Degree Path for Students

 

 

General Education Course Requirements: (44 hours total)

For some majors, certain courses may count toward both General Education and Major requirements. Some courses have prerequisites. Course substitutions are not allowed. Ask your advisor for assistance in selecting appropriate courses.

 

I. Communication Skills	6 or 9 hours
II. Academic Content and Skills	30 hours
A) Arts and Humanities Division	12 hours
B) Social Science Division	9 hours.
C) Natural Sciences and Mathematics Division	9 hours
III. Physical Education and Wellness	2 hours
IV. General Education Program Electives	6 hours, or 3 hours if SPE 1020 required
A) Foreign Language Option
B) Arts and Humanities Division
C) Social Science Division
D) Natural Sciences and Mathematics Division

 

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III. Physical Education and Wellness (2 hours)

Choose two of the following courses (each 1 semester hour).

Course#/Title	Course#/Title
PED 1010 Wellness and Fitness	PED 1410 Physical Conditioning
PED 1300 Fitness Walking	PED 1450 Volleyball
PED 1310 Archery	PED 1460 Weight Training
PED 1320 Badminton	PED 1770 Advanced Physical Conditioning
PED 1330 Golf	PED 1790 Aerobic Dance
PED 1340 Swimming	PED (MSC) 1800 Military Physical Training
PED 1350 Tennis	PED (THE) 1810 Stage Dance I
PED 1360 Soccer	PED (THE) 1820 Stage Dance II
PED 1370 Bowling	PED 1900 Outdoor Fitness
PED 1380 Rhythms & Dance	PED 1910 Indoor Cycling
PED 1390 Racquetball	PED 1950 Water Aerobics

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IV. General Education Program Electives (6 or 3 hours if SPE 1020 required)

Choose two additional courses from those listed below. These two courses must be from different divisions except for the foreign language option. Students who take SPE 1020 for Basic Skills take 3 hours of electives, which may not be SPE 2000 or SPE 2010.

(A) Foreign Language Option: Students electing the foreign language option MUST complete two courses of the same foreign language to satisfy the Program Electives area of General Education.

Course#/Title	Comments
FRH 1310, 1320 Elementary French
FRH 2310, 2320 Intermediate French	Prerequisite: FRH 1310, 1320 or two units of high school French
GER 1310, 1320 Elementary German
GER 2310, 2320 Intermediate German	Prerequisite: GER 1310, 1320 or 2 units of high school German
ITL 1310, 1320 Elementary Italian
SPN 1310, 1320 Elementary Spanish
SPN 2310, 2320 Intermediate Spanish	Prerequisite: SPN 1310, 1320; two units of high school Spanish; or permission of instructor.
XXX 131, 1320 Introductory Foreign Language Study
XXX 2310, 2320 Intermediate Foreign Language Study	Prerequisite: Completion of the 1310-1320 sequence or two high school units of the specified language.

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(B) Arts and Humanities Division Elective

American Indian Studies

Course#	Course Title	Comments
AIS 1010	Introduction to American Indian Studies

 

Fine Arts

Course#	Course Title	Comments
ART 1010	Elements of Design
ART 2020	Introduction to Digital Arts
ART 2050	Art Appreciation
ART 2080	Survey of Art I
ART 2090	Survey of Art II
ART 2560	Web Design	Prerequisite: ART 2300 (for majors) or 2020 (for non-majors).
ARTS 1xxx	Special Topics in Art
THE 2010	Elements of Acting
THE 2500	Introduction to Theater
MUS 1020	Introduction to Music Appreciation
MUS 1040	Introduction to Jazz Appreciation
MUS 2930	The World of Music: Classical to the Contemporary Era
MUS 2980	History of Musical Theatre

 

Literature and Speech (a 2.0 in ENG 1050 and 1060 is prerequisite for the ENG courses)

Course#	Course Title	Comments
ENG 2010	Southern Literature
ENG 2020	Contemporary Literature
ENG 2030	Literary Genres
ENG 2040	Mythology of All Peoples
ENG 2050	World Literature Before 1660
ENG 2060	World Literature After 1660
ENG 2080	Women’s Literature
ENG 2090	Literature and Film
ENG 2100	African American Literature
ENG 2190	Latino Literature
ENG 2200	Native American Literature	Also AIS 2200
ENG 2230	American Literature Before 1865
ENG 2240	American Literature After 1865
ENG 2410	Environmental Literature
ENG 2470	British Literature Before 1790
ENG 2480	British Literature After 1790
ENGS 2xxx	Studies in Literature
SPE 2000	Interpersonal Communication
SPE 2010	Fundamentals of Speech

History

Course#	Course Title	Comments
HST 1010	American Civilization to 1877
HST 1020	American Civilization since 1877
HST 1100	History of the American Indian to 1865	Also AIS 1100
HST 1110	History of the American Indian since 1865	Also AIS 1110
HST 1140	World Civilizations to 1500
HST 1150	World Civilizations since 1500

 

Philosophy and Religion

Course#	Course Title	Comments
AIS 2010	American Indian Culture
PHI 1000	Introduction to Philosophy
PHI 1010	Logic
PHI 1020	Perspectives on Humanity	Also REL 1020
PHI 2040	Introduction to Ethics
PHI 2050	Social and Political Philosophy
PHI 2110	American Philosophy	Prerequisite: PHI 1000 or consent of instructor
REL 1050	Introduction to the Old Testament
REL 1060	Introduction to the New Testament
REL 1080	Introduction to Religious Thought
REL 1300	Introduction to Religion
REL 2050	Religion, Art, and Culture
REL 2090	Religion in America
REL 2130	American Indian Religious Traditions	Also AIS 2130
REL 2140	Introduction to Religious Ethics
REL 2160	Religions of the Far East
REL 2180	Religions of the Near East

 

Maynor Honors College students only may take 1 as a Humanities Division Elective:

Course#	Course Title	Comments
HON 2000	The Humanistic Tradition I: From the Ancient World to 1500
HON 2010	The Humanistic Tradition II: From 1500 to the Contemporary Age

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(C) Social Science Division Elective

(1) Economics

Course#	Course Title	Comments
DSC 1590	Technology-Enabled Decision Making
ECN 1000	Economic Perspectives
ECN 2020	Principles of Microeconomics
ECN 2030	Principles of Macroeconomics
FIN 2050	Personal Finance
ECN 2410	Asian Economies

 

(2) Geography

Course#	Course Title	Comments
GGY 1010	Principles of Geography
GGY 1020	World Regional Geography
GGY 2000	Cultural Geography
GGY 2060	Economic Geography	Also ECN 2060

 

(3) Political Science

Course#	Course Title	Comments
PSPA 1000	Introduction to Political Science
PSPA 1010	Introduction to American National Government

 

(4) Psychology

Course#	Course Title	Comments
PSY 1010	Introductory Psychology

 

(5) Sociology

Course#	Course Title	Comments
SOC 1020	Introduction to Sociology
SOC 1050	Introduction to Cultural Anthropology	Also AIS 1050
SOC 2090	Social Problems in Modern Society

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(D) Natural Science and Mathematics Division Elective

(1) Natural Science

Course#	Course Title	Comments
BIO 1000	Principles of Biology
BIO 1010	General Botany	Prerequisite: BIO 1000
BIO 1020	General Zoology	Prerequisite: BIO 1000
BIO 1030	Basic Human Biology
ENV 2100	Environmental Science
CHM 1300	General Chemistry I	Prerequisite: MAT 1070
CHM 1310	General Chemistry II	Prerequisite: CHM 1300
CHM 1400	Chemistry for Health Sciences I
CHM 1410	Chemistry for Health Sciences II	Prerequisite: CHM 1400
GLY 1000	Physical Geology
GLY 1150	Earth Science	Also GGY 1150
GLY 1250	Earth History	Also GGY 1250
GLY 2260	Physical Oceanography	Prerequisite: GLY 1000 or GLY 1150
GLY 2460	Weather and Climate	Also GGY 2460, PHS 2460
GLY 2620	Environmental Geology	Also GGY 2620
PHS 1100	Physical Science I
PHS 1110	Physical Science II	Prerequisite: PHS 1100 or equivalent
PHS 1560	Astronomy
PHY 1000	Elementary Physics I
PHY 1010	Elementary Physics I	It is helpful (but not required) to have taken PHY 1000.
PHY 1500	College Physics I	Prerequisite: MAT 1070 or equivalent
PHY 1510	College Physics II	Prerequisite: PHY 1500
PHY 2000	University Physics I	Prerequisite or co-requisite: MAT 2210
PHY 2010	University Physics II	Prerequisite: PHY 2000

 

(2) Maynor Honors College students only may take the following as a Divisional Elective:

Course#	Course Title	Comments
HON 2510	Horizons in Math and Computer Science

 

(3) Mathematics and Computer Science

Course#	Course Title	Comments
CSC 2020	Microcomputer Programming	Prerequisite: CSC 1000 or permission of instructor
MAT 1050	Introduction to College Mathematics
MAT 1070	College Algebra
MAT 1080	Plane Trigonometry	Prerequisite: MAT 1070
MAT 1090	College Algebra and Trigonometry
MAT 1180	Finite Mathematics	Prerequisite: MAT 1070 or equivalent
MAT 2100	Introduction to Statistics	Prerequisite: MAT 1070 or equivalent
MAT 2150	Calculus with Applications	Prerequisite: MAT 1070 or MAT 1090 or equivalent
MAT 2210	Calculus I	Prerequisite: MAT 1070 and MAT 1080, or MAT 1090, or equivalent
MAT 2220	Calculus II	Prerequisite: C or better in MAT 2210

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Updated: Wednesday, June 16, 2010

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