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First- and second-year students choose from any lower division course (100s or 200s) listed. Third- and fourth-year students choose from any upper division course (300s or 400s) listed. A single course will generally not fulfill two core requirements. The only exception is a course that satisfies another core requirement, which is also cross-listed as AMCS (please see the Associate Dean’s Office for details).

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ENGL 110  will fulfill the college writing requirement. ENGL 100  will not fulfill the college writing requirement but is required of certain students based on their performance in the essay written in all ENGL 110  sections during the first week of classes. A minimum grade of C (2.0) is required in ENGL 110 . All students who receive a grade of C- or lower must retake ENGL 110  as soon as possible.

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• ENGL 110 College Writing 3 semester hours

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• CMST 140 Business & Professional Comm 3 semester hours

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This requirement is satisfied by taking one course from Critical Arts and one course from Creative Arts.

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This requirement is satisfied by taking one course from Western Civilization and one course from Contemporary Societies.

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Prerequisite: Successful completion of college writing requirement.

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• CLCV 200 Classcl Epic in Transltn 3 semester hours
• CLCV 210 Greek Tragedy 3 semester hours
• CLCV 220 Ancient Comedy 3 semester hours
• CLCV 230 Ancient Historians 3 semester hours
• ENGL 130 Intro to Poetry 3 semester hours
• ENGL 140 Intro to Fiction 3 semester hours
• ENGL 150 Intro to Drama 3 semester hours
• ENGL 170 Classics of Literature 3 semester hours
• FNLT 180 World Literature 3 semester hours
• THEA 240 Wstrn Thea Hist & Lit I 3 semester hours
• THEA 245 Wstrn Thea Hist & Lit II 3 semester hours
• THEA 331 Classical Spirit Drama 3 semester hours
• THEA 336 Romantic Spirit in Drama 3 semester hours
• THEA 341 Realistic Spirit in Drama 3 semester hours
• THEA 346 Avant-Garde Spirit in Drama 3 semester hours
• THEA 347 African Spirit in Drama 3 semester hours
• THEA 348 Asian Spirit in Drama 3 semester hours
• THEA 349 Hispanic Spirit in Drama 3 semester hours
• THEA 430 Spec Author/Genre Sem 3 semester hours

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Prerequisite: Success on the Mathematics Placement Examination or successful completion of MATH 101 .

Students must complete MATH 112 . MATH 101  and MATH 111  are normally required as prerequisites but may be waived if the student has a high enough score on the Mathematics Placement Examination. All incoming College of Business Administration students must take the Mathematics Placement Examination unless they have already completed MATH 112  or its equivalent. If MATH 111  is waived, the student must complete a 3 semester hour non-business course for MATH 111 .

Students must complete one 3-semester-hour science and technology course. Courses ordinarily recommended to students majoring outside the Frank R. Seaver College of Science and Engineering are those numbered 260-279 in each department within the College (with the exception of computer [CMSI] and Mathematics [MATH] courses). Courses in this series are specifically designed for the non-major.

Any 3-semester-hour course numbered 260-279 in the BIOL, CHEM, ELEC, HHSC, MECH, or PHYS departments. Other physical science courses may be used to satisfy this requirement with the approval of the Associate Dean of CBA. MATH courses do not fulfill this requirement.

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• ECON 120 Intro Macroeconomics 3 semester hours
• PSYC 100 General Psychology 3 semester hours

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International and Global Studies

The current core curriculum includes many courses dealing with international and global studies. All students are required to complete HIST 100  or HIST 101 , which deal with European culture. In addition, it is recommended that students take additional core courses that include the study of European cultures such as:

• ARHS 200 Art of Western World I 3 semester hours
• ARHS 201 Art of Western World II 3 semester hours
• ARHS 202 Modernism 3 semester hours
• CLCV 200 Classcl Epic in Transltn 3 semester hours
• CLCV 210 Greek Tragedy 3 semester hours
• CLCV 220 Ancient Comedy 3 semester hours
• DANC 281 Hist Dance Theatre 3 semester hours
• FNLT 180 World Literature 3 semester hours
• FTVS 314 History of International Film 3 semester hours
• MUSC 102 Enjoyment of Music 3 semester hours
• THEA 240 Wstrn Thea Hist & Lit I 3 semester hours
• THEA 245 Wstrn Thea Hist & Lit II 3 semester hours
• THEA 331 Classical Spirit Drama 3 semester hours
• THEA 336 Romantic Spirit in Drama 3 semester hours
• THEA 341 Realistic Spirit in Drama 3 semester hours
• THST 320 Hist of Christianity I 3 semester hours
• THST 322 Greek Orthodox Tradition 3 semester hours
• THST 331 Salvation & Liberation 3 semester hours

World Cultures

To further augment the understanding of world cultures, it is recommended that students also choose at least one core course that includes the study of Africa, Asia, the Pacific, or Latin/Indigenous America. These core courses include:

• ARHS 321 Arts of Asia: Zen 3 semester hours
• DANC 381 To Dance Is Human 3 semester hours
• HIST 172 Modern Latin America 3 semester hours
• HIST 182 Modern Asia 3 semester hours
• MUSC 303 Intro World Music Cultures 3 semester hours
• MUSC 365 History of Jazz 3 semester hours
• THEA 348 Asian Spirit in Drama 3 semester hours
• THST 180 Religions of the World 3 semester hours
• THST 361 Christian Ethics Marketplace 3 semester hours
• THST 382 Religions of India 3 semester hours
• THST 383 Religions of Near East 3 semester hours
• THST 384 Religions of East Asia 3 semester hours
• THST 385 Buddhism 3 semester hours