Academics

Fall 2008 Freshman Course Selection Guidelines

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:

For your English compositioni, math and foreign language, advisers will help you select those when you meet with them after your orientation placement tests.

Following are four lists of courses: Arts & Humanities (A&H), Social & Historical Studies (S&H),  Natural & Mathematical Sciences (N&M),  and Culture Studies (CSA, CSB, CSC). Before you meet with your adviser, select:
  • three courses from the A&H list
  • two more courses from the S&H list
  • two more courses from the N&M list
  • two courses from the Culture Studies list.
Pick nine courses total. You won’t register for all of these in one semester, but you need to select this many to have options as you plan a schedule. If you are in a FIG, pick only 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 from the list that interest you. At orientation, you’ll hear about how they will fit into your individual degree progress.

Want to know more about the courses listed below? Find course descriptions of courses offered in Fall 2008 through the IU Web site.

Arts and Humanities (A&H): Select three courses

African American and African Diaspora Studies
 AAAD-A
141 INTRO WRITING & STUDY OF BLACK LIT I (Lit/FINA)
150 SURVEY CULTURE OF BLACK AMERICANS (and CSC)
American Studies
AMST-A
200 COMPARATIVE AMERICAN IDENTIES
201 U.S. MOVEMENTS & INSTITUTIONS
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
* NEXUS: INTERSECTIONS IN BIOL & ART
* PUZZLES: PLAY & PARADOX
* GLOBAL JAZZ & CULTURAL CONTACT
* FEAR OF AN ATOMIC PLANET
Communication and Culture
CMCL-C
190 INTRODUCTION TO MEDIA
205 INTRO TO COMMUNICATION & CULTR
228 ARGUMENTATION & PUBLIC ADVOCACY
Comparative Literature
CMLT-C
145 MAJOR CHARACTERS IN WEST LIT (and CSB) (Lit/FINA)
(CMLT-BE 145 BE:CMLT-C 145/ENG-W 143)
* DYSFUNCTIONAL FAMILIES
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
100 EAST ASIA: AN INTRODUCTION (and CSA)
201 ISSUES IN EAST ASIAN LITERATURE
* LADIES, LORDS AND HERMITS (and CSA) (Lit/FINA)
233 SURVEY OF KOREAN CIVILIZATION (and CSA)
English
ENG-L
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)
Fine Arts
FINA-A
206 CLASSICAL ART & ARCHEOLOGY (and CSA) (Lit/FINA)
FINA-D
210 DIGITAL ART: SURVEY & PRACTICE
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 1
271 INTRO TO FIGURATIVE SCULPTURE
280 METALSMITHING AND JWLRY DESIGN 1
291 FUNDAMENTALS OF PHOTOGRAPHY
Folklore and Ethnomusicology
FOLK-F
101 INTRODUCTION TO FOLKLORE
111 WORLD MUSIC AND CULTURE
131 INTRO TO FOLKLORE IN THE U.S.
French and Italian
FRIT-M
222 TOPICS IN ITALIAN CULTURE (and CSA)
* CULTURAL IDENTITY IN MEDIEVAL ITALY
Gender Studies
 GNDR-G
101 GENDER, CULTURE, AND SOCIETY
Global Village
GLLC-G
210 GLOBAL VILLAGE COLLOQUIUM
* MANIFESTOS: INCITING REVOLUTIONS
GLLC-S
103 GLLC FRESHMAN SEMINAR
* VAMPIRE IN EUROPEAN/AMER CULTURE
History and Philosophy of Science
HPSC-X
100 HUMAN PERSPECTIVES ON SCIENCE
* THE DESCENT OF DARWINISM: THE EVOLUTION OF NATURAL SELECTION
* DEBATING SCIENCE & RELIGION TODAY
Hutton Honors College
HON-H
203 INTERDEPARTMENTAL COLLOQUIA
* CONTEMP LATIN AMERICAN LIT IN TRANSLATION
* MOZART AND HIS ERA
* BIBLE & BODY IN RELIG REFORM
* READING & WRITING SHORT FICTION
* GENERATIONAL STORIES
211 IDEAS & EXPERIENCE I
Medieval Studies
MEST-M
200 MEDIEVAL CULTURES (and CSA)
* MEDIEVAL ITALY
Music
MUS-Z
101 MUSIC FOR THE LISTENER
111 INTRODUCTION TO MUSIC THEORY
171 OPERA THEATRE SERIES 1
201 HISTORY OF ROCK AND ROLL MUSIC
211 MUSIC THEORY II
Near Eastern Languages and Cultures
NELC-N
205 TOPICS IN MIDDLE EASTERN LITERATURE (Lit/FINA)
* MODERN MIDDLE EAST
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)
211 EARLY MODERN PHILOSOPHY
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)
160 RELIGION & AMERICAN CULTURE
170 RELIGION, ETHICS & PUBLIC LIFE
202 TOPICS IN RELIGIOUS STUDIES
* CONFUCIANISM
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: INTRO TO ACTING
Topics in Arts & Sciences
COLL-E
103 TOPICS IN ARTS & HUMANITIES
* WHO WROTE THE BIBLE?
* KING ARTHUR OF BRITAIN: THE ONCE & FUTURE HERO
* SACRED PLACES
* LANGUAGE & THOUGHT
* QUANTUM MYSTERIES FOR EVERYONE
* THE EXAMINED SELF
* POWER, POLITICS & PIETY: STRUGGLE FOR THE HOLY LAND IN ISRAEL/PALESTINE
* THE BIBLE & ITS INTERPRETERS
* CLOAK & DAGGER
* THE GREAT WALL OF CHINA
* A QUESTION OF LOVE
* CHIVALRY: MEDIEVAL VISIONS OF GOOD & EVIL
* WHAT IS POETRY?
COLL-S
103 FRESHMAN SEMINAR IN A&H
* RUSSIAN SHORT FICTION
* VAMPIRE IN EURO & AMER CULTURE
* LEADERSHIP – BODY, MIND & SPIRIT
* OPERA & GERMAN CULTURE

Social and Historical (S&H): 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
222 LAW IN AMERICA (U.S. History)
HIST-H
105 AMERICAN HISTORY I (U.S. History)
106 AMERICAN HISTORY II (U.S. History)
220 AMERICAN MILITARY HISTORY (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
* ELECTIONS 2008 (American Political Science)

Natural and Mathematical (N&M): Select two courses

Anthropology
ANTH-B
200 BIOANTHROPOLOGY
Astronomy
AST-A
100 THE SOLAR SYSTEM
103 SEARCH FOR LIFE THE UNIVERSE
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
BIOL-M
250 MICROBIOLOGY
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
270 EXPERIMENTS & MODELS IN COGNITION
Computer Science
CSCI-A
110 INTRO TO COMPUTERS & COMPUTING
201 INTRODUCTION TO PROGRAMMING I
202 INTRODUCTION TO PROGRAMMING II
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
116 OUR PLANET & ITS FUTURE
121 METEORITES & PLANETS
141 EARTHQUAKES AND VOLCANOES
171 ENVIRONMENTAL GEOLOGY
221 INTRODUCTORY MINERALOGY
History and Philosophy of Science
HPSC-X 
200 SCIENTIFIC REASONING
226 ISSUES IN SCI: NATURAL & MATH
* HISTORY & PHILOSOPHY OF PHYSICS
Human Biology
HUBI-B
101 THE HUMAN ORGANISM
Hutton Honors College
HON-H 205
INTERDEPARTMENTAL COLLOQUIA
* RATIONAL DECISION MAKING
* GAS PRICES & PETROLEUM GEOLOGY
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
201 AN INTRO TO NEUROSCIENCE
Sociology
SOC-S
110 CHARTS, GRAPHS & TABLES
Speech and Hearing Sciences
SPHS-S
111 INTRO TO PHONETICS FOR SPHS
201 SPEECH ANATOMY & PHYSIOLOGY
Statistics
STAT-H
100 STATISTICAL LITERACY, HONORS
STAT-S
100 STATISTICAL LITERACY
Topics in Arts & Sciences
COLL-E
105 TPCS IN NATURAL & MATH SCIENCE
* PHYSICS FOR POETS
* THE BIOLOGY OF FOOD
* SISTER SPECIES: THE CHIMPANZEE
* READ MY LIPS!
COLL-S
105 FRESHMAN SEMINAR IN N&M
* THIS IS YOUR BRAIN ON MEDIA: HOW TV, COMPUTERS, GAMES & RADIO CAPTURE
YOUR ATTN & PLAY WITH YOUR EMOTIONS
* COGNITIVE SCIENCE OF EATING

Culture Studies (CSA, CSB, CSC): Select two courses

African American and African Diaspora Studies
AAAD-A 
150 SURVEY CULTURE OF BLACK AMERICANS (CSC) (and A&H)
210 BLACK WOMEN IN THE DIASPORA (CSC)
255 THE BLACK CHURCH IN AMERICA (CSC)
264 HIST SPORT & AFRO-AMERICAN EXPERIENCE (CSC)
 African Studies
AFRI-L
232 CONTEMPORARY AFRICA (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
202 MEDIA IN THE GLOBAL CONTEXT (CSA)
Comparative Literature
CMLT-C 
145 MAJOR CHARACTERS IN WEST LIT (CSB) (and Lit/FINA)
(CMLT-BE 145 BE:CMLT-C 145/ENG-W 143)
* DYSFUNCTIONAL FAMILIES
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: INTRO (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) (and A&H)
201 ISSUES IN EAST ASIAN LITERATURE
* LADIES, LORDS & HERMITS (CSA) (and Lit/FINA)
233 SURVEY OF KOREAN CIVILIZATION (CSA) (and A&H)
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)
* CULTURAL IDENTITY IN MEDIEVAL ITALY
History
HIST-D
101 ICON & AXE: RUSS THROUGH AGES (CSA)
HIST-H
211 LATIN AMERICAN CULTURE & CIV 1 (CSA)
213 THE BLACK DEATH (CSA)
237 TRADITIONAL EAST ASIAN CIVILIZATION (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)
Medieval Studies
MEST-M
200 MEDIEVAL CULTURES (and CSA)
* MEDIEVAL ITALY
Philosophy
PHIL-P
201 ANCIENT GREEK 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)
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)
 
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