What is the Liberal Arts Core (LAC)?
To provide students a foundation in the liberal arts, UNC requires all students regardless of their major to complete 40 credits in eight different areas of the Liberal Arts Core (LAC): 1) Communication, 2) Mathematics, 3) Arts & Humanities, 4)History, 5) Social & Behavioral Sciences, 6) Physical and Life Sciences, 7) International Studies, and 8) Multicultural Studies. The ISET major specifies courses in each area of the LAC requirements.