Chart of General Education Requirements, Credits and Approved Courses

I Literacies
A Composition
English 101 or proficiency
4-8 credits
B Computation
Mathematics 101 or proficiency
C Second Language
112 or above or two years of high school credit in one language
II Distributive Requirements Arts and Humanities (AH) 16 credits
Minimum of 4 credits of the 16 credits required in each of the areas 1-4
AH-1 Creative or Performing Arts 4 credits
Art 101, 121, 122, 180, 220, 222, 223, 224, 226, 227, 230, 231, 299, 380, 399, 499
Communication 123
English 190, 292
Music 114, 115, 117, 118, 134, 135, 136, 137, 138, 150, 151, 152, 153, 154, 155, 156, 157, 158, 159, 191, 192, 193, 194, 195, 196, 197, 198, 201, 214, 215, 250, 257, 351, 391, 392, 393, 394, 395, 396, 397, 398
Theatre/Dance 125, 136, 140, 141, 142, 143, 144, 145, 146, 147, 148, 149, 150, 151, 170, 171, 201, 220, 225, 232, 240, 242, 243, 244, 245, 248, 249, 292, 301, 340, 342, 344, 345, 349
AH-2 Literature 4 credits
English 130, 131, 132, 133, 134, 240, 241, 250, 251, 260, 261
French 350, 354, 355, 356, 360
German 200, 315, 316, 341
Spanish 255, 265, 331, 360, 362, 370, 372, 460, 462
Spring Term Course 013 (STC)
AH-3 Philosophy or Religious Studies 4 credits
Philosophy 102, 111, 112, 126, 202, 216, 217, 224, 225, 227, 228, 229, 240, 242, 305, 326, 347
Religious Studies 101, 102, 103, 104, 105, 106, 107, 109, 110, 130, 150, 202, 203, 204, 210, 217, 218, 219, 220, 225, 230, 243
AH-4 Humanities Electives 4 credits
Choices include courses from AH-1, AH-2, AH-3 or AH-4
Art 111, 112, 113, 241, 243, 244, 245, 248, 249, 250
Communication 101, 110, 111, 220, 227
English 220, 230
French 112, 170, 221, 221A, 222, 273, 370, 371, 372, 373, 380
German 112, 112A, 221, 221A, 222, 231, 232, 251, 252, 311, 312, 321, 322, 401
Greek 112; Hebrew 111; Latin 112
Music 113, 120, 140, 340
Spanish 112, 221, 222, 350, 352
Spring Term 009 (STC)
Theatre/Dance 123, 246, 247, 261, 262, 263, 346, 347, 352
Social Sciences (SO) 16 credits
SO-1 History 4 credits
History 100, 101, 102, 104, 105, 121, 122, 140, 200, 201, 202, 203, 207, 208, 221, 228, 238, 240, 249, 253, 255, 260, 277, 279
SO-2 Economics, Political Science, Sociology and Anthropology 12 credits
At least 4 credits in each of two departments
Economics 201, 202, 321, 326, 339
Political Science 101, 111, 121, 127, 131, 141, 211, 212, 215, 221, 225, 226, 227, 231, 235, 242, 245, 325, 326, 327
Psychology 236 (counts as SOA 251)
Sociology and Anthropology 101, 111, 115, 212, 213, 214, 220, 221, 234, 241, 243, 251, 325, 326
Natural Sciences (NS) 16 credits
16 credits required in the natural sciences; 12 of these 16 must be taken from NS-1 and NS-2 (with at least 4 credits from each of these categories). Also within that 12, 8 credits (2 courses) must be designated lab courses (so noted below). The final 4 credits of the 16 required credits must come from NS-3.
NS-1 Life Sciences 4-8 credits
Biology 101, 121, 122 (Laboratories)
Environmental Studies 105 (No Laboratory)
Exercise and Health Science 215 and 344 (Laboratories)
Health Studies 201 (Laboratory)
Psychology 121, 200, 201 and 204 (Laboratories); 212 and 240 (No Laboratories)
NS-2 Physical Sciences 4-8 credits
Astronomy 101 and 112 (Laboratories)
Chemistry 101 (No Laboratory); 103, 115, 223 and 224 (Laboratories)
Electronics 101 (Laboratory)
Environmental Studies 110 (No Laboratory)
Geology 101, 112 and 113 (Laboratories)
Physical Science 101 (No Laboratory)
Physics 101 (No Laboratory); 112 and 113, or 121 and 122 (Laboratories)
NS-3 Computational and Mathematical Sciences 4 credits
Mathematics 110 and higher (MTH 180 with departmental permission only)
Computer Science 120 and higher
Philosophy 303
Psychology 220
 
Students may not use the same credits to fulfill more than one of the Arts and Humanities (AH), Social Science (SO) or Natural Science (NS) distributive requirements (e.g., through cross-listed courses).