Liberal Arts Core Curriculum
Liberal Arts Core Curriculum
APPROVED COURSES
updated: 5/23/13
++ temporarily approved for 2012-2013 only
Tier I Methods and Concepts 27/28 credits 3-4 credits FYI 100 FIRST YEAR INTRODUCTION HON 130 READING ACROSS THE CURRICULUM Arts and Humanities: Arts in Context 3 credits Arts and Humanities: Literature and Thought 3 credits ENG 125 INTRODUCTION TO LITERATURE ENG 214 ENGLISH LITERATURE TO 1789 ENG 225 FICTION College Writing 3 credits Health and Wellness 2 credits HPE 108 FOUNDATIONS OF HEALTH & WELLNESS THROUGH FITNESS Historical Perspectives 3 credits ART 211 ART HISTORY I: PRE-HISTORY TO 1400 Mathematics 3 credits Natural Sciences 3-4 credits Social Sciences 3 credits Tier II Synthesis and Application 15/16 credits For all Tier II Catagories 3-4 credits HON 360-363 HONORS COLLOQUIUM Applied Information Technology 3 credits ART 213 CREATING INFORMATION GRAPHICS BUS 205 INFORMATION MANAGEMENT COM 220 TELEVISION PRODUCTION II CSC 212 COMPUTER GAME DESIGN AND VISUALIZATION CSC 215 INTRODUCTION TO WEB DEVELOPMENT CSC 220 VISUALIZIING DATA, INFORMATION AND IDEAS CSC 249 VISUAL BASIC.NET ECO 215 STATISTICS FOR BUSINESS AND ECONOMICS EES 300 BASICS OF GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION SYSTEMS ENG 230 READING AND WRITING ELECTRONIC LITERATURE MAT 216 STATISTICAL DATA ANALYSIS MUS 250 INTRODUCTION TO ELECTRONIC MUSIC THE 277 DRAWING IN THE DIGITAL 3D (formerly Computerized Drawing) THE 281 THEATRE SOUND TECHNOLOGY AND DESIGN Arts and Humanities: Creative Expressions 3 credits ART 202 DRAWING I ART 205 WATER MEDIA ART 219 EXPRESSION WITH MEDIA COLOR ART 235 RELIEF SCULPTURE DNC 240 WEST AFRICAN DANCE I DNC 330 CONCEPTS OF DANCE EDU 222 CREATIVE EXPRESSIONS FOR CHILDREN & YOUTH ENG 205 INTRODUCTION TO CREATIVE WRITING ENG 241 CRITICAL AND CREATIVE THINKING ENG 353 STORY TELLING MUS 217 VOCAL PERFORMANCE CLASS MUS 211 CLASS PIANO I MUS 212 CLASS PERCUSSION I MUS 213 GUITAR CLASS I PSC 333 CONSTRUCTING POLITICAL ADVERTISEMENTS THE 272 INTRODUCTION TO ACTING THE 275 TECHNICAL THEATRE THE 276 DESIGNING FOR THE STAGE THE 278 INTRODUCTION TO COSTUMING THE 280 THEATRE LIGHTING TECHNOLOGY AND DESIGN THE 282 SCENIC PAINTING THE 376 READER'S THEATRE THE 378 COSTUME DESIGN Cultural Perspectives 3 credits ANT 221 NATIVE AMERICANS ANT/WST 300 WOMEN AND WORK ANT 345 RACE, ETHNCITY AND TRANSNATIONAL IDENTITY ANT 358 ANTHROPOLOGY OF VIOLENCE ANT 364 MEDICAL ANTHROPOLOGY ART 225 ASIAN ART & CULTURE ART 313 RENAISSANCE ART ART 316 ART & TRAVEL ART 345 MUSEUM STUDIES ART/WST 355 WOMEN AND THE VISUAL ARTS ART 360 AMERICAN ART ART 369 AFRICAN AMERICAN ART ART 371 ISLAMIC ARTS & ARCHITECTURE EDU 357 INTERNATIONAL AND CROSS-CULTURAL EDUCATION EDU 457 INTERNATIONAL & CROSS CULTURAL EDUCATIONAL EXPERIENCES ENG 216 SURVEY OF SCOTTISH LITERATURE ENG 250 WORLD MYTHOLOGIES ENG 339 SHAKESPEARE AND FILM FLM/FRE 223 FRENCH CINEMA FLM 322 FILM APPRECIATION: WORLD FILM FRE/WST 331 GLOBAL AND FRENCH PERSPECTIVES ON WOMEN'S ISSUES GEO/PHR/WST 307 GENDER, JUSTICE, ENVIRONMENT GEO 331 GEOGRAPHY OF FOOD GEO 332 GEOGRAPHY OF TOURISM HIS 230 WESTERN CIVILIZATION BEFORE 1500 HIS 231 WESTERN CIVILIZATION SINCE 1500 HIS 321 AFRICAN AMERICAN HISTORY TO 1877 MUS 217 VOCAL PERFORMANCE CLASS MUS 227 ALL THAT JAZZ MUS 330 KOREAN MUSIC AND CULTURE PSC 275 MEDIA AND INTERNET IN POLITICS THE 269 ASIAN THEATRE AND PERFORMANCE THE 375 CONTEMPORARY WORLD THEATRE AND PERFORMANCE Individuals and Societies 3 credits ANT 337 URBAN ANTHROPOLOGY ECO 201 PRINCIPLES OF MICROECONOMICS EES/PBH/PHR 222 WATER AND SOCIETY ENG 257 CONTEMPORARY DRAMA & SOCIETY GEO 228 HISTORICAL GEOGRPAHY OF THE US HIS 362 HISTORY OF WAR AND SOCIETY HIS/WST 363 WOMEN IN MODERN HISTORY PBH 209 NUTRITION AND PUBLIC HEALTH PHI 360 GLOBAL ETHICS PSC 208 COMPARATIVE POLITICS PSC 339 CONSTITUTIONAL LAW I PSC 340 CONSTITUTIONAL LAW II PSY 203 GROUPS AND TEAMS PSY 206 PSYCHOLOGY OF CHILDHOOD PSY 315/WST 315 PSYCHOLOGY OF GENDER SOC 212/WST 212 SOCIOLOGY OF FAMILIES SOC/WST 240 SOCIOLOGY OF GENDER SOC 307 DEVIANCE SOC 373 COLLECTIVE BEHAVIOR AND SOCIAL MOVEMENTS THE 369 AMERICAN THEATRE Natural Sciences 3-4 credits AST 226 INTRODUCTION TO THE SOLAR SYSTEM BIO 205 INSECTS AND HUMAN SOCIETY w/ Lab BIO/PBH 206 EPIDEMIOLOGY FOR THE LIBERAL ARTS BIO 207 PLANTS AND HUMAN AFFAIRS w/ Lab BIO/PBH 228 INTRODUCTION TO PUBLIC HEALTH BIO/PBH 301 MICROBES AND YOUR HEALTH BIO/PBH 302 MICROBES AND YOUR HEALTH LABORATORY BIO 304 GENETICS AND SOCIETY (optional lab BIO 314) BIO 305 ANIMAL WORLD BIO 314 GENETICS AND SOCIETY LABORATORY (must be taken with BIO 304) EES 200 OCEANOGRAPHY EES 205 SUSTAINABLE ENERGY AND THE ENVIRONMENT EES 207 SUSTAINABLE ENERGY LABORATORY EES 220 ENVIRONMENTAL GEOLOGY (optional lab EES 221) EES 221 ENVIRONMENTAL GEOLOGY LABORATORY (must be taken with EES 220) EES 230 SCIENTIFIC DIMENSIONS OF NATURAL DISASTERS EES 315 ENVIROMENTAL SCIENCE AND SOCIETY Tier III Independent Inquiry 3 credits Culminating Liberal Arts Experience 3 credits BIO 466 SENIOR SEMINAR BIS 377 (formerly BIS 450) ORGANIZATIONAL WEBSITE AND DATABASE MANAGEMENT BUS 301 BUSINESS ETHICS CHE 450++ BIOCHEMISTRY PROFESSION++ ECE 435 ASSESSMENT IN EARLY CHILDHOOD EDUCATION ECO 329++ POLITICAL ECONOMY OF LABOR RELATIONS++ EDU 465 CLASSROOM MANAGEMENT & ASSESSMENT/ELE SCHOOL EES 402 ENERGY ISSUES IN GEOSCIENCE EES 350 FIELD METHODS IN EES ENG 462 SENIOR SEMINAR II HIS 400 SEMINAR IN AMERICAN HISTORY HIS 406 SEMINAR IN EUROPEAN HISTORY HIS 407 SEMINAR IN WORLD HISTORY HIS 420 SEMINAR IN AMERICAN CIVILIZATION HON 488 HONORS THESIS LAP 430 LIBERAL ARTS CAPSTONE COLLOQUIUM MAT 421 REAL ANALYSIS II MUS 490 SENIOR PROJECT PSC 400 POLITCAL INQUIRY PSY 402 CURRENT RESEARCH IN CHILD PSYCHOLOGY PSY 409 CURRENT RESEARCH IN PSYCHOLOGY SOC 400 SENIOR SEMINAR THE 472 AUDITIONING FOR STAGE & SCREEN THE 473 PRODUCING AND DIRECTING THE 474 EXPERIMENTAL THEATRE: THEORY & PERFORMANCE THE 481 SENIOR PROJECT IN THEATRE