<p>My son is beginning to look at the course catalogue and we were wondering if students are allowed to use the same course to satisfy more than one general education requirement. For example, students are required to take one semester of fine arts and one semester of a course that relates to "internationalism." Chinese Art and Culture is listed as a course that satisfies the internationlism requirement and the catalogue says that art courses [with one exception] satisfy the fine arts requirement. Does that mean that one semester of Chinese Art and Culture satisfies two requirements at the same time?</p>
<p>I'm sure there are other examples if we keep looking.</p>
<p>We did see that one of this year's first year seminars said that it also satified the "quantitative thinking" requirement.</p>
<p>I seem to remember the answer being "yes" at an info session but I'm not sure... hopefully someone else will chime in and confirm this.</p>
<p>All classes are designated as being in one of four areas: humanities, fine arts, natural science and mathmatics, or social sciences. Basically, you need to take at least 2 courses in each area (can be just one in humanities or fine arts--need 3 total between those two areas) and cannot take too many courses in just one area (more than 24) or more than one department (more than 15).
Within that distribution you need (in addition to the First Year Course) one course with an Internationalism designation, one with a Multiculturalism designation, one with a Writing designation, and one (or a combination of "math-lite" classes) adding up to a Q3 Quantitative designation. (A math or stats course or Intro Econ is a Q3 course, but the mathmatically-challenged can add up Q1 credits in classes like Intro Psych or Astronomy to get to a Q3). One of the reasons my daughter chose this school was because she was looking for a quality education without an onerous math/science requirement.
It is VERY easy to meet general ed requirements just by taking classes related to your major interests or classes that sound interesting to you, while still having time for study abroad or even a double major.
So, in short, yes, these requirements can be "double-counted."</p>