General Education
 

General Education

The university's religion requirements and general education requirements (combined, known as the University Core) are displayed below.

If you have questions about how these courses fit your plan, contact your College Advisement Center. If you've not declared a major, contact the University Advisement Center

For questions about prospective or returning students, enrollment, registration, transfer credits, and missionary deferment, visit the Enrollment Services website.

To learn more about General Education, visit this page and the General Education website.

Doctrinal Foundations
Complete 1 requirement from each learning area.
Tchgs & Doctrine of Book of Mormon
Christ and the Everlasting Gospel
Foundations of the Restoration
requirement 3 Complete 1 course
The Eternal Family
BYU Religion Hours
requirement 5 Complete 14.0 hours from the following course(s)
REL 101R - (Not currently offered)
REL 102R - (Not currently offered)
REL 103R - (Not currently offered)
REL 104R - (Not currently offered)
REL A 101 - (Not currently offered)
REL A 111 - (Not currently offered)
REL C 234 - (Not currently offered)
REL C 293R - (Not currently offered)
REL C 472 - (Not currently offered)
Note: Only 2 credit hours of SFL 200 will count toward total BYU religion credit hours.
The Individual and Society
Complete 1 requirement from each learning area.
American Heritage
requirement 1 Complete 1 option
option 1.1 Complete 1 course
HONRS 240 - (Not currently offered)
option 1.2 Complete 2 groups
group 1.2.1 Complete 1 course
G E 112 - (Not currently offered)
group 1.2.2 Complete 1 course
G E 220 - (Not currently offered)
group 1.2.3 Complete 1 course
G E 114 - (Not currently offered)
option 1.6 Complete 2 courses
option 1.7 Complete 2 courses
This option is for transfer students and includes an additional class not available for registration.
G E 114 - (Not currently offered)
Global and Cultural Awareness
requirement 2 Complete 1 option
option 2.1 Complete 1 course
Traditional Course Option:
ANTHR 317 - (Not currently offered)
ANTHR 326 - (Not currently offered)
ENG T 231 - (Not currently offered)
G E 140 - (Not currently offered)
HONRS 202 - (Not currently offered)
HONRS 208R - (Not currently offered)
HONRS 209R - (Not currently offered)
HONRS 213 - (Not currently offered)
HONRS 231R - (Not currently offered)
HONRS 232R - (Not currently offered)
HONRS 247R - (Not currently offered)
HONRS 261 - (Not currently offered)
HONRS 308R - (Not currently offered)
HONRS 309R - (Not currently offered)
HONRS 331R - (Not currently offered)
HONRS 332R - (Not currently offered)
HONRS 347R - (Not currently offered)
IHUM 240 - (Not currently offered)
MUSIC 206 - (Not currently offered)
option 2.2 Complete 1 course
Traditional Language Option:
PORT 315 - (Not currently offered)
SRBCR 330 - (Not currently offered)
option 2.3 Complete 2 courses
IAS 361 - (Not currently offered)
option 2.5 Complete 2 courses
Courses not currently offered.
REL C 355 - (Not currently offered)
REL C 355 - (Not currently offered)
REL C 356 - (Not currently offered)
REL C 356 - (Not currently offered)
option 2.6 Complete 1 course
Major option:
ARTHC 499R - (Not currently offered)
EL ED 357 - (Not currently offered)
NURS 402 - (Not currently offered)
International students may fulfill the Global and Cultural Awareness requirement through any of the American Heritage options. The student is responsible to see that is posted to the progress report through their college advisement center.
Skills
Complete 1 requirement from each learning area.
First-Year Writing
requirement 3 Complete 1 course
ENGL 115 - (Not currently offered)
HONRS 150 - (Not currently offered)
Adv Written & Oral Communication
requirement 4 Complete 1 option
option 4.1 Complete 1 course
ENGL 310 - (Not currently offered)
ENGL 314 - (Not currently offered)
G E 301 - (Not currently offered)
HONRS 300R - (Not currently offered)
option 4.6 Complete 2 courses
option 4.7 Complete 2 courses
option 4.9 Complete 2 courses
Courses not currently offered.
PHSCS 416A - (Not currently offered)
PHSCS 416B - (Not currently offered)
option 4.10 Complete 2 courses
IAS 361 - (Not currently offered)
option 4.12 Complete 1 course
ENGL 303 - (Not currently offered)
Quantitative Reasoning
requirement 5 Complete 1 option
option 5.1 Complete 1 course
G E 105 - (Not currently offered)
G E 106 - (Not currently offered)
PSYCH 301 - (Not currently offered)
Students may fulfill the Quantitative Reasoning requirement by earning an ACT math score of 22 or above OR an SAT math score of 540 or above.
Languages of Learning
requirement 6 Complete 1 option
option 6.1 Complete 1 course
Traditional Course Option:
G E 311R - (Not currently offered)
HONRS 250 - (Not currently offered)
PL SC 328 - (Not currently offered)
PSYCH 301 - (Not currently offered)
option 6.2 Complete 1 course
Traditional Course Option:
HEB 431 - (Not currently offered)
PORT 321 - (Not currently offered)
SRBCR 330 - (Not currently offered)
option 6.3 Complete 3 courses
Traditional Course Option:
option 6.4 Complete 1 course
Major Option:
Note 1: Nonnative speakers of English (i.e. those who took the TOEFL, IELTS, PTE, or Cambridge exams as part of the application process) may fulfill the foreign language option by completing a discrepancy form at their advisement center. Since non-native speakers of English are taking almost all their courses in English, they fulfill this requirement without the need to take specific foreign language courses.
Note 2: All approved foreign language courses have prerequisites.
Note 3: Where multiple courses have been approved for Languages of Learning credit in the same language, a higher level course may be designated for those who come with previous language learning experience (e.g. missionary service, heritage language learners, student enrolled in dual language immersion classes, etc.). Please consult your College Advisement Center in choosing the appropriate courses.
Note 4: If enrollment in a class for a less-commonly taught language is too low for the class to be offered, the Center for Language Studies may instead offer FLANG 202R and FLANG 330R as an Independent Study course. The Independent Study course can be arranged through a special enrollment process. For information on the availability of language courses and Independent Study courses, please contact the Center for Language Studies, (801) 422-1201. To receive graded credit for the lower-division courses covered by the foreign language challenge exam, students must take the challenge exam while enrolled in the designated upper-division language course (regular or Independent Study). The department responsible for the course will schedule challenge exams.
Arts, Letters and Sciences
Complete 1 requirement from each learning area.
Civilization 2
requirement 8 Complete 1 course
HON P 202 - (Not currently offered)
HONRS 202 - (Not currently offered)
HONRS 212 - (Not currently offered)
HONRS 213 - (Not currently offered)
IP&T 202 - (Not currently offered)
TECH 202 - (Not currently offered)
Arts
requirement 9 Complete 1 option
option 9.1 Complete 1 course
Arts Traditional Course Option:
DES 101 - (Not currently offered)
G E 121 - (Not currently offered)
HONRS 202 - (Not currently offered)
HONRS 204R - (Not currently offered)
HONRS 209R - (Not currently offered)
HONRS 304R - (Not currently offered)
HONRS 306R - (Not currently offered)
HONRS 309R - (Not currently offered)
IHUM 240 - (Not currently offered)
IP&T 202 - (Not currently offered)
MUSIC 206 - (Not currently offered)
TECH 202 - (Not currently offered)
TMA 101 - (Not currently offered)
VASTU 104 - (Not currently offered)
VASTU 105 - (Not currently offered)
option 9.3 Complete 2 groups
Arts Major Option:
group 9.3.1 Complete 1 course
group 9.3.2 Complete 1 course
DES 114 - (Not currently offered)
DES 115 - (Not currently offered)
option 9.4 Complete 1 group
Art Major Option:
group 9.4.1 Complete 2 courses
ART 114 - (Not currently offered)
group 9.4.2 Complete 2 courses
ART 115 - (Not currently offered)
Letters
requirement 10 Complete 1 option
option 10.1 Complete 1 course
Letters Traditional Course Option:
ENGL 305 - (Not currently offered)
G E 122 - (Not currently offered)
HEB 431 - (Not currently offered)
HONRS 202 - (Not currently offered)
HONRS 203R - (Not currently offered)
HONRS 205R - (Not currently offered)
HONRS 206R - (Not currently offered)
HONRS 208R - (Not currently offered)
HONRS 212 - (Not currently offered)
HONRS 303R - (Not currently offered)
HONRS 305R - (Not currently offered)
HONRS 308R - (Not currently offered)
IHUM 240 - (Not currently offered)
PHIL 218 - (Not currently offered)
POLI 363 - (Not currently offered)
Biological Science
requirement 11 Complete 1 option
option 11.1 Complete 1 course
Traditional Course Option:
BIOL 130 - (Not currently offered)
HONRS 260 - (Not currently offered)
option 11.2 Complete 2 courses
Traditional Course Option:
option 11.3 Complete 1 course
Major Option:
Physical Science
requirement 12 Complete 1 option
option 12.1 Complete 1 course
Traditional Course Option:
option 12.2 Complete 2 courses
Traditional Course Option: (Courses not currently offered.)
PHY S 110A - (Not currently offered)
PHY S 110B - (Not currently offered)
option 12.3 Complete 2 groups
Traditional Course Option:
group 12.3.1 Complete 1 course
CHEM 111 - (Not currently offered)
G E 150 - (Not currently offered)
group 12.3.3 Complete 1 course
Social Science
requirement 13 Complete 1 option
option 13.1 Complete 1 course
Traditional Course Option:
ENG T 231 - (Not currently offered)
G E 110 - (Not currently offered)
G E 222R - (Not currently offered)
G E 229R - (Not currently offered)
G E 231R - (Not currently offered)
G E 231R - (Not currently offered)
G E 231R - (Not currently offered)
HONRS 261 - (Not currently offered)
HONRS 331R - (Not currently offered)
option 13.2 Complete 1 course
Major Option:
PL SC 330 - (Not currently offered)