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. </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>
Mathematics & Quantitative Reasoning (3 credits)
<p><strong>1 Course, minimum 3 credits from the following courses </strong></p>
<ul>
<li>MATH 139 QUANTITATIVE & ALGEBRAIC REASONING
<ul>
<li>or MAT 108 QUANTITATIVE REASONING</li>
<li>or UWX MA108 QUANTITATIVE REASONING</li>
</ul>
</li>
<li>MATH 140 MATHEMATICAL IDEAS</li>
<li>MATH 142 COLLEGE ALGEBRA
<ul>
<li>or MAT 110 COLLEGE ALGEBRA</li>
<li>or UWX MA116 COLLEGE ALGEBRA</li>
</ul>
</li>
<li>MATH 152 PRECALCULUS</li>
<li>STAT 101 ELEMENTARY STATISTICS - TRANSFER</li>
</ul>
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Communication & Literacy (9 credits)
<p><strong>1 Course, 3 credits</strong></p>
<ul>
<li>ENGLISH 102 INTRO TO COLLEGE WRITING, READING, AND RESEARCH
<ul>
<li>or ENG 102 CRITICAL WRITING READING & RESEARCH</li>
<li>or ENGLISH 105 HONORS INTRO TO COLLEGE WRITING, READING & RESEARCH</li>
<li>or UWX EN102 CRITICAL WRITING AND RESEARCH</li>
</ul>
</li>
</ul>
<p><strong>1 Course, 3 credits</strong></p>
<ul>
<li>COMM 110 INTRODUCTION TO PUBLIC SPEAKING
<ul>
<li>or CTA 103 INTRODUCTION TO PUBLIC SPEAKING</li>
<li>or UWX CM101 INTRODUCTION TO PUBLIC SPEAKING</li>
</ul>
</li>
</ul>
<p><strong>1 Course, 3 credits</strong></p>
<ul>
<li>CORE 390 WORLD OF IDEAS
<ul>
<li>Students earning Associate Degrees can meet the requirement through a course designated CL-A.</li>
</ul>
</li>
</ul>
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Social & Behavior Sciences (6 credits)
<p><strong>1 Course, 3 credits</strong></p>
<ul>
<li>CORE 130 INDIVIDUAL AND SOCIETY
<ul>
<li>or PSY 250 LIFE SPAN DEVELOPMENTAL PSYCHOLOGY</li>
<li>or UWX PS250 LIFESPAN PSYCHOLOGY</li>
<li>or EDFOUND 230 INTRODUCTION TO HUMAN DEVELOPMENT</li>
</ul>
</li>
</ul>
<p><strong>1 Course, 3 credits</strong></p>
<ul>
<li>With designation of SBS-S or SBS-E</li>
</ul>
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Humanities & Arts (6 credits)
<p><strong>1 Course, 3 credits</strong></p>
<ul>
<li>CORE 110 WORLD OF THE ARTS</li>
<li>CTA 150 INTRODUCTION TO FILM
<ul>
<li>or COMM 236 INTRODUCTION TO CINEMA</li>
</ul>
</li>
<li>ART 175 WORLDS OF ART IMAGES/OBJECTS/IDEAS
<ul>
<li>or UWX AR175 WORLDS OF ART</li>
</ul>
</li>
<li>MUS 173 MUSIC APPRECIATION
<ul>
<li>or MUSC 140 INTRODUCTION TO CLASSICAL MUSIC</li>
<li>or MUS 174 MUSIC LITERATURE AND APPRECIATION</li>
</ul>
</li>
</ul>
<p><strong>1 Course, 3 credits</strong></p>
<ul>
<li>With designation of HA-A, HA-H or HA-G</li>
</ul>
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Natural Science & Wellness (8 credits)
<p><strong>1 Course, minimum 4 credits </strong></p>
<ul>
<li>One laboratory course designated NSWL</li>
</ul>
<p><strong>1 Course, minimum 3 credits</strong></p>
<ul>
<li>One course designated NSW-N, NSWL, or NSW-Q</li>
<li>Must be from a different subject area than the NSWL course above</li>
</ul>
<p><strong>1 Course, 1 credit</strong></p>
<ul>
<li>PEGNRL 192 PERSONAL HEALTH AND FITNESS FOR LIFE
<ul>
<li>or HES 127 FITNESS FOR LIFE</li>
</ul>
</li>
</ul>
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Civics & Perspectives (3 credits)
<p><strong>1 Course, 3 credits </strong></p>
<ul>
<li>CORE 120 HISTORICAL PERSPECTIVES
<ul>
<li>or HIS 127 THE WORLD IN THE TWENTIETH CENTURY</li>
<li>or UWX HS127 THE WORLD IN THE 20TH CENTURY</li>
</ul>
</li>
</ul>
<ul>
<li>CORE 140 GLOBAL PERSPECTIVES
<ul>
<li>or POL 275 INTERMEDIATE INTERNATIONAL POLITICS</li>
<li>or POL 285 POLITICS OF WORLD INEQUALITY AND DEVELOPMENT</li>
<li>or MUS 385 WORLD MUSIC</li>
</ul>
</li>
</ul>
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