INSTITUTIONAL BACCALAUREATE DEGREE REQUIREMENTS
CORE CURRICULUM - BEGINNING CATALOG YEAR FALL 2002/SPRING 2003
Term in parenthesis designates when first approved to meet requirement.
No retroactive credit will be given for courses taken prior to approval.
Additional courses may be approved at a future date to meet core requirements
(Transfer students follow catalog consistent with equivalent matriculation year.)

CORE DEGREE REQUIREMENTS (Must meet prerequisites)

Communications (3 credits)

COMAR 101-Human Communication (00/FA)

Composition I ( 3 credits)

Eng. 101-English Composition I (00/FA)

Composition II (choose 1 for 3 credits)

Eng. 102-English Composition II (00/FA)
Phil 1SG-Intro Philosophical Composition (01/SP)last offering for Core 01/FA

Lifetime Wellness (2 credits)

FCS/NURS/PE 180-Lifetime Wellness (00/FA)
NUR 303-Nurs Process: Individual Health (04/SP)

Math/Logic (choose 1 for minimum of 3 credits)

CS 101-Logic and Computing (00/FA)
Math 110-Finite Mathematics (00/FA)
Math 201-Calculus with Applications (00/FA)
Math 205-The Calculus (5 cr. hrs.)(00/FA)
Math 208-Elementary Statistics (00/FA)
Math 211-Theory of Elem. Arith & Geom (00/FA)
Math 217-Theory of Interm. Arith & Geom (00/FA)
Math 223-Discrete Mathematics (00/FA)
Phil 205-Discourse & Inquiry: an Introduction to Philosophy (00/FA)
Phil 220-Practical Thinking (00/FA)
Phil 320-Symbolic Logic (00/FA)

Religion (choose 1 for 3 credits)

Phil 217-Thought & Belief (00/FA)
Rel 106-Exploring the Bible (00/FA)
Rel 107-Exploring World Religions (00/FA)
Rel 109-Exploring Christian Ethics (00/FA)
Rel 110-Exploring Christian History in a Global Perspective (03/S2)
Rel 209-Contemporary Religion in America (00/FA) last offering for core credit 02/FA
Rel 210-The Gospels (00/FA)

Aesthetics (minimum of 6 credits)

ART 130-Elements of Design (03/FA)
ART 140-Fundamentals of Drawing (03/FA)
ART 150-Art & Ideas (03/FA)

ART 160A-Fundamentals of Studio Art-Ceramics (06/SP approved as 1SGA)(07/SP)
ART 160B-Fundamentals of Studio Art-Painting (06/SP approved as 1SGB)(07/SP)
ART 160C-Fundamentals of Studio Art-Printmaking (06/SP approved as 1SGC)(07/SP)
ART 160D-Fundamentals of Studio Art-Sculpture (06/SP approved as 1SGD)(07/SP)
ART 281-Sculpture I (02/FA) last offering for core credit 04/SP
COMAR/TH 105-Performance Studies (02/FA)
COMAR 314/TH 307-Advanced Performance Studies (05/FA)

EDCI/COMAR 315-International Storytelling (01/FA)
ENG 371-Literature & Film (01/FA)

Music Ensembles* 10-15, 20, 22, 30, 31, 50, 51, 52 (01/SP)
Applied Music* 140s, 240s, 340s, 440s (01/SP)
* Up to 3 hrs. combine for Tier 2 Aesthetics Requirement

MUSIC 150-Principles of Music Making (02/FA)
MUSIC 224A-Topic: Love Songs (03/SP)
MUSIC 224B-Topic: 20th Century Music (04/SP)
MUSIC 224C-Topic: Music & Drama Across Cultures (04/FA)
MUSIC 225-Musical Style (01/FA)
TH 203-Theatre Aesthetics (01/FA)
TH 207-The Visual Art of Theatre(05/SP)
TH 208-Vocal Expression of Literature (05/FA)
TH 214-Acting for Non-Majors (02/FA)
TH 303-American Musical Theatre (04/FA approved as 3SG)(05/FA)
TH 307/COMAR 314-Advanced Performance Studies (05/FA)
TH 3SGA-Theatre Beauty and the Politics of Person (05/FA)

Humanities (minimum of 6 credits)

CHEM/GEOL/PHYS/PHIL 350-Science as a Cultural Force (03/FA)
ENG 203-The American Literary Experience (01/FA)
ENG 204-Women's Literature(04/S1)(Dropped from catalog 05/FA)
ENG 210-Bible as Literature (01/FA)
ENG 217-(Themes) in British Literature (01/FA)
ENG 237-Great Books (01/FA)(Dropped from catalog 05/FA)
ENG 304-The Short Story (01/FA)
ENG 308-The Poem (02/SP)
ENG 309-African-American Literature (04/FA)
ENG 314-Women's Literature (05/FA)
ENG 317-Studies in Shakespeare (05/FA)
ENG 319-The Modern Drama (01/FA)
ENG 322-Modern Poetry (03/SP)
ENG 324-The Modern Novel (01/FA)
ENG 333-American Studies-19th Century (01/FA)
ENG 334-American Studies-20th Century (01/FA)
ENG 337-Great Books (05/FA)
ENG 338-Seminar in Great Ideas (05/FA)
ENG 340-Readings in Jewish Literature (01/FA)
ENG 350-Contemp. Amer. Studies Seminar (01/FA)
ENG 360-Literature of Crime & Retribution (01/FA)
ENG 365-Greek Literature (02/SP)
ENG 370-Russian epic Novel (02/SP)
ENG 372-Nietzche & The Problem of Values (02/SP)
ENG 375-Existential Literature (02/FA) (Dropped from catalog 04/FA)

ENG 3SGB-Heidegger & the Question of Interpretation (01/FA)
PHIL 204-Concepts of Truth (02/SP)
PHIL 208-Major Thinkers in Dialogue (02/SP)
PHIL 210-Philosophy of Human Nature (01/FA)
PHIL 215-Ethics (03/FA)
PHIL 280A-Applied Ethics: Sports and Ethics (04/SP)
PHIL 280B-Applied Ethics: Environmental Ethics (03/FA)

PHIL 280D-Applied Ethics: Medical Ethics (08/FA)

PHIL 280H-Applied Ethics: Workplace Ethics (09/SU)

PHIL 309-Social and Political Philosophy (04/FA)
PHIL 317-Philosophy of Religion (04/FA)
PHIL 330-Readings in Philosophy: C S Lewis (04/FA)
PHIL 450-Great Philosophers (04/FA)
REL 220-Taking Human Life (02/SP)
REL 240-Jewish Religious Traditions (01/FA approved as 2SG)(06/SP)
REL 250-Understanding Islam in Today's World (05/SPapproved as 2SGC)(09/SU)

REL 340-Religion and Civil Rights in America (04/SP approved as SGC)(09/SP)
REL 3SGA-Religion & Medical Ethics (03/FA)
REL 3SGB-Religion & Criminal Justice (03/FA)

REL 3SGI-Legacy of Paul and Peter in Rome (09/SP)
TH 204-Script Analysis(05/FA)

 

Natural Sciences (minimum of 6 credits)

BIO 100-Human Biology (01/FA)
BIO 110-Ecology & Human Environment (01/FA)

BIO 111-Wetlands and Waterways (07/FA)
BIO 1SGA-Investigations in Physiology (03/FA) never offered for core credit
BIO 1SGB-Investigations in Ecology (03/FA) last offering for core credit 05/FA

BIO 1SGC-Biology of the Microbes (09/SP)

BIO 201-Molecular & Cellular Basis of Life (02/FA)
BIO 202-Organisms, Adaptation, and Diversity (03/SP)
CHEM 250-Lead & Civilization (01/FA)
CHEM 251-Molecular Architecture (02/FA approved as SG)(04/SP)

CHEM 252-Chemistry of Crime Scene Investigation(05/SP approved as SG)(06/FA)

CHEM 2SGC-Energy, Matter, and Change (09/SP)

CHEM/GEOL/PHYS/PHIL 350-Science as a Cultural Force (03/FA)
CS 245-Robotics and Machine Learning (05/SP appproved as SGA)(06/FA)
CS 2SGB-Modeling, Simulation and Scientific Thinking (06/FA)
GEOL 210-Natural Disasters (03/FA)
GEOL 211-Discovering the Ice Age (02/SP approved as 1SGA)(05/SP)
GEOL 212-Archeology & Human Antiquity (01/FA approved as 1SG) (05/FA)
GEOL 213-Asteriods,Comets, Catastrophism (02/SP approved as 1SGB) (05/FA)
PHYS 107-The Hidden Life of the Stars (07/FA)
PHYS 2SGC-The Science of Sound (05/FA)
PHYS 320-Origins of the Universe (02/SP approved as SG)(03/FA)

Social Sciences (minimum of 6 credits)

ECON 101-Market Fundamentals (01/FA)

ECON 301-Game Theory (02/FA)

ECON 324-Economics of Government and Business (07/FA)
ECON 331-Comparative Cultural Economic Systems (01/FA)

ECON 3SGA-The Economics & History of Entrepreneurship (08/FA)
FCS 2SG-Society's Influence on Body Weight/Loss (05/SP)

MUSIC 226-Music in World Cultures (08/SP approved as SGA)(09/FA)
NUR 201-Impact of Chronic Illness (07/SU approved as 2SG)(09/SP)
NUR 202-Global Challenges in Public Health (07/FA approved as SGA)(09/FA)
POLSC 101-Understanding Politics (01/FA)
POLSC 340-Western Political Thought 1(01/FA) last offering for core credit 05/FA
POLSC 341-Western Political Thought 2 (01/FA) last offering for core credit 06/SP
POLSC 343-Western Political Thought I (06/FA and 07/SP ONLY)
POLSC 345-Western Political Thought III (07/SP)
POLSC 431-Human Being & Citizen (02/SP)
PSYC 101-General Psychology I (03/FA)
PSYC 102-General Psychology II: The Analysis (02/FA)
PSYC 218-Psychology of Adolescence (02/FA)
SOC 301-Race, Ethnic & Minority Issues (02/FA)
SOCWK 2SG-Hobos & Homelessness (03/SP)
SOCWK 305-Family Violence (02/FA)
SOCWK 330-Topics: International Perspectives on Women (03/FA approved as 320A)(08/SP)

Historical Reasoning (minimum of 3 credits)

ECON 434-Development of Economic Thought (01/FA)
HIST 112-Western Civilization (01/FA)
HIST 113-Western Civilization (02/SP)
HIST 212-American History (03/FA)
HIST 213-American History (04/SP)
MUSIC 351-Music History I: Medieval, Renaissance, and Baroque Music (03/FA)
REL 230-History of Early Christianity (03/FA)
REL 231-History of Medieval & Reformation Christianity (03/FA)
REL 232-History of Modern European Christianity (03/FA)
REL 233-History of Religions in America (03/FA)

OTHER DEGREE REQUIREMENTS (Must meet prerequisites)

International Perspective (IPR) (choose 1 for 3 credits)

BUS 210-Study Tour - India 05/SP ONLY
BUS 250-Brussels Trip 03/SU ONLY
COMAR 302 (IDS)-Intercultural Communication (00/FA)
ECON 342-International Economics (00/FA)
EDFN 2SG-Agrarianism and Global Communities (05/SPapproved as EDCI)(09/SP)
EDCI/COMAR 315-International Storytelling (01/FA)
ENG 325G-Major Writers-African (07/FA)

ENG 338GL-Great Ideas: The Literature of Truth and Reconciliation (08/SP)
FCS 211-Clothing & Culture (01/FA)
FCS 221-Food & Culture (03/SP)

FIN 429-Global Finance (01/FA-BUS)(Changed to FIN 09/FA)
FL 200-Intensive Interm. Spanish in Mexico (00/FA)
FL 252-Intermediate French II (00/FA)
FL 262-Intermediate German II (00/FA)
FL 272-Intermediate Spanish II (00/FA)
HIST 327-Africa (03/FA)
HIST 343-Modern East Asia (07/SP)
HON 101A-Bushido: The Way of the Warrior (01/FA)no longer offered

MGT 480-Global Management (01/SP-BUS)(Changed to MGT 09/FA)

MKT 310 (IDS)-Intn'l Bus/Culture (00/FA-BUS)(Changed to MKT 09/FA)

MUSIC 224C-Topic: Music & Drama Across Cultures (04/FA)

MUSIC 226-Music in World Cultures (08/SP as SGA)(09/FA)

NUR 202-Global Challenges in Public Health (08/FA approved as SGA)(09/FA)

NUR 309-International Transcultural Perspectives (02/SP)

POLSCI 205-Comparative Politics (00/FA)
POLSCI 231-International Relations (00/FA)
PSYC 241-Cross Cultural Psychology (02/FA)
REC 370-International Tourism (04/FA)
REL 107-Exploring World Religions (00/FA)
REL 110-Exploring Christian History in a Global Context (03/S2)
REL 250-Understanding Islam in Today's World (05/SP approved as SGC)(09/SU)
REL 307-World Rel Trad: East/West (02/SP)

REL 341-World Christianity, Culture, and Mission(Approved 09/SP)
REL 375-Study Abroad: Geog & Hist Settings of Bible (02/SP)
SOCWK 330-Topics: International Perspectives on Women (03/FA approved as 320A)(08/SP)

Foreign Language (Bachelor of Arts degrees require intermediate-level foreign language)

IUL-Introduction to University Life (Required of students entering Ashland University as Freshmen)through 09/SP

AU1SG-Accent on Success (Required of students entering Ashland University as Freshmen) beginning 09/FA

 

Updated-7/13/2009