Practical Reasoning Requirement
The Practical Reasoning Requirement is met through the satisfactory completion of two courses, at least one of which must be firmly grounded in mathematics or statistics. Courses meeting this requirement are intended to help students discern connections, consider alternatives, and think about topics and issues from multiple perspectives.
Designations for Practical Reasoning Courses
An approved Practical Reasoning course that is "firmly grounded in mathematics or statistics" is called "Practical Reasoning with Quantitative Emphasis" and is given the designation "PRQ." Other approved Practical Reasoning courses are given the designation "PR."
The Committee on General Education (COGE) has approved the following courses to meet the Practical Reasoning Requirement. COGE continues to review program proposals for additional courses to meet this requirement in the General Education Program.
Courses Approved to Meet PR or PRQ Credit (as of July 2014)
Practical Reasoning (PR)
| BUS 114 | Business App & Prog (CSC) | 1 Course Credit |
| BUS 120 | Accounting I | 1 Course Credit |
| CFS 145 | Consumer Decision Making | 1 Course Credit |
| COM 201 | Argumentation and Debate | 1 Course Credit |
| COM 203 | Persuasion | 1 Course Credit |
| CSC 111 | Storytelling-Comp Animation | 1 Course Credit |
| CSC 114 | Business App & Prog (BUS) | 1 Course Credit |
| CSC 126 | Intro to Robotics | 1 Course Credit |
| GST 235 | Intro to Behavioral Sciences | 1 Course Credit |
| HIS 316 | 20th Cent Europe:Div & Recon | 1 Course Credit |
| MAT 203 | Geometry-Midl Grades/Elem Tchr | 1 Course Credit |
| MAT 315 | Fundamental Concepts of Math | 1 Course Credit |
| PHI 104 | Morality, Law & Philosophy | 1 Course Credit |
| PHI 106 | Introductory Reasoning | 1 Course Credit |
| PHI 204/PSC 204 | Justice&Law-Class Pol Phi(PSC) | 1 Course Credit |
| PHI 207/PSC 207 | Human Rights, Intl Law (PSC) | 1 Course Credit |
| PHI 209/PSC 209 | Freedom,Law,&Modern State(PSC) | 1 Course Credit |
| PHI 214 | Approaches to Ethics | 1 Course Credit |
| PHI 218 | Symbolic Logic | 1 Course Credit |
| PHI 230 | Reflecting on Nature | 1 Course Credit |
| PHI 240 | Practical Philosophy | 1 Course Credit |
| PSC 204/PHI 204 | Justice&Law-Class Pol Phi(PHI) | 1 Course Credit |
| PSC 207/PHI 207 | Human Rights, Intl Law (PHI) | 1 Course Credit |
| PSC 209/PHI 209 | Freedom,Law,&Modern State(PHI) | 1 Course Credit |
| PSY 100 | General Psychology | 1 Course Credit |
| REL 235 | Christian Social Ethics | 1 Course Credit |
| SENS 100 | Intro-Sustainability & Environ | 1 Course Credit |
| SOC 335 | Methods of Social Research | 1 Course Credit |
Practical Reasoning with Quantitative Emphasis (PRQ)
| CHM 131 | Accelerated General Chemistry | 1 Course Credit |
| CHM 134 | Accelerated Environmental Chem | 1 Course Credit |
| ECO 250 | Applied Statistics | 1 Course Credit |
| MAT 101/MAT 108 | Math Modeling Using Computer | 1 Course Credit |
| MAT 104 | Introduction to Statistics | 1 Course Credit |
| MAT 105 | Intro to Discrete Math | 1 Course Credit |
| MAT 108/MAT 101 | Environ Issue:Math Model Appr | 1 Course Credit |
| MAT 115 | College Algebra with Modeling | 1 Course Credit |
| MAT 125 | Trigonometry with Applications | 1 Course Credit |
| MAT 135 | Calculus I | 1 Course Credit |
| MAT 214 | Linear Algebra | 1 Course Credit |
| MAT 225 | Calculus II | 1 Course Credit |
| MAT 311 | Probability | 1 Course Credit |
| MAT 312 | Operations Research | 1 Course Credit |
| MAT 330 | Calculus III | 1 Course Credit |
| MAT 437 | Differential Equations | 1 Course Credit |
| PHY 111 | Introduction to Astronomy | 1 Course Credit |
| PHY 130/PHY 225 | Applied Mah for Physics & Eng. | 1 Course Credit |
| PHY 225 | Math Methods in Physics I | 1 Course Credit |
| PSY 325 | Stats & Rsrch Meth-Behav Sc II | 1 Course Credit |
| SENS 320 | Intro-Geographical Info System | 1 Course Credit |
| SOC 340 | Social Statistics-Diverse Soc | 1 Course Credit |
| TAD 352 | Quality Control | 1 Course Credit |