University of Montana General Education Requirements
To earn a baccalaureate degree, all students must complete successfully, in addition to any other requirements, the
following General Education Requirements.
All courses taken to satisfy General Education Requirements must be taken for a traditional letter grade and C- or better
grade must be earned.
Students are cautioned that approved General Education courses may change from year to year. To be used for General
Education credit, a course must be listed as approved in the class schedule for the semester a student registers for it.
For more information on UM General Education Requirements visit www.umt.edu/registrar/students/generaledreq.aspx
or www.umt.edu/catalog/acad/genreq/default.html.
Course No. or
Letter Code
Credits
Needed
WRIT 101 or 201
3
*
3
M104 or higher
3
Group III: Modern & Classical Languages
**
6**
Group IV: Expressive Arts
A
3
Group V: Literary and Artistic Studies
L
3
Group VI: Historical and Cultural Studies
H
3
Group VII: Social Sciences
S
3
Group VIII: Ethics and Human Values
E
3
Group IX: American and European Perspectives
Y
3
Group X: Indigenous and Global Perspectives
X
3
Natural Science course with lab
N
3
Natural Science course without lab
N
3
General Education Group
Group I: English Writing
Composition Course
Approved Writing Course
Group II: Mathematics
Course(s) Taken
to Fulfill Requirement
Group XI: Natural Sciences
27 or more total credits
Some courses satisfy more than one General Education group. Using one course to satisfy two different General
Education group requirements is permitted. For a listing of courses which satisfy more than one General Education
group requirement visit http://www.umt.edu/catalog/acad/genreq/default.html
*For approved writing courses visit http://www.umt.edu/catalog/acad/genreq/default.html
**To satisfy the Modern and Classical Languages requirement, students must successfully complete an introductory
sequence (101, 102 courses) in at least one foreign language (test out provisions are available, ask you advisor).
Alternatively, for certain majors exceptions are granted to the Modern and Classical Language requirement. For these
majors a symbolic system course may be substituted. Visit http://www.umt.edu/catalog/acad/genreq/default.html for a
list of excepted majors and symbolic system course substitutions.
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