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Writing Plan Courses by Major

Accounting

Introductory level (take one)

  • COM 210: Critical Thinking and Public Speaking (acceptable for minors and transfers)
  • COM 211: Strategic Communication in Business
  • BLW 280: Business Law I

Intermediate level (choose three from the following)

  • ACC 310: Cost Accounting
  • ACC: 320: Managerial Accounting
  • ACC 330: Federal Tax Accounting I
  • ACC 340: Accounting for Non-Profit Organizations
  • ACC 430: Auditing
  • ACC 431: Federal Tax Accounting II

Advanced level (take one)

  • BLW 381: Business Law II
Adolescence education (7 - 12)
  • EDU 301: Schooling, Pedagogy & Social Justice
  • LIT 396: Literacy in the Content Area
  • ADO 394: Interdisciplinary Methods
  • ADO 420 or ADO 421: Student Teaching and Cross Cultural Student Teaching

Courses from concentrations that have been approved for WAC

  • Biology: BIO 120 Molecular and Cellular Foundations or BIO 111 College Biology
  • Chemistry: CHE 111 w/lab General Chemistry
  • Earth Science: GEO 200 w/Lab Historical Geology or MET 210 Meteorology for Majors
  • English: ENG 204 Writing about Literature
  • Mathematics: MAT 215 Discrete Mathematics
  • Modern Languages: FRE 201 or 202 Intermediate French
  • GER 201 or 201 Intermediate German
  • SPA 201 or 202 Intermediate Spanish
  • Physics: PHY 111 College Physics
  • Social Studies: HIS 201 The American Experience or HIS 202 History of US to 1865 or HIS 203 History of US since 1865
American Studies

Introductory (one required)

  • HIS 201: The American Experience
  • HIS 202: The US to 1865
  • HIS 203: The US Since 1865
  • SOC 250: Structures of American Society

Writing to learn (at least one required)

  • ENG 3xx: Any course on a topic in American Literature
  • ENG 4xx: Any course on a topic in American Literature
  • ART 358: Survey of Native American Art
  • ECO 326: American Economic History
  • HIS 340: History of American Labor
  • HIS 341: America's Vietnam War
  • HIS 342: US Diplomacy in the 20th Century
  • HIS 350: Slavery in America
  • HIS 351: US Civil Rights Movement
  • HIS 354: Native American History
  • HIS 356: Civil War and Reconstruction
  • HIS 358: History of Urban America I
  • HIS 359: History of Urban America II
  • HIS 360: American History Through Biography
  • HIS 366: Age of Big Business
  • HIS 369: US Since 1945
  • MUS 316: American Music
  • MUS 317: Evolution of Jazz and Rock
  • PBJ 347: Crime and Society
  • PBJ 363: Women and Law
  • POL 333: Religion and Politics: Tolerance
  • POL 345: Constitutional Law
  • POL 355: Civil Liberties
  • POL 365: Political Parties
  • SOC 341: Social Inequity/Stratification
  • SOC 365: Urban Sociology
  • SOC 366: Popular Culture
  • SOC 370: Deviance
  • SOC 372: Juvenile Delinquency
  • SOC 379: White Collar Crime
  • SOC 381: Sociology of Gender Rules
  • SOC 383: Sociology of Aging

Advanced writing: at least one required

  • AMS 400: Seminar in American Studies

Two courses from writing to learn or advanced writing

Anthropology

Primary courses

  • ANT 230: Principles of Archaeology
  • ANT 280: Biological Anthropology
  • ANT 344: Language and Culture

One from the ANT 370 series

Advanced writing

  • ANT 410: Issues in Anthropology: History, Theory and Methods
Art

Studio Art—Fine Art Track: BFA and BA
Take the following two courses:

  • ART 207: Digital Media-Static
  • ART 496: Practicum

and three of the following courses:

  • ART 210, ART 243, ART 307, ART 309, ART 317, ART 323, ART 350, ART 353, ART 354, ART 357, ART 358, ART 368, ART 364, ART 368, ART 369, ART 371, ART 374, ART 375, ART 380, ART 381, ART 387, ART 388, ART 391, ART 413, ART 423, ART 471, ART 472, ART 490

Studio Art—Illustration Track: BFA and BA
Take the following two courses:

  • ART 207: Digital Media-Static
  • ART 423: Advanced Problems in Illustration

and three of the following courses:

  • ART 210, ART 243, ART 307, ART 309, ART 317, ART 323, ART 350, ART 353, ART 354, ART 357, ART 358, ART 368, ART 364, ART 368, ART 369, ART 371, ART 374, ART 375, ART 380, ART 381, ART 387, ART 388, ART 391, ART 413, ART 423, ART 471, ART 472, ART 490

Graphic Design: BFA
Take the following two courses:

  • ART 207: Digital Media
  • ART 414: Graphic Design Practicum

and three of the following courses:

  • ART 210, ART 243, ART 307, ART 309, ART 317, ART 323, ART 350, ART 353, ART 354, ART 357, ART 358, ART 368, ART 364, ART 368, ART 369, ART 371, ART 374, ART 375, ART 380, ART 381, ART 387, ART 388, ART 391, ART 413, ART 423, ART 471, ART 472, ART 490

Art Major—Art History: BA
All students are required to take the following courses:

  • ART 207: Digital Media
  • ART 471: Seminar in Contemporary Issues in Art and Design

and two of the following courses:

  • ART 350, ART 353, ART 354, ART 357, ART 358, ART 368, ART 369, ART 371, ART 374, ART 375, ART 380, ART 381, ART 387, ART 388, ART 391, ART 413, ART 423, ART 471, ART 472, ART 490

Art Major—Interaction Design: BFA and BA
Take the following two courses:

  • ART 207: Digital Media
  • ART 414: Graphic Design Practicum

and three of the following courses:

  • ART 210, ART 243, ART 307, ART 309, ART 317, ART 323, ART 350, ART 353, ART 354, ART 357, ART 358, ART 368, ART 364, ART 368, ART 369, ART 371, ART 374, ART 375, ART 380, ART 381, ART 387, ART 388, ART 391, ART 413, ART 423, ART 471, ART 472, ART 490
Biology and Zoology

Introductory (one required)

  • BIO 120: Cellular and Molecular Foundations

Writing to learn (0 - 3 required)

  • BIO 200: Human Impacts on the Environment (formerly Environmental and Population Biology)
  • BIO 303: Conservation and Ethical Treatment of Non-human Primates
  • BIO 309: Cellular Physiology
  • BIO 310: Microbiology
  • BIO 316: Laboratory in Genetics
  • BIO 320: Introductory Ecology
  • BIO 325: Behavioral Biology
  • BIO 340: Plant Kingdom
  • BIO 341: Plants and Society
  • BIO 357: Plant Systematics
  • BIO 358: Plant Ecology
  • BIO 440: Plant Developmental Biology
  • BIO 460: Conservation Biology
  • ZOO 340: Vertebrate Zoology
  • ZOO 360: Animal Physiology
  • ZOO 370: Comparative Anatomy
  • ZOO 373: Animal Development (formerly Embryology)
  • ZOO 384: Mammalogy
  • ZOO 389: Animal Ecology
  • ZOO 405: Limnology
  • ZOO 440: Ichthyology

Intensive writing (at least one required)

  • BIO 399: Independent Study
  • BIO 400: Ecosystems and Society (formerly Current Issues in Environmental and Pop. Biology)
  • BIO 425: Evolution
  • BIO 439: Molecular Biology
  • BIO 492: Research
  • BIO 497: Senior Honors Thesis
  • BIO 498: Internship in Biology
  • BIO 499: Independent Study
  • ZOO 399: Independent Study
  • ZOO 497: Problems in Zoology
  • ZOO 498: Internship in Zoology
  • Zoo 499: Independent Study
Broadcasting

Two (2) introductory writing courses:

  • COM 210 Critical Thinking and Public Speaking

and one of the following

  • BRC 223 Integrated Media Writing and Design
  • BRC 229 Broadcast Newswriting

One (1) writing to learn course:

  • BRC 301 Media Economics 
  • BRC 305 Media Management

Two (2) advanced writing writing courses:

  • BRC 319 Mass Media and the Law

and one of the following

  • BRC 350: Children, Women, and Minorities in the Media
  • BRC 400: Media and Society
  • BRC 419: Mass Media and Politics
Business Administration

Students are required to take a minimum of five courses:

  • COM 211: Strategic Communication in Business
  • BLW 355: Legal and Regulatory Environment of Business
  • MGT 495: Management Policy and Simulation

and (2) of the following

  • HRM 385: Organizational Behavior
  • MGT 310: Operations Management
  • MGT 469: Cultural Environment of International Business
Chemistry

Introductory

  • CHE 111: General Chemistry I with Lab

Writing to Learn

  • CHE 322: Analytical Chemistry
  • CHE 342L: 2nd Semester Physical Chemistry Laboratory
  • CHE 360L: Introductory Biochemistry Laboratory
  • CHE 425: Instrumental Analysis
  • CHE 434L: Advanced Chemistry Laboratory
  • CHE 451L: Inorganic Chemistry Laboratory
  • CHE 461L: Biochemistry Laboratory
  • CHE 462L: Biochemistry Laboratory

Intensive Writing

  • CHE 399: Independent Study
  • CHE 343L: Comprehensive Physical Chemistry Laboratory
  • CHE 494: Capstone Research
  • CHE 497: Research in Chemistry
  • CHE 498: Internship
  • CHE 499: Independent Study

 

Childhood Education (1 - 6)
  • EDU 301: Schooling, Pedagogy & Social Justice (3sh.)
  • LIT 311: Language and Literacy Development for All Learners (3 sh.)
  • CED 393/394: Integrated Methods
  • CED 420 or CED 421: Student Teaching and cross Cultural Student Teaching

Courses from concentrations that have been approved for WAC

  • The Arts: ART 105: Design I or ART 210: Drawing I
  • MUS 113: Introduction to Music Literature and History
  • THT 110: Introduction to Theatre
  • English: ENG 204 Writing about Literature
  • Mathematics: MAT 215 Discrete Mathematics
  • Modern Languages: FRE 201 or 202 Intermediate French
  • GER 201 or 202 Intermediate German
  • SPA 201 or 202 Intermediate Spanish
  • Science: BIO 120 Molecular and Cellular Foundations or BIO 111 College Biology

    or

  • GEO 200 w/lab Historical Geology

    or

  • MET 210 w/lab Meteorology for Majors

    or

  • CHE 111 w/lab General Chemistry

    or

  • PHY111 w/lab College Physics
  • Social Studies: HIS 201 The American Experience or HIS 202 History of US to 1865 or HIS 203 History of US since 1865
  • Women's Studies: WST 200 Introduction to Women's Studies
Cinema and Screen Studies
  • CSS 210: Introduction to Cinema and Screen Studies (formerly ENG 286)
  • CSS 310: Film Theory
  • CSS 388: Film Genre (formerly ENG 388)
  • CSS 410: World Cinema (formerly ENG 486)
  • CSS 496: Senior Thesis
Cognitive Science

Introductory

  • COG 166: Introduction to Cognitive Science

Writing to learn

  • PSY 280: Analysis of Psychological Data
  • ANT 344: Language and Culture
  • COG 366: Computational Models of Cognitive Processes

    or

  • COG 356 Generative Processes and Abstract Machines

Advanced
COG 468: Cognitive Science Capstone Seminar

Communication studies
  • COM 210: Critical Thinking and Public Speaking
  • COM 301: Communication Theories
  • COM 302: Message Criticism

    or

  • COM 312: Communication Relationships and Society

Any two courses from the following:

  • COM 303: Qualitative Communication Research Methods
  • COM 310: Semantics
  • COM 360: Persuasion
  • COM 370: Rhetoric of Contemporary Movement
  • COM 375: Rhetoric of Film
  • COM 380: Communication Ethics
  • COM 420: Studies in Speech Criticism
  • COM 403: Communication Research Methods
Computer science
  • CSC 221: Foundation of Computer Science
  • MAT 215: Discrete Mathematics
  • ISC 300/PHL 300 Ethics and Social Policy in the Digital Age
  • CSC 380: Software Engineering

Take one:

  • CSC 366: Computational Models of Cognitive Processes
  • CSC 385: Software Quality
  • CSC 416: Foundations of Artificial Intelligence
  • CSC 420: Graphic User Interfaces
  • CSC 436: Software and Safety Requirements Engineering
  • CSC 454: System Simulation
  • CSC 458: Systems Analysis and Design
  • CSC 465: Algorithm Analysis and Design
  • CSC 466: Topics in Artificial Intelligence
  • CSC 480: Software Design
  • CSC 495: Software Engineering Seminar I
Creative Writing

Creative writing majors will complete five (5) approved writing courses, three (3) constituted by one of the following sequences:

  • CRW 201, CRW 301, & CRW 401
  • CRW 205, CRW 305, & CRW 405
  • CRW 206, CRW 306, & CRW 406
  • CRW 207, CRW 307, & CRW 407
  • CRW 208, CRW 308, & CRW 408

and an additional two (2) courses from one of the sequences different from that already completed by the student.

Criminal Justice
  • CRJ 333: Crime Theories and Victimization
  • CRJ 387: Research Methods for Criminal Justice
  • CRJ 401: Seminar in Criminal Justice

and two of the following:

  • CRJ 305: History of Policing in America
  • CRJ 347: Crime and Society
  • CRJ 351: Report Writing in Public Justice
  • CRJ 355: Wrongful Convictions
  • CRJ 363: Women and the Law
  • CRJ 365: Introduction to Criminal Law
  • CRJ 367: Women and Crime
  • CRJ 383: Terrorism and Homeland Security
  • CRJ 385: Drugs and Crime
  • CRJ 388 Data Analysis
  • CRJ 412: Mass Shootings in Society
  • CRJ 425: Comparative Justice System
Economics

Take both Introductory 

  • ECO 300: Intermediate Macroeconomic Theory
  • ECO 301: Intermediate Microeconomic Theory

Take two Writing to learn 

  • ECO 312: Econometrics
  • ECO 320: Comparative Economic Systems
  • ECO 322: History of Economic Doctrines
  • ECO 326: American Economic History Before 1900
  • ECO 327: American Economic History Since 1900
  • ECO 330: Economic Development
  • ECO 345: International Monetary and Financial Management
  • ECO 349: Economics of Education
  • ECO 356: Law and Economics
  • ECO 378: Health Economics
  • ECO 399: Independent Study in Economics

Take one Advanced writing 

  • ECO 405: Seminar in Economic Theory and Policy
  • ECO 409: Applied Mathematical Economics Seminar
  • ECO 499: Independent Study for Honors in Economics
Electrical and Computer Engineering
  • ECE 211:  Electric Circuits at the Introductory Level
  • ECE 233:  Signals and Systems
  • ECE 314:  Microelectronic Circuits
  • ECE 401: Senior Seminar
  • ECE 491: Capstone Preparation
  • ECE 492: Capstone Project
English

Literary studies

  • ENG 204: Writing about Literature
  • ENG 304: Literary Criticism
  • ENG 465: Advanced Literary Seminar or ENG 485: Words in the World

Two courses from among:

  • Any 300-level or 
  • 400-level literature course or 
  • ENG 302
Finance

Take one Introductory level 

  • COM 210: Critical Thinking and Public Speaking (acceptable for minors and transfers)
  • COM 211: Strategic Communication in Business

Take three Intermediate level 

  • FIN 354: Investments
  • FIN 426: Multinational Financial Management
  • FIN 428: Applied Financial Management
  • FIN 430: Portfolio Management

Take one Advanced level 

  • BLW 355: Legal Environment of Business
Gender and Women's Studies

Select one Historical Perspectives

  • HIS 212 Women in History
  • HIS 248 Women in American History to 1865
  • HIS 348 Women in Twentieth Century United States

Select one Theoretical Perspectives 

  • PHL 348: Philosophy and Feminism
  • POL 363: Feminist Political Theory
  • ENG 375: Theories of Diverse Sexuality
  • ENG 470: Feminist Theory

Select one Transnational Perspectives

  • GWS 300: International Perspectives on Women
  • HIS  212 Women in History
  • POL 378 Gender and Global Politics

Select one Other Perspectives

  • One other course approved for writing credit

    and

Select one Advanced 

  • WST 498: Women's Studies Internship
  • WST 499: Senior Thesis/Creative Project
Geochemistry
  • CHE 111: General Chemistry
  • CHE 451L: Inorganic Laboratory
  • GEO 301: Environmental Geology
  • GCH 436: Geochemistry
  • GCH 494: Capstone Research
Geology
  • GEO 200: Historical Geology with Lab
  • GEO 330: Structural Geology

Take three:

  • GEO 300: Environmental Geology for Majors
  • GEO 301: Environmental Geology for Majors
  • GEO 335: Surface Water Hydrology
  • GEO 390: Geowriting
  • GEO 399: Independent Study
  • GEO 416: Petrology
  • GEO 417: Sedimentary Petrology
  • GEO 420: Stratigraphy & Sedimentology
  • GEO 430: Hydrogeology
  • GEO 440: Paleontology
  • GEO 475: Geochemistry with Lab
  • GEO 499: Independent Study
  • OCE 300: Coastal Environments
  • OCE 375: Chemical Oceanography
  • OCE 400: Geological Oceanography
Global and international studies
  • GLS 200
  • GLS 300
  • GLS 301
  • GLS 400 or GLS 401

At least one additional upper division writing elective (consult your advisor)

Graphic design
  • ART 105: Design I-Two-Dimensional
  • ART 210: Drawing I
  • ART 414: Advanced Problems in Graphic Design

Take one to three courses from among the following:
Writing in art history, theory, museum studies, and seminar

  • ART 254: Critical Looking
  • ART 350: Italian Renaissance Art
  • ART 351: Northern Renaissance Art
  • ART 352: Nineteenth-Century Art
  • ART 353: Twentieth-Century Art
  • ART 357: Gender in the Visual Art
  • ART 358: Survey of Native American Art
  • ART 361: Art, Poetry, and Religion in Japan
  • ART 364: Medieval Art
  • ART 365: History of Graphic Design
  • ART 367: Islamic Art
  • ART 368: Chinese Art
  • ART 369: Japanese Art
  • ART 380: Introduction to Museum Studies
  • ART 381: Contemporary Museum Issues
  • ART 471: Seminar in Contemporary Art Issues

Take one advanced level course from another department to full the requirement (under advisement).

Health Promotion and Wellness management
  • HSC 101: Introduction to Health Promotion and Wellness
  • HSC 448: Health Promotion Program Planning
  • HSC 460: Exercise Prescription and Leadership
  • HSC 470: Wellness Skills: Application and Assessment
  • HSC 488: Evaluation and Research in Health Promotion
  • HSC 498: Health Promotion and Wellness Management Internship
History
  • HIS 298: Historical Methods

    and

  • HIS 398: Advanced Historical Methods

Take two:

  • HIS 300: European Intellectual History in the 19th-Century
  • HIS 301: European Intellectual History in the 20th-Century
  • HIS 307: World War I
  • HIS 308 Jews, Christians, and Muslims to 1500
  • HIS 310: Religion in African History
  • HIS 311 Europe in an Age of Revolution, 1789-1848
  • HIS 312: Early Middle Ages
  • HIS 313: High and Late Middle Ages
  • HIS 314: Ancient Greece
  • HIS 315: Ancient Rome
  • HIS 317: Renaissance Europe
  • HIS 318: Reformation Europe
  • HIS 319  History of England, 1914-1950
  • HIS 322: Nazi Germany
  • HIS 323: Europe Between the World Wars, 1917 - 1939
  • HIS 324: Europe Since 1945
  • HIS 326: World War II
  • HIS 328: Women in Modern Europe
  • HIS 329: The Cold War
  • HIS 330: Russia to 1917
  • HIS 331: Twentieth-Century Russia
  • HIS 333  History of Sexuality in the U.S. and Ireland
  • HIS 334: Death, Data, Local Cemeteries
  • HIS 335: History and Civilizations in South Asia
  • HIS 336: South Asian Sacred Spaces
  • HIS 337: Social and Cultural History of Sport
  • HIS 338: History of Yoga
  • HIS 339: History of Disease and Plague
  • HIS 340: History of American Labor
  • HIS 341: America's Vietnam War
  • HIS 342: U.S. Diplomacy in the 20th-Century
  • HIS 343: Colonial America
  • HIS 344: History of American Immigration
  • HIS 345: The Early Republic: U.S. 1789 - 1844
  • HIS 346: History of Organized Crime
  • HIS 348: Women in the 20th-Century United States
  • HIS 350: Slavery in America to 1865
  • HIS 352: The Gilded Age and Progressive Era
  • HIS 353: The Black Power Movement
  • HIS 354: Native American History
  • HIS 356: Civil War and Reconstruction
  • HIS 358: American Urban History
  • HIS 363: The American Revolution
  • HIS 366: The Age of Big Business
  • HIS 367: Global Disease
  • HIS 369: U.S. Since 1945
  • HIS 372: History of Blaxploitation Cinema
  • HIS 373: History of Mexico
  • HIS 379: History of Video Games
  • HIS 383: Modern China
  • HIS 384: Contemporary Chinese History Through Film:  1900 to Present
  • HIS 385: Modern Japan
  • HIS 386: Mapping Islamic Slavery in a Global Context
  • HIS 387: History of India
  • HIS 389: History of the Modern Middle East
  • HIS 390: Harems, Bathhouses, and Brothels:  Society, Gender, and Sexuality in the Early Modern Islamic World
  • HIS 391: Modernization and Development in Africa
  • HIS 392: History of Islam in Africa
  • HIS 394: History of the Ottoman Empire
  • HIS 395: Historic Preservation & Heritage Tourism
  • HIS 452: Regional & Local U.S. History

Take one:

  • HIS 453: Research Seminar in American History
  • HIS 463: Research Seminar in European History
  • HIS 473: Research Seminar in World and Transnational History
Human development
  • HDV 301: Research Methods in Human Development I
  • HDV 302: Research Methods in Human Development II
  • HDV 303: Applied Field Experience and Analysis
  • HDV 400: Research Design and Applications in Human Development
  • HDV 403: Advanced Applied Field Experience and Analysis in HDV
Human Resource Management
  • COM 211: Strategic Communication in Business
  • BLW 355: Legal and Regulatory Environment of Business
  • MGT 495: Management Policy and Simulation

and two (2) of the following:

  • HRM 385: Organizational Behavior
  • HRM 386: Human Resource Management
  • HRM 458: Personnel Staffing
  • HRM 459: Labor Relations
  • HRM 463: Compensation Management
  • HRM 464: Senior Seminar in Human Resource Management
Information Science

Take one of the following:

  • ISC 220: Information Storage and Retrieval
  • ISC 300: Ethics and Social Policy in the Digital Age
  • ISC 329: Database Management Systems in Business

Take two of the following:

  • ISC 330: Telecommunications
  • ISC 410: Data Analytics
  • ISC 484 Software Entrepreneurship
Integrative Professional Studies
  • COM 210: Critical Thinking and Public Speaking or COM 211: Strategic Communication in Business
  • IPS 320: Integrative Professional Studies:  Issues/Concepts
  • IPS 420: Integrative Professional Studies:  Capstone

and

Two (2) approved writing to learn or advanced writing courses from the following list or other approved writing to learn or advanced writing courses from another department or program (see your advisor for guidance and recommendations):

Area - Communication Skills

  • COM 360 Persuasion
  • COM 380 Communication Ethics (COM 100 or JLM 101)
  • CRW 305 Poetry Writing: Intermediate
  • CRW 306 Fiction Writing: Intermediate
  • CRW 308 Creative Non-Fiction Writing: Intermediate
  • CRW 405 Poetry Writing: Advanced
  • CRW 406 Fiction Writing: Advanced
  • CRW 408 Creative Non-Fiction Writing: Advanced

Area - Data Analysis

  • HSC 448 Health Promotion Program Planning
  • HSC 488 Evaluation & Research in Health Promotion (HSC 448)
  • MUS 397 The Business of Music
  • THT 324 The Business of Show Business

Area - Digital Skills

  • ISC 329 Database Management Systems in Business

Area - Social Structures

  • BLW 355 Business and Regulatory Environment of Business
  • BRC 319 Mass Media and the Law
  • BRC 350 Children, Women, and Minorities in the Media
  • BRC 400 Media and Society
  • BRC 419 Mass Media and Politics
  • GLS 301 Globalization and Global Culture
  • GWS 300 International Perspectives on Women
  • SOC 341 Social Inequality/Stratification
  • SOC 383 Sociology of Aging
Journalism
  • JLM 209: Introduction to Journalism
  • JLM 309: Journalism
  • JLM 310: Investigative Journalism
  • JLM 319: Digital and Social Journalism
  • BRC 319: Mass Media and the Law
Language and International Trade
  • MLL 201 or 202: Intermediate-level modern language
  • MLL 301 or 302: Advanced-level modern language
  • MLL 310: Business French, German, or Spanish
  • MKT 390: Global Marketing
  • ECO 320: Comparative Economic Systems (recommended but not mandatory)
Linguistics
  • LIN 100: Introduction to Linguistics
  • LIN 200: Phonetics, Phonology, and Morphology
  • LIN 201: Morphology, Syntax, and Semantics
  • LIN 300: Theories of Linguistic Analysis
  • LIN 400: Investigating Language
  • ANT 344: Language and Culture
  • ENG 374: History and Development of the English Language
  • PHL 313: Philosophy of Language
  • CAS 444: Semiotics
Management accounting

Students are required to take a minimum of five courses:

  • MGT 110: Critical Thinking: Gateway to Business
  • COM 210: Critical Thinking and Public Speaking
  • BLW 355: Legal and Regulatory Environment of Business
  • ACC 320: Managerial Accounting
  • ACC 330: Federal Tax Accounting I
  • ACC 340: Accounting for Non-Profit Organizations
  • ACC 430: Auditing
  • ACC 431: Federal Tax Accounting II
  • ACC 440: Advanced Accounting
  • FIN 428: Applied Financial Management
  • MGT 495: Management Policy and Simulation
Operations Management and Information Systems
  • COM 211: Strategic Communication in Business
  • BLW 355: Legal and Regulatory Environment of Business
  • MGT 495: Management Policy and Simulation

 and two (2) of the following:

  • MGT 310: Operations Management
  • MGT 410: Operational Analysis
  • MGT 486: Materials Management
Marketing
  • COM 211: Strategic Communication in Business
  • BLW 355: Legal and Regulatory Environment of Business
  • MGT 495: Management Policy and Simulation

and two (2) of the following:

  • MKT 370: Consumer Behavior
  • MKT 375: Marketing Research
  • MKT 467: Advertising and Promotion
Mathematical economics, applied

Introductory level courses (choose one)

  • ISC 110: Introduction to Information Science
  • MAT 210: Calculus I

Writing to Learn courses (take three)

  • ECO 300: Intermediate Macro Theory
  • ECO 301: Intermediate Micro Theory
  • ECO 312: Introduction to Econometrics

Advanced Writing courses (take one)

  • ECO/MAT 409: Seminar in Applied Mathematical Economics
  • ECO 499: Independent Study for Honors in Economics
Mathematics
  • MAT 210: Calculus
  • MAT 215: Introduction to Discrete Mathematics
  • MAT 347: Analysis A

Select two courses from among:

  • MAT 300: History of Mathematics
  • MAT 330: Introduction to Algebra
  • MAT 335: College Geometry
  • MAT 373: Number Theory
  • MAT 430: Algebra
  • MAT 442: Complex Analysis
  • MAT 447: Analysis B
  • MAT 454: Mathematical Statistics B
Mathematics, applied

See Mathematics above

Meteorology
  • CHE 111: General Chemistry I with Lab
  • MET 210: Meteorology for Science Majors with Lab
  • MET 304: Synoptic Meteorology II with Lab
  • MET 350: Meteorological Experimentation with Lab
  • MET 496: Seminar I
  • MET 497: Seminar in Meteorology
Modern languages

French Majors

  • FRE 201: Intermediate French
  • FRE 202: Continuing Intermediate French
  • FRE 350 or 351: Surven of French Literature
  • Any FRE 300-level (beyond FRE 302)
  • Any FRE 400-level (except FRE 498)

German Majors

  • GER 201: Intermediate German
  • GER 202: Continuing Intermediate German
  • GER 350 or 351: Survey of German Literature
  • Any GER 300-level (beyond GER 302)
  • Any GER 400-level (except GER 498)

Spanish Majors

  • SPA 201: Intermediate Spanish
  • SPA 202: Continuing Intermediate Spanish
  • SPA 350, 351, 352, or 353: Survey of Hispanic Literature
  • Any SPA 300-level (beyond SPA 302)
  • Any SPA 400-level (except SPA 498)
Music

Take one:

  • MUS 101: Worlds of Music
  • MUS 112: Introduction to Music Literature
  • MUS 113: Introduction to Music Literature and History
  • MUS 117: Introduction to Music Listening through Jazz, Rock & Pop

Take one to three:

  • MUS 300: Advanced Music Theory I
  • MUS 301: Advanced Music Theory
  • MUS 307: An Introduction to Opera
  • MUS 312: Music in the Baroque Era
  • MUS 313: Music of the Classical Period
  • MUS 314: Music of the Romantic Period
  • MUS 315: Music of the Twentieth-Century
  • MUS 319: Piano Literature
  • MUS 329: Music and Politics
  • MUS 397: Business of Music
  • MUS 435: Piano Pedagogy
  • GST 498:  Internship

Take one:

  • MUS 310: Music History I
  • MUS 311: Music History II
  • MUS 317: Evolution of Jazz & Rock
  • MUS 318: Heavy Metal
  • MUS 382: Recording Technology I
  • any advanced writing class from Art, Theatre, or Communication Studies
Philosophy

Take one:

  • PHL 101: Introduction to Critical Thinking
  • PHL 105: Current Moral Problems
  • PHL 205: Introduction to Classical Ethics

Take one to three:

  • PHL 235: History of Ancient Philosophy
  • PHL 236: History of Modern Philosophy
  • PHL 305: Contemporary Ethics
  • PHL 306: Business Ethics
  • PHL 337: History of Recent Philosophy
  • PHL 360: Philosophy of the Middle Ages

Take one to three:

  • PHL 313: Philosophy of Language
  • PHL 317: Philosophy of Religion
  • PHL 322: Philosophy of Social Sciences
  • PHL 348: Philosophy and Feminism
  • PHL 370: Metaphysics
  • PHL 442: Social Philosophy
  • PHL 443: Philosophy of Law
  • PHL 471: Philosophy of Mind
Philosophy-psychology

Take one:

  • PHL 101: Introduction to Critical Thinking
  • PHL 105: Current Moral Problems
  • PHL 205: Introduction to Classical Ethics
  • PHL 220: Theory of Knowledge

Take one to three:

  • PHL 235: History of Ancient Philosophy
  • PHL 236: History of Modern Philosophy
  • PHL 305: Contemporary Ethics
  • PHL 306: Business Ethics
  • PHL 321: Philosophy of Science
  • PHL 322: Philosophy of Social Science
  • PHL 337: History of Recent Philosophy
  • PHL 360: Philosophy of the Middle Ages
  • PSY 280: Analysis of Research Data
  • PSY 290: Research Methods in Psychology

Take one to three:

  • PHL 313: Philosophy of Language
  • PHL 317: Philosophy of Religion
  • PHL 348: Philosophy and Feminism
  • PHL 370: Metaphysics
  • PHL 442: Social Philosophy
  • PHL 443: Philosophy of Law
  • PHL 450: Current Topics in Philosophy Seminar
  • PHL 496: Joint Seminar in Philosophy/Psychology
  • PHL 475: History and Current Systems in Psychology
Physics
  • PHY 111: College Physics I with Lab
  • PHY 212: College Physics II with Lab

or

  • PHY 112: University Physics with Lab
  • PHY 213: University Physics II with Lab

Take three:

  • PHY 313L: General University Physics III Laboratory
  • PHY 314L: Modern Physics Laboratory
  • PHY 321L: Electroncis Laboratory
  • PHY 322L: Optics Laboratory
  • PHY 362:   Electrical Circuits and Machines
  • PHY 423L: Quantum Physics II Laboratory
  • PHY 435:   Computational Physics

Required:

  • PHY 496:  Senior Research Project 
Politics (formerly Political Science)
  • POL 203: Critical Thinking in Politics
  • POL 497: Seminar in Political Science

Take three from the following:

  • POL 303: Ancient and Medieval Political Thought
  • POL 305: Power and Institutions
  • POL 307: European Politics
  • POL 309: International Law
  • POL 313: Modern Political Thought
  • POL 316: American Political Thought
  • POL 327: African Politics
  • POL 333: Religion and Politics
  • POL 335: The Supreme Court
  • POL 336: Pop Culture and Politics
  • POL 337: Middle East Politics
  • POL 338: Politics and Film
  • POL 339: International Relations Theory
  • POL 343: Democratic Theory
  • POL 345: Constitutional Law
  • POL 346: American Political Development
  • POL 347: Politics of Development
  • POL 353: Contemporary Political Theory
  • POL 355: Civil Liberties
  • POL 357: Latin American Politics
  • POL 359: Nation State and Global Order
  • POL 363: Feminist Theory
  • POL 365: Political Parties
  • POL 367: Third World Politics
  • POL 368: International Politics and Security of the Asia Pacific
  • POL 369: Political Violence and Terrorism
  • POL 378: Gender and Global Politics
  • POL 387: Global Environmental Politics
  • POL 405: Mass Media and Public Opinion
  • POL 409: Comparative Energy Policy
  • POL 490: Political Science Honors
Psychology
  • PSY 280: Analysis of Psychological Data
  • PSY 290: Research Methods in Psychology
  • Two (2) approved PSY 4XX depth courses (see your advisor for the list of approved courses)

Select one:

  • PSY 490H
  • PSY 491
  • PSY 496
  • PSY 498
Public justice
  • *PBJ 201: Survey of American Non-Criminal Law
  • PBJ 301: Organizational Structure and Communication
  • PBJ 397: Practicum in Public Justice
  • PBJ 401: Seminar in Public Justice

Select one:

  • PBJ 333: Crime Theories and Victimization
  • PBJ 347: Crime and Society
  • PBJ 350: Proseminar in Public Justice
  • PBJ 351: Report Writing in Public Justice
  • PBJ 363: Women and the Law
  • PBJ 383: Terrorism and Homeland Security
  • PBJ 385: Drugs and Crime
  • PBJ 387: Research Methods for Criminal Justice
  • PBJ 388: Data Analysis
  • PBJ 425: Comparative Justice System
  • PBJ 460: Current Issues in American Law
  • POL 309: International Law
  • POL 345: American Constitutional Law
  • POL 355: Civil Liberties
  • SOC 370: Sociology of Deviance
  • SOC 372: Juvenile Delinquency

* Or equivalent: if PBJ 201 is taken at a college other than Oswego, an additional advanced writing elective is required.

Public relations
  • COM 210: Critical Thinking and Public Speaking
  • COM 215: Introduction to Public Relations
  • COM 313: Writing for Public Relations

Take two:

  • BRC 229: Broadcast News Writing
  • BRC 400: Media and Society
  • JLM 209: Intro to Journalism
  • JLM 210: Investigative Reporting
  • JLM 409: News Analysis and Opinion Writing
  • COM 301: Communication Theories
  • COM 302: Message Criticism
  • COM 303: Qualitative Communication Research Methods
  • COM 310: Semantics
  • COM 312: Communication Relationships and Society
  • COM 360: Persuasion
  • COM 370: Rhetoric of Contemporary Movements
  • COM 375: Rhetoric of Film
  • COM 380: Communication Ethics
  • COM 415: Advanced Public Relations
  • COM 420: Studies in Speech Criticism
Risk management and insurance

Take one Introductory level 

  • COM 210: Critical Thinking and Public Speaking
  • COM 211: Strategic Communication in Business

Take three Intermediate level 

  • RMI 310: Property and Liability Insurance
  • RMI 400: Life and Health Insurance
  • RMI 450: Risk Management Problems and Cases

Take one Advanced level 

  • BLW 355: Legal Environment of Business
Sociology

Take one:

  • SOC 210: Foundation of Sociological Theory
  • SOC 260: Race, Ethnicity, Class, and Gender
  • SOC 280: Social Problems

Take one to three:

  • SOC 310: Contemporary Sociological Theory
  • SOC 320: Survey Methodology
  • SOC 330: Qualitative Methods
  • SOC 341: Social Inequality/Stratification
  • SOC 353: Sociology of Tourism
  • SOC 355: Sociology of Sports
  • SOC 366: Popular Culture
  • SOC 367: Globalization and Poverty
  • SOC 369: Environmental Sociology
  • SOC 370: Deviance
  • SOC 372: Juvenile Delinquency
  • SOC 373: Gangs in American Society
  • SOC 381: Sociology of Gender Roles

Take one to three:

  • SOC 401: Topics in Sociology
  • SOC 442: Race and Minorities
  • SOC 460: Dynamics of Prejudice and Discrimination
  • SOC 463: Social Movements
  • SOC 490: Senior Seminar
Software engineering

Students will take the following:

  • CSC 221:  Foundations of Computer Science
  • MAT 215:  Discrete Mathematics
  • CSC 380:  Software Engineering
  • CSC 385:  Software Quality
  • CSC 495:  Software Engineering Capstone Seminar I
Teaching English to speakers of other languages
  • LIN 100: Introduction to Linguistics
  • EDU 301: Schooling, Pedagogy and Social Justice
  • LIT 311: Language and Literacy Development for All Learns
  • TSL 360: Methods of Teaching English to Speakers of Other Languages
  • TSL 420 or TSL 421: Clinically Rich Student Teaching I or Clinically Rich Student Teaching II
Technology education
  • TED 209: Technical Writing and Literacy
  • TED 306: Methods of Teaching Technology
  • TED 410: Professional Field Experience
  • TED 411: Professional Field Experience
  • TED 414: Professional Topics and Problems
Technology management
  • TED 209: Technical Writing and Literacy
  • TED 498: Professional Internship

Select three:

  • BLW 355: Legal Environment of Business
  • HRM 385: Organizational Behavior
  • HRM 386: Human Resources Management
  • MGT 395: International Business
  • MGT 460: Leadership
  • MGT 485: Production Management
  • MGT 486: Materials Management
Theater
  • THT 110: Introduction to Theatre

Select one:

  • THT 120: Stage Craft (delisted spring 2021)
  • THT 121: Stage Electronics and Mechanics (delisted spring 2021)
  • THT 130: The Actor's Self (delisted spring 2021)
  • THT 180: Voice and Diction (delisted spring 2021)
  • THT 181: Bodily Movement for the Theatre (delisted spring 2021)
  • THT 222: Introduction to Theatre Design
  • THT 310: Basic Stage Lighting (delisted spring 2021)
  • THT 322: Basic Scene Design (delisted spring 2021)
  • THT 324: The Business of Show Business (delisted spring 2021)
  • THT 333: Stage Management
  • THT 341: Principles of Directing
  • THT 351: Costume Design (delisted spring 2021)
  • THT 440: Advanced Directing
  • INT 111: Oral Interpretation of Literature (delisted spring 2021)
  • INT 120: Storytelling
  • INT 211: Oral Interpretation of Culturally Diverse Literature (delisted spring 2021)

Select one:

  • THT 251: Costume History
  • THT 308: Women and the Theatre
  • THT 364: Western Theatre
  • THT 365: Theatre of India, China and Japan
  • THT 471: Elizabethan Theatre (delisted spring 2021)
  • THT 472: The Theatre of Tragedy (delisted spring 2021)
  • THT 473: The Theatre of Comedy (delisted spring 2021)

Select two writing courses 300 level or above (under advisement) from courses in Art, Music, English or History departments. Courses include, but are not limited to:

  • ENG 304: Literary Criticism
  • ENG 319: Shakespeare: An Introduction
  • ENG 340: Modern American Drama
  • ENG 342: The Nineteenth-Century American Novel
  • ENG 350: Modern Drama
  • ART 353: Twentieth-Century Art
  • HIS 312: Early Middle Ages
  • HIS 314: Ancient Greece
  • HIS 315: Ancient Rome
  • HIS 317: Renaissance Europe
  • HIS 328: History of Women in Modern Europe
  • MUS 307: Music and the Theatre: An Introduction to Opera
  • MUS 315: Music of the Twentieth-Century
  • MUS 316: American Music
  • MUS 317: The Evolution of Jazz and Rock
  • MUS 329: Music and Politics
  • MUS 382: Recording Technology
Vocational teacher preparation
  • VTP 307: Introduction to Vocational Education
  • VTP 309: Vocational Curriculum Development
  • VTP 312: Methods of Teaching Vocation Subjects
  • VTP 313: Instructional Assessment in Vocational Education
  • VTP 314: Laboratory and Classroom Organization and Management
  • VTP 444: Serving Special Needs Learners in Vocational Education
  • VTP 445: Language Arts in the Vocational Classroom
  • VTP 485/490: Vocational Supervised Student Teaching