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Group 1 & Group 2 Courses

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Group 1 Courses

Communications
Humanities
Science & Math
Social Science

COMMUNICATIONS group 1 courses Courses with an asterisk (*) also fulfill Cultural Perspectives & Diversity degree requirement.
English Department		Credits
ENG 111	English Composition	4
ENG 112	English Composition	4
Note: Transfer students with Composition transfer credits totaling less than 5 should choose one of the following ENG Literature Department courses. For Communications: Excess literature credits may be applied to Group 1 Humanities requirements or Group 2 requirements.

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HUMANITIES group 1 courses Courses with an asterisk (*) also fulfill Cultural Perspectives & Diversity degree requirement.
History Department		Credits
*HST 101	Western Civilization to 1500 AD	4
*HST 102	Western Civilization from 1500	4
*HST 111	United States History to 1865	4
*HST 112	United States History Since 1865	4
*HST 211	Native American History	3
*HST 212	African-American History	3
*HST 213	American Women's History	3
HST 225	American Civil War	3
HST 228	The Vietnam War	3
HST 230	A History of Michigan	3
HST 235	20th Century Europe	3
Literature Department		Credits
*ENG 210	Children's Literature	3
ENG 240	Introduction to Literature	3
*ENG 241	Mythology	3
*ENG 242	Women in Literature	3
*ENG 245	Native American Literature	3
ENG 254	Shakespeare	3
ENG 256	Environmental Literature	3
ENG 261	British Literature	3
ENG 262	American Literature	3
*ENG 263	World Literature	3
ENG 264	Detective Fiction	3
ENG 265	Science Fiction and Fantasy	3
ENG 266	Popular Culture	3
ENG 267	Film as Literature	3
*ENG 271	Adolescence and Cultural Diversity	3
Language (Inter. Level) Department		Credits
Not all four-year schools will accept second year Foreign Language courses as Humanities Distribution credits.
MLF 201	Intermediate French I	4
MLF 202	Intermediate French II	4
MLF 221	Intermediate Spanish I	4
MLF 222	Intermediate Spanish II	4
Humanities Department		Credits
*HUM 101	Introduction to Humanities	3
*HUM 102	Introduction to Humanities	3
HUM 111	American Experience	4
HUM 112	American Experience	4
*HUM 116	World Cultures	4
Art Department		Credits
ART 100	Art Appreciation	3
*ART 111	History of Western Art I	4
*ART 112	History of Western Art II	4
*ART 116	World Cultures	4
ART 213	Modern Art History	3
*ART 214	Women in Art	3
Music Department		Credits
MUS 110	Music Appreciation Standard Literature	3
MUS 111	Music Appreciation Jazz	3
Philosophy/Religion Department		Credits
*PHL 101	Introduction to Philosophy	3
*PHL 105	Critical Thinking	3
*PHL 121	Western Religions	4
*PHL 122	Eastern Religions	4
PHL 181	Old Testament	4
PHL 182	New Testament	4
*PHL 201	Ethics	3
*PHL 202	Contemporary Ethical Dilemmas	3
PHL 222	The World of Jesus	4
PHL 223	Jesus and Early Christianity	4
Excess credits in each Academic Area may be applied toward meeting Group 2 requirements.

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SCIENCE & MATH group 1 courses Courses with an asterisk (*) also fulfill Cultural Perspectives & Diversity degree requirement.
Astronomy Department		Credits
AST 109-109L	Planetary Astronomy	4
AST 119-119L	Astronomy	4
Biology Department		Credits
BIO 100-100L	Food and Nutrition Biology	4
BIO 105-105L	Living in the Environment	4
BIO 106-106L	Human Biology	4
BIO 107-107L	Field Biology	4
BIO 108-108L	Plant Biology	4
BIO 109-109L	Principles of Life Science	4
BIO 115-115L	Cell, Plant and Ecosystem Biology	4
BIO 116-116L	Cell and Animal Biology	4
BIO 208-208L	Microbiology	4
BIO 215	Genetics (no lab)	3
BIO 216	Genetics Lab	1
BIO 227-227L	Human Anatomy and Physiology I	5
BIO 228-228L	Human Anatomy and Physiology II	5
BIO 250-250L	Natural History of Vertebrates	4
BIO 260-260L	General Ecology	5
BIO 268	Biochemistry (no lab)	3
BIO 270A	Ecological Field Studies (lab only)	2
BIO 270B	Campus Botany (lab only)	2
Chemistry Department		Credits
CHM 101-101L	Introductory Chemistry	4
CHM 150-150L-150R	General Chemistry I	5
CHM 151-151L-151R	General Chemistry II	5
CHM 250-251L	Organic Chemistry I	5
CHM 251-251L	Organic Chemistry II	5
Environmental Science Department		Credits
ENV 103-103L	Earth Science	4
ENV 104-104L	Life of the Past	4
ENV 111-111L	Physical Geology	4
ENV 112-112L	Historical Geology	4
ENV 117-117L	Meteorology and Climatology	4
ENV 131-131L	Oceanography	4
ENV 140-140L	Watershed Science	4
ENV 210-210L	Fundamentals of Soil Science	4
ENV 231-231L	Environmental Science	4
ENV 270A	Michigan Basin Geology (lab only)	2
ENV 270B	Field Mapping Techniques (lab only)	2
ENV 270C	Pre-Cambrian Geology of MI (lab only)	2
Mathematics Department		Credits
MTH 116	Intro to Computer Science	4
MTH 121	College Algebra	4
MTH 122	Trigonometry	3
MTH 131	Intro to Probability and Statistics	3
MTH 140	College Algebra and Trigonometry	5
MTH 141	Calculus I	5
MTH 142	Calculus II	5
MTH 241	Calculus III	4
MTH 251	Differential Equations	4
Physics Department		Credits
PHY 105-105L	Physics of the World Around Us	4
PHY 121-121L	General Physics I	4
PHY 122-122L	General Physics II	4
PHY 221-221L-221R	Probability & Principles of Physics I	5
PHY 222-222L-222R	Probability & Principles of Physics II	5

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SOCIAL SCIENCE group 1 courses Courses with an asterisk (*) also fulfill Cultural Perspectives & Diversity degree requirement.
Economics Department		Credits
ECO 101	Basic Economics	3
ECO 201	Principles of Macroeconomics	3
ECO 202	Principles of Microeconomics	3
Geography Department		Credits
*GEO 101	Introduction to Geography	3
GEO 105-105L	Physical Geography with Lab	3
GEO 108	Geography of U.S. and Canada	3
*GEO 109	World Regional Geography	3
GEO 110	Economic Geography	3
Political Science Department		Credits
*PLS 101	Introduction to Politics	3
*PLS 132	Comparative Politics	3
*PLS 211	International Relations	3
PLS 222	Introduction to Political Theory	3
Psychology Department		Credits
PSY 101	Introduction to Psychology	3
PSY 211	Developmental Psychology	3
PSY 212	Psychology/Exceptional Child	3
PSY 221	Psychology of Personality	3
PSY 223	Intro to Social Psychology	3
PSY 225	Human Sexuality	3
PSY 231	Psychology of Adjustment	3
PSY 250	Abnormal Psychology	3
Sociology Department		Credits
*SOC 101	Introduction to Sociology	3
SOC 112	Introduction to Physical Anthropology	3
*SOC 113	Introduction to Cultural Anthropology	3
SOC 201	Modern Social Problems	3
SOC 211	Marriage and the Family	3
*SOC 220	Gender and Society	3
*SOC 231	Deviance and Criminal Behavior	3

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Courses with an asterisk (*) also fulfill Cultural Perspectives & Diversity degree requirement.

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Group 2 Courses

All 100-level or higher courses not listed in the Group 1 section, are Group 2 Courses.
Excess credits in each Academic Area may be applied toward meeting Group 2 Course requirements.
Any 290 (Academic Service Learning Internship), 291 (Special Topics) and 297 (Independent Study) courses count as Group 2.

A maximum of four credits of Academic Service Learning Internships may count toward a degree.

A maximum of two physical education credits and two professional development seminar credits may be used toward a degree.