultural Heritages (6 credits) <ul> <li>CORE 110: World of the Arts*</li> <li>CORE 390: World of Ideas*</li> </ul> Arrow Communities (6 credits) <ul> <li>CORE 130: Individual and Society*</li> <li>CORE 120: Historical Perspectives* OR CORE 140: Global Perspectives*</li> </ul> Arrow Personal Health and Fitness (1 credit) <ul> <li>PENGRL 192: Personal Health and Fitness**</li> </ul> Arrow Breadth Electives (8-12 credits) <p>Select from courses in the arts, humanities, social sciences, ethnic studies, women and gender studies, and interdisciplinary courses. These courses are designated as HA-A, HA-G, HA-H, SBS-E, SBS-S, NSW-L, NSW-N or NSW-Q (No more than one course from a discipline may be counted in electives.)</p> Arrow