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  A.B./B.S. (BACHELOR OF ARTS/BACHELOR OF SCIENCE) DISTRIBUTION REQUIREMENTS


All A.B./B.S. CASL students must fulfill these distribution requirements. They are generally completed during the first two years. All coursework must be 100-200 level unless otherwise indicated.

SKILLS AND COMPETENCIES

English Composition:

6 credit hours

COMP 105
COMP 106

Composition Placement Exam required.

Foreign Language

2 course sequence 8 credit hours

ARBC 101& 102

FREN 101&102

GERM 101&102

LAT 101&102

MCL (Ancient Greek) 105&106

MCL (Armenian) 111&112

SPAN 101&102

Exemption from the foreign language requirement is possible.

Mathematics

3-4 credit hours

MATH 104,105,113,115,131,363

(MATH 080 and 090 do not count toward degree.)
LIBS 111,127 (First year seminar courses)

AREAS OF INQUIRY

Arts

3 credit hours

ARTH 101,102,103,104,106
FILM/HUM 240, ENGL/FILM/HUM 248

MHIS 100,120,130, 340, AAAS/MHIS/RELS 333/HUM 3335

Behavioral and Social Analysis
9 credit hours
You must elect at least one course from Group A and one from Group B.

Group A:
ANTH 101,202
PSYC 170,171
SOC 200,201
LIBS 112, 116, 117,118, 123,126,128 (First year seminar courses)

Group B:
ECON 2001,201,202
POL 101,201,205,250,260
LIBS 112, 114, 116 (First year seminar courses)

Biological and Physical Sciences
7-8 credit hours
One course must be a laboratory course.

BIOL 100 or 100+101,130,140,240
BIOL 103&105
CHEM 100,134,136,144,146
ESCI 275
GEOL 118,218
NSCI 120,121
PHYS 100,125,126,130 or130+131,150,151
LIBS 117, 123 (First year seminar courses)

Biological and Physical Science courses with a "+" provide an optional laboratory section. The first number is the lecture course which may be taken separately. The second number is the optional lab course which may be taken with the lecture. Courses listed without a "+" require that both the lecture and lab be taken. Both BIOL 103&105 must be taken to meet the Biological and Physical Sciences requirement. That is, neither of these courses will individually count toward the requirement. NSCI 120 and BIOL 100 (or BIOL 100+101) may not be used together to meet the Biological and Physical Sciences requirement.

History

3 credit hours

Any HIST course except: 398,399,485,497,498,499
LIBS 112, 113, 116, 119, 120, 121 (First year courses)

Letters

3-4 credit hours

COML/HUM 221,222,223

ENGL 230,231,232,233,235,236,237, 238, 239

HUM 171,201

PHIL 100,120,200,240
LIBS 112, 114, 115, 122, 123, 124, 125 (First year seminar courses)

Diversity

3 credit hours from the following list of approved courses:

AAAS 106, 239, 275, 305, 322, 333, 345, 389, 403, 404, 449, 469, 470, 477

AAST 390B, 473, 490 (The Arab Novel in English)

AMST 300

ANTH 101, 202, 275, 376, 455

ARTH 103, 327, 416

BIOL 410

COML 433

COMM 306

CRJ 305, 322, 323, 350, 362, 403, 423, 440, 443, 447, 455, 465, 467, 468, 471

ECON 325, 342, 344, 348, 375, 381, 421

ENGL 239, 304, 306, 389, 445, 469, 4705, 472, 473, 477, 490 (The Arab Novel in English)

FILM 387

HIST 104, 105, 106, 112, 113, 114, 301, 304, 306, 308, 309, 321, 322, 323, 325, 326, 337, 338, 339, 341, 345, 370, 375, 3602, 3632, 3651, 3695, 3695

HUM 270, 275, 304, 433, 4705, 3335

LIBS 364

LING 477

MHIS 333

POL 305, 323, 350, 355, 362, 385, 414, 450

PSYC 275, 322, 405, 440, 3955

RELS 327, 333, 355, 401

SOC 200, 201, 275, 304, ,306, 350, 403, 423, 443, 447, 449, 455, 460, 465, 467, 468, 469, 471, 477, 4045

SPAN 352

WGST/WST 275, 325, 338, 362, 370, 387, 404, 405, 416, 433, 445, 447, 470, 473, 3651, 3955


Note: All undergraduate students admitted or re-admitted to CASL for Fall 2004, or thereafter, will be required to take (normally at UM-D) an approved 3-credit hour diversity course in order to graduate.

The purpose of the Diversity Requirement is to help students engage with important issues pertaining to racial and ethnic diversity, religious diversity, social class, gender, sexual orientation, age, ability/disability status, and global issues. Diversity courses, when appropriate, may also be used to satisfy a distribution requirement or a requirement for a major, minor, area of focus, or cognate.

Students may choose any course from the above list of UM-D courses (approved by the CASL Curriculum Committee) on global issues, national issues, or both. (Courses appearing in the Schedule of Classes, which have been approved as Diversity Courses are identified as such in the "Comments" section below each course listing.)

Transfer students please note: transfer courses may not automatically be used to satisfy the Diversity requirement. If you have questions, please see a CASL advisor.

TOTAL DISTRIBUTION = 45-48 CREDIT HOURS

Former CASL Honors students may use Western Culture 261 or 262 toward the History or Letters requirements; Western Culture 263 or 264 toward the Behavioral and Social Analysis (Group A or B) requirement; or Western Culture 262 or 263 toward the Arts requirement.

These courses may or may not fulfill distribution requirements in other UM-D units.

First year seminar courses are only open to newly admitted Fall freshmen. Any one first year seminar course may be used to satisfy only one requirement.


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