Discovery Program Requirements


Discovery Program requirements apply only to freshmen admitted to baccalaureate degree programs for Fall 2010.  (General Education requirements apply to all continuing students.  General Education requirements also apply to transfers admitted for Fall 2010 and Fall 2010 readmits who were originally admitted under General Education requirements.)

To graduate from UNH, students must fulfill four types of requirements:

1) Discovery Program Requirements

2) Writing Intensive Requirements

3) Degree Requirments,

4) Major Requirements

BA candidates must also satisfy a foreign language requirement. No credit is awarded for elementary year college coursework if students have had two or more years of that language in high school. In addition to the particular requirements for specific degrees, all candidates for a bachelor’s degree must obtain a passing grade in a minimum of 128 credits in courses numbered 400-799, and must maintain a cumulative grade-point average of at least 2.00 for all courses taken at the University in which a grade is given.

Discovery Program courses cannot be taken on a Pass/Fail basis.  Academic departments may or may not permit Discovery Program courses to count toward requirements for a major; check with your adviser. 


Discovery Program Requirements

Discovery Foundation (Discovery Skills)
Discovery skills set the stage for building knowledge, expanding the boundaries of knowledge, applying knowledge to human problems, and expressing the human experience. You must take one course in each of the following:

Check boxOne course (ENGL 401) in Writing Skills [WS]
Also fulfills one of four required Writing Intensive courses under University Writing Requirements

Check boxOne course in Quantitative Reasoning [QR]

One Inquiry course, a 444 Seminar or a course identified with an INQ attribute
Some Inquiry courses will also satisfy Discovery categories below; they may be “double counted”

Discovery in the Disciplines (Disciplinary Breadth)
Discovery courses introduce students to primary questions, methods and perspectives of the field or discipline; they encourage students to understand the connections among different disciplines or fields of study. You must take one course in each of the following:

Check BoxOne course in Biological Science [BS]*

Check boxOne course in Physical Science [PS]*

   *One of the Biological and Physical Science courses must have a lab (DLAB attribute)

Check BoxOne course in Fine and Performing Arts [FPA]

Check BoxOne course in Historical Perspectives [HP]

Check boxOne course in Humanities [HUMA]

Check boxOne course in Social Science [SS]

Check BoxOne course in World Cultures [WC]

Check BoxOne course in Environment, Technology and Society [ETS]

Discovery and Integrative Understanding: Senior Capstone

Learning and teaching in Discovery foster the integration of discovery skills and disciplinary breadth. The senior capstone experience allows students to reflect on their education and synthesize knowledge and skills.

Check BoxOne Senior Capstone Experience/Course, supervised and approved within the major.


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