Associate in Arts

Start at Harper and transfer to a four-year college or university to study philosophy by earning an Associate in Arts degree.

A.A. degree program plan

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These requirements apply to students who first enrolled for Fall 2024 or later. Students who first enrolled prior to Fall 2024 should obtain the appropriate sheet of requirements from a Student Development Center.

The Associate in Arts degree is a transfer-oriented option which fulfills most general education requirements and the first two years of many (but not all) baccalaureate programs at four-year institutions. Students pursuing the Associate in Arts degree are encouraged to seek the advice of an academic advisor to determine the most appropriate or required course selections for their desired major and transfer institution.

Communications

3 courses.

A grade of C or better is required for ENG 101 and 102.

Hours Required: 9

Number	Course Title	Credits
ENG 101	Composition I	3
Description: Emphasizes the writing of expository prose. Introduction to the critical reading of nonfiction prose. IAI C1 900 Prerequisite: ENG 096 with a grade of P or other placement options: english-placement-grid.php ESL students need one of the following options: ESL 073 and ESL 074 with grades of B or better; ESL 073 and ESL 086 with grades of B or better; ESL 073 and ESL 099 with grades of B or better; ESL 073 with required writing placement test score; or ESL 074 with required reading placement test score. Class Schedule: Fall 2024 \| Spring 2025
ENG 102	Composition II	3
Description: Continues ENG 101. Reading literature and writing of various types of prose. Introduces methods used in writing investigative papers. IAI C1 901R Prerequisite: ENG 101 with a grade of C or better, or consent of instructor or department chair. Class Schedule: Fall 2024 \| Spring 2025
SPE 101	Fundamentals of Speech Communication	3
Description: Theory and practice of oral communications. Development of poise, confidence and skill in speech organization and delivery. Emphasis on frequent speaking, development of standards of criticism and selection and organization of material. IAI C2 900 Class Schedule: Fall 2024 \| Spring 2025

Mathematics

1 course.

Hours Required: 3

Number	Course Title	Credits
MTH 101	Quantitative Literacy	4
Description: Develops conceptual understanding, problem-solving, decision-making and analytic skills dealing with quantities and their magnitudes and interrelationships, using calculators and personal computers as tools. Includes: computing statistical measures such as central tendency and dispersion; computing correlation coefficients and regression equations; using normal distributions to test hypotheses; using logical statements and arguments in a real-world context; solving systems of equations and inequalities and modeling data; solving mathematical finance problems; and selecting and using appropriate approaches and tools in formulating and solving real-world problems. IAI M1 901 Prerequisite: Placement into college-level mathematics. mathplacement.php Class Schedule: Fall 2024 \| Spring 2025
MTH 124	Finite Mathematics ¹	3
Description: Develops the mathematics of simple models in behavioral, social and management sciences. Studies applications of set theory, vectors and matrices, linear programming, probability rules, and Markov chains with computer assistance. IAI M1 906 Prerequisite: MTH 103 (College Algebra) with a grade of C or better or other placement options. mathplacement.php Class Schedule: Fall 2024 \| Spring 2025
MTH 131	Mathematics for Elementary Teaching II	4
Description: Completes the two course sequence that begins with MTH 130 and focuses on mathematical reasoning and the solving of real-life problems, rather than on routine skills. The following topics will be studied in depth: geometry, counting techniques and probability, logic and statistics. Students are expected to be active participants in the learning process. Calculators and computers will be used throughout the course. A weekly lab component is required. IAI M1 903 Prerequisite: MTH 130 (Mathematics for Elementary Teaching I) with a grade of C or better. Class Schedule: Fall 2024 \| Spring 2025
MTH 134	Calculus for Business and Social Sciences or
Description: Designed specifically for students in business and the social sciences and does not count toward a major or minor in mathematics. It emphasizes applications of the basic concepts of calculus rather than proofs. Topics include limits; techniques of differentiation applied to polynomial, rational, exponential, and logarithmic functions; partial derivatives and applications; maxima and minima of functions; and elementary techniques of integration including substitution and integration by parts. Business and social science applications are stressed throughout the course. IAI M1 900-B Prerequisite: MTH 103 (College Algebra) with a grade of C or better, or other placement options. mathplacement.php Class Schedule: Fall 2024 \| Spring 2025
MTH 200	Calculus I	4-5
Description: Studies limits, continuity, derivatives, antiderivatives, and definite integrals as they relate to algebraic, trigonometric, inverse trigonometric, logarithmic and exponential functions. Includes applications to geometry, science, and engineering. IAI M1 900-1, IAI MTH 901 Prerequisite: MTH 140 (Precalculus) with a grade of C or better, or other placement options. mathplacement.php Class Schedule: Fall 2024 \| Spring 2025
MTH 165	Elementary Statistics or
Description: Focuses on statistical reasoning and the solving of problems using real-world data rather than on computational skills. The use of technology-based computations (more advanced than a basic scientific calculator, such as graphing calculators with a statistical package, spreadsheets, or statistical computing software) is required with an emphasis on interpretation and evaluation of statistical results. Topics must include data collection processes (observational studies, experimental design, sampling techniques, bias), descriptive methods using quantitative and qualitative data, bivariate data, correlation, and least squares regression, basic probability theory, probability distributions (normal distributions and normal curve, binomial distribution), confidence intervals and hypothesis tests using p-values. (Credit will be given for either MTH 162 or MTH 165 or MTH 225, but not for more than one of these courses.) IAI M1 902 Prerequisite: Placement into college-level mathematics without support. mathplacement.php Class Schedule: Fall 2024 \| Spring 2025
MTH 225	Business Statistics	4
Description: Focuses on the use of statistical concepts as decision-making tools with an emphasis on business-related applications. Topics include descriptive statistics, probability theory, and inferential methods including chi-square tests, regression analysis, and ANOVA. This course is strongly recommended for business majors. You may not receive credit for more than one of MTH 225 OR MTH 165 OR MTH 162 OR MGT 225. (IAI M1 902/IAI BUS 901) Prerequisite: MTH 103 (College Algebra) with a grade of C or better, or other placement options (including meeting the Geometry requirement). mathplacement.php Class Schedule: Fall 2024 \| Spring 2025
MTH 201	Calculus II	5
Description: Continues MTH 200. Uses integrals to describe area and volume, studies techniques of integration, series, conics, polar coordinates and parametric equations with applications to science and engineering. IAI M1 900-2, IAI MTH 902 Prerequisite: MTH 200 (Calculus I) with a grade of C or better, or other placement options. mathplacement.php Class Schedule: Fall 2024 \| Spring 2025
MTH 202	Calculus III	5
Description: Continues MTH 201. Studies three-dimensional vectors, solid analytic geometry, vector-valued functions, partial derivatives, multiple integrals, Green’s theorem, surface integrals, divergence theorem and Stokes' theorem. IAI M1 900-3, IAI MTH 903 Prerequisite: MTH 201 (Calculus II) with a grade of C or better, or other placement options. mathplacement.php Class Schedule: Fall 2024 \| Spring 2025
MTH 220	Discrete Mathematics	3
Description: Introduces analysis of finite collections and mathematical foundations of sequential machines, computer system design, data structures and algorithms. Includes sets and logic, sequences and subscripts, number systems, counting, recursion, graph theory, trees, finite probability, matrices and Boolean algebra. IAI M1 905, IAI CS 915 Prerequisite: MTH 103 (College Algebra) with a grade of C or better, or other placement options. mathplacement.php Class Schedule: Fall 2024 \| Spring 2025

Physical and Life Sciences

2 courses with 1 course from the Life Sciences and 1 from the Physical Sciences. 1 course must be a lab science (marked with an *).

Hours Required: 7

Number	Course Title	Credits
	Life Sciences:
BIO 101	Biology Survey	3
Description: Surveys the science of biology, emphasizing the human organism. Includes chemical and physical properties, physiological systems of control, growth, differentiation, reproduction, genetics, ecology, evolution and ethical considerations. Also includes a broader overview of the plant and animal kingdoms and humans’ place in, and interactions with, those kingdoms. (NOTE: Not Lab science credit.) IAI L1 900 Class Schedule: Fall 2024 \| Spring 2025
BIO 103	Humans and the Environment	3
Description: Surveys and analyzes the interrelationship between humans and the environment. Topics include ecology, biodiversity, evolution, natural resources and their use, physiology and health, and human populations. Examines human’s ecological, social, and cultural impacts on our environment. (NOTE: Not Lab science credit.) IAI L1 905 Class Schedule: Fall 2024 \| Spring 2025
BIO 104	Environmental Laboratory Biology ^*	4
Description: Investigates the interrelationship between humans and the environment through scientific inquiry. Lecture and laboratory topics include the scientific method, ecosystems, biodiversity, energy sources, natural resources, conservation, pollution, and population dynamics. Incorporates chemical and physical aspects as applicable to relevant biological concepts. Examines human’s ecological, social and cultural impacts on our environment and possible solutions. Laboratory experiences involve some outside field work and field trips. Intended for non-science majors. (NOTE: Lab science credit.) IAI L1 905L Class Schedule: Fall 2024 \| Spring 2025
BIO 105	Heredity, Evolution and Society	3
Description: Examines life and the evolutionary record with emphasis on human genetics and inheritance. Factors such as current applications of biotechnology and its ethical, political and social implications in the 21st century are considered. (NOTE: Not Lab science credit.) IAI L1 906 Class Schedule: Fall 2024 \| Spring 2025
BIO 110	Introduction to Biology and Society ^*	4
Description: Surveys the science of biology through scientific inquiry, emphasizing its impacts on humans and society. Includes chemical and physical properties, physiological systems of control, growth, differentiation, reproduction, genetics, ecology, and evolution with ethical and societal considerations. Provides a broad overview of the plant and animal kingdoms as well as the interactions with these organisms and humans, especially from a societal perspective. (NOTE: Lab Science credit) IAI L1 900L Class Schedule: Fall 2024 \| Spring 2025
BIO 115	Fundamentals of Cellular Biology ^*	4
Description: This course is only offered in the fall term. Introduces fundamental processes of organisms operating at the molecular and the cellular level of organization. Topics include chemical and molecular aspects of life, cellular metabolism, genetic information flow, theory of inheritance, genetic engineering and principles of physiology. This course is in the first semester of a two-semester sequence intended for biology majors and pre-professionals. To guarantee credit students must complete the entire course sequence at the same school before transfer. (NOTE: Lab science credit.) IAI L1 910L, IAI BIO 910 Prerequisite: Placement into college-level mathematics without support AND placement into ENG 101 (Composition I, IAI C1 900) mathplacement.php english-placement-grid.php Class Schedule: Fall 2024 \| Spring 2025
BIO 116	Fundamentals of Organismal Biology ^*	4
Description: This course is only offered in the spring term. Introduces students to higher levels of biological organization from the organism to the ecosystem. Topics include organismal diversity, mechanisms of micro and macroevolution, animal behavior, and the dynamics and organization of populations, communities and ecosystems. This course is in the second semester of a two-semester sequence intended for biology majors and pre-professionals. To guarantee credit students must complete the entire course sequence at the same school before transfer. (NOTE: Lab science credit.) IAI L1 910L, IAI BIO 910 Prerequisite: BIO 115 (Fundamentals of Cellular Biology, IAI L1 910L, IAI BIO910) with a grade of C or better, or consent of instructor. Class Schedule: Fall 2024 \| Spring 2025
BIO 120	Plants and Society ^*	4
Description: Emphasizes scientific inquiry through selected concepts in biology, such as organization, function, cellular and molecular biology, heredity, diversity, evolution and ecology using plants as the type of organism. Topics include plant structure, diversity, growth, genetics, evolution, physiology and reproduction. Economic, cultural, environmental and medical relationships between plants and humans are emphasized. (NOTE: Lab Science credit.) IAI L1 901L Class Schedule: Fall 2024 \| Spring 2025
BIO 140	Animals and Society ^*	4
Description: Emphasizes scientific inquiry through selected concepts in animal biology. Surveys the animal kingdom based on theory of organic evolution, including morphology, histology, physiology, taxonomy, parasitology, embryology and ecology. Economic, environmental and medical relationships between animals and humans are emphasized. (NOTE: Lab Science credit.) IAI L1 902L Class Schedule: Fall 2024 \| Spring 2025
	Physical Sciences:
AST 100	Astronomy Survey	3
Description: Introduces the main concepts of contemporary astronomy using a scientific approach. Topics include the scientific method, the celestial sphere, celestial motions, gravity, light, telescopes, the Solar System, stars, the interstellar medium, galaxies, and cosmology. Current research in the different areas will be discussed. Knowledge of high school algebra is assumed. IAI P1 906 Class Schedule: Fall 2024 \| Spring 2025
AST 112	The Solar System ^*	4
Description: Introduces the main concepts of solar system astronomy. Topics include the fundamentals of astronomy, planetary motion, the Earth, the Moon, terrestrial planets, Jovian planets, small bodies in the solar system, the Sun, the formation of the solar system, other planetary systems, and the possibility of extraterrestrial life. Current research in the different areas will be discussed. Knowledge of high school algebra is assumed. IAI P1 906L Class Schedule: Fall 2024 \| Spring 2025
AST 115	Stars and Galaxies ^*	4
Description: Introduces the main concepts of stellar, galactic, and extra-galactic astronomy. Topics include life cycles of stars, supernovae, black holes, interstellar medium, structure of the Milky Way galaxy, galaxy classification, galaxy interactions, dark matter, dark energy and the Big Bang model. Current research in the different areas will be discussed. Knowledge of high school algebra is assumed. IAI P1 906L Class Schedule: Fall 2024 \| Spring 2025
CHM 100	Chemistry for the Health Sciences ^*	4
Description: Introduces basic concepts of inorganic and organic chemistry and biochemistry. Emphasizes chemical principles applied to biological systems. Laboratory exercises apply theory to biological and consumer products. Especially designed for students in allied health sciences. Meets the prerequisite of the Nursing program. IAI P1 902L Class Schedule: Fall 2024 \| Spring 2025
CHM 103	The Chemistry Connection ^*	4
Description: Introduces chemical principles to illustrate the significance of chemistry in the world today. Practical applications and current issues related to general chemistry, organic chemistry and biochemical topics will be integrated with chemical concepts. Recommended for non-science majors. IAI P1 903L Class Schedule: Fall 2024 \| Spring 2025
CHM 105	Chemical World ^*	4
Description: This course is only offered in the fall term. Relates biological and physical systems to chemistry. Focuses on four major themes: the sociology of science, chemical composition and change, the chemistry of life, chemistry and society. Corresponding laboratory is inquiry based. Designed to provide a higher level of scientific literacy to non-science majors and to provide elementary education majors, in particular, with the content knowledge and disposition about science that is necessary in order to be able to teach science in engaging and meaningful ways to their students. Aligned with State of Illinois teacher preparation standards. IAI P1 903L Prerequisite: Placement into college-level mathematics without support. mathplacement.php Class Schedule: Fall 2024 \| Spring 2025
CHM 110	Fundamentals of Chemistry ^*	4
Description: Introduces concepts of chemistry. Emphasizes the composition of matter, the periodic table, the chemistry of solutions and chemical calculations. The laboratory experiments utilize many common household materials to demonstrate applications of chemical concepts. For students whose preparation does not permit enrollment in CHM 121. IAI P1 902L Prerequisite: Prerequisite: MTH 070 (Plane Geometry) with a grade of C or better or Geometry Waiver AND placement into college-level mathematics. mathplacement.php Class Schedule: Fall 2024 \| Spring 2025
CHM 121	General Chemistry I ^*	5
Description: Studies principles of atomic and molecular structure, bonding, stoichiometry, states of matter, kinetic molecular theory, and solutions. Corresponding laboratory experiments include volumetric and gravimetric analyses, a qualitative study of reactions, visible spectrophotometry, and problem-based analyses. Intended for all students whose majors require general chemistry, including science majors and pre-professionals. The course also satisfies a general education laboratory science requirement for students with previous chemistry experience. IAI P1 902L, IAI CHM 911 Prerequisite: Two semesters of high school chemistry or CHM 110 with a grade of C or better AND placement into college-level mathematics without support. mathplacement.php Class Schedule: Fall 2024 \| Spring 2025
ESC 100	Rocks and Minerals Survey	3
Description: This course is only offered in the spring term. Provides a survey of earth materials, their origins, chemistry, structure, identification, classification and uses, with an emphasis on minerals and rocks used in everyday life, and their impact on health and the environment. Knowledge of high school algebra is assumed. IAI P1 907 Class Schedule: Fall 2024 \| Spring 2025
ESC 101	Earth Science Survey	3
Description: Designed to give the non-science major an understanding and appreciation of basic concepts in geology, atmospheric science and astronomy. IAI P1905 Prerequisite: Placement into college-level mathematics without support. mathplacement.php Class Schedule: Fall 2024 \| Spring 2025
ESC 110	Exploring the Earth and Universe ^*	4
Description: Examines topics in geology: including rocks, minerals, plate tectonics, and geologic time; meteorology: including atmospheric science, severe weather, and atmospheric dynamics; astronomy: including the origins of modern astronomy, introduction to planetary science, and cosmology. IAI P1 905L Prerequisite: Placement into college-level mathematics without support. mathplacement.php Class Schedule: Fall 2024 \| Spring 2025
ESC 111	Physical Geology ^*	4
Description: Provides an introduction to the earth’s minerals, rocks and natural resources and the processes which have shaped the Earth’s surface such as sedimentation, mountain building, and action of water, wind, ice and downslope movements. Covers Earth’s fundamental structure and the behavior of Earth materials. Focuses on the roles of volcanism, earthquakes, sea-floor spreading and paleomagnetism in explaining plate tectonic theory. Knowledge of high school algebra is assumed. IAI P1 907L Class Schedule: Fall 2024 \| Spring 2025
ESC 112	Dinosaurs, Fossils and Planet Earth ^*	4
Description: Includes basic principles of historical geology, rocks and minerals, plate tectonics, geologic time, reading the fossil record, the evolution of Earth through time, evolution of life through time, and the geologic story of the North American continent. Knowledge of high school algebra is assumed. IAI P1 907L Class Schedule: Fall 2024 \| Spring 2025
ESC 113	Environmental Geology ^*	4
Description: Examines the relationships between humans and the geological environment. Includes the study of use and abuse of natural resources such as water, minerals, and energy, an overview of natural hazards, an examination of urban geology and land management issues and the relationship between community status and land use, an analysis of pollution and waste disposal, and an introduction to climate change and global warming. Emphasis is on issues and practices in the Chicagoland area. Knowledge of high school algebra is assumed. IAI P1 908L Class Schedule: Fall 2024 \| Spring 2025
ESC 121	Introduction to Meteorology ^*	4
Description: This course is only offered in the spring term. Gives the non-science major an understanding and appreciation of the composition and structure of the atmosphere, thermodynamic processes, forces and related small- and large-scale motions, air masses, fronts, tropical cyclones, solar and terrestrial radiation, severe weather, basic weather forecasting techniques, and general circulations that affect the atmosphere. Knowledge of high-school algebra is assumed. IAI P1 905L Prerequisite: Placement into college-level mathematics without support. mathplacement.php Class Schedule: Fall 2024 \| Spring 2025
GEG 111	Physical Geography	3
Description: Examines the spatial distribution of elements of Earth’s four physical spheres: the atmosphere, the hydrosphere, the lithosphere, and the biosphere including landforms, climates, weather, vegetation, and soils. Consideration is given to the causes of these distributions and to their effects on human populations. IAI P1 909 Class Schedule: Fall 2024 \| Spring 2025
GEG 112	Physical Geography Laboratory ^*	1
Description: Applies the scientific method of observation, hypothesis formation, and experimentation to Earth’s four physical spheres: the atmosphere, the hydrosphere, the lithosphere, and the biosphere. IAI P1 909L Prerequisite: Prior or concurrent enrollment in GEG 111 with a grade of C or better. (Physical Geography, IAI P1 909). Class Schedule: Fall 2024 \| Spring 2025
PHY 100	Basic Concepts in Physics	3
Description: Examines basic topics in physics including motion, force, energy, electricity and magnetism, waves and particles, and atomic structure. Course is for non-science majors fulfilling non-laboratory science requirements. IAI P1 900 Prerequisite: Placement into college-level mathematics without support. mathplacement.php Class Schedule: Fall 2024 \| Spring 2025
PHY 110	Introduction to Physics ^*	4
Description: Examines topics from physics including motion, structure of matter, electricity and magnetism, waves and particles and atomic structure. This course is intended for non-science majors fulfilling laboratory science requirements. IAI P1 900L Prerequisite: Placement into college-level mathematics without support. mathplacement.php Class Schedule: Fall 2024 \| Spring 2025
PHY 112	Energy and Society ^*	4
Description: Introduces non-science majors to topics from various sciences as they relate to energy resources and energy consumption. Connects the theory of energy to its practical applications. Examines the connection between science and economics, politics and other social issues, using energy as a focus. Meets laboratory science requirements for non-science majors. IAI P1 901L Prerequisite: Placement into college-level mathematics without support. mathplacement.php Class Schedule: Fall 2024 \| Spring 2025
PHY 121	Introductory Physics I ^*	5
Description: Covers mechanics, heat, fluids, and sound. Intended for students in life science, architecture and technology. Students pursuing degrees in engineering, physics, or chemistry should enroll in PHY 201. Knowledge of high school trigonometry assumed. IAI P1 900L Prerequisite: MTH 140 with a grade of C of better,or other math placement options into MTH 200. mathplacement.php Class Schedule: Fall 2024 \| Spring 2025
PHY 201	General Physics I: Mechanics ^*	5
Description: Introduces mechanics using calculus. Topics include force and motion; work and energy; rotation; oscillations; and fluids. For students in chemistry, engineering, mathematics and physics. IAI P2 900L, IAI PHY 911 Prerequisite: MTH 200 (Calculus I, IAI M1 900-1, IAI MTH 901) with a grade of C or better. Recommend concurrent enrollment in MTH 201 (Calculus II, IAI M1 900-2, IAI MTH 902). Class Schedule: Fall 2024 \| Spring 2025

Humanities and Fine Arts

3 courses with at least 1 course selected from the Humanities and at least 1 from the Fine Arts. Interdisciplinary courses may be used for both categories.

Courses marked with a + meet the World Cultures and Diversity graduation requirement. One 3 credit-hour course is required for graduation.

Hours Required: 9

Number	Course Title	Credits
	Humanities:
FRN 202	Intermediate French II	4
Description: This course is only offered in the spring term. Provides a crucial bridge between intermediate and advanced language courses. Focuses on a more in-depth study of history, geography, literature, and culture of French-speaking people. Includes analysis of daily life and current events. Students practice more complex structures of French grammar, fine-tune pronunciation, gain more advanced skills in composition, and continue to expand their vocabulary. Attention is given to complexity, accuracy and fluency. All new students who have prior experience with or have taken classes in French should consult with the department for placement before registering for a course. Instructions can be found on the World Languages website. IAI H1 900 Prerequisite: FRN 201 with a grade of C or better, or required placement exam scores. Class Schedule: Fall 2024 \| Spring 2025
FRN 210	Introduction to French Literature	3
Description: This course is only offered in the spring term. Provides an introduction to literature from the French-speaking world and exposes students to a variety of literary genres and eras. Focuses on the development of more complex use of the language and addresses speaking, listening, writing, and reading. Attention is given to complexity, accuracy, and fluency. All new students who have prior experience with of have taken classes in French should consult with the department for placement before registering for a course. Instructions can be found on the World Languages website. IAI H3 917 Prerequisite: FRN 202 with a grade of C or better, or required placement exam scores. Class Schedule: Fall 2024 \| Spring 2025
GER 202	Intermediate German II	4
Description: This course is only offered in the spring term. Provides a crucial bridge between intermediate and advanced language courses. Focuses on a more in-depth study of history, geography, literature, and culture of German-speaking people. Includes analysis of daily life and current events. Students practice more complex structures of German grammar, fine-tune pronunciation, gain more advanced skills in composition, and continue to expand their vocabulary. Attention is given to complexity, accuracy, and fluency. All new students who have prior experience with or have taken classes in German should consult with the department for placement before registering for a course. Instructions can be found on the World Languages website. IAI H1 900 Prerequisite: GER 201 with a grade of C or better, or required placement exam scores. Class Schedule: Fall 2024 \| Spring 2025
GER 210	Introduction to German Literature ⁺	3
Description: This course is only offered in the spring term. Provides an introduction to literature from the German-speaking world and exposes students to a variety of literary genres and eras. Focuses on the development of more complex use of the language and addresses speaking, listening, writing, and reading. Attention is given to complexity, accuracy, and fluency. All new students who have prior experience with of have taken classes in German should consult with the department for placement before registering for a course. Instructions can be found on the World Languages website. IAI H3 917 Prerequisite: GER 202 with a grade of C or better, or required placement exam scores. Class Schedule: Fall 2024 \| Spring 2025
HST 105	Great Ideas of World Civilizations or
Description: Introduces students to a selection of formative historical and contemporary texts in a variety of disciplines, including philosophy, the social sciences, literature, gender/multicultural studies, and the history of science. (Also listed as HUM 105. Credit will be given for either HST 105 or HUM 105, but not both.) IAI H9 900 Class Schedule: Fall 2024 \| Spring 2025
HUM 105	Great Ideas of World Civilizations	3
Description: Introduces students to a selection of formative historical and contemporary texts in a variety of disciplines, including philosophy, the social sciences, literature, gender/multicultural studies and the history of science.(Also listed as HST 105. Credit will be given for either HUM 105 or HST 105, but not both.) IAI H9 900 Class Schedule: Fall 2024 \| Spring 2025
HUM 104	Introduction to Middle Eastern Civilizations ⁺	3
Description: Examines the cultural structures and the literary, visual, and performing arts of the various societies of the Middle East. Examines and compares the great contributions these cultures have made in the various arts as living artifacts to both the present day Middle East and to other cultures including those of the West. This course meets the World Culture and Diversity graduation requirement. IAI HF 904N Class Schedule: Fall 2024 \| Spring 2025
HUM 120	Classical Mythology	3
Description: Studies the myths of Greece and Rome. Focuses on the stories of gods and heroes in classical literature and art. Considers the influence of classical mythology on later Western culture. IAI H9 901 Class Schedule: Fall 2024 \| Spring 2025
HUM 125	World Mythology ⁺	3
Description: Studies world mythic themes and patterns, excluding those of Greece and Rome. Focuses on archetypal figures/situations, symbolism, and figurative language found in creation stories, heroic legends and/or other traditional narratives. May include a special focus; consult the schedule. This course meets the World Culture and Diversity graduation requirement. IAI H9 901 Class Schedule: Fall 2024 \| Spring 2025
JPN 202	Intermediate Japanese II	4
Description: This course is only offered in the spring term. Continues JPN 201. Accuracy and ease in more complex conversation; advanced study of reading and writing. Study of more complex syntax and composition. IAI H1 900 Prerequisite: JPN 201 (Intermediate Japanese I) with a grade of C or better, or consent of instructor. Class Schedule: Fall 2024 \| Spring 2025
LIT 105	Poetry	3
Description: Facilitates the understanding, appreciation and enjoyment of poetry. Presents poetry of American, European and other literary philosophies and movements. Challenges students to develop skills in responding personally to poetry and in developing literary analyses. Reveals the link between the whole poem and particular literary qualities such as imagery, figurative language, allusion, connotation, and the music of poetry--sound and rhythm. Offers a forum for exchanging ideas about poetry in guided conversation and writing. IAI H3 903 Class Schedule: Fall 2024 \| Spring 2025
LIT 110	Drama	3
Description: Presents a survey of drama from various countries and eras. The course will include representative selections from such modes as tragedy, comedy, melodrama, romance, satire and social commentary as well as absurdist drama. The selections could include such authors as Ibsen, Miller, Moliere and Shakespeare, among others.(See THE 111 [Introduction to the Theatre] for theatrical study of drama.) IAI H3 902 Class Schedule: Fall 2024 \| Spring 2025
LIT 115	Fiction	3
Description: Presents short stories and novels of high interest level. The selections typify authors and styles representative of major American and European literary movements and philosophies. Challenges the student to develop skills in literary analysis. Students will study characterization, narration, dialogue, plot and various other techniques of fiction. Individual sections may concentrate on particular periods, authors or topics. IAI H3 901 Class Schedule: Fall 2024 \| Spring 2025
LIT 206	World Literature to 1800	3
Description: Presents selected works of universal significance contributed by people and civilizations from ancient times to 1800. IAI H3 906 Class Schedule: Fall 2024 \| Spring 2025
LIT 207	World Literature Since 1800	3
Description: Continues LIT 206. Selected works of universal significance contributed by people and civilizations from 1800 to the present. IAI H3 907 Class Schedule: Fall 2024 \| Spring 2025
LIT 208	Non -Western Literature ⁺	3
Description: Studies selected works from non-western civilizations, such as Africa, China, India, Japan and the Middle East. Fiction, poetry and drama will be included. This course meets the World Culture and Diversity graduation requirement. IAI H3 908N Class Schedule: Fall 2024 \| Spring 2025
LIT 210	Introduction to Shakespeare	3
Description: This course is only offered in the spring term. Introduces Shakespeare's acting company, theater and audience. Discusses his techniques in building scenes, developing characters, handling dialogue. Readings and interpretations will consist of representative comedies, tragedies, histories, and problem plays. IAI H3 905 Class Schedule: Fall 2024 \| Spring 2025
LIT 219	Children's Literature	3
Description: Introduces the various types of children's literature. Includes the history of children's literature, as well as the classic and current authors and illustrators. Covers such areas as picture and concept books, myths, poetry, fantasy and realism. IAI H3 918 Class Schedule: Fall 2024 \| Spring 2025
LIT 220	Japanese Literature in Translation ⁺	3
Description: This course is only offered in the spring term. Surveys English-language translations of Japanese poetry, fiction, and nonfiction. Reviews Noh and Kabuki drama and selections from Japanese cinema. Works will be studied in the context of Japanese history, but each work will be studied also as the product of its author's creative self-expression. No speaking or reading knowledge of Japanese is required; no background knowledge of Japan is required. IAI H3 909 Class Schedule: Fall 2024 \| Spring 2025
LIT 221	American Literature -Colonial Days to Civil War	3
Description: This course is only offered in the fall term. Presents American literature as an expression of American life through early social and political documents, novels, short stories and poems. IAI H3 914 Class Schedule: Fall 2024 \| Spring 2025
LIT 222	American Literature -The Civil War to Present	3
Description: This course is only offered in the spring term. Explores American prose, drama, and poetry, Civil War to present, including minority literature, regional literature, literary journalism, criticism, and social and historical novels in their historical, social and cultural context to reflect current controversies and social changes. IAI H3 915 Class Schedule: Fall 2024 \| Spring 2025
LIT 223	Multicultural American Literature ⁺	3
Description: This course is only offered in the fall term. Examines ways in which writers of color, and writers from historically marginalized cultures, have illuminated their American experience and questioned the authenticity of American democracy. May include such writers as Olaudah Equiano, Frederick Douglass, Richard Wright, Ralph Ellison, James Baldwin, Amiri Baraka, Leslie Marmon Silko, Sandra Cisneros, Toni Morrison, Maxine Hong Kingston, August Wilson, Louise Erdrich, Junot Diaz, Leslea Newman, Li-Young Lee, Sherman Alexie, Jhumpa Lahiri. IAI H3 910D Class Schedule: Fall 2024 \| Spring 2025
LIT 224	Women in Literature ⁺	3
Description: Examines the evolving portrayal of women--the many images, impressions and stereotypes in literature. Includes literature written about women and by women. Selections reflect a diversity of cultures, eras, authors and genres. The student will read selections from such authors as Bronte, Chekhov, Chopin, Hardy, Morrison and Woolf. IAI H3 911D Class Schedule: Fall 2024 \| Spring 2025
LIT 231	English Literature to 1800	3
Description: This course is only offered in the fall term. Surveys English writers from beginning English literature to 1800. Reading and interpretation of writers such as Boswell, Chaucer, Congreve, Donne, Dryden, Johnson, Jonson, Malory, Milton, Pope and Swift. IAI H3 912 Class Schedule: Fall 2024 \| Spring 2025
LIT 232	English Literature 1800-1914	3
Description: This course is only offered in the spring term. Survey of English writers from Romantic Period to World War I. Reading and interpretation of writers such as Austen, Browning, Byron, Conrad, Dickens, Hardy, Keats, Shaw, Tennyson and Wordsworth. IAI H3 913 Class Schedule: Fall 2024 \| Spring 2025
PHI 101	Critical Thinking	3
Description: Introduces the student to reasoning in a language-centered context. Students will learn how to identify arguments and distinguish them from other types of discourse. Some topics covered include evaluating claims, recognizing informal fallacies, problem solving and evaluating media. Students will also learn how to cast issues in a neutral manner, to recognize and appreciate a variety of perspectives, and to argue for and against more than one perspective on an issue. The focus of this course is on everyday practical reasoning. IAI H4 906 Class Schedule: Fall 2024 \| Spring 2025
PHI 105	Introduction to Philosophy	3
Description: Principles and problems of philosophy as seen in different schools of thought. Topics: validity of human knowledge; nature of reality; mind and body; free will and determinism; moral and aesthetic values; and religious belief. IAI H4 900 Class Schedule: Fall 2024 \| Spring 2025
PHI 115	Ethics	3
Description: Considers problems of value and conduct, including the question of the "good life" or happiness; and contemporary moral issues such as war, violence, drugs, racism, crime and punishment. IAI H4 904 Class Schedule: Fall 2024 \| Spring 2025
PHI 120	Social and Political Philosophy	3
Description: Focuses on the ideas of justice, liberty, equality, law and order, rights and privileges. This includes discussion of such issues as democracy, communism, nuclear war, capital punishment, sexual equality, hunger and drugs. IAI H4907 Class Schedule: Fall 2024 \| Spring 2025
PHI 160	Non -Western Philosophy ⁺	3
Description: Introduces selected philosophical concepts and value systems of several non-Western cultures. Gives attention to the Bhagavad Gita, Vedanta and other Hindu texts, Confucius, the Tao Te Ching and other Chinese classics and key texts from at least two other traditions. IAI H4 903N Class Schedule: Fall 2024 \| Spring 2025
PHI 205	Religions of the World ⁺	3
Description: Introduces the teachings, practices, social structures and histories of the religions of India (mainly Buddhism and Hinduism), and China and Japan (mainly Confucianism, Shinto and Taoism), and of the Middle East (mainly Christianity, Islam and Judaism). IAI H5 904N Class Schedule: Fall 2024 \| Spring 2025
PHI 215	Religion in America ⁺	3
Description: Surveys the contribution of religion to American culture including the differences between rural and urban society, the development of religious freedom and the rise of a "secular religion." Examines the emergence of new forms of belief and practice and the variety of religious issues confronting American society today. IAI H5 905 Class Schedule: Fall 2024 \| Spring 2025
PHI 220	Philosophy of Religion	3
Description: Examines the nature and presuppositions of Western religions, especially the reasons which can be given for and against the existence of God. Selected further topics: the problem of evil, life after death, the nature of religious experience, language, knowledge and authority, religion and science, and major philosophical theories on the nature of religion. IAI H4 905 Class Schedule: Fall 2024 \| Spring 2025
PHI 225	Introduction to the New Testament	3
Description: Offers an overview of the New Testament and selected Early Christian writings. Introduces students to various methods of critical study, analysis, interpretation and application of these writings. IAI H5 901 Class Schedule: Fall 2024 \| Spring 2025
PHI 231	History of Philosophy: Ancient and Medieval	3
Description: This course is only offered in the fall term. Surveys the major figures and schools in Western philosophical tradition from the pre-Socratic Greeks through the 14th century. Emphasis on interpreting philosophical reflection in light of the social, political, religious and cultural context from which it arises. IAI H4 901 Class Schedule: Fall 2024 \| Spring 2025
PHI 232	History of Philosophy: Modern	3
Description: This course is only offered in the spring term. Surveys the major figures and schools in Western philosophical tradition from the 15th to the 20th century. Emphasizes interpreting philosophical reflection in light of the social, political, religious and cultural context from which it arises. IAI H4 902 Class Schedule: Fall 2024 \| Spring 2025
SGN 202	American Sign Language IV	3
Description: This course is only offered in the spring term. Reviews American Sign Language grammatical structures and lexical items presented in SGN 201. Focuses on conversational practice to develop expressive and receptive facility with the language. Includes culturally significant topics and interaction with members of the deaf community. H1 900 Prerequisite: SGN 201 (American Sign Language III) with a grade of C or better, or consent of department chair. Class Schedule: Fall 2024 \| Spring 2025
SGN 210	American Sign Language: Cultural Perspective ⁺	4
Description: Examines the history of American Sign Language, the emergence of the deaf community as a linguistic and cultural group, the cultural norms, values, traditions and rules of social behavior of the deaf community, minority dynamics and cross cultural interactions. No knowledge of American Sign Language is required for this course; it is taught in ASL with an interpreter. Class Schedule: Fall 2024 \| Spring 2025
SPA 202	Intermediate Spanish II	4
Description: Provides a crucial bridge between intermediate and advanced language courses. Focuses on a more in-depth study of history, geography, literature, and culture of Spanish-speaking people. Includes analysis of daily life and current events. Students practice more complex structures of Spanish grammar, fine-tune pronunciation, gain more advanced skills in composition, and continue to expand their vocabulary. Attention is given to complexity, accuracy, and fluency. All new students who have prior experience with or have taken classes in Spanish should consult with the department for placement before registering for a course. Instructions can be found on the World Languages website. IAI H1 900 Prerequisite: SPA 201 with a grade of C or better, or required placement exam scores. Class Schedule: Fall 2024 \| Spring 2025
SPA 210	Introduction to Spanish Literature ⁺	3
Description: This course is only offered in the spring term. Provides an introduction to literature from the Spanish-speaking world and exposes students to a variety of literary genres and eras. Focuses on the development of more complex use of the language and addresses speaking, listening, writing, and reading. Attention is given to complexity, accuracy, and fluency. All new students who have prior experience with of have taken classes in Spanish should consult with the department for placement before registering for a course. Instructions can be found on the World Languages website. IAI H3 917 Prerequisite: SPA 202 with a grade of C or better, or required placement exam scores. Class Schedule: Fall 2024 \| Spring 2025
	Fine Arts:
ART 105	Introduction to Arts	3
Description: Introduces the visual arts with an emphasis on creating awareness of aesthetics, artistic concepts, media, theory and criticism. In addition, students will develop a critical understanding of art and build visual literacy. IAI F2 900 Class Schedule: Fall 2024 \| Spring 2025
ART 114	Introduction to Film	3
Description: Examines the different ways of looking at film to improve understanding and appreciation of the medium as an art form. Includes critical analysis of different directors, film genres, historical trends and lecture about the technique and process of filmmaking. Between 10 and 15 films will be examined. IAI F2 908 Class Schedule: Fall 2024 \| Spring 2025
ART 130	Ancient and Medieval Art	3
Description: Follows the historical development of the visual arts produced by Western civilizations, focusing on major artistic styles, works of art and monuments. Works are examined as expressions of the ideas, beliefs and practices of artists, cultures and societies. Covers the history of art from pre-history to the medieval age. IAI F2 901 Class Schedule: Fall 2024 \| Spring 2025
ART 131	Gothic Through Romantic Art	3
Description: Follows the historical development of the visual arts produced by Western civilizations, focusing on major artistic styles, works of art and monuments. Works are examined as expressions of the ideas, beliefs and practices of artists, cultures and societies. Covers the history of art from the medieval age to the end of the eighteenth century. IAI F2 902 Class Schedule: Fall 2024 \| Spring 2025
ART 132	Modern and Contemporary Art	3
Description: Follows the historical development of the visual arts produced by Western civilizations, focusing on major artistic styles, works of art and monuments. Works are examined as expressions of the ideas, beliefs and practices of artists, cultures and societies. Covers the history of art from the nineteenth-century to the present time. IAI F2 902 Class Schedule: Fall 2024 \| Spring 2025
ART 133	Non -Western Art ⁺	3
Description: Follows the historical development of the visual arts produced by non-western civilizations, focusing on major artistic styles, works of art and monuments. Works are examined as expressions of the ideas, beliefs and practices of artists, cultures and societies. Covers the history of art of Africa, China, India, Japan, Middle East, Oceania, and the Americas. IAI F2 903N Class Schedule: Fall 2024 \| Spring 2025
MCM 200	Film History ⁺	3
Description: Surveys the historical development of film, emphasizing a study of films and innovations in film production that have had a significant influence on film as art form. Explores the history of film through the eyes of the filmmaker. Students will analyze film movements from multiple countries and recognize their effect on each other and the Hollywood film model. IAI F2 909 Class Schedule: Fall 2024 \| Spring 2025
MUS 103	Music Appreciation	3
Description: Introduces standard concert repertory through intensive guided listening. Representative works by major composers from each period are chosen to illustrate the principal styles, forms and techniques of vocal and instrumental music. IAI F1 900 Class Schedule: Fall 2024 \| Spring 2025
MUS 104	Introduction to American Music ⁺	3
Description: Develops a stylistic frame of reference for judging popular music. Surveys characteristic elements of jazz, rhythm and blues, popular music and their relation to western classical music. For non-music majors. IAI F1 904 Class Schedule: Fall 2024 \| Spring 2025
MUS 106	Introduction to Jazz	3
Description: Examines the evolution and development of jazz, America’s only native musical art form. The study begins in 1851 with the blending of African, European, Haitian, and Creole music and culture in New Orleans, which results in the creation of blues and improvisation. The study continues with further development in Chicago, Kansas City, New York, and Los Angeles. The course introduces blues, Dixieland, big band, cool, hard bop, funk, free, and fusion. IAI F1 905D Class Schedule: Fall 2024 \| Spring 2025
MUS 107	Introduction to Music in Theatre	3
Description: Surveys characteristic elements of music in the theatre. Includes opera, operetta and Broadway musicals. Examines them as media for communicating the philosophic, aesthetic and psychological perspectives of composers and their eras. Music experience not required. IAI F1 910 Class Schedule: Fall 2024 \| Spring 2025
MUS 108	Introduction to World Music ⁺	3
Description: Surveys the folk and traditional musics from around the world. Examines music-making, the people and musical cultures of South Asia, Southeast Asia, East Asia and Oceania, Middle East, Eastern Europe, Europe, Africa and the Americas. Explores inter-relationships between musical genres and other art forms (dance, theater, visual arts and literature) and analyzes how these musics have intersected with the issues of race, class, gender, religion, ritual, politics, social movements and cultural identity. IAI F1 903N Class Schedule: Fall 2024 \| Spring 2025
MUS 120	Introduction to Music Literature	3
Description: Surveys the styles, periods, literature and personalities in each of the commonly accepted music periods, with primary emphasis on hearing music of each style. IAI F1 901 Class Schedule: Fall 2024 \| Spring 2025
THE 111	Introduction to Theatre ⁺	3
Description: Introduces theatre as a fine and performing art. Includes study and analysis of historical, social, aesthetic and technical aspects of traditional and contemporary theatrical/dramatic expression. IAI F1 907 Class Schedule: Fall 2024 \| Spring 2025
THE 121	Ethnic Traditions in American Theatre ⁺	3
Description: Examines how cultural perspective and minority expression shape theatre in the United States by exploring the roots of change in traditional theatre and the role of community in the formation of theatre companies. Specific focus will be given to African American theatre, Asian American theatre, Latino theatre, Native American theatre, feminist theatre, gay and lesbian theatre, political theatre, performance art and post-modernism as well as international trends. IAI F1 909D Class Schedule: Fall 2024 \| Spring 2025
	Interdisciplinary Studies:
HUM 101	Ancient Through the Medieval West ⁺	3
Description: Explores architecture, art, history, literature, music, philosophy and the theatre of the Western tradition from Prehistory through the Medieval era. May include a special focus; consult the course schedule for specific topics. NOTE: HUM 101 and HUM 102 need not be taken in sequence. IAI HF 902 Class Schedule: Fall 2024 \| Spring 2025
HUM 102	Renaissance Through the Modern West ⁺	3
Description: Explores architecture, art, history, literature, music, philosophy, and the theatre of the Western world from the Renaissance to the present. May include a special focus; consult the course schedule. IAI HF 903 Class Schedule: Fall 2024 \| Spring 2025
HUM 106	The Cultures of Asia ⁺	3
Description: Examines the arts of Asian cultures from ancient times to the present. Studies examples of the visual arts, music, dance, literature, world views, and religious traditions from selected civilizations in Asia, south of Russia, excluding the countries of the Middle East. IAI HF 904N Class Schedule: Fall 2024 \| Spring 2025
HUM 107	The Cultures of Africa ⁺	3
Description: Examines the arts of African cultures from ancient times to the present. Studies examples of the visual arts, music, dance, literature, world views, and religious traditions from selected civilizations in North Africa, the Sahel, South Africa, Central and East Africa, and West Africa, excluding countries associated with the Middle East. IAI HF 904N Class Schedule: Fall 2024 \| Spring 2025
HUM 110	Women and Creativity ⁺	3
Description: Explores the nature of female creativeness, focusing on women in the traditionally male arenas of art and literature and on areas in which the female creative impulse manifests itself under other names such as the shaping of social attitudes, domestic arts and religious experiences. IAI HF 907D Class Schedule: Fall 2024 \| Spring 2025
LIT 112	Literature and Film	3
Description: Introduces methods of reading, interpreting and analyzing literary works as well as examining methods used in translating those works to the medium of film. Presents the short story, novel and the drama in conjunction with their cinematic counterparts. Relates the development of film to such schools as German expressionism, film verity, etc. Focuses on analysis of each form both on its own and in relation to the others through reading, viewing and writing. IAI HF 908 Class Schedule: Fall 2024 \| Spring 2025

Social and Behavioral Sciences

3 courses with courses selected from at least 2 departments. May not choose SOC 215 and two PSY courses.

Courses marked with a + meet the World Cultures and Diversity graduation requirement. One 3 credit-hour course is required for graduation.

Hours Required: 9

Number	Course Title	Credits
ANT 101	Introduction to Anthropology ⁺	3
Description: Addresses such central questions as “What does it mean to be human?” and “How did we get to be the way we are?” Among the topics to be examined will be human, physical, and cultural evolution; the origin of culture; language; religion; kinship; economics; and the impact of contemporary life on the world’s populations. This course meets the World Culture and Diversity graduation requirement. IAI S1 900N Class Schedule: Fall 2024 \| Spring 2025
ANT 202	Cultural Anthropology ⁺	3
Description: Describes and analyzes how people throughout the world define and resolve the problems of life that are found everywhere. Some of the specific topics studied will be religion, social structure, law, “the unknown,” economics and the formation of behavior within particular groups. IAI S1 901N Class Schedule: Fall 2024 \| Spring 2025
ANT 205	Physical Anthropology	3
Description: This course is only offered in the spring term. Studies the origins and evolution of humans as physical and cultural beings. Includes origin, history, and behavior of primates; fossil records; and the principles of population genetics and their application to study of human variation. IAI S1 902 Class Schedule: Fall 2024 \| Spring 2025
ANT 206	Archaeology ⁺	3
Description: This course is only offered in the fall term. Surveys archaeological concepts, research, and methods for the study of prehistoric cultures. Includes rise and development of modern civilization, land and land use, agriculture, current archaeological investigations, interpretations of finds and introduction to field work techniques. IAI S1 903 Class Schedule: Fall 2024 \| Spring 2025
ECO 200	Introduction to Economics ⁺	3
Description: Covers descriptive rather than a quantitative approach to the study of economics. Major topics cover economic history, the elements of macroeconomics, microeconomics and a comparative look at other economic systems. Specifically designed for students in career-vocational curricula. IAI S3 900 Class Schedule: Fall 2024 \| Spring 2025
ECO 211	Microeconomics	3
Description: Covers economic problems faced by the individual and the firm. Examination of market structures, price and output determination. The microeconomic approach. IAI S3 902 Class Schedule: Fall 2024 \| Spring 2025
ECO 212	Macroeconomics	3
Description: Covers economic problems faced by our society. Examination of resource allocation, national income and economic development, from a macroeconomic approach. IAI S3 901 Class Schedule: Fall 2024 \| Spring 2025
GEG 100	Cultural Geography ⁺	3
Description: Provides a systematic or regional introduction to the basic concepts of human geography using spatial analysis/awareness with both traditional and digital map analysis. Examines the causes and consequences of the uneven distribution of human activity, covering themes such as population, culture, economic activity, development, and urban patterns. IAI S4 900N Class Schedule: Fall 2024 \| Spring 2025
GEG 101	World Regional Geography ⁺	3
Description: Provides a thematic or regional introduction to the basic concepts of how world regions are constructed or classified. Using spatial analysis of both traditional and digital maps, factors will be explored to assess how regions evolve and are classified. Concepts will explore both developed and undeveloped regions connecting both human and physical geographical factors shaping and defining the classification of regions and interrelationships between them. IAI S4 906 Class Schedule: Fall 2024 \| Spring 2025
GEG 103	The Developing World ⁺	3
Description: Examines the regions of the world conventionally called “developing” or “emerging,” including the spatial patterns of physical and cultural elements that impart unique identities within these regions using both digital and traditional maps to explore complex geopolitical relations and/or international conflicts among developing regions of the world. IAI S4 902N Class Schedule: Fall 2024 \| Spring 2025
GEG 104	The Developed World ⁺	3
Description: Examines the regions of the world conventionally called “industrialized” or “developed,” including the spatial patterns of physical, cultural elements, and/or international conflicts that impart unique identities within these regions. Uses spatial analysis of both digital and traditional maps to promote critical thinking of complex geographic relationships among regions of world. IAI S4 901 Class Schedule: Fall 2024 \| Spring 2025
GEG 150	Introduction to Geospatial Technologies	3
Description: Provides an introduction to geospatial technologies, such as Geographic Information Systems (GIS), Global Positioning Systems (GPS), and Remote Sensing through hands-on computer based exercises. The essential principles of map use and design, and spatial analysis are also included in this course. Fundamental desktop computer skills assumed. IAI S4 905 Class Schedule: Fall 2024 \| Spring 2025
HED 202	Human Sexuality ⁺	3
Description: Introduces students to the sociological, psychological, biological and emotional implications of human sexuality. Includes sexual orientation, gender identity, sexually transmitted infections, contraception, and reproductive anatomy as well as other topics related to the field of human sexuality. Emphasizes exploring attitudes regarding sexual issues, clarifications of personal beliefs and development of healthy sexual behavior. IAI S9 903 Class Schedule: Fall 2024 \| Spring 2025
HST 111	The American Experience to 1877	3
Description: Survey of the American experience through the pre-revolutionary period, the expansion westward and the Civil War. Special stress is placed upon the social, economic, cultural, political and constitutional development of the United States. IAI S2 900 Class Schedule: Fall 2024 \| Spring 2025
HST 112	The American Experience Since 1877	3
Description: Surveys the end of Reconstruction to the present, with primary stress on political and economic development. Also includes social, intellectual, and cultural phases, expanded role of government in national affairs and the participation of the United States in international relations. IAI S2 901 Class Schedule: Fall 2024 \| Spring 2025
HST 121	History of Latin America ⁺	3
Description: Surveys the political and constitutional history of the principal Latin American nations. The course will cover movements leading to independence and social and economic events which are pertinent to relationships with the United States. This course meets the World Culture and Diversity graduation requirement. IAI S2 920N Class Schedule: Fall 2024 \| Spring 2025
HST 141	History of Western Civilization to 1650	4
Description: Stresses political, social, cultural, economic, and technological developments from prehistoric times and concludes with the last manifestation of essentially medieval ideology,i.e., the Protestant Reformation. IAI S2 902 Class Schedule: Fall 2024 \| Spring 2025
HST 142	History of Western Civilization Since 1650	4
Description: Continues HST 141. Commences with the emergence of modern times, i.e., the development of royal absolutism and the beginnings of the modern nation state and concludes with the 20th century and the modern world. IAI S2 903 Class Schedule: Fall 2024 \| Spring 2025
HST 231	History of the Middle East to 1453 ⁺	3
Description: This course is only offered in the fall term. Surveys the Ancient Near East and Middle East from its origins in Ancient Summer up to 1453. Emphasis will be placed on social, political, economic, religious and military institutions. The process of change and broad continuities will be examined in relationship to the historical evolution and growth of the region. IAI S2 920N Class Schedule: Fall 2024 \| Spring 2025
HST 232	History of the Middle East 1453 to the Present ⁺	3
Description: This course is only offered in the spring term. Surveys the history of the Middle East from 1453 to the present. Emphasis is placed on social, political, economic, religious, and military institutions that shape the region. The establishment of colonial rule is highlighted along with the struggle for independence, modernization and development. IAI S2 920N Class Schedule: Fall 2024 \| Spring 2025
HST 241	History of China: Earliest Time Through Ming Dynasty ⁺	3
Description: This course is only offered in the fall term. Surveys the history of China from prehistory to the end of the Ming Dynasty. Major emphasis is placed on the evolution and growth of the Imperial system and forces that shaped its continuation and growth. IAI S2 920N Class Schedule: Fall 2024 \| Spring 2025
HST 242	History of China: From the Ching Dynasty to the Present ⁺	3
Description: This course is only offered in the spring term. Surveys the history of China from 1644, the Ching Dynasty, to the present. The content will stress the evolution of China from a period of strength and unity to one of disunity and change during the revolutionary times of 1911-1949. Special emphasis will be placed on the establishment of the Communist government in 1949 to the present. Economic modernization, role of foreigners and cultural advancements will also be highlighted. IAI S2 920N Class Schedule: Fall 2024 \| Spring 2025
HST 243	The Far East in the Modern World ⁺	3
Description: Studies history of East Asia since 1800. The traditional cultures of China and Japan, the Western impact and the Asian response will be covered. IAI S2 920N Class Schedule: Fall 2024 \| Spring 2025
HST 245	The World Since 1945 ⁺	3
Description: Surveys the history of the world from 1945 to the present with major emphasis on historical issues and events that have global impact. IAI S2 913N Class Schedule: Fall 2024 \| Spring 2025
PSC 101	American Politics and Government	3
Description: Focuses on political involvement, elections, campaigns, interest groups, Congress, courts, the presidency, and the constitution. Discusses how our government runs, as well as current political controversies. Utilizes political figures as guest speakers and offers opportunities for political participation, especially in election years. IAI S5 900 Class Schedule: Fall 2024 \| Spring 2025
PSC 220	State and Local Government in the United States	3
Description: Examines state and local governments including their powers, organization, functions, development, politics and contemporary issues/problems. IAI S5 902 Class Schedule: Fall 2024 \| Spring 2025
PSC 250	Comparative Politics ⁺	3
Description: Explores the politics of selected countries in Africa, Asia, Europe, Latin America and/or the Middle East. Examines economic, social and political patterns and problems in different nations. IAI S5 905 Class Schedule: Fall 2024 \| Spring 2025
PSC 270	Global Politics ⁺	3
Description: Uses role playing to study how foreign policy is made. Explores human problems such as populations, food and energy on a global dimension. Examines international bodies, including the United Nations, and explores how nations interact. IAI S5 904 Class Schedule: Fall 2024 \| Spring 2025
PSC 280	Non -Western Comparative Politics ⁺	3
Description: Examines the political systems of selected non-Western countries, including common governmental problems, causes of political instability and revolution and techniques of political analysis. IAI S5 906N Class Schedule: Fall 2024 \| Spring 2025
PSY 101	Introduction to Psychology ⁺	3
Description: Investigates human and animal behavior with emphasis on the scientific nature of contemporary and classic psychological investigation. Emphasizes psychological theories, principles, and research applications. Introduces the divisions of the American Psychological Association. References biological processes, sensation, perception, learning, memory, thinking, emotional life, mental disorders, intelligence, aptitude, personality, development, daily life and everyday problems. IAI S6 900 Class Schedule: Fall 2024 \| Spring 2025
PSY 216	Child Psychology	3
Description: Investigates the psychological development of the child from conception through pubescence. Emphasizes the theories, principles and empirically derived findings of Child Psychology. Explores cultural and/or international contexts as well as normative and non-normative patterns of development. Discusses mortality during childhood. Integrates the various child psychopathologies. IAI S6 903 Class Schedule: Fall 2024 \| Spring 2025
PSY 217	Adolescent Psychology	3
Description: Investigates the psychological development of humans from late childhood through adolescence and young adulthood. Emphasizes the theories, principles and empirically derived findings of Adolescence Psychology. Explores cultural and/or international contexts as well as normative and non-normative patterns of development. Discusses mortality during adolescence. Integrates the study of adolescent psychopathologies. IAI S6 904 Class Schedule: Fall 2024 \| Spring 2025
PSY 218	Adult Psychology	3
Description: Investigates the biological, physical, social and psychological development of humans from young adulthood to death and through grief and bereavement. Emphasizes theories, principles and empirically derived findings of Adult Psychology. Addresses cultural and/or international contexts as well as normative and non-normative patterns of development. Discusses mortality throughout adulthood and adult psychopathologies. IAI S6 905 Class Schedule: Fall 2024 \| Spring 2025
PSY 228	Psychology of Human Development	3
Description: Investigates the psychological development of humans from conception to death, through grief and bereavement. Investigates the theories, empirically derived science and principles of developmental researchers and developmental psychologists. Emphasizes cultural and/or international contexts as well as normative and non-normative patterns of development. Discusses mortality throughout the life-span. Integrates developmental psychopathologies. IAI S6 902 Class Schedule: Fall 2024 \| Spring 2025
SOC 101	Introduction to Sociology ⁺	3
Description: Analysis and description of the structure and dynamics of human society. Application of scientific methods to the observation and analysis of social norms, groups, inter-group relations, social change, social stratification and institutions. This course meets the World Culture and Diversity graduation requirement. IAI S7 900 Class Schedule: Fall 2024 \| Spring 2025
SOC 120	The Family in Contemporary Society ⁺	3
Description: Examines the family as a social institution and as a dynamic interactive system. Topics include courtship, marriage, family systems, parenting and non-traditional forms of the family. IAI S7 902 Class Schedule: Fall 2024 \| Spring 2025
SOC 205	Social Problems ⁺	3
Description: Analysis of contemporary social problems. Investigation of theories dealing with conformity and deviance, racial and minority group prejudice, crime and delinquency, personality problems, urbanization and fundamental institutional problems due to social change. IAI S7 901 Class Schedule: Fall 2024 \| Spring 2025
SOC 215	Introduction to Social Psychology ⁺	3
Description: This course is only offered in the spring term. Introduces the methods used to understand, explain and predict how the thoughts, feelings and actions of individuals are influenced by the thoughts and actions of social groups. Investigates how attitudes, beliefs, and behaviors are influenced by others within society and how society is influenced by the individual. IAI S8 900 Class Schedule: Fall 2024 \| Spring 2025
SOC 230	Sociology of Sex and Gender ⁺	3
Description: This course is only offered in the fall term. Examines the social processes in society which translate biological differences (sex) between men and women into social and psychological categories or gender roles. Various theories will be considered in an attempt to understand the existence of gender inequality and how the process of socialization influences the proper "place" for men and women in society. Gender roles and power are considered when analyzing the marketplace, politics, marriage and family, or in considering issues such as the feminization of poverty, violence in the home, and male sensitivity. IAI S7 904D Class Schedule: Fall 2024 \| Spring 2025
SOC 235	Race and Ethnicity ⁺	3
Description: This course is only offered in the spring term. Examines differential power relations between racial and ethnic groups. Analyzes the economic, political, and cultural structures that produce and reproduce these power differences. Focuses on cultural diversity and various dimensions of prejudice and discrimination including an analysis of racial and ethnic inequality and its origins, and conditions under which these forms of inequality are (re)produced. IAI S7 903D Class Schedule: Fall 2024 \| Spring 2025

Total General Education

No more than two GEG and two HST courses (except HST 105) may be used to fulfill the General Education requirements.

Hours Required: 37

Number	Course Title	Credits

Major Discipline and Transfer Electives

Number	Course Title	Credits

World Cultures and Diversity Requirement

One 3-credit hour course is required. Courses that fulfill this requirement may also be used to fulfill requirements in the General Education category.

Hours Required:

Number	Course Title	Credits
	Select one course marked with a + from the above Groups.

Total Hours Required

Hours Required: 60

Number	Course Title	Credits

¹ - MTH 124 may be used if taken Spring 1999 or later.

Next steps

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