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

Course	Title	Credits	Offered
ANTH 306	Primate Ecology and Social Behavior	4	Offered alternate years.
ANTH 307	Human Nature: Evolution, Ecology, and Behavior	4	Offered alternate years.
BIOL 221	Genetics	4	Offered fall.
BIOL 335	Human Physiology	4	Offered fall, spring, summer.
CHEM 104	General Chemistry II	4	Offered fall, spring, summer.
CHEM 106	General, Organic, and Biological Chemistry II	4	Offered fall, spring, summer.
CSCI 423	Analysis of Algorithms	4	Offered spring.
GEOG 201	Mapping Our Changing World	4	Offered fall and spring.
GEOG 205	Earth's Physical Environments	4	Offered fall and spring.
HSCI 232	Human Genetics	4	Offered annually.
MATH 213	Calculus II	4	Offered fall, spring, summer.
MATH 248	Business Statistics I	4	Offered fall, spring, summer.
MATH 324	College Geometry	4	Offered fall and spring.
PHIL 220	Logic and Probability in Scientific Reasoning	4	Offered fall, spring.
PHYS 102	General Physics II	4	Offered spring and summer.
PHYS 201	Electricity and Magnetism	4	Offered spring.
POL 300	Methodology in Political Science	4	Offered fall and spring.
PSCI 208	Forensic Science	4	Offered fall and spring.
SOC 302	Social Research Methods I	4	Offered fall, spring, summer.
SOC 404	Social Research Methods II	4	Offered fall, spring, summer.

Arts—Visual and Performing (A)

ONE COURSE from

Course	Title	Credits	Offered
ART 101	Drawing I: General Drawing	4	Offered fall and spring.
ART 104	Design I: Two-Dimensional Design	4	Offered fall and spring.
ART 201	Introduction to Visual Arts	4	Offered fall and spring.
ART 210	Nurturing Artistic and Musical Development	4	Offered fall and spring.
ART 231	Prehistoric to Renaissance Art	4	Offered fall, spring, summer.
ART 232	Renaissance to Modern Art	4	Offered fall, spring, summer.
COMM 241	Introduction to Cinema and Video	4	Offered fall, spring, summer.
DANC 215	Contemporary Dance and Culture	4	Offered fall and spring.
ENGL 113	Approaches to Drama	4	Offered fall and spring.
FILM 116	Approaches to Film and Film Criticism	4	Offered fall and spring.
MUS 201	Survey of Music	4	Offered fall, spring, summer.
MUS 203	Elementary Music Theory	4	Offered fall, spring, summer.
MUS 225	History of Jazz	4	Offered fall and spring.
PHIL 230	Aesthetics	4	Offered fall, spring, summer.
THTR 240	Appreciation and Enjoyment of the Theatre	4	Offered fall, spring, and summer.
THTR 242	Acting for Nonmajors	4	Offered summer.

History (H)

Course	Title	Credits	Offered
HIST 101	Multiple Voices: Africa in the World	4	Offered fall, spring, summer.
HIST 102	Multiple Voices: Asia in the World	4	Offered fall, spring, summer.
HIST 103	Multiple Voices: Europe in the World to 1600	4	Offered fall, spring, summer.
HIST 104	Multiple Voices: Europe in the World Since 1600	4	Offered fall, spring, summer.
HIST 105	Multiple Voices: Latin America in the World	4	Offered fall, spring, summer.
HIST 106	Multiple Voices: Muslim People in the World	4	Offered fall, spring, summer.
HIST 107	Multiple Voices: The United States in the World	4	Offered fall, spring, summer.

Literature (L)

Course	Title	Credits	Offered
ENGL 100	Studies in Literature	4	Offered fall, spring, summer.
ENGL 120	Studies in Literature and Identity	4	Offered fall, spring, summer.
ENGL 121	Studies in Literature and Nation	4	Offered fall, spring, summer.
ENGL 122	Studies in Literature and the Canon	4	Offered fall, spring, summer.
ENGL 123	Studies in Literature and Genre	4	Offered fall, spring, summer.
FREN 115	Literature of the French-Speaking World	4	Offered fall and spring.
ITAL 115	Literature of Italy	4	Offered fall and spring.
PORT 115	Literature of the Portuguese-Speaking World	4	Offered fall and spring.
SPAN 115	Literature of the Spanish-Speaking World	4	Offered fall and spring.

Mathematics (M)

ONE COURSE from

Course	Title	Credits	Offered
MATH 139	Contemporary Topics in Mathematics	4	Offered fall, spring, summer.
MATH 177	Quantitative Business Analysis I	4	Offered fall, spring, summer.
MATH 209	Precalculus Mathematics	4	Offered fall, spring, summer.
MATH 212	Calculus I	4	Offered fall, spring, summer.
MATH 240	Statistical 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

Course	Title	Credits	Offered
BIOL 100	Fundamental Concepts of Biology	4	Offered fall, spring, summer.
BIOL 108	Basic Principles of Biology	4	Offered fall, spring, summer.
BIOL 111	Introductory Biology I	4	Offered fall, spring, summer.
CHEM 103	General Chemistry I	4	Offered fall, spring, summer.
CHEM 105	General, Organic, and Biological Chemistry I	4	Offered fall, spring, summer.
PSCI 103	Physical Science	4	Offered fall, spring, summer.
PSCI 210	Introduction to Astronomy	4	Offered fall and spring.
PSCI 212	Introduction to Geology	4	Offered fall and summer.
PSCI 217	Introduction to Oceanography	4	Offered spring.
PHYS 101	General Physics I	4	Offered fall and summer.
PHYS 110	Introductory Physics	4	Offered spring.
PHYS 200	Mechanics	4	Offered fall.

Social and Behavioral Sciences (SB)

Course	Title	Credits	Offered
AFRI 200	Introduction to Africana Studies	4	Offered fall and spring, and offered summer (as needed).
ANTH 101	Introduction to Cultural Anthropology	4	Offered fall and spring.
ANTH 102	Introduction to Archaeology	4	Offered fall and spring.
ANTH 104	Introduction to Anthropological Linguistics	4	Offered fall and spring.
ANTH 205	Race, Culture, and Ethnicity: Anthropological Perspectives	4	Offered odd years.
ANTH 206	Oral Traditions	3	Offered as needed.
COMM 240	Mass Media and Society	4	Offered fall, spring, summer.
ECON 200	Introduction to Economics	4	Offered fall, spring, summer.
GEND 200	Gender and Society	4	Offered fall and spring.
GEOG 100	Introduction to Environmental Studies	4	Offered fall, spring, summer.
GEOG 101	Introduction to Geography	4	Offered fall, spring, summer.
GEOG 200	World Regional Geography	4	Offered fall, spring.
GEOG 206	Disaster Management	4	Offered fall and spring.
POL 201	Development of American Democracy	4	Offered fall, spring, summer.
POL 202	American Government	4	Offered fall, spring, summer.
POL 203	Global Politics	4	Offered fall and spring.
POL 204	Introduction to Political Thought	4	Offered fall and spring.
PSYC 110	Introduction to Psychology	4	Offered fall, spring, summer.
PSYC 215	Social Psychology	4	Offered fall, spring, summer.
SOC 200	Society and Social Behavior	4	Offered fall and spring.
SOC 202	The Family	4	Offered fall, spring, summer.
SOC 204	Urban Sociology	4	Offered as needed.
SOC 207	Crime and Criminal Justice	4	Offered fall, spring, summer.
SOC 208	Minority Group Relations	4	Offered fall, spring, summer.
SOC 217	Aging and Society	4	Offered fall, spring, summer.