Undergraduate Studies

Bachelor of Arts Degree Requirements

Additional General Education Requirement: Distribution Requirements

In addition to the requirements stated in the General Education Core, BA degree candidates 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. In some rare instances, it is possible to "double dip" BA Distribution courses with some General Education Core courses and major courses.  When "double dipping," the minimum grade required is the higher of the two.  The additional distribution requirements are as follows:

  • Central Ideas, Issues and Methods of Inquiry in the Natural Sciences - In addition to the five credit hours required for the campus general education program, choose one additional course for a minimum total of 8 credit hours in the natural sciences. One course must be in the life sciences and one course must be in the physical sciences.
    • Life Sciences
      • AHLT-C150 Body Structure & Function
      • ANAT-A215 Basic Human Anatomy
      • BIOL-L100 Humans & the Biological World
      • BIOL-L101 Intro. to Biological Sciences I
      • BIOL-L102 Intro. to Biological Sciences II
      • BIOL-L110 Insects: The Alien Empire
      • BIOL-L200 Environmental Biology & Conservation
      • BIOL-L201 Ecological Principles
      • BIOL-L205 Biological Field Techniques
      • BIOL-L211 Molecular Biology
      • BIOL-L303 Field Biology
      • BIOL-L304 Marine Biology
      • BIOL-L350 Environmental Biology
      • GEOG-G307 Biogeography: Distribution of Life
      • PHSL-P130 Human Biology
      • PHSL-P215 Basic Human Physiology
      • PLSC-B101 Plant Biology
      • PLSC-B203 Survey of Plant Kingdom
      • PLSC-B205 Vascular Plants
      • PLSC-B364 Summer Flowering Plants
      • PLSC-B375 Horticultural Plants: Biotechnology, Physiology, & Development
      • PSY-P326 Behavioral Neuroscience
      • ZOOL-Z103 Animal Biology Lectures & Lab
      • ZOOL-Z373 Entomology
      • ZOOL-Z374 Invertebrate Zoology Lecture/Lab
    • Physical Sciences
      • AST-A100 The Solar System
      • AST-A105 Stars & Galaxies
      • CHEM-C101 Elementary Chemistry I
      • CHEM-C102 Elementary Chemistry II
      • CHEM-C104 Physical Sciences & Society
      • CHEM-C105 Principles of Chemistry I
      • CHEM-C106 Principles of Chemistry II
      • GEOG-G107 Physical Systems of the Environment
      • GEOG-G304 Physical Climatology
      • GEOG-G308 Disasters: Natural/Human Induced
      • GEOG-G315 Environmental Conservation
      • GEOL-G100 General Geology
      • GEOL-G180 Dinosaurs
      • GEOL-G221 Introductory Mineralogy
      • GEOL-G300 Environmental & Urban Geology
      • GEOL-G411 Invertebrate Paleontology
      • GEOL-G415 Principles of Geomorphology
      • PHYS-P100 Physics in the Modern World
      • PHYS-P105 Basic Physics of Sound
      • PHYS-P120 Energy & Technology
      • PHYS-P201 General Physics I
      • PHYS-P202 General Physics II
      • PHYS-P221 Physics I
      • PHYS-P222 Physics II
  • Central Ideas, Issues and Methods of Inquiry in Social and Behavioral Sciences - One additional social/behavioral science course in any discipline (May not "double dip" with General Education Core Social & Behavioral Science or the BA Distribution Historial Investigation requirement.)
    • ANTH-A105 Human Origins & Prehistory
    • ANTH-A362 Principles of Social Organization
    • ANTH-E105 Culture & Society
    • ANTH-E320 Indians of North America
    • ECON-E101 Survey of Economic Issues & Problems
    • ECON-E107 Principles of Economics I
    • ECON-E108 Principles of Economics II
    • ECON-E201 Intro. to Microeconomics (Replaced ECON-E150 Intro. to Economics as of Spring 2015)
    • ECON-E202 Intro. to Macroeconomics (Replaced ECON-E200 Fundamentals of Economics: An Overview as of Summer 2015)
    • ECON-E323 Urban Economics
    • ECON-E347 Women and the Economy
    • ECON-E350 Money & Banking
    • ECON-E360 Public Finance – Survey
    • GEOG-G110 Intro. to Human Geography
    • GEOG-G213 Intro. to Economic Geography
    • PHIL-P145 Intro to Social/Political Philosophy
    • PHIL-P345 Problems in Social/Political Philosophy
    • POLS-Y103 Intro. to American Politics
    • POLS-Y107 Intro. to Comparative Politics
    • POLS-Y109 Intro. to International Relations
    • POLS-Y302 Public Bureaucracy in Modern Society
    • POLS-Y303 Policy Making in the U.S.
    • POLS-Y304 Constitutional Law
    • POLS-Y306 State Politics in the U.S.
    • POLS-Y308 Urban Politics
    • POLS-Y316 Public Opinion & Political Participation
    • POLS-Y319 The United States Congress
    • POLS-Y323 Legislative Behavior
    • POLS-Y324 Women & Politics
    • POLS-Y331 British Politics
    • POLS-Y334 Japanese Politics
    • POLS-Y337 Latin American Politics
    • POLS-Y343 Politics of International Development
    • POLS-Y360 Unities States Foreign Policy
    • POLS-Y366 Current Foreign Policy Problems
    • POLS-Y374 International Organization
    • POLS-Y376 International Political Economy
    • POLS-Y392 Prob Contemp Political Philosophy
    • POLS-Y394 Public Policy Analysis
    • PSY-B310 Life Span Development
    • PSY-P101 Introductory Psychology I
    • PSY-P102 Introductory Psychology II
    • PSY-P233 Industrial Psychology
    • SOC-R320 Sexuality & Society
    • SOC-R463 Inequality & Society
    • SOC-S163 Social Problems
    • TEL-R287 Process & Effects of Mass Communication
  • Historical Investigation - Two courses in Historical Investigation.  (May not “double dip” with the additional Social & Behavioral Science for the BA Distribution requirements.)
    • ECON-E409 Economic Hist. of the U.S.
    • ECON-E410 Selected Topics in U.S. EC Hist.
    • FINA-A101 Ancient & Medieval Art
    • FINA-A102 Renaissance through Modern Art
    • FINA-A150 African, New World/Oceanic Art
    • FINA-A270 Women in the History of Art
    • FINA-A315 Art of the Ancient World
    • FINA-A322 Romanesque & Gothic Art
    • FINA-A331 14th & 15th Century Art in Italy
    • FINA-A342 20th Century Art
    • FINA-A362 Art of Japan
    • FINA-A402 Arts of Native North America
    • FINA-A403 Baroque & Rococo Art
    • FINA-A404 Modernism Art 1850-1900
    • FINA-A405 Art of Northern Renaissance
    • FINA-A406 Art of the Italian Renaissance
    • FINA-A440 19th Century Painting I
    • FINA-A451 Art of the South Pacific
    • FINA-A452 Art of Pre-Columbian America
    • FINA-A458 Topics in the Ethnographic Arts
    • FREN-F363 Intro. A La France Modern
    • FREN-F461 La France Contemporaine
    • GEOG-G418 Historical Geography
    • GER-G363 Intro. to German Cultural History
    • HIST-A303 United States, 1789-1865 I
    • HIST-A304 United States, 1789-1865 II
    • HIST-A313 Orig of Mid America 1865-1917
    • HIST-A314 The United States 1917-1945
    • HIST-A315 U.S. Since World War II
    • HIST-A348 Civil War & Reconstruction
    • HIST-B361 Europe in the 20th Century I
    • HIST-B362 Europe in the 20th Century II
    • HIST-B378 History of Germany Since 1648 II
    • HIST-D308 Empire of the Tsars
    • HIST-D310 Russian Revolution & Soviet Regime
    • HIST-D418 Russian Foreign Pol in 20th Century
    • HIST-F100 Issues in Latin American History
    • HIST-F342 Latin America: Evolution & Revolution
    • HIST-F350 The Environment in Latin American History
    • HIST-F360 Natural Disasters in Latin American History
    • HIST-F416 History of Slavery in Americas
    • HIST-G100 Issues in Asian History
    • HIST-G200 Issues in Asian History
    • HIST-G385 Modern China
    • HIST-G387 Contemporary China
    • HIST-G451 The Far East I
    • HIST-G452 The Far East II
    • HIST-H101 The World in the 20th Century
    • HIST-H103 Europe: Renaissance to Napoleon
    • HIST-H104 Europe: napoleon to the Present
    • HIST-H105 American History I
    • HIST-H106 American History II
    • HIST-H201 History of Russia I
    • HIST-H202 History of Russia II
    • HIST-H205 Ancient Civilization
    • HIST-H206 Medieval Civilization
    • HIST-H207 Modern East Asian Civilization
    • HIST-H208 American-East Asian Relations
    • HIST-H214 Comparative Women’s History
    • HIST-H218 History of Motion Pictures
    • HIST-H231 Women, Men, & Family in History
    • HIST-H233 Sports in History
    • HIST-H243 Environmental History
    • HIST-H376 American Far West II
    • HIST-W255 Natural Disasters in World History
    • MATH-M380 History of Mathematics
    • MUS-M110 Special Topics in Music
    • MUS-M201 The Literature of Music I
    • MUS-M202 The Literature of Music II
    • MUS-M403 History of Music I
    • MUS-M404 History of Music II
    • PHIL-P302 Medieval Philosophy
    • PHIL-P304 19th Century Philosophy
    • PHIL-P314 Modern Philosophy
    • PHIL-P410 Ancient Greek Philosophy
    • REL-R331 Christianity, 1500-2000
    • SPAN-S411 Spain: The Cultural Context
    • SPAN-S412 Spanish America: Cultural context
    • THTR-T270 Intro. to History of Theatre I
    • THTR-T271 Intro. to History of Theatre II
    • THTR-T275 American Theatre-Black Exp & Contribution
  • Ethical Reasoning and Diversity - In addition to the three credit hours required for the campus general education Ethical Reasoning/Diversity requirement, choose one additional course for a minimum total of 6 credit hours in the Ethical Reasoning/Diversity. One course must be in Ethical Reasoning and one course must be in Diversity.  (May not "double dip" with the General Education Core Ethical Reasoning/Diversity Requirement, the BA Distribution Historical Investigation Requirement, or the BA Distribution Social & Behavioral Science Requirement.)
    • Diversity
      • AFRO-A 169 Introduction to Afro American Literature
      • AFRO-A 249 African American Autobiography
      • EDUC-M 300 Teaching in a Pluralistic Society
      • FINA-A 150 African, New World and Oceanic Art
      • GEOG-G 201 World Regional Geography
      • HIST-E 100 Issues in African History
      • HIST-F 100 Issues in Latin American History
      • HIST-F 216 History of Slavery in the Americas
      • HIST-F 232 Upheaval in 20th Century Latin America
      • HIST-G 100 Issues in Asian History
      • HIST-H 207 Modern East-Asian Civilization
      • HIST-H 231 Women, Men, and Family in History
      • HON-H 103 Honors Seminar: Common Intellectual Experience I
      • PHIL-P 170 Introduction to Asian Philosophy
      • POLS-Y 107 Introduction to Comparative Politics
      • POLS-Y 109 Introduction to International Relations
      • SOC-S 163 Social Problems
      • COMM-S 122 Interpersonal Communication
    • Ethical Reasoning
      • JOUR-J 280 Seminar in Journalism and Ethics
      • PHIL-P 100 Introduction to Philosophy
      • PHIL-P 140 Introduction to Ethics
      • PHIL-P 145 Introduction to Social & Political Philosophy
      • PHIL-P 200 Problems in Philosophy
      • PHIL-P 240 Business & Morality

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