Distribution Requirement

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 six areas:

• Arts—Visual and Performing

• Elective

• History/Philosophy

• Literature/Language 

• Natural Science

• Social and Behavioral Sciences 

Courses

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 201	Visual Arts in Society	4	As needed.
ART 210	Nurturing Artistic and Musical Development	4	Fall, Spring.
ART 231	Prehistoric to Renaissance Art	4	Fall, Spring, Summer.
ART 232	Renaissance to Contemporary Art	4	Fall, Spring, Summer.
COMM 220/MUS 220	Digital Audio Production I	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.
FILM 220	History of Film I	4	Fall.
FILM 221	History of Film II	4	Spring.
FILM 222	History of Film III	4	Fall.
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 220/COMM 220	Digital Audio Production I	4	Fall, Spring, Summer.
MUS 223	American Popular Music	4	Fall, Spring.
MUS 225	History of Jazz	4	Fall, Spring.
MUS 242	Jazz Piano Improvisation for Beginner Pianists	4	Fall, Spring
PHIL 230	Aesthetics	4	Fall, Spring.
THTR 240	Appreciation and Enjoyment of the Theatre	4	Fall, Spring, Summer.
THTR 242	Acting for Nonmajors	4	Summer.

Elective

Courses in the Elective category can be offered by any department. Students may also take one additional course from any of the other distribution categories to fulfill this category, but cannot count more than TWO courses from the same course code for the General Education program. To check any possible prerequisites, see the course description section of this catalog.

ONE COURSE from

Course	Title	Credits	Offered
ASL 101	Elementary American Sign Language I	4	Fall, Spring.
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 203	Anatomy and Physiology II Lecture	3	Fall, Spring, Summer.
	-And-
BIOL 204	Anatomy and Physiology II Laboratory	1	Fall, Spring, Summer.
BIOL 314	Genetics	4	Fall.
CHEM 104	General Chemistry II	4	Spring, Summer.
CHEM 106	General, Organic, and Biological Chemistry II	4	Fall, Spring, Summer.
CSCI 102	Computer Fundamentals for Cyber Security	4	Fall, Spring.
CSCI 141	Application and Impact of Artificial Intelligence	4	Fall.
CSCI 157	Introduction to Algorithmic Thinking in Python	4	Fall, Spring.
CSCI 423	Analysis of Algorithms	4	Fall (odd years), Spring.
DATA 245	Principles of Data Science	4	Fall, Spring.
ENGL 210	Children’s Literature: Interpretation and Evaluation	4	As needed.
ENGL 220W	Introduction to Creative Writing	4	Fall, Spring.
FREN 101	Elementary French I	4	Fall, Spring.
GEOG 201	Mapping Our Changing World	4	Fall, Spring.
GEOG 205	Earth's Physical Environments	4	Fall, Spring.
HSCI 232	Human Genetics	4	Fall.
ITAL 101	Elementary Italian I	4	Fall, Spring.
MGT 249	Business Statistics II	4	Fall, Spring, Summer.
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 248	Business Statistics I	4	Fall, Spring, Summer.
MATH 324	College Geometry	4	Spring.
PHIL 220	Logic and Probability in Scientific Reasoning	4	Annually.
PSCI 204	Understanding the Physical Universe	4	Fall, Spring, Summer.
PSCI 214	Introduction to Meteorology	4	Fall.
PHYS 102	Physics for Science and Mathematics II	4	Fall, Spring, Summer.
PHYS 309	Nanoscience and Nanotechnology	4	Fall (even years).
POL 300	Methodology in Political Science	4	Fall, Spring.
PORT 101	Elementary Portuguese I	4	Fall, Spring.
SWRK 303	Social Work Research Methods II	4	Fall, Spring, Summer.
SOC 302W	Social Research Methods	4	Fall, Spring, Summer.
SOC 404	Social Data Analysis	4	Fall, Spring, Summer.
SPAN 101	Elementary Spanish I	4	Fall, Spring, Summer.
TECH 306	Automation and Control Systems	4	Annually.

History/Philosophy (HP)

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.
HIST 110	Global History to 1000	4	Annually.
HIST 111	Global History Since 1000	4	Annually.
HIST 117	Special Topics in History	4	As needed.
HIST 118	Topics in U.S. History to 1877	3	As needed.
HIST 119	Topics in U.S. History from 1877 to Present	3	As needed.
PHIL 100	Introduction to Philosophy	3	Fall, Spring.
PHIL 206	Ethics	3	Fall, Spring.

Literature/Language (LL)

ONE COURSE from

Course	Title	Credits	Offered
ASL 102	Elementary American Sign Language II	4	Fall, Spring.
ENGL 118	Introduction to the Literary Experience	4	As needed.
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 102	Elementary French II	4	Fall, Spring.
FREN 113	Intermediate French I	4	Fall, Spring.
FREN 115	Literature of the French-Speaking World	4	Fall, Spring.
ITAL 102	Elementary Italian II	4	Fall, Spring.
ITAL 113	Intermediate Italian	4	Fall.
ITAL 115	Literature of Italy	4	Fall, Spring.
PORT 102	Elementary Portuguese II	4	Fall, Spring.
PORT 113	Intermediate Portuguese	4	Spring.
PORT 114	Readings in Intermediate Portuguese	4	Fall.
PORT 115	Literature of the Portuguese-Speaking World	4	Fall, Spring.
SPAN 102	Elementary Spanish II	4	Spring Summer.
SPAN 113	Intermediate Spanish	4	Fall, Spring, Summer.
SPAN 115	Literature of the Spanish-Speaking World	4	Fall, Spring.

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.
BIOL 201	Anatomy and Physiology I Lecture	3	Fall, Spring, Summer.
	-And-
BIOL 202	Anatomy and Physiology I Laboratory	1	Fall, Spring, Summer.
CHEM 103	General Chemistry I	4	Fall, Spring, Summer.
CHEM 110	Introductory Chemistry	4	Fall, Spring, Summer.
PSCI 103	Physical Science	4	Fall, Spring, Summer.
PSCI 208	Forensic Science	4	Fall, Spring.
PSCI 211	Introduction to Astronomy	4	Fall, Spring.
PSCI 212	Introduction to Geology	4	Fall, Summer.
PSCI 216	Science of Our Changing Planet	4	Fall.
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.
PHYS 120	The Extraordinary Physics of Ordinary Things	4	Spring.

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 Linguistic Anthropology	4	Fall.
COMM 240	Mass Media and Society	4	Fall, Spring, Summer.
COMM 245	Social Media Communication	4	Fall.
COMM 256	Social Media and Society	4	Spring, Summer.
CEP 215	Introduction to Educational Psychology	4	Fall, Spring, Summer.
ECON 200	Introduction to Economics	4	Fall, Spring, Summer.
ECON 214	Principles of Microeconomics	3	Fall, Spring, Summer.
ECON 215	Principles of Macroeconomics	3	Fall, Spring, Summer.
ECON 235	Economics of Race and Gender	4	Spring.
GEND 100W	Gender and Society	4	Fall, Spring, Summer.
GEOG 100	Introduction to Environmental Geography	4	Fall, Spring, Summer.
GEOG 101	Introduction to Geography	4	Fall, Spring, Summer.
GEOG 200	World Regional Geography	4	Fall, Spring.
GEOG 206	Disaster Management	4	Fall, Spring.
POL 102	American Government	4	Fall, Spring, Summer.
POL 103	Global Politics	4	Fall, Spring.
POL 204	Introduction to Political Thought	4	As needed.
PSYC 110	Introduction to Psychology	4	Fall, Spring, Summer.
PSYC 215	Social Psychology	4	Fall, Spring, Summer.
SWRK 200	Introducing Social Work and Social Justice	4	Fall, Spring.
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.