Mathematics (Emphasis II – Finance/Economics)
This degree has a Required General Education Core (GEC) totaling 45-47 hours.
The GEC includes courses in:
Area I: Foundation Skills (19-21 hours)
Area II: A Liberal Arts Education (26 hours)
Degree Requirements
Area I – Foundation Skills - 2 hours
| FSL 101 | Foundations of Scholarship and Learning | 2 |
* FSL 101 is required for first-year students. Transfer students who have earned 24 credit hours or more prior to enrolling at Cumberland are not required to take the course.
Area I - Rhetoric and Communication - 15 hours
Area I – Mathematics - 4 hours
Area II - Arts and Humanities (choose one) - 3 hours
Area II - Literature in English (choose one) - 3 hours
Area II - The Social Sciences (choose two) - 6 hours
* Please note that ECON 241 and ECON 242 are both required for the Finance/Economics Emphasis; however, only one of them can count as a GEC Social Science requirement.
Area II - History (choose one of two sequences) - 6 hours
| HIS 191 | World Civilization to 1500 | 3 |
| | and | |
| HIS 192 | World Civilization since 1500 | 3 |
| | or | |
| HIS 201 | History of the United States I | 3 |
| | and | |
| HIS 202 | History of the United States II | 3 |
Area II - The Natural Sciences: Biology - 4 hours
Choose one from the following:
Area II - The Natural Sciences: Physical Sciences - 4 hours
Choose one from the following:
Required Mathematics Core Courses - 20 hours
Mathematics Electives - 9 hours
Choose nine hours from the following:
* Note that MATH 498 may be taken twice, under different topics, for up to six hours of credit to satisfy this degree requirement.
Other Requirements for major - 18-21 hours
General Electives - 22-27 hours
* Select sufficient courses from any academic discipline to bring the total hours for graduation to a minimum of 120.
Total GEC Credit Hours (45-47 hours)
Total Mathematics Core Requirements (20 hours)
Total Mathematics Electives (9 hours)
Total Other Requirements (18-21 hours)
Total General Electives (22-27 hours)
* FSL 101, ENG 101, ENG 102, all mathematics courses, all computer courses, and all required emphasis area courses require a “C” or higher.
120 minimum hours required for graduation.