Completing GST Requirements with INQ Courses

Completing GST Requirements with INQ Courses

In Fall 2009, Roanoke College began the rollout of a new general education curriculum called Intellectual Inquiry, often abbreviated INQ.  The previous general education curriculum was called Centers of Distinction, and many of its courses carry the GST designator.  Students entering the college as freshmen before Fall 2009 or as transfer students before Fall 2011 remain under the Centers of Distinction curriculum.  A checksheet is available that summarizes the GST requirements.

Students who entered under Centers of Distinction remain under that curriculum and do not need to meet requirements of the new Intellectual Inquiry (INQ) curriculum.  These students, however, may use some courses with INQ designators to satisfy specific requirements.  Below are specific guidelines.

GST Requriement	INQSubstitution	Comments
CCLS	none
GST 101	INQ 110
GST 102	INQ 120
GST 201	INQ 270	May not use disciplinary courses
GST 202	INQ 271	May not use disciplinary courses
GST 370	INQ 120	See Gen Ed Director if 120 used above
GST 400	INQ 300

Using INQ courses as repeats for other courses

A student who needs to repeat this course…	… can use this INQ course
STAT 101	INQ 240
BIOL 101	INQ 250 BI
CHEM 101 or 105	INQ 250 CH
PHYS 101	INQ 250 PH
PHYS 102	INQ 250 AS
MATH 101	INQ 241 sections WB, WC
CPSC 101	INQ 241 section WA

When INQ courses cannot be taken for credit

A student who has received credit for this course…	… cannot receive credit for this INQ course
STAT 101 or higher	INQ 240
BIOL 101 or higher	INQ 250 BI
CHEM 101 or higher	INQ 250 CH
PHYS 101 or 103 or higher	INQ 250 PH
PHYS 102	INQ 250 AS
MATH 101 or MATH 112 or higher	INQ 241 sections WB, WC
CPSC 101 or higher	INQ 241 section WA

INQ 250 courses are tagged by discipline as shown below

AS – astronomy

BI – biology

CH – chemistry

PH – phisics

INQ 260 courses will be tagged by discipline as shown below

PY – psychology PS – political science CJ – criminal justice

SO – sociology EC – economics AN – anthropology

BU – business ED – education

GE – geography IR – intl relations