Undergraduate Studies

Bachelor of Arts Degree Requirements

Additional General Education Requirement: Distribution Requirements

Students must select additional courses as described below. They must obtain a minimum grade of D– in all courses used to fulfill the distribution requirements. There is no limit to the number of hours a student may take in any one discipline. Additionally, studetns may use one course ot fulfill more than one campus or B.A. degree general education requirement.

Central Ideas, Issues and Methods of Inquiry in the Natural Sciences

In addition to the two courses required for the campus general education program, choose one additional course in any science discipline from the list following, for a minimum total of 11 credit hours in the sciences. At least one of the three courses must be in the life sciences and at least one must be in the physical sciences.

Life Science

Biology



AHLT-C 150

Body Structure and Function

3 cr.

ANAT-A 215

Basic Human Anatomy  (L)

5 cr.

BIOL-L 100

Humans and the Biological World

3 cr.

BIOL-L 100

Humans and the Biological World (L)

5 cr.

BIOL-L 101

Introduction to Biological Sciences 1 (L)

5 cr.

BIOL-L 102,

Introduction to Biological Sciences 2 (L)

5 cr.

BIOL-L 200

Environmental Biology and Conservation

3 cr.

BIOL-L 201

Ecological Principles

4 cr.

BIOL-L 205

Biology Field Techniques

3 cr.

BIOL-L 211

Molecular Biology

3 cr.

BIOL-L 303

Field Biology

3 cr.

BIOL-L 304

Marine Biology

3 cr.

BIOL-L 350

Environmental Biology

3 cr.

PHSL-P 130

Human Biology

3 cr.

PHSL-P 215

Basic Mammalian Physiology (L)

5 cr.

PLSC-B 101

Plant Biology (L)

5 cr.

PLSC-B 203

Survey of Plant Kingdom (L)

5 cr.

PLSC-B 205

Vascular Plants

3 cr.

PLSC-B 364

Summer Flowering Plants (L)

5 cr.

PLSC-B 375

Horticultural Plants (L)

5 cr.

ZOOL-Z 103

Animal Biology (L)

5 cr.

ZOOL-Z 373

Entomology

3 cr.

ZOOL-Z 374

Invertebrate Zoology (L)

5 cr.

ZOOL-Z 383

Laboratory in Entomology (L)

2 cr.

Geography



GEOG-G 307

Biogeography

3 cr.

Psychology



PSY-P 326

Behavioral Neuroscience

3 cr.


Physical Science

Astronomy



AST-A 100

The Solar System

3 cr.

AST-A 105

Stellar Astronomy

3 cr.

AST-A 151

Introductory Astronomy Research Laboratory (L)

2 cr.

Chemistry



CHEM-C 101

Elementary Chemistry I(

3 cr.

CHEM-C 121

Elementary Chemistry Lab I (L)

2 cr.

CHEM-C 102

Elementary Chemistry II

3 cr.

CHEM-C 122

Elementary Chemistry Lab II (L)

2 cr.

CHEM-C 104

Physical Sciences and Society

3 cr.

CHEM-C 105

 Principles of Chemistry I

3 cr.

CHEM-C 106

Principles of Chemistry II

3 cr.

CHEM-C 125

 Experimental Chemistry I (L)

2 cr.

CHEM-C 126

Experimental Chemistry II (L)

2 cr.

Geography



GEOG-G 107

 Physical Systems of the Environment

3 cr.

GEOG-G 108

Physical Systems of the Environment Laboratory (L)

2 cr.

GEOG-G 304

Meteorology and Physical Climatology

3 cr.

GEOG-G 308

Disasters: Natural/Human Induced

3 cr.

GEOG-G 315

Environmental Conservation

3 cr.

Geology



GEOL-G 100

Earth Science: Geologic Aspects (L)

5 cr.

GEOL-G 180

Dinosaurs

3 cr.

GEOL-G 221

Introductory Mineralogy

3 cr.

GEOL-G 300

Environmental and Urban Geology

3 cr.

GEOL-G 411

Invertebrate Paleontology

3 cr.

GEOL-G 415

Geomorphology

3 cr.

Physics



PHYS-P 100

Physics in the Modern World  (L)

5 cr.

PHYS-P 105

Basic Physics of Sound

3 cr.

PHYS-P 120

Energy and Technology

3 cr.

PHYS-P 201

General Physics I (L)

5 cr.

PHYS-P 202

General Physics II (L)

5 cr.

PHYS-P 221

Physics I (L)

5 cr.

PHYS-P 222

Physics II (L)

5 cr.



Central Ideas, Issues and Methods of Inquiry in Social and Behavioral Sciences

One additional social/behavioral science course in any discipline, selected from the list following:

Psychology and Society

Anthropology



ANTH-A 105

Human Origins and Prehistory

3 cr.

ANTH-A 362

Principles of Social Organization

3 cr.

ANTH-E 105

Culture and Society

3 cr.

ANTH-E 320

Indians of North America

3 cr.

Geography



GEOG-G 110

 Introduction to Human Geography

3 cr.

Journalism



JOUR-C 200

Introduction to Mass Communication

3 cr.

Psychology



PSY-B 310

Lifespan Development

3 cr.

PSY-P 101

Introduction to Psychology I

3 cr.

PSY-P 102

Introduction to Psychology II

3 cr.

PSY-P 233

Industrial Psychology

3 cr.

Sociology



SOC-R 220

The Family

3 cr.

SOC-R 320

Marital Relations and Sexuality

3 cr.

SOC-R 463

Inequality and Society

3 cr.

SOC-S 163

Social Problems

3 cr.

SOC-S 216

American Ethnic Diversity

3 cr.

Telecommunications



TEL-R 287

Process and Effects of Mass Communications

3 cr.


Politics and Economics

Economics



ECON-E 100

Current Economic Topics

3 cr.

ECON-E 107

Introduction to Macroeconomics

3 cr.

ECON-E 108

Introduction to Microeconomics

3 cr.

ECON-E 200

Fundamentals of Economics: An Overview

4 cr.

ECON-E 323

Urban Economics

3 cr.

ECON-E 347

 Women and the Economy

3 cr.

ECON-E 350

 Money and Banking

3 cr.

ECON-E 360

Public Finance

3 cr.

Geography



GEOG-G 213

Introduction to Economic Geography

3 cr.

Philosophy



PHIL-P 145

Introduction to Social and Political Philosophy

3 cr.

PHIL-P 345

Problems in Social and Political Philosophy

3 cr.

Political Science



POLS-Y 103

Introduction to American Politics

3 cr.

POLS-Y 107

Introduction to Comparative Politics

3 cr.

POLS-Y 109

Introduction to International Politics

3 cr.

POLS-Y 205

Elements of Political Analysis  

3 cr.

POLS-Y 301

Political Parties and Interest Groups

3 cr.

POLS-Y 302

Public Bureaucracy in Modern Society

3 cr.

POLS-Y 303

Public Policy

3 cr.

POLS-Y 304

Judicial Process and American Constitutional Law I

3 cr.

POLS-Y 306

State Politics in the United States

3 cr.

POLS-Y 308

Urban Politics

3 cr.

POLS-Y 316

Public Opinion and Political Participation

3 cr.

POLS-Y 319

The United States Congress

3 cr.

POLS-Y 322

The American Presidency

3 cr.

POLS-Y 323

Legislative Behavior

3 cr.

POLS-Y 324

Women and Politics

3 cr.

POLS-Y 330

Comparative Political Analysis

3 cr.

POLS-Y 331

British Politics

3 cr.

POLS-Y 334

Japanese Politics

3 cr.

POLS-Y 337

Latin American Politics

3 cr.

POLS-Y 343

Developmental Problems in the Third World

3 cr.

POLS-Y 360

U.S. Foreign Policy

3 cr.

POLS-Y 366

Current Foreign Policy Problems

3 cr.

POLS-Y 374

International Organization

3 cr.

POLS-Y 376

International Political Economy

3 cr.

POLS-Y 388

Marxist Theory

3 cr.

POLS-Y 392

Problems of Contemporary Political Philosophy

3 cr.

POLS-Y 394

Public Policy Analysis

3 cr.



Historical Investigation

Two courses in Historical Investigation selected from the list following:

Economics



ECON-E 409

 Economic History of the U.S.  

3 cr.

ECON-E 410

Selected Topics in U.S. Economic History

3 cr.

Fine Arts



FINA-A 101

Ancient and Medieval Art

3 cr.

FINA-A 102

Renaissance through Modern Art  

3 cr.

FINA-A 150

African, New World and Oceanic Art

3 cr.

FINA-A 270

Women in the History of Art

3 cr.

FINA-A 315

Ancient Art

3 cr.

FINA-A 322

Romanesque and Gothic Art  

3 cr.

FINA-A 331

Fourteenth- and Fifteenth-Century Art in Italy

3 cr.

FINA-A 342

Twentieth-Century Art  

3 cr.

FINA-A 362

The Art of Japan

3 cr.

FINA-A 402

Art of Native North America

3 cr.

FINA-A 403

Baroque & Rococo Art

3 cr.

FINA-A 404

Modern Art

3 cr.

FINA-A 405

Art of the Northern Renaissance

3 cr.

FINA-A 406

Art of the Italian Renaissance

3 cr.

FINA-A 440

Nineteenth-Century Art

3 cr.

FINA-A 451

Art of the South Pacific

3 cr.

FINA-A 452

Art of Pre-Columbian America

3 cr.

FINA-A 453

Art of Sub-Saharan Africa

3 cr.

FINA-A 458

Topics in the Ethnographic Arts (Africa, the Pacific, and the Americas)

3 cr.

FINA-A 478

History of Ceramics

3 cr.

FINA-A 490

Topics in Art History

3 cr.

French



FREN-F 363

Introduction á la France contemporaine

3 cr.

FREN-F 461

La France contemporaine

3 cr.

German



GER-G 363

Deutsche Kulturgeschichte

3 cr.

Geography



GEOG-G 418

Historical Geography

3 cr.

History



HIST-H 103

Europe: Renaissance to Napoleon

3 cr.

HIST-H 104

Europe: Napoleon to Present

3 cr.

HIST-H 105

American History I

3 cr.

HIST-H 106

American History II

3 cr.

HIST-A 303

United States, 1789-1865 I

3 cr.

HIST-A 304

United States, 1789-1865II  

3 cr.

HIST-A 313

Origins of Modern America  

3 cr.

HIST-A 314

Recent U.S. History I

3 cr.

HIST-A 315

Recent U.S. History II

3 cr.

HIST-A 348

Civil War and Reconstruction

3 cr.

HIST-B 361

Europe in the Twentieth Century

3 cr.

HIST-B 362

Europe in the Twentieth Century II

3 cr.

HIST-B 378

History of Germany since 1648 II

3 cr.

HIST-D 308

Empire of the Tsars

3 cr.

HIST-D 310

Russian Revolutions and the Soviet Regime

3 cr.

HIST-D 418

Russian and Soviet Foreign Policy in the Twentieth Century

3 cr.

HIST-F 342

Latin America: Evolution and Revolution

3 cr.

HIST-F 416

History of Slavery in the Americas

3 cr.

HIST-G 100

Issues in Asian History

3 cr.

HIST-G 200

America’s Wars in Asia

3 cr.

HIST-G 385

Modern China

3 cr.

HIST-G 387

Contemporary China

3 cr.

HIST-G 451

East Asian Civilization I

3 cr.

HIST-G 452

East Asian Civilization II  

3 cr.

HIST-H 201

 Russian Civilization I

3 cr.

HIST-H 202

Russian Civilization II

3 cr.

HIST-H 205

Ancient Civilizations

3 cr.

HIST-H 206

Medieval Civilizations

3 cr.

HIST-H 207

Modern East Asian Civilizations

3 cr.

HIST-H 208

AmericanEast Asian Relations

3 cr.

HIST-H 214

Comparative Women’s History

3 cr.

HIST-H 218

History of Motion Pictures

3 cr.

HIST-H 231

The Family in History

3 cr.

HIST-H 233

Sports in History

3 cr.

Music



MUS-M 110

History of Rock and Popular Music

3 cr.

MUS-M 201

The Literature of Music I

3 cr.

MUS-M 202

The Literature of Music II

3 cr.

MUS-M 403

The History of Music I

3 cr.

MUS-M 404

The History of Music II

3 cr.

Religion



REL-R 331

 Christian Thought from the Reformation to the Present

3 cr.

Spanish



SPAN-S 411

 Spanish Culture and Civilization

3 cr.

SPAN-S 412

 Latin American Culture and Civilization

3 cr.

Theatre



THTR-T 270

Introduction to History of Theatre I

3 cr.

THTR-T 271

Introduction to History of Theatre II

3 cr.

THTR-T 275

American Theatre: The Black Experience and Contributions

3 cr.

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