Curriculum
The purpose of the General Education Program is to provide a common educational experience, to develop essential skills, and to provide broad cultural background for personal and professional growth.

The curriculum is listed under a four-fold division. This structure provides continuity with the Wesleyan approach to knowledge by emphasizing the human response as foundational to the developing, exploring, and seeking aspects of education. The divisions, although not mutually exclusive or all-encompassing, organize similar themes relevant to faith and learning. Each complements the others and, in each, conscious efforts are made to reveal connections, develop perspectives, and build synthetic thinking skills. These divisions are:

Responding to the Sacred
Developing Cognitive Skills
Exploring an Interdependent World
Seeking Cultural Perspectives

General Education Prerequisites
Students are required to demonstrate basic competence in mathematics and writing based on standardized test scores. Any remedial courses, numbered below 100, taken to satisfy competency requirements, are in addition to the 128 units required for graduation.

General Education Requirements
The specific requirements in the General Education Program, as established by the faculty, represent a broad-based experience in skills and ideas. The following selection of courses is designed to guide the student toward a liberalizing educational experience in the arts and science while allowing for substantial choice in the development of that education.

Responding to the Sacred
A study of Scripture and Christian heritage as foundational in the pursuit of knowledge and the development of personal values.  Students transferring to the University for the first time with 57 or more units, none of which is in religion, take only five units in this category at Point Loma (three of which must be upper-division).

Biblical Foundations (2 courses; 5 units)

Course#	Title	Units
BIB 101	Old Testament History and Religion	2
BIB 102	New Testament History and Religion	3

The Christian Tradition (1 course; 3 units)

Course #	Title	Units
CHU 395	The Christian Tradition OR	3
THE 306	The Life of Holiness	3

Developing Cognitive Abilities
A pursuit of personal awareness and skill development, focusing on the analytical, communication, and quantitative skills necessary for successful living in modern society.

Personal Development (1 course; 3-4 units)

Course #	Title	Units
PSY 101	Psychology of Personal Development	4
Required of all freshman and transfer students with fewer than 24 units. All others take:
PSY 103	General Psychology	3

Critical Thinking and Communication (2 courses; 6-8 units)

Course #	Title	Units
WRI 110*	Freshman Composition OR	5
WRI 120*	Honors in English Composition	3
COM 100	Principles of Human Communication	3

Problem Solving (1 course; 3-5 units)

Course #	Title	Units
MTH 303	Problem Solving OR	3
MTH 145	Calculus with Application OR	5
MTH 164	Calculus I	4

Exploring an Interdependent World
An introduction to the natural and social sciences as tools for exploring the world, with emphasis on collecting and interpreting empirical data for both theoretical and practical purposes.

The Natural World (2 courses; one from each group, and at least one with a lab; 8-9 units)
Biological Science (1 course from this group)

Course #	Title	Units
BIO 101	Human Biology and Bioethics	4
BIO 110	Cell Biology and Bio-Chemistry	4
BIO 102	Environmental Biology	4
BIO 130	Human Anatomy and Physiology	4
Physical Science (1 course from this group)		4
CHE 101	Chemistry and Society	4
CHE 110	Physical Science	4
CHE 103	Intro to General, Organic,
	Biological Chemistry	5
CHE 152	General Chemistry I	4
PHY 103	Earth Science	4
PHY 110	Physical Science	4
PHY 141	General Physics I	4
PHY 241	University Physics I	4

Physical Fitness and Nutrition (2 courses; 2-4 units)
Any activity course numbered Physical Education 102-184 and one of the following:

Course #	Title	Units
PED 100	Fitness Through Movement	1
PED 300	Optimal Health	2
FCS 315	Personal, Family and Community Health	3

The Social World (1 course; 3-4 units)

Course #	Title	Units
ECO 101	Principles of Economics I OR	3
ECO 102	Principles of Economics II OR	3
POL 101	Intro to Political Science OR	3
POL 190	The Politics of Race, Class, and Gender OR	4
SOC 101	Intro to Sociology OR	3
SOC 201	Cultural Anthropology	3

Seeking Cultural Perspectives
A survey of human endeavors from a historical, cultural, linguistic, and philosophical perspective, including developing critical appreciation of human expression--both artistic and literary. 

The History of World Civilizations (2 courses; 6 units)

Course #	Title	Units
HIS 110†	World Civilizations I	3
HIS 111†	World Civilizations II	3

The Fine Arts (2 courses; 4-7 units)

Course #	Title	Units
ART 100	Introduction to Art	2
ART 102	Fundamentals of Art	3
MUH 100	Introduction to Music	2
MUH 101	Introduction to Listening	2
TRE 101	Introduction to Theatre	2

Philosophy ( 1 course; 3 units)

Course #	Title	Units
PHL 201	Intro to Philosophy OR	3
PHL 211	Ethics	3

Literature (2 courses; 5-6 units)
Two courses, at least one from Masterpieces.

Course #	Title	Units
Masterpieces:
LIT 201	Masterpieces of World I	3
LIT 202	Masterpieces of World Lit II	3
LIT 203	Masterpieces of World Lit III	3
LIT 254	British Writers I	3
LIT 255	British Writers II	3
LIT 356	American Writers I	3
LIT 357	American Writers II	3
Great Works:
LIT 205	Great Works in a Literary Genre:
	The Novel	2
LIT 206	Great Works in a Literary Genre:
	Drama	2
LIT 207	Great Works in a Literary Genre:
	Poetry	2
LIT 208	Great Works in a Literary Genre:
	Short Story	2

Foreign Language** (2 courses; 8-9 units)
One of the following sequences, all or part of which may be waived by examination:

Course #	Title	Units
SPA 101	Elementary Spanish I	4
SPA 102	Elementary Spanish II	4
GER 101	Elementary German I	4
GER 102	Elementary German II	4
FRE 101	Elementary French I	4
FRE 102	Elementary French II	4
BLA 205	Essentials of Hebrew I	4
BLA 206	Essentials of Hebrew II	4
BLA 207	Essentials of Greek I	3
BLA 208	Essentials of Greek II	3
BLA 337	Exegesis of Greek New Testament  I	3

*Transfer students may take Writing 115 (3), Writing 116 (2).
†Tranfer courses in American Civilization taken before enrolling at Point Loma may substitute in this category.
**Waived when English is not the student's native language.