GENERAL EDUCATION REQUIREMENTS
2001 to 2007 COLLEGE CATALOGS

I. Developing the Liberal Arts: Core Skills for Freshmen (18 credits)

______PDP 150: Personal Development and the Liberal Arts (3) [ ___PDP 450: Senior Portfolio (1)]

______ENG 101: Effective Writing I (3)

______ENG 102: Effective Writing II (3)

______COMM 100: Oral Communication (3)

______MATH 105, 115: Math Theo/Comp I, II (3, 3) or MATH 107: Quantitative Reasoning or

MATH 109: Applied Algebra (3) or MATH 110: College Algebra (3)

______ES 105: Wellness (2)

______ES Activity (1)

II. Developing the Liberal Arts: Global Perspectives (9-21 credits)

A. World History and Civilizations: An Overview (3 credits)

______HIST 105: World History to 1500 (3) or

HIST 110: World History Since 1500 (3)

B. Cultures and Dynamics of the Global Community (6 credits)

______One course from Global Diversity list and

______One course from Global Diversity, Europe, or US list

Global Diversity
ENG 235: Literature of Southern Africa
ENG 240: Russian Literature & Culture
ENG 243: Native American Literature & Cult
FCS 250: International Foods & Nutrition
FREN 300: French Colonial Empire
FREN 308: Francophone Cultural Studies
HIST 270: WWII in Global Perspective
HIST 275: Post-Colonial Europe
HIST 308: The Vietnam Conflict
HIST 335: Contemporary Australia
HIST 356: East Asia
HIST 358: Middle Eastern History Since A.D. 600
HIST 392: History of Russia to 1801
HIST 394: Revolutionary Russia, 1801 to Present
MUS 236: The Music & Art of Polynesia
PSCI/SOC 215: Global Identities
PSCI 230: Introduction to World Politics
PSCI 240: Introduction to Comparative Politics
PSCI 310: Latin American Politics
PSCI 311: African Politics
PSCI 335: Peace, War, and World Politics
PSCI 336: United Nations
PSCI 338: The Politics of Social Change
REL 315: The Lands of the Bible
REL 340: Religions of the Near East
REL 350: Religions of the Far East
SOC/PSCI 215: Global Identities
SOC 235: General Anthropology
SOC 236: Cultural Anthropology
SOC 303: Dynamics of Community in Costa Rica
SOC 306: Culture of Japan
SOC 309: Cultures of Africa
SOC 325: Dev and Underdev in the Modern World
SOC 335: Immigrants in the Shenandoah Valley
SPAN 300: Spanish Speaking Cultures of the World
SPAN 303: Aztecs, Mayas, and Incas
SPAN 304: Hispanic Life in Puerto Rico
SPAN 305: Culture Costa Rica
SPAN 306: Mexican Culture
SPAN 320: Latin American Culture and Civilization / United States
COMM 334: Intercultural Communication
ECON 310: US Economic & Business History
ENG 220: American Folklife
ENG 221: The Image of “Folk” in Literature
ENG 222: American Lives
ENG 231: The Image of the American Indian in Literature
HIST 201: History of the United States to 1877
HIST 268: The Civil War in the Shenandoah Valley
HIST 302: The American Experience, 1877-Present
HIST/REL 365: American Religious History
HIST 366: African American History
HIST 370: U.S. Women’s History
HIST 435: Twentieth Century United States Social History
PSCI 210: Politics & Government in United States
PSCI 332: Women and Politics
PSCI 340: Media and Politics
PSCI 360: American Constitutional Dev
REL/HIST 365: American Religious History
SOC 206: Soc Living Dead
SOC 220: Social Problems
SOC 228: Racial & Ethnic Studies
SOC 238: Introduction to Material Culture Studies
SOC 340: Cultural Theory at the Movies
Europe
ART 307: Visual Arts of Spain
COMM 333: European Media and Culture
HIST 305: Medieval and Renaissance Europe
HIST 307: History through Film; Film through History
HIST 311: Europe 1492-1789
HIST 321: Europe 1789-Present
FREN 305: Paris and the Provinces
FREN 320: French Culture & Civilization
FREN 325: Modern French Culture
MUS 255: Music & Culture of Western Europe
PHIL 328: Germanic Cultures
PHIL 329: Classical Cultures: GreeceItaly
SPAN 308: Spanish Life & Culture
SPAN 325: Spanish Culture and Civilization
  1. Modern Foreign Language (0 – 12 credits)

______101 & 102 BA: Demonstrate proficiency at 202 level: placement or complete

______201 & 202 courses through the 202 level.

______BS: Demonstrate proficiency at 102 level (placement or complete

______courses through the 102 level) or two additional courses from

Europe and/or Global Diversity lists.

III. Developing the Liberal Arts: Disciplinary Learning (26-34 Credits)

  1. Humanities: Choose one course from each of the four areas (12 credits)

Literature course
Any course in the English department # 325
or above (except for English 450).
FREN 306: Franco Lit Trans
FREN 401: Sur French Lit I
FREN 402: Sur French Lit II
FREN 403: Sur Franco Lit
SPAN 401: Spanish Lit
SPAN 402: Latin Amer Lit
SPAN 403: Master Hisp Lit
THEA 360: Modern Drama
THEA 362: Contemp Drama / Fine Arts
ART 200: Sur of Art Hist
ART 201: Sur of Art Hist
ART 301: Early Mod Art
ART 302: Late Mod/Post Art
ART 305: Mus and Galleries
ART 309: Artist’s Studio/Soc
FREN 360: French Cinema
MUS 220: Intro to West Mus
MUS 230: Intro 20th Ct Mus
MUS 232: American Music
MUS 233: Jazz in America
MUS 235: Amer Theatr Mus
MUS 311: Hist Med/Ren Mu
MUS 312: Hist Bar/Clas Mus
MUS 313: Hist Rom/20thCen
MUS 370: Hist of Dram Mus
SPAN 360: Hispanic Cinema
THEA 250: Wld Thea Hist I
THEA 255: Wld Thea Hist II
THEA 315: Theatre London
THEA 350: Highlt Thea Hist
THEA 355: Envir Theatre / New Testament
REL 220: New Testament / Religion or Philosophy
ECON420: Dev Econ Thot
HIST/REL 317:Hist Chr Church
PHIL 225: Cont Mor/Pol Pro
PHIL 228: Phil of Pop Cult
PHIL 235: Bioethics
PHIL/REL 300: Topics Phil/Rel
PHIL 310: Logic
PHIL 320: Professional Ethics
PHIL 322 Ethics & Gender
PHIL/PSCI 331: Class Mind
PHIL 332: Evol Mod Mind
PHIL 333: Contemp Phil
PHIL 335: Phil of Rel
PHIL 337: Phil of Science
PHIL 340: Envir Ethics
PHIL 420: Postmodernism
PSCI 220: Intro to Pol Phil
PSCI/PHIL 331: Class Mind
PSCI 401: Cont Pol Tht
REL/PHIL 300: Topics Phil/Rel
REL 310: Jesus of History
REL/HIST 317:Hist Chr Church
REL 318: Med Wom Spirit
REL 325: Biblical Interpre
REL 326: Hebrew Scripture
REL 331: Christ Beliefs
REL 332: Reform Theol
REL 333: Cont Christ Thot
REL 335:Chr Persp Viol/Pea
REL 420:Christ Soc Ethics
  1. Social Sciences: 2 courses from any of the 3 disciplines (6 credits)

______• Economics 200: Principles of Macroeconomics/

Economics 210: Principles of Microeconomicsor

______• Psychology 200: General Psychology or

• Sociology 101: Principles of Sociology

  1. Natural Science and Mathematics (8-16 credits)

Science: Choose one course from each area (8 credits)

Biological Science—must include lab (4 credits)
Biology 100: The Nature of the Biological World
Biology 206: Human Biology
Biology 207: Organisms I
Biology 208: Organisms II / Physical Science—must include lab (4 credits)
Chemistry 102: The Earth and Its Physical Resources
Chemistry 125: Fundamentals of Inorganic Chemistry
Chemistry 161: General Chemistry
Chemistry 162: General Chemistry
Geology 130: Physical Geology
Physics 110: Introductory Astronomy
Physics 125: Concepts of Physics
Physics 218: College Physics I
Physics 221: General Physics I

Additional courses required for the Bachelor of Science degree (6-8 credits)

______Two science courses, or one mathematics and one science course, from courses

numbered 120 and above in the disciplines of Biology, Chemistry,

______Mathematics, and Physics. ES 318: Human Anatomy & Physiology

may be counted as a science course.

October, 2009