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Missouri Academy

Core Curriculum Requirements

 

Discipline

Course

Credits

PART 1
(68%)

Science    
Biological/Life Sciences General Biology (04-102 and 04-103) 4
General Microbiology (04-140) OR Genetics (04-350) 4 or 3
     
Chemical Sciences Chemistry I (24-114 and 24-115) 4
Chemistry II (24-116 and 24-117) 5
     
Physical Sciences Classical Physics I (25-120 and 25-121) 5
Classical Physics II (25-230 and 25-231) 5
Mathematics Pre-Calculus (17-117) 4
Calculus I (17-120) 4
Calculus II (17-121) 4
Computing Scientific Computing (44-149) 3
Computer Programming I (44-141) 3

PART 2
(27%)

English/Communication Composition I (10-111) 3
Composition II (10-112) 3
Literature (10-220, -224, -226, -233, -234, -245, -246, -331, -343 & -372) 3
Fundamentals of Oral Communication (29-102) 3
Social Science & Humanities    
History American History (America - A Historical Survey) (33-155) 3
Political Science Introduction to American Government and Politics (34-102) 3
Humanities Humanities elective (approved by the Missouri Academy Advisor) 3
Seminar/Colloquium Seminar (for first-year students) 1
Colloquium (for second-year students) 1

Minimum Number of Credits Required for Graduation

68 or 67

PART 3
(5%)

General Electives

General electives can be additional courses from departments associated with Part 1 and Part 2, or they can be courses from other departments within university - this includes courses in music, foreign languages, economics, health and wellness, art, philosophy, psychology, etc. 3 - 12

(All courses taught by professors of Northwest Missouri State University)
* All students must have a scientific calculator (example: TI-84) for Mathematics courses. Calculators with symbolic manipulators (example: TI-89 or TI-92) are not permitted.
Missouri Academy students must maintain a minimum grade point average (GPA) of 2.75 in order to graduate