Degrees Awarded

• Bachelor of Arts

Degree Requirements

• Liberal Arts Core Major GPA of 2.25 or higher
• Cumulative LCN GPA of 2.00 or higher
• Final 30 credit hours completed with Lincoln College-Normal
• Minimum of 39 hours of upper division credit (300/400 level)
• Complete 120 credit hours
• Complete Lincoln College-Normal general education requirements.  (ABE students complete IAI General Education Core Curriculum (37 hours) or an earned Associate degree.)

Communications (9 hours)

Three courses from the list below – “C” or better required for all.

• CMN 301: Communication Theory
• CMN 302: Techniques of Persuasion
• CMN 303: Presentation Design (Prereq. SPE 101)
• CMN 310: Conflict Management
• ENG 302: Professional Writing (Prereq. Eng 102)
• SPE 260: Small Group Discussion

Social Sciences (9 hours)

Three courses from the list below – “C” or better required for all.

• ECO 302: Current Economic Issues
• GEO 301: Cultural Geography
• HIS 301: Studies in Leadership
• POS 301: International Relations
• POS 391: Constitutional Law I (Prereq. POS 101)
• POS 392: Constitutional Law II (Prereq. POS 101)
• SOC 301: Organizational Theory & Behavior for the Liberal Arts
• SOC 306: Sociology of Social Institutions

Science, Technology and the Environment (6 hours)

Two courses from the list below – “C” or better required for all.

• ANT 302: Global Issues
• BIO 301: The American Environment (Prereq. BIO 101/102)
• SOC 304: Issues in Information Technology

Critical Reasoning and Analytic Methods (6 hours)

Two courses from the list below – “C” or better required for all.

• CRT 301: Critical Thinking (Prereq. Jr/Sr standing)
• CRT 303: Research Methods (C or better in Prereq. MAT 110, Jr/Sr standing)

Humanities (9 hours)

Three courses from the list below – “C” or better required for all.

• ART 301: Understanding the Arts (Prereq. Jr/Sr standing)
• ENG 308: Contemporary Literature
• ENG 309: Advanced Literary Genres
• HUM 304: The American Landscape
• PHL 301: Philosophy in Popular Culture
• PHL 302: Values and Choices
• PHL 303: Contemporary Philosophy & Politics

Senior Coursework (6 hours)

Two courses from the list below – “C” or better required for all.

• SIT 403: Capstone Seminar (taken in final semester)
• SIT 402 Senior Research Project (Prereq. CRT 303 and Sr. standing) or SIT 491: Senior Internship (Prereq. Sr. standing)