Courses of Study 2015-2016 
    
    Mar 28, 2024  
Courses of Study 2015-2016 [ARCHIVED CATALOG]

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Catalog Codes and Definitions

General Definitions

[ ] Brackets are used at the beginning and end of a course title if the course is not going to be offered within the current catalog year.
Crosslisted Courses offered by multiple departments where the content and level are the same. Classes meet together.
Co-meeting Courses which are similar in content, but offered at different levels (ex. undergraduate and graduate level). Classes meet together.

Course Numbering and Subject Codes

Learn more about Course Numbering and Subject Codes .

Breadth Requirements

Learn more about Arts and Sciences Breadth Requirements Please note: Breadth codes are first searchable in the 2012-13 catalog.

GB Geographic Breadth
HB Historical Breadth
GHB Geographic and Historical Breadth

Course Attributes

Please note: Course Attributes are first searchable in the 2015-16 catalog.

CU-CEL Community Engaged Learning Courses
CU-ITL International Experience Courses
CU-SBY Sustainability Courses
CU-UGR Undergraduate Research Courses

Distribution Requirements

Learn more about Arts and Sciences Distribution Requirements .

PBS Physical and Biological Sciences - In fulfilling the four courses in science and quantitative reasoning, students must take at least two science courses. At least one of these must be from the primary list of courses in science departments in the College of Arts and Sciences.
MQR Mathematics and Quantitative Reasoning - In completing four courses in science and quantitative reasoning, students must take at least one of the courses from the Mathematics and quantitative reasoning list.
CA-AS Cultural Analysis - Courses in this area study human life in particular cultural contexts through interpretive analysis of individual behavior, discourse, and social practice.
HA-AS Historical Analysis - Courses in this group interpret continuities and changes—political, social, economic, diplomatic, religious, intellectual, artistic, scientific—through time.
KCM-AS Knowledge Cognition and Moral Reasoning - Offerings in this area investigate the bases of human knowledge in its broadest sense, ranging from cognitive faculties shared by humans and animals such as perception, to abstract reasoning, to the ability to form and justify moral judgments.
LA-AS Literature and the Arts - Offerings in this area explore literature and the arts in two different but related ways. Some courses focus on the critical study of artworks and on their history, aesthetics, and theory. Others are devoted to the production and performance of artworks.
SBA-AS Social and Behavioral Analysis - Courses in this area examine human life in its social context through the use of social scientific methods, often including hypothesis testing, scientific sampling techniques, and statistical analysis.

Learn more about Agriculture and Life Sciences Social Sciences and Humanities  Requirements.

D Human Diversity - These courses explore the challenges of building a diverse society, and/or examine the various processes that marginalize people and produce unequal power relations.
CA Cultural Analysis - Courses in this area study human life in particular cultural contexts through interpretive analysis of individual behavior, discourse, and social practice.
HA Historical Analysis - Courses in this group interpret continuities and changes—political, social, economic, diplomatic, religious, intellectual, artistic, scientific—through time.
KCM Knowledge Cognition and Moral Reasoning - Offerings in this area investigate the bases of human knowledge in its broadest sense, ranging from cognitive faculties shared by humans and animals such as perception, to abstract reasoning, to the ability to form and justify moral judgments.
LA Literature and the Arts - Offerings in this area explore literature and the arts in two different but related ways. Some courses focus on the critical study of artworks and on their history, aesthetics, and theory. Others are devoted to the production and performance of artworks.
SBA Social and Behavioral Analysis - Courses in this area examine human life in its social context through the use of social scientific methods, often including hypothesis testing, scientific sampling techniques, and statistical analysis.
FL Foreign Language - Courses taught by various foreign language departments.

 


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