BHA General Education
Carrie Hagan, BXA First-Year & Sophomore Advisor (HOA 211)
M. Stephanie Murray, BXA Junior & Senior Advisor (HOA 211)
BHA General Education
(16 courses, 126 units minimum)
- Communication (1 course, 9 units, 76-101 required)
- Contextual Thinking (1 course, 9 units)
- Intercultural and Global Inquiry (1 course, 9 units)
- Humanities (1 course, 9 units)
- Data Analysis (1 course, 9 units, 36-200 required)
- Social Sciences (1 course, 9 units)
- Perspectives on Justice and Injustice (1 course, 9 units)
- Math, Science, and Computation (2 courses, 18 units)
- Disciplinary Perspectives within CMU (1 course, 6 units)
- University Requirement (1 course, 3 units, 99-101 required)
- BXA Required Courses (5 courses, 36 units, 52-190, 52-291, 52-392, 52-401, 52-402)
Communication (1 courses, 9 units)
| Units | ||
| 76-101 | Interpretation and Argument -First-year | 9 |
| or 76-102 | Advanced First Year Writing: Special Topics | |
| or 76-106 & 76-107 & 76-108 | Writing about Literature, Art and Culture and Writing about Data and Writing about Public Problems | |
| All undergraduate students must complete the First-Year Writing requirement—the Department of English does not accept any Advanced Placement exemptions. This requirement can be completed in two different ways. Enroll in one of two full-semester courses 101 or 102 (by invitation only), 9 units, or enroll in two of three half-semester mini courses (back-to-back within a single semester) 106/107/108, 4.5 + 4.5 units. | ||
Contextual Thinking (1 course, 9 units)
A list of courses for this requirement can be found on the DC GenEd website.
Intercultural and Global Inquiry (1 course, 9 units minimum)
A list of courses for this requirement can be found on the DC GenEd website.
Humanities (1 course, 9 units minimum)
A list of courses for this requirement can be found on the DC GenEd website.
Data Analysis (1 course, 9 units minimum)
| 36-200 | Reasoning with Data | 9 |
Social Sciences (1 course, 9 units minimum)
A list of courses for this requirement can be found on the DC GenEd website.
Perspectives on Justice and Injustice (1 course, 9 units minimum)
A list of courses for this requirement can be found on the DC GenEd website.
Math, Science, and Computation (2 courses, 18 units minimum)
Choose two of three categories: Computational Thinking, Scientific Inquiry, Logic/Mathematical Reasoning. A list of courses for this requirement can be found on the DC GenEd website.
Disciplinary Perspectives within CMU (1 course, 6 units)
Choose one non-DC or CFA course; DC Arts courses excluded.
University Requirement (1 course, 3 units)
This foundational pass/no pass course is to be completed online in the first semester to develop core competency skills.
| 99-101 | Core@CMU-Fall, First-year (section B; pass/no pass) | 3 |
BXA Required Courses (5 courses, 36 units)
BXA-specific courses give students the opportunity to integrate their areas of concentration by focusing on interdisciplinary approaches and arts-based research techniques.
| 52-190 | BXA Seminar I: Building the Wunderkammer -Spring, Freshman year (mini-3) | 4.5 |
| 52-291 | BXA Seminar II: Transferring Knowledge -Spring, Sophomore year (mini-4) | 4.5 |
| 52-392 | BXA Seminar III: Deconstructing Disciplines | 9 |
| 52-401 | BXA Seminar IV: Capstone Project Research | 9 |
| 52-402 | BXA Seminar V: Capstone Project Production | 9 |