Liberal Arts Core Courses
The Liberal Arts Core requirements are a requirement of the College of Liberal Arts at Oregon State University. Transfer students in the following programs have this requirement: Anthropology, Art, Creative Writing, Economics, English, History, Journalism and Mass Communications, Liberal Studies, Music, Political Science, Psychology, Sociology, Speech Communication, and World Languages.
A single course cannot count towards all three of the General Education, Liberal Arts Core, and major requirements. However, a single course can count towards two of them (e.g., both General Education and major). Credits fulfilling two requirements will only be counted once.
No credit may be used for more than one Liberal Arts Core requirement.
I. Fine arts (3 credits)
Select one course from the following:
II. Humanities (3 credits)
Select one course from the following:
| ANTH 270 | Indigenous Anthropology | 3 |
| ART 204 | History of Western Art | 3 |
| ART 205 | History Of Western Art | 3 |
| ART 206 | History of Western Art | 3 |
| COMM 114 | Argument and Critical Discourse | 3 |
ENG
| Any except 199 | 3 |
| HST 101 | History of Western Civ: Ancient World to 1000 AD | 4 |
| HST 102 | History of Western Civ: 1000 to 1789 | 4 |
| HST 103 | History of Western Civ: 1789 to the Present | 4 |
| HST 104 | World History I: Ancient Civilizations | 3 |
| HST 105 | World History II: Middle and Early Modern Ages | 3 |
| HST 106 | World History III: The Modern and Contemporary World | 3 |
| HST 201Z | United States History I | 4 |
| HST 202Z | United States History II | 4 |
| HST 203Z | United States History III | 4 |
| PHL 201 | Intro To Philosophy | 3 |
| PHL 202 | Elementary Ethics | 3 |
III. Non-Western Culture (3 credits)
Select one course from the following:
| ANTH 110 | Introduction to Cultural Anthropology | 3 |
| ANTH 232 | Peoples of the World - North America | 3 |
| ANTH 270 | Indigenous Anthropology | 3 |
| ENG 207 | World Literature: Asia | 4 |
| ENG 208 | World Literature: Africa | 4 |
| ENG 209 | World Lit: Non-Western Lit of the Americas | 4 |
| MUS 108 | Music Cultures of the World | 3 |
IV. Social Sciences (3 credits)
Select one course from the following:
| ANTH 101 | Introduction to Anthropology | 3 |
| ANTH 230 | Introduction to Archaeology | 3 |
| ANTH 240 | Introduction to Biological Anthropology | 4 |
| ANTH 270 | Indigenous Anthropology | 3 |
| COMM 226 | Intercultural Communication | 3 |
| EC 201Z | Principles of Microeconomics | 4 |
| EC 202Z | Principles of Macroeconomics | 4 |
| HST 101 | History of Western Civ: Ancient World to 1000 AD | 4 |
| HST 102 | History of Western Civ: 1000 to 1789 | 4 |
| HST 103 | History of Western Civ: 1789 to the Present | 4 |
| HST 201Z | United States History I | 4 |
| HST 202Z | United States History II | 4 |
| HST 203Z | United States History III | 4 |
| PS 201 | Intro to American Politics/Government | 3 |
| PS 204 | Intro To Comparative Politics | 3 |
| PS 205 | Intro International Relations | 3 |
| PSY 201Z | Introduction to Psychology I | 4 |
| PSY 202Z | Introduction to Psychology II | 4 |
| PSY 215 | Intro Developmental Psychology | 3 |
| PSY 216 | Social Psychology | 3 |
| SOC 204Z | Introduction To Sociology | 4 |
| SOC 205Z | Social Change and Institutions | 4 |
| SOC 206Z | Social Problems | 4 |
| WS 223 | Intro to Women, Gender, Sexuality Studies | 3 |
V. One Additional Course (3 credits)
Select one additional course from any of the preceding four categories (I-IV).