DIVISIONAL CORE REQUIREMENT
Students must complete one 4-credit course or two 2-credit courses from each academic division in the college. Independent study courses (ending in x95), internships (ending in x75) and all senior capstone classes may not be used to complete this requirement.
Arts Division Core Requirement:
Complete one 4-credit course or two 2-credit courses from the following list. Courses completed to fulfill this requirement may come from the same or from different disciplines.
Completing the Arts core requirement will help students to:
• appreciate the creative process in terms of concept, experimentation, investment of time and practice, synthesis, and reflection,
• develop skills relevant to producing a particular artistic product,
• engage in forms of communication and expression other than the written or spoken word,
• explore aesthetic values and concerns of cultures, and gain understanding of the connection between arts and culture; analyze critically how creativity and expression shape and reflect culture,
• realize their creative potential,
• become informed audience members for the arts,
• engage in simultaneous creative and critical thought, integrating intellectual and experiential frameworks; and
• make connections among the arts, and between the arts and other disciplines, such as the sciences, language and literature, philosophy, sociology, and political science.
Courses that fulfill the Arts Core Requirement:
ARTST All Art Studio courses
ARTHI All Art History courses
DANC All Dance courses
MUS All Music courses
THEA All Theatre courses
Humanities Division Core Requirement:
Complete one 4-credit course or two 2-credit courses from the following list. Courses completed to fulfill this requirement may come from the same or from different disciplines.
Students who complete the Humanities core requirement will:
• analyze, interpret and evaluate texts critically as they relate to the humanities,
• develop their ability to communicate effectively and to persuasively defend and imaginatively convey ideas, knowledge, emotions and experiences; and
• reflect on their own culture and values as they learn to understand and appreciate the values of other cultures, peoples, and areas within their own context.
Courses that fulfill the Humanities Core Requirement:
ENG
ENGL All English Lit courses
GSS
GSS 200 Queer Studies
GSS 201 Intro. to Gender and Sexuality Studies
GSS 303 Advanced Feminist Theory
HIST
HIST All HIST courses except 391
HUM
HUM All HUM courses except 100 and 300
MEDA
MEDA 101** Fundamentals of Speaking
MEDA 110 Introduction to Comm.
MEDA 112 Modern Mass Media
MEDA 120 Film History and Analysis
MEDA 153/353 Video Activism
MEDA 201 Interpersonal Communication
MEDA 220** Film and Society
MEDA 250 Elements of Production
MEDA 335** Adv. Speaking and Presentation
MEDA 401 Adv. Theory and Analysis
** 2 credits
PHIL
PHIL All PHIL courses except 212
WORLL
CHIN 401 Selected Chinese Short Stories
FREN All courses numbered 300 and above
GER 301 – 304 German culture and lit. courses
GER 400 German Film
GER 485 Seminar in German Studies
JAPN 401 Cultural Topics in Contemporary Literature
SPAN All courses numbered 300 and above, except
SPAN 301, 315, or any grammar course
Natural Sciences Division Core Requirement:
One 4-credit course or two 2-credit courses from the list below. Courses completed to fulfill this requirement may come from the same or from different disciplines.
Students who complete the Natural Sciences core requirement will:
• use scientific methods and reasoning within the context of the natural sciences, and
• recognize the distinctive nature and limits of scientific knowledge: that it is an evolving model of the natural world, discovered and verified through experimentation and observation.
Courses that fulfill the Natural Sciences Core Requirement:
BIOL All Biology courses
CHEM All Chemistry courses
EXIP All Exercise Science Integrated Physiology courses
PHY All Physics courses
SCI All Science courses
ENV
ENV 141 Permaculture Design I
ENV 334 Permaculture Design II
ENV 160 Energy & the Environment
ENV 170 Intro. to Geographical Informational Systems
ENV 200 Intro. to Environmental Science
ENV 205 Environmental Science Methods
ENV 210 Tropical Environmental Biology
ENV 260 Oregon Natural History
Social Sciences Division Core Requirement:
One 4-credit course or two 2-credit courses from the list below. Courses completed to fulfill this requirement may come from the same or from different disciplines.
Students who complete the Social Sciences core requirement will:
• be familiar with social science approaches to the explanation of social or psychological phenomena, and
• use theory and concepts from social science to understand and/or address social or psychological phenomena, issues, and problems.
Courses that fulfill the Social Sciences Core Requirement:
ANTH All Anthropology courses
ECON All Economics courses
POLS All Politics & Government courses
PSY All PSY courses except 350
SOC All SOC courses except 301
SOCWK All SOCWK courses
GSS
GSS 217 Gender and Sexuality
GSS 309 Families
REL
REL 140 Intro. to Comparative Religions
REL 240 Topics in Comparative Religion
PSJ
PSJ 101 Intro. to Peace and Social Justice Studies
PSJ 208 Addictions and Society
PSJ 215 Conflict Resolution
PSJ 222 Civil Rights Movement**
PSJ 227 Civil Rights Movement
PSJ 300 Community Based Action Research
PSJ 321 Protest, Dissent, & Social Change
PSJ 322 The Suppression of Dissent
** 2 credits