All-University Degree Requirements

Responsibility for Meeting Degree Requirements

A minimum of 124 semester hours is required for all baccalaureate degrees. The curricula of certain departments require as many as 150-155 semester hours. Students who maintain continuous enrollment and who complete work toward the baccalaureate degree within five years from the date of entry may graduate under either the catalog in effect at the time of entrance or under the catalog in effect at the time of graduation. A change in major could mean meeting new requirements in force at the time of the change as a condition for acceptance into that major. Students whose work has been interrupted for one or more semesters may be held to requirements in effect at the time of their re-enrollment.

Residence Requirements

Only work registered through Bradley University during the two regular semesters or the interim and summer sessions is considered as residence work. No proficiency examinations, correspondence, extension courses, or credit earned through the College-Level Examination Program may be counted as residence work. All candidates for the bachelor’s degree must meet the following residence requirements:

A minimum of 30 semester hours earned in residence is required of all students.
24 of the last 30 semester hours must be earned in residence.

Junior-Senior Credits

Candidates for a bachelor’s degree must present a minimum of 40 semester hours in junior and senior courses (those numbered 300 and above). Check your college requirements for proper distribution of these courses.

Bradley Core Curriculum*

*For students entering Bradley University on or after Fall 2016. Students entering Bradley University before Fall 2016 should refer to the General Education Requirements as articulated in their Undergraduate Catalog year. Course listing in this 2016-17 Undergraduate Catalog include tags for both Core Curriculum and General Education for the convenience of all students currently enrolled at Bradley University.

Bradley Core Curriculum Purpose

The Bradley Core Curriculum exposes all students to the requisite range of knowledge, skills and perspectives that prepares them for further learning, as well as guides them on the path of continued development and growth to facilitate their success and fulfillment in a changing, complex world. In essence, the Bradley Core Curriculum lays the foundation for a lifetime of intellectual development. By equipping students with enhanced critical and creative-thinking, communication and quantitative skills and a greater understanding of others and themselves, they will have a foundation for effective and informed decision-making, ethical reflection, engagement with the arts and responsible action as members of society. The Bradley Core Curriculum achieves these goals by emphasizing breadth of study, exploration of multiple ways of thinking and knowing across a variety of areas of study, and the ability to integrate information and ideas from a variety of sources and viewpoints.

The Bradley Core Curriculum is grounded in values and is designed to help students achieve specific learning outcomes.

Bradley Core Curriculum Values

The Bradley Core Curriculum was designed with a set of fundamental perspectives and values in mind, values that lie at the heart of the University’s scholarly enterprise:

Curiosity
Freedom of inquiry and expression
Belief in the unity of knowledge
Pursuit of knowledge as its own end
Dedication and persistence in learning
Strong work ethic
Humility and circumspection toward what is known
Habit of self-reflection
Integrity
Flexibility
Civility

Bradley Core Curriculum Learning Outcomes

Critical and creative thinking. Bradley graduates will think critically, independently and creatively, and will employ evidence-based decision-making to solve problems and build new knowledge.

Effective communication. Bradley graduates will be effective oral, written and non-verbal communicators, as well as active readers and listeners.

Multidisciplinary integration. Bradley graduates will approach learning in an integrated manner, connecting knowledge and skills across multiple disciplines.

Practical application. Bradley graduates will apply knowledge and skills from the classroom in real-world situations.

Social awareness. Bradley graduates will understand and act ethically upon their connections to larger communities.

Bradley Core Curriculum Requirements

The Bradley Core Curriculum requires 36 credit hours, comprised of courses taken across eight Areas of Inquiry plus additional Core Practices as follows:

A total of three courses (9 credit hours), comprised of one course from each of the following areas within the Communication Area of Inquiry:

Communication (CM)

Written Communication 1 (W1) – 1 course

Written Communication 2 (W2) – 1 course

Oral Communication (OC) – 1 course

2. A total of seven courses (21 credit hours), comprised of one course from each of the following Areas of Inquiry:

Fine Arts (FA)

Global Perspectives (GP) one course from World Cultures (WC) or Global Systems (GS)

Humanities (HU)

Knowledge and Reasoning in the Natural Sciences (NS)

Knowledge and Reasoning in the Social and Behavioral Sciences (SS)

Multidisciplinary Integration (MI)

Quantitative Reasoning (QR)

A total of two elective courses (6 credit hours) from any two Areas of Inquiry (the two courses cannot be taken from the same Area of Inquiry):

Global Perspectives (GP), can be selected from World Cultures (WC) or Global Systems (GS)

Humanities (HU)

Knowledge and Reasoning in the Natural Sciences (NS)

Knowledge and Reasoning in the Social and Behavioral Sciences (SS)

Quantitative Reasoning (QR)

A minimum of two courses or registered experiences designated as Writing Intensive (WI).

5. A minimum of two courses or registered experiences designated as Integrative Learning (IL) experiences (recommended).

No more than two courses with the same subject prefix can be used to satisfy Area of Inquiry requirements in the Bradley Core Curriculum. This rule does not include the Communications Area of Inquiry.

Courses and registered experiences approved by the University Senate to fill the Bradley Core Curriculum Areas of Inquiry or Core Practices are listed below and are marked with the appropriate Bradley Core Curriculum code in the Undergraduate Catalog and the Schedule of Classes. Additional policies regarding the Bradley Core Curriculum may be found on the Bradley Core Curriculum webpage.

Approved Bradley Core Courses

Communication (CM)

Written Communication 1 (W1), choose from

CIV 111 and 112 (both courses must be take to fulfill W1 and MI credit)
ENG 101

Written Communication 2 (W2), choose from

ENG 300
ENG 301
ENG 302
ENG 304
ENG 305
ENG 306

Oral Communication (OC)

COM 103

Fine Arts (FA), choose from

ART 107
ART 109
ART 131
CIV 113 and 114 (both courses must be taken to fulfill two Area of Inquiry requirements (FA, HU or MI) and one WI tag)
MUS 109
PHL 350
THE 131
THE 141
WLF 351
WLT 151

Global Perspectives (GP), choose from either World Culture (WC) or Global Systems (GS)

World Cultures (WC)

ANT 101
ANT 305
COM 315
ENG 123
ENG 130
ENG 381
ENG 385
ETE 280
HIS 205
HIS 206
HIS 207
HIS 208
HIS 329
HIS 336
HIS 340
I B 204
I B 205
I S 104
I S 182
I S 322
I S 353
I S 355
I S 363
I S 385
RLS 121
RLS 225
RLS 300
RLS 313
RLS 331
RLS 332
RLS 338
SOC 300
SOC 311
WGS 200
WLF 370
WLS 202
WLS 360

Global Systems (GS)

ECO 391
HIS 203
I B 206
I S 100
I S 103
I S 305
I S 306
I S 318
I S 363
I B 391
I S 410
PLS 208
RLS 321

Humanities (HU), choose from

CIV 113 and 114 (both courses must be taken to fulfill two Area of Inquiry requirements (FA, HU or MI) and one WI tag)
ENG 115
ENG 123
ENG 124
ENG 127
ENG 129
ENG 190
ENG 381
ENG 385
ETE 115
HIS 203
HIS 205
HIS 206
HIS 207
HIS 208
HIS 329
HIS 336
HIS 340
HIS 342
I S 250
PHL 103
PHL 347
PLS 207
RLS 101
RLS 121
RLS 200
RLS 225
RLS 300
RLS 302
RLS 313
RLS 332
WLS 315

Knowledge and Reasoning in the Natural Sciences (NS), choose from

AST 300
BIO 101
CHM 100
CHM 110 and 111 (both courses must be taken to fulfill the requirement)
CHM 112
CHM 300
PHY 100
PHY 107
PHY 108
PHY 110
PHY 123
PHY 201
PSY 201
SCI 103

Knowledge and Reasoning in the Social and Behavioral Sciences (SB), choose from

BLW 342
ECO 100
ECO 221
ECO 222
FCS 100
FIN 220
PLS 105
PSY 101
RLS 321
SOC 100
SOC 205
SOC 312
SOC 313
SOC 315

Multidisciplinary Integration (MI), choose from

BUS 361
BUS 362
BUS 400 and ML 452 (both courses must be taken to fulfill the requirement)
CIV 100
CIV 101
CIV 102
CIV 111 and 112 (both courses must be take to fulfill W1 and MI credit)
CIV 113 and 114 (both courses must be taken to fulfill two Area of Inquiry requirements (FA, HU or MI) and one WI tag)
CIV 200
COM 315
ENG 130
ETE 115
HIS 317
HIS 342
I S 275
I S 307
LAS 300
M L 452 and BUS 400 (both courses must be taken to fulfill the requirement)
RLS 330
SOC 205
WGS 200

Quantitative Reasoning (QR), choose from

MTH 101
MTH 111
MTH 115
MTH 116
MTH 119
MTH 121
MTH 122
MTH 223
Q M 262

Writing Intensive (WI), choose WI-designated sections from

ART 131
BIO 152
BUS 400
CIV 114
ECO 498
ENG 124
ENG 347
ENG 407
ENG 408
ETE 120
ETE 227
ETE 228
FCS 372
HIS 205
HIS 208
MIS 375
NUR 303
PHL 202
PSY 206
PSY 439
RLS 225
SCI 103

Integrative Learning (IL), choose IL-designated sections from

ETE 227
ETE 228
ETE 313
IS 495
WGS 300

Grade Point Average for Graduation

A minimum cumulative grade point average of 2.00 based upon hours taken at Bradley is required for graduation.

Requirements for the B.A. Degree

All candidates for the Bachelor of Arts degree must present credit for two years of college-level foreign language or its equivalent. This requirement may be met by the completion of a 202- or 300-level course or by transfer of similar credits from another institution or by a proficiency examination. Students with four units of high school language must successfully complete a 202- or 300-level course or satisfy this requirement by a proficiency examination in order to receive the Bachelor of Arts degree.

Students who have taken a foreign language in high school and wish to continue studies in the same language will be required to take a placement examination to assure placement at the proper college level.

Requirements for the B.S. Degree

In order to receive the Bachelor of Science degree, students must successfully complete at least 15 hours of courses selected from mathematics, computer science, and the natural sciences. The following courses may be used to fulfill the requirement for the B.S. degree—all courses in astronomy (AST), biology (BIO), chemistry (CHM), computer science and information systems (CS and CIS), geological sciences (GES), physics (PHY), science (SCI), mathematics (MTH, except MTH 109); any course cross-listed with a course offered under any of the prefixes listed above; any course approved for QR and NS credit; and, in addition, all other courses approved for B.S. credit by the University Senate.

Other courses approved for B.S. credit

This is the official catalog for the 2016-2017 academic year. This catalog serves as a contract between a student and Bradley University. Should changes in a program of study become necessary prior to the next academic year every effort will be made to keep students advised of any such changes via the Dean of the College or Chair of the Department concerned, the Registrar's Office, u.Achieve degree audit system, and the Schedule of Classes. It is the responsibility of each student to be aware of the current program and graduation requirements for particular degree programs.

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