Liberal Arts Core Curriculum

WRITTEN & ORAL COMMUNICATION (6-7 credits)

Because SCLA 101 and 102 are an integrated two-semester sequence, students would not be able to satisfy the requirement by taking one course from each of the two options (e.g., by taking SCLA 101 and COM 114).

• ENGL 10600 - First-Year Composition (satisfies Information Literacy and Written Communication for core) or  
• ENGL 10800 - Accelerated First-Year Composition (satisfies Information Literacy and Written Communication for core) or  
• SCLA 10100 - Transformative Texts, Critical Thinking And Communication I: Antiquity To Modernity

• (satisfies Information Literacy and Written Communication for core)

   

• AND

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• COM 11400 - Fundamentals Of Speech Communication (satisfies Oral Communication for core) or
• SCLA 10200 - Transformative Texts, Critical Thinking And Communication II: Modern World

• (satisfies Oral Communication for core)

OTHER LANGUAGES (3-12 credits)

Proficiency through Level IV in one language

• American Sign Language, Arabic, Chinese, French, German, Ancient Greek, Hebrew, Italian, Japanese, Latin, Portuguese, Russian, Spanish -(satisfies Humanities for core) - Credit Hours: 3.00 - 12.00
  

MATHEMATICS AND STATISTICS (6 credits)

3 credits in EACH area

WESTERN HERITAGE (3 credits)

• AD 22700 - History Of Art Since 1400

• (satisfies Humanities for core)

• AD 31100 - Ancient Greek Art
• AD 31200 - Ancient Roman Art
• ANTH 31200 - The Archaeology Of Ancient Egypt And The Near East
• CLCS 23010 - Survey Of Greek Literature In Translation (satisfies Humanities for core)
• CLCS 23100 - Survey Of Latin Literature (satisfies Humanities and Written Communication for core)
• CLCS 23500 - Introduction To Classical Mythology (satisfies Humanities for core)
• CLCS 33700 - The Ancient Epic
• CLCS 38500 - Science, Medicine And Magic In The Ancient West
• COM 31200 - Rhetoric In The Western World
• ENGL 23000 - Great Narrative Works (satisfies Humanities for core)
• ENGL 26200 - Greek And Roman Classics In Translation
• ENGL 26400 - The Bible As Literature

• (satisfies Humanities for core)

• ENGL 26600 - World Literature: From The Beginnings To 1700 A.D.
• ENGL 26700 - World Literature: From 1700 A.D. To The Present

• (satisfies Humanities for core)

• ENGL 36500 - Literature And Imperialism

• (satisfies Humanities for core)

• GER 23000 - German Literature In Translation (satisfies Humanities for core)
• HIST 10300 - Introduction To The Medieval World (satisfies Humanities for core)
• HIST 10400 - Introduction To The Modern World (satisfies Humanities for core)
• HIST 41200 - The Cultural History Of The Middle Ages
• ITAL 28100 - The Italian Renaissance And Its Scientific And Cultural Impact On Western Civilization

• (satisfies Humanities for core)

• LC 33300 - The Middle Ages On Film (satisfies Humanities for core)
• MARS 22000 - Introduction To Medieval And Renaissance Studies
• PHIL 11000 - Introduction To Philosophy

• (satisfies Humanities for core)

• PHIL 20600 - Philosophy Of Religion

• (satisfies Humanities for core)

• PHIL 23100 - Religions Of The West (or REL 23100 )  (both will satisfy Humanities for core)
• PHIL 30100 - History Of Ancient Philosophy

• (satisfies Humanities for core)

• PHIL 30200 - History Of Medieval Philosophy

• (satisfies Humanities for core)

• PHIL 30300 - History Of Modern Philosophy
• POL 15000 - Introduction To Political Thought
• POL 35000 - Foundations Of Western Political Theory: From The Renaissance To Marx
• POL 35100 - Foundations Of Western Political Theory: From Plato To The Reformation

UNITED STATES TRADITION (3 credits)

• AMST 20100 - Interpreting America (satisfies Humanities for core)
• ENGL 25000 - Great American Books (satisfies Humanities for core)
• ENGL 35000 - Survey Of American Literature From Its Beginnings To 1865

• (satisfies Humanities for core)

• ENGL 35100 - Survey Of American Literature From 1865 To The Post-World War II Period

• (satisfies Humanities for core)

• ENGL 38200 - The American Novel

• (satisfies Humanities for core)

• HIST 15100 - American History To 1877 (satisfies Humanities for core)
• HIST 15200 - United States Since 1877 (satisfies Humanities for core)
• HIST 38200 - American Constitutional History (satisfies Humanities for core)
• POL 10100 - American Government And Politics (satisfies Behavioral/Social Sciences for core)
• SOC 36700 - Religion In America

OTHER CULTURES (3 credits)

• AD 34400 - Latin American Art In The 20th Century
• AD 34800 - History Of Islamic Art
• ANTH 20500 - Human Cultural Diversity (satisfies Behavioral/Social Sciences for core)
• ANTH 31100 - The Archaeology Of The Ancient Andes
• ARAB 33400 - North African Literature And Culture
• ASL 28000 - American Deaf Community: Language, Culture, And Society
• CLCS 23300 - Comparative Mythology (satisfies Humanities for core)
• ENGL 36600 - Postcolonial Literatures
• HIST 21000 - The Making Of Modern Africa (satisfies Humanities for core)
• HIST 24000 - East Asia And Its Historic Tradition (satisfies Humanities for core)
• HIST 24100 - East Asia In The Modern World (satisfies Humanities for core)
• HIST 24300 - South Asian History And Civilizations (satisfies Humanities for core)
• HIST 24500 - Introduction To The Middle East History And Culture (satisfies Humanities for core)
• HIST 24600 - Modern Middle East And North Africa (satisfies Humanities for core)
• HIST 27100 - Introduction To Colonial Latin American History (1492-1810) (satisfies Humanities for core)
• HIST 27200 - Introduction To Modern Latin American History (1810 To The Present) (satisfies Humanities for core)
• HIST 34100 - History Of Africa South Of The Sahara
• HIST 34200 - Africa And The West
• LC 23500 - East Asian Literature In Translation
• PHIL 23000 - Religions Of The East (satisfies Humanities for core)
• POL 34800 - East Asian Politics
• SPAN 23500 - Spanish American Literature In Translation (satisfies Humanities for core)

AESTHETIC AWARENESS (3 credits from either group)

RACIAL & ETHNIC DIVERSITY (3 credits)

• AAS 27100 - Introduction To African American Studies (satisfies Humanities for core)
• AAS 37100 - The African American Experience
• AAS 37300 - Issues In African American Studies
• AAS 37500 - The Black Family
• ANTH 37900 - Native American Cultures (satisfies Behavioral/Social Sciences for core)
• ANTH 33600 - Human Variation
• ASAM 24000 - Introduction To Asian American Studies
• ASAM 34000 - Contemporary Issues In Asian American Studies
• COM 32800 - Diversity At Work: A Rhetorical Approach
• ENGL 25700 - Literature Of Black America
• ENGL 35200 - Native American Literature
• ENGL 35400 - Asian American Literature
• ENGL 35800 - Black Drama
• HDFS 28000 - Diversity In Individual And Family Life (satisfies Behavioral/Social Sciences for core)
• HIST 36600 - Hispanic Heritage Of The United States
• HIST 37700 - History And Culture Of Native America

• (satisfies Humanities for core)

• HIST 39600 - The Afro-American To 1865 (satisfies Humanities for core)
• HIST 39800 - The Afro-American Since 1865 (satisfies Humanities for core)
• JWST 33000 - Introduction To Jewish Studies (satisfies Humanities for core)
• PHIL 24200 - Philosophy, Culture, And The African American Experience
• POL 32600 - Black Political Participation In America

• (satisfies Behavioral/Social Sciences for core)

• PSY 33500 - Stereotyping And Prejudice
• SOC 31000 - Racial And Ethnic Diversity
• SPAN 33500 - The Literature Of The Spanish-Speaking Peoples In The United States
• WGSS 38100 - Women Of Color In The United States

GENDER ISSUES (3 credits)

• AD 33900 - Women Artists In The 20th Century
• AAS 35900 - Black Women Writers (or ENGL 35900 )
• AAS 37000 - Black Women Rising
• AAS 37600 - The Black Male
• ANTH 23000 - Gender Across Cultures (satisfies Behavioral/Social Sciences for core)
• ANTH 28200 - Introduction To LGBT Studies (or WGSS 28200  - (satisfies Behavioral/Social Sciences for core)
• CLCS 23700 - Gender And Sexuality In Greek And Roman Antiquity (satisfies Humanities and Written Communication for core)
• COM 37600 - Communication And Gender
• COM 38100 - Gender And Feminist Studies In Communication
• ENGL 36000 - Gender And Literature

• (satisfies Humanities for core)

• HK 22600 - Contemporary Women’s Health
• HIST 32800 - History Of Women In Renaissance Europe
• HIST 32900 - History Of Women In Modern Europe
• HIST 35400 - Women In America To 1870 (satisfies Humanities for core)
• HIST 35900 - Gender In East Asian History (satisfies Humanities for core)
• HIST 36000 - Gender In Middle East History
• HIST 37500 - Women In America Since 1870 (satisfies Humanities for core)
• LC 23900 - Women Writers In Translation

• (satisfies Humanities for core)

• PHIL 22500 - Philosophy And Gender

• (satisfies Humanities for core)

• POL 22200 - Women, Politics, And Public Policy (satisfies Behavioral/Social Sciences for core)
• POL 36000 - Women And The Law
• PSY 23900 - The Psychology Of Women
• SOC 45000 - Gender Roles In Modern Society
• WGSS 28000 - Women’s, Gender, And Sexuality Studies: An Introduction (satisfies Behavioral/Social Sciences and Humanities for core)
• WGSS 38000 - Gender And Multiculturalism (satisfies Behavioral/Social Sciences for core)

SOCIAL ETHICS (3 credits)

• AGEC 21700 - Economics (satisfies Behavioral/Social Sciences for core)
• ANTH 21000 - Technology And Culture (satisfies Science, Technology & Society for core)
• CLCS 33900 - Literature And The Law

• (satisfies Humanities and Written Communication for core)

• ECON 25200 - Macroeconomics (satisfies Behavioral/Social Sciences for core)
• HIST 38300 - Recent American Constitutional History (satisfies Humanities for core)
• HEBR 38500 - The Holocaust In Modern Hebrew Literature
• PHIL 11100 - Ethics (satisfies Humanities for core)
• PHIL 26000 - Philosophy And Law (satisfies Information Literacy and Written Communication for core)
• PHIL 27000 - Biomedical Ethics (satisfies Science, Technology & Society for core)
• PHIL 28000 - Ethics And Animals (satisfies Humanities for core)
• PHIL 29000 - Environmental Ethics (satisfies Humanities for core)
• POL 12000 - Introduction To Public Policy And Public Administration (satisfies Behavioral/Social Sciences for core)
• POL 22300 - Introduction To Environmental Policy (satisfies Behavioral/Social Sciences and Science, Technology & Society for core)
• PSY 46400 - Research Ethics In Psychological Sciences
• SOC 22000 - Social Problems satisfies Behavioral/Social Sciences for core OR Community Service Project/EPICS (3credits)

INDIVIDUAL & SOCIETY (3 credits from either group)

GLOBAL ISSUES (3 credits)

• AD 38200 - A Global History Of Art, Eighteenth-Nineteenth Centuries
• AD 38400 - Contemporary Art (satisfies Humanities for core)
• AD 38500 - History Of Interior Design
• AD 39500 - History Of Design
• AGEC 25000 - Economic Geography Of World Food And Resources (satisfies Behavioral/Social Sciences for core)
• AGEC 34000 - International Economic Development
• AGRY 28500 - World Crop Adaptation And Distribution

• (satisfies Science, Technology & Society for core)

• ANTH 20100 - Introduction To Archaeology And World Prehistory (satisfies Behavioral/Social Sciences for core)
• ANTH 21200 - Culture, Food And Health
• CLCS 18100 - Classical World Civilizations (satisfies Behavioral/Social Sciences for core)
• COM 22400 - Communicating In The Global Workplace (satisfies Behavioral/Social Sciences for core)
• COM 30300 - Intercultural Communication
• ENGL 25800 - Nobel Prize Winners In Literature
• FNR 48800 - Global Environmental Issues
• HIST 10500 - Survey Of Global History (satisfies Humanities for core)
• HIST 32700 - The Habsburg Legacy: Central Europe, 1500-2000
• HIST 33700 - Europe In The Age Of The Cold War
• HIST 35100 - The Second World War (satisfies Humanities for core)
• HIST 38400 - History Of Aviation

• (satisfies Humanities and Science, Technology & Society for core)

• HIST 38700 - History Of The Space Age

• (satisfies Humanities and Science, Technology & Society for core)

• HIST 39001 - Jews In The Modern World: A Survey Of Modern Jewish Society, Culture, And Politics
• PHIL 11400 - Global Moral Issues (satisfies Humanities for core)
• POL 13000 - Introduction To International Relations (satisfies Behavioral/Social Sciences for core)
• POL 14100 - Governments Of The World

• (satisfies Behavioral/Social Sciences for core)

• POL 23100 - Introduction To United States Foreign Policy (satisfies Behavioral/Social Sciences for core)
• POL 23200 - Contemporary Crises In International Relations
• POL 23500 - International Relations Among Rich And Poor Nations (satisfies Behavioral/Social Sciences for core)
• POL 32300 - Comparative Environmental Policy
• POL 34500 - West European Democracies In The Post-Industrial Era
• POL 34700 - Introduction To Latin American Politics
• PTGS 33000 - Brazilian, Portuguese, And African Cinema
• REL 20000 - Introduction To The Study Of Religion

• (satisfies Humanities for core)

• SOC 33800 - Global Social Movements
• SOC 33900 - Introduction To The Sociology Of Developing Nations OR Study Abroad (fall or spring semester only)

NATURAL SCIENCES (6 credits)

* = Lab Course

One Laboratory Component Science Required

• ANTH 20300 - Biological Bases Of Human Social Behavior (satisfies Behavioral/Social Sciences for core)
• ANTH 20400 - Introduction To Biological Anthropology And Human Evolution (satisfies Science for core)
• ASTR 26300 - Descriptive Astronomy: The Solar System (satisfies Science for core) *
• ASTR 26400 - Descriptive Astronomy: Stars And Galaxies (satisfies Science for core) *
• BCHM 10000 - Introduction To Biochemistry (satisfies Science, Technology & Society for core)
• BIOL 11000 - Fundamentals Of Biology I (satisfies Science for core) *
• BIOL 11100 - Fundamentals Of Biology II (satisfies Science for core) *
• BIOL 12100 - Biology I: Diversity, Ecology, And Behavior (satisfies Science for core)
• BIOL 13100 - Biology II: Development, Structure, And Function Of Organisms (satisfies Science for core)
• BIOL 20100 - Human Anatomy And Physiology (satisfies Science for core)
• BIOL 20200 - Human Anatomy And Physiology (satisfies Science for core)
• BIOL 20300 - Human Anatomy And Physiology (satisfies Science for core) *
• BIOL 20400 - Human Anatomy And Physiology (satisfies Science for core) *
• BTNY 11000 - Introduction To Plant Science (satisfies Science for core) *
• BTNY 20700 - The Microbial World *
• CHM 11100 - General Chemistry (satisfies Science for core) *
• CHM 11200 - General Chemistry (satisfies Science for core) *
• CHM 11500 - General Chemistry (satisfies Science for core) *
• CHM 11600 - General Chemistry (satisfies Science for core) *
• EAPS 10000 - Planet Earth (satisfies Science, Technology & Society for core)
• EAPS 10400 - Oceanography (satisfies Science, Technology & Society for core)
• EAPS 11100 - Physical Geology (satisfies Science for core) *
• EAPS 11200 - Earth Through Time (satisfies Science for core) *
• EAPS 12000 - Introduction To Geography (satisfies Science, Technology & Society for core)
• EAPS 22100 - Survey Of Atmospheric Science (satisfies Science for core)
• EAPS 23000 - Laboratory In Atmospheric Science *
• ENTM 10500 - Insects: Friend And Foe (satisfies Science, Technology & Society and Science for core)
• ENTM 20600 - General Entomology (satisfies Science for core)
• ENTM 20700 - General Entomology Laboratory *
• FNR 24000 - Wildlife In America (satisfies Science, Technology & Society for core)
• HORT 10100 - Fundamentals Of Horticulture (satisfies Science for core) *
• NUTR 30300 - Essentials Of Nutrition (satisfies Science for core)
• PHYS 21400 - The Nature Of Physics (satisfies Science for core)
• PHYS 22000 - General Physics (satisfies Science for core) *
• PHYS 22100 - General Physics (satisfies Science for core) *