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Registrar - Core Curriculum

NOTE: A course cannot count for more than one Core requirement

The Common Core

1) American History (one course)

  • HIST-101 US History I: to 1865
  • HIST-102 US History II: 1865-1945
  • HIST-103 US History III: since 1945

2) Arts Appreciation (one course)

  • ART-110 Art Appreciation
  • ART-122 Ancient to Medieval Art History
  • ART-123 Renaissance to 20th Century Art History
  • DANC-100 Dance Appreciation
  • MUS-100 Music Appreciation
  • THEA-101 Theatre Appreciation

3-4) College Writing (2 courses)

Take in First year

  • ENGL-101 College Writing I
    [honors take ENGL-108 Academic Discourse]
  • ENGL-102 College Writing II
    [honors take ENGL-106 English Seminar]

5) European or World History

(one course)

  • HIST-105 European History to the Renaissance
  • HIST-106 European History since the Renaissance
  • HIST-107 World History I: Ancient Times
  • HIST-108 World History II: Trade Migration and Empires
  • HIST-109 World History III: 20th Century

6) Mathematics (one course)

Recommended for first year

  • MATH-108 Mathematical Problem Solving
  • MATH-109 Statistics
  • MATH-111 or 112 Precalculus I or II
  • MATH-160 Business/Applied Calculus
  • MATH-170 Calculus I

7) Natural Sciences & Lab

(one corse - 3 credits)

  • ANTH-130/131 Archaeology I & Lab
  • BIO-110/111 Plant Science & Lab
  • BIO-120/121 Human Biology & Lab
  • CHEM-101/102 Chemical Principles & Lab
  • EASP-118/119 Astronomy & Lab
  • ENVS-100/101 Environmental Problem Solving & Lab
  • GEOL-100/102 Physical Geology & Lab
  • GEOL-110/111 Historical Geology & Lab
  • PHYS-101/103 Principles of Physics & Lab

8) Philosophy

(one course)

  • PHIL-100 Philosophical Inquiry
  • PHIL-102 Philosophy of Human Nature

9) Religious Traditions

(one course)

  • RLST-100 Religious Person & Traditions
  • RLST-110 Understanding Scripture

10) Western or World Classics

Take in first year after Common Core 3-4 (one course)

  • ENGL-103 Western Classics
  • ENGL-107 World Classics

The Distribution Core

11-12) Behavior/Social Sciences

(two courses)
Take one during first year. Choose courses from 2 different departments

  • ECON-105 Macroeconomics
  • HDFR-110 Human Growth & Development
  • HDFR-175 Human Sexuality & Gender Development
  • POLI-100 American Government
  • PSYC-101 Intro to Psychology
  • SOC-100 Intro to Sociology (EFFECTIVE 06/FA)
  • SOC-101 Contemporary Social Problems

13) Ethics

(one course)
Take during the Senior Year

  • PHIL-401 Applied Ethics (after Common Core 8 & 9)
  • RLST-405 Social Ethics (after Common Core 8 & 9)

14) Humanities

(one course)

  • ARAB-101 Intro to Arabic I
  • CHNS-101 Intro to Mandarin I
  • CHNS-110 Far Eastern Ideographs
  • ENGL-104 British Classics (after Common Core 10)
  • ENGL-105 American Classics (after Common Core 10)
  • ENGL-109 Drama of the Western World
  • FREN-102 French II or above
  • FREN-125 French Culture
  • FREN-130 Literature
  • GER-102 German II or above
  • ITAL-102 Italian II or above
  • JPNS-101 Japanese I or above
  • JPNS-110 Far Eastern Ideographs
  • JPNS-125 Japanese Culture
  • JPNS-130 Japanese Literature
  • LATN-102 Latin II or above
  • PHIL-260 History of Philosophy to the Renaissance (after Common Core 8)
  • PHIL-261 History of Philosophy since the Renaissance (after Common Core 8)
  • RUSS-102 Russian II or above
  • RUSS-125 Russian Culture
  • RUSS-130 Golden Age of Russian Literature (after Common Core 10)
  • RUSS-131 Later 19th Century Russian Literature (after Common Core 10)
  • SPAN-102 Spanish II or above
  • SPAN-125 Latin American Culture
  • SPAN-130 Latin American Literature
  • TURK-101 Turkish Language & Culture

15) Mathematics/Natural Sciences

(one course)
Must be different than the courses taken in Common Core 6 & 7; second natural science course must be from a different department

  • ANTH-130/131 Archaeology I & Lab
  • BIO-110/111 Plant Science & Lab
  • BIO-120/121 Human Biology & Lab
  • BIO-150/151 Biology of Behavior & Lab
  • CHEM-101/102 Chemical Principles & Lab
  • EASP-118/119 Astronomy & Lab
  • ENVS-100/101 Environmental Problem Solving & Lab
  • GEOL-100/102 Physical Geology & Lab
  • GEOL-110/111 Historical Geology & Lab
  • MATH-108 Mathematical Problem Solving
  • MATH-109 Statistics
  • MATH-111 or 112 Precalculus I or II
  • MATH-160 Business/Applied Calculus
  • MATH-170 or 171 Calculus I or II
  • MATH-209 Statistics II
  • MATH-235 Operations Research
  • MIS-126 C++ Programming
  • PHYS-101/103 Principles of Physics I & Lab
  • SCI-150 Understanding Science

16) Religious Studies

(one course)
Take after Common Core 9

  • RLST-190 Western Christian Heritage
  • RLST-210 New Testament
  • RLST-230 Christology
  • RLST-255 Religious Perspectives on Marriage and Family
  • RLST-260 Catholic Vision
  • RLST-275 Liberation Religion and Society
  • RLST-330 Hinduism
  • RLST-340 World Religions
  • RLST-360 Buddhism
  • RLST-440 Peace and Justice

17-18) World Perspectives

(two courses)
Choose one Western and one non-Western or two non-Western

Western
  • HECO-442 Human Needs & Global Problems
  • POLI-303 Geopolitics
  • POLI-436 World Politics
  • SOC-442 Global Issues
Non-Western
(defined as Africa, Asia, Far & Middle East and Pacific Rim)
  • ANTH-109 World Geography
  • ANTH-112 World Cultures
  • ARAB-125 Arab and Islamic Cultures
  • ASIA-125 Asian Cultures
  • FREN-126 Francophone Cultures
  • HIST-291 History of the Modern Middle East
  • POLI-241 Comparative Politics: Asia
  • POLI-244 Comparative Politics: Global Balkans
  • RLST-330 Hinduism
  • RLST-340 World Religions
  • RLST-360 Buddhism
  • RLST-370 Islam