Upper Division General Education

Upper Division General Education Requirements

Starting in Fall 2021,  the General Education Program ot HPU will include two upper-division requirements. Any student entering HPU in the 2027-2022 academic year or later will be subject to these requirements. NOTE: These two requirements take the form of learning outcomes embedded within courses that are already part of the degree plan, meaning they do not extend the length of the degree or add credits to the major.

Upper-Division Writing (1 course—3 semester credits or 4 quarter credits for transfer students)

Courses that meet the upper-division writing requirement are writing-intensive courses at the 3000- or 4000-level that provide instruction in writing conventions, genres, and information literacy skills appropriate to the particular discipline or type of writing covered by the particular course, and use writing tasks to help students learn the course material and demonstrate their learning.

Courses address the following learning outcome:

  • Written Communication—Students write clearly and effectively for a variety of audiences and purposes.

Students may select any of the following courses to meet the requirement. If a course that meets a requirement in the student’s major is on the list, it may count for both the Upper-Division Writing requirement and the major. [Specific courses which fulfill the requirement for the Upper-Division Values requirement will appear here as they are approved.]

Upper Division Written Communication Courses available to any major   

(Pre-requisite: Written Communication and Information Literacy I and II courses.)

                                                                                                                                        

COM

3420

Business Communication

COM

3500

Technical Communication

HIST

3910

The Historian’s Craft

HUM

3900

Reading and Writing in the Humanities

MULT

4590

Feature Film Screenwriting

WRI

3420

Grant Writing

 

Upper Division Written Communication Courses for specific majors

(Course-specific pre-requisites, in addition to Written Communication and Information Literacy I and II courses.)

                                                                                                                                                  

AL

4960

Practice Teaching

BIOL

3020

Plant Biology

CJ

4900

Seminar in Criminal Justice

CSCI

3211

Systems Analysis and Design

ED

3200

Education Research and Writing

ENGR

3501

Engineering Design Project II

ENVS

4100

Society and Environment: Contemporary Issues Seminar (for BA)

ENVS

4400

Environmental Science Seminar (for BS)

HRD

3400

Organizational Staffing

MATH

3000

Writing Proofs

PADM

4000

Strategic Planning for Government Organizations

 

 


Upper–Division Values (1 course—3 semester credits or 4 quarter credits for transfer students)

Courses that meet the upper-division values requirement are courses in which students continue to discern and assess the values that underlie various critical positions, articulate their own values with coherence and integrity, and/or endeavor to put their values into practice through participation in efforts to influence the public good. Courses that meet the upper-division values requirement would be courses at the 3000- or 4000-level that a) address ethical issues, either related to an academic discipline or profession or in society as a whole, or b) which involve students in civic engagement activities, and does so at a more advanced level than the lower-division General Education courses.

Courses address either of these learning outcomes:

  • Civic Engagement—Students identify and engage in efforts that constructively influence the public good, or  
  • Ethical Reasoning and Values—Students identify, explain, and evaluate the ethical perspectives of others and themselves.

Students may select any of the following courses to meet the requirement. If a course that meets a requirement in the student’s major is on the list, it may count for both the Upper-Division Values requirement and the major. [Specific courses which fulfill the requirement for the Upper-Division Values requirement will appear here as they are approved.

 

Upper Division Values – A: Civic Engagement Courses available to any major

ARTS

3000

Arts Entrepreneurship

WRI

3510

Composition Studies

 

Upper Division Values – A: Civic Engagement Courses for specific majors

AL

3500

Second Language Learning and Teaching

ED

4511

Elementary Clinical Experience I

PSY

4950

Counseling Practicum

 

Upper Division Values – B: Ethical Reasoning Courses available to any major

CJ

3000

Ethics and Justice

INTR

3350

International Human Rights

MATH

3470

Applied Statistics

PHIL

3651

Environmental Ethics

 

Upper Division Values – B: Ethical Reasoning Courses for specific majors

CSCI

3911

Software Engineering

ENGR

3500

Engineering Design Project I

MULT

3780

Global Documentary