Birmingham-Southern College

Birmingham, AL

Birmingham-Southern College says they "believe that a liberal arts education is the foundation for lifelong learning, and a foundational understanding of a breadth of scholarly disciplines forms the fundamental core of that education. This belief is the organizing principle of our liberal arts curriculum." [Source]

General Education Requirements

  • 1. Composition

    YES

  • 2. Literature

    YES

  • 3. Foreign Language

    NO

    See Note

    No credit given for Foreign Language because students may fulfill the "Foreign Language and Culture" requirement with elementary-level study.

  • 4. U.S. Government or History

    NO

    See Note

    No credit given for U.S. Government or History because a survey course in American government or history is an option, but not required, to fulfill the "History" requirement.

  • 5. Economics

    NO

    See Note

    No credit given for Economics because it is one of four areas of section two of the "Sciences" requirement, from which students need only select two.

  • 6. Mathematics

    YES

  • 7. Science

    YES

B

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