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Distribution Courses

Distribution courses emphasize ways of thinking and methods of inquiry within various disciplines. Students are required to take one course in each of the following seven areas:

  • Arts—Visual and Performing

  • History

  • Literature

  • Mathematics

  • Natural Science (lab required)

  • Social and Behavioral Sciences

  • Advanced Quantitative/Scientific Reasoning

Courses

Advanced Quantitative/Scientific Reasoning (AQSR)

Courses in the AQSR category have Mathematics or Natural Science prerequisites and often andditional prerequisites. For the full list of prerequisites, see the course description section of this catalog.

ONE COURSE from

CourseTitleCreditsOffered
ANTH 306Primate Ecology and Social Behavior

4

Offered alternate years.
ANTH 307Human Nature: Evolution, Ecology, and Behavior

4

Offered alternate years.
BIOL 221Genetics

4

Offered fall.
BIOL 335Human Physiology

4

Offered fall, spring, summer.
CHEM 104General Chemistry II

4

Offered fall, spring, summer.
CHEM 106General, Organic, and Biological Chemistry II

4

Offered fall, spring, summer.
CSCI 423Analysis of Algorithms

4

Offered spring.
GEOG 201Mapping Our Changing World

4

Offered fall and spring.
GEOG 205Earth's Physical Environments

4

Offered fall and spring.
HSCI 232Human Genetics

4

Offered annually.
MATH 213Calculus II

4

Offered fall, spring, summer.
MATH 248Business Statistics I

4

Offered fall, spring, summer.
MATH 324College Geometry

4

Offered fall and spring.
PHIL 220Logic and Probability in Scientific Reasoning

4

Offered fall, spring.
PHYS 102General Physics II

4

Offered spring and summer.
PHYS 201Electricity and Magnetism

4

Offered spring.
POL 300Methodology in Political Science

4

Offered fall and spring.
PSCI 208Forensic Science

4

Offered fall and spring.
SOC 302Social Research Methods I

4

Offered fall, spring, summer.
SOC 404Social Research Methods II

4

Offered fall, spring, summer.

Arts—Visual and Performing (A)

ONE COURSE from

CourseTitleCreditsOffered
ART 101Drawing I: General Drawing

4

Offered fall and spring.
ART 104Design I: Two-Dimensional Design

4

Offered fall and spring.
ART 201Introduction to Visual Arts

4

Offered fall and spring.
ART 210Nurturing Artistic and Musical Development

4

Offered fall and spring.
ART 231Prehistoric to Renaissance Art

4

Offered fall, spring, summer.
ART 232Renaissance to Modern Art

4

Offered fall, spring, summer.
COMM 241Introduction to Cinema and Video

4

Offered fall, spring, summer.
DANC 215Contemporary Dance and Culture

4

Offered fall and spring.
ENGL 113Approaches to Drama

4

Offered fall and spring.
FILM 116Approaches to Film and Film Criticism

4

Offered fall and spring.
MUS 201Survey of Music

4

Offered fall, spring, summer.
MUS 203Elementary Music Theory

4

Offered fall, spring, summer.
MUS 225History of Jazz

4

Offered fall and spring.
PHIL 230Aesthetics

4

Offered fall, spring, summer.
THTR 240Appreciation and Enjoyment of the Theatre

4

Offered fall, spring, and summer.
THTR 242Acting for Nonmajors

4

Offered summer.

History (H)

CourseTitleCreditsOffered
HIST 101Multiple Voices: Africa in the World

4

Offered fall, spring, summer.
HIST 102Multiple Voices: Asia in the World

4

Offered fall, spring, summer.
HIST 103Multiple Voices: Europe in the World to 1600

4

Offered fall, spring, summer.
HIST 104Multiple Voices: Europe in the World Since 1600

4

Offered fall, spring, summer.
HIST 105Multiple Voices: Latin America in the World

4

Offered fall, spring, summer.
HIST 106Multiple Voices: Muslim People in the World

4

Offered fall, spring, summer.
HIST 107Multiple Voices: The United States in the World

4

Offered fall, spring, summer.

Literature (L)

CourseTitleCreditsOffered
ENGL 100Studies in Literature

4

Offered fall, spring, summer.
ENGL 120Studies in Literature and Identity

4

Offered fall, spring, summer.
ENGL 121Studies in Literature and Nation

4

Offered fall, spring, summer.
ENGL 122Studies in Literature and the Canon

4

Offered fall, spring, summer.
ENGL 123Studies in Literature and Genre

4

Offered fall, spring, summer.
FREN 115Literature of the French-Speaking World

4

Offered fall and spring.
ITAL 115Literature of Italy

4

Offered fall and spring.
PORT 115Literature of the Portuguese-Speaking World

4

Offered fall and spring.
SPAN 115Literature of the Spanish-Speaking World

4

Offered fall and spring.

Mathematics (M)

ONE COURSE from

CourseTitleCreditsOffered
MATH 139Contemporary Topics in Mathematics

4

Offered fall, spring, summer.
MATH 177Quantitative Business Analysis I

4

Offered fall, spring, summer.
MATH 209Precalculus Mathematics

4

Offered fall, spring, summer.
MATH 212Calculus I

4

Offered fall, spring, summer.
MATH 240Statistical Methods I

4

Offered fall, spring, summer.

Note: Completion of the Mathematics category of General Education does not satisfy the College Mathematics Requirement. In addition, students in the elementary education curriculum who complete MATH 144 (and its prerequisite, MATH 143) shall be considered to have fulfilled the Mathematics category of General Education.

Natural Science (NS)

ONE COURSE from

CourseTitleCreditsOffered
BIOL 100Fundamental Concepts of Biology

4

Offered fall, spring, summer.
BIOL 108Basic Principles of Biology

4

Offered fall, spring, summer.
BIOL 111Introductory Biology I

4

Offered fall, spring, summer.
CHEM 103General Chemistry I

4

Offered fall, spring, summer.
CHEM 105General, Organic, and Biological Chemistry I

4

Offered fall, spring, summer.
PSCI 103Physical Science

4

Offered fall, spring, summer.
PSCI 210Introduction to Astronomy

4

Offered fall and spring.
PSCI 212Introduction to Geology

4

Offered fall and summer.
PSCI 217Introduction to Oceanography

4

Offered spring.
PHYS 101General Physics I

4

Offered fall and summer.
PHYS 110Introductory Physics

4

Offered spring.
PHYS 200Mechanics

4

Offered fall.

Social and Behavioral Sciences (SB)

CourseTitleCreditsOffered
AFRI 200Introduction to Africana Studies

4

Offered fall and spring, and offered summer (as needed).
ANTH 101Introduction to Cultural Anthropology

4

Offered fall and spring.
ANTH 102Introduction to Archaeology

4

Offered fall and spring.
ANTH 104Introduction to Anthropological Linguistics

4

Offered fall and spring.
ANTH 205Race, Culture, and Ethnicity: Anthropological Perspectives

4

Offered odd years.
ANTH 206Oral Traditions

3

Offered as needed.
COMM 240Mass Media and Society

4

Offered fall, spring, summer.
ECON 200Introduction to Economics

4

Offered fall, spring, summer.
GEND 200Gender and Society

4

Offered fall and spring.
GEOG 100Introduction to Environmental Studies

4

Offered fall, spring, summer.
GEOG 101Introduction to Geography

4

Offered fall, spring, summer.
GEOG 200World Regional Geography

4

Offered fall, spring.
GEOG 206Disaster Management

4

Offered fall and spring.
POL 201Development of American Democracy

4

Offered fall, spring, summer.
POL 202American Government

4

Offered fall, spring, summer.
POL 203Global Politics

4

Offered fall and spring.
POL 204Introduction to Political Thought

4

Offered fall and spring.
PSYC 110Introduction to Psychology

4

Offered fall, spring, summer.
PSYC 215Social Psychology

4

Offered fall, spring, summer.
SOC 200Society and Social Behavior

4

Offered fall and spring.
SOC 202The Family

4

Offered fall, spring, summer.
SOC 204Urban Sociology

4

Offered as needed.
SOC 207Crime and Criminal Justice

4

Offered fall, spring, summer.
SOC 208Minority Group Relations

4

Offered fall, spring, summer.
SOC 217Aging and Society

4

Offered fall, spring, summer.