| Semester
credits |
| 48 |
General
education |
|
6 |
basic
English composition |
|
8
|
foreign
language (may be met by three or more years of high
school study in one foreign language) |
|
12 |
arts
and humanities |
|
2 |
verbal
communication |
|
3
|
math,
statistics or computer science |
|
8 |
natural
sciences |
|
9 |
social
sciences from at least two different disciplines |
| |
Students
who have earned an associate of arts (AA) degree from
an Iowa community college since May 1992 have met the
general education requirements (except perhaps for foreign
language).
General
education requirements
|
| 36 |
Distribution
areas |
|
A
minimum of 12 credits in three of the five areas:
Humanities
Communications and arts
Natural sciences and mathematics
Social sciences
Professional fields |
| |
At
least 24 upper-level credits are required in the three
distribution areas - with a minimum of six upper-level
credits in each of the areas. Upper-level courses at
ISU are numbered 300 or above. |
| 36 |
Electives |
| 120 |
Total
semester credits |