FKL Core Curriculum for Students

FKL Requirements

The FKL Core Curriculum is divided into two parts:

1. 36 credit hours (usually 12 courses) of lower-level General Education courses, usually completed by the end of your sophomore year.
2. 6 credit hours (usually 2 courses) of upper-level Capstone Learning Experience courses, usually taken during the junior or senior year.

Core Area	Requirement
English Composition	6 credit hours
Fine Arts	3 credit hours
Humanities	6 credit hours
Human and Cultural Diversity in a Global Context	3 credit hours
Mathematics	6 credit hours	or	3 credit hours
Quantitative Reasoning			3 credit hours
Physical Sciences	3 credit hours
Life Sciences	3 credit hours
Social and Behavioral Sciences	6 credit hours

1. To fulfill the General Education portion of the FKL Core Curriculum, you will need to take:

• 6 credit hours of English Composition, consisting of Composition I and Composition II
• 3 credit hours of Fine Arts
• 6 credit hours of Humanities
• 3 credit hours of Human and Cultural Diversity in a Global Context
• 6 credit hours of Mathematics and Quantitative Reasoning
  
  • This requirement can be fulfilled by either taking 6 credit hours of approved Mathematics courses
    OR
    3 credit hours of approved Mathematics coursework along with 3 credit hours of approved Quantitative Reasoning coursework. One of these courses must have either the MAC or MGF prefix.
• 3 credit hours of Physical Sciences 
• 3 credit hours of Life Sciences 
• 6 credit hours of Social and Behavioral Sciences
• 6 credit hours of the above coursework must be completed in Human Historical Context and Process courses. See FAQs for more details.

2. To fulfill the upper-level Capstone Learning Experience requirement of the FKL Core Curriculum, you will need to take:

• at least 1 Writing Intensive Capstone course (3 credit hours)
• at least 1 Capstone course (3 credit hours)

Grade Requirement

You must receive a minimum grade of "C-" in each course and an overall grade of 2.0 to fulfill any FKL requirement in General Education and the Capstone Learning Experience. S/U grades are not acceptable for USF FKL courses.

An upper-level course may fulfill a requirement within your major while also fulfilling a requirement in the FKL Core Curriculum. Check with your departmental advisor for details.