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General Education: Courses Under the Study and Skill Areas

 

The General Education program embraces four Study Areas and four Skill Areas. First-year students starting in Fall 1998 and all students entering in Fall 1999 or later are subject to the following program. Credit requirements for each area are listed on page 46.

The Study Areas are:

I.  Arts and Humanities
II.  Social Sciences
III.  Behavioral Sciences
IV.  Natural Sciences

The Skill Areas are:

I.  Communication Skills
II.  Mathematics
III.  Foreign Language Proficiency
IV.  University Requirement

STUDY AREA I

ART 100  Search in Art
ART 110  Introduction to Art History [I]
ART 112  History of Art I [I]
ART 113  History of Art II [I]
ART 120  Design I
ART 124  Three-Dimensional Design
ART 130  Drawing I
ART 216  Modern Art [I]
ART 224  Illustration I
ART 230  Drawing II
ART 240  Printmaking I
ART 247  Photography I
ART 250  Watercolor Painting
ART 252  Painting I
ART 260  Ceramics I
ART 261  Sculpture I
ART 264  Design—Handicraft Materials and Techniques I
DAN 299  Dance History [I]
DES 100  Introduction to Graphic/Information Design
ENG 203  World Literature I [I] [L]
ENG 204  World Literature II [I] [L]
ENG 205  British Literature I [I] [L]
ENG 206  British Literature II [I] [L]
ENG 210  American Literature I [L]
ENG 211  American Literature II [L]
ENG 212  African-American Literature [L]
ENG 215  Introduction to Women Writers [I] [L]
ENG 220  Shakespeare [I] [L]
ENG 250  Contemporary Literature [L]
ENG 260  Introduction to Poetry [L]
ENG 261  Introduction to Fiction [L]
ENG 262  Introduction to Drama [I] [L]
ENG 288  Studies in Literature [L]
FR 302  Masterpieces of French Literature [I] [L]
GER 304  Literary Masterpieces to 1800 [I] [L]
GER 305  Literary Masterpieces Since 1800 [I] [L]
HON 110  Western Culture I
HON 210  Western Culture II: Topics in Western Culture
HON 440  Writing & Research II
HUM 100  Search in the Humanities
HUM 250  Topics in European Literature [I] [L]
ITAL 304  Literary Masterpieces to 1700 [I] [L]
ITAL 305  Literary Masterpieces Since 1700 [I] [L]
MUS 109  Fundamentals of Music
MUS 110  Listening to Classical Music [I]
MUS 111  Music of the World's People [I]
MUS 112  Computer Applications to Music
MUS 113  History of Jazz
MUS 214  Electro-acoustic Music and Sonic Art [I]
PHIL 100  Search in Philosophy
PHIL 112  Introduction to Philosophy
PHIL 121  Introduction to Philosophy through Literature
PHIL 135  Nature, Mind, and Science
PHIL 144  Moral Issues
PHIL 232  Medieval and Renaissance Philosophy
PHIL 235  Philosophy of Social Science
PHIL 241  Environmental Ethics
PHIL 248  Philosophy of the Arts
PHIL 250  Introduction to Asian Philosophy [I]
PHIL 255  Philosophy of Religion
PHIL 260  African Philosophy [I]
PHIL 275  Chinese Philosophy [I]
PHIL 366  Existentialism [I]
PS 232  Ancient and Medieval Political Thought
REL 105  Development of Christian Thought
REL 110  World Religions [I]
REL 250  Japanese Religion [I]
REL 256  Philosophy, Religion, and Culture [I]
SPAN 304  Literary Masterpieces to 1700: Spain [I] [L]
SPAN 305  Literary Masterpieces Since 1700: Spain [I] [L]
SPAN 375  Spanish American Literature I [I] [L]
SPAN 376  Spanish American Literature II [I] [L]
TH 110  Introduction to Theatre
TH 111  Stagecraft
TH 117  Lighting
TH 121  Costuming
TH 126  Makeup I
TH 135  Speaking-Voice Development
TH 143  Theatre Games and Improvisations
TH 145  Acting I
TH 222  History of Fashion [I]
TH 246  Acting II
TH 253  Script Analysis for the Theatre
TH 275  American Theatre Today

STUDY AREA II

AFAM 110  Introduction to African-American Studies [I]
AMS 241  Introduction to Planning
CHIN 341  The Chinese Heritage I [I]            
CHIN 342  The Chinese Heritage II [I]           
CRM 110  Introduction to the Criminal Justice System        
ECON 200  Principles of Economics I         
ECON 201  Principles of Economics II        
ECON 250  Contemporary Economic Issues      
ET 399  Engineering Economy
FR 315  Aspects of French History & Culture [I]  
FR 316  Contemporary France [I]               
GEOG 110  Introduction to Geography         
GEOG 120  World Regional Geography [I]          
GEOG 130  Intro. to Geography Information Science
GEOG 220  Human Geography [I]                   
GEOG 223  Geography of the Popular Music Industry
GEOG 241  Introduction to Planning          
GEOG 244  Economic Geography [I]                 
GEOG 270  Geography of Hazards
GEOG 290  Geography of Tourism [I]              
GEOG 291  National Parks and World Heritage Sites [I]
GER 315  German Civilization to 1800 [I]
GER 316  German Civilization from 1800 to Present [I]
HIST 100  Search in History                 
HIST 121  World Civilization I [I]              
HIST 122  World Civilization II [I]             
HIST 142  Western Civilization I [I]             
HIST 143  Western Civilization II [I]
HIST 231  Ancient Civilization [I]               
HIST 232  Medieval Civilization [I]              
HIST 261  History of American Life I        
HIST 262  History of American Life II       
HIST 351  East Asia to 1800 [I]                 
HIST 352  East Asia Since 1800 [I]               
HIST 375  History of Africa to 1800 [I]
HIST 376  History of Africa Since 1800 [I]       
HIST 381  Latin American History to 1823 [I]
HIST 382  Latin American History Since 1823 [I]
HON 130  World Cultures I [I]                  
HON 230  World Cultures II: Topics in World Cultures [I]                 
HON 442  Writing & Research IV: Thesis Workshop
IMS 110  Cyberspace & Society
IS 225  The World as a Total System [I]
IS 240  Caribbean Cultural Patterns [I]
IS 245  Puerto Rico [I]
ITAL 315  Italian Civilization to 1861 [I]      
ITAL 316  Italian Civilization from 1861 to the Present [I]
LAS 235  International Relations [I]
LAS 316  Latin American Civilization [I]
PES 110  Introduction to the Study of Peace & War
PES 111   War and Peace through Films
PS 104  The World's Political Systems [I]     
PS 110  American Government & Politics      
PS 230  American State and Local Government
PS 235  International Relations [I] 
PS 260  Public Administration             
PS 280  Religion & Politics
PS 315  Internet & Media Politics
PS 334  Modern Political Thought          
SPAN 315  Spanish Civilization [I]              
SPAN 316  Latin American Civilization [I]       
TE 110  Technological Systems                

STUDY AREA III

ANTH 140  Introduction to Anthropology      

ANTH 150  Introduction to Archaeology        

ANTH 160  Introduction to Biological Anthropology 

ANTH 170  Introduction to Cultural Anthropology [I]   

ANTH 200  Dimensions of Diversity and Inequality  

ANTH 210  The Ancient World                 

ANTH 215  Before History                    

COMM 215  Intro. to Interpersonal Communication     

COMM 230  Introduction to Mass Media        

CRM 133  Law Enforcement & Society       

CRM 220  Ideology & Violence              

CRM 245  Diversity and Criminal Justice    

HON 220  Science and Society II: Social Sciences and Society            

HON 250  Western/World Culture III: Comparative Topics [I]

IS 226  Intercultural Sensitivity [I]

LING 200  Introduction to Linguistics

LING 230  The Study of Language

PSY 112  General Psychology I              

PSY 125  Environment & Behavior

PSY 200  Learning & Memory               

PSY 236  Life-Span Development             

PSY 241  Introduction to Health Psychology

PSY 281  Cognitive Psychology              

SOC 110  Introductory Sociology            

SOC 111  Social Problems                   

SOC 212  Race, Class, and Gender           

SOC 233  The Family                        

SOC 240  The Sociology of Gender            

URS 300  Introduction to Urban Studies     

WS 200  Introduction to Women’s Studies

 

STUDY AREA IV
 

ANTH 265  Human Evolution                   

BIO 100  Search in Biology                 

BIO 101  Search in Biology with Lab

BIO 111  Introductory Biology              

BIO 113  Laboratory Experience in Biology

BIO 120  Plants of Connecticut             

BIO 121  General Biology I                 

BIO 122  General Biology II                

BIO 132  Introductory Ecology 

BIO 133  Laboratory in Introductory Ecology

BIO 150  Long Island Sound—Introductory Ecology

BIO 170  Introductory Field Studies in Biology

BIO 211  Concepts in Biology

BMS 100  Search in Biomolecular Sciences

BMS 101  Search in Biomolecular Sciences with Lab

BMS 102  Introduction to Biomolecular Science

BMS 111  Cells and the Human Body

BMS 113  Laboratory Experience in Biomolecular Science

BMS 201  Principles of Cell and Molecular Biology

CHEM 102  Chemistry of Nutrition

CHEM 111  Introductory Chemistry

CHEM 116  Introduction to Forensic Chemistry

CHEM 121  General Chemistry I

CHEM 122  General Chemistry II

ESCI 100  Search in Earth Science

ESCI 101  Search in Earth Science with Laboratory

ESCI 110  Introduction to the Earth

ESCI 111  Elementary Earth Science          

ESCI 117  Introduction to the Solar System  

ESCI 118  Intro. to Stars and Galaxies      

ESCI 121  Physical Geology                  

ESCI 122  Historical Geology                

ESCI 129  Introduction to Meteorology       

ESCI 178  Planetary Astronomy                

ESCI 179  Stellar Astronomy                 

ESCI 218  Women's Contributions to Stellar and Galactic Astronomy 

ESCI 278  Observational Astronomy           

ET 241  Applied Statics and Strength of Materials

GEOG 272  Physical Geography                 

GEOG 275  Soils and Vegetation              

HON 120  Science & Society I

ISCI 104  Science Connections               

ISM 211  Biological & Physical Sciences Integrated with Mathematics

PHYS 111  Introductory Physics I            

PHYS 113  The Sound of Music                

PHYS 121  General Physics I                 

PHYS 122  General Physics II                

PHYS 125  University Physics I              

PHYS 126  University Physics II             

SCI 117  Physical Science

 

SKILL AREA I
 

COMM 115  Fundamentals of Communication     

COMM 140  Public Speaking                   

COMM 280  Business and Professional Speaking  

ENG 110  Freshman Composition              

ENG 202  Intermediate Composition          

ENG 235  Journalism I                       

ENG 236  Journalism II                     

ESL 108  English as a Second Language: Writing I

ESL 109  English as a Second Language: Writing II

ESL 201  Advanced Study in English as a Second Language

HON 140  Writing & Research I

HON 441   Writing & Research III

PHIL 220   Introduction to Logic

SKILL AREA II

CS 110  Introduction to Internet Programming and Applications 

CS 113  Introduction to Computers         

CS 151  Computer Science I                

CS 207  Introduction to Computer Graphics 

CS 213  Applications of Computer Programming    

ISM 213  Math Integrated with Biological and Physical Sciences

MATH 105  Fundamentals of Mathematics       

MATH 110  Finite Mathematics

MATH 113  Structure of Mathematics I: Number Systems

MATH 115  Trigonometry                      

MATH 119  Pre-Calculus with Trigonometry     

MATH 121  Pre-Calculus Mathematics          

MATH 123  Applied Business Mathematics

MATH 124  Applied Calculus with Trigonometry

MATH 125  Applied Calculus                  

MATH 135  Applied Engineering Calculus I

MATH 136  Applied Engineering Calculus II               

MATH 152  Calculus I

MATH 213  Structure of Mathematics II: Probability & Geometry  

MATH 221  Calculus II                       

STAT 104  Elementary Statistics             

STAT 108  Introduction to Biostatistics     

STAT 200  Business Statistics              

STAT 215  Statistics for Behavioral Sciences I   

STAT 216  Statistics for Behavioral Sciences II  

SKILL AREA III

CHIN 111  Elementary Chinese I              

CHIN 112  Elementary Chinese II [I]             

CHIN 125  Intermediate Chinese I [I]            

CHIN 126  Intermediate Chinese II [I]           

FR 111  Elementary French I               

FR 112  Elementary French II [I]              

FR 125  Intermediate French I [I]             

FR 126  Intermediate French II [I]            

FR 151  French for Reading Knowledge [I]      

FR 225  Essential Skills in French I [I]      

FR 226  Essential Skills in French II [I]      

FR 261  Business French [I]                 

GER 111  Elementary German I               

GER 112  Elementary German II [I]              

GER 125  Intermediate German I [I]             

GER 126  Intermediate German II [I]            

GER 225  German Composition & Diction [I]    

GER 226  German Structure and Idiom [I]        

ITAL 111  Elementary Italian I              

ITAL 112  Elementary Italian II [I]             

ITAL 118  Intensive Elementary Italian [I, 3 credits only]      

ITAL 125  Intermediate Italian I [I]            

ITAL 126  Intermediate Italian II [I]           

ITAL 190  Italian for Italian Speakers [I]      

ITAL 225  Italian Composition and Diction [I]   

ITAL 226  Italian Structure and Idiom [I]       

ITAL 260  Introduction to Business Italian [I]  

JAPN 111  Elementary Japanese I             

JAPN 112  Elementary Japanese II [I]            

JAPN 125  Intermediate Japanese I [I]           

JAPN 126  Intermediate Japanese II [I]          

JAPN 225  Japanese Composition and Diction [I]      

JAPN 226  Japanese Structure and Idiom [I]     

LAT 111  Elementary Latin I                

LAT 112  Elementary Latin II               

POL 111  Elementary Polish I               

POL 112  Elementary Polish II [I]               

POL 125  Intermediate Polish I [I]             

POL 126  Intermediate Polish II [I]            

SPAN 111  Elementary Spanish I              

SPAN 112  Elementary Spanish II [I]             

SPAN 118  Intensive Elementary Spanish [I, 3 credits only]      

SPAN 123  Basic Spanish Review [I]

SPAN 125  Intermediate Spanish I [I]            

SPAN 126  Intermediate Spanish II [I]            

SPAN 128  Intensive Intermediate Spanish I [I]

SPAN 190  Spanish for Spanish Speakers I [I]    

SPAN 191  Spanish for Spanish Speakers II [I]   

SPAN 225  Intermediate Spanish III [I] 

SPAN 226  Intermediate Spanish IV [I]       

SPAN 261  Business Spanish [I]

SPAN 290  Spanish for Spanish Speakers III [I]  

SPAN 291  Spanish for Spanish Speakers IV [I]    

SKILL AREA IV

PE 144  Fitness/Wellness Ventures (required of  all students entering with fewer than 15 credits and recommended to be taken in a student’s first year)

CET 113  Introduction to Information Processing

CS 115  Workshop in Computer Science       

CS 210  Computing and Culture             

ET 150  Intro. to Engineering Technology

GRT 112  Digital Imaging for Graphics Technology

GRT 212  Graphic Arts Processes

IMS 210  Multimedia Computing

LSC 150  Library Resources and Skills      

RDG 140  Reading Efficiency      

 

 

 

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