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SIUC UNIVERSITY CORE CURRICULUM
41 SEMESTER HOURS

I. FOUNDATION SKILLS - 12 HOURS
ENGL 101 -3: English Composition I (with a grade of 'C' or better) and
ENGL 102 -3: English Composition II (with a grade of 'C' or better)
ENGL 120 -3: Freshman Honors Composition (with a grade of 'C' or better)
MATH ___ -3: a Math Course numbered 108 or above (except 114, 120, or 300I)
SPCM 101 -3: Introduction to Oral Communications: Speech, Self and Society

II. DISCIPLINARY STUDIES - 23 HOURS

FINE ARTS - 3 HOURS
AD   100A-3: Foundations Studio A
AD   100B-3: Foundations Studio B
AD   101 -3: Introduction to Art, Design and Visual Culture
CP   101 -3: History and Analysis of Cinema
ENGL 119 -3: Creative Writing
ENGL 206A-3: Literature Among the Arts: The Visual
ENGL 206B-3: Literature Among the Arts: Music
FL   200A-3: Masterpieces of World Literature (France and Francophone Countries)
FL   200B-3: Masterpieces of World Literature (Germany, Switzerland, Austria)
FL   200C-3: Masterpieces of World Literature (Spain)
HIST 201 -3: Art, Music and Ideas in the Western World
MUS  103 -3: Music Understanding
THEA 101 -3: Theater Insight

HUMAN HEALTH - 2 HOURS

BIOL 202 -2: Human Genetics and Human Health
FN   101 -2: Nutrition: Contemporary Health Issues
HED  101 -2: Foundations of Human Health
KIN  101 -2: Current Concepts of Physical Fitness
PHSL 201 -3: Human Physiology
REHB 205 -3: Disability and Chronic Disorders


HUMANITIES - 6 HOURS
(Select two courses from the following)
AD   207A-3: Introduction to Art History I (can be Fine Arts through SP 05)
AD   207B-3: Introduction to Art History II (can be Fine Arts through SP 05)
AD   207C-3: Introduction to Art History III (can be Fine Arts through SP 05)
CLAS 230 -3: Classical Mythology (formerly FL 230)
CLAS 270 -3: Greek Civilization (formerly FL 103)
CLAS 271 -3: Roman Civilization (formerly FL 104)
EA   102 -3: East Asian Civilization (formerly FL 102)
ENGL 121 -3: The Western Literary Tradition
ENGL 204 -3: Literary Perspectives on the Modern World
FR   101A-4: French Language and Culture I
FR   101B-4: French Language and Culture II (Prerequisite is FR 101A)
GER  101A-4: German Language and Culture I
GER  101B-4: German Language and Culture II (Prerequisite is GER 101A)
HIST 101A-3: The History of World Civilizations (to Industrialization)
HIST 101B-3: The History of World Civilizations (since the Age of Encounter)
LING 200 -3: Language, Society and the Mind
PHIL 102 -3: Introduction to Philosophy
PHIL 103A-3: World Humanities (Dawn of Civilization through Rome)
PHIL 103B-3: World Humanities (Medieval through Modern times)
PHIL 104 -3: Ethics
PHIL 105 -3: Elementary Logic

SCIENCE - 6 HOURS
(Select one course from each group)
[Group I]

CHEM 106 -3: Chemistry and Society
GEOG 104 -3: Weather, Climate, and Society
GEOL 111 -2: Geology and the Environment (Lecture)
GEOL 112 -1: Geology and the Environment (Laboratory) {must be taken with GEOL 111}
PHYS 101 -3: Physics that Changed The World: from Greek Astronomy to Nuclear Power
PHYS 103 -3: Astronomy

[Group II]
PLB  115 -3: General Biology (same as ZOOL 115-3 hrs)
PLB  117 -3: Plants and Society
PHSL 201 -3: Human Physiology (Must include PHSL 208-1 Physiology Lab)
PHSL 208 -1: Laboratory Experiences in Physiology
ZOOL 115 -3: General Biology (same as PLB 115)

SOCIAL SCIENCE - 6 HOURS
(Select two courses from the following. Only one History course may be used)
ANTH 104 -3: The Human Experience: Anthropology
ECON 113 -3: Economics of Contemporary Social Issues
GEOG 100 -3: Environmental Conservation
GEOG 103 -3: World Geography
HIST 110 -3: Twentieth Century America
HIST 112 -3: The Twentieth Century World
POLS 114 -3: Introduction to American Government and Politics
PSYC 102 -3: Introduction to Psychology
SOC  108 -3: Introduction to Sociology

III. INTEGRATIVE STUDIES - 6 HOURS

MULTICULTURAL: DIVERSITY IN THE UNITED STATES - 3 HOURS
(Select one course from this area)
AD   227 -3: History of African American Art
AD   267 -3: Picturing Difference
AJ   203 -3: Crime, Justice and Social Diversity
ANTH 202 -3: American Cultures
ANTH 204 -3: The Anthropology of Latino Cultures
BAS  215 -3: Black American Experience in a Pluralistic Society
ENGL 205 -3: The American Mosaic in Literature
FR   200 -3: Women in French and Francophone Literatures (same as WMST 200)
FL   298 -3: Multicultural Applied Experience
HIST 202 -3: America's Religious Diversity
HIST 210 -3: American Heritages
LING 201 -3: Language Diversity in the USA
MCMA 204 -3: Alternative Media in a Diverse Society
MUS  203 -3: Diversity and Popular Music in American Culture
KIN  210 -3: Diversity in American Sport
PHIL 210 -3: The American Mind
PHIL 211 -3: Philosophy Diversity: Gender, Race and Class
POLS 215 -3: Politics of Diversity in the United States
PSYC 223 -3: Diversity in the Workplace
PSYC 233 -3: Psychology of Gender in a Diverse Context
SOC  215 -3: Race and Ethnic Relations in the United States
SOC  223 -3: Women and Men in Contemporary Society (same as WMST 223)
SPCM 201 -3: Performing Culture
WMST 201 -3: Multicultural Perspectives on Women

INTERDISCIPLINARY - 3 HOURS
(Select one course from this area)
AD   307I-3: Women in the Visual Arts (same as WMST307I)
AD   317I-3: Contemporary Native American Art
AGRI 300I-3: Social Perspectives on Environmental Issues (same as LAC 300I)
ARC  314I-3: Expressions in Architecture
CLAS 315I-3: Classical Themes and Contemprary Live (formerly FL 310I)
ECON 302I-3: History and Philosophy of the World's Economic Systems
ENGL 304I-3: The Politics of Empire
ENGL 307I-3: Film as Literary Art (formerly ENGL 203)
ENGR 301I-3: Humans and Their Environment
ENGR 303I-3: The Role of Energy in Society
FL   301I-3: Cross Cultural Orientation
GEOG 300I-3: Geography, People and the Environment
GEOG 303I-3: The Earth's Biophysical Environment
GEOG 310I-3: Digital Earth: Geospatial Techniques
GEOL 327I-3: The World's Oceans
GEOL 328I-3: Dinosaurs and the Age of Reptiles
GEOL 330I-3: The Planets
JRNL 306I-3: International Media Systems
LING 320I-3: Language, Gender and Power (same as WMST 320I)
MATH 300I-3: History of Mathematics (Prerequisite: MATH 150)
MUS  303I-3: Women, Blues and Literature
PHIL 303I-3: Philosophy and the Arts
PHIL 307I-3: Philosophy of Science, Nature and Technology
PHIL 308I-3: Asian Philosophy
PHIL 309I-3: Philosophy of Politics, Law and Justice
PLB  301I-3: Environmental Issues in the Contemporary World
PLB  303I-3: Evolution and Society
POLS 314I-3: Politics and the Media (same as JRNL 314I)
POLS 332I-3: Diversity through the Courts: Civil Liberties and Civil Rights (= BAS 332I)
POLS 352I-3: Ethnicity and Nationalism
POLS 372I-3: International Political Economy
RT   362I-3: Sound, Art and Practice
SOC  304I-3: Families of the World
SOC  306I-3: Popular Culture in Society
SPCM 301I-3: Communication across Cultures
WMST 301I-3: Women in Science, Engineering and Technology
ZOOL 312I-3: Conservation of Natural Resources

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