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2024-2025 Undergraduate Catalog 
    
2024-2025 Undergraduate Catalog

UNLV General Education Distribution Requirements


General Education Distribution Requirements: 18-19 Credits

The purpose of the distribution requirement is to provide attainment of the Intellectual Breadth and Lifelong Learning outcome by developing in students the intellectual breadth needed by all citizens in a complex, multicultural and technological global civilization. To meet this requirement, students must satisfactorily complete three courses, typically total nine to ten credit hours, in each of two content areas that are OUTSIDE the major area of study. The three distribution content areas are: (1) Humanities and Fine Arts, (2) Social Sciences, and (3) Life and Physical Sciences and Analytical Thinking. Students automatically satisfy one distribution area when they complete their major course requirements. Please see the listing “Majors and their Distribution Area Assignments” later in this section to see the Major Distribution content areas that are satisfied within the major area of study. See the Faculty Senate General Education web page for an updated listing of the courses satisfying the content areas designated below at https://www.unlv.edu/provost/gen-ed/distribution.

The major department or college will also decide what training in computer literacy is needed, or incorporate such training in other coursework for the major.

The distribution content areas are:

Humanities and Fine Arts

Two courses (three credits each) from two different humanities areas and one introductory or appreciation course (three credits) from a fine arts area. Courses used to satisfy the First-Year Seminar, Second-Year Seminar, English Composition or Constitution requirements may not be used to satisfy Humanities distribution requirements.
 

 

Life and Physical Sciences and Analytical Thinking

Two courses from the life and physical sciences (at least one of which must be a laboratory course), typically for a total of seven credits, and one three-credit course in analytical thinking.

 

Social Sciences

One course each from three different fields for a total of nine (9) credits. Courses used to satisfy the Constitutions requirement may not be used to meet Social Sciences distribution requirements.

 

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