TESC Overhauling Gen Ed Reqs. Not enrolled, watch out!

[sanantone]

I agree with you on not being happy that the natural science requirements are being lowered. The new general education requirements do leave room for you to take as many natural sciences as before, but it's optional now. Honestly, the physical and life sciences aren't important to most liberal arts majors; but they could benefit from computer science, statistics, and mathematics courses. Even before the changes, you could get away with not taking a physical or life science. Psychology and sociology are two liberal arts fields (the federal government has labeled psychology STEM) that require statistics and the ability to use computer software to track and analyze data.

My BSBA evaluation has one change in it. Unless it's a mistake, they now only require college algebra or quantitative business analysis instead of precalculus or quantitative business analysis for business programs. It's easier for me since I don't like math, but I think it devalues the degree. I don't know much about quantitative business analysis, but I'm assuming it's more difficult than college algebra. AACSB-accredited MBA programs and probably many others require a higher math than college algebra as a prerequisite.

When I do a what-if for the BSBA in General Management from the old catalog, it still says that precalculus is required.