College Core Requirements for B.A. and B.S. Degree

Natural Sciences

Students cannot double dip courses to satisfy the Arts and Sciences core requirement that students complete in each of the three areas - natural sciences, social sciences, and humanities. A course used to satisfy the natural sciences requirement may not be used to satisfy the social sciences or humanities requirement.

1. All courses offered by Arts and Sciences departments or programs within the disciplines of the natural sciences including courses with the following departmental prefixes: AST, BIO, CHE, EES, PHY.
2. The following courses may also be used to satisfy the Arts and Sciences College requirement for course work within the discipline of natural sciences. However, if used to count as a Natural Science they cannot also be used for any Social Science requirement.

• ANA 209 - PRINCIPLES OF HUMAN ANATOMY Credit(s): 3
• ANT 105 - HUMAN ORIGINS Credit(s): 3
• ANT 230 - INTRODUCTION TO BIOLOGICAL ANTHROPOLOGY Credit(s): 3
• ANT 332 - HUMAN EVOLUTION Credit(s): 3
• ANT 333 - CONTEMPORARY HUMAN VARIATION Credit(s): 3
• ANT 353 - SPECIAL TOPICS IN PHYSICAL OR BIOLOGICAL ANTHROPOLOGY (SUBTITLE REQUIRED) Credit(s): 3
• CGS 500 - COGNITIVE SCIENCE IN THEORY AND PRACTICE Credit(s): 3
• DHN 101 - HUMAN NUTRITION AND WELLNESS Credit(s): 3
• ENS 200 - INTRODUCTION TO ENVIRONMENTAL STUDIES Credit(s): 3
• ENS 202 - ENVIRONMENTAL & SUSTAINABILITY STUDIES II: NATURAL SCIENCE AND POLICY Credit(s): 3
• ENS 400 - SENIOR SEMINAR (SUBTITLE REQUIRED) Credit(s): 3
• ENT 110 - INSECT BIOLOGY Credit(s): 3
• ENT 300 - GENERAL ENTOMOLOGY Credit(s): 3
• GEO 130 - EARTH’S PHYSICAL ENVIRONMENT Credit(s): 3
• GEO 135 - GLOBAL CLIMATE CHANGE Credit(s): 3
• GEO 230 - SEVERE STORMS AND EXTREME WEATHER Credit(s): 3
• GEO 351 - PHYSICAL LANDSCAPES Credit(s): 3
• GEO 451G - FLUVIAL FORMS AND PROCESSES Credit(s): 3
• GEO 530 - BIOGEOGRAPHY AND CONSERVATION Credit(s): 3
• PGY 206 - ELEMENTARY PHYSIOLOGY Credit(s): 3
• PLS 104 - PLANTS, SOILS, & PEOPLE: A SCIENCE PERSPECTIVE Credit(s): 3
• PSY 312 - BRAIN AND BEHAVIOR Credit(s): 3
• PSY 360 - BEHAVIORAL GENETICS Credit(s): 3
• PSY 393 - RESEARCH IN NEUROSCIENCE Credit(s): 1 - 3 (Variable)
• PSY 456 - BEHAVIORAL NEUROSCIENCE Credit(s): 4
• PSY 459 - NEUROPHARMACOLOGY: DRUGS AND BEHAVIOR Credit(s): 3
• PSY 565 - ADVANCED TOPICS IN NEUROSCIENCE (SUBTITLE REQUIRED) Credit(s): 3

Social Sciences

Students cannot double dip courses to satisfy the Arts and Sciences core requirement that students complete in each of the three areas - natural sciences, social sciences, and humanities. A course used to satisfy the social sciences requirement may not be used to satisfy the natural sciences or humanities requirement.

1. All courses offered by Arts and Sciences departments or programs within the disciplines of the social sciences including courses with the following departmental prefixes: ANT, APP, ECO, GEO, GWS, IAS, PS, PSY, SOC if content is designated as a social science; also, see #3 below.
2. The following courses may also be used to satisfy the Arts and Sciences College requirement for course work within the discipline of social sciences:

• AAS 200 - INTRODUCTION TO AFRICAN-AMERICAN STUDIES Credit(s): 3
• AAS 235 - INEQUALITIES IN SOCIETY Credit(s): 3
• AAS 301 - INTRODUCTION TO THE AFRICAN DIASPORA Credit(s): 3
• AAS 326 - CONTEMPORARY AFRICAN LIVES Credit(s): 3
• AAS 328 - GEOGRAPHY OF THE MIDDLE EAST AND NORTH AFRICA Credit(s): 3
• AAS 336 - GEOGRAPHY OF SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA Credit(s): 3
• AAS 400 - SPECIAL TOPICS IN AFRICAN-AMERICAN AND AFRICANA STUDIES (SUBTITLE REQUIRED) Credit(s): 3
• AAS 401 - INDEPENDENT READING AND RESEARCH IN AFRICAN- AMERICAN AND AFRICANA STUDIES Credit(s): 3
• AAS 417G - SURVEY OF SUB-SAHARAN POLITICS Credit(s): 3
• AAS 432 - RACE AND ETHNIC RELATIONS Credit(s): 3
• AAS 471 - RACE, ETHNICITY AND POLITICS Credit(s): 3
• AAS 500 - AFRICAN AMERICAN LIVES Credit(s): 3
• ANT 321 - INTRODUCTION TO JAPANESE CULTURE, MEIJI (1868) TO PRESENT Credit(s): 3
• ANT 515 - PHONOLOGICAL ANALYSIS Credit(s): 3
• LIN 515 - PHONOLOGICAL ANALYSIS Credit(s): 3
• LIN 516 - GRAMMATICAL TYPOLOGY Credit(s): 3
• ANT 516 - GRAMMATICAL TYPOLOGY Credit(s): 3
• ANT 519 - HISTORICAL LINGUISTICS Credit(s): 3
• LIN 519 - HISTORICAL LINGUISTICS Credit(s): 3
• CGS 500 - COGNITIVE SCIENCE IN THEORY AND PRACTICE Credit(s): 3
• ENS 200 - INTRODUCTION TO ENVIRONMENTAL STUDIES Credit(s): 3
• ENS 400 - SENIOR SEMINAR (SUBTITLE REQUIRED) Credit(s): 3
• JPN 321 - INTRODUCTION TO JAPANESE CULTURE, MEIJI (1868) TO PRESENT Credit(s): 3
• JPN 334 - ENVIRONMENT, SOCIETY AND ECONOMY OF JAPAN Credit(s): 3

Humanities

Students cannot double dip courses to satisfy the Arts and Sciences core requirement that students complete in each of the three areas - natural sciences, social sciences, and humanities. A course used to satisfy the humanities requirement may be used to satisfy the natural sciences or social science requirement.

1. Excluding the courses listed below, all courses offered by Arts and Sciences departments or programs within the disciplines of the humanities, including courses with the following prefixes: A-H, AAS, CLA, ENG, FR, GER, HIS, JPN, LAS, LIN, MCL, PHI, RS, RUS, SPA, and HON courses designated as humanities. Note exceptions in #2 and #3 below.
2. The following courses may NOT be used in the humanities area:

• AAS 200 - INTRODUCTION TO AFRICAN-AMERICAN STUDIES Credit(s): 3
• AAS 235 - INEQUALITIES IN SOCIETY Credit(s): 3
• AAS 326 - CONTEMPORARY AFRICAN LIVES Credit(s): 3
• AAS 328 - GEOGRAPHY OF THE MIDDLE EAST AND NORTH AFRICA Credit(s): 3
• AAS 336 - GEOGRAPHY OF SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA Credit(s): 3
• AAS 417G - SURVEY OF SUB-SAHARAN POLITICS Credit(s): 3
• AAS 432 - RACE AND ETHNIC RELATIONS Credit(s): 3
• AAS 471 - RACE, ETHNICITY AND POLITICS Credit(s): 3
• AIS 101 - ELEMENTARY MODERN STANDARD ARABIC Credit(s): 4
• AIS 102 - ELEMENTARY MODERN STANDARD ARABIC Credit(s): 4
• AIS 201 - INTERMEDIATE MODERN STANDARD ARABIC Credit(s): 4
• AIS 202 - INTERMEDIATE MODERN STANDARD ARABIC Credit(s): 4
• AIS 442 - ARABIC READING I Credit(s): 3
• AIS 443 - ARABIC READING II Credit(s): 3
• CHI 101 - BEGINNING CHINESE I Credit(s): 4
• CHI 102 - BEGINNING CHINESE II Credit(s): 4
• CHI 201 - INTERMEDIATE CHINESE I Credit(s): 4
• CHI 202 - INTERMEDIATE CHINESE II Credit(s): 4
• CLA 131 - MEDICAL TERMINOLOGY FROM GREEK AND LATIN Credit(s): 3
• ENG 102 - WRITING II Credit(s): 3
• ENG 207 - BEGINNING WORKSHOP IN CREATIVE WRITING(SUBTITLE REQUIRED) Credit(s): 3
• ENG 405 - EDITING ENGLISH PROSE Credit(s): 3
• ENG 407 - INTERMEDIATE WORKSHOP IN CREATIVE WRITING (SUBTITLE REQUIRED) Credit(s): 3
• ENG 507 - ADVANCED WORKSHOP IN CREATIVE WRITING (SUBTITLE REQUIRED) Credit(s): 3
• ENG 509 - COMPOSITION FOR TEACHERS Credit(s): 3
• FR 011 - FRENCH FOR READING KNOWLEDGE Credit(s): 3
• FR 101 - ELEMENTARY FRENCH Credit(s): 4
• FR 102 - ELEMENTARY FRENCH Credit(s): 4
• FR 106 - ELEMENTARY FRENCH REVIEW Credit(s): 5
• FR 201 - INTERMEDIATE FRENCH Credit(s): 3
• FR 202 - INTERMEDIATE FRENCH Credit(s): 3
• FR 204 - INTRODUCTION TO FRENCH AND FRANCOPHONE STUDIES Credit(s): 3
• FR 307 - FRENCH FOR BUSINESS AND ECONOMICS Credit(s): 3
• FR 310 - FRENCH PHONETICS Credit(s): 3
• FR 553 - TEACHING OF FRENCH Credit(s): 3
• FR 570 - SEMINAR IN FRENCH LANGUAGE PEDAGOGY Credit(s): 1
• GER 011 - GERMAN FOR READING KNOWLEDGE Credit(s): 3
• GER 101 - BASIC GERMAN Credit(s): 4
• GER 102 - BASIC GERMAN Credit(s): 4
• GER 201 - INTERMEDIATE GERMAN Credit(s): 3
• GER 202 - INTERMEDIATE GERMAN Credit(s): 3
• GER 205 - READING AND WRITING PRACTICE Credit(s): 2
• GER 206 - SPOKEN COMMUNICATION Credit(s): 3
• GER 211 - GERMAN FOR READING KNOWLEDGE I Credit(s): 3
• GER 212 - GERMAN FOR READING KNOWLEDGE II Credit(s): 3
• GER 307 - INTERMEDIATE GERMAN COMPOSITION AND CONVERSATION I Credit(s): 3
• GER 308 - INTERMEDIATE GERMAN COMPOSITION AND CONVERSATION II Credit(s): 3
• GER 310 - GERMAN FOR INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS AND PROFESSIONS Credit(s): 3
• GER 507 - ADVANCED GERMAN COMPOSITION AND CONVERSATION Credit(s): 3
• GER 553 - THE TEACHING OF GERMAN Credit(s): 3
• GRK 101 - ELEMENTARY GREEK Credit(s): 4
• GRK 102 - ELEMENTARY GREEK Credit(s): 4
• GRK 201 - INTERMEDIATE GREEK Credit(s): 4
• GRK 202 - INTERMEDIATE GREEK Credit(s): 4
• HJS 101 - ELEMENTARY HEBREW Credit(s): 4
• HJS 102 - ELEMENTARY HEBREW Credit(s): 4
• HJS 201 - INTERMEDIATE HEBREW Credit(s): 3
• HJS 202 - INTERMEDIATE HEBREW Credit(s): 3
• ITA 101 - ELEMENTARY ITALIAN Credit(s): 4
• ITA 102 - ELEMENTARY ITALIAN. Credit(s): 4
• ITA 201 - INTERMEDIATE ITALIAN Credit(s): 3
• ITA 202 - INTERMEDIATE ITALIAN. Credit(s): 3
• JPN 101 - BEGINNING JAPANESE I Credit(s): 4
• JPN 102 - BEGINNING JAPANESE II Credit(s): 4
• JPN 201 - INTERMEDIATE JAPANESE I Credit(s): 4
• JPN 202 - INTERMEDIATE JAPANESE II Credit(s): 4
• JPN 301 - ADVANCED JAPANESE I Credit(s): 3
• JPN 302 - ADVANCED JAPANESE II Credit(s): 3
• JPN 401 - ADVANCED JAPANESE III Credit(s): 3
• JPN 402 - ADVANCED JAPANESE IV Credit(s): 3
• JPN 334 - ENVIRONMENT, SOCIETY AND ECONOMY OF JAPAN Credit(s): 3
• LAT 101 - ELEMENTARY LATIN Credit(s): 4
• LAT 102 - ELEMENTARY LATIN Credit(s): 4
• LAT 201 - INTERMEDIATE LATIN Credit(s): 3
• LAT 202 - INTERMEDIATE LATIN Credit(s): 3
• PHI 120 - THE ART OF THINKING: AN INTRODUCTION TO LOGIC Credit(s): 3
• PHI 320 - SYMBOLIC LOGIC I Credit(s): 3
• PS 417G - SURVEY OF SUB-SAHARAN POLITICS Credit(s): 3
• PS 471 - RACE, ETHNICITY AND POLITICS Credit(s): 3
• RUS 101 - ELEMENTARY RUSSIAN Credit(s): 4
• RUS 102 - ELEMENTARY RUSSIAN Credit(s): 4
• RUS 201 - INTERMEDIATE RUSSIAN Credit(s): 4
• RUS 202 - INTERMEDIATE RUSSIAN Credit(s): 4
• RUS 301 - CONVERSATION AND COMPOSITION I Credit(s): 3
• RUS 302 - ADVANCED INTERMEDIATE RUSSIAN II Credit(s): 3
• RUS 401 - ADVANCED RUSSIAN I Credit(s): 3
• RUS 402 - ADVANCED RUSSIAN II Credit(s): 3
• RUS 501 - STRUCTURE OF RUSSIAN: SUBTITLE REQUIRED Credit(s): 3
• RUS 502 - ADVANCED RUSSIAN CONVERSATION & COMPOSITION Credit(s): 3
• SPA 011 - SPANISH READING FOR GRADUATE STUDENTS. Credit(s): 3
• SPA 101 - ELEMENTARY SPANISH I (SPOKEN APPROACH) Credit(s): 4
• SPA 102 - ELEMENTARY SPANISH II (SPOKEN APPROACH) Credit(s): 4
• SPA 103 - HIGH BEGINNER SPANISH Credit(s): 3
• SPA 151 - SPANISH FOR HEALTH PROFESSIONALS Credit(s): 3
• SPA 201 - INTERMEDIATE SPANISH III (SPOKEN APPROACH) Credit(s): 3
• SPA 202 - INTERMEDIATE SPANISH IV (SPOKEN APPROACH) Credit(s): 3
• SPA 203 - HIGH INTERMEDIATE SPANISH Credit(s): 3
• SPA 205 - SPANISH FOR BILINGUAL STUDENTS Credit(s): 3
• SPA 210 - SPANISH GRAMMAR AND SYNTAX Credit(s): 3
• SPA 211 - INTERMEDIATE SPANISH CONVERSATION Credit(s): 3
• SPA 215 - WRITTEN SPANISH FOR BILINGUAL STUDENTS Credit(s): 3
• SPA 302 - COMMERCIAL AND TECHNICAL SPANISH Credit(s): 3
• SPA 313 - ADVANCED SPANISH LANGUAGE Credit(s): 3
• SPA 413 - SPANISH PHONETICS Credit(s): 3
• SPA 501 - SPANISH PHONETICS, PRONUNCIATION AND PHONEMICS Credit(s): 3
• SPA 506 - INTRODUCTION TO COMPARATIVE SPANISH, PORTUGUESE, AND ITALIAN LINGUISTICS Credit(s): 3
• SPA 553 - TEACHING OF SPANISH Credit(s): 3
• WRD 203 - BUSINESS WRITING Credit(s): 3
• WRD 204 - TECHNICAL WRITING Credit(s): 3
• WRD 205 - WRITING AND RHETORIC (SUBTITLE REQUIRED) Credit(s): 3
• WRD 306 - INTRODUCTION TO PROFESSIONS IN WRITING Credit(s): 3

Race and Ethnicity Requirement

The college requires its students to complete an approved race and ethnicity (R&E) course that will address the changing meanings of race and ethnicity across time and space. 

Students may double-dip courses to satisfy the R&E requirement with any other requirement, e.g., UK Core, college requirements, or major requirements.

Please see list of approved R&E courses on the A&S webpage and in MyGPS.

College Laboratory or Field Experience Requirement

The college requires its students to complete at least one course that includes some laboratory or field experience. In such courses the external world is observed in a controlled manner using systematic techniques and methods. A substantial portion of the course must include data collection, data analysis, and hypothesis testing under supervised conditions. The approved courses for the laboratory requirement are: