Core Curriculum Requirements
Requirements for all UMN Morris students, regardless of major.
Requirements for all UMN Morris students, regardless of major.
The University of Minnesota and its faculty are committed to providing an education that invites you to investigate the world from new
perspectives, learn new ways of thinking, and grow as an active citizen and lifelong learner. The University of Minnesota Morris Core Curriculum
requirements, previously known as the general education requirements, are designed to be integrated throughout your undergraduate
experience. With a wide range of areas of study, the Morris Core Curriculum prepares students for real life challenges. Students will graduate
from UMN Morris as career-ready scholars with the experience and the skill set to better communicate, use critical thinking, and become creative
problem solvers and community contributors. These courses also provide you an opportunity to explore fields outside your major and
complement your major curriculum with a multidisciplinary perspective.
A. Intellectual Community (IC) - To foster development of a liberal arts intellectual community through the introduction of intellectual
and practical skills and through active student-faculty engagement in course material. 2 credits
B. College Pathways Morris 1101 (CP) - To support students’ transition to UMN Morris through establishing strong campus
connections, developing college-level academic success strategies, and implementing health and wellbeing practices in the context of
undergraduate living and learning. 1 credit
A. Writing for the Liberal Arts (WLA) - To learn the general conventions and process of academic writing and lay the
foundation for learning conventions specific to individual disciplines 4 credits
B. Writing Enriched (WE) - To develop and improve writing skills through explicit instruction, feedback, and the revision and
resubmission of assignments. 2-4 credits
C. World Languages (WL) - To develop proficiency in a single language other than English at the level equivalent to the first full
year of college language study. 8 credits or equivalent proficiency or exemption
D. Quantitative/Mathematical/Symbolic Reasoning (M/SR) – To increase students’ capacity for and competence with formal
systems, quantitative reasoning, and symbolic and logical modes of thinking. 2-5 credits
E. Artistic Process (ArtP) - To introduce an understanding of the creative process through individual performance, and
demonstrate skill in such activities as composition, theater, dance, studio art, and music. 1-4 credits
A. Students must fulfill the Morris Mission Themes by completing the requirements in:
1. Human Diversity and Equity (HDE) - To develop students’ awareness of the individual and institutional dynamics of unequal
power relations in societies.
2. Global Perspectives (GP) - To increase students' understanding of the growing interdependence of nations and peoples and
develop their ability to apply a comparative perspective to cross-cultural social, economic and political experiences.
3. Ethical and Civic Responsibility (ECR) - To develop students' capacity to identify, discuss, and reflect upon the ethical
dimensions of political, social, scientific, professional, and personal values and to understand the ways in which they can be
responsible and productive community members.
4. Sustainability & the Environment (SE) - To improve students' understanding of today's complex sustainability and environmental
challenges. Students will explore issues related to sustainability or the environment through the humanities, sciences, and/or
social sciences.
B. Students must fulfill the Liberal Arts Perspectives by completing the requirements in:
1. Humanities (HUM) - To expand students’ capacity to understand, analyze, discuss, and evaluate discourse concerning the
complexity of the human condition. One course
2. Fine Arts (FA) - To develop students’ ability to understand, analyze, and appreciate the arts. One course.
3. Social and Behavioral Sciences (SS) - To increase students’ understanding of humans as individuals, and the social systems
and institutions in which they live. One course.
4. Historical Perspectives (HIST) - To increase students’ understanding of the past and the complexity of economic, cultural,
religious, political, and scientific affairs. One course
5. Physical and Natural Sciences (SCI and SCIL) - To increase students’ understanding of the structure and dynamics of the
physical and natural worlds. Two courses, at least one SciL
-To enable the students to integrate the skills and concepts learned throughout their Morris years.
Requirement is satisfied by the completion of a major.
- Requirement is satisfied by completion of one documented credit-bearing or co-curricular research or creative activity, global experience, career ready experience (e.g., employment, fieldwork, internship),
leadership experience, or community engaged learning experience.
Schedule Builder is the best place to search for courses you may take to fulfill each core curriclum requirements.
Writing enriched courses are the easiest to check. If a course number ends with a "W" (e.g. ENGL 1509W, ANTH 2151W), it is writing enriched.
Go to Schedule Builder
Click Morris Core Curriculum on the left menu navigation.
Click one of the requirements (e. g. Artist Process) to see which classes offered that semester meet that requirement.
Note: If a course says it fills a requirement, then it fills it! The number of credits doesn't make a difference.
Or
Go to Schedule Builder
Click Class Search on the left menu navigation.
Click Morris Core Curriculum
Click the checkbox for the requirement and click Search.
Note: If a course says it fills a requirement, then it fills it! The number of credits doesn't make a difference.