Department of Academic Advising

Academic Requirements

Admission Requirements

Mathematics: Two years of college prep mathematics, C average or better Foreign Language: Two years of one foreign language, C average or better

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First-Year Experience

The First-Year Experience is required of all students entering with fewer than 20 credits of transferable college-level work.

  • WRIT 101, WR - Writing Seminar (4 credit hours); must be taken in Fall or Spring (unless appropriate writing course previously taken at another college)
  • Inquiry Seminar 190 (4 credit hours); must be taken in either Fall, January, or Spring
  • January Term - must take a 4 credit January Term class

General Education Program (GenEd):
All students who enter PLU fall 2009 or later

Engaging Arts and Performance (8)
Art, Music, or Theatre, AR (4)
Physical Activity, PE (4): Four activity courses, including PHED 100: Personalized Fitness Program

Interpreting Living Traditions for a Humane Future  (16)
Literature, LT (4)
Philosophy, PH (4)
Religion, RC & RG (8): One course from Christian Traditions, RC, and one course from Global Religious Traditions, RG
Language Study

Exploring Nature and Number (12)
Mathematical Reasoning, MR (4)
Natural Sciences, Computer Sciences, or Mathematics, NS (4)
Science & Scientific Method (4)

Investigating Human Behavior, Culture, & Institutions (8)
Two courses from different disciplines: Anthropology, Economics, History, Political Science, Psychology, Social Work, or Sociology

Encountering Perspectives on Diversity (8)
Alternative Perspectives, A (4): May simultaneously fulfill another General Education Requirement
Cross-Cultural Perspectives, C (4): May simultaneously fulfill another General Education Requirement

Producing & Presenting Culminating Project, SR (2-4)

General University Requirements (GURs):
All students who entered PLU spring 2009 or earlier

  • Math Reasoning, MR (4 credit hours)
  • Science and Scientific Method, SM (4 credit hours)
  • Perspectives on Diversity (8 credit hours)
    -Alternative Perspectives, A
    -Cross-Cultural Perspectives, C
  • Physical Education, PE (4 credit hours): Four activity courses, including PHED 100: Personalized Fitness
  • Senior Seminar Project in the Major, SR (2-4 credit hours)

Core Requirements

General University Core (Distributive Requirements: 32 credit hours total)

  • Art, Music, Theatre, AR (4 credit hours)
  • Literature, LT (4 credit hours)
  • Philosophy, PH (4 credit hours)
  • Religion, R1, R2, R3 (8 credit hours: 4 credits from each of 2 lines)
  • Anthropology, History, or Political Science, SI (4 credit hours)
  • Economics, Psychology, Sociology, or Social Work, S2 (4 credit hours)
  • Natural Science, Computer Science, or Math, NS (4 credit hours)

International Honors Program (28 credit hours total)

  • IHON 111/112 (190): Historical Origins of our Contemporary World (8 credit hours), to be taken in the first year.
  • 200-level IHON courses: A selection of four courses that focus on contemporary world issues, generally to be taken sophomore and junior year.
  • 300-level IHON course: A thematic and values-based final course (4 credit hours)

Department of Academic Advising, Pacific Lutheran University, Tacoma WA 98447