Upper Iowa’s Academic Extension General Education Requirements are the following: 6 credits of Arts & Humanities (Fine Arts, Literature, Foreign Language, Philosophy, or Religion); 9 credits of Communication (6 credits of composition & 3 credits of speech); 3 credits of Computer Applications; 3 credits of Math; 6 credits of Biological or Physical Science; 6 credits of Social Science (Anthropology, Economics, Geography, History, Political Science, Psychology, or Sociology); 3 credits of Cultures; and 3 credits of Critical Thinking.