Core Curriculum Requirements

Baccalaureate Degree Candidates

Candidates for baccalaureate degrees must complete the requirements as outlined below. Baccalaureate degree candidates should complete most core curriculum requirements by the end of their junior year.

Bible Requirements:

BIB 113 Christian Worldview, BIB 115 Biblical Foundations, BIB 215 Pentateuch, BIB 224 New Testament Literature and Interpretation, and a minimum of four hours of Christian Life Formation to include BIB 101 and 402 are required for graduation with a baccalaureate degree. Every full-time baccalaureate degree candidate must be enrolled in at least one Bible lecture course each semester until graduation or until 12 hours (including transfer credit) of Bible lecture credit has been earned. Part-time baccalaureate students must enroll in a minimum of 3 hours of Bible coursework for every 16 semester hours of work completed at Bryan. BIB 113, BIB 114, BIB 215 and BIB 224 should be taken in that order before taking other Bible electives. In addition, all students will take four semester hours of Christian Life Formation, BIB 101 their first semester and BIB 402 their final semester before graduation. If the student has taken a Bible lecture course during the summer or has taken two Bible lecture courses in one semester, Bible need not be taken the following semester. Students who, for reasons of scheduling, need to be exempt from Bible for a semester must secure the approval of their adviser, the chair of the Christian Studies Division and the Registrar. A Bible Requirement Waiver form is available through the Office of the Registrar.

Transfer students complete BIB 113, BIB 115, BIB 215, BIB 224, and four hours of Christian Life Formation, including BIB 101 and BIB 402 unless 16 hours (including transfer credit) of Bible credit has already been earned. Even if 16 or more hours have been earned or transferred, students will take one Christian Life Formation, including BIB 101 and BIB 402, each semester until they have completed a total of four hours in the Christian Life Formation sequence or have graduated.

Communications: ENG 111-112, COMM 111, and Foreign Language.

Baccalaureate degree candidates must successfully complete ENG 111-112 Freshman English I & II. As part of this freshman English requirement, all entering students—first-semester freshmen and transfers—must write a diagnostic essay that allows the Department of English to assess each person’s level of proficiency in the mechanics of standard written English (e.g., grammar, punctuation, coherence, paragraph development). Students whose diagnostic essay shows significant weaknesses in English mechanics must take and pass ENG 090 English Review, enrolling in it their first semester at Bryan. ENG 090 provides a helpful supplement to the instruction in English mechanics that constitutes a portion of the subject matter of ENG 111, and it is taken concurrently with ENG 111 for first-semester freshmen.

Enrolling in ENG 099 Reading and Study Skills is a requirement for any student whose ACT reading score is below 18 or SAT Verbal score is below 430. This course is designed to increase a student’s success in college coursework generally. Bryan College does not offer any courses in English as a second language.

The foreign language requirement is reflected on the Core Curriculum Requirements chart on the following pages. All degree candidates must demonstrate at least elementary-level (first-year) proficiency in a foreign language or linguistics. In addition, candidates for B.A. degrees in Biblical Studies, Communication Studies, English, History, and Liberal Arts must demonstrate intermediate-level (second-year) proficiency. In addition, some options within the music major require intermediate-level proficiency.

The elementary-level proficiency can be met by one of the following means:

Pass a proficiency test OR pass 6 hours of a modern or ancient language OR pass 6 hours of appropriate linguistics courses OR transfer 6 hours of American Sign Language courses. Note that all 6 hours must be in the same language.

Pass a proficiency test OR pass 12 hours of a modern or ancient language OR pass 6 hours of appropriate linguistics courses and pass 6 hours of modern or ancient language OR transfer 6 hours of American Sign Language courses and pass 6 hours of modern or ancient language.

In some cases, students who pass proficiency exams may receive academic credit when the corresponding posting fees are paid. Transfer hours in American Sign Language must be approved by the Chairperson of the Department of Foreign Languages and Linguistics and the Registrar. A student for whom English is a second language may choose to meet the foreign language requirement by earning a minimum score of 273 on the computer-based (640 on the paper-based) TOEFL exam, thereby demonstrating intermediate proficiency in English.

Licensure programs require proficiency in traditional foreign languages. Graduate schools may not count linguistics or American Sign Language toward foreign language requirements.

Teacher licensure students are not required to take PSY 111 General Psychology. The Core Curriculum Requirements chart on the following pages outlines the courses required of licensure students in place of PSY 111.

Credit in varsity sports may substitute for activity courses. Students over 25 years of age at the time of enrollment are exempt from physical education requirements but must earn the full 124 hours of credit for graduation, the four hours in lieu of physical education being taken in electives.

Candidates for teacher licensure are required to complete one activity credit (rather than 3 credits). Licensure candidates over the age of 25 are not required to complete any activity credits but must complete EHS 111 Concepts of Physical Fitness.

Applicants for teacher licensure at the elementary and secondary levels must complete SS 211 Introduction to Sociology, Economics, and Government or PSGS 212 Politics, Philosophy, and Economics.

Humanities: ENG 211, FA 311, and HIS 111‑112.

NATURAL SCIENCE: Choose two courses, one of which must include a laboratory experience from Biology, Chemistry or Physical Science . The non-laboratory science is limited to Biology, Chemistry, and Physics course offerings. Exceptions must be approved by the Division of Natural Science. Teacher licensure candidates requirements vary, consult chart on following pages.

MATHEMATICS: MATH 091 (May be waived with an ACT subscore in Elementary Algebra of 10 or above or 600 on the Math SAT), MATH 099 (May be waived with an ACT subscore in Intermediate Algebra/Geometry of 10 or above or 600 on the MATH SAT), and MATH 116 (must be completed by all students unless requirements of individual majors specify otherwise).

Students required to take MATH 091 and/or MATH 099 must complete these classes within the first three semesters of enrollment and prior to taking any other math courses.

Applicants for teacher licensure at the elementary level must complete MATH 114 (MATH 117 or 122 may be substituted). Secondary and K-12 licensure students must complete MATH 114, 116, 117 or 122.

Majors in Business Administration, Computer Science, Exercise and Health Science, Liberal Arts, Mathematics, and Psychology have other math requirements within the major that are taken in lieu of MATH 116.

Additional Requirements for the B.A. Degree

Candidates for the B.A. degree must take 6 semester hours of additional core curriculum coursework. These courses are to be chosen in consultation with the adviser. Courses must be selected from outside the major or minor areas and must be at the 200 level or higher. None of these 6 hours may overlap with credit hours used to meet the Bible requirement or the Core Curriculum requirement described above.

Associate Degree Candidates

BIB 101 Christian Formation, BIB 113 Christian Worldview, BIB 115 Biblical Foundations, and an elective three-credit Bible lecture course are required for graduation with an associate degree. Every full-time associate degree candidate must be enrolled in at least one Bible course each semester until graduation or until ten hours (including transfer credit) of Bible credit has been earned. If ten or more hours of Bible are transferred in then only BIB 101 is required.

Associate degree candidates must successfully complete ENG 111-112 Freshman English I & II. As part of this freshman English requirement, all entering students—first-semester freshmen and transfers—must write a diagnostic essay that allows the Department of English to assess each person’s level of proficiency in the mechanics of standard written English (e.g., grammar, punctuation, coherence, paragraph development). Students whose diagnostic essay shows significant weaknesses in English mechanics must take and pass English Review (ENG 090), enrolling in it their first semester at Bryan. ENG 090 provides a helpful supplement to the instruction in English mechanics that constitutes a portion of the subject matter of ENG 111, and it is taken concurrently with ENG 111 for first-semester freshmen.

Enrolling in ENG 099 Reading and Study Skills is a requirement for any student whose ACT reading score is below 18 or SAT Verbal score is below 430. This course is designed to increase a student’s success in college coursework generally. Bryan College does not offer any courses in English as a second language.

In addition, associate degree candidates complete twelve additional hours in core curriculum ucation from the categories below. One course (a minimum of 3 semester hours) must be taken from each of the three areas.

• Humanities : COMM 111, ENG 211, FA 311, HIS 111, HIS 112, any foreign language course.
• Social Science : PSY 111, any social science course
• Natural Science : any natural science course
• Mathematics : A.A.: Choose any math course MATH 114 or higher; A.S.: MATH 211 Elementary Statistics