The Arts & Sciences General Education curriculum consists of 45 credits in three basic categories of requirements: skills, distribution and diversity.
- Skills Requirement: 9 credits (6 written communication, 3 quantitative reasoning and mathematical skills, plus foreign language proficiency). Courses taken to fulfill this requirement may not also count toward the distribution or diversity requirements.
- Distribution Requirement: 36 credits (12 arts and humanities, 12 social sciences, 12 natural sciences).
- Diversity Requirement: 0–6 credits. Courses taken to fulfill this requirement may also count toward the Distribution Requirement but not the Skills Requirement.
For a full undeerstanding of requirements, visit https://catalog.colorado.edu/undergraduate/colleges-schools/arts-sciences/policies-requirements/#newitemtext
Please work closely with the Asian Studies academic advisor, Christine Luft (christine.luft@colorado.edu) for a comprehensive list of course offerings that will fulfill your degree requirements.