Core Curriculum Courses
I. Skill Areas
A. English Composition
Code | Title | Hours |
---|---|---|
Composition I | ||
Select one of the following: | 3 | |
College Composition 1 Co-Requisite (OT 36) 1 | ||
College Composition I (OT 36) 1 | ||
Composition II | ||
Select one of the following: | 3 | |
College Composition II: Academic Disciplines And Discourse (OT 36) 2 | ||
Science And Technical Report Writing 2 | ||
Professional and Business Writing 2 | ||
Total Hours | 6 |
- 1
Placement in these courses is determined by ACT score.
- 2
Students must complete a placement test or satisfy prerequisites in order to enroll in one of these courses.
B. Mathematics
Code | Title | Hours |
---|---|---|
Select one of the following: | 3-5 | |
Reasoning With Mathematics (OT 36) | ||
Mathematical Modeling and Problem Solving | ||
Mathematics For Education Majors I 1 | ||
Mathematics For Education Majors II (OT 36) 1 | ||
College Algebra (OT 36) 1 | ||
Trigonometry (OT 36) 1 | ||
College Algebra And Trigonometry (OT 36) 1 | ||
Calculus with Applications to Business and Finance (OT 36) 1 | ||
Calculus For The Life Sciences With Applications I (OT 36) 1 | ||
Calculus For The Life Sciences With Applications II (OT 36) 1 | ||
Calculus I For Mathematicians, Scientists And Educators (OT 36) 1 | ||
Calculus II For Mathematicians, Scientists And Educators (OT 36) 1 | ||
Single Variable Calculus I (OT 36) 1 | ||
Single Variable Calculus II (OT 36) 1 | ||
Elementary Linear Algebra (OT 36) 1 | ||
Calculus For Engineering Technology I (OT 36) 1 | ||
Calculus For Engineering Technology II (OT 36) 1 | ||
Introduction To Statistics (OT 36) 1 | ||
Statistics for Applied Science | ||
Total Hours | 3-5 |
- 1
Students must complete a placement test or satisfy prerequisites in order to enroll in one of these courses.
II. Distributive Areas
A. Arts and Humanities
Such a course is likely to reside in the arts, classics, literature, history, language, religion or philosophy. Arts and Humanities courses should be broad-based; narrowly focused courses will generally not fulfill this requirement. In order to qualify for the core curriculum, a course must fulfill at least one, and should strive for a preponderance, of the five criteria below:
- Provide an introduction to a particular arts or humanities discipline;
- Provide historical perspectives of our world;
- Provide an overview of philosophical systems that compete for our attention;
- Provide a broad understanding of literary or cultural currents of the past and/or the present; and,
- Present cross-cultural perspectives.
After completing the arts and humanities core curriculum, a student should be able to:
- Communicate effectively: All core curriculum programs include a component for writing; many also include a component for oral communication or presentation
- Evaluate arguments in a logical fashion: Competence in analysis and logical argument are explicit learning goals for most core curriculum programs, although these skills go by a variety of names (e.g., critical thinking, analysis, logical thinking, etc.)
- Employ the methods of inquiry characteristic of natural sciences, social sciences, and the arts and humanities: The tools for solving problems vary across disciplines; the core curriculum introduces students to methods of inquiry in several fields of study and thereby prepares students to integrate information from different disciplines
- Acquire an understanding of our global and diverse culture and society
- Engage in our democratic society: One of the overarching goals of the core curriculum is to prepare students to be active and informed citizens, the development of a disposition to participate in and contribute to our democracy is full of equal importance to the goal of having the skills to do so intelligently.
Code | Title | Hours |
---|---|---|
Arts and Humanities | ||
Select two courses; minimum of six hours total from the following; no more than one course from any discipline: | 6 | |
Art | ||
Multi-Cultural Art Appreciation A Lived Game of Contemporary Art | ||
Art History | ||
Art In History (OT 36) | ||
History Of Modern Art | ||
History of Graphic Design | ||
Communication | ||
Comm Principles And Practices | ||
Media Communication And Society | ||
Interpersonal Communication | ||
Film/Video | ||
Introduction To Film (OT 36) | ||
Foreign Language and Culture | ||
Culture and Commerce in the Arabic-Speaking World 1 | ||
Culture of the Arabic-Speaking World 1 | ||
Elementary Arabic II | ||
Intermediate Arabic I | ||
Intermediate Arabic II | ||
Chinese Culture 1 | ||
Elementary Chinese II | ||
Intermediate Chinese I | ||
Intermediate Chinese II | ||
World Cultures through Literature and Cinema in Translation 1 | ||
Culture And Commerce In The French-Speaking World | ||
French & Francophone Culture In The Modern World | ||
Elementary French II | ||
Intermediate French I | ||
Intermediate French II | ||
German Culture And Commerce | ||
Introduction To Modern German Culture | ||
Elementary German II | ||
Intermediate German I | ||
Intermediate German II | ||
Japanese Culture And Commerce 1 | ||
Introduction To Japanese Culture 1 | ||
Elementary Japanese II | ||
Intermediate Japanese I | ||
Intermediate Japanese II | ||
Elementary Latin II | ||
Intermediate Latin I | ||
Intermediate Latin II | ||
Culture & Commerce In The Spanish-Speaking World | ||
Culture Of Latin America 1 | ||
Culture Of Spain | ||
Elementary Spanish II | ||
Intermediate Spanish I | ||
Intermediate Spanish II | ||
History | ||
Europe To 1600 (OT 36) | ||
Europe From 1600 (OT 36) | ||
World History To 1500 (OT 36) 1 | ||
World History From 1500 (OT 36) | ||
The Contemporary World (OT 36) 1 | ||
East Asia From 1800 (OT 36) 1 | ||
Latin American Civilizations (OT 36) 1 | ||
African Civilization (OT 36) 1 | ||
Middle East Civilization (OT 36) 1 | ||
Introduction To Historical Thinking | ||
America To 1865 (OT 36) | ||
America From 1865 (OT 36) | ||
Ancient Greece (OT 36) | ||
Ancient Rome (OT 36) | ||
Humanities | ||
Mindful Creativity | ||
Ideas and Society | ||
Innovation and Society | ||
Nonviolence and Conflict Transformation Theory and Practice | ||
Information Literacy for College Research | ||
Literature | ||
Reading Fiction (OT 36) | ||
Reading Drama (OT 36) | ||
Reading Poetry | ||
Ethnic American Literature 2 | ||
Writing About Literature | ||
Multicultural Literatures: The North American Experience-Honors-WAC (OT 36) 2 | ||
Multicultural Literatures: The Non-European World-Honors-WAC (OT 36) 1 | ||
Music | ||
Music Theory For The Non-Major | ||
Introduction To Music (OT 36) | ||
History Of Jazz (OT 36) 2 | ||
History Of Rock And Roll | ||
Musical Diversity In The United States (OT 36) 2 | ||
Cultures And Music Of Non-Western Styles (OT 36) 1 | ||
Philosophy | ||
Introduction To Logic (OT 36) | ||
Critical Thinking (OT 36) | ||
World Philosophies 1 | ||
Introduction To Philosophy (OT 36) | ||
Contemporary Moral Problems (OT 36) | ||
Religion | ||
World Religions (OT 36) 1 | ||
Introduction To Religion (OT 36) | ||
Old Testament/Tanakh (OT 36) | ||
New Testament History And Ideas (OT 36) | ||
Islam | ||
Theatre | ||
Introduction To Theatre (OT 36) | ||
Total Hours | 6 |
- 1
Indicates a course that is also a Non-U.S. Culture Multicultural Course.
- 2
Indicates a course that is also a Diversity of U.S. Culture Multicultural Course.
B. Social Sciences
Courses intended to fulfill the social science area should be broad, survey-type courses that emphasize methods of thinking and approaches to problems rather than merely material specific to that field. A core curriculum course in social science should integrate factual, institutional, methodological and basic theoretical issues involved in the study of society or human behavior. The course should emphasize critical thinking across a broad range of social and behavioral topics. Ideally, such a course will be interdisciplinary – for example, an economics course might deal not only with principles of economics, but also with politics, psychology, geography, anthropology and/or sociology. Generally, such courses may not be suitable for prospective majors.
In order to qualify for the core curriculum in social science, a course need not contain all of the elements, but should strive for a preponderance, of the following criteria:
- Provide an introduction to social science theory and/or methodology;
- Reveal, describe, analyze and critically evaluate the connections between and among human beings and their place in the world, whether ethical, cultural, physical, or social;
- Demonstrate knowledge of the diversity of social, economic and political institutions and processes, and their interrelationship within the United States and/or world;
- Provide orientations toward collective behavior;
- Present cross-cultural orientations;
- Provide multivariable explanations of social issues;
- Provide macro (institutional/societal) and micro (individual and small group) approaches; and,
- Provide frameworks or settings for applied learning, knowledge or skills.
In addition, a student who completes the core curriculum in social sciences should be able to:
- Communicate effectively: All core curriculum programs include a component for writing; many also include a component for oral communication or presentation
- Evaluate arguments in a logical fashion: Competence in analysis and logical argument are explicit learning goals for most core curriculum programs, although these skills go by a variety of names (e.g., critical thinking, analysis, logical thinking, etc.)
- Employ the methods of inquiry characteristic of natural sciences, social sciences, and the arts and humanities: The tools for solving problems vary across disciplines; the core curriculum introduces students to methods of inquiry in several fields of study and thereby prepares students to integrate information from different disciplines
- Acquire an understanding of our global and diverse culture and society
- Engage in our democratic society: One of the overarching goals of general the core curriculum is to prepare students to be active and informed citizens, the development of a disposition to participate in and contribute to our democracy is full of equal importance to the goal of having the skills to do so intelligently.
Code | Title | Hours |
---|---|---|
Social Sciences | ||
Select two courses; minimum of six hours total from the following; no more than one course from any discipline: | 6 | |
Anthropology | ||
Introduction To Anthropology (OT 36) | ||
Introduction To Archaeology (OT 36) | ||
Human Society Through Film 1 | ||
Human Evolution | ||
World Archaeology (OT 36) | ||
Cultural Anthropology (OT 36) 1 | ||
African American Culture (OT 36) 2 | ||
Disability Studies | ||
Introduction to Disability Studies 2 | ||
Economics | ||
Introduction To Economic Issues (OT 36) | ||
Principles Of Macroeconomics (OT 36) | ||
Principles of Macroeconomics with Data Applications | ||
Principles Of Microeconomics (OT 36) | ||
Education | ||
Introduction to Peace and Justice Studies | ||
Geography | ||
People, Places, and Society (OT 36) | ||
Environmental Sustainability (OT 36) | ||
World Regional Geography 1 | ||
Political Science | ||
American National Government (OT 36) | ||
Psychology | ||
Principles Of Psychology (OT 36) | ||
Sociology | ||
Multicultural Toledo 2 | ||
Introduction To Sociology (OT 36) | ||
Social Problems (OT 36) | ||
Communities - Writing Across the Curriculum | ||
Race, Class, And Gender (OT 36) 2 | ||
Racial and Ethnic Minorities in the United States 2 | ||
Sociology Of Sport | ||
African American Culture (OT 36) 2 | ||
Introduction To Gender Studies: Gender, Sex And Difference | ||
Women's Roles: A Global Perspective (OT 36) 1 | ||
Social Work | ||
Introduction To Social Welfare 2 | ||
Total Hours | 6 |
- 1
Indicates a course that is also a Non-U.S. Culture Multicultural Course.
- 2
Indicates a course that is also a Diversity of U.S. Culture Multicultural Course.
C. Natural Sciences
A course intended to fulfill the natural sciences area should expose students to the process of scientific inquiry and encourage development of a perspective of science in the world. Such a course should not merely provide facts, but an understanding of the basic issues, methodologies and theories that drive inquiry in the major disciplinary areas of the sciences.
Courses would normally be drawn from the biological sciences, environmental sciences, geology, chemistry, physics and astronomy. Emphasis should be placed on reasoning skills rather than recall of scientific content or a high level of skill in mathematics or reading.
In order to qualify for the core curriculum in natural sciences, a course need not contain all of the elements, but should strive for a preponderance, of the following criteria:
- Provide an understanding of the nature of science in general and of major scientific concepts;
- Provide analysis and evaluation of scientific information;
- Provide discipline specific principles and information;
- Present applications and demonstrate the value of the discipline to society in general; and,
- Introduce scientific reasoning skills.
In addition, a student who completes the core curriculum in natural sciences should be able to:
- Communicate effectively: All core curriculum programs include a component for writing; many also include a component for oral communication or presentation
- Evaluate arguments in a logical fashion: Competence in analysis and logical argument are explicit learning goals for most core curriculum programs, although these skills go by a variety of names (e.g., critical thinking, analysis, logical thinking, etc.)
- Employ the methods of inquiry characteristic of natural sciences, social sciences, and the arts and humanities: The tools for solving problems vary across disciplines; the core curriculum introduces students to methods of inquiry in several fields of study and thereby prepares students to integrate information from different disciplines
- Acquire an understanding of our global and diverse culture and society
- Engage in our democratic society: One of the overarching goals of the core curriculum is to prepare students to be active and informed citizens, the development of a disposition to participate in and contribute to our democracy is full of equal importance to the goal of having the skills to do so intelligently.
Code | Title | Hours |
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Natural Sciences | ||
Select two courses; minimum of six hours total from the following including one laboratory; no more than one course from any discipline: | 6 | |
Anatomy/Physiology | ||
Fundamentals of Anatomy and Physiology Lab | ||
Fundamentals of Anatomy and Physiology | ||
Human Anatomy And Physiology I Lab | ||
Human Anatomy | ||
Human Anatomy Lab | ||
Anatomy and Physiology I (OT 36) | ||
Astronomy | ||
Survey Of Astronomy (OT 36) | ||
Solar System Astronomy (OT 36) | ||
Stars, Galaxies, And The Universe (OT 36) | ||
Elementary Astronomy Laboratory (OT 36) | ||
Biology | ||
Survey Of Biology (OT 36) 1 | ||
Survey Of Biology Laboratory | ||
Major Concepts In Biology | ||
Fundamentals Of Life Science: Diversity Of Life, Evolution And Adaptation (OT 36) 1 | ||
Fundamentals Of Life Science Laboratory: Diversity Of Life, Evolution And Adaptation (OT 36) | ||
Fundamentals of Life Science: Biomolecules, Cells, and Inheritance (OT 36) 1 | ||
Fundamentals of Life Science Laboratory: Biomolecules, Cells, and Inheritance (OT 36) | ||
Chemistry | ||
Chemistry And Society (OT 36) | ||
Chemistry For Health Sciences (OT 36) 1 | ||
Chemistry And Society Laboratory (OT 36) | ||
General Chemistry I (OT 36) 1 | ||
General Chemistry II (OT 36) 1 | ||
General Chemistry Lab I (OT 36) 1 | ||
General Chemistry Lab II (OT 36) 1 | ||
Ecology (Environmental Biology) | ||
Down To Earth: Environmental Science (OT 36) | ||
Environmental Solutions Laboratory | ||
Marine Biology | ||
Microbes And Society | ||
Marine Biology Coral Reef Lab | ||
Biodiversity (OT 36) | ||
Biodiversity Laboratory | ||
Geology | ||
Physical Geology (OT 36) | ||
Introductory Geology Laboratory (OT 36) | ||
Geological Hazards And The Environment | ||
Physical Science | ||
Our Physical World - Matter & Energy (OT 36) | ||
Physical World Laboratory (OT 36) | ||
Physics In Everyday Life | ||
Jurassic Physics | ||
Introduction To Physics | ||
General Physics I (OT 36) | ||
General Physics I - Lab | ||
General Physics II (OT 36) 1 | ||
General Physics II - Lab | ||
Physics For Science And Engineering Majors I (OT 36) 1 | ||
Physics for Science and Engineering Majors I - Lab | ||
Physics For Science And Engineering Majors II (OT 36) | ||
Physics for Science and Engineering Majors II - Lab | ||
Total Hours | 6 |
- 1
Students must complete a placement test or satisfy prerequisites in order to enroll in one of these courses.
III. Electives
Students must take 9 additional hours from any of the above categories:
- I.B Math,
- II.A Arts and Humanities,
- II.B Social Sciences or
- II.C Natural Sciences.
IV. Multicultural Areas
This requirement aims to foster an understanding of and respect for different cultures and peoples, both within and outside the United States, through the study of their beliefs, customs, histories, values and interrelationships.
(Select one course from Diversity of U.S. Culture and one course from non-U.S. Diversity for a total of six hours. Students may satisfy both of the multicultural requirements with courses that simultaneously fulfill one course in II Distributive (II.A Arts and Humanities or II.B Social Sciences) and one course in III Electives):
A. Diversity of U.S. Culture
A Diversity of U.S. Culture course includes, but is not restricted to, an examination of the economic, political, philosophical, social or artistic life of distinct cultural communities in the United States. Cultural communities may include but are not limited to communities based on race, ethnicity, class, gender, sexual orientation, beliefs and disability.
A student who completes the diversity of U.S. culture requirement should be able to:
- Explain the cultural relationships between dominant and non-dominant cultures within the U.S;
- Describe how diverse cultural communities contribute to the development of U.S. culture; and,
- Compare complex social structures within diverse U.S. cultural communities.
Code | Title | Hours |
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Diversity of U.S. Culture | ||
At minimum, select one course of at least three hours from the following: | 3 | |
Multi-Cultural Approaches For Art Appreciation | ||
Introduction To Africana Studies | ||
Foundations Of Black Intellectual History | ||
Entrepreneurship and the Black Community | ||
Perspectives on African American Education | ||
African American Culture (OT 36) 1 | ||
Indians Of North America | ||
The Irish-American Experience | ||
North American Archaeology | ||
Managing Diversity In The Workplace | ||
Cultural Communications In The Workplace | ||
Introduction to Disability Studies 1 | ||
Feminist Health Humanities | ||
Economics Of Gender | ||
Ethnic American Literature 2 | ||
Women And Literature - Writing Across the Curriculum | ||
African American Writers Before The 20th Century | ||
African American Literature In The 20th and 21st Century | ||
Native American Literature And Culture | ||
Geography of US and Canada | ||
American Indian History | ||
The American West | ||
African-American History To 1865 | ||
African-American History From 1865 | ||
Ethnic America | ||
American Labor And Working Class History | ||
Women In American History | ||
Women In Early America | ||
LGBTQ History in America | ||
Slavery In America | ||
The United States And Latin America | ||
Multicultural Toledo 1 | ||
Multicultural Literatures: The North American Experience-Honors-WAC (OT 36) 2 | ||
Legal Aspects of Poverty | ||
Best Practices in Diversity Leadership | ||
History Of Jazz (OT 36) 2 | ||
Musical Diversity In The United States (OT 36) 2 | ||
Feminism And Philosophy: Love, Sex and Marriage | ||
Women And Politics | ||
Race and American Politics | ||
Law, Policy And The Politics of Sexuality | ||
Stereotyping, Prejudice, & Discrimination | ||
Race, Class, And Gender (OT 36) 1 | ||
Islam | ||
Racial and Ethnic Minorities in the United States 1 | ||
Introduction To Social Welfare 1 | ||
Diversity In Contemporary Society | ||
Introduction To Gender Studies: Gender, Sex And Difference | ||
Girlhood and Adolescence | ||
Contemporary U.S. Queer Cultures | ||
Women and the Body | ||
Feminist Health Humanities | ||
Queer Theory WAC | ||
Total Hours | 3 |
- 1
Also fulfills a Social Science requirement.
- 2
Also fulfills an Arts and Humanities requirement.
B. Non-U.S. Diversity
A Non-U.S. Diversity course includes, but is not restricted to, an examination of the economic, political, philosophical, social or artistic life of communities outside the United States that did not contribute to the dominant culture in the United States.
A student who completes the non-U.S. diversity requirement should be able to:
- Demonstrate awareness of cultural communities outside the United States;
- Demonstrate knowledge of responsible citizenship in a global society;
- Explain the cultural relationships between dominant and non-dominant populations outside the United States;
- Compare complex social structures within diverse cultural communities outside the United States; and,
- Recognize contemporary global issues facing a non-U.S. culture.
Code | Title | Hours |
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Non-U.S. Diversity | ||
At minimum, select one course of at least three hours from the following: | 3 | |
Introduction To The African Experience | ||
African Politics | ||
Human Society Through Film 1 | ||
Cultural Anthropology (OT 36) 1 | ||
Food, Health, Society | ||
Peoples Of World: An Evolutionary Approach | ||
Peoples Of Subsaharan Africa | ||
Medical Anthropology | ||
Anthropology Of Religion | ||
Culture and Commerce in the Arabic-Speaking World 2 | ||
Culture of the Arabic-Speaking World 2 | ||
Ethnographic Art | ||
African Art | ||
Ancient Art Of The Americas | ||
Introduction to Asian Studies | ||
Issues in Asian Studies | ||
Chinese Culture 2 | ||
Comparative Economic Systems | ||
World Literature And Cultures | ||
World Cultures through Literature and Cinema in Translation 2 | ||
Intercultural Communication: Principles And Practice | ||
Cross-Cultural Understanding | ||
Cultural Geography | ||
World Regional Geography 1 | ||
Geography Of Asia | ||
Geography Of Africa | ||
Geography of Latin America and the Caribbean | ||
Geography Of Gypsies (Romanies) and Travelers - WAC | ||
Principles Of Global Studies | ||
World History To 1500 2 | ||
The Contemporary World (OT 36) 2 | ||
East Asia From 1800 (OT 36) 2 | ||
Latin American Civilizations (OT 36) 2 | ||
African Civilization (OT 36) 2 | ||
Middle East Civilization (OT 36) 2 | ||
Medieval Russia | ||
Modern Russia | ||
Japan And World War II | ||
Postwar Japan | ||
The Chinese Revolution | ||
Colonial Latin America | ||
Modern Latin America | ||
History Of The Middle East From 600 To 1500 | ||
History Of The Middle East Since 1500 | ||
Africa To 1800 | ||
Africa Since 1800 | ||
Sports, Race, and Power in Apartheid South Africa | ||
People And Politics In Mexico | ||
Modern Chinese History | ||
Modern Japanese History | ||
Multicultural Literatures: The Non-European World-Honors-WAC (OT 36) 2 | ||
Understanding Cultural Differences For Business | ||
Japanese Culture And Commerce 2 | ||
Introduction To Japanese Culture 2 | ||
Introduction to Latin American and Latinx Studies | ||
Cultures And Music Of Non-Western Styles (OT 36) 2 | ||
World Philosophies 2 | ||
Eastern Thought | ||
Current International Problems | ||
Politics of Africa | ||
Politics of Latin America | ||
Politics of the Middle East | ||
Politics of Asia | ||
World Religions (OT 36) 2 | ||
Islam | ||
Eastern Thought | ||
Contemporary Issues In Islam | ||
Women's Roles: A Global Perspective (OT 36) 1 | ||
Culture Of Latin America 2 | ||
Global Issues In Women's Studies | ||
Globally Queer | ||
Gender In Cross-Cultural Perspective | ||
Total Hours | 3 |
- 1
Also fulfills a Social Science requirement.
- 2
Also fulfills an Arts and Humanities requirement.