Academics

Use the information below to guide your courses for orientation and your first semester at IU. For your English composition, math and foreign language, School of Journalism advisers will help you when you meet with them after your orientation placement tests.

Some tips on using this guide:

Following are four lists of courses: Arts & Humanities (A&H),  Social & Historical Studies (S&H), Natural & Mathematical Sciences (N&M),  Culture Studies (CSA, CSB, CSC). Before you meet with us for registration advising, you should select:

• three courses from the A&H list
• two courses from the S&H list
• two courses from the N&M list
• two courses from the Culture Studies list.

Select nine courses total. You won’t register for all of these in one semester, but you need to select nine to have options as you plan a schedule. If you are in a FIG, select four courses total, one from each list.

You will notice some abbreviations after some of the courses on the lists:

• “and CSA or CSB or CSC” means that the course can also double count for Culture Studies A or B or C.
• “Lit/FINA,” “U.S. History,” “American Political Science,” “Economics” mean the course fulfills that specific requirement within the A&H or S&H requirement.

Advisers suggest not worrying too much about double-counting but rather to select courses that interest you from the lists. At orientation, you’ll hear about how they will fit into your individual degree progress.

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Want to know more about the courses listed below? Find course descriptions of courses offered in Fall 2007 through the IU Web site.

Arts and Humanities (A&H) list; select three courses

African American and African Diaspora Studies (AAAD)

A 112 BLACK MUSIC OF TWO WORLDS (and CSC)
141 INTRO WRITING & STUDY OF BLACK LIT I (Lit/FINA)
150 SURVEY CULTURE OF BLACK AMERICANS (and CSC)
278 CONTEMPORARY BLACK FILM (and CSC)

American Studies (AMST)
A 200 COMPARATIVE AMERICAN IDENTITIES

201 U.S. MOVEMENTS & INSTITUTIONS
202 U.S. ARTS AND MEDIA
298 SPECIAL TOPICS IN A&H FOR AMERICAN STUDIES
* CHRISTIANITY & DEMOCRACY IN THE AMERICAS

Anthropology (ANTH)
A 208 ANTH:ARTS & EXPRESSIVE BEHAVIOR

Classical Studies (CLAS)
C 101 ANCIENT GREEK CULTURE (and CSA) (Lit/FINA)

102 ROMAN CULTURE (and CSA) (Lit/FINA)
205 CLASSICAL MYTHOLOGY (and CSA) (Lit/FINA)
206 CLASSICAL ART & ARCHAEOLOGY (and CSA) (Lit/FINA)

Collins Living Learning Center (CLLC)
L 210 COLLINS COLLOQUIUM
* ANIME IN AMERICA
* FAIRY TALES IN MODERN WORLD
* REEL ARTISTS ON SCREEN
CLLC-S 103 CLLC FRESHMAN SEMINAR
* MUSIC: MIRROR OF THE MOMENT

Communication and Culture (CMCL)
C 190 INTRODUCTION TO MEDIA
205 INTRO TO COMMUNICATION & CULTR
228 ARGUMENTATION & ADVOCACY
238 COMMUNICATION IN BLACK AMERICA (and CSC)

Comparative Literature (CMLT)
C 100 FRESHMAN SEMINAR (Lit/FINA)
* THE AGNOSTIC BIBLE
145 MAJOR CHARACTERS IN WEST LIT (and CSB) (Lit/FINA)
(CMLT-BE 145 BE:CMLT-C 145/ENG-W 143)
147 IMGS OF THE SELF: EAST & WEST (and CSA) (Lit/FINA)
151 INTRO TO POPULAR CULTURE (and CSB) (Lit/FINA)
155 CULTURE & MODERN EXP: AN INTERDISC AND INTL APPROACH (and CSA) (Lit/FINA)
205 COMPARATIVE LITERARY ANALYSIS (Lit/FINA)
216 SCI FICTN, FANTASY & WEST TRAD (Lit/FINA)
252 LITERARY & TELEVISION GENRES (Lit/FINA)
255 MODERN LIT AND THE OTHER ARTS (and CSB) (Lit/FINA)
261 INTRO TO AFRICAN LIT (and CSA) (Lit/FINA)

Cognitive Science (COGS)
Q 240 FOUNDATIONS OF COGNITIVE SCIENCE

East Asian Languages and Cultures (EALC)
E 201 ISSUES IN EAST ASIAN LITERATURE
* HOUSES & HUTS-JAPANESE CULTURE (and CSA) (Lit/FINA)

English (ENG)
141 INTRO WRITING & STUDY OF LIT 1 (Lit/FINA)
202 LITERARY INTERPRETATION (Lit/FINA)
203 INTRODUCTION TO DRAMA (Lit/FINA)
204 INTRODUCTION TO FICTION (Lit/FINA)
220 INTRODUCTION TO SHAKESPEARE (Lit/FINA)

Fine Arts (FINA)
A 206 CLASSICAL ART & ARCHEOLOGY (and CSA) (Lit/FINA)
FINA-F 100 FUNDAMENTAL STUDIO-DRAWING
101 FUNDAMENTAL STUDIO-3D
102 FUNDAMENTAL STUDIO-2D
FINA-H 100 ART APPRECIATION (Lit/FINA)
FINA-N 110 INTRO TO STUDIO ART
FINA-S 200 DRAWING 1
220 TEXTILE DESIGN I
230 PAINTING 1
240 BASIC PRINTMAKING MEDIA
250 GRAPHIC DESIGN 1
260 CERAMICS 1
270 SCULPTURE
280 METALSMITHING AND JWLRY DESIGN 1
291 FUNDAMENTALS OF PHOTOGRAPHY
FINA-T 230 COMPUTER ART: SURV & PRACTICE

Folklore and Ethnomusicology (FOLK)
F 101 INTRODUCTION TO FOLKLORE
111 WORLD MUSIC AND CULTURE
121 WORLD ARTS AND CULTURES
131 INTRO TO FOLKLORE IN THE U.S.

French and Italian (FRIT)
M 222 TOPICS IN ITALIAN CULTURE (and CSA)

Gender Studies (GNDR)
G 101 GENDER, CULTURE, AND SOCIETY
290 HIST: FEMINIST THOUGHT & PRACTICE

Global Village (GLLC)
G 210 GLOBAL VILLAGE COLLOQUIUM
* SPAIN AND PORTUGAL

History and Philosophy of Science (HPSC)
X 100 HUMAN PERSPECTIVES ON SCIENCE
* THE ART & SCIENCE OF BEER: HISTORY, TECHNOLOGY & CULTURE
* SCIENCE & RELIGION AT THE END OF THE 20TH CENTURY
* SCIENCE & THE OCCULT

Hutton Honors College (HON)
H 203 INTERDEPARTMENTAL COLLOQUIA
* CONTEMP LATIN AMERICAN LIT IN TRANSLATION
* MOZART, BEETHOVEN & THEIR ERA
* JOURNEYS & MIGRATIONS
* GOD & THE HUMAN CONDITION
* NOVL GNDRS: AMER PROSE 1790-1900
* FEM IDEALS & SEXUAL INJUSTICE
* VISUAL CULTURE & THE GRAPHIC NOVEL
211 IDEAS & EXPERIENCE I
226 INTERDEPARTMENTAL COLLOQUIA
* THE AGNOSTIC BIBLE

Music (MUS)
T 151 MUSIC THEORY & LITERATURE I
251 MUSIC THEORY & LITERATURE III
MUS-Z 101 MUSIC FOR THE LISTENER
103 SPECIAL TOPICS IN MUSIC/NON-MAJOR
* MUSIC IN MULTIMEDIA
111 INTRODUCTION TO MUSIC THEORY
201 HISTORY OF ROCK AND ROLL MUSIC

Philosophy (PHIL)
P 100 INTRODUCTION TO PHILOSOPHY
105 THINKING AND REASONING
135 INTRODUCTION TO EXISTENTIALISM
140 INTRODUCTION TO ETHICS
150 ELEMENTARY LOGIC
201 ANCIENT GREEK PHILOSOPHY (and CSA)
205 MODERN JEWISH PHILOSOPHY (and CSA)

Political Science (POLS)
Y 105 INTRO TO POLITICAL THEORY

Religious Studies (REL)
R 152 RELIGIONS OF THE WEST (and CSA)
153 RELIGIONS OF THE EAST (and CSA)
170 RELIGION, ETHICS & PUBLIC LIFE
202 TOPICS IN RELIGIOUS STUDIES
* FOOD, SEX EARLY CHRISTIANITY
220 INTRO TO NEW TESTAMENT (and CSA)
236 RELIGION, ECOLOGY AND THE SELF
257 INTRODUCTION TO ISLAM (and CSA)

Slavic Languages and Literatures (SLAV)
R 263 RUS LIT: PUSHKIN TO DOSTOEVSKY (and CSA) (Lit/FINA)

Telecommunications (TEL)
T 206 INTRO TO DESIGN & PRODUCTION

Theatre and Drama (THTR)
T 100 INTRODUCTION TO THEATRE
120 ACTING I: FUNDMNTLS OF ACTING
121 ACTING I FOR MAJORS

Topics in Arts & Sciences (COLL)
E 103 TOPICS IN ARTS & HUMANITIES
* THE MODERN UNIVERSITY
* WHO AM I?
* PICASSO & CREATION OF MODERN ART
* LANGUAGE & THOUGHT
* CONCEPTION OF SELF: EAST & WEST
* LANGUAGE & RELIGION
* THE SEMIOTICS OF ADVERTISING
* THE BIBLE & ITS INTERPRETERS
* CLOAK & DAGGER
* THE GREAT WALL OF CHINA
* BEAUTY & THE BEAST
COLL-S 103 FRESHMAN SEMINAR IN A&H
* RUSSIAN SHORT FICTION
* MIGRATIONS & CULTURE
* LEADERSHIP – BODY, MIND & SPIRIT

Social and Historical (S&H) list; select two courses

Economics (ECON_
E 201 INTRO TO MICROECONOMICS (Economics)
202 INTRO TO MACROECONOMICS (Economics)
ECON-S 201 INTRO TO MICROECONOMICS: HON (Economics)

History (HIST)
A 200 ISSUES IN UNITED STATES HISTORY (U.S. History)
HIST-H 105 AMERICAN HISTORY I (U.S. History)
106 AMERICAN HISTORY II (U.S. History)

Political Science (POLS)
Y 100 AMERICAN POLIT CONTROVERSIES (American Political Science)
103 INTRO TO AMERICAN POLITICS (American Political Science)
200 CONTEMPORARY POLITICAL TOPICS
* POST WWII CIVIL RIGHTS MOVEMENT (American Political Science)

Natural and Mathematical (N&M) list; select two courses

Astronomy (AST)
A 100 THE SOLAR SYSTEM
105 STARS AND GALAXIES
221 GENERAL ASTRONOMY I

Biology (BIOL)
H 111 INTEGR FRESHMAN LEARNING EXP I
BIOL-L 100 HUMANS & THE BIOLOGICAL WORLD
104 INTRODUCTORY BIOLOGY LECTURES
* HUMAN BIOLOGY
* THE BIOLOGY OF THE SENSES
111 EVOLUTION AND DIVERSITY
112 BIOLOGICAL MECHANISMS
113 BIOLOGY LABORATORY
211 MOLECULAR BIOLOGY

Chemistry (CHEM)
C 100 THE WORLD OF CHEMISTRY
101 ELEMENTARY CHEMISTRY 1
103 INTRO TO CHEMICAL PRINCIPLES
117 PRINC OF CHEM & BIOCHEM I
118 PRINC OF CHEM & BIOCHEM II
CHEM-S 117 PRIN CHEM & BIOCHEM I, HONORS

Cognitive Science (COGS)
Q 250 MATH & LOGIC FOR COGNITIVE SCI

Computer Science (CSCI)
A 110 INTRO TO COMPUTERS & COMPUTING
201 INTRODUCTION TO PROGRAMMING I
216 DIGITL MULTIMEDIA CONCPTS/TECH
CSCI-C 211 INTRO TO COMPUTER SCIENCE
212 INTRO TO SOFTWARE SYSTEMS
241 DISCRETE STRUCTURES FOR CSCI
CSCI-H 211 INTRO TO CMPTR SCIENCE-HONORS
241 ELEM DISCRETE STRUCTURES:HON

Geography (GEOG)
G 107 PHYSICAL SYS OF ENVIRONMENT
109 WEATHER & CLIMATE
237 CARTOGRAPHY & GEOGRAPHIC INFO

Geology (GEOL)
G 103 EARTH SCIENCE-MATLS/PROCESSES
104 EVOLUTION OF THE EARTH
105 EARTH: OUR HABITABLE PLANET
111 PHYSICAL GEOLOGY
114 DINOSAURS AND THEIR RELATIVES
141 EARTHQUAKES AND VOLCANOES
171 ENVIRONMENTAL GEOLOGY
221 INTRODUCTORY MINERALOGY

History and Philosophy of Science (HPSC)
X 200 SCIENTIFIC REASONING

Human Biology (HUBI)
B 101 THE HUMAN ORGANISM
(HUBI-BE 101 BE:HUBI-B 101/HUBI-B 102)
201 HUMAN DILEMMAS

Hutton Honors College (HON)
H 205 INTERDEPARTMENTAL COLLOQUIA
* SCIENTIFIC REASONING
* ORIGIN & HISTORY OF THE UNIVERSE

Medical Science (MSCI)
M 131 DISEASE & THE HUMAN BODY

Philosophy (PHIL)
P 250 INTRODUCTORY SYMBOLIC LOGIC

Physics (PHYS)
P 105 BASIC PHYSICS OF SOUND
120 ENERGY AND TECHNOLOGY
150 HOW THINGS WORK
201 GENERAL PHYSICS 1
202 GENERAL PHYSICS 2
221 PHYSICS 1
222 PHYSICS 2

Psychological & Brain Sciences (PSY)
P 101 INTRODUCTORY PSYCHOLOGY 1
106 GENERAL PSYCHOLOGY-HONORS
155 INTRO TO PSY & BRAIN SCIENCES

Speech and Hearing Sciences (SPHS)
S 111 INTRO TO PHONETICS FOR SPHS

Statistics (STAT)
S 100 STATISTICAL LITERACY

Topics in Arts & Sciences (COLL)
E 105 TPCS IN NATURAL & MATH SCIENCE
* PHYSICS FOR POETS
* BORN TO BE A GENIUS
* DARWINIAN MEDICINE
* THE BIOLOGY OF FOOD
COLL-S 105 FRESHMAN SEMINAR IN N&M
* BIOLOGY OF CANCER
* COMPUTABILITY AND LOGIC
* COGNITIVE SCIENCE OF EATING

Culture Studies (CSA, CSB, CSC) list ; select two courses

African American and African Diaspora Studies (AAAD)
A 112 BLACK MUSIC OF TWO WORLDS (CSC) (and A&H)
150 SURVEY CULTURE OF BLACK AMERICANS (CSC) (and A&H)
156 JIM CROW AND APARTHEID (CSC)
210 BLACK WOMEN IN THE DIASPORA (CSC)
264 HIST SPORT & AFRO-AMERICAN EXPERIENCE (CSC)
278 CONTEMPORARY BLACK FILM (CSC) (and A&H)

African Studies (AFRI)
L 231 AFRICAN CIVILIZATION (CSA)

Central Eurasian Studies (CEUS)
U 284 THE CIVILIZATION OF TIBET (CSA)

Classical Studies (CLAS)
C 101 ANCIENT GREEK CULTURE (CSA) (and Lit/FINA)
102 ROMAN CULTURE (CSA) (and Lit/FINA)
205 CLASSICAL MYTHOLOGY (CSA) (and Lit/FINA)
206 CLASSICAL ART & ARCHAEOLOGY (CSA) (and Lit/FINA)

Communication and Culture (CMCL)
C 238 COMMUNICATION IN BLACK AMERICA (CSC) (and A&H)

Comparative Literature (CMLT)
C 145 MAJOR CHARACTERS IN WEST LIT (CSB) (and Lit/FINA)
(CMLT-BE 145 BE:CMLT-C 145/ENG-W 143)
147 IMGS OF THE SELF: EAST & WEST (CSA) (and Lit/FINA)
151 INTRO TO POPULAR CULTURE (CSB) (and Lit/FINA)
155 CULTURE & MODERN EXP: AN INTERDISC AND INTL APPROACH (CSA) (and Lit/FINA)
255 MODERN LIT AND THE OTHER ARTS (CSB) (and Lit/FINA)
261 INTRO TO AFRICAN LIT (CSA) (and Lit/FINA)

East Asian Languages and Cultures (EALC)
E 100 EAST ASIA: AN INTRODUCTION (CSA)
201 ISSUES IN EAST ASIAN LITERATURE (CSA)
* HOUSES & HUTS-JAPANESE CULTURE (CSA) (and Lit/FINA)
203 ISSUES IN EAST ASIAN CULTURAL HISTORY (CSA)
251 TRAD EAST ASIAN CIVILIZATION (CSA)

Fine Arts (FINA)
A 206 CLASSICAL ART & ARCHEOLOGY (CSA) (and Lit/FINA)

French and Italian (FRIT)
M 222 TOPICS IN ITALIAN CULTURE (CSA) (and A&H)

Gender Studies (GNDR)
G 215 SEX & GENDER: CROSS CULTURAL PERSPECTIVE (CSA)

History (HIST)
B 260 WOMEN MEN & SOCIETY MODERN EUR (CSB)
HIST-D 101 ICON & AXE: RUSS THROUGH AGES (CSA)
HIST-H 103 EUROPE: RENAISSANCE TO NAPOLEON (CSA)
206 MEDIEVAL CIVILIZATION (CSA)
211 LATIN AMERICAN CULTURE & CIV 1 (CSA)
227 AFRICAN CIVILIZATIONS (CSA)
251 JEWISH HIST: BIBLE TO SPAN EXPUL (CSA)

India Studies (INST)
I 212 THE CIVILIZATION OF TIBET (CSA)

Latino Studies (LATS)
L 101 INTRODUCTION TO LATINO STUDIES (CSC)
102 INTRODUCTION TO LATINO HISTORY (CSC)

Philosophy (PHIL)
P 201 ANCIENT GREEK PHILOSOPHY (CSA) (and A&H)
205 MODERN JEWISH PHILOSOPHY (CSA) (and A&H)

Religious Studies (REL)
R 152 RELIGIONS OF THE WEST (CSA) (and A&H)
153 RELIGIONS OF THE EAST (CSA) (and A&H)
220 INTRO TO NEW TESTAMENT (CSA) (and A&H)
257 INTRODUCTION TO ISLAM (CSA) (and A&H)

Slavic Languages and Literatures (SLAV)
R 263 RUS LIT: PUSHKIN TO DOSTOEVSKY (CSA) (and Lit/FINA)

Spanish and Portuguese (HISP)
S 275 INTRO TO HISPANIC CULTURE (CSA)