| Code | Title | Credits |
|---|---|---|
| Effective Writing I | ||
| Complete one course from the list below. | 3 | |
| Effective Writing II | ||
| Complete one course from the list below. | 3 | |
| Interactive Communication | ||
| Complete one course from the list below. | 3 | |
| Quantitative Reasoning | ||
| Complete one course from the list below. | 4-3 | |
| Political and Civic Life | ||
| Complete one course from the list below. | 3 | |
| World Languages | ||
| Complete two sequential classes in one World Language when starting at the Beginner I or Beginner II level. Complete one class when starting at the Intermediate/Advanced Level. See list of courses below. | 3-6 | |
| Exploration | ||
| Complete one course from four different Exploration categories. See list below. | 12 | |
| Total Credits | 31-33 | |
Effective Writing I Courses
| Code | Title | Credits |
|---|---|---|
| ENGL 110 | Introduction to Literature: The Analytic Essay | 3 |
| ENGL 111 | Introduction to Literature: The Short Story | 3 |
| ENGL 114 | Introduction to Literature: Utopian and Dystopian Fiction | 3 |
| HUMN 151 | Seminar: Inquiry in the Humanities | 3 |
| HUMN 160 | Digital Transformations in the Humanities | 3 |
| HUMN 288 | Mythic Traditions | 3 |
| PHIL 106 | Logic | 3 |
| SPAN 242 | Spanish Composition and Stylistics | 3 |
| WRIT 105 | College Writing I | 3-4 |
Effective Writing II Courses
| Code | Title | Credits |
|---|---|---|
| BCOM 280 | Strategic Business Communications | 3 |
| HIST 100 | Writing History | 3 |
| HONP 108 | Transformations | 3 |
| PHIL 264 | Critical Reasoning and Arguments | 3 |
| WRIT 106 | College Writing II | 3-4 |
| WRIT 107 | College Writing I: Writing in Science | 3 |
| WRIT 206 | Workplace Writing | 3 |
| WRIT 207 | Technical Writing and Communication | 3 |
| WRIT 240 | Special Topics in Writing Studies | 3 |
| WRT 109 | Synthesis and Research Writing | 3 |
Interactive Communication Courses
| Code | Title | Credits |
|---|---|---|
| CMST 101 | Fundamentals of Speech: Communication Requirement | 3 |
| FSHD 141 | Interpersonal Relations | 3 |
| LNGN 110 | Language of Food | 3 |
| ITAL 230 | Living in Translation | 3 |
| HIST 262 | Voices Across Time: Mastering Oral History Communication | 3 |
| THTR 125 | Voice and Speech I | 2-3 |
| WRT 205 | Communication in the Workplace | 3 |
Political and Civic Life Courses
| Code | Title | Credits |
|---|---|---|
| ANTH 105 | Introduction to Disability Studies, Rights, and Culture | 3 |
| ANTH 160 | The Anthropology of Race | 3 |
| ANTH 230 | Indigenous Languages and Lifeways | 3 |
| CSJ 101 | Introduction to Justice Systems and Systems of Inequality | 3 |
| EAES 160 | The Human Environment | 3 |
| ECEL 200 | Perspectives on Early Childhood and Elementary Education in a Democracy | 3 |
| ECON 102 | Applied Microeconomics | 3 |
| ECON 202 | Economics and Finance for Non-Business Majors | 3 |
| HIED 100 | Purposes of Higher Education | 3 |
| HIST 261 | Public History | 3 |
| HIST 270 | Digital History | 3 |
| HLTH 102 | Introduction to Public Health | 3 |
| HLTH 290 | Human Sexuality | 3 |
| HONP 107 | Community Matters | 3 |
| HUMN 211 | Classicism and American Culture | 3 |
| HUMN 384 | Introduction to Roman Law | 3 |
| JURI 210 | Perspectives on Law | 3 |
| LAWS 200 | Introduction to Law | 3 |
| LNGN 250 | Language of Propaganda | 3 |
| NAIS 101 | Introduction to Native American Studies | 3 |
| PHIL 212 | Social and Political Philosophy | 3 |
| POLS 100 | Introduction to Politics | 3 |
| POLS 101 | American Government and Politics | 3 |
| POLS 104 | International Security and Diplomacy | 3 |
| POLS 201 | Comparative Politics | 3 |
| POLS 202 | International Relations | 3 |
| PSYC 294 | Psychology of Leadership: Theory and Application | 3 |
| RELG 100 | Religions of the World | 3 |
| RELG 101 | Understanding Religion | 3 |
| RELG 221 | Religion and Culture | 3 |
| RELG 225 | Religion and Social Activism | 3 |
| RELG 273 | The Holocaust: Religious Perspectives | 3 |
| RELG 328 | Jihad, Just War and the Prospect of Peace | 3 |
| SASE 210 | Public Purposes of Education: Democracy and Schooling | 3 |
| SOC 241A | Race, Ethnicity, and Social Justice | 3 |
| SOCI 100 | Introduction to Sociology | 3 |
| SOCI 102 | Racial and Ethnic Relations | 3 |
| SOCI 430 | Sociology of Gender | 3 |
| VIST 290 | History of the United States in Art | 3 |
| WRIT 400 | Community Writing: Theories, Practices, and Partnerships | 3 |
Quantitative Reasoning Courses
| Code | Title | Credits |
|---|---|---|
| AMAT 120 | Applied Calculus A | 4 |
| CSIT 170 | Discrete Mathematics | 3 |
| ECON 203 | Fundamental Mathematics for Economics | 3 |
| FINC 209 | Personal Finance | 3 |
| HONP 104 | Fractals and Infinity | 3 |
| HONP 105 | Honors Seminar in Computing | 3 |
| INFO 240 | Statistical Methods in Business | 3 |
| LNGN 120 | Language and Computers | 3 |
| MATH 104 | Fractals and Infinity | 3 |
| MATH 106 | Creative Thinking through Mathematics | 3 |
| MATH 122 | Calculus I | 4 |
| MTH 131 | Understanding Data in Social, Health, and Creative Contexts | 3 |
| MTH 221C | Calculus I | 4 |
| MTHM 201 | Mathematics in Elementary Schools I | 3 |
| PHYS 180 | Astronomy for Everyone | 4 |
| PSYC 220 | Introduction to Statistical Methods in Psychology | 4 |
| SOCI 240 | Statistics for Social Research | 4 |
| STAT 103 | The Development of Statistics | 3 |
| STAT 109 | Statistics | 3 |
| STAT 230 | Data Science and Statistics | 3 |
World Language Courses
| Code | Title | Credits |
|---|---|---|
| American Sign Language | ||
| AMSL 101 & AMSL 102 | Beginning American Sign Language I and Beginning American Sign Language II | 6 |
| AMSL 102 & AMSL 201 | Beginning American Sign Language II and Intermediate American Sign Language I | 6 |
| AMSL 201 | Intermediate American Sign Language I | 3 |
| or AMSL 202 | Intermediate American Sign Language II | |
| Arabic | ||
| ARAB 101 & ARAB 112 | Beginning Arabic I and Beginning Arabic II | 6 |
| ARAB 112 & ARAB 121 | Beginning Arabic II and Intermediate Arabic I | 6 |
| ARAB 121 | Intermediate Arabic I | 3 |
| Chinese | ||
| CHIN 101 & CHIN 112 | Beginning Chinese I and Beginning Chinese II | 6 |
| CHIN 112 & CHIN 121 | Beginning Chinese II and Intermediate Chinese I | 6 |
| CHIN 121 | Intermediate Chinese I | 3 |
| or CHIN 132 | Intermediate Chinese II | |
| French | ||
| FREN 101 & FREN 112 | Beginning French I and Beginning French II | 6 |
| FREN 112 & FREN 121 | Beginning French II and Intermediate French | 6 |
| FREN 121 | Intermediate French | 3 |
| German | ||
| GERM 101 & GERM 102 | Beginning German I and Beginning German II | 6 |
| GERM 102 & GERM 121 | Beginning German II and Intermediate German I | 6 |
| GERM 121 | Intermediate German I | 3 |
| Greek | ||
| GREK 101 & GREK 102 | Beginning Greek I and Beginning Greek II | 6 |
| GREK 102 & GREK 201 | Beginning Greek II and Intermediate Greek I | 6 |
| GREK 201 | Intermediate Greek I | 3 |
| or GREK 202 | Intermediate Greek II | |
| Hebrew | ||
| Beginning Hebrew I and Beginning Hebrew II | ||
| Italian | ||
| ITAL 101 & ITAL 102 | Italian I and Italian II | 6 |
| ITAL 102 & ITAL 140 | Italian II and Comprehensive Italian III and IV | 6 |
| ITAL 111 & ITAL 140 | Comprehensive Beginning Italian for Spanish Speakers and Comprehensive Italian III and IV | 6 |
| ITAL 140 | Comprehensive Italian III and IV | 3 |
| or ITAL 242 | Italian Grammar and Composition I | |
| Japanese | ||
| JAPN 101 & JAPN 112 | Beginning Japanese I and Beginning Japanese II | 6 |
| JAPN 112 & JAPN 121 | Beginning Japanese II and Intermediate Japanese I | 6 |
| JAPN 121 | Intermediate Japanese I | 3 |
| or JAPN 132 | Intermediate Japanese II | |
| Korean | ||
| KORE 101 & KORE 102 | Beginning Korean I and Beginning Korean II | 6 |
| KORE 102 & KORE 121 | Beginning Korean II and Intermediate Korean I | 6 |
| KORE 121 | Intermediate Korean I | 3 |
| or KORE 132 | Intermediate Korean II | |
| Latin | ||
| LATN 101 & LATN 102 | Beginning Latin I and Beginning Latin II | 6 |
| LATN 102 & LATN 205 | Beginning Latin II and Intermediate Latin I | 6 |
| LATN 205 | Intermediate Latin I | 3 |
| or LATN 206 | Intermediate Latin II | |
| Spanish | ||
| SPAN 101 & SPAN 102 | Spanish I and Spanish II | 6 |
| SPAN 102 & SPAN 103 | Spanish II and Spanish III | 6 |
| SPAN 105 & SPAN 106 | Spanish for Health Practitioners I and Spanish for Health Practitioners II | 6 |
| SPAN 103 | Spanish III | 3 |
| or SPAN 104 | Spanish IV | |
| or SPAN 107 | Spanish for Health Practitioners III | |
| or SPAN 135 | Basic Spanish for Heritage Learners | |
| or SPAN 140 | Spanish for Law and Justice Studies | |
| or SPAN 241 | Fundamentals of Spanish Grammar | |
Exploration Categories
Analyzing Cultures and Societies
| Code | Title | Credits |
|---|---|---|
| ANTH 100 | Cultural Anthropology | 3 |
| ANTH 102 | Linguistic Anthropology | 3 |
| ANTH 103 | Introduction to Archaeology | 3 |
| ANTH 110 | Anthropology of Multicultural America | 3 |
| ANTH 120 | Native North Americans | 3 |
| ANTH 130 | Cultures of South Asia | 3 |
| ANTH 150 | Cultures of Latin America | 3 |
| ANTH 165 | Human Culture in Biodiversity Conservation | 3 |
| ANTH 180 | Health and Healing in Cross Cultural Perspective | 3 |
| ANTH 205 | Disability in US Popular Culture | 3 |
| ANTH 255 | Urban Anthropology | 3 |
| ANTH 330 | The Anthropology of Food and Nutrition | 3 |
| ARTX 201 | Culture and Appearance | 3 |
| DNCE 145 | Worlds of Dance | 3 |
| EAES 260 | Energy, Environment and Society | 3 |
| ECON 101 | Applied Macroeconomics | 3 |
| FREN 289/289 | Francophone Film | 3 |
| FSHD 101 | Introduction to the Content Areas in Family Science and Human Development | 3 |
| FSHD 201 | Social Gerontology: The Study of Aging | 3 |
| FSHD 205 | Women in Contemporary Society | 3 |
| FSHD 225 | Exploring Family Diversity | 3 |
| GLQS 100 | Introduction to Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual, Transgender, Queer (GLBTQ) Studies | 3 |
| GSWS 102 | Introduction to Women's and Gender Studies | 3 |
| HIST 114 | Early Latin American History | 3 |
| HIST 141 | Emergence of the Modern World | 3 |
| HIST 205 | Race and Ethnicity in United States History | 3 |
| HIST 206 | Latinx Histories | 3 |
| HLTH 202 | Public Health Foundations, Ethics, and Cultural Competency | 3 |
| HUMN 201 | General Humanities I (to 1400) | 3 |
| HUMN 202 | General Humanities II (from 1400) | 3 |
| HUMN 217 | Reading Asian Cultures | 3 |
| HUMN 283 | Women, Gender, and Sexuality in the Ancient World | 3 |
| INBS 250 | Introduction to International Business | 3 |
| JUST 101 | Criminology | 3 |
| JUST 103 | Introduction to International Justice | 3 |
| JUST 205 | Perspectives on Justice Studies | 3 |
| JUST 209 | Environmental Crime | 3 |
| JUST 317 | Race and the U.S. Legal System | 3 |
| LNGN 230 | Language in Society | 3 |
| LNGN 240 | Languages of the World | 3 |
| LNGN 245 | Language and Culture | 3 |
| LNGN 255 | Language and Gender | 3 |
| NUFD 153 | Dynamics of Food and Society | 3 |
| NUFD 182 | Nutrition: A Socioecological Perspective | 3 |
| PEMJ 227 | Social Problems in Sports | 3 |
| PSYC 101 | Introduction to Psychology | 3 |
| PSYC 264 | Multicultural Psychology | 3 |
| RELG 232 | Body and Soul | 3 |
| RELG 240 | Asian Religions | 3 |
| RELG 246 | Islamic Religious Traditions | 3 |
| RELG 250 | African Religions | 3 |
| RELG 254 | Native American Religion | 3 |
| RELG 275 | Inter-religious Encounters | 3 |
| RELG 364 | Religion, Culture, and Society | 3 |
| SOC 100 | Introduction to Sociology | 3 |
| SOCI 104 | Sociology of the Family | 3 |
| SOCI 106 | Individual and Society | 3 |
| SOCI 107 | Youth and Society | 3 |
| SOCI 220 | Sociology of Rich and Poor Nations | 3 |
| SOCI 311 | Urban Sociology | 3 |
| SOCI 364 | Religion, Culture, and Society | 3 |
| SPAN 347 | Spanish in the United States | 3 |
| THTR 234 | History of Style: Pre-History to Elizabethan | 3 |
| VIST 109 | Special Topics in Global Art Cultures | 3 |
| WLNC 145 | Introduction to Asian Studies | 3 |
Creative Expression
| Code | Title | Credits |
|---|---|---|
| ANIM 101 | Drawing Anatomy for Animation | 3 |
| ARAN 190 | Introduction to the Visual Arts | 3 |
| ARFD 100 | Perceptual Drawing | 3 |
| ARPH 201 | Digital Photo and Imaging I | 3 |
| ARST 202 | 3D and Extended Media | 3 |
| ARST 204 | Painting | 3 |
| ARST 205 | Photography | 3 |
| ARST 206 | Printmaking | 3 |
| DNCE 100 | Introduction to Ballet (Non-Major) | 3 |
| DNCE 110 | Introduction to Modern Dance (Non-Major) | 3 |
| DNCE 135 | Somatics and Self-care | 3 |
| ENWR 213 | Introduction to Fiction Writing | 3 |
| HONP 201 | Honors Seminar in the Creative Process | 3 |
| STCM 130 | Fundamentals of Public Relations and Advertising | 3 |
| THTR 105 | Acting I | 3 |
| THTR 115 | Acting I - BFA | 3 |
| THTR 330 | Play Direction I | 3 |
| WRIT 209 | Visual Rhetoric and Writing | 3 |
| WRT 256 | Digital Media Writing | 3 |
Ethical Inquiry
| Code | Title | Credits |
|---|---|---|
| EDFD 220 | Philosophical Orientation to Education | 3 |
| HIS 116 | Introduction to Latin American and Caribbean Studies | 3 |
| HUMN 115 | Troy and the Trojan War | 3 |
| MGMT 201 | Business Ethics and Social Impact | 3 |
| NURS 328 | Ethical and Legal Aspects of Health Care | 3 |
| PHIL 100 | Introduction to Philosophy | 3 |
| PHIL 102 | Ethics and Community Engagement | 3 |
| PHIL 105 | Happiness and Meaning in Life | 3 |
| RELG 102 | Religious Ethics | 3 |
| SOCI 113 | Social Problems | 3 |
| SOCI 307 | Immigration | 3 |
| SOCI 315 | Social Inequality | 3 |
Historical Thinking
| Code | Title | Credits |
|---|---|---|
| ANIM 282 | History of Animation and VFX | 3 |
| ANTH 290 | Historical Archaeology | 3 |
| CMST 110 | Introduction to Communication and Media | 3 |
| DNCE 319 | Black Dance in the United States | 3 |
| EDFD 221 | Historical Foundations of American Education | 3 |
| HIST 103 | Gods, Empires, Crusades Plague | 3 |
| HIST 105 | Emergence of European Civilization, 1500-1914 | 3 |
| HIST 106 | Contemporary Europe | 3 |
| HIST 117 | Foundations of America | 3 |
| HIST 118 | Emergence of the Modern United States | 3 |
| HIST 245 | Science, Technology, and Society | 3 |
| HUMN 281 | Greek Civilization | 3 |
| HUMN 282 | Roman Civilization | 3 |
| MATH 375 | History of Mathematics | 3 |
| VIST 270 | On Photography | 3 |
| WRIT 280 | Argumentation: from Antiquity to Online | 3 |
Literary and Artistic Analysis
| Code | Title | Credits |
|---|---|---|
| CHIN/CHEN 210 | Contemporary Chinese Cinema and Society | 3 |
| CMST 227 | Television and Culture | 3 |
| DNCE 105 | Dance Appreciation | 3 |
| ENFL 208 | Introduction to the Film | 3 |
| ENG 150A | Introduction to Western Literature | 3 |
| ENGL 115 | Graphic Narratives | 3 |
| ENGL 116 | World Literature: The Coming of Age Theme | 3 |
| ENGL 117 | World Literature: Voices of Tradition and Challenge | 3 |
| ENGL 210 | Myth and Literature | 3 |
| ENGL 237 | Black Women Writers: US | 3 |
| ENGL 238 | Black Writers in the United States: A Survey | 3 |
| ENGL 255 | The Golden Age of Children's Literature | 3 |
| ENGL 274 | Contemporary U.S. Literature of Immigration | 3 |
| ENGL 279 | Latinx Writers in the United States | 3 |
| FMTV 204 | Film Forum | 3 |
| FREN/FRIN 283 | Introduction to Women Authors of French-Speaking Africa | 3 |
| GERM/GRIN 226 | Fairy Tales from Grimm to Disney | 3 |
| GERM/GRIN 227 | Nazi Cinema and Propaganda | 3 |
| HONP 100 | Honors Seminar in Great Books and Ideas Part I | 3 |
| HONP 101 | Honors Seminar in Great Books and Ideas Part II | 3 |
| HONP 202 | Honors Seminar in Contemporary American Issues | 3 |
| HUMN 230 | Ancient Greece and Rome in the Cinema | 3 |
| HUMN 285 | Mythology | 3 |
| HUMN 314 | Greek Art | 3 |
| HUMN 315 | Roman Art | 3 |
| ITAL 262 | Italian Americans in Film | 3 |
| MUGN 100 | Introduction to Music | 3 |
| MUGN 109 | Introduction to Jazz | 3 |
| MUGN 120 | Rap and Rock as Cultural Phenomena | 3 |
| MUGN 160 | Introduction to Music in World Cultures | 3 |
| MUGN 152 | Music in Film | 3 |
| MUHS 106 | Diverse Worlds of Music | 3 |
| READ 209 | Children's Literature for a Multicultural Society | 3 |
| RELG 204 | New Testament/Christian Scriptures | 3 |
| THTR 100 | Introduction to the Theatrical Medium | 3 |
| THTR 208 | Drama in Text | 3 |
| THTR 265 | The Contemporary Theatre of Cultural Diversity | 3 |
| VIST 105 | Global Foundations in Art and Visual Culture | 3 |
| VIST 106 | Modern Visions 1400-1945 | 3 |
Scientific Reasoning
| Code | Title | Credits |
|---|---|---|
| ANTH 101 | Physical Anthropology | 4 |
| BIO 111B | General Biology: Cell | 4 |
| BIOL 100 | Biological Sciences | 4 |
| BIOL 110 | The Biology of Human Life | 4 |
| BIOL 112 | Principles of Biology: Introduction to the Cell | 4 |
| BIOL 113 | Principles of Biology: Organisms and Diversity | 4 |
| BIOL 244 | Anatomy and Physiology I | 4 |
| CHEM 100 | Introductory Chemistry | 4 |
| CHEM 113 | Fundamentals of Chemistry | 4 |
| CHEM 120 | General Chemistry I | 4 |
| CSAM 101 | Science Matters | 4 |
| CSIT 104 | Python Programming I | 3 |
| DNCE 130 | Dance Science | 3 |
| EAES 100 | Principles of Geography | 3 |
| EAES 101 | Planet Earth | 4 |
| EAES 105 | Physical Geology | 4 |
| EAES 107 | Earth and the Environment | 4 |
| EAES 150 | General Oceanography | 3 |
| EAES 201 | Understanding Weather and Climate | 4 |
| EAES 250 | Introduction to Marine Sciences | 4 |
| HONP 210 | Honors Seminar in Science | 4 |
| HONP 211 | Honors Seminar in Contemporary Issues in Science | 3 |
| HUMN 181 | Introduction to Classical Archaeology | 3 |
| LNGN 130 | Speech Processing | 4 |
| LNGN 210 | Introduction to General Linguistics | 3 |
| NUFD 150 | Food Composition and Scientific Preparation | 3 |
| NUFD 192 | Nutrition with Laboratory | 4 |
| PEGN 230 | Personalized Fitness | 3 |
| PHIL 266 | Philosophy of Science | 3 |
| PHYS 109 | Energy and Climate Change | 3 |
| PHYS 191 | University Physics I | 4 |
| SCI 100A | Integrated Science | 3 |
| SCI 103 | Astronomy | 3 |