2023-2024 Catalog

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

ONE COURSE from

CourseTitleCreditsOffered
ANTH 235Bones and Stones: How Archaeologists Know

4

Annually.
ANTH 237Measuring Inequality, Analyzing Injustice

4

Annually.
ANTH 306Primate Ecology and Social Behavior

4

Fall, Spring.
ANTH 307Human Nature: Evolution, Ecology, and Behavior

4

Fall, Spring.
BIOL 314Genetics

4

Fall.
BIOL 335Human Physiology

4

 Fall, Spring, Summer.
CHEM 104General Chemistry II

4

Spring, Summer.
CHEM 106General, Organic, and Biological Chemistry II

4

 Fall, Spring, Summer.
CSCI 423Analysis of Algorithms

4

Fall (odd years), Spring.
DATA 245Principles of Data Science

4

Fall, Spring.
GEOG 201Mapping Our Changing World

4

 Fall, Spring.
GEOG 205Earth's Physical Environments

4

 Fall, Spring.
HIST 207History Through Numbers

4

 Fall, Spring
HSCI 232Human Genetics

4

Fall.
MATH 213Calculus II

4

 Fall, Spring, Summer.
MATH 239Contemporary Topics in Mathematics II

4

Fall, Spring, Summer.
MATH 241Statistical Methods II

4

As needed.
MATH 248Business Statistics I

4

 Fall, Spring, Summer.
MATH 324College Geometry

4

Spring.
MGT 249Business Statistics II

4

 Fall, Spring, Summer.
PHIL 220Logic and Probability in Scientific Reasoning

4

Annually.
PHYS 102Physics for Science and Mathematics II

4

Fall, Spring, Summer.
PHYS 120The Extraordinary Physics of Ordinary Things

4

Spring.
PHYS 309Nanoscience and Nanotechnology

4

 Fall (even years).
POL 300Methodology in Political Science

4

 Fall, Spring.
PSCI 204Understanding the Physical Universe

4

Fall, Spring, Summer.
PSCI 208Forensic Science

4

 Fall, Spring.
PSCI 214Introduction to Meteorology

4

Fall.
SOC 302WSocial Research Methods

4

 Fall, Spring, Summer.
SOC 404Social Data Analysis

4

 Fall, Spring, Summer.
SWRK 303Social Work Research Methods II

4

Fall, Spring, Summer.
TECH 306Automation and Control Systems

4

Annually.

Arts—Visual and Performing (A)

ONE COURSE from

CourseTitleCreditsOffered
ART 101Drawing I: General Drawing

4

Fall, Spring.
ART 104Design I: Two-Dimensional Design

4

Fall, Spring.
ART 201Visual Arts in Society

4

As needed.
ART 210Nurturing Artistic and Musical Development

4

 Fall, Spring.
ART 231WPrehistoric to Renaissance Art

4

 Fall, Spring, Summer.
ART 232WRenaissance to Contemporary Art

4

 Fall, Spring, Summer.
COMM 220/MUS 220Digital Audio Production I

4

Fall, Spring, Summer.
COMM 241Introduction to Cinema and Video

4

 Fall, Spring, Summer.
COMM 244Digital Media Lab

4

 Fall, Spring, Summer.
DANC 215WContemporary Dance and Culture

4

 Fall, Spring.
ENGL 113Approaches to Drama: Page to Stage

4

 Fall, Spring.
FILM 116Introduction to Film

4

 Fall, Spring, Summer.
MUS 167Music Cultures of Non-Western Worlds

4

Fall, Spring.
MUS 201Survey of Music

4

 Fall, Spring, Summer.
MUS 203Elementary Music Theory

4

 Fall, Spring, Summer.
MUS 220/COMM 220Digital Audio Production I

4

Fall, Spring, Summer.
MUS 223American Popular Music

4

 Fall, Spring.
MUS 225History of Jazz

4

 Fall, Spring.
PHIL 230Aesthetics

4

 Fall, Spring.
THTR 240Appreciation and Enjoyment of the Theatre

4

 Fall, Spring, Summer.
THTR 242Acting for Nonmajors

4

 Summer.

History (H)

ONE COURSE from

CourseTitleCreditsOffered
HIST 101Multiple Voices: Africa in the World

4

 Fall, Spring, Summer.
HIST 102Multiple Voices: Asia in the World

4

 Fall, Spring, Summer.
HIST 103Multiple Voices: Europe in the World to 1600

4

 Fall, Spring, Summer.
HIST 104Multiple Voices: Europe in the World Since 1600

4

 Fall, Spring, Summer.
HIST 105Multiple Voices: Latin America in the World

4

 Fall, Spring, Summer.
HIST 106Multiple Voices: Muslim People in the World

4

 Fall, Spring, Summer.
HIST 107Multiple Voices: The United States in the World

4

 Fall, Spring, Summer.
HIST 108History of Science and Medicine

4

Annually.
HIST 110Global History to 1000

4

Annually.
HIST 111Global History Since 1000

4

Annually.
HIST 117Special Topics in History

4

As needed.
HIST 118Topics in U.S. History to 1877

3

As needed.
HIST 119Topics in U.S. History from 1877 to Present

3

As needed.

Literature (L)

ONE COURSE from

CourseTitleCreditsOffered
ENGL 118Introduction to the Literary Experience

4

As needed.
ENGL 120Studies in Literature and Identity

4

 Fall, Spring, Summer.
ENGL 121Studies in Literature and Nation

4

 Fall, Spring, Summer.
ENGL 122Studies in Literature and the Canon

4

 Fall, Spring, Summer.
ENGL 123Studies in Literature and Genre

4

 Fall, Spring, Summer.
FREN 115Literature of the French-Speaking World

4

 Fall, Spring.
ITAL 115Literature of Italy

4

 Fall, Spring.
PORT 115Literature of the Portuguese-Speaking World

4

 Fall, Spring.
SPAN 115Literature of the Spanish-Speaking World

4

 Fall, Spring.

Mathematics (M)

ONE COURSE from

CourseTitleCreditsOffered
MATH 139Math, Data, and the Contemporary Citizen

4

 Fall, Spring, Summer.
MATH 177Quantitative Business Analysis

4

 Fall, Spring, Summer.
MATH 209Precalculus Mathematics

4

 Fall, Spring, Summer.
MATH 212Calculus I

4

 Fall, Spring, Summer.
MATH 240Statistical Methods I

4

 Fall, Spring, Summer.

Note: Completion of the Mathematics category of General Education does not satisfy the College Mathematics Milestone. 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

 Fall, Spring, Summer.
BIOL 108Basic Principles of Biology

4

 Fall, Spring, Summer.
BIOL 111Introductory Biology I

4

 Fall, Spring, Summer.
BIOL 112Introductory Biology II

4

Fall, Spring, Summer.
CHEM 103General Chemistry I

4

 Fall, Spring, Summer.
CHEM 105General, Organic and Biological Chemistry I

4

Fall, Spring, Summer.
PSCI 103Physical Science

4

 Fall, Spring, Summer.
PSCI 211Introduction to Astronomy

4

 Fall, Spring.
PSCI 212Introduction to Geology

4

 Fall, Summer.
PSCI 217Introduction to Oceanography

4

 Spring.
PHYS 101Physics for Science and Mathematics I

4

Fall, Spring, Summer.
PHYS 110Introductory Physics

4

Spring, Fall, Summer.

Social and Behavioral Sciences (SB)

ONE COURSE from

CourseTitleCreditsOffered
AFRI 200Introduction to Africana Studies

4

Fall, Spring, Summer (as needed).
ANTH 101Introduction to Cultural Anthropology

4

 Fall, Spring.
ANTH 102Introduction to Archaeology

4

 Fall, Spring.
ANTH 104Introduction to Linguistic Anthropology

4

Fall.
COMM 240Mass Media and Society

4

 Fall, Spring, Summer.
COMM 245Social Media Communication

4

Fall.
COMM 256Social Media and Society

4

Spring, Summer.
CEP 215Introduction to Educational Psychology

4

 Fall, Spring, Summer.
ECON 200Introduction to Economics

4

 Fall, Spring, Summer.
ECON 235Economics of Race and Gender

4

Spring.
GEND 100WGender and Society

4

 Fall, Spring, Summer.
GEOG 100Introduction to Environmental Geography

4

 Fall, Spring, Summer.
GEOG 101Introduction to Geography

4

 Fall, Spring, Summer.
GEOG 200World Regional Geography

4

 Fall, Spring.
GEOG 206Disaster Management

4

 Fall, Spring.
POL 102American Government

4

 Fall, Spring, Summer.
POL 103Global Politics

4

 Fall, Spring.
POL 104Introduction to Political Thought

4

 Fall, Spring.
PSYC 110Introduction to Psychology

4

 Fall, Spring, Summer.
PSYC 215Social Psychology

4

 Fall, Spring, Summer.
SWRK 200Introducing Social Work and Social Justice

4

 Fall, Spring.
SOC 200Introduction to Sociology

4

 Fall, Spring.
SOC 202The Family

4

 Fall, Spring, Summer.
SOC 204Urban Sociology

4

 As needed.
SOC 207Crime and Criminal Justice

4

 Fall, Spring, Summer.
SOC 208The Sociology of Race and Ethnicity

4

 Fall, Spring, Summer.
SOC 217Sociology of Aging

4

 Fall, Spring, Summer.