Liberal Arts Curriculum

All RIT students must complete a Liberal Arts curriculum in general education. The complete curriculum consists of a total of 9 courses (36 quarter credit hours) grouped into 4 categories. There are three additional open electives which students may take toward a minor.

Group	Number of Required Courses	Subjects	Credits
1 (Core)	1	Writing Seminar	4
2 (Core)	2	Humanities	8
		Literary & Cultural Studies History Fine Arts Philosophy Science, Technology & Values
	2	Social Sciences	8
		Cultural Anthropology Psychology American Politics or Intro. To International Relations Principles of Microeconomics Sociology
3 (Intermediate)	1	Arts of Expression	4
4 (Advanced)	3	Liberal Arts Concentration	12