Intellectual Skills
In order to succeed in today’s workplace, graduates must be equipped with an integrated set of skills that enable them to address complex problems from a variety of approaches. This component of the Central Curriculum develops and strengthens your ability to express yourself clearly, and to work effectively as a member of a team.
Requirements for the Intellectual Skills component include:
- Perspectives – 2 semester hours
- Writing and Thinking – 4 semester hours
- Interdisciplinary – 4 semester hours
- Writing Intensive courses – 8 semester hours
- Oral Intensive courses – 4 semester hours
- Team Intensive courses – 4 semester hours
COURSES
Interdisciplinary
- ACCT-210 Legal Environment
- ANTH-237 Museums and Anthropology
- ANTH-311 Regulating Bodies
- ARTH-313 Women in Art
- BIOL-020 Human Sexuality & Reproduction
- BIOL-425 Biochemistry of Nucleic Acids
- BIOL-455 Neurons and Networks
- BIOL-560 Interdisciplinary Explorations
- CHEM-425 Biochemistry of Nucleic Acids
- COMM-318 Integrated Marketing Comm
- COMM-481 Media Law
- CSCI-200 Multi-Agent Modeling
- ECON-338 International Political Econ
- EENV-242 Climate and Global Change
- EENV-332 Sustainable Energy Resources
- EENV-360 Geographic Info Systems
- ENGL-190 Intro to Modern Publishing
- ENGL-290 Aesthetics and Interpretation
- ENGL-381 Rhetoric & the Environment
- ENGL-382 Read/Write/Teach Difference
- FRNC-460 French/Francophone Seminar
- HIST-335 Muslims/Christians/Jews Spain
- HIST-375 Piracy
- HIST-381 Film and History
- HIST-383 20th Century Music and History
- HLCR-305 Eastern & Western Health Care
- HLCR-370 Human Health and Disease
- HONS-250 Thought & the Natural Sciences
- INTD-201 Intrnt Studies Theory/Practice
- INTD-320 The Sciences
- JWST-201 The Hebrew Bible
- JWST-207 Women in Biblical Tradition
- JWST-302 Philosophy After the Holocaust
- MATH-203 Math and Music
- MGMT-318 Integrated Marketing Comm
- MUED-355 Music for Exceptional Children
- MUSC-215 Music in Christian Rituals
- MUSC-368 Computer Music Performance
- PHIL-302 Philosophy After the Holocaust
- PHIL-310 Philosophy of Science
- POLI-211 Women and U.S. Politics
- POLI-310 Political Psychology
- POLI-333 Development & Globalization
- POLI-338 International Political Econ
- POLI-411 Constitutional Law
- PSYC-242 Health Psychology
- PSYC-342 Behavioral Neuroscience
- RELI-201 The Hebrew Bible
- RELI-207 Women in Biblical Tradition
- RELI-209 The Bible and Archaeology
- RELI-215 Music in Christian Rituals
- RELI-350 Science and Religion
- SOCI-333 Development & Globalization
- SOCI-410 Economic Sociology
- THEA-340 Stage Mgmt & Theatre Operation
- WMST-207 Women in Biblical Tradition
- WMST-211 Women and U.S. Politics
- WMST-313 Women in Art
Oral Intensive
- ANTH-311 Regulating Bodies
- ANTH-413 Race, Ethnicity & Minorities
- ARTH-412 Contemporary Art
- CHEM-505 Seminar
- COMM-192 Public Speaking
- COMM-296 Dynamic Speaking
- CSCI-500 Senior Colloquium
- EDUC-501 Preparation and Planning
- EDUC-502 Classroom Teaching
- EDUC-503 Classroom Management
- EENV-360 Geographic Info Systems
- EENV-440 Groundwater Pollution
- EENV-443 Tropical Meteorology
- ENGL-269 English Grammar & Writing Proc
- ENGL-440 Issues in English Studies
- FRNC-460 French/Francophone Seminar
- GERM-303 Intro to Business German
- GERM-404 Multicultural German Lit
- GERM-460 Seminar in German Studies
- GERM-461 German Theatre and Film
- HIST-410 Seminar in History
- HLCR-370 Human Health and Disease
- ITAL-460 Seminar in Italian Lit/Culture
- ITAL-461 Seminar Language/Linguistics
- MGMT-102 Global Business Perspectives
- MGMT-400 Business Policy and Strategy
- MUSC-245 Medieval/Renaissance/Baroque
- PHIL-243 Modern Philosophy
- PHYS-306 Modern Physics
- SOCI-413 Race, Ethnicity & Minorities
- SPAN-401 Advanced Spanish Language
- SPAN-445 Peninsular Spanish Studies
- SPAN-447 Hispanic-American Studies
- THEA-151 Acting I: Stanislavski System
- THEA-251 Acting II: Voice & Movement
- THEA-351 Acting III: Period Styles
Team Intensive
- ANTH-237 Museums and Anthropology
- ANTH-311 Regulating Bodies
- ANTH-312 Hist/Culture Jewish Cuisines
- BIOL-101 Ecology, Evolution, & Heredity
- BIOL-201 Genetics
- BIOL-202 Systematic Biology
- BIOL-424 The Biochemistry of Metabolism
- CHEM-103 General Chemistry I: Teams
- CHEM-104 General Chemistry II: Teams
- CHEM-111 General Chemistry I: Teams WS
- CHEM-112 General Chemistry II: Teams
- CHEM-424 The Biochemistry of Metabolism
- COMM-411 Public Relations Management
- COMM-491 Team Communication
- ECOL-202 Systematic Biology
- EDUC-400 Early Childhood Social Studies
- EDUC-476 Learning & Teach in Elem Ed
- EENV-220 Water Resources
- GERM-202 Intermediate German II
- HIST-131 Europe, 800 - 1648
- HIST-172 Early Modern Africa
- HIST-401 Collective Inquiry in History
- HONS-250 Thought & the Natural Sciences
- INFS-472 Management Support Systems
- INTD-320 The Sciences
- JWST-312 Hist/Culture Jewish Cuisines
- MGMT-102 Global Business Perspectives
- MUSC-261 Theory III: Adv Tonal Harmony
- MUSC-262 Theory IV: Form and Analysis
- POLI-133 World Affairs: Statecraft
- POLI-211 Women and U.S. Politics
- POLI-215 Law and Politics
- PSYC-243 Drugs, Society, and Behavior
- RELI-102 Applied Biblical Ethics
- SOCI-316 Social Justice
- THEA-101 The Musical
- THEA-102 Student-Directed Production
- THEA-103 Spring Production
- THEA-104 Advanced Acting Workshop
- THEA-142 Stagecraft
- THEA-143 Scenic Production
- THEA-144 Costume Technology
- WMST-211 Women and U.S. Politics
- WRIT-250 Creative Writing
- WRIT-350 Intermediate Creative Writing
Writing Intensive
- ANTH-152 Public Culture
- ANTH-222 Life During Wartime
- ANTH-235 Qualitative Research Methods
- ANTH-310 Communities
- ANTH-341 Family and Kinship
- ANTH-360 Religious Fundamentalisms
- ANTH-413 Race, Ethnicity & Minorities
- ARTH-306 Renaissance Art History
- ARTH-308 American Art History
- ARTH-309 19th Century Art History
- ARTH-310 Modernism and the Avante-Garde
- ARTH-313 Women in Art
- BIOL-202 Systematic Biology
- BIOL-429 Biochemistry of Metabolism Lab
- BIOL-440 Behavioral Neuroendocrinology
- BIOL-441 Behavioral Neuroendocrin Lab
- CHEM-222 Organic Chemistry II
- CHEM-341 Physical Chemistry I
- CHEM-429 Biochemistry of Metabolism Lab
- COMM-131 Introduction to Journalism
- COMM-190 Communication/Media Theory
- COMM-275 Media Analysis
- COMM-471 Analysis of Emerging Media
- CSCI-471 Software Engineer:Methodology
- ECOL-202 Systematic Biology
- ECOL-380 Wetlands Analysis
- ECON-370 Game Theory
- EDUC-240 Cognition & Classroom Learning
- EDUC-250 Educational Psychology
- EDUC-367 Literacy Assessment
- EDUC-375 Literacy I
- EDUC-377 Literacy II
- EENV-242 Climate and Global Change
- EENV-380 Wetlands Analysis
- ENGL-235 British Lit, Romantic-Modernst
- ENGL-265 Forms of Writing
- ENGL-290 Aesthetics and Interpretation
- ENGL-295 Academic Writing English Study
- ENGL-315 Themes Early Modern Brit Lit
- ENGL-335 Themes in Early American Lit
- ENGL-350 Studies in Major Authors
- ENGL-365 Literature and Gender
- ENGL-381 Rhetoric & the Environment
- ENGL-388 Entertainmnt, Art, Pol, Ethics
- ENGL-390 Special Themes and Topics
- ENGL-440 Issues in English Studies
- FRNC-460 French/Francophone Seminar
- GERM-404 Multicultural German Lit
- GERM-460 Seminar in German Studies
- GERM-461 German Theatre and Film
- HIST-300 History Methods
- HIST-376 Race/Nation Mod Latin America
- HIST-410 Seminar in History
- HONS-240 Thought and Social Diversity
- HONS-250 Thought & the Natural Sciences
- INFS-472 Management Support Systems
- INTD-315 Self-Exploration Travel Writng
- ITAL-460 Seminar in Italian Lit/Culture
- ITAL-461 Seminar Language/Linguistics
- JWST-201 The Hebrew Bible
- JWST-207 Women in Biblical Tradition
- MATH-221 Discrete Structures
- MATH-321 Abstract Algebra
- MGMT-400 Business Policy and Strategy
- MUSC-250 Music Classic & Romantic Eras
- OFFR-315 Self-Exploration Travel Writng
- PHIL-243 Modern Philosophy
- PHYS-306 Modern Physics
- POLI-131 World Affairs
- POLI-133 World Affairs: Statecraft
- POLI-205 Research Process & Data Analys
- POLI-316 The American Presidency
- POLI-411 Constitutional Law
- POLI-412 Civil Liberties
- PSYC-223 Research Methods in Psych
- PSYC-250 Educational Psychology
- PSYC-334 Psychology of Gender
- PSYC-350 Psych, Culture, and Ethnicity
- RELI-201 The Hebrew Bible
- RELI-207 Women in Biblical Tradition
- RELI-315 Being Awesome At Life
- RELI-318 Daoist and Confucian Ethics
- RELI-360 Religious Fundamentalisms
- SOCI-210 Caribbean Culture and Society
- SOCI-235 Qualitative Research Methods
- SOCI-331 Social Control and Deviance
- SOCI-341 Family and Kinship
- SOCI-413 Race, Ethnicity & Minorities
- SPAN-401 Advanced Spanish Language
- SPAN-445 Peninsular Spanish Studies
- SPAN-447 Hispanic-American Studies
- THEA-258 From Page to Stage
- THEA-453 Dramatic Theory & Criticism
- WMST-207 Women in Biblical Tradition
- WMST-313 Women in Art
- WMST-334 Psychology of Gender
- WRIT-250 Creative Writing
- WRIT-350 Intermediate Creative Writing
Perspectives
- MGMT-102 Global Business Perspectives
- MGMT-102T Global Business Perspectives
- MUSC-152 World Music Perspectives
- PRDV-104 Perspectives
Writing & Thinking
- ENGL-100 Writing and Thinking
- HONS-100 Thought
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