Columbia College Chicago
Liberal Arts and Sciences Core Curriculum Requirements
Columbia College Chicago
Communications: Knowledge & Practice
BA
Degree
12 sem.
hrs.
BFA
Degree
9 sem. hrs.
Two courses (6 sem. hrs.) sequence in writing
Not required
9 sem. hrs.
9 sem. hrs.
Science and Mathematics
MTH 120 or higher (but not Math 121,
122, 133, or 135)
Any College Level BIO, CHM, GEL,
NAT, PHS, PHY; or ANT 201 or EAS
120, 125.
6 sem. hrs.
6 sem. hrs.
Two courses (6 sem. hrs.) of history.
Culture, Values and Ethics
COM 103
Must be taken at Columbia College
Chicago.
Two courses (6 sem. hrs.) of science; one
course must have a laboratory component.
Historical Narrative/Civic Consciousness
Communications
COM 101 & 102
One course (3 sem. hrs.) in oral
communications
One course (3 sem. hrs.) First Year Studies
(Transfer students with more than 24 hours
must substitute a core elective (sem. hrs.))
.
Physical & Material World
One course (3 sem. hrs.) in college level
mathematics or higher.
Equivalents: Moraine Valley
History
Any College Level HIS
12 sem. hrs.
Humanities
Two courses (6 sem. hrs.) of humanities
1 or 2
courses
Any College Level HUM; PHI; ART,
110, 205, 206, 209; MUS 106, 107;
THE 105, 107, 110, 111; any foreign
language
One course (3 sem. hrs.) in literature.
1 course
Two courses (6 sem. hrs.) in social science
1 or 2
courses
36 sem. hrs.
TOTAL
15 sem.
hrs.
42 sem.
hrs.
Literature
Any College Level Literature, or SPA
213
Social Science
Any College Level ANT (except 201),
ECO, GEO, PSC, PSY, SOC or SSC
2000 Level Requirement – 6 hours must be taken at the 2000 level or above (which is the same as 200 level courses
at Moraine Valley.)
American Pluralism – diversity in the US Satisfy by taking course with appropriate content from any category
above, including ANT 205; HIST 204; HUM 120, 145; LIT 219, 230; PSY 220; SOC 204, 210, 215.
Global Awareness – diversity outside the US – Satisfy by taking course with appropriate content from any category
above, including ART 209; HIST 210, 215, 220, 230; HUM 115, 135, 140, 251; LIT 226; PHI 120; PSC 212, 225; or
any foreign language.
College wide electives: Any College Level ART, BUS, CCA, COM, JRN, MUS, PEH (up to 4 hours), THE, EDU 100.
Revised September 2011
This chart is subject to periodic revision. Please consult with your Academic Advisor or contact Columbia College
Chicago to make sure you have the latest course information. For more details please refer to Columbia’s Transfer Credit
Policy at http://www.colum.edu/info/articulation/transfercredit.html.