Courses Available to First-Year Students Fall 2015
TABLE OF CONTENTS Guide to Reading Course List...3 Languages.4 Quantitative Skills Courses......4 Humanities Division 4 Social Sciences Division 5 Natural Sciences and Mathematics Division.6 Courses Offered in Other Schools and Colleges. 7 Interdisciplinary Programs. 7
GUIDE TO READING COURSE LIST Example: MAT 221, Elementary Probability and Statistics I (3) [1] Course Title: Elementary Probability and Statistics I Course Subject Code: MAT Course Subject Number: 221 Number of credits indicated in parentheses: (3) Program Code indicated in brackets: [1] Note: Courses that are suitable introductory courses for interdisciplinary programs are indicated by program code. For program codes, see page 7. COURSE PREFIXES AAA Asian / Asian American LIT Literature AAS African American Studies MAT Mathematics ANT Anthropology MAX Maxwell ARB Arabic NAT Native American Studies AST Astronomy PAF Public Affairs BIO Biology PHI Philosophy CHE Chemistry PHY Physics CHI Chinese POL Polish EAR Earth Science POR Portuguese ECN Economics PRS Persian ETS English & Textual Studies PSC Political Science FRE French PSY Psychology GEO GER GRE HEB HIN HOA HOM HST ITA JPS JSP LAT LIN Geography German Greek Hebrew Hindi History of Art History of Music History Italian Japanese Judaic Studies Latin Linguistics QSX REL RUS SOC SPA TRK WGS WRT ARC CLS EDU Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Transgender Program Religion Russian Sociology Spanish Turkish Women s and Gender Studies Program Writing Architecture (School of Architecture) College Learning Strategies (School of Education) Education
LANGUAGES ARB 101 Arabic I (4) [2, 21] CHI 101 Chinese I (4) [7] CHI 102 Chinese II (4) [7] FRE 101 French I (4) FRE 102 French II (4) FRE 201 French III (4) FRE 202 French IV (4) GER 101 German I (4) [29] GER 201 German III (4) [29] GRE 101 Ancient Greek I (4) [8] HEB 101 Hebrew I (4) [15, 21, 22] HEB 201 Hebrew III (4) [15, 21, 22] HIN 101 Hindi/Urdu I (4) [30] HIN 201 Hindi/Urdu III (4) [30] ITA 101 Italian I (4) ITA 102 Italian II (4) ITA 201 Italian III (4) JPS 101 Japanese I (4) JPS 201 Japanese III (4) KOR 101 Korean I (4) LAT 101 Latin I (4) [8] LAT 201 Latin III (4) [8] POL 101 Polish I (4) [29] POR 101 Portuguese I (4) POR 201 Portuguese III (4) RUS 101 Russian I (4) [29] RUS 201 Russian III (4) [29] SPA 101 Spanish I (4) SPA 102 Spanish II (4) SPA 201 Spanish III (4) SPA 202 Spanish IV (4) TRK 101 Turkish I (4) TRK 201 Turkish III (4) QUANTITATIVE SKILLS COURSES MAT 112 Algebraic Operations and Functions (3) MAT 121 Probability and Statistics for the Liberal Arts I (4) MAT 194 Precalculus (4) MAT 221 Elementary Probability and Statistics I (3) [1] MAT 284 Business Calculus (4) MAT 285 Life Sciences Calculus I (3) [4, 5, 6] MAT 295 Calculus I (4) [4, 5, 6] HUMANITIES DIVISION AAS 231 African American Literature to 1900: An Introduction (3) ANT 185 Global Encounters: Comparing World Views & Values Cross Culturally (3) [14, 31, 32] ETS 107 Living Writers (3) ETS 113 Survey of British Literature, Beginnings to 1789 (3) [20] ETS 114 Survey of British Literature 1789 to Present (3) ETS 117 Survey of American Literature, to 1865 (3) ETS 118 Survey of American Literature, 1865 to Present (3) ETS 121 Introduction to Shakespeare (3) [20] ETS 122 Introduction to the Novel (3) ETS 146 Reading Screen Culture (3)
ETS 151 Interpretation of Poetry (3) ETS 152 Interpretation of Drama (3) ETS 153 Interpretation of Fiction (3) ETS 154 Interpretation of Film (3) ETS 155 Interpretation of Nonfiction (3) ETS 181 Class and Literary Texts (3) ETS 182 Race and Literary Texts (3) ETS 184 Ethnicity and Literary Texts (3) ETS 192 Gender and Literary Texts (3) HOA 105 Arts & Ideas I (3) [20] HOM 100.1 Selected Topic: Music From the Ground Up (3) Explores the building blocks of music through our voices, movements, and visualizations, developing a solid foundation for navigating through a wide range of musical styles from around the world. No previous musical training reuired. HOM 165 Understanding Music I (3) HOM 195 Performance Live (3) HST 111 Early Modern Europe, 1350 1815 (3) [20} HST 210 The Ancient World (3) JSP 135 Judaism (3) LIN 201 The Nature and Study of Language (3) [18, 34] LIT 101 Introduction to Classical Literature (3) LIT 226 Dostoevsky and Tolstoy (3) PHI 107 Theories of Knowledge and Reality (3) [25,34] PHI 175 Social & Political Philosophy (3) PHI 192 Introduction to Moral Theory (3) [32] PHI 197 Human Nature (3) [32] PHI 200 (M001) Political Theory (3) Introduction to theories of major modern political philosophers (Locke, Rousseau, Hume, J.S. Mill, Marx). Contemporary theories of liberty, justice, and equality. REL 106 What is Belief? (3) REL 114 The Bible (3) REL 120 Introduction to the Study of Religion (3) REL 131 Great Jewish Writers (3) [15, 22] REL 135 Judaism (3) [15, 21, 22, 26, 27] REL 142 Native American Religion (3) [23] REL 156 Christianity (3) [26, 27] REL 165 Discovering Islam [3, 21, 26, 27, 30] REL 185 Hinduism (3) [30] REL 191 Religion, Meaning and Knowledge (3) WGS 101 Introduction to Women s and Gender Studies (3) WRT 114 Writing Culture (3) SOCIAL SCIENCES DIVISION AAA 101 Introduction to Asian/Asian-American Studies (3) [3] AAS 112 Introduction to African American Studies in Social Sciences (3)
ANT 111 Introduction to Cultural Anthropology (3) ANT 121 Peoples and Cultures of the World (3) ANT 141 Introduction to Archaeology and Prehistory (3) ECN 203 Economic Ideas and Issues (3) [13, 14, 24, 33] GEO 103 Environment and Society (3) [33] GEO 171 Human Geographies (3) [31] GEO 272 World Cultures (3) HST 101 American History to 1865 (3) HST 121 Global History to 1750 (3) LLA 201 Elements of Law (3) MAX 123 Critical Issues for the United States (3) MAX 132 Global Community (3) [14, 28] NAT 105 Introduction to Native American Studies (3) [23] PAF 101 An Introduction to the Analysis of Public Policy (3) [24, 28] PAF 110 Public Service Practicum (1) PSC 121 American National Government and Politics (3) PSC 123 Comparative Government and Politics (3) PSC 124 International Relations (3) [13, 14, 31] PSC 125 Political Theory (3) PSY 205 Foundations of Human Behavior (3) [34] QSX 111 Queer Histories, Communities and Politics (3) [17] SOC 101 Introduction to Sociology (3) SOC 102 Social Problems (3) SOC 281 Sociology of Families (3) NATURAL SCIENCES AND MATHEMATICS DIVISION AST 101 Our Corner of the Universe (4) (laboratory included) BIO 106 Ocean Life (3) BIO 121 General Biology I (4) (laboratory included) [4, 5, 6, 33, 34] CHE 103 Chemistry in the Modern World (3) CHE 106 General Chemistry Lecture (3) [4, 5, 6, 34] CHE 107 General Chemistry Laboratory (1) [4, 5, 6] CSD 212 Introduction to Communication Sciences and Disorders (3) [18, 34] EAR 105 Earth Science (3) EAR 110 Dynamic Earth (4) EAR 111 Climate Change Past and Present (3) EAR 117 Oceanography (3) GEO 155 The Natural Environment (3) [33] GEO 215 Global Environmental Change (3) [33] PHY 101 Major Concepts of Physics I (4) (laboratory included) [5] PHY 211 General Physics I (3) [33] PHY 221 General Physics Laboratory I (1) [33]
COURSES OFFERED IN SCHOOLS AND COLLEGES OTHER THAN ARTS AND SCIENCES *Applied as Non Arts and Science Credit CLS 105 College Learning Strategies (3) The study and application of strategic approaches to learning. Topics include strategies for managing time, improving memory, managing tasks, creating a study environment, taking notes, monitoring comprehension, studying for and taking exams. Students learn when and how to use these strategies through practice in their currently enrolled courses. They will have the option of creating video podcasts, audio podcasts, wiki writing or blogging to describe their use of strategies. Assignments are designed to be completed with the material required in concurrent courses. EDU 203 Introduction to Inclusive Schooling (3) Examining schools and teaching from a disability studies perspective. Topics, issues, values related to inclusive education. Readings, observations and analysis of cultural media. CODES FOR INTERDISCIPLINARY PROGRAMS 28 Advocacy and Public Rhetoric minor 1 Applied Statistics minor 2 Arabic minor 3 Asian/Asian American Studies minor 4 Biochemistry B.S. 5 Biophysical Science B.A. 6 Biotechnology B.S. 7 Chinese Studies minor 8 Classics B.A., minor 9 Classical Civilization B.A. 10 Cognitive Science minor 33 Energy and its Impacts B.A., B.S. integrated learning major 32 Ethics BA,BS, integrated learning major 11 European Literature B.A. 12 Forensic Science Minor, integrated learning major 13 Global Political Economy minor 31 Global Security Studies minor 14 International Relations B.A. 15 Jewish Studies minor 16 Latino-Latin American Studies B.A., minor 17 Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and minor Transgender Studies 18 Linguistic Studies B.A., minor 19 Logic minor 20 Medieval and Renaissance Studies minor
21 Middle Eastern Studies B.A., minor 22 Modern Jewish Studies B.A. 23 Native American Studies minor 34 Neuroscience B.A., B.S. integrated learning major 24 Policy Studies B.A., minor 25 Political Philosophy minor 26 Religion and the Media minor 27 Religion and Society minor 29 Russian and Central European B.A., minor Studies 30 South Asian Studies minor *Courses that are suitable introductory courses for our interdisciplinary programs are indicated with a numeral footnote associated with the list above.