What Do I Take My First Semester?
Courses Particularly Suited to First –Year Students, Fall Semester, 2016-2017
♦ Some courses carry prerequisites or require placement. A few may have filled prior to new
student registration.
♦ Check the SIS class and lab schedule for course descriptions, days and time of courses, and
general education requirements.
♦ Multiple sections of many of the following courses will be offered in the fall. Consult the SIS class
and lab schedule for complete course information.
♦ Some courses require an accompanying lab or discussion section; consult the SIS class and lab
schedule. Additional courses may be open to individual students based on background and
placement. Consult the SIS class and lab schedule and relevant department chair/program
director.
♦ Courses that fulfill GE requirements except BTS-T (Theological Studies) and EIN (Ethical Issues and
Normative Perspectives) are open to first-year students.
♦ FYW and BTS-B GEs are REQUIRED for all first-year students unless you have completed
equivalent pre-college credit. Check your degree audit on the SIS. New first-year students are
pre-registered for one of these courses or a Conversation course for the fall.
♦ FOL requires a sequence of courses in the SAME language, fulfilled through coursework at St. Olaf
but perhaps including pre-college work that provides placement but not credit (see AP information
on Registrar’s Office Web site).
♦ Students are normally advised to begin their foreign language study early in their St. Olaf career
and to then proceed without gaps in the sequence from that point. In some cases, it may not be
possible to begin in the first semester.
♦ Students should not take a WRI course until after completion of FYW or equivalent precollege/transfer credit.
Dept
Co#
Title
ART
ART
ART
ART
ART
ART
ART
ASIAN
BIO
BIO
BIO
BIO
CHEM
CHEM
CHEM
CHEM
CHIN
CHIN
CLASS
CSCI
102
103
104
153
161
205
207
126
110
123
143
150
107
110
121
125
111
231
241
121
Foundation 2-D Media
Foundation 3-D Media
Foundation New Media
Intro to Art History
World Architecture
Photography
Ceramics
Language in Japanese Society
Supplemental Instruction BIO 150
Human Biology
Human A&P:Cells & Tissues
Biodiversity Foundations
Forensic Sci With Lab
Introductory Chemistry - SI
General Chemistry
Struct Chem & Equilib
Beginning Chinese I
Intermed Chinese I
Greek & Roman Myth-Tr
Principles Comp Sci
Course
Credit
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
0.25
1
1
1
1
0.25
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
Notes
What Do I Take My First Semester?
Dept
Co#
Title
Course
Credit
1
1
0.25
0.25
0.5
0.25
0.5
0.25
1
1
CSCI
DANCE
DANCE
DANCE
DANCE
DANCE
DANCE
DANCE
ECON
ECON
125
100
109
111
210
211
220
221
121
222
Comp Sci for Science/Math
Intro to Dance
International Dance I
Modern Dance I
Modern Dance II
Modern Dance II
Ballet II
Ballet II
Principles of Econ
Game Theory in Economics
ECON
242
Environmental Econ
1
Requires AP Economics credit; see department
representative before registering
ECON
245
Health Care Econ
1
Requires AP Economics credit; see department
representative before registering
ECON
247
History Econ Thought
1
ENGL
150
Craft of Creative Writing
1
ENGL
ENVST
ENVST
ESAC
ESAC
ESAC
ESAC
ESAC
ESAC
ESAC
ESAC
ESAC
ESAC
ESAC
FAMST
FAMST
FILM
FREN
FREN
FREN
FREN
FREN
GERM
GERM
GERM
185
123
137
108
118
121
130
131
133
141
142
150
151
158
232
253
101
111
112
231
232
251
111
147
231
Literary Studies
Geophysics
Intro: Env Studies
In-Line Skating
Lifetime Sports and Games
Beginning Swimming
Swim Fitness
Aerobics
Individual Fitness .50
Wt Training-Men
Wt Training-Women
Racquet Sports .50
Badminton
Intermediate Tennis
Intro: Family Studies
Human Sexuality
Intro to Film Studies
Beginning French I
Beginning French II
Intermed French I
Intermed French II
Writing French
Beginning German I
Grimm Fairy Tales and Folklore
Intermed German I
Requires AP Economics credit; see department
representative before registering
Requires AP English FYW credit or concurrent
enrollment in FYW course
Requires AP English FYW credit
1
1
1
0.25
0.25
0.25
0.25
0.25
0.5
0.25
0.25
0.5
0.25
0.25
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
2
Notes
Requires AP Economics credit; see department
representative before registering
What Do I Take My First Semester?
Dept
Co#
Title
GERM
GERM
GREEK
GREEK
HIST
HIST
HIST
HIST
HIST
HIST
HIST
HIST
HIST
Hist
Hist
ID
ID
JAPAN
JAPAN
LATIN
LATIN
MATH
MATH
MATH
MATH
MATH
MEDIA
MUSIC
MUSIC
NORW
NORW
PHIL
PHIL
PHIL
PHIL
PHYS
PSCI
PSCI
PSCI
PSYCH
PSYCH
232
251
111
231
111
121
126
151
181
193
198
250
253
282
289
234
235
111
231
111
231
119
120
126
128
220
160
131
164
111
231
118
119
231
245
130
111
112
121
125
238
Intermed German II
Top: Understanding Narratives
Beginning Greek I
Intermediate Greek
Viking and Medieval Scandinavia
Making Modern Russia
Conquest and Colonization
Slavery in African Hist
Civil Rights Revolution
Modern Latin America
America to 1865
Chinese Civilization
Modern Japan
Top: West/Lewis and Clark
Top: Gender in Africa
Human Geography of the Middle East
Middle Eastern Studies
Beginning Japanese I
Intermed Japanese I
Beginning Latin I
Intermediate Latin
Calculus I with Review
Calculus I
Calculus II
Honors Calculus II
Elem Linear Algebra
Mass Media
The Art of Music
Voice Class
Beginning Norwegian I
Intermed Norwegian I
Making of Modern Mind
Moral Psychology
Philosophy of Mind
Philosophy & Feminism
Analytical I
American Politics
Comparative Politics
International Relations
Principles: Psych
Biopsychology
Course
Credit
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
0.25
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
3
Notes
Requires AP/IB Psychology credit or Psych
125 equivalent credit; see department
representative before registering
What Do I Take My First Semester?
Dept
Co#
Title
Course
Credit
1
PSYCH
244
Psych of Personality
PSYCH
247
Psychopathology
1
RUSSN
RUSSN
RUSSN
SOAN
SOAN
SOAN
SOAN
SOAN
SPAN
SPAN
SPAN
SPAN
SPAN
STAT
STAT
STAT
THEAT
THEAT
THEAT
THEAT
THEAT
WMGST
111
231
262
121
128
265
296
299
111
112
231
232
250
110
212
214
100
110
130
140
180
121
Beginning Russian I
Intermed Russian I
20th C Russian Lit-Tr
Intro to Sociology
Intro to Cultural Anthropology
Rel, Culture, Society
Top: Disasters
Top: Visual Sociology
Beginning Spanish I
Beginning Spanish II
Intermed Spanish I
Intermed Spanish II
Gateway Spanish-Speaking World
Principles of Statistics
Statistics for Science
Honors Stats for Science
Oral Interpretation
Intro to Theater
Intro to Acting
Intro to Design: Perform
Text and Performance
Intro Womens/Gender St
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
4
Notes
Requires AP/IB Psychology credit or Psych
125 equivalent credit; see department
representative before registering
Requires AP/IB Psychology credit or Psych
125 equivalent credit; see department
representative before registering