St. Lawrence University Distribution Requirements

SLU Distribution Requirements and Course Listings

Distribution Requirements Definition:
Students must successfully complete a series of courses designed to provide breadth, called distribution requirements. Students entering St. Lawrence University in fall 2001 and later must complete the following distribution requirements. These are abbreviated descriptions of the distribution categories; the complete faculty-approved policy statement is filed in the Registrar's Office.

	Arts/Expression (AEX):
	An approved course that provides active learning through creative expression.
	Humanities (HUM):
	One course approved as involving the critical interpretation of traditional and contemporary works of literature, history, political thought, philosophy, religious studies and the arts, both visual and performing.
	Social Science (SSC):
	An approved course that provides an awareness of how economic, political and social institutions can be organized, evidence about them analyzed and social science knowledge generated.
	Mathematics or Foreign Language (MFL):
	An approved course that develops either quantitative reasoning and analytical thought or provides knowledge of a foreign language and understanding of a foreign culture.
	Natural Science/Science Studies (NSC, NSC-L, SST, SST-L):
	Two courses approved as providing a foundation in the natural sciences and the interplay between science and society. One of the two courses must include a laboratory. *

Courses meeting the above distribution requirements must include courses from six different departments or programs.
* In order to meet the six different department or program rule, the NSC, NSC-L, SST, SST-L area must be fulfilled by courses in two different departments or programs.
A course can meet only one of the above distribution requirements.

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