General Education Distribution Requirement

  1. Academics
  2. General Education
  3. General Education 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:

 

Distribution Requirements

Arts – Visual and Performing

  • ART 101 Drawing I: General Drawing
  • ART 104 Design I: Two Dimensional Design
  • ART 201 Introduction to Visual Arts
  • ART 210 Nurturing Artistic & Musical Development
  • ART 231 Prehistoric to Renaissance Art
  • ART 232 Renaissance to Contemporary Art
  • COMM 220 Digital Audio Production I
  • COMM 241 Introduction to Cinema and Video
  • COMM 244 Digital Media Lab
  • DANC 215 Contemporary Dance & Culture
  • ENGL 113 Approaches to Drama
  • FILM 116 Introduction to Film
  • MUS 167 Music Cultures of Non-Western Worlds
  • MUS 201 Survey of Music
  • MUS 203 Elementary Music Theory
  • MUS 222 Opera
  • MUS 223 American Popular Music
  • MUS 225 History of Jazz
  • PHIL 230 Aesthetics
  • THTR 240 Appreciation & Enjoyment of the Theatre
  • THTR 242 Acting for Non-Majors

Next

History or Philosophy

  • HIST 101 Multiple Voices: Africa in the World
  • HIST 102 Multiple Voices: Asia in the World
  • HIST 103 Multiple Voices: Europe in the World to 1600
  • HIST 104 Multiple Voices: Europe in the World since 1600
  • HIST 105 Multiple Voices: Latin America in the World
  • HIST 106 Multiple Voices: Muslim Peoples in the World
  • HIST 107 Multiple Voices: The United States in the World
  • HIST 108 History of Science and Medicine
  • HIST 110 Global History to 1000
  • HIST 111 Global History Since 1000
  • PHIL 100 Introduction to Philosophy
  • PHIL 206 Ethics

Next

Literature or Language

  • ASL 102 Elementary American Sign Language II
  • ENGL 120 Studies in Literature and Identity
  • ENGL 121 Studies in Literature and Nation
  • ENGL 122 Studies in Literature and the Canon
  • ENGL 123 Studies in Literature and Genre
  • FREN 102 Elementary French II
  • FREN 113 Intermediate French I
  • FREN 115 Lit of the French Speaking World
  • ITAL 102 Elementary Italian II
  • ITAL 113 Intermediate Italian I
  • ITAL 115 Literature of Italy
  • PORT 102 Elementary Portuguese II
  • PORT 113 Intermediate Portuguese I
  • PORT 114 Intermediate Portuguese II
  • PORT 115 Literature of the Portuguese Speaking World
  • SPAN 102 Elementary Spanish II
  • SPAN 113 Intermediate Spanish I
  • SPAN 115 Literature of the Spanish Speaking World

Next

Mathematics

  • MATH 139 Contemporary Topics in Mathematics
  • MATH 177 Quantitative Business Analysis I
  • MATH 209 Precalculus Mathematics
  • MATH 212 Calculus I
  • MATH 240 Statistical Methods I

Note:

In most cases, students are encouraged to complete the Mathematics category in their first year. 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.

Next

Natural Science

  • BIOL 100 Fundamental Concepts of Biology
  • BIOL 108 Basic Principles of Biology
  • BIOL 111 Introductory Biology
  • BIOL 112 Introductory Biology II
  • BIOL 201&202 Anatomy & Physiology I
  • CHEM 103 General Chemistry I
  • CHEM 105 General, Organic, and Biological Chemistry I
  • PHYS 101 Physics for Science and Mathematics
  • PHYS 110 Introductory Physics
  • PSCI 103 Physical Sciences
  • PSCI 211 Intro to Astronomy
  • PSCI 212 Introduction to Geology
  • PSCI 217 Introduction to Oceanography

Next

Social and Behavioral Sciences

  • AFRI 200 Introduction to Africana Studies
  • ANTH 101 Introduction to Cultural Anthropology
  • ANTH 102 Introduction to Archaeology
  • ANTH 104 Introduction to Linguistic Anthropology
  • CEP 215 Introduction to Educational Psychology
  • COMM 240 Mass Media and Society
  • COMM 245 Social Media Communication
  • COMM 256 Social Media and Society
  • ECON 200 Introduction to Economics
  • ECON 235 Economics of Race and Gender
  • GEND 100 Gender in Society
  • GEOG 100 Introduction to Environmental Studies
  • GEOG 101 Introduction to Geography
  • GEOG 200 World Regional Geography
  • GEOG 206 Disaster Management
  • POL 102 American Government
  • POL 103 Global Politics
  • POL 104 Introduction to Political Thought
  • POL 201 Development of American Dem.
  • PSYC 110 Introduction to Psychology
  • PSYC 215 Social Psychology
  • SOC 200 Introduction to Sociology
  • SOC 202 The Family
  • SOC 204 Urban Sociology
  • SOC 207 Crime and Criminal Justice
  • SOC 208 Sociology of Race and Ethnicity
  • SOC 217 Sociology of Aging
  • SWRK 200 Introduction to Social Work