Academics

Manchester University Undergraduate Academic Catalog 2015-2016

Academic Program: Core Program Requirements

Manchester Core: A Program in the Liberal Arts

Core Program requirements may be met by any of the following, subject to appropriate policies and limitations:

1. Completion of appropriate courses from the Core Program list with a passing grade
2. Proficiency credit by examination for courses on the following Core Program list
3. Proficiency credit via General Examinations of the Advanced Placement Program (AP), International Baccalaureate Program (IB) or College Level Examination Program (CLEP)
4. Transfer credit for courses evaluated as equivalent to courses on the Core Program list or approved alternate courses
5. Completion of courses specified as approved substitutes for Core Program courses with a passing grade
  Semester hours required Baccalaureate Associate of Arts


Foundational Skills (C-1FOQ)


10-11 10-11
First-Year Seminar in Critical Thinking (C-1F) 4 4
  FYS First-Year Seminar    
     
Oral Communication (C-1O) 3 3
  COMM 110 Foundations of Human Communication    
     
Quantitative Reasoning (C-1Q) 3 3
  MATH 113 Quantitative Reasoning (BA only)    
  MATH 115 Elementary Probability and Statistics    
  MATH 121 Calculus I    
  MATH 210 Statistical Analysis    
  PSYC 241 Statistics and Research Design I    
     

Physical Activity and Wellness (C-2)

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PE 101 (C-2LA) Lifetime Activity 1
.5
  Choice of any two (one for Associate of Arts) from the courses offered. A maximum of 1.0 credits count toward the baccalaureate degree. A maximum of .5 credits count toward the associate degree. Student-athletes who compete at the intercollegiate level are not allowed to enroll in an activity course in the same sport in which they compete.    
     
PE 105 (C-2FA) Fitness and Wellness Activity 1
.5
  Choice of any two (one for Associate of Arts) from the courses offered. A maximum of 1.0 credits count toward the baccalaureate degree. A maximum of .5 credits count toward the associate degree. Student-athletes who compete at the intercollegiate level are not allowed to enroll in an activity course in the same sport in which they compete.    
     

Integration Into the World (C-3)

9 6
  Three courses (two courses for AA), at least one in each category.    
       
Responsible Citizenship (C-3RC)    
  COMM 212 Small Group Communication    
  COMM 314 Language and Thought    
  COMM 415 Rhetoric of War    
  ECON 240 Topics in Social Economics    
  EDUC 216 Building Communities in Schools    
  ENG 361 Women in Literature    
  FIN 204 Financial Responsibility    
  GNST 125 Intro to Gender Studies    
  GNST 201 Intro to Queer Studies    
  HIST 227 Race & Ethn in Amer Hist    
  HIST 236 Aspects of American Social History    
  HIST 250 Hist of Holocaust    
  IDIV 221 Race, Power, and Marginalization in Schools    
  PEAC 110 Intro to Peace Studies    
  POSC 131 Introduction to International Studies    
  POSC 201 Political Concepts    
  PSYC 201 Social Psychology    
  SOC/SOWK 220 Social Gerontology    
  SOSC 102 Human Conflict    
  SOWK 110 Intro to Social Work    
  SOC/SOWK 228 Race, Ethnic, and Gender Inequality    
     
Global Connections (C-3GC)    
  ART 348 History of World Art    
  BUS 202 Exploring International Business    
  ENG 250 Literary Passport    
  FREN 110 Inside France    
  FREN 111 Elem French 1    
  FREN 112 Elem French 2    
  FREN 201 Intermed French 1    
  FREN 202 Intermed French 2    
  FREN 301 Adv French 1    
  GER 111 Elem German 1    
  GER 112 Elem German 2    
  GER 201 Intermed German 1    
  GER 202 Intermed German 2    
  HIST 210 East Asia in the World: Past/Pres    
  HIST 220 African History    
  HIST 226 Empire    
  HIST 241 Topics in Japanese History    
  HIST 244 Topics in Chinese History    
  HIST 252 Comparative Civilization    
  HIST 255 The Palestinian-Israeli Conflict    
  IDIV 240 Making of the Modern Mind    
  IDIV 350 The India Story    
  MODL 231 Pre-Hispanic Mesoamer/Andean Cultures    
  MUS 119 World Musics    
  PEAC 250 Peacemaking in Practice Abroad    
  POSC 236 Comparative Foreign Policy    
  POSC 237 African Politics    
  PSYC 352 Culture & Psychology    
  REL 131 Jewish Faith, Culture and People    
  REL 222 Religions of East Asia    
  REL 223 Religions of India    
  SOC 311 Cultural Anthropology    
  SPAN 111 Elem Spanish 1    
  SPAN 112 Elem Spanish 2    
  SPAN 201 Intermed Spanish 1    
  SPAN 202 Intermed Spanish 2    
  SPAN 230 Living the Spanish Lang    
     

Ways of Knowing (C-4)

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Philosophical, Religious and Creative Inquiry* 12 3
  One course from each category.    
       
  Religion (C-4RL)    
    REL 101 The Hebrew Bible    
    REL 102 Introduction to New Testament    
    REL 111 Christian Traditions    
    REL 120 Intro to Religious Studies    
    REL 210 Judaism, Christianity, and Islam    
    REL 228 The Brethren Heritage    
    REL 241 Jesus and the Gospels    
    REL 245 The Hebrew Prophets    
  Philosophy (C-4PH)    
    ECON 234 Economics and the Ideal Society    
    PHIL 201 Intro to Philosophy    
    PHIL 215 Ethical Decision Making    
    PHIL 235 Bioethics    
    PHIL 330 Philosophy of Religion    
  Visual and Performing Arts (C-4AR)    
    ART 201 Art and Life    
    ART 251 Art in Context    
    ART 253 Women in the Visual Arts    
    ART 342 Hist of Anc & Med Art    
    ART 344 Hist of Renaiss & Baroque Art    
    ART 346 Hist of Mod & Contemp Art    
    HUM 130 Experiencing the Arts    
    MUS 120 Introduction to Music    
    MUS 122 Jazz History    
    MUS 220 Music for Stage and Film    
    MUS 232 Music Hist & Analysis II    
    THTR 201 Theatre and Society    
  Literature (C-4LT)    
    ENG 214 Classical & Medieval Lit    
    ENG 238 World Literature    
    ENG 242 African Amer Lit    
    FREN 315 Intro to French Literature    
    LIB 210 Banned Children's Literature    
    MODL 201 European Literature    
    MODL 225 Legends Revisited    
    MODL 241 US Latino Literature and Culture    
    REL 266 Religious Classics    
    SPAN 315 Intro to Literary Analysis    
       
Human Behavior and Institutions 9 3
  Three courses, each in a different discipline*    
       
  Economics (C-4HE)  
    ECON 115 Economic Concepts    
    ECON 221 Princ of Microecon    
    ECON 222 Princ of Macroecon    
  Education (C-4HD)    
    EDUC 230 Educational Psychology    
  History (C-4HH)    
    HIST 104 Intro European Hist Anc to 1500    
    HIST 105 Intro European Hist 1500 to Present    
    HIST 111 American History: Colonial-1865    
    HIST 112 American History: 1865-present    
    HIST 121 World History to 1500    
    HIST 123 World History from 1500    
    HIST 201 Medieval Europe    
    HIST 202 Renaissance and Reformation Europe    
    HIST 203 Early Modern Europe    
    HIST 204 Modern Europe    
    HIST 205 Ancient Europe    
  Political Science (C-4HP)    
    POSC 121 Amer Natl Politics    
    POSC 122 State & Local Politics    
    POSC 140 International Politics    
    POSC 233 Comparative Politics    
  Psychology (C-4HY)    
    PSYC 110 Intro to Psychology    
  Sociology (C-4HS)    
    SOC 101 Intro to Sociology    
       
Natural World* 6 3
  Two courses, each in a different discipline*    
       
  Biology (C-4NB)    
    BIOL 101 General Biology    
    BIOL 102 Human Biology: Stages of Life    
    BIOL 106 Princ of Biology I    
    BIOL 108 Princ of Biology II    
    BIOL 204 Fundamentals of Human Physiology    
    BIOL 214 Field Ecology    
  Chemistry (C-4NC)    
    CHEM 101 Chemical Science    
    CHEM 105 Intro to Inorganic Chem    
    CHEM 111 General Chemistry I    
  Earth/Space (C-4NE)    
    NASC 203 Descriptive Astronomy    
    NASC 209 Physical Geology    
    NASC 211 Weather, Climate, and Civilization    
  Environmental Science (C-4NN)    
    ENVS 130 Intro to Environmental Studies    
  Physics (C-4NP)    
    NASC 103 Physical Science    
    PHYS 111 College Physics I    
    PHYS 210 General Physics I    
    PHYS 220 General Physics II    
  *one course only required for the AA degree    
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Synthesis & Critical Connections (C-5)

   
Critical Connections (C-5CC) 3 0
  INTD 320 Narrative Eye: Film & Story    
  INTD 324 Feminist Theory    
  INTD 330 Ethnobotany    
  INTD 341 Rethinking God: The Reality of the Virtual    
  INTD 345 Religion and Ideological Power    
  INTD 401 Arts and Ideas    
  INTD 405 Life and Death    
  INTD 407 Media and Religion    
  INTD 410 Cinema for Social Change    
  INTD 413 The Fashion Police    
  INTD 417 Dispelling the Myths of the Wild West    
  INTD 421 Queen Elizabeth I    
  INTD 425 Environmental Philosophy    
  INTD 430 Evolution: Hist & Cltr Significance    
  INTD 435 Biology and Society    
  INTD 437 Science & Archaeology of Ancient Greece    
  INTD 441 Globalization    
  INTD 443 History of American Medicine    
  INTD 445 Development of Scientific Thought in Great Britain    
  INTD 447  Medieval Fntn of Western Society    
  INTD 450 Adv Studies in Gerontology    
       
Values, Ideas and the Arts (C-5VIA) 1 0.5
  Students are required to attend five VIA events for each semester of full-time enrollment. Credit accumulates at 0.25 semester hours for every ten VIA events attended. A maximum of 2.0 hours may be used toward graduation for BA/BS degrees; a maximum of 1.0 hours may be used toward graduation for the AA degree. Attendance requirements will be waived for any semester in which the student is enrolled full time but studying off campus (i.e. student teaching, internships, field instruction or study abroad).
   
Bachelor of Arts
  Students who seek the BA degree will demonstrate language proficiency, other than in their native language, at the intermediate level. Students can demonstrate intermediate language level by
 
a. Completing the intermediate (201/202) sequence at Manchester University,
 

 

b. Placing into the advanced level (300) of a language and receiving a grade of C or higher in one course at this level,

 

 

c. Passing a proficiency examination with a grade of B or higher, in addition to

    completing the language placement test,

 

 

d. Completing the courses at another accredited institution with grades of C or higher,

    or

 
e. Earning a score of four or five on the Advanced Placement examination.
   
Bachelor of Science
  Students who seek the BS degree will demonstrate mastery of quantitative thinking skills at the level of introductory statistics or applied calculus or higher. Courses listed in the Core Quantitative Reasoning section (C-1Q) fulfill this requirement.
   
Writing
  Each academic major in the baccalaureate degree programs will designate (W) courses within the major requirements. Each student must successfully complete one (W) course in her/his major in addition to the writing requirement in foundations. These courses will be designated in the Catalog with a (W) in the course title.
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