General Education Core Curriculum
In order to acquire the fundamental skills and cultural background that are the marks of an educated person, all students at Texas State complete a program of general education core curriculum courses, which serves as the common foundation for all majors and accounts for about 35 percent of the approximately 128 semester credit hours required for a bachelor’s degree. Courses are taken in English, Communication, Mathematics, Natural Sciences, Humanities and Visual and Performing Arts, Social and Behavioral Sciences, Physical Education and more ...

University Seminar and Common Experience
All freshman and transfer students at Texas State take a course titled University Seminar.  The course teaches skills and concepts that promote academic success, life-long learning, and respect for a diversity of issues and ideas. Freshmen and transfer students also participate in the Common Experience, a year-long initiative designed to cultivate a common intellectual conversation across the campus, to enhance student participation in the campus' intellectual life, and to foster a sense of community on campus and beyond. Common Experience topics have included "The Water Planet," "Protest and Dissent," "Courage," and "Hate."

Additional Degree Requirements
In certain degree programs, the College of Liberal Arts requires that additional courses be taken in English, humanities, social sciences, natural sciences, and modern languages.  Liberal Arts majors are also required to have a minor.  More ...

Minimum Requirements for Graduation
Read about the minimum grade-point average and number of hours required in your degree program for graduation.  More ...