CORE CURRICULUM
TIER II
Creative Arts (6 cr)
(Must take two courses, at least one of which must be a 200-level course)
TIER I
Critical Reading, Thinking, Writing (3 cr)
ENGL 150
College Writing II
(Meets College requirement – enrollment for first year
students determined by CSSE – students may have to
complete ENGL100 prior to enrolling in ENGL150)
Quantitative Reasoning (3 cr)
(Enrollment for first year students determined by CSSE)
MATH 102 Mathematics for the Liberal Arts
MATH 150 Precalculus
MATH 220 Calculus I
MATH 232 Introduction to Statistics
CCCA 101
CCCA 102
CCCA 202
CCCA 203
CCCA 205
CCCA 206
CCCA 207
CCCA 209
ENGL 210
ENGL 250
ENGL 270
MUSI 251
MUSI 253
PHIL 120
PHIL 120H
Creative Arts: Methods and History
The Art of Madness
The Good Earth: Theme of Agrarianism
Inventing Modernism
Popular Hollywood Films
Rumi’s Vision
Children’s Literature: A Lively Art
Contemporary American Poetry and the Times
Essentials of Film
Introduction to Literature
Literary Genre
Introduction to Music
World Music
Art and Philosophy
Honors: Art and Philosophy
Human Heritage (6 cr)
(Must take two courses, at least one of which must be a 200-level course)
Computing, Technology, Problem Solving (3 cr)
CCCL 100
Computing and Communication
Language Arts (competency at the 102 level)
Entering students who have passed, with at least a “C” average, the equivalent
of a fourth year level of a foreign/modern language are waived from MCLA’s
Language Arts requirement. Entering students who have not met the fourth
year level of the same foreign/modern language, will take a Modern Language
placement test and be placed accordingly. Alternatively, students could elect to
begin study of a new language at the first-semester elementary level (101) and
subsequently complete the second semester elementary level (102) course in the
same language.
FREN
ITAL
SPAN
MODL
CCHH 101
CCHH 210
CCHH 220
CCHH 221
CCHH 223
ENGL 265
HIST 104
HIST 203
HIST 204
HONR 100
IDST 150
IDST 224
PHIL 100
PHIL 110
PHIL 110H
PHIL 200
PHIL 200H
Utopian Visions in Fact and Fiction
American Women Regionalist Writers
Popular History and Biography
Divine Witness
The Great Depression
Literary Theme
Modern World Civilization
United States History to 1877
United States History after 1877
The Nature of Human Nature
Introduction to Cross-Cultural & Social Justice Studies
The Nuclear Age
A First Course in Philosophy
World Religions
Honors: World Religions
Logic and Critical Reasoning
Honors: Logic and Critical Reasoning
(over)
TIER II
TIER II
Self and Society (6 cr)
Science and Technology (7 cr)
(Must take two courses, at least one of which must be a 200-level course)
(Must take two courses, one of which must be a 4-credit lab course)
ANTH 130
ANTH 140
BADM 100
CCSS 101
CCSS 102
CCSS 202
CCSS 210
CCSS 260
CCSS 264
CCSS 264H
CCSS 268
CCSS 269
CCSS 275
ECON 141
ENGL 204
ENGL 231
POSC 201
POSC 202
PSYC 100
PSYC 230
SOCI 100
SOCI 201
SOCI 210
SOCI 282
WMST201
BIOL 100
BIOL 105
BIOL 150
BIOL 255
CCST 101
CCST 102
CCST 103
CCST 104
CCST 105
CCST 105H
CCST 230
CHEM 150
CHEM 152
ENVI 150
ENVI 150H
ENVI 152
ENVI 152H
ENVI 225
ENVI 226
GEOG 151
GEOG 152
GEOG 245
GEOG 270
GEOG 271
PHYS 115
PHYS 120
PHYS 131
PHYS 132
PHYS 140
PHYS 151
PHYS 251
Introduction to Sociocultural Anthropology
Peoples of the World
Explorations in Business
Contemporary Issues in Society
Snapshots of Society
World Regions and New Global Order
Landscapes of Human Activities
Schools, the Law and Society
Mathematics of Fairness and Equity
Honors: Mathematics of Fairness and Equity
Culture and the Body
Education and Society
Aging and Society
Macroeconomics
Media, Self-Identity and Society
The Power of Words
US Government and Public Policy
Comparative Government and Public Policy
Introduction to Psychology
Social Psychology
Introduction to Sociology
Social Problems
Families
Social Constructions of Deviance
Introduction to Women’s Studies
TIER III
Core Capstone (3 cr)
CCAP300
Concepts in Biology w/Lab
Human Biology
Introduction to Biology w/Lab
Biodiversity w/Lab
Basic Concepts in Physics and Chemistry
A Case Study Approach to Science
Quarks to Quasars
How Things Work
The Chemistry of CSI
Honors: The Chemistry of CSCI
Energy and the Environment w/Lab
Introduction to Chemistry I w/Lab
Introduction to Chemistry II w/Lab
Introduction to Environmental Systems w/Lab
Honors: Intro to Envi Systems w/Lab
Environmental Resources: Science and Mgmt w/Lab
Honors: Envi Res: Science and Mgmt w/Lab
Nature of New England w/Lab
Nature of New England
Introduction to Physical Geography w/Lab
Introduction to Physical Geology w/Lab
Natural Hazards w/Lab
Weather and Climate
Landforms
Physics for Future Presidents
Introduction to Engineering w/Lab
General Physics I w/Lab
General Physics II w/Lab
Astronomy
Introduction to Mechanics w/Lab
Introduction to Electricity & Magnetism
Capstone Seminar: Various topics
Revised 9/30/2015