Columbus State University
1999-2000 Academic Catalog
Undergraduate Academic
Program Requirements

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Undergraduate Academic Programs

The requirements for degrees described in this catalog are applicable to students currently enrolled. The programs of students who began work prior to the most recently-approved programs of the university will approximate the new requirements. However, no student will be placed under undue penalty in meeting the requirements. The university reserves the right to change the degree requirements at any time, but no such change will be administered to cause a loss in credit for work already completed.

Each student is assigned an academic advisor. The faculty advisement system is designed to provide the student with effective academic advisement throughout enrollment at Columbus State University. Although academic advisors make every effort to inform students about course and degree requirements, the primary responsibility for meeting all degree requirements rests with the student.

General Education Learning Outcomes

The core curriculum (Areas A-E) and the major-related core courses (Area F) support Columbus State University=s general education learning outcomes:

Skills of Communication and Critical Thinking

Communication: Be able to communicate effectively by means of listening, speaking, reading, and writing in the diverse situations encountered as educated citizens; and be able to effectively communicate using appropriate symbolic or technological systems.
Critical thinking: Be able to think with a deliberate awareness of the process of critical thinking, employ the process, and strive to augment its effectiveness.
Critical thinking: Be able to think with a deliberate awareness of the process of critical thinking, employ the process, and strive to augment its effectiveness.

Perspectives and Knowledge

Aesthetics: Be able to interpret aesthetic significance in an object, work, performance, or experience through study or participation.
Contemporary phenomena: Be able to apply appropriate knowledge to the interpretation of current problems and related issues concerning environment, health, society, culture, religion, economics, politics, science, and technology.
Historical interpretation: Be able to develop informed judgments about the past by gathering relevant information, by placing it in context, by interpreting it, and by using it to draw inferences about contemporary events.
Mathematical knowledge: Be able to use mathematical skills to solve problems and to interpret quantitative information.
Scientific investigation: Be able to observe and interpret phenomena in a systematic fashion consistent with recognized principles of scientific inquiry.
Values clarification and cultural diversity: Be able to investigate ethics and personal values and those of others; be able to analyze interactions between value systems and cultural systems; and be able to distinguish prejudices, stereotypes, opinions, facts and cross-cultural contributions.

Wellness

Activity, service and leadership: Be able to participate in extra-curricular, service, or leadership activity during the course of completing an undergraduate education.

Degree Requirements

To become candidates for a degree, students must satisfy both general university and specific program requirements. Specific program requirements are listed under the department and major in which the degree is sought.

General University Requirements

The following general requirements are applicable for all programs leading to a degree:

• A minimum of 120 semester credit hours for a baccalaureate degree or 60 semester credit hours for an associate degree.
• A minimum Columbus State University degree progress grade point average of 2.0 and a minimum combined Columbus State University and transfer college degree progress grade point average of 2.0.
• Legislative requirements: An act of the General Assembly of the State of Georgia requires that all candidates for degrees possess and demonstrate a knowledge of U.S. History, Georgia History, U.S. Constitution, and Georgia Constitution. The following courses, when taken at Columbus State University, will satisfy the requirements.

U.S. History Requirement - HIST 2110
Georgia History Requirement - HIST 2110 or HIST 3105
U.S. Constitution Requirement - POLS 1101
Georgia Constitution Requirement - POLS 1101 or POLS 2201

Note: Transfer credit for history and government courses may not satisfy the legislative requirements. Students who transfer credit that does not satisfy these requirements may take a proficiency examination or the courses listed above. Students with questions regarding the proficiency examinations should consult with the Department of History and the Department of Political Science.

• Regents' Test - Refer to Testing in the Undergraduate Academic Regulations section for specific information regarding the Regents' Test.
• For the baccalaureate degree, 39 semester hours of courses numbered 3000 or above, 20 of which must be taken at Columbus State University.
• Residency requirements:

Baccalaureate - 30 semester hours of work taken at Columbus State University after the student has qualified as a junior.

Associate - 21 semester credit hours of work taken at Columbus State University.

• For the BA and certain BM degrees, the demonstration of proficiency in a foreign language by the satisfactory completion in a foreign language through at least the 2001 course or the equivalent.
• For all degree programs, completion of wellness course requirements.
• For all degree programs, demonstration of competency in the basic use of computers. Following are the four components and the courses, when taken at Columbus State University, that will satisfy the requirements:
• word processing - ENGL 1101, CPSC 1105, CISM 2105
• presentation software (i.e., PowerPoint) - COMM 1110, CPSC 1105, CISM 2105
• electronic information retrieval (Internet and GALILEO) - ENGL 1102, CPSC 1105, CISM 2105
• e-mail - ENGL 1101, CPSC 1105, CISM 2105

Transfer students who have taken ENGL 1101, ENGL 1102, and/or COMM2205 elsewhere must satisfy the appropriate requirement within two semesters of enrollment, as follows:

• enroll in:

MODL 0090 - word processing
MODL 0091 - presentation software
MODL 0089 - electronic information retrieval
MODL 0088 - e-mail

OR

• enroll in CPSC 1105 or CISM 2105

OR

complete the appropriate computer proficiency test (a maximum of two attempts on the proficiency test is allowed before the student is required to enroll in the corresponding MODL course or CPSC 1105 or CISM 2105).

Core Curriculum

Transfer Associate Degrees

General University Requirements

The following general requirements are applicable for all programs leading to a degree:

• A minimum of 120 semester credit hours for a baccalaureate degree or 60 semester credit hours for an associate degree.
• A minimum Columbus State University degree progress grade point average of 2.0 and a minimum combined Columbus State University and transfer college degree progress grade point average of 2.0.
• Legislative requirements C An act of the General Assembly of the State of Georgia requires that all candidates for degrees possess and demonstrate a knowledge of U.S. History, Georgia History, U.S. Constitution, and Georgia Constitution. The following courses, when taken at Columbus State University, will satisfy the requirements.

U.S. History Requirement - HIST 2110
Georgia History Requirement - HIST 2110 or HIST 3105
U.S. Constitution Requirement - POLS 1101
Georgia Constitution Requirement - POLS 1101 or POLS 2201

Note: Transfer credit for history and government courses may not satisfy the legislative requirements. Students who transfer credit that does not satisfy these requirements may take a proficiency examination or the courses listed above. Students with questions regarding the proficiency examinations should consult with the Department of History and the Department of Political Science.