Core Curriculum Requirements

The Core Curriculum consists of the following:¹

• First-Year Experience courses: 5 courses
• Religion I: 1 course
• Exploration courses: 7-8 courses
• Religion II: 1 course
• Perspectives courses: 2 courses

For a complete listing of approved courses, see the Core Curriculum Course List. The core designation is listed at the bottom of the course description.  Courses used to fulfill Core requirements are not eligible for the pass-fail grading option.

First-Year Experience Courses

FYS 110 Engaged Citizenship Seminar

Engaged Citizenship Seminars are designed to allow students to grapple with what it means to be an engaged citizen and how the Core Curriculum and liberal learning will equip them to become engaged citizens while simultaneously drawing connections between the seminar topic and their understanding of today’s society from a variety of perspectives, including ethical and intellectual concerns. Students will develop critical thinking and analysis skills, practiced through reading, writing, speaking, and research and venture beyond the traditional classroom experience in order to construct meaningful interdisciplinary responses to a topic related to engaged citizenship. In so doing, Engaged Citizenship Seminars help students learn about collegiate expectations and effective ways to approach course work that they can apply to other classes. These seminars also allow students to learn how to apply transferable knowledge and skills to a new learning situation, like joining a new class or disciplinary community, as well as provide students with opportunities to develop a sense of belonging and purpose at Concordia College.

First-time, full-time degree-seeking college students must take FYS 110 during their first semester, unless they enter Concordia with college credit for an equivalent course. Transfer students who enter Concordia with sophomore or higher standing are not required but may opt to take FYS 110.

COM 110 Communicating to Engage

Students will learn to appropriately and effectively communicate in diverse settings. In this course, students will explore their social identities, learn to advocate ethically for themselves and others, and develop their relational and presentational skills in interpersonal, group, intercultural, and public speaking contexts. COM 110 can count toward a Communication Studies major or minor.

All students must take COM 110 unless they enter Concordia with college credit for an equivalent course. Students who enter Concordia with credit for a college public speaking or communication theory/relational communication course that is not equivalent to COM 110 Communicating to Engage have two options to fulfill the COM 110 requirement:

Option 1 is to enroll in COM 110 Communicating to Engage in either the fall or spring semester during the first year.

Option 2 is to enroll in an advanced speaking/performance or communication theory/relational communication course, preferably in the first year. The advanced communication courses will depend on the transfer credit the student has earned and may be taken either in the fall or spring semester, depending on when they are offered.

If a student has earned credit for a public speaking course that did not include communication theory/relational communication content, the student may select a communication theory/relational communication course from the following:

Course List

Code	Title	Hours
COM 111	Introduction to Communication Studies	4
COM 312	Interpersonal Communication	4
COM 314	Group Communication and Team Building	4
COM 316	Intercultural Communication	4

If a student has earned credit for a communication theory/relational communication course that did not include public speaking components, the student may select an advanced speaking/performance course from the following:

Course List

Code	Title	Hours
COM 305	Business and Professional Speaking	4
COM 308	Communication for Citizenship and Career	4

Transfer students who enter Concordia with junior or higher standing and who have earned credit for a public speaking or communication theory/relational communication course are not required to take COM 110.

Students who have completed an Associates of Arts degree or have completed the MnTC are not required to take COM 110.

ENG 110 Writing to Engage

While developing writing and critical-thinking skills that will benefit students across the curriculum and throughout their lives, this writing course will focus on one of five themes related to engaged citizenship: Empathy, Identity, Community, Environment, or Exploration. Through one of these lenses, students will grapple with complex societal issues while learning to harness the power of reading, research, and writing in order to influence the affairs of the world. ENG 110 can count toward an English Literature or Writing major or minor.

All students must take ENG 110 unless they enter Concordia with college credit for an equivalent course. Students who enter Concordia with credit for a college composition course that is not equivalent to ENG 110 Writing to Engage have two options to fulfill the ENG 110 requirement:

Option 1 is to enroll in ENG 110 Writing to Engage in either the fall or spring semester during the first year.

Option 2 is to enroll in an advanced writing class, preferably in the first year. The advanced writing courses may be taken either in the fall or spring semester, depending on when they are offered.

Qualifying advanced writing courses include:

Course List

Code	Title	Hours
ENG 267	The Ethnographic Essay	4
ENG 316	Business Writing	4
ENG 317	News Writing	4
ENG 318	Feature Writing	4
ENG 324	Technical Writing	4
ENG 325	Topics in Writing	4

Transfer students who enter Concordia with junior or higher standing and who have earned credit for a composition/college writing course are not required to take ENG 110.

Students who have completed an Associates of Arts degree or have completed the MnTC are not required to take ENG110.

Wellness

WELL 110 Engaging in Lifelong Wellness

This course, normally taken in a student’s first year, allows students to gain practical knowledge, discuss, and practice lifelong skill-building techniques in various dimensions of wellness. Topics include assessment and behavior change; social identity; healthy relationships; time management; stress management; mental health; personal safety and injury prevention; and harmful substances. Emphasis will be on self-assessment and reflection.

WELL 111 Engaging in a Balanced Life

This course, normally taken in a student’s first year, allows students to gain practical knowledge, discuss, and practice lifelong skill-building techniques in various dimensions of wellness. Topics include physical activity and fitness; nutrition; body image; spiritual well-being; sexual health; financial planning; and sustainability and environment. Emphasis will be on self-assessment and reflection.

First-time, full-time degree-seeking college students must take WELL 110 and WELL 111, preferably in their first year, unless they enter Concordia with college credit for an equivalent course(s).

Transfer students who enter Concordia with sophomore standing, must take WELL 110 or WELL 111. Transfer students who enter Concordia with junior or higher standing, are not required to take either wellness course. 

Religion I

Course List (Per Attribute)

Code	Title	Hours
REL 200	Christianity and Religious Diversity	4

This course should be taken during the student’s first or second year.

Exploration Courses

These courses constitute the heart of the Concordia Core Curriculum. They are designed to provide students with the breadth of knowledge and experience that characterize the well-educated liberal arts student. They are also designed to assure that Concordia students are prepared to be responsibly engaged in the affairs of the world. No one part of the Core Curriculum can accomplish these goals individually, but the whole of the Core can do so. Consequently, students are required to take courses in the four areas of the Core:

• Natural Sciences and Mathematics (8 credits) – one course in natural sciences and one course in mathematics
• Social Sciences (8 credits) – two courses in the social sciences
• World Language (4-8 credits) – one course is required at the second-semester level.  All students who have studied a world language on the course list prior to coming to Concordia should take a placement test to determine which course level is the most appropriate.  Students testing into a language level beyond the second semester may take a higher-level course to fulfill this requirement.  
• Arts and Humanities (8 credits) – one course in the arts and one course in the humanities

No more than one course from a single department or program may be taken to satisfy the Exploration requirement in the Natural Sciences and Mathematics, Arts and Humanities, and the Social Sciences.  A wide variety of courses are available to students in their pursuit of these requirements.

Religion II

An advanced religion course (300 level) is required in the student’s junior or senior year. No student should enroll in the second religion course without taking REL 200 first.  Any exception to this course sequence needs the approval of the religion department prior to registration for the second required religion course.  See the Core Curriculum Course List for religion courses that meet the Religion II core requirement. Religion II credit will not be awarded for 300-level courses that are not on the Core Curriculum Course List.  No exceptions will be granted. 

Perspectives Courses

Perspectives-designated courses are designed to help students understand the global and increasingly interdependent character of the world. The perspectives courses will help them to see that no position is without a perspective and no policy is without an assumptive base. Students are required to take two courses with a Perspectives designation:

• U.S. Cultural Diversity – one course with a (U) designation
• International and Global Perspectives – one course with a (G) designation

¹

The Core Curriculum Courses identified on this page apply to all students completing a Bachelor of Arts or Bachelor of Science in Nursing degree. Students pursuing a Bachelor of Music degree complete a modified Core Curriculum described in the Overview of Degree Requirements. Additional information is available on the Music department page under the heading "Bachelor of Music Programs".

Core Curriculum Courses

Every student at Concordia College is required to take a body of courses known as the Core Curriculum to provide a solid foundation in the liberal arts. The courses listed below indicate the requirements and applicable courses. Please review the online class schedule to learn which courses are being offered each semester. In addition to the courses listed below, some study away programs have opportunities to fulfill selected Core requirements. Contact the Office of Global Learning for more details.

Important Core Curriculum Policies

• Courses cannot be taken pass/fail to satisfy Core Curriculum requirements.

Important Degree Requirement Reminders

In addition to the Core Curriculum Requirements detailed below, the following additional requirements are needed to complete a Concordia College degree:

• A minimum of 126 credits overall
  • Of the 126 credits, a minimum of 40 credit hours must be at the 300 level or above
• Two Pivotal Experiences in Applied Knowledge (PEAK)
• Institutional GPA of 2.0 or above as well as a minimum GPA of 2.0 within major(s) and minor(s) - this includes concentrations where needed

See the Degree and Graduation Requirements section of the Catalog for more information.

First-Year Experience Courses

Engaged Citizenship Seminar

(Four semester credits or equivalent)

FYS 110 Engaged Citizenship Seminar allows students to grapple with what it means to be an engaged citizen and how the Core Curriculum and liberal learning will equip them to become engaged citizens while simultaneously drawing connections between the seminar topic and their understanding of today’s society from a variety of perspectives, including ethical and intellectual concerns.

Writing and Communicating to Engage

(Four semester credits each or equivalent)

ENG 110 Writing to Engage emphasizes academic writing as a way to learn, teach and participate in an academic community. COM 110 Communicating to Engage focus on communicating in diverse settings.

Wellness

(Two semester credits or equivalent)

WELL 110 Engaging in Lifelong Wellness and WELL 111 Engaging in a Balanced Life allow students to gain practical knowledge, discuss, and practice lifelong skill-building techniques in various dimensions of wellness.

Religion I

(One course that is four semester credits or equivalent)

Course List (Per Attribute)

Code	Title	Hours
REL 200	Christianity and Religious Diversity	4

Exploration Courses

Natural Science

(One course that is four semester credits or equivalent)
Natural science offerings are designed to develop a student’s understanding of the natural world, its processes, and the inter-relationships of its systems; how to apply the scientific method including the appropriate collection, analysis, and interpretation of data and effective communication of findings; harness the ability to use scientific terminology appropriately in meaningful scientific dialogue; and gain an understanding of the process of science as an intellectual pursuit and the ways in which scientific ideas evolve and come to be accepted. 

Course List (Per Attribute)

Code	Title	Hours
BIOL 101	General Biology	4
BIOL 114	Genetics and Society	4
BIOL 121	Cell Biology	4
BIOL 122	Evolution and Diversity	4
BIOL 207	Fundamental Microbiology	4
BIOL 221	Ecology	4
BIOL 222	Genetics and Molecular Biology	4
BIOL 305	Ecology and Field Biology	4
BIOL 306	Human Anatomy and Physiology	4
BIOL 309	Ornithology	4
BIOL 311	Entomology	4
BIOL 312	Mammalogy	4
BIOL 313	Plant Taxonomy	4
BIOL 325	Urban Ecology	4
BIOL 327	Conservation Biology	4
BIOL 336	Histology	4
BIOL 350	Animal Behavior	4
BIOL 352	Immunology and Parasitology	4
BIOL 360	Introduction to Geographic Information Systems (GIS)	4
BIOL 400	Neurobiology	4
BIOL 405	General Ecology	4
BIOL 406	Advanced Cell Biology	4
BIOL 407	Microbiology	4
BIOL 409	Limnology	4
BIOL 411	Integrated Vertebrate Anatomy and Physiology I	4
BIOL 412	Integrated Vertebrate Anatomy and Physiology II	4
BIOL 416	Advanced Topics in Genetics	4
BIOL 444	Ecology of East Africa	4
CHEM 127	General Chemistry I	4
CHEM 128	General Chemistry II	4
CHEM 330	Analytical Chemistry I	4
CHEM 341	Organic Chemistry I	4
CHEM 342	Organic Chemistry II	4
CHEM 351	Physical Chemistry I	4
CHEM 373	Biochemistry I	4
CHEM 374	Biochemistry II	4
CHEM 431	Analytical Chemistry II	4
ENVR 103	Ecosystems and Human Influence	4
ENVR 325	Urban Ecology	4
ENVR 327	Conservation Biology	4
ENVR 360	Introduction to Geographic Information Systems (GIS)	4
ESC 104	Introductory Astronomy: Solar System	4
ESC 106	Introductory Astronomy: Stars, Nebulae and Cosmology	4
ESC 302	Geology	4
FND 112	Food Science	4
NEU 109	Introduction to Neuroscience	4
NEU 400	Neurobiology	4
PHYS 104	Introductory Astronomy: Solar System	4
PHYS 106	Introductory Astronomy: Stars, Nebulae and Cosmology	4
PHYS 111	General College Physics I	4
PHYS 112	General College Physics II	4
PHYS 128	Physics for Scientists and Engineers	4
PHYS 153	Science of Sound and Music	4
PHYS 211	Physics for Scientists and Engineers II	4
PHYS 324	Modern Physics	4

Mathematics

(One course that is four semester credits or equivalent)
Mathematics offerings are designed to develop students’ understanding of basic mathematical concepts, to develop their abilities to analyze and solve mathematical problems, and to promote the importance of mathematics through the analysis of problem-solving strategies and the interpretation of results. 

Course List (Per Attribute)

Code	Title	Hours
CSC 125	Introduction to Computer Science	4
CSC 335	Operations Management/Research	4
DATA 200	Introduction to Data Analytics	4
DATA 316	Applied Statistical Models	4
DATA 317	Forecasting	4
DATA 318	Data Mining	4
MATH 105	Exploring Mathematics	4
MATH 110	Precalculus	4
MATH 121	Calculus I	4
MATH 122	Calculus II	4
MATH 203	Finite Mathematics	4
MATH 205	Introduction to Statistics	4
MATH 207	Discrete Mathematics	4
MATH 223	Calculus III	4
MATH 311	Differential Equations	4
MATH 312	Applied Mathematics	2
MATH 315	Probability and Mathematical Statistics	4
MATH 316	Applied Statistical Models	4
MATH 320	Geometry	4
MATH 325	Modern Algebra I	4
MATH 328	Complex Analysis	4
MATH 330	Real Analysis I	4
MATH 335	Operations Management/Research	4
SCM 335	Operations Management/Research	4

Course List

Code	Title	Hours
MATH 300	Legacy of the Greeks	4

Social Sciences

(Two courses - eight semester credits or equivalent. These courses must be from two different departments.)
Social science offerings are designed to develop a student’s understanding of individual or social human behavior from the perspective of one or more disciplines of the social sciences, knowledge or empirical methods for studying human behavior, and to use theories and concepts of human behavior with appropriate empirical evidence to analyze contemporary social issues (historical events, cultural and societal differences), consumer behavior, and/or the inter-workings of an economy, how to analyze and interpret data from a social science context, and evaluate society as a whole. These courses allow students to explore how diversity, including race, class, gender, ethnicity, sexuality, age, dis(ability), and/or culture, shapes human behavior and interaction and examine themselves and their relationships to other persons, organizations, and institutions using a social science framework. 

Course List (Per Attribute)

Code	Title	Hours
BUS 201	Principles of Global Economics	4
BUS 210	Ethics and Leadership	4
BUSN 312	Global Development Issues	4
COM 111	Introduction to Communication Studies	4
EDUC 330	Comparative Education: A Policy Perspective	4
ENVR 312	Global Development Issues	4
ENVR 335	Climate Change and Conflict	4
ENVR 350	Environmental Policy- Politics	4
ENVR 355	Petroleum Politics & Planet	4
ENVR 365	Global Sustainability Issues	4
FND 321	Nutrition	4
GS 117	International Issues and Global Governance: An Introduction to Global Studies	4
PSC 111	Hot Topics in Political Science	4
PSC 211	U.S. Political System	4
PSC 241	International Politics	4
PSC 256	Comparative Politics	4
PSC 303	Jurisprudence	4
PSC 305	Global Political Islam	4
PSC 311	Methods and Techniques of Political Analysis	4
PSC 325	Russian Politics	4
PSC 328	Politics of Development	4
PSC 332	U.S.-China Relations	4
PSC 335	Climate Change and Conflict	4
PSC 338	Chinese Politics	4
PSC 350	Environmental Policy-Politics	4
PSC 352	U.S. Foreign Policy	4
PSC 355	Petroleum Politics & Planet	4
PSC 360	International Security	4
PSC 362	Constitutional Law: Civil Liberties	4
PSC 363	Consitutional Law: Governmental Powers	4
PSC 365	Global Sustainability Issues	4
PSC 381	Political Parties and Interest Groups	4
PSC 388	Campaigns and Elections	4
PSC 393	Public Policy	4
PSC 433	American Presidency	4
PSC 441	Ethics and International Relations	4
PSYC 111	Introductory Psychology	4
PSYC 206	Developmental Psychology	4
PSYC 212	Educational Psychology	4
PSYC 218	Behavior Modification	4
PSYC 220	Psychology and Culture	4
PSYC 222	The Human Mind	4
PSYC 227	Personality Dynamics	4
PSYC 230	Statistics and Psychology Measurement	4
PSYC 301	Research Methods in Psychology	4
PSYC 318	Learning and Behavior	4
PSYC 319	Behavioral Neuroscience	4
PSYC 323	Perception	4
PSYC 324	Drugs and Behavior	4
PSYC 326	Advanced Developmental Psychology: Aging	4
PSYC 328	Human Neuropsychology	4
PSYC 345	Psychology of Sport	4
PSYC 347	Psychology and Religion	4
PSYC 351	Social Psychology	4
PSYC 357	Psychopathology	4
PSYC 361	Cognitive Psychology	4
PSYC 371	Introduction to Psychotherapy	4
PSYC 383	Psychology of Gender	4
PSYC 420	Cross-Cultural Psychology	4
PSYC 452	Psychology and Law	4
PSYC 471	Psychology in Contemporary and Historical Perspective	4
SOC 111	Human Society	4
SOC 214	Social Problems	4
SOC 217	Cultural Anthropology	4
SOC 231	Sociology of Families	4
SOC 306	London: The Global City	4
SOC 312	Global Development Issues	4
SOC 315	Political Sociology	4
SOC 317	Gender, Self and Society	4
SOC 322	Crime, Deviance, and Social Control	4
SOC 328	Class, Race, and Ethnicity	4
SOC 332	Society and Human Sexuality	4
SOC 338	Sociology of Religion	2
SOC 339	Urban Communities	4
SOC 351	Aging in Society	4
SOC 356	Social Change in Theory & Practice	4
SWK 150	Social Work and Social Justice	4
SWK 310	Human Behavior and the Social Environment	4
SWK 320	Social Policy and Systems Perspective	4
SWK 350	Comparative Cultural Encounter	4

Course List

Code	Title	Hours
EDUC 300	Ed vs. Training	4

Humanities

(One course that is four semester credits or equivalent)
The study of human cultures and experiences. Humanities offerings are designed to develop a student’s understanding of the relationship between a text, artifact, and other kinds of evidence and its cultural context and their ability to draw conclusions based upon critical, ethical, and aesthetic analysis of literature, religion, history, and philosophy. 

Course List (Per Attribute)

Code	Title	Hours
COM 317	Rhetorical Theory and Criticism	4
ENG 224	Literature, Imagination and Empathy	4
ENG 230	Introduction to Literary Scholarship	4
ENG 265	Animal Stories: Kinship, Rivalry, and Alterity	4
ENG 267	The Ethnographic Essay	4
ENG 315	English Language, Historical and Analytical	4
ENG 340	British Literature in Historical Contexts	4
ENG 350	American Literature in Historical Contexts	4
ENG 358	Native American Literatures	4
ENG 365	Writing of Women	4
ENG 401	Shakespeare and the English Renaissance	0-4
ENG 451	Postcolonial Literatures	4
ENVR 265	Animal Stories	4
ENVR 310	Nature's Place in U.S. History	4
ENVR 339	Environmental Ethics	4
ENVR 363	Sustainability in Germany	4
ENVR 483	Sustainability in History	4
FREN 317	Race, Gender, and Power in the Francophone World	4
FREN 331	French Culture and Civilization	4
GER 320	German Cultural History in Overview	4
GER 363	Sustainability in Germany	4
GRS 120	Greek and Roman Mythology in Art and Literature	4
GS 118	Culture, Identity, and Dialogue: An Introduction to Global Studies	4
GS 210	Introduction to Latin American Studies	4
GS 220	Asia in a Global Age: An Introduction	4
HISP 210	Introduction to Latin American Studies	4
HISP 311	U.S.-Latin American Relations	4
HIST 111	United States in Perspective to 1865	4
HIST 112	United States in Perspective since 1865	4
HIST 131	European History in Perspective to 1500	4
HIST 132	European History in Perspective since 1500	4
HIST 151	World in Perspective to 1500	4
HIST 152	World in Perspective since 1500	4
HIST 301	Greece and the Ancient Near East	4
HIST 302	Rome: Republic and Empire	4
HIST 310	Nature's Place in U.S. History	4
HIST 311	Religion & American Reform	4
HIST 313	Black American History	4
HIST 314	American Foreign Relations since 1900	4
HIST 315	Indigenous Peoples of North America	4
HIST 316	U.S. Women's History	4
HIST 317	Scandinavian Immigration and Settlement in America	4
HIST 318	The Midwest: Local, State, and Regional Histories	4
HIST 319	Colonial America	4
HIST 320	Latin American History	4
HIST 325	Doing Digital History	4
HIST 331	Imperial Russia	4
HIST 332	Russia since 1917	4
HIST 337	Reel Norden: Scandinavian History and Film	4
HIST 338	Hitler's Germany	4
HIST 339	Renaissance and Reformation History	4
HIST 341	Foundations of East Asian Civilization	4
HIST 342	Modern East Asian History	4
HIST 343	History of the Japanese Islands	4
HIST 344	Women and Development: The Asian Experience	4
HIST 352	The Rise of Modern Africa	4
HIST 360	Food in Global History	4
HIST 370	Islam and the West: Historical Encounters	4
HIST 373	Arab-Israeli Conflict	4
HIST 375	Global Antisemitism	4
MUS 232	History of Western Music: Medieval to the Mid-19th Century	4
PHIL 102	Life's Big Questions: Introduction to Philosophy	4
PHIL 110	Thinking About Values	4
PHIL 115	Seeking Justice in an Unjust World	4
PHIL 120	Faith, Doubt and Mystery: Philosophy of Religion	4
PHIL 230	Symbolic Logic	4
PHIL 240	Problems of Philosophy	4
PHIL 311	Ancient Philosophy	4
PHIL 312	Modern Philosophy	4
PHIL 313	American Philosophy	4
PHIL 314	Asian Philosophy	4
PHIL 315	Existentialism	4
PHIL 325	Major Philosophers	4
PHIL 331	Philosophy of Law	4
PHIL 332	Philosophy of Science	4
PHIL 334	Philosophy of Language	4
PHIL 336	Philosophy and Literature	4
PHIL 337	Philosophy of Feminism	4
PHIL 339	Environmental Ethics	4
PHIL 341	Philosophy of Race	4
PSC 121	Thinking about Politics: An Introduction to Political Science	4
PSC 411	Political Philosophy	4
SPAN 312	Conversation and Film in the Hispanic World	4
THR 334	Theatre History I: Origins to Romanticism	4
THR 335	Non-Western Theatres and Cultures	4
THR 336	Theatre History II: Realism to Postmodernism	4
WLC 317	Race, Gender, and Power in the Francophone World	4

Course List

Code	Title	Hours
HUM 380	Agents of Change: Power & Privilege Here and Now	4

Arts

(One course that is four semester credits or equivalent)
The study of or execution of artistic expression. Arts offerings are designed to develop a student’s understanding of the creative process, including analysis of such elements as form, composition, aesthetics, the relationship between artistic movements, and the relationship between arts and culture.    

Course List (Per Attribute)

Code	Title	Hours
ART 111	Two-Dimensional Foundations	4
ART 112	Three-Dimensional Foundations	4
ART 130	Beginning Drawing	4
ART 320	Painting	4
ART 330	Ceramics	4
ART 340	Sculpture	4
ART 350	Printmaking	4
ART 358	Intro to Darkroom Photography	4
ART 368	Digital Photography	4
ART 370	Digital Design	4
ART 376	Nordic Arts	4
ART 378	Web and User Experience Design I	4
ART 401	Intermediate Drawing	2-4
ART 402	Intermediate Painting	2-4
ART 403	Intermediate Ceramics	2-4
ART 404	Intermediate Sculpture	2-4
ART 405	Intermediate Printmaking	2-4
ART 408	Intermediate Studio	4
ART 409	Intermediate Photography	2-4
ART 478	Web and User Experience Design II	4
ART 483	Art and Environmental Activism	4
COM 139	Appreciating Film	4
COM 368	Digital Photography	4
EDUC 201	Art Education: Elementary	4
ENG 150	Literature, Self, and Society	4
ENG 160	Global Literature and Human Experience	4
ENG 165	Global Literature and Environmental Justice	4
ENG 227	Foundations in Creative Writing	4
ENG 318	Feature Writing	4
ENG 325	Topics in Writing	4
ENG 360	Dramatic Adaptation	4
ENG 377	Nonfiction Writing Seminar	4
ENG 378	Poetry Writing Seminar	4
ENG 379	Fiction Writing Seminar	4
ENG 403	Investigating and Narrating the News	4
ENG 439	Film and Literature	4
ENG 477	Advanced Nonfiction Writing Seminar	4
ENG 478	Advanced Poetry Writing Seminar	4
ENG 479	Advanced Fiction Writing Seminar	4
ENG 489	Senior Writing Seminar	4
GER 330	Introduction to German Literature and Film	4
GER 362	The German Art Song	4
GER 430	Topics in German Literature	4
GRS 110	Classical Literature in Translation	4
HART 155	History in Art I: Origins to the Early Renaissance	4
HART 156	History in Art II: Renaissance to Impressionism	4
HART 158	History in Art III: Post-Impressionism to the Digital Age	4
HART 364	Greek and Roman Art	4
HART 365	Renaissance and Baroque Art	4
HART 367	20th Century Art	4
HART 369	18th and 19th Century Art in the East and West	4
HART 374	Art and Religion	4
HART 375	Women and Art	4
HART 377	Arts of Asia	4
MUS 101	Introduction to the Art of Music	4
MUS 362	The German Art Song	4
PHIL 328	Kierkegaard: Philosophy, Literature, Film	0-4
PHIL 333	Philosophy of Art	4
PHIL 340	Philosophy and Film	4
SPAN 326	Appreciating Hispanic Literature	4
THR 101	Introduction to Theatre	4
THR 112	Stagecraft and Technology (scenery, lighting, and sound production)	4
THR 113	Costume Construction and Stage Make-Up	4
THR 127	Elements of Acting	4
THR 212	Lighting Design and Execution	4
THR 222	Theatre Design I	4
THR 225	Summer Theatre	4
THR 229	Elements of Directing	4
THR 322	Applied Design and Creativity	4
THR 323	Women and Theatre	4
THR 328	Arts Management	4
THR 331	Advanced Acting: Musical Theatre	4
THR 332	Advanced Acting: Scene Study	4
THR 333	Advanced Acting: Styles	4
THR 335	Non-Western Theatres and Cultures	4
THR 360	Dramatic Adaptation	4
THR 429	Advanced Directing	4
WLC 430	Topics in German Literature	4

Course List

Code	Title	Hours
MUS 300	Music of the Romantics	4

World Languages

(One course that is four semester credits or equivalent at the second semester level or higher. See the World Languages FAQs for more information. )

Course List (Per Attribute)

Code	Title	Hours
CHIN 112	Chinese to Engage the World II	4
CHIN 113	Accelerated Chinese to Engage the World I & II	4
CHIN 211	Intercultural Connections in Chinese I	4
CHIN 212	Intercultural Connections in Chinese II	4
CHIN 311	Chin Conversation/Composition	4
CHIN 312	Advanced Writing and Conversation	4
CHIN 385	Topics in Chinese Society	4
ELL 112	American English Language and Culture II	4
FREN 112	French to Engage the World II	4
FREN 113	Accelerated French to Engage the World I & II	4
FREN 211	Intercultural Connections in French I	4
FREN 212	Intercultural Connections in French II	4
FREN 311	Intensive Oral and Written Communication	4
FREN 350	Francophone Films	4
FREN 360	French in the Business World	4
FREN 370	Global Political, Social, Economic and Environmental Issues in the French-Speaking World	3,4
GER 112	German to Engage the World II	4
GER 113	Accelerated German to Engage the World I & II	3,4
GER 211	Intercultural Connections in German I	4
GER 212	Intercultural Connections in German II	4
GER 213	Accelerated Intermediate German	4
GER 311	Advanced Composition and Style	4
GRK 212	Beginning Greek II	4
ITAL 112	Accelerated Italian	4
LAT 112	Fundamentals of Latin II	4
REL 212	Biblical Hebrew II	4
SPAN 112	Spanish to Engage the World II	4
SPAN 113	Accelerated Spanish to Engage the World I & II	4
SPAN 211	Intercultural Connections in Spanish I	4
SPAN 212	Intercultural Connections in Spanish II	4
SPAN 311	Spanish Composition & Grammar	4
SPAN 331	Business Spanish	4
SPAN 332	Introduction to Translation	4
SPAN 333	Spanish for Health Professions	4
SPAN 343	The Culture of Spain	4
SPAN 344	Latin American Historical and Cultural Perspectives	4
WLC 113	Accelerated Beginning [Lang]	4

Course List

Code	Title	Hours
FREN 380	Introduction to Translation & Interpretation

Perspectives Courses

U.S. Cultural Diversity

(One course that is four semester credits or equivalent)

Course List (Per Attribute)

Code	Title	Hours
ACT 301	Social Activism: Making Change Happen	4
COM 414	Organizational Communication	4
EDUC 212	American Education in a Diverse World	4
EDUC 425	Education of the Exceptional Child	2
ELL 211	American English Language and Culture III	4
ENG 350	American Literature in Historical Contexts	4
ENG 358	Native American Literatures	4
ENG 365	Writing of Women	4
ENVR 310	Nature's Place in U.S. History	4
FND 426	Community Nutrition	4
FREN 211	Intercultural Connections in French I	4
FREN 317	Race, Gender, and Power in the Francophone World	4
GRS 310	Behind Closed Doors: Ancient Gender and Sexuality	4
GRS 320	Black Athena and the Whitewashing of Antiquity	4
HIST 111	United States in Perspective to 1865	4
HIST 112	United States in Perspective since 1865	4
HIST 310	Nature's Place in U.S. History	4
HIST 313	Black American History	4
HIST 315	Indigenous Peoples of North America	4
HIST 316	U.S. Women's History	4
HIST 317	Scandinavian Immigration and Settlement in America	4
HIST 318	The Midwest: Local, State, and Regional Histories	4
HIST 319	Colonial America	4
NURS 352	Maternal and Newborn Nursing	4
PHIL 115	Seeking Justice in an Unjust World	4
PHIL 313	American Philosophy	4
PHIL 337	Philosophy of Feminism	4
PHIL 341	Philosophy of Race	4
PSC 211	U.S. Political System	4
PSYC 351	Social Psychology	4
PSYC 383	Psychology of Gender	4
REL 244	Religion and Popular Culture	4
REL 332	American Religions: Natives and Immigrants	4
SOC 111	Human Society	4
SOC 214	Social Problems	4
SOC 231	Sociology of Families	4
SOC 317	Gender, Self and Society	4
SOC 322	Crime, Deviance, and Social Control	4
SOC 328	Class, Race, and Ethnicity	4
SOC 339	Urban Communities	4
SOC 351	Aging in Society	4
SPAN 211	Intercultural Connections in Spanish I	4
SWK 150	Social Work and Social Justice	4
SWK 350	Comparative Cultural Encounter	4
THR 323	Women and Theatre	4
THR 336	Theatre History II: Realism to Postmodernism	4
WGS 201	Women's and Gender Studies: Frameworks and Issues	4

Course List

Code	Title	Hours
HUM 380	Agents of Change: Power and Privilege Here and Now	4

International and Global Perspectives

(One course that is four semester credits or equivalent)

Course List (Per Attribute)

Code	Title	Hours
BUSN 312	Global Development Issues	4
BUSN 451	Global Marketing	3
COM 316	Intercultural Communication	4
COM 326	Global Cinema	4
CSC 300	May Seminar	4
EDUC 330	Comparative Education: A Policy Perspective	4
ENG 160	Global Literature and Human Experience	4
ENG 165	Global Literature and Environmental Justice	4
ENG 224	Literature, Imagination and Empathy	4
ENG 360	Dramatic Adaptation	4
ENG 451	Postcolonial Literatures	4
ENVR 103	Ecosystems and Human Influence	4
ENVR 312	Global Development Issues	4
ENVR 365	Global Sustainability Issues	4
FND 336	Environmental Nutrition	4
FREN 212	Intercultural Connections in French II	4
FREN 311	Intensive Oral and Written Communication	4
GEOG 201	World Geography	4
GER 211	Intercultural Connections in German I	4
GER 212	Intercultural Connections in German II	4
GER 213	Accelerated Intermediate German	4
GER 311	Advanced Composition and Style	4
GER 362	The German Art Song	4
GS 118	Culture, Identity, and Dialogue: An Introduction to Global Studies	4
GS 210	Introduction to Latin American Studies	4
GS 220	Asia in a Global Age: An Introduction	4
GS 333	Creating a Path to a Sustainable Community: Global Issues, Local Solutions	4
GS 360	Summer Field Study Abroad - Variable Topics	4
HART 155	History in Art I: Origins to the Early Renaissance	4
HART 156	History in Art II: Renaissance to Impressionism	4
HART 158	History in Art III: Post-Impressionism to the Digital Age	4
HART 369	18th and 19th Century Art in the East and West	4
HART 374	Art and Religion	4
HART 375	Women and Art	4
HART 377	Arts of Asia	4
HISP 210	Introduction to Latin American Studies	4
HIST 151	World in Perspective to 1500	4
HIST 152	World in Perspective since 1500	4
HIST 320	Latin American History	4
HIST 332	Russia since 1917	4
HIST 337	Reel Norden: Scandinavian History and Film	4
HIST 341	Foundations of East Asian Civilization	4
HIST 342	Modern East Asian History	4
HIST 343	History of the Japanese Islands	4
HIST 344	Women and Development: The Asian Experience	4
HIST 352	The Rise of Modern Africa	4
HIST 360	Food in Global History	4
HIST 370	Islam and the West: Historical Encounters	4
HIST 373	Arab-Israeli Conflict	4
HIST 375	Global Antisemitism	4
MATH 300	May Seminar	4
MUS 361	World Musics	4
MUS 362	The German Art Song	4
NURS 401	Population Health in a Global Society	4
PHIL 314	Asian Philosophy	4
PSC 325	Russian Politics	4
PSC 332	U.S.-China Relations	4
PSC 360	International Security	4
PSC 365	Global Sustainability Issues	4
PSC 441	Ethics and International Relations	4
PSYC 220	Psychology and Culture	4
PSYC 420	Cross-Cultural Psychology	4
REL 339	World Christianity	4
REL 340	The Ethics of Aid and Development	4
REL 370	Religion in a Global Context	4
REL 382	Religion and the Body	4
REL 392	Religion and World Affairs	4
SOC 217	Cultural Anthropology	4
SOC 306	London: The Global City	4
SOC 312	Global Development Issues	4
SPAN 212	Intercultural Connections in Spanish II	4
SPAN 331	Business Spanish	4
SWK 320	Social Policy and Systems Perspective	4
THR 334	Theatre History I: Origins to Romanticism	4
THR 335	Non-Western Theatres and Cultures	4
THR 360	Dramatic Adaptation	4
WLC 317	Race, Gender, and Power in the Francophone World	4

Course List

Code	Title	Hours
EDUC 300	Education Down Under	4
EDUC 300	Ed vs. Training	4
HIST 300	Twin Faces of Fascism	4
PSYC 300	Exploring Lifespan Dev.in Middle East	4

Religion II

Course List (Per Attribute)

Code	Title	Hours
REL 313	Jesus the Jew-Jesus the Christ	4
REL 314	Paul: Apostle or Apostate	4
REL 316	The Good Life: Old Testament Perspectives	4
REL 317	Making Meaning: Reading, Interpreting and Teaching the Bible	4
REL 319	Trauma, Resistance, Resilience: Old Testament Perspectives	4
REL 324	The Legacy of Luther	4
REL 325	Studies in Religious History	4
REL 326	Christian Theologies and Ethics	4
REL 328	Catholicism	4
REL 332	American Religions: Natives and Immigrants	4
REL 334	Monotheisms: Abrahamic Traditions in the Modern World	4
REL 338	Religions of East Asia	4
REL 339	World Christianity	4
REL 342	God:The Question and the Quest	4
REL 343	Science and Religion	4
REL 344	Christian Ethics in Human Community	4
REL 345	Death and Dying	4
REL 360	Religion & Political Economy	4
REL 362	Approaching the Qur'an	4
REL 363	Dealing with Difference: Conflict and Cooperation in Early Christianities	4
REL 370	Religion in a Global Context	4
REL 372	Christian Spirituality	4
REL 374	Women's Religious History	4
REL 379	Religion, Race & Social Justice	4
REL 382	Religion and the Body	4
REL 384	Exploring Islam	4
REL 386	Religion in the Postcolonial World	4
REL 387	Religions of India	4
REL 388	Religion, Violence, and Nonviolence	4
REL 393	Religion and Ecology	4