2023-2024 University Core Curriculum with Pre-requisites and Co-requisites
Course
Prerequisites
Corequisites
(1) ENGL 1301: First Year Writing I
(1) ENGL 2361: Western World Lit II--Honors
340 on the TSI exam or equiv.
Placement by Honors College
HON 2101
(2) ENGL 1302: First Year Writing II
(2) ENGL 1370: Composition II-Honors
ENGL 1301
Placement by Honors College
HON 2301
I. Communications (6 hours)
II. Mathematics (3 hours)
BUSI 2305: Business Statistics
MATH 1314: College Algebra
MATH 1332: Contemporary Mathematics
MATH 1342: Elementary Statistical Methods
MATH 1351: Intro to Geometric Reasoning
MATH 1324: Finite Math with Applications
MATH 1325: Calculus for Business and Social
Sciences
MATH 2312: Precalculus
MATH 2413: Calculus I
MATH 2450: Accelerated Calculus 1
III. Life and Physical Sciences (6 hours)
BIOL 1305: Human Biology for the Informed
Citizen
BIOL 1319: Human Genetics and Society
BIOL 1308: Biology for Non-Science Majors I
MATH 1324 or MATH 1314, BCIS 1305 or BCIS
1405
3 hours of lower-level math
MATH 1314 or MATH 1332 or MATH 1324 or
MATH 1342 or placement
MATH 1314 with C- or placement
MATH 2312 with C- or placement
Score of 85 on Calculus placement and one
semester of AP Calculus
MATH 1314 or 1332
MATH 1314 or 1332
MATH 1314 or 1324 or 1332
BIOL 1309: Biology for Non-Science Majors II
BIOL 1306: Biology for Science Majors I
BIOL 1307: Biology for Science Majors II
BIOL 2315: Biology of Food
CHEM 1305: Foundations of Chemistry
CHEM 1311: Fundamentals of Chemistry 1
MATH 1314 or 1332
MATH 1314 or equivalent
MATH 1314 or equivalent
CHEM 1312: Fundamentals of Chemistry 2
CHEM 1321: Honors Fundamentals of
Chemistry 1
CHEM 1322: Honors Fundamentals of
Chemistry 2
GEOL 1302: Intro To Global Climate Change
MATH 2312 or equivalent, CHEM 1311
MATH 2312 or equivalent, Honors College
Membership
MATH 2312 or equivalent, CHEM 1321, Honors
College Membership
MATH 1314 or 1332
MATH 2312 or equivalent
MATH 1314 or 1324 or
1332
GEOL 1303: Physical Geology
MATH 1314 or 1324 or
1332
GEOL 1340: Earth Systems
GEOL 1347: Introduction To Meteorology
MATH 1314 or 1324 or 1332
GEOL 1345: Introduction to Oceanography
GEOL 1370: Natural Disasters
MATH 1314 or 1324 or 1332
MATH 1314 or 1332
MATH 1314 or 1324 or
1332
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2023-2024 University Core Curriculum with Pre-requisites and Co-requisites
Course
Prerequisites
Corequisites
GEOL 1304: Historical Geology
GEOL 1303
MATH 1314 or 1324 or
1332
NUTR 2332: Intro To Human Nutrition
MATH 1314 and 3 SCH of BIOL
PHAR 2362: Principles of Drug Action
PHYS 1301: College Physics I
MATH 2312 or equivalent
PHYS 1302: College Physics II
PHYS 1301
PHYS 1303: Stars and Galaxies
PHYS 1304: Solar System
PHYS 2325: University Physics I
PHYS 2326: University Physics II
PHYS 2325
IV. Language, Philosophy, and Culture (3 hours)
AAS 2320: Intro To African American Stdy
ENGL 1301
AAS 2330: Black Liberation Theology
ENGL 1302
ARAB 3340: Modern & Rationalism in Islamic
ENGL 1302
Tradition
ARTH 1300: Art and Our Visual World
ENGL 1301
ARTH 1303: Art History I (Prehistoric to the
ENGL 1301
th
14 Century)
CHIN 3344: Modern and Contemporary
ENGL 1302
Global Chinese Literature
CHIN 3352: Chin Cul & Soc Thru Mod Lit
ENGL 1302
CHIN 3360: A Look Into Modern China
ENGL 1302
CLAS 3307: Greek & Roman Myths of Heroes
ENGL 1302
CLAS 3308: Myths & Cult of the Greek Gods
ENGL 1302
CLAS 3366: Greek Art and Archaeology: In
ENGL 1302
Search of the Trojan War
CLAS 3374: Women in the Ancient World
ENGL 1302
ENGL 2305: Intro To Fiction
ENGL 1302
ENGL 2306: Intro To Poetry
ENGL 1302
ENGL 2308: Intro-Non-Fiction Prose
ENGL 1302
ENGL 2314: Literature and Identity
ENGL 1302
ENGL 2315: Literature and Film
ENGL 1302
ENGL 2316: Literature and Culture
ENGL 1302
ENGL 2321: Computers in Humanities
ENGL 1302
ENGL 2324: Writing the Arts
ENGL 1302
ENGL 2325: Lit Trad of Nonwestern World
ENGL 1302
ENGL 2340 or ILAS 2360: Cosmic Narratives
ENGL 1302
ENGL 3306: Shakespeare-Major Works
ENGL 1302
ENGL 3324: The Development of the Novel
ENGL 1302
ENGL 3325: Structures of Poetry
ENGL 1302
ENGL 3327: Masterpieces of British Literature ENGL 1302
to the Eighteenth Century
ENGL 3328: Masterpieces of British Literature ENGL 1302
from the Eighteenth Century
ENGL 3350: American Literature to 1865
ENGL 1302
ENGL 3351: American Literature Since 1865
ENGL 1302
MATH 1314 or 1332
MATH 1314 or 1332
MATH 2414
MATH 2415
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2023-2024 University Core Curriculum with Pre-requisites and Co-requisites
Course
Prerequisites
ENGL 3360: Survey of African-American Lit
ETHN 2300: Introduction to Ethnic Studies
FREN 3318: History of French Cinema
FREN 3319: History of the French Cinema
FREN 3321: Francophone Africa Cinema
FREN 3322: Francophone African Cinema
FREN 3362 or GERM 3362: Paris-Berlin: Tales
of Two Cities
FREN 3364 or GERM 3364: Writing
Holocausts: The Literatures of Genocide
GERM 3350: 20Th C Thru German Culture
GERM 3369: World War I in Literature, Visual
Arts, and Film
HISP 2373: Spanish Culture & Civilization
HISP 2374: Span Amer Culture & Civ
ENGL 1302
ENGL 1302
ENGL 1302, FREN 2312
ENGL 1302
ENGL 1301 and sophomore standing
ENGL 1301 and sophomore standing
ENGL 1302
HISP 2375: US Hispanic Culture & Civiliza
HIST 2303: Historian’s Craft
HIST 2349: Latina/o Jewish History
HIST 2311: Western Civilization To 1450
HIST 2312: Western Civilization From 1450
HIST 2313: Global Civ to 1500
HIST 2314: Global Civ Since 1500
HIST 2321: Study of Early Civilizations
HIST 2322: Modern Civilizations
HIST 2349: Latina/o Jewish History
HIST 2357: South Asia and the British Empire
HIST 2365: African Civ since 1750
HIST 2366: African Civ to 1750
HIST 2368: Introduction to African Studies
HIST 2371: Latin America 1492-1820
HIST 2372: Latin American Hist Since 1820
HIST 2374: Popular Culture in Latin America
HIST 3344: Hist of Drug Trafficking in Latin Am
HIST 4330: Flowering of the Middle Ages
HON 2301: Human Situation: Antiquity
IART 1300: The Arts in Society
ILAS 2350: Knowledge and Methods
ILAS 2360: Cosmic Narratives
ITAL 3305: Italian Culture through Films
ITAL 3306: Italian Cinema
ITAL 3308: Italian Heritage
ITAL 3333: Women of the Italian Renaissance
ITAL 3335: Survey of Italian Literature
ITAL 3336: Survey Italian Lit in Transl.
ENGL 1302
ENGL 1302
ENGL 1302
ENGL 1302
ENGL 1302
ENGL 1302; Junior standing or consent
ENGL 1302; Junior standing or consent
ENGL 1302
ENGL 1302
ENGL 1302
ENGL 1302
ENGL 1302
ENGL 1302
ENGL 1302
ENGL 1302
ENGL 1302
Corequisites
ENGL 1302
ENGL 1302
ENGL 1302
ENGL 1302
ENGL 1302
Junior standing
ENGL 1302
Placement by the Honors College
ENGL 1370 or 2360
ENGL 1302
ENGL 1302
ENGL 1302
ENGL 1302
ENGL 1302
ENGL 1302
ENGL 1302
ENGL 1302
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2023-2024 University Core Curriculum with Pre-requisites and Co-requisites
Course
JWST 2372: The Bible and Modern Pop
Culture
JWST 2380: Introduction to Jewish Studies
JWST 3371: Women in the Hebrew Bible/Old
Testament
MAS 3340: Mexican Amer. Urban
Communities
PHIL 1301: Intro To Philosophy
PHIL 1305: Intro To Ethics
POLS 3340: Ancient and Medieval Political
Thought
POLS 3342: Liberalism and its Critics
RELS 1301: Intro To Religious Studies
RELS 2310: Bible and Western Culture I
RELS 2311: Bible and Western Culture II
RELS 2330: Judaism
RELS 2336: Intro to Jewish Studies
RELS 2372: The Bible and Modern Pop Culture
RELS 3371: Women in the Hebrew Bible
SPAN 3331: Mexican American Literature
SPAN 3373: Spanish Culture & Civilization
SPAN 3374: Span Amer Culture & Civ
SPAN 3375: US Hispanic Culture & Civiliza
WCL 2351: World Cultures Thru Lit & Arts
WCL 2352: World Cinema
WCL 2370: Cultures of India
WCL 2380: Introduction to Jewish Studies
WCL 3351 - Introduction to Latino Cultural
Studies
WCL 3377: The Modern Middle East:
Literature, Politics, and Ideas
WGSS 2350: Intro To Women's Studies
WGSS 2360 - Introduction to LGBT Studies
V. Creative Arts (3 hours)
ARCH 2350: History of the Built Env 1
ARED 2310: Introduction to Critical Visual
Culture
ARTS 1304: Art History II (15th Century to the
Present)
CLAS 3345: Myth & Performance in Greek
Tragedy
CLAS 3381: From Homer To Hollywood
DANC 2303: Introduction to Dance
DANC 2323: Dance in Film and Cinematic
Media
DANC 3310: Dance History I
Prerequisites
Corequisites
ENGL 1302
ENGL 1302
ENGL 1301
ENGL 1301
GOVT 2305 and 2306 or consent of instructor
GOVT 2306 and 2305 or consent of instructor
ENGL 1302
ENGL 1302
ENGL 1302
ENGL 1302
ENGL 1302
ENGL 1302
SPAN 3301 or 3307; SPAN 3302 or 3308
ENGL 1302
SPAN 3301 or 3307; SPAN 3302 or 3308
ENGL 1302
ENGL 1302
ENGL 1302
ENGL 1302
ENGL 1302
ENGL 1302
ENGL 1302
ENGL 1302
ENGL 1302
ENGL 1301
ENGL 1302
ENGL 1302
ENGL 1302
Junior Standing
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2023-2024 University Core Curriculum with Pre-requisites and Co-requisites
Course
DRAM 1310: Introduction To Theatre
ENGL 2307: Intro To Drama
ENGL 2318: Creation and Perform of Lit
GERM 3363: Themes in German Drama
GERM 3381: History of German Cinema
GERM 3384: Fascism and German Cinema
GERM 3385: East German Cinema
HON 3310: Creativity at Work
HISP 2387: Memories of Latin America
HIST 3301: Latin American Hist Thru Film
INDS 2355: Design History I
MUED 2342: Music for Children
MUSI 1307: Listening to Classical Music
MUSI 2302: Listening to Jazz
MUSI 2362: History of Music I
MUSI 3301: Listening To World Music
PHIL 1361: Philosophy and the Arts
POLS 2346: Politics of Greek Theater
SPAN 3386: Spanish Culture Through Film
THEA 1332: Fundamentals of Theatre
WCL 3366 - Latin American and Latino Film
Studies
VI. American History (6 hours)
Prerequisites
Corequisites
ENGL 1302
ENGL 1302
ENGL 1302
ENGL 1301 and sophomore standing
ENGL 1301 and sophomore standing
ENGL 1301 and sophomore standing
junior standing or consent
ENGL 1302
ENGL 1302
ENGL 1302
ENGL 1302
MUSI 2361
ENGL 1302
ENGL 1301
GOVT 2306 and GOVT 2305 or consent
SPAN 3301 or 3307; SPAN 3302 or 3308
acceptance to the major by audition/portfolio
review and consent of instructor
ENGL 1302
(1) HIST 1301: The United States To 1877
(1) HIST 1302: The United States Since 1877
(1) HIST 2301: Texas to 1865
(2) HIST 2302: Texas since 1865
(1 or 2) HIST 2348: US Latino/a Histories
VII. Government (6 hours)
POLS 1107: Texas Constitution and
Government
GOVT 2306: US and Texas Const/Politics
GOVT 2305: US Govt: Congress,Pres & Crts
POLS 2336: US and Texas Constitutions,
Politics,Instns
VIII. Social and Behavioral Sciences (3 hours)
AAMS 2300: Intro Asian American Studies
ANTH 2346: Intro Anthropology
ANTH 2301: Intro-Physical Anth
ANTH 2351: Intro To Cultural Anth
ANTH 2302: Intro To Archaeology
ECON 2301: Principles for Macroeconomics
ECON 2302: Principles for Microeconomics
ENGL 1302
By permission only
ENGL 1302
ENGL 1301
ENGL 1301
ENGL 1301
ENGL 1301
MATH 1314 or Consent of instructor
MATH 1314 or Consent of instructor
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2023-2024 University Core Curriculum with Pre-requisites and Co-requisites
Course
ENTR 3310: Entrepreneurship
ENTR 3311: Technology Entrepreneurship
HDFS 2314: Introduction to Human
Development and Intervention
GHL 2365: Tourism
KIN 1304: Public Hlt Issues in Phys/Obes
LVP 3354: Law and Society
POLS 3311: Intro Compar Politics
PSYC 2301: Intro To Psychology
PSYC 2308: Child Development
PSYC 2307: Psychology of Adolescence
SOCI 1301: Introduction To Sociology
TECH 1313: Impact Modern Tech. On Society
IX. Writing in the Disciplines (3 hours)
ANTH 2304: Intro To Language and Culture
ANTH 3348: Anthropology of Religion
ANTH 3361: Human Origins
ANTH 3381: Global Hinduism
ARAB 3314: Women and Gender in Arabic
Literature
ARTH 3312: Pre-Columbian Art
BCHS 4311: Biochemistry Lab II
BIOL 3311: Adv Mthds/Writing in Gen Lab
BUSI 4350: Business Law and Ethics
CHIN 3344:Mdrn & Contemp Global Chin Lit
CHIN 3354: Chinese Culture and Language
CLAS 4305: Fifth-Century Athens
CLAS 4381: Latin Classics in Translation
DANC 2303: Introduction to Dance
Prerequisites
ENGL 1302
GOVT 2306; GOVT 2305 or consent
GOVT 2306; GOVT 2305 or consent
ENGL 1301
PSYC 2301
PSYC 2301
Communications and
Math Core Courses
ENGL 1301
ANTH 2346, ANTH 2351 or Consent of instructor
ANTH 2346, ANTH 2301 or Consent of instructor
ENGL 1302, ENGL 1310
ENGL 1302
ENGL 1301
BCHS 3201
BIOL 1106, BIOL 1107
BUSI 3302, Business major, 2.0 GPA or higher
ENGL 1302
ENGL 1301 and ENGL 1302
ENGL 1302
ENGL 1302
ENGL 1302
DANC 3310: Dance History I
ECON 3344: History of Economic Doctrines
Junior standing
ECON 3332 and 3334
ECON 3350: American Economic Growth
ECON 2302 and 2301
ENGI 2304 - Technical Comm for Engineers
ENGL 1302, ENGI major; ENGI 1100; ECE 2201
or CHEE 2331 or ENGR 2301 or INDE 2333 or
MECE 2336 or PETR 2311 or permission of the
Director of Undergraduate Programs.
ENGL 1302
ENGL 1302
HRMA 1337
ENGL 1302
ENGL 2320: Intro to the Digital Humanities
ENGL 2330: Writing Discipline English
GHL 3358 - Hospitality Industry Law
HDCS 1300: Human Ecosystems & Tech
Change
HDFS 1300: Dev of Contemporary Families
HIST 2328: Chicano Hist since 1910
HIST 3314: Lib vs. Conserv: FDR to Present
HIST 3341: The History of Jewish Food
Corequisites
BIOL 3301
ENGL 1301
Junior standing or consent of instructor
Junior standing or consent of instructor
ENGL 1302
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2023-2024 University Core Curriculum with Pre-requisites and Co-requisites
Course
Prerequisites
Corequisites
HIST 3351: Work and Family - Modern Europe
HIST 3369: Colonial Mexico
HON 2341: Classics of Modernity
HON 3300: Intro to Healthcare Systems
HON 3310: Creativity at Work
GHL 3358: Hospitality Industry Law
IART 2300: The Arts in Houston
IDNS 4392: History of 20th Century Science
ITAL 3307: Italian Renaissance
ITAL 3309: Women Writers and Filmmakers of
Modern Italy
ITAL 4308: Dante and His World
JWST 3371: Women in the Hebrew Bible/Old
Testament
MAS 3342: Mexican Immigration To the US
MAS 3345: Latino Leadership, Activism &
Organizing
MATH 4388: History of Mathematics
MUSI 3303: Pop Music of Americas Sn 1840
NURS 4312: Leadership and Management in
Professional Nursing Practice
PHIL 1334: Minds and Machines
PHYS 3313: Advanced Laboratory I
POLS 3310: Intro-Political Theory
POLS 3348: Left, Right, Center
POLS 3349: Foundations in American Political
Thought
PSYC 2344: Cultural Psychology
PSYC 3310: Indstrl-Orgnztnl Psy
PSYC 4321: Abnormal Psychology
RELS 2340: Introduction to Hinduism
RELS 2350: Introduction to Islam
RELS 2360: Introduction to Buddhism
RELS 3370: The Bible and Modern Science
RELS 3371: Women in the Hebrew Bible/Old
Testament
RELS 3381: Global Hinduism/ Cross-Listed As:
ANTH 3381
SOC 3300: Intro to Sociological Theory
SOC 3315: Sexuality of Society
SOC 3351: Soc Class&Mobilty in Am
SOC 3360: Sociology of Food
SPAN 3384: Intro To Hispanic Literature
TLIM 3363: Technical Communications
THEA 2344: American Drama
WCL 3348: Enlightenment Stories
Junior standing and HIST 2312 or HIST 3380
Junior standing or consent of instructor
ENGL 1301 and ENGL 1302 or equivalent
HON 2101
GHL 1337
ENGL 1302
ENGL 1302 and credit or enr 12 hrs Nat. Sci.
ENGL 1302
ENGL 1302
ENGL 1302
Sophomore standing
MATH 3333
ENGL 1302
NURS 3310 or NURS 3230
ENGL 1301
PHYS 2126, PHYS 2326
GOVT 2306, GOVT 2305
GOVT 2306; GOVT 2305
GOVT 2306, GOVT 2305
PHYS 3110, PHYS 3315
PSYC 2301
PSYC 2301
PSYC 2301 and 6 hrs. in psych
ENGL 1302
ENGL 1302 or ENGL 1310
ENGL 1302 or ENGL 1310
ENGL 1302 or ENGL 1310
ENGL 1302 or ENGL 1310
SOC 1301 or consent of instructor
SOC 1301 or consent of instructor
SOC 1301
SOC 1301 or consent of instructor
SPAN 3301 or 3307, SPAN 3302 or 3308
ENGL 1302 with C or higher
Consent of instructor
ENGL 1302
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2023-2024 University Core Curriculum with Pre-requisites and Co-requisites
Course
Prerequisites
WCL 4351: Frames of Modernity I
ENGL 1302 and WCL 2351 or consent of
instructor
ENGL 1302
ENGL 1302
ENGL 1302
ENGL 1302 and junior standing
WCL 4352: Frames of Modernity II
WCL 4356: World Film and Film Theory
WCL 4365: World Fiction & Reportage
WCL 4367: Voices from Exile and Diaspora
Corequisites
X. Math/Reasoning (3 hours)
BUSI 2305: Business Statistics
COSC 1336: Computer Sci & Programming
MATH 1324 or MATH 1314 and BCIS 1305 (or
BCIS 1405)
MATH 1314 or equivalent
CUIN 1350: Math for Teachers 1
ELET 2300: Intro to C++ Programming
MATH 2312
MATH 1324: Finite Math with Applications
MATH 1325: Calculus for Bus and Social
Sciences
MATH 1342 - Elementary Statistical Methods
MATH 1351: Intro to Math Reasoning
MATH 2450: Accelerated Calculus 1
MATH 2451: Accelerated Calculus 2
MATH 2312: Precalculus
MATH 2413: Calculus I
MATH 2414: Calculus 2
PHIL 1321: Logic I
POLS 3312: Arguments, Data, and Politics
POLS 3316: Stats for Political Scientists
PSYC 2317: Intro to Psych Stats
TMTH 3360: Applied Technical Statistics
MATH 1314 or 1332 or 1324 or 1342 or
placement
Three hours of 1000-2000 level Mathematics,
excluding MATH 1300.
Score of 85 on Calculus placement and one
semester of AP Calculus
MATH 2450
MATH 1314 or placement
MATH 2312 or placement
MATH 2413
MATH 1314
GOVT 2306 and GOVT 2305 or equivalents
MATH 1314, GOVT 2306, and GOVT 2305 or
equivalent
MATH 1314
ITEC 1301 or 6 hrs in mathematics
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Honors College Sticky Issues Guide
Spring
Fall
Human Situation Credit Distribution
Lecture
HON 2301
(Core Language, Philosophy and
Culture)
Discussion
ENGL 1370
(Core Communication--subs for ENGL 1302)
Or
ENGL 2360
elective
HON 2101
(Elective)
ENGL 2361
(Core Communication--subs for ENGL 1301)
or
HON 2341
(Core Writing in the Disciplines)
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