Major Concentration Area
HASS Majors all take courses in their major discipline, as follows:
BA in Literature
Major Courses
Western Literature: Classical Literature | 3 | |
Western Literature: Middle Ages to the Present | 3 |
One Course on a Major Author (e.g. Shakespeare)
One Course in American Literature (e.g. Colonial & Romantic American Literature)
One Survey Course from Classical to Renaissance or Elizabethan to Modern (e.g. 19th Century English Literature: Victorians)
One Course in Modern Literature (e.g. Realist & Modern American Literature)
One Course in Non-European Literature (e.g. Caribbean Literature & Culture)
Additional Major Courses:
Five major-area courses (HLI)
Upper Division HASS Courses:
Two courses 300- or 400-level humanities courses outside your major (i.e. non-HLI)
General Elective Requirements:
Eight additional elective courses chosen by the student. May be used to satisfy minor, double major, or dual degree requirements.
BA in Music and Technology:
Major Courses
History of European Music I | 3 | |
History of European Music II | 3 | |
History of American Popular Music | 3 | |
Introduction to Electronic Music | 3 | |
Sound Recording I | 3 | |
Sound Recording II | 3 | |
Sound Recording III | 3 | |
Sound Design | 3 | |
Music Business I | 3 | |
Creative Collaboration I | 3 | |
Creative Collaboration II | 3 | |
Creative Collaboration III | 3 |
Three Semesters of Private Instrumental Lessons
Music Performance: Private Lessons | 1 - 3 |
One Semester of Music Recital
Music Performance: Recital | 1 |
MUTC Elective
Student must complete one course from the following list:
Music Theory IV | 3 | |
Keyboard Studies III | 3 | |
Keyboard Studies IV | 3 | |
Sound Recording IV | 3 | |
Musical Acoustics | 3 | |
Audio Post Production | 3 | |
Contemporary Music Theory | 3 |
MUTC Creation Bucket
Student must complete three courses from the following list:
Programming in Max | 3 | |
Music Composition | 3 | |
Electroacoustic Composition | 3 | |
Orchestration II | 3 | |
Techno Music Composition | 3 | |
Advanced Topics in Electronic Music | 3 | |
Spatial Music Applications | 3 | |
Creating Musical Arrangements Using Studio Technologies | 3 | |
Orchestration I | 3 |
Three Semesters of Music Theory
Student must complete three courses from the following list:
Music Theory I | 3 | |
Music Theory II | 3 | |
Music Theory III | 3 | |
Music Theory IV | 3 | |
Contemporary Music Theory | 3 |
Two Semesters of Keyboard Studies
Student must complete two courses from the following list:
Keyboard Studies I | 3 | |
Keyboard Studies II | 3 | |
Keyboard Studies III | 3 | |
Keyboard Studies IV | 3 |
General Elective Requirements:
Six additional elective courses chosen by the student. May be used to satisfy minor, double major, or dual degree requirements.
BA in Philosophy:
Major Courses:
Philosophy I: Theories of Human Nature | 3 |
One course selected from each of the following groups:
Group 1:
Ethics | 3 | |
Or | ||
Social and Political Philosophy | 3 |
Group 2:
Theories of Knowledge and Reality | 3 | |
Or | ||
Philosophy of Biology | 3 | |
Or | ||
Philosophy of Science | 3 | |
Or | ||
Philosophy of Time | 3 | |
Or | ||
Logic | 3 |
Group 3:
Modern Philosophy | 3 | |
Or | ||
Ancient and Medieval Philosophy | 3 | |
Or | ||
Marx, Nietzsche, Freud: The Modern Individual and Society | 3 | |
Or | ||
Contemporary Philosophy | 3 | |
Or | ||
Existentialism | 3 |
Additional Major Courses:
8 major-area courses (HPL)
Upper Division HASS Courses:
Two 300- or 400-level HASS humanities courses outside your major (i.e. non-HPL)
General Elective Requirements:
Seven additional elective courses chosen by the student. May be used to satisfy minor, double major, or dual degree requirements.
BA in Science Communication:
Required Courses:
Introduction to Science and Technology Studies | 3 | |
History of Science and Technology | 3 | |
Introductionto Science Communication | 3 |
STS Humanities Core Requirement (three from the following list):
Images of Science in Literature | 3 | |
Philosophy I: Theories of Human Nature | 3 | |
Science and Metaphysics | 3 | |
Introduction to Political Science: American Government | 3 | |
Introduction to Sociology | 3 | |
Introduction to Psychology | 3 |
Note: Once core requirement is fulfilled, these courses may count toward the Major Courses requirement.
Major Courses:
Seminar in Science Writing | 3 |
Nine (9) courses from the Major List. The Major List is available on the Science Communication Study Plan.
Upper Division HASS Courses:
One additional 300- or 400-level HASS humanities course outside the HST prefix.
Note: Additional courses from the Major List are acceptable but cannot be double-counted.
General Elective Requirements:
Eight additional elective courses chosen by the student. May be used to satisfy minor, double major, or dual- degree requirements.
BA in Visual Arts and Technology:
Major Courses
Foundations in Creative Software | 1 | |
Foundation 2D: Color and Composition | 3 | |
Foundation of 3D: Form and Space | 3 | |
Observational Drawing | 3 | |
Figure Drawing | 3 | |
Foundations 4D | 3 | |
History of Art: Prehistory to Modern Era | 3 | |
Moving Image: On Screen | 3 | |
Moving Image: In Space | 3 | |
Design I | 3 | |
Modern Art History and Theory | 3 | |
Creative Studio I | 3 | |
Contemporary Art | 3 | |
Creative Studio II | 3 |
Plus one upper-level art history course (300/400 level)
Major Concentration - One of the following sequences:
Design:
Design II | 3 | |
And | ||
Design III | 3 |
Game Design:
Game Design I | 3 | |
Game Design II | 3 | |
And | ||
Game Design III | 3 |
Creative Computation:
Creative Programming I | 3 | |
Creative Programming II | 3 | |
And | ||
Creative Programming III | 3 |
Moving Image:
Moving Image: Advanced Projects | 3 | |
And Either | ||
Motion Graphics | 3 | |
Or | ||
3D Modeling | 3 |
General Elective Requirements:
Six additional elective courses chosen by the student. May be used to satisfy minor, double major, or dual degree requirements.
BS in Quantitative Social Science
Two courses selected from:
Introduction to Political Science: American Government | 3 | |
Introduction to Sociology | 3 | |
Introduction to Psychology | 3 |
Major Concentration:
Three courses, 300- or 400-level, in psychology, sociology, or political science
Major Courses:
HQSS 370 and six additional major-area courses (HSS). HST 160 can be used to satisfy one major area course.
QSS Liberal Arts Breadth Requirement
Choose two from the following list:
Images of Science in Literature | 3 | |
Science and Metaphysics | 3 | |
History of Science and Technology | 3 | |
Introduction to Science and Technology Studies | 3 |
Upper Division HASS Courses:
Two 300- or 400 level HASS humanities courses outside your major (i.e. non-HSS).
General Elective Requirements:
Five additional elective courses chosen by the student. May be used to satisfy minor, double major, or dual degree requirements.
BS in Science, Technology and Society:
Required Courses:
Introduction to Science and Technology Studies | 3 | |
History of Science and Technology | 3 |
STS Humanities Core Requirement (four from the following list):
Images of Science in Literature | 3 | |
Philosophy I: Theories of Human Nature | 3 | |
Science and Metaphysics | 3 | |
Introduction to Political Science: American Government | 3 | |
Introduction to Sociology | 3 | |
Introduction to Psychology | 3 | |
Introductionto Science Communication | 3 |
Note: Once core requirement is fulfilled, these courses may count toward the Major Courses requirement.
Major Courses:
Ten (10) courses from the Major List. The Major List is available on the STS Study Plan.
Upper Division HASS Courses:
One additional 300- or 400-level humanities course outside the HST prefix.
Note: Additional courses from the Major List are acceptable but cannot be double-counted.
General Elective Requirements:
Six additional elective courses chosen by the student. May be used to satisfy minor, double major, or dual-degree requirements.