SIUC Core Curriculum Courses and Required Hours

List of Core Curriculum Courses and Required Hours

124 Core Curriculum courses for a total of 368 credit hours

Students are required to complete 12 hours of Foundation Skills,
23 hours of Disciplinary Studies, and 6 hours of Integrative Studies.

(FA07 - SP09)

Section I.	Foundation Skills (12 hours)

Credit Hours	Composition				6 hours
3		ENGL	101	English Composition I
3		ENGL	102	English Composition II

3		LING	101	English Composition I for ESL Students
3		LING	102	English Composition II for ESL Students

	Mathematics				3 hours
3		MATH	110	Non-Technical Calculus
3		MATH	113	Introduction to Contemporary Mathematics

	Speech				3 hours
3		SPCM	101	Introduction to Oral Communications: Speech, Self and Society

Section II.	Disciplinary Studies (23 hours)

Credit Hours	Fine Arts				3 hours
3		AD	100a	Foundations Studio A
3		AD	100b	Foundations Studio B
3		AD	101	Introduction to Visual Culture
3		CP	101	Film History and Analysis
3		ENGL	119	Introduction to Creative Writing
3		ENGL	206a	Literature Among the Arts: The Visual
3		FL	200a	Masterpieces of World Literature (France and Francophone Countries)
3		FL	200b	Masterpieces of World Literature (Germany, Switzerland & Austria)
3		FL	200c	Masterpieces of World Literature (Spain)
3		HIST	201	Art, Music and Ideas in the Western World
3		MUS	103	Music Understanding
3		THEA	101	Theater Insight

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

	Humanities				6 hours
3		AD	207a	Introduction to Art History I
3		AD	207b	Introduction to Art History II
3		AD	207c	Introduction to Art History III
3		CLAS	230	Classical Mythology
3		CLAS	270	Greek Civilization
3		CLAS	271	Roman Civilization
3		EA	102	East Asian Civilization
3		ENGL	121	The Western Literary Tradition
3		ENGL	204	Literary Perspectives on the Modern World
4		FR	101a	French Language and Culture I
4		FR	101b	French Language and Culture II
4		GER	101A	German Language and Culture I
4		GER	101B	German Language and Culture II
3		HIST	101A/B	The History of World Civilization To 1500 CE (A) After 1500 CE (B)
3		LING	200	Language, Society, and the Mind
3		PHIL	102	Introduction to Philosophy
3		PHIL	103a	World Humanities I
3		PHIL	103b	World Humanities II
3		PHIL	104	Ethics
3		PHIL	105	Elementary Logic

	Science With Labs				6 hours
3		ANTH	240a	Human Biology: An Introduction to Biological Anthropology
3		CHEM	106	Chemistry and Society
3		GEOG	104	Weather, Climate, and Society
2		GEOL	111	Geology and the Environment (Lecture)
1		GEOL	112	Geology and the Environment (Lab)
3		PHYS	101	Physics that Changed the World: from Greek Astronomy to Nuclear Power
3		PHYS	103	Astronomy
3		PLB	115	General Biology
3		PLB	117	Plants and Society
3		ZOOL	115	Same as PLB 115

	Social Science				6 hours
3		ANTH	104	The Human Experience: Anthropology
3		ECON	113	Economics of Contemporary Social Issues
3		GEOG	100	Environmental Conservation
3		GEOG	103	World Geography
3		HIST	110	Twentieth Century America
3		HIST	112	The Twentieth Century World
3		POLS	114	Introduction to American Government and Politics
3		PSYC	102	Introduction to Psychology
3		SOC	108	Introduction to Sociology


Section III.	Integrative Studies (6 hours)

Credit Hours	Multicultural Course: Diversity in the United States				3 hours
3		AD	227	History of African American Art
3		AD	267	Picturing Difference: Native, African, and European Americans in American Art
3		AJ	203	Crime, Justice and Social Diversity
3		ANTH	202	America's Diverse Cultures
3		ANTH	204	The Anthropology of Latino Cultures
3		BAS	215	Black American Experience in a Pluralistic Society
3		BAS	227	Same as AD 227
3		ENGL	205	The American Mosaic in Literature
3		HIST	202	America's Religious Diversity
3		HIST	210	American Heritages
3		KIN	210	Diversity in American Sport
3		LING	201	Language Diversity in the United States
3		MCMA	204	Alternative Media in a Diverse Society
3		MUS	203	Diversity and Popular Music in American Culture
3		PHIL	210	The American Mind
3		PHIL	211	Philosophy and Diversity: Gender, Race and Class
3		POLS	215	Politics of U.S. Diversity
3		PSYC	223	Diversity in the Workplace
3		PSYC	233	Psychology of Gender in a Diverse Context
3		SOC	215	Race and Ethnic Relations in the United States
3		SOC	223	Women and Men in Contemporary Society
3		SPCM	201	Performing Culture
3		WMST	201	Multicultural Perspectives on Women
3		WMST	223	(same as SOC 223)

	Interdisciplinary Course				3 hours
3		AGRI	300i	Social Perspectives on Environmental Issues
3		AD	307i	Women in the Visual Arts: Social & Educational Perspective
3		AD	317i	Contemporary Native American Art: Anthropological Perspective
3		ARC	314i	Expressions in Architecture
3		BAS	332i	(same as POLS 332i)
3		CLAS	315i	Classical Themes and Contemporary Life
3		ECON	302i	History and Philosophy of the World's Economic Systems
3		ENGL	307i	Film as Literary Art
3		ENGR	301i	Humans and Their Environment
3		ENGR	303i	The Role of Energy in Society
3		ENGR	304i	History of American Technology
3		FL	301i	Cross-Cultural Orientation
3		GEOG	300i	Geography, People and the Environment
3		GEOG	303i	Physical Geography of the Americas
3		GEOG	310i	Digital Earth: Geospatial Techniques
3		GEOL	327i	The World's Oceans
3		GEOL	328i	Dinosaurs and the Age of Reptiles
3		GEOL	329i	Geomythology
3		GEOL	330i	The Planets
3		JRNL	306i	International Media Systems
3		JRNL	314i	Same as POLS 314i
3		LAC	300i	Same as AGRI 300i
3		LING	320i	Language, Gender, and Power
3		MATH	300i	History of Mathematics
3		MUS	303i	Women, Blues, and Literature
3		PHIL	303i	Philosophy & the Arts
3		PHIL	307i	Philosophy of Science, Nature and Technology
3		PHIL	308i	Asian Religions: A Philosophical Approach
3		PHIL	309i	Philosophy of Politics, Law and Justice
3		PLB	301i	Environmental Issues
3		PLB	303i	Evolution and Society
3		POLS	314i	American Politics and the Mass Media
3		POLS	332i	Diversity Through the Courts: Civil Liberties & Civil Rights in America
3		POLS	352i	Ethnicity, Nationalism, and Culture in a Global Era
3		POLS	372i	International Political Economy
3		RT	362i	Sound Art and Practice
3		SOC	304i	Global Perspectives on the Family
3		SOC	306i	Popular Culture in Society
3		SPCM	301i	Communication Across Cultures
3		WMST	301i	Women in Science, Engineering and Technology
3		WMST	307i	Same as AD307i
3		WMST	320i	Same as LING 320i
3		ZOOL	312i	Conservation of Natural Resources

				Update 4/27/09

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