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The Ä¢¹½´«Ã½ Curriculum

See how courses from Oregon community colleges will transfer to Ä¢¹½´«Ã½'s General Education requirements in these Transfer Grids.

General Education requirements at Ä¢¹½´«Ã½ are called the Ä¢¹½´«Ã½ Curriculum (LC). The LC consists of the following:

  • Inquiry Seminar (INQS)
  • Modes of Inquiry (MOIs)
    • Creative Studies (CS)
    • Individuals, Systems, and Societies (IS)
    • Natural World (NW)
    • Quantitative Reasoning (QR)
    • Ultimate Questions (UQ)
    • Vital Past (VP)
    • Upper Division (an additional 300+ level course in one of the six MOI categories)
  • Diversity Studies
    • U.S. Pluralisms (US)
    • Global Pluralisms (GP)

The Inquiry Seminar

  • A minimum of 3 semester credits or 5 quarter credits is required to complete the INQS requirement.
  • A student entering Ä¢¹½´«Ã½ must either take INQS at Ä¢¹½´«Ã½ or transfer in approved equivalent course(s).
  • A student entering Ä¢¹½´«Ã½ with an earned Associate Transfer Degree will be considered to have met the INQS requirement.

General information for transfer coursework planning

  • A minimum of 3 semester credits or 3 quarter credits is required to complete each of the Modes of Inquiry and Diversity Studies requirements.
  • Any transfer course applied towards a Mode of Inquiry or Diversity Studies requirement must be at least 3 semester credits or 3 quarter credits. 
  • Only two courses (including both Ä¢¹½´«Ã½ courses and transfer courses) from any single department can be used toward completion of the Modes of Inquiry and Diversity Studies components of the Ä¢¹½´«Ã½ Curriculum (for the purpose of the LC requirements only, theatre and communication arts are viewed as separate departments).
  • There is no double-counting between the Six Modes of Inquiry (including the Upper Division requirement) and the Diversity Studies.
  • Courses taken to satisfy the lower division Modes of Inquiry and Diversity Studies requirements may count toward completion of a major or minor.
  • The Upper-Division Mode of Inquiry requirement may only be met with a course taken outside the major department and numbered 300 or above.
  • Students who have earned a baccalaureate degree from Ä¢¹½´«Ã½ or another regionally accredited institution are exempt from Ä¢¹½´«Ã½ Curriculum and Paracurriculum requirements.

Other requirements

Please refer to the for other requirements, such as total credit, BA or BS, paracurricular, major, and minor requirements.