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What is required to graduate with my Bachelor's degree from PLU?

1. Entrance Requirements
2. General University Requirements (GURs)
3. Core 1 or Core 2 Requirements
4. Requirements within chosen major

GENERAL UNIVERSITY REQUIREMENTS

The following GURs are required of all students earning baccalaureate degrees from PLU.  Except where noted (*), no course may be used to meet more than one GUR.

• MATHEMATICAL REASONING [MATH, MR]  (4 hours) - in addition to most  classes within the Mathematics Department, this can also be satisfied by CSCE 115, STAT 231, or the equivalent of four years of college-preparatory mathematics with at least a B average.
  
• SCIENCE AND SCIENTIFIC METHOD [SCSM, SM] (4 hours) - Courses containing a lab component satisfy this requirement.   Examples include classes within  the following departments: Anthropology, Biology, Chemistry, Geosciences and Physics .
  
• WRITING) [WRIT, WR] (4 hours) - First-year students take this course as a part of their first-year experience.
  
• * ALTERNATIVE PERSPECTIVES (4 hours)
  
• * CROSS-CULTURAL PERSPECTIVES (4 hours)
  
• PHYSICAL EDUCATION (4 hours)
  
• SENIOR SEMINAR (2-4 hours)