Humanities:
Required: 6 hours, with a course of at least two hours from each category: the arts and literature
Student Learning Outcome for Fine Arts: Students should be able to demonstrate an understanding of the process by which art is created.
Performance Indicators – Students should be able to:
- Demonstrate an understanding of the process by which art is created.
- Experience art through theory or practice.
- Demonstrate skill and control of the elements appropriate to the medium chosen.
G-AR101 Drawing I
G-AR102 Painting I
G-AR131 Ceramics I
G-AR220 Graphic Design for Non-Art Majors
*G-AR310 Art History I
*G-AR311 Art History II
G-AR350 Sculpture
G-MU 125 Music and Film
G-MU 132 College Choir
G-MU 134 College Band
G-MU 161 Music Appreciation
G-MU 210 Introduction to World Music
G-TH 100 Introduction to Theatre
G-TH 110 The Business of Professional Entertertainment (requires travel)
G-TH 160 Acting I
G-TH 170 Technical Theatre I
Student Learning Outcome for Literature: Students should be able to demonstrate an understanding of the functions and purposes of literature.
Performance Indicators – Students should be able to:
- Demonstrate knowledge of literary terms and genre.
- Demonstrate an ability to think analytically about texts.
- Articulate ways in which literature is shaped by culture.
*G-EE210 Children’s Literature (3 credits)
G-EN210 Masterpieces of World Literature (3 credits)
*G-EN210L Masterpieces of World Literature (4 credits)
G-EN220 Contemporary World Literature (3 credits)
*G-EN220L Contemporary World Literature (4 credits)
G-EN 235 Selected Topics in Literature (3 credits)
G-EN 255 American Literature II (3 credits)
*G-EN 255L American Literature II (4 credits)
G-EN270 Fiction (3 credits)
*G-EN270L Fiction (4 credits)
G-EN370 Poetry (3 credits)
*G-EN370L Poetry (4 credits)
G-TH265 Topics in Dramatic Literature (3 credits)
G-TH385 Theatre History and Dramatic Literature I (3 credits; 4 credits if taken as language intensive)
Natural Sciences:
Student Learning Outcome: Students should be able to demonstrate an understanding of how the natural sciences construct knowledge of the world.
Performance Indicators – Students should be able to:
- Summarize the current consensus of the scientific community with regards to the structure and function of some aspect of the physical or biological world.
- Illustrate their knowledge of the changing nature of the consensus of the scientific community with regards to the structure and function of some aspect of the physical or biological world, by outlining the historical changes in that consensus.
- Report on their experiences with those methods and processes of the natural sciences which they conducted in the laboratory.
Required: 7 hours, one lab, one course from life and one course from physical sciences
Life Sciences
G-BI101 Principles of Biology
G-BI111 College Biology I
G-BI201 Biodiversity
G-BI210 Principles of Nutrition
G-NS100 Science & Society
G-NS141 Environmental Science
Physical Sciences
G-CH101 Principles of Chemistry
G-CH111 College Chemistry I
G-NS100 Science & Society
G-NS141 Environmental Science
G-NS245 Climatology
G-PC251 Geology
G-PC275 Astronomy
G-PH215 General Physics I
Social Sciences:
Required: 9 hours, one each from behavioral sciences, social institutions, and history
Student Learning Outcome for Behavioral Sciences: Students should be able to illustrate the relationship between the self and the social world.
Performance Indicators – Students should be able to:
- Describe the ways in which social world shapes the self.
- Describe the ways in which the self alters the social world.
G-CM120 Introduction to Human Communication
G-PY101 Introduction to Psychology
G-SO101 Introduction to Sociology
G-SO246 Marriage and Family
Student Learning Outcome for Social Institutions: Students should be able to understand the basic concepts of social institutions.
Performance Indicators – Students should be able to:
- Identify a social institution at work in human affairs.
- Explain how social institutions influence peoples’ lives.
G-BA130 Principles of Business Management
G-BA230 Personal Finance
G-CI150 Introduction to Education
G-ET201 Social Entrepreneurship
G-PS/HI101 Historical Introduction to Politics
G-PS102 U.S. Government
G-PS125 International Relations
G-SO246 Marriage and Family
Student Learning Outcome for History: Students should be able to demonstrate knowledge of the historical method.
Performance Indicators – Students should be able to:
- Compose a historical question.
- Apply that question to historical evidence to interpret the past.
G-HI/PS101 Historical Introduction to Politics
G-HI110 World Civilization to 1500
G-HI120 World Civilization since 1500
G-HI130 Introductory Methods for Historical Analysis
G-HI140 American History to 1877
G-HI150 American History since 1877
G-HI 205 Social History of the Automobile
G-HI210 International Travel Study in History
G-HI220 Modern Europe
G-HI235 Topics in World History
G-HI236 Topics in Social History
G-HI237 Topics in Political History
G-HI261 Kansas History