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| Hours |  |\n| XXX | Natural & Physical Science\u003Cbr>(take a course that will also count as NSD hrs) |  | 5 |  |  | XXX |  |  | Social and Behavioral Sciences |  | 3 |  |\n| EC 200 | Microeconomics |  | 3 |  |  | NSD--- |  |  | Natural Science elective |  | 3 |  |\n| CN XXX | Communications |  | 3 |  |  | EC 201 |  |  | Macroeconomics |  | 3 |  |\n| EN 200 | Intermediate College Writing |  | 3 |  |  | AC 224 |  |  | Financial Accounting |  | 3 |  |\n| MA 253 | Calculus III |  | 3 |  |  | MA340/341 /NSD |  |  | ANOVA (even yrs)/NonParam (odd yrs)(only one is required, take NSD elective otherwise) |  | 3 |  |\n| Total Hours |  |  | 17 |  |  | Total Hours |  |  |  |  | 15 |  |\n| Third Year |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |\n| Fall |  |  |  |  |  |  | Spring |  |  |  |  |  |\n| Number | Title |  |  | Hours |  |  | Number | Title |  |  | Hours |  |\n| NSD----- | Institutional: Scientific Literacy\u003Cbr>(take a course that will also count as NSD hrs) |  |  | 3 |  |  | EN 3XX | 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