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 additional prerequisites. For the full list of prerequisites, see the course description section of this catalog.

ONE COURSE from

Course	Title	Credits	Offered
ANTH 235	Bones and Stones: How Archaeologists Know	4	Annually.
ANTH 237	Measuring Inequality, Analyzing Injustice	4	Annually.
ANTH 306	Primate Ecology and Social Behavior	4	Fall, Spring.
ANTH 307	Human Nature: Evolution, Ecology, and Behavior	4	Fall, Spring.
BIOL 314	Genetics	4	Fall.
BIOL 335	Human Physiology	4	Fall, Spring, Summer.
CHEM 104	General Chemistry II	4	Fall, Spring, Summer.
CHEM 106	General, Organic, and Biological Chemistry II	4	Fall, Spring, Summer.
CSCI 423	Analysis of Algorithms	4	Fall (odd years), Spring.
GEOG 201	Mapping Our Changing World	4	Fall, Spring.
GEOG 205	Earth's Physical Environments	4	Fall, Spring.
HIST 207	History Through Numbers	4	Fall, Spring
HSCI 232	Human Genetics	4	Fall.
MATH 213	Calculus II	4	Fall, Spring, Summer.
MATH 239	Contemporary Topics in Mathematics II	4	Fall, Spring, Summer.
MATH 241	Statistical Methods II	4	As needed.
MATH 245	Principles of Data Science	4	Fall, Spring.
MATH 248	Business Statistics I	4	Fall, Spring, Summer.
MATH 324	College Geometry	4	Fall, Spring.
MGT 249	Business Statistics II	4	Fall, Spring, Summer.
PHIL 220	Logic and Probability in Scientific Reasoning	4	Fall, Spring.
PHYS 102	Physics for Science and Mathematics II	4	Fall, Spring, Summer.
PHYS 120	The Extraordinary Physics of Ordinary Things	4	Spring.
PHYS 309	Nanoscience and Nanotechnology	4	Fall (even years).
POL 300	Methodology in Political Science	4	Fall, Spring.
PSCI 204	Understanding the Physical Universe	4	Fall, Spring, Summer.
PSCI 208	Forensic Science	4	Fall, Spring.
PSCI 214	Introduction to Meteorology	4	Fall.
SOC 302W	Social Research Methods	4	Fall, Spring, Summer.
SOC 404	Social Data Analysis	4	Fall, Spring, Summer.
SWRK 303	Social Work Research Methods II	4	Fall, Spring, Summer.
TECH 306	Automation and Control Systems	4	Annually.

Arts—Visual and Performing (A)

ONE COURSE from

Course	Title	Credits	Offered
ART 101	Drawing I: General Drawing	4	Fall, Spring.
ART 104	Design I: Two-Dimensional Design	4	Fall, Spring.
ART 210	Nurturing Artistic and Musical Development	4	Fall, Spring.
ART 231W	Prehistoric to Renaissance Art	4	Fall, Spring, Summer.
ART 232W	Renaissance to Contemporary Art	4	Fall, Spring, Summer.
COMM 241	Introduction to Cinema and Video	4	Fall, Spring, Summer.
COMM 244	Digital Media Lab	4	Fall, Spring, Summer.
DANC 215W	Contemporary Dance and Culture	4	Fall, Spring.
ENGL 113	Approaches to Drama: Page to Stage	4	Fall, Spring.
FILM 116	Introduction to Film	4	Fall, Spring, Summer.
MUS 167	Music Cultures of Non-Western Worlds	4	Fall, Spring.
MUS 201	Survey of Music	4	Fall, Spring, Summer.
MUS 203	Elementary Music Theory	4	Fall, Spring, Summer.
MUS 223	American Popular Music	4	Fall, Spring.
MUS 225	History of Jazz	4	Fall, Spring.
PHIL 230	Aesthetics	4	Fall, Spring, Summer.
THTR 240	Appreciation and Enjoyment of the Theatre	4	Fall, Spring, Summer.
THTR 242	Acting for Nonmajors	4	Summer.

History (H)

ONE COURSE from

Course	Title	Credits	Offered
HIST 101	Multiple Voices: Africa in the World	4	Fall, Spring, Summer.
HIST 102	Multiple Voices: Asia in the World	4	Fall, Spring, Summer.
HIST 103	Multiple Voices: Europe in the World to 1600	4	Fall, Spring, Summer.
HIST 104	Multiple Voices: Europe in the World Since 1600	4	Fall, Spring, Summer.
HIST 105	Multiple Voices: Latin America in the World	4	Fall, Spring, Summer.
HIST 106	Multiple Voices: Muslim People in the World	4	Fall, Spring, Summer.
HIST 107	Multiple Voices: The United States in the World	4	Fall, Spring, Summer.
HIST 108	History of Science and Medicine	4	Annually.

Literature (L)

ONE COURSE from

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

Mathematics (M)

ONE COURSE from

Course	Title	Credits	Offered
MATH 139	Contemporary Topics in Mathematics	4	Fall, Spring, Summer.
MATH 177	Quantitative Business Analysis I	4	Fall, Spring, Summer.
MATH 209	Precalculus Mathematics	4	Fall, Spring, Summer.
MATH 212	Calculus I	4	Fall, Spring, Summer.
MATH 240	Statistical Methods I	4	Fall, Spring, Summer.

Note: Completion of the Mathematics category of General Education does not satisfy the College Mathematics Competency. 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	Fall, Spring, Summer.
BIOL 108	Basic Principles of Biology	4	Fall, Spring, Summer.
BIOL 111	Introductory Biology I	4	Fall, Spring, Summer.
BIOL 112	Introductory Biology II	4	Fall, Spring, Summer.
CHEM 103	General Chemistry I	4	Fall, Spring, Summer.
CHEM 105	General, Organic and Biological Chemistry I	4	Fall, Spring, Summer.
PSCI 103	Physical Science	4	Fall, Spring, Summer.
PSCI 211	Introduction to Astronomy	4	Fall, Spring.
PSCI 212	Introduction to Geology	4	Fall, Summer.
PSCI 217	Introduction to Oceanography	4	Spring.
PHYS 101	Physics for Science and Mathematics I	4	Fall, Spring, Summer.
PHYS 110	Introductory Physics	4	Spring, Fall, Summer.

Social and Behavioral Sciences (SB)

ONE COURSE from

Course	Title	Credits	Offered
AFRI 200	Introduction to Africana Studies	4	Fall, Spring, Summer (as needed).
ANTH 101	Introduction to Cultural Anthropology	4	Fall, Spring.
ANTH 102	Introduction to Archaeology	4	Fall, Spring.
ANTH 104	Introduction to Anthropological Linguistics	4	Fall.
COMM 240	Mass Media and Society	4	Fall, Spring, Summer.
CEP 215	Introduction to Educational Psychology	4	Fall, Spring, Summer.
ECON 200	Introduction to Economics	4	Fall, Spring, Summer.
GEND 200W	Gender and Society	4	Fall, Spring.
GEOG 100	Introduction to Environmental Geography	4	Fall, Spring, Summer.
GEOG 101	Introduction to Geography	4	Fall, Spring, Summer.
GEOG 200W	World Regional Geography	4	Fall, Spring.
GEOG 206	Disaster Management	4	Fall, Spring.
POL 202	American Government	4	Fall, Spring, Summer.
POL 203	Global Politics	4	Fall, Spring.
POL 204	Introduction to Political Thought	4	Fall, Spring.
PSYC 110	Introduction to Psychology	4	Fall, Spring, Summer.
PSYC 215	Social Psychology	4	Fall, Spring, Summer.
SOC 200	Introduction to Sociology	4	Fall, Spring.
SOC 202	The Family	4	Fall, Spring, Summer.
SOC 204	Urban Sociology	4	As needed.
SOC 207	Crime and Criminal Justice	4	Fall, Spring, Summer.
SOC 208	The Sociology of Race and Ethnicity	4	Fall, Spring, Summer.
SOC 217	Sociology of Aging	4	Fall, Spring, Summer.