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Bridges Requirement	UCOR Equivalent	Transition Rules/Notes re: Bridges Flexibility
BRDG 001		Required only for Fall 2021 matriculation and later
BRDG 100	All courses that meet UCOR Information Literacy requirement, such as UCOR 100 and UCOR 103	All courses that meet UCOR Info Literacy requirement count for BRDG 100 or BRDG 103
BRDG 101	UCOR 101, HONR 104, or equivalent transfer credit	UCOR 101, equivalent transfer credit, HONR 104, approved test scores can meet this requirement
BRDG 102	UCOR 102, HONR 105, or equivalent transfer credit	UCOR 101, equivalent transfer credit, HONR 105, approved test scores can meet this requirement
EQ-XXX Essential Questions seminar, or HONR 154 for Honors students	No equivalent	Required only for Fall 2021 matriculation and later
BRDG 105 Intro to Ethical Reasoning or HONR 155 for Honors students	No equivalent	Required only for Fall 2021 matriculation and later
Communication and Creative Expression	Many Creative Arts Theme Area courses	See list of approved courses
Quantitative and Scientific Reasoning	Any course approved for UCOR Math or Science requirements	Any course approved for UCOR Math or Science requirements; courses in MATH, BIOL, CHEM, ENVI, PHYS
Critical Thinking and Problem-solving	Many Faith and Reason Theme Area courses	See list of approved courses
Ethical Reasoning and Moral Responsibility	All courses that meet UCOR ethics requirement or transfer equivalents, such as UCOR 151, 152, 207, 253, 254, and 255 or a program-specific alternative	All courses that meet UCOR ethics requirement or transfer equivalents will count here for current students, or courses approved for this Bridges competency
Social and Historical Reasoning	One ARHY/HIST course and one ECON/POSC/PSYC/SOCI course	See list of approved courses
Cultural Fluency and Responsiveness	Many Global Diversity Theme Area and Social Justice Theme Area courses	See list of approved courses
Seventh competency course additional course in one of the above competency areas		Usually a math or science course
3 W courses, at least one in student's discipline (Writing Enriched Courses)	3 W courses, at least one in student's discipline (Writing Enriched Courses)	3 W courses, at least one in student's discipline (Writing Enriched Courses)
THEO course or course cross-listed with THEO	UCOR 141, 142, 143	All courses that meet UCOR Theology or any THEO course or course cross-listed with THEO or transfer equivalents
PHIL course or course cross-listed with PHIL	UCOR 132	UCOR 132 or any PHIL course or course cross- listed with PHIL or transfer equivalents
Experiential Learning		Embedded into major or approved alternative
Capstone Experience		Embedded into major or approved alternative

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