Undergraduate Bulletin 2011-2013 » Baccalaureate Programs » Degree Requirements » Distribution Requirement (21 Credits)
Distribution Requirement (21 Credits)
Every student must choose and complete successfully one course from a specified list in each of the seven areas listed below. The list of approved courses is available at the Academic Information and Advisement Center (Shuster Hall, Room 280) and in the Schedule of Classes, distributed prior to registration each semester. (The list of Distribution Courses is approved each year. The following list is approved for the Fall 2011 semester and may change for subsequent semesters.) No more than two courses from the same department may be used to satisfy the Distribution Requirement.
Area I: Individuals and Society (3 credits)
AAS(WST) 239: Black Women in American Society
ANT/WST 206: Anthropological Perspectives on Women and Men
LAC 231/PRS 242: Latinos in the United States
LAC 232: Family & Gender Relations among Latinos
LNG 150: The Phenomena of Language
POL 217: Criminal Justice
POL 230: Immigration and Citizenship
PSY 166: General Psychology
SOC 166: Fundamentals of Sociology
Area II: Socio-Political Structures (3 credits)
AAS 166: Introduction to African and African American Studies
AAS 225: The Contemporary Urban Community
AAS/HIS 248: African History
ANT 211: Cultural Anthropology
ECO 166: Introduction to Macroeconomics
GEH 101: An Introduction to Geography
GEH 235: Conservation of the Environment
GEP 204: Basic Mapping: Applications and Analysis
GEP 210: Introduction to Environmental Science
POL 150: Contemporary Political Issues
POL 166: American Political System
POL 211: Public Policy
Area III: Literature (3 credits)
AAS/LAC 241: Literature of the English and Francophone Caribbean
AAS 242: African Literature
AAS 267: African American Literature
ENG 222: Literary Genres
ENG 223: English Literature
ENG 226: Shakespeare
ENG 227: American Literature
ENG 229: Contemporary Urban Writers
ENG/WST 234: Women in Literature
ENG 260: American Minority Literature
FRE 232: The Francophone World (in translation)
IDW/CLT 211: Classics of the Western World: Ancient & Medieval
IDW/CLT 212: Classics of the Western World II: Renaissance & Modern
IDW/CLT 213: Classics of the Asian World
LAC/PRS 214: Literature of the Caribbean
SPA/LAC 233: Latin American Literature in Translation
*ENG 300: English Literature I, fulfills Area III requirement for
Eng majors in the ECCE certification sequence
Area IV: The Arts (3 credits)
AAS 266: Contemporary Black Music
ARH 135: Introduction to the History of Asian Art—Islamic, Buddhist, and Hindu Cultures
ARH 137: Introduction to the History of Non-Western Art
ARH 141: Introduction to the History of Modern Art of the Nineteenth and Twentieth Centuries in Europe & the U.S.
ARH 167: Tradition & Innovation in the Art of the West
ART 109: Observation and Visual Experience
ART 110: Elements of Visual Communication
COM 212: History of the Cinema I
COM 213: History of the Cinema II
DNC 235: Dance Perspectives
HUM 250: The City & the Theatre
MSH 114: Introduction to Music
THE 241: The Art of the Theatre
THE 243: Queer Theatre
Area V: Comparative Culture (3 credits)
AAS 232: African Civilizations
AAS/LAC 235: Caribbean Societies
AAS (WST) 240: Women in African Society
ANT/WST/LAC 210: Women in Latin America
ANT 230-238: Selected Studies in Society & Culture (230: Africa, 231: Middle East, 232: Europe, 233: India, 234: Oceania, 235: Native North America, 236: Southeast Asia, 237: East Asia, (LAC) 238: Latin America
GEH 240: Urban Geography
HIS 240: East Asian Civilization
HIS 249: Islamic Civilization
IAS 250 (ANT 250) SOC 250: The Italian-American Community
MES 245: Introduction to Middle Eastern Studies
MMJ 211: Introduction to Multilingual Media
POL 266: Politics & Culture
POL/RUS 220: Russia Today
PRS 213: Puerto Rican Culture
WST 220: Introduction to Women's Studies
Area VI: Historical Studies (3 credits)
AAS/HIS 245: History of African-Americans
ANT 212: Ancient Peoples & Cultures
HIS 241: Early Modern Europe, 1400-1815
HIS 242: Contemporary European History
HIS 243: The Foundation of the United States
HIS 244: Modern United States History
HIS 246: Civilizations of the Ancient World
HIS 247: Medieval Civilization
HIS 250: Understanding History (Selected Topics)
LAC/HIS 266: Introduction to Latin America & the Caribbean I
LAC/HIS 267: Introduction to Latin America & the Caribbean II
POL 241: Globalization
PRS/HIS 212: History of Puerto Rico
*HIU 348: History of New York: City and State, fulfills Area VI
requirement for HIS majors in the ECCE certification sequence
Area VII: Knowledge, Self, and Values (3 credits)
AAS/PHI 269: Introduction to African Philosophy
ACU 266: Classical Myth & the Human Condition
AMS 111: American Culture: Value & Traditions
AAS/PHI 269: Introduction to African Philosophy
PHI 169: Critical Reasoning
PHI 170: Introduction to Logic
PHI 171: Problems of Philosophy
PHI 172: Contemporary Moral Issues
PHI 173: Justice and Society
PHI 174: Theories of Human Nature
PHI 175: Philosophy of Religion
PHI 177: Philosophy of Contemporary Music
POL 172: Great Political Thinkers
Last modified: 2/22/2013
