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Summer 2008 Semester

Schedule of Classes: 2004 Liberal Arts Core


  • Category 1. Core Competencies                                                        12 hours

    1. Reading and Writing (3 hours required)

      2. 620:005    College Reading and Writing, 3 hours
      620:015    Exposition and Report Writing, 3 hours
      620:034    Critical Writing About Literature, 3 hours

    2. Speaking and Listening (3 hours required)

      3. 48C:001    Oral Communication, 3 hours

    3. Quantitative Techniques and Understanding (3 hours required)

      4. 800:023    Mathematics in Decision Making, 3 hours
      800:060    Calculus I, 4 hours
      800:072    Introduction to Statistical Methods, 3 hours
      800:092    Introduction to Mathematical Modeling, 3 hours

    4. Personal Wellness (3 hours required)

      5. 440:010    Personal Wellness, 3 hours

  • Category 2. Civilizations and Cultures                                                9 hours
    1. Humanities (6 hours required)

      2. 680:021    Humanities I: The Ancient, Classical, and Medieval Worlds, 3 hours
      680:022    Humanities II: The Renaissance, Reformation, and Enlightenment, 3 hours
      680:023    Humanities III: The Age of Revolution to the Present, 3 hours

    2. Non-Western Cultures (3 hours required)*

      3. 680:121    Russia/Soviet Union, 3 hours
      680:122    Japan, 3 hours
      680:123    Latin America, 3 hours
      680:124    China, 3 hours
      680:125    India, 3 hours
      680:127    Middle East, 3 hours
      680:128    Africa, 3 hours
      680:132/990:132    Native North America, 3 hours
      680:137/990:137    Native Central and South America, 3 hours
      *780:120 may substitute for the Non-Western Cultures requirement, 3 hours


  • Category 3. Fine Arts, Literature, Philosophy and Religion                    6 hours
    1. Fine Arts (3 hours required)*

      2. 420:034    Survey of Dance History, 3 hours
      490:002    The Theatrical Arts and Society, 3 hours
      520:020    Our Musical Heritage, 3 hours
      520:030    Music of Our Time, 3 hours
      600:002    Visual Inventions, 3 hours
      600:004    Visual Perceptions, 3 hours
      *590:011 may substitute for the Fine Arts requirement for all music majors, 3 hours

    2. Literature, Philosophy, or Religion (3 hours required)

      3. 620:031    Introduction to Literature, 3 hours
      640:024    Religions of the World, 3 hours
      650:021    Philosophy: Basic Questions, 3 hours
      720:031    Introduction to Francophone Literature in Translation, 3 hours
      740:031    Introduction to German Literature in Translation, 3 hours
      770:031    Introduction to Russian Literature in Translation, 3 hours
      790:031    Introduction to Portuguese and Hispanic Literatures in Translation, 3 hours

  • Category 4. Natural Science and Technology                                       7 hours
    Students are required to take a course with a scheduled laboratory from either Life Sciences or Physical Sciences or another laboratory course offered by the College of Natural Sciences. (Only 6 hours are required for students who meet the Liberal Arts Core laboratory requirement with a course other than one listed in Life or Physical Sciences.)

    1. Life Sciences (3 or 4 hours required)

      2. For all courses listed under Life Sciences and Physical Sciences, with the exception of 990:010, a student must have satisfied University entrance requirements in English and Mathematics. (College of Natural Science majors and Health Promotion Major/Environmental Health Option students may meet the Life Sciences requirement by completing 840:051 or 840:052.)

      820:032*    Inquiry into Life Science, 4 hours
      840:012      Life: The Natural World, 3 hours
      840:013*       Life: The Natural World - Lab, 1 hour
      840:014      Life: Continuity and Change, 3 hours
      840:015*       Life: Continuity and Change - Lab, 1 hour
      990:010      Human Origins, 3 hours
      *   Lab Course

    2. Physical Sciences (3 or 4 hours required)

      3. For all courses listed under Life Sciences and Physical Sciences, with the exception of 990:010, a student must have satisfied University entrance requirements in English and Mathematics. (College of Natural Sciences majors may meet the Physical Sciences requirement by completing 860:044, 860:070, 880:054, or 880:130. Design, Textiles, Gerontology, & Family Studies majors may meet the Physical Sciences requirement by completing 860:044 or 860:061. Health Promotion Major/Environmental Health Option students may meet the Physical Sciences requirement by completing 860:044, 860:048, or 860:070.)
      820:031*      Inquiry into Physical Science, 4 hours
      860:010**    Principles of Chemistry, 3-4 hours
      860:011    Molecules and Life, 3 hours
      870:010**    Astronomy, 3-4 hours
      870:021        Elements of Weather, 3 hours
      870:031*      Physical Geology, 4 hours
      880:011*      Conceptual Physics, 4 hours
      880:012        Physics in Everyday Life, 3 hours
      970:026**    Physical Geography, 3-4 hours
      *   Lab Course
      **   Lab Course if 4-hour option elected

    3. Category 5. Social Science                                                                      9 hours
      Required: one course from group A, one course from group B, and one course from group A, B, or C. (Students cannot count both 970:010 and 970:040 toward liberal arts core.)

      1. Group A    Sociocultural and Historical Perspectives

        2. 900:023    American Civilization, 3 hours
        970:010    Human Geography, 3 hours
        970:040    World Geography, 3 hours
        980:001    Introduction to Sociology, 3 hours
        990:011    Culture, Nature, and Society, 3 hours

      2. Group B    Individual and Institutional Perspectives


        3. 31F:010    Human Identity and Relationships, 3 hours
        400:001    Introduction to Psychology, 3 hours
        920:024*  Introduction to Economics, 3 hours
        942:014    Introduction to American Politics, 3 hours
        943:024    International Relations, 3 hours
        *Satisfactory completion of both 920:053 and 920:054 by all non-business majors and Business Teaching majors, through UNI or transfer, may substitue for 920:024.

      3. Group C    Topical Perspectives

        4. 450:041/900:041    Social Welfare: A World View, 3 hours
        450:045/900:045/980:045    American Racial & Ethnic Minorities, 3 hours
        900:020    Women, Men, and Society, 3 hours
        900:080    Conflict and Social Reconstruction, 3 hours
        900:090    Children and Youth: Issues and Controversies, 3 hours
        940:020    Contemporary Political Problems, 3 hours
        980:060    Social Problems, 3 hours

    4. Category 6. Capstone Experience                                                                2 hours
      010:159    Analysis of Contemporary Social Issues, 3 hours
      010:159    Back in the Valley: Martin Luter King Jr. and the 21st Century, 3 hours
      010:159    Being National: National Identity in Europe, America, and Beyond, 3 hours
      010:159    Blues and Jazz in African American Literature and Film, 3 hours
      010:159    Building Communities: Developing Intentional Family Spaces, 3 hours
      010:159    Communication Disorders and Society, 3 hours
      010:159    Creativity and the Transformation of Culture, 3 hours
      010:159    Democracies, 3 hours
      010:159    Globalization, Cultural Pluralism, and International Security, 3 hours
      010:159    Greece: From the "Cradle of Democracy" to Today, 3 hours
      010:159    Leadership and Professional and Civic Competencies, 2 hours
      010:159    Lies and Lying in Personal and Pulbic Life, 2 hours
      010:159    Living in our Techno-social World, 3 hours
      010:159    Local Issues: Advocacy and Civil Engagement, 3 hours
      010:159    Medicine, Morality, and Society: the Social Construction of Health and Illness, 3 hours
      010:159    Minority-Majority Group Relations in the U.S., 3 hours
      010:159    Obesity and Diabetes: Science, Sociology and Economics, 2 hours
      010:159    Prehistory of Environmental Impact, 3 hours
      010:159    Sacred Space, 3 hours
      010:159    Science and Pseudoscience: Critiquing the World Around You, 3 hours
      010:159    Socio-Economic REality of Central America, 2 hours
      010:159    The Washington Center Internship Program, 3 hours
      010:159    The Water Planet, 3 hours
      230:186    Studies in Cultures and Languages of Kazakhstan, 3 hours
      410:152    Alternative Health and Complementary Medicine, 3 hours
      410:160   Community and Public Health, 3 hours
      48C:128   Ethics in Communication, 3 hours
      490:106    Theatre in Education, 3 hours
      640:173    Bio-Medical Ethics, 3 hours (same as 650:173)
      650:173    Bio-Medical Ethics, 3 hours (same as 640:173)
      640:194   Perspectives on Death and Dying, 3 hours (same as 650:194g)
      650:194   Perspectives on Death and Dying, 3 hours (same as 640:194g)
      650:159    Money, Sex and Power, 3 hours
      740:148   The Holocaust in Literature and Film, 3 hours
      820:140    Environment, Technology, and Society, 2 hours
      820:150    Science, Mathematics, and Technology in the Americas, 3 hours

TOTAL                                                                                          45 HOURS

Liberal Arts Core Administrative Policies

  1. Liberal Arts Core Courses may be used to satisfy requirements for both the Liberal Arts Core and the major, minor, and program emphasis.
  2. Departments offering a liberal arts core course may preclude their major or minor students from taking that particular course to satisfy the requirements for liberal arts core, the major, or the minor.
  3. Liberal Arts Core requirements can be met through CLEP examinations, departmental examinations, and the Advanced Placement Program of the College Entrance Examination Board. CLEP examinations do not include the mandatory laboratory course requirement. A student who receives CLEP credit in both the physical and biological sciences shall be considered to have fulfilled the laboratory requirement.
  4. No Liberal Arts Core course may be taken for graduate credit.
  5. No Liberal Arts Core course may have a non-Liberal Arts Core course as a prerequisite.
  6. All courses taken to meet liberal arts core requirements must be taken for graded credit.
  7. The liberal arts core requirements apply to all undergraduate degree programs.
 		 
     
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