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Core Requirements

 


Area Requirements are general education requirements: if you are seeking a baccalaureate degree, you must complete 12 credit hours in each of the three areas.  Courses in the following lists have been approved to satisfy the core requirements.  All courses are not available each semester.  Check Schedule of Classes for availability.  A grade of "C-" or higher is required in any course used to fulfill a core requirement.
 

  PDF Version of Core & Diversity Requirements  

 

Approved Area I Arts and Humanities Core Courses

ART – Art

·  ART 100 Introduction to Art

ARTHIST – Art History

·  ARTHIST 101, 102 Survey of Western Art

ENGL – English

·  ENGL 216 Cultural Exchange in Transnational Literature

·  ENGL 257 Western World Literature

·  ENGL 258 Western World Literature

·  ENGL 267 Survey of British Literature to 1790

·  ENGL 268 Survey of British Literature: 1790 to Present

·  ENGL 277 Survey of American Literature: Beginning to Civil War

·  ENGL 278 Survey of American Literature: Civil War to Present

ENGREngineering

·  ENGR 102 The Ethical Dimensions of Technology

HUM – Humanities

·  HUM 207, 208 Introduction to Humanities

MODERN LANGUAGES

ARABIC – Arabic

·  ARABIC 101, 102  Elementary Arabic I and II

·  ARABIC 201, 202  Intermediate Arabic I and II

ASL – American Sign Language

·  ASL 101, 102, 201, 202  American Sign Language I, II, III, and IV

BASQUEBasque

·  BASQUE 101, 102, Elementary Basque I and II

CHINESE – Mandarin Chinese

·  CHINESE 101, 102  Elementary Mandarin Chinese I and II

·  CHINESE 201, 202  Intermediate Mandarin Chinese I and II

FRENCH – French

·  FRENCH - 101-102 Elementary French I and II

·  FRENCH - 201-202 Intermediate French I and II

GERMAN – German

·  GERMAN - 101-102 Elementary German I and II

·  GERMAN - 201-202 Intermediate German I and II

JAPANESE Japanese

·  JAPANESE 101-102 Elementary Japanese I and II

·  JAPANESE 201-202 Intermediate Japanese I and II

SPANISH – Spanish

·  SPANISH 101-102 Elementary Spanish I and II

·  SPANISH 108 Intensive Elementary Spanish

·  SPANISH 111-112 Elementary Spanish 101A and B

·  SPANISH 113-114 Elementary Spanish 102A and B

·  SPANISH 201 Intermediate Spanish I

·  SPANISH 202 or SPAN 203 Intermediate Spanish II

MUS – Music

·  MUS 100 Introduction to Music

·  MUS 101 Survey of Western Art Music

PHIL – Philosophy

·  PHIL 101 Introduction to Philosophy

·  PHIL 201 Introduction to Logic

THEA Theatre Arts

·  THEA 101 Introduction to Theatre

·  THEA 220 Cinema History and Aesthetics

 

 

Approved Area II Social Sciences Core Courses

ANTH – Anthropology

·  ANTH 101 Physical Anthropology

·  ANTH 102 Cultural Anthropology

·  ANTH 103 Introduction to Archeology

CJ - Criminal Justice

·  CJ 103 Introduction to Law and Justice

COMM – Communication

·  COMM 101 Fundamentals of Speech Communication

·  COMM 112 Reasoned Discourse

ECON Economics

·  ECON 201 Principles of Macroeconomics

·  ECON 202 Principles of Microeconomics

ED-CIFS Curriculum, Instruction, and Foundational Studies

·  ED-CIFS 201 Foundations of Education

GEOG – Geography

·  GEOG 100 Introduction to Geography

·  GEOG 102 Cultural Geography

HIST – History

·  HIST 101, 102 History of Western Civilization

·  HIST 111, 112 U.S. History

·  HIST 121 Eastern Civilizations

·  HIST 201, 202 Problems in Western Civilization

·  HIST 211, 212 Problems in U.S. History

If you have received credit in HIST 101 and HIST 102, you cannot take HIST 201 or HIST 202. Likewise, if you have received credit for HIST 111 or HIST 112, you cannot take HIST 211 or HIST 212.

POLS Political Science

·  POLS 101 American National Government

·  POLS 141 Contemporary Political Ideologies

·  POLS 231 International Relations

PSYC – Psychology

·          PSYC 101 General Psychology

SOC – Sociology

·          SOC 101 Introduction to Sociology

·          SOC 102 Social Problems

·  SOC 230 Introduction to Multi-ethnic Studies

SOCWRK Social Work

SOCWRK 101 Introduction to Social Welfare

 

 

Approved Area III Natural Science and Mathematics Core Courses

BIOL Biology — Biological Science

·  BIOL 100 Concepts of Biology

·  BIOL 107 Introduction to Human Biology

·  BIOL 109 (BOT 109) Plants and Society

·  BIOL 191-192 General Biology I & II

·  BIOL 227-228 Human Anatomy and Physiology

CHEM – Chemistry

·  CHEM 100 Concepts of Chemistry

·  CHEM 101-102 Essentials of Chemistry

·  CHEM 111-112 General Chemistry

·  CHEM 115 Materials Science Chemistry

If you receive credit for CHEM 102 Essentials of Chemistry or CHEM 112 College Chemistry, you cannot count CHEM 100 Concepts of Chemistry, toward the core requirements. 
ENGR – Engineering

·  ENGR 100 Energy for Society

GEOS – Geoscience

·  GEOS 100 Fundamentals of Geology

·  GEOS 101 Environmental Geology

·  GEOS 102 Historical Geology

If you have earned credits in a geology course other than GEOL 100 Fundamentals of Geology, you cannot enroll in GEOL 100. In addition, you cannot enroll in GEOL 100 if you are an earth science major planning to take an 8-hour sequence in geology or a nonscience major planning to take an 8-hour sequence in geology.

MATH – Mathematics

·  MATH 124 Introduction to Mathematical Thought

·  MATH 130 Finite Mathematics

·  MATH 143 College Algebra

·  MATH 147 Precalculus

·  MATH 160 Survey of Calculus

·  MATH 170 Calculus I

·  MATH 175 Calculus II

·  MATH 187 Discrete and Foundational Mathematics I

·  MATH 254 Applied Statistics with Computers

·  MATH 257 Geometry and Probability for Teachers

PHYS – Physics

·  PHYS 100 Foundations of Physics

·  PHYS 101 Introduction to Physics

·  PHYS 104 Plants and Astrobiology

·  PHYS 105 Stars and Cosmology

·  PHYS 111-112 General Physics

·  PHYS 211, 211L Physics I with Calculus and Lab

·  PHYS 212, 212L Physics with Calculus and Lab

 

 


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