Cardinal Core Requirements
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Cardinal Core Requirements (Effective Summer 2018)
Students should demonstrate proficiency (through course work or external credit) in the three skills areas (Written Communication, Oral Communication, and Quantitative Reasoning) before completing the first 30 degree-applicable credit hours earned at UofL. Within 60 hours, the student should have completed 21 hours of Cardinal Core courses.
The Cardinal Core program requires a minimum of 31 credit hours from approved course categories as outlined in the table below. Students must complete a minimum of 12 hours in the Skills courses, a minimum of 19 hours in the Disciplinary Perspectives courses, and within the 31 hours students must accumulate 6 hours in Diversity credit. Academic advisors can guide students in the selection of courses.
| Minimum Number of Credit Hours | ||
| Skills | Written Communication (WC) | 6 |
| Oral Communication (OC) | 3 | |
| Quantitative Reasoning (QR) | 3 | |
| Disciplinary Perspectives | Arts & Humanities (AH) | 6 (at least 2 courses from different disciplines) |
| Social & Behavioral Sciences (SB) and Historical Perspective (SBH) | 6 (at least 2 courses from different disciplines and 3 hrs. must be in Historical Perspective) | |
| Natural Sciences (S, SL, B) | 7 (lecture and lab in a single discipline; an additional 3 hours in a second discipline) | |
| Diversity | US. Diversity (D1) | *3 |
| Global Diversity (D2) | *3 | |
| TOTAL: | 31 |
*Diversity
The Diversity requirements will be met by taking courses in other Cardinal Core categories that also carry the D1 or D2 designation. This requirement, therefore, does not add hours to the total Cardinal Core program.