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Final Exams| General Education Courses

Fall 2008
A description of the University's General Education course requirements is available from your adviser, in the Undergraduate Bulletin, and online at: http://www.adelphi.edu/study/gened/.

Courses that fulfill General Education requirements are listed below. Please consult this Directory under the indicated sections for scheduling details.

First Year Courses

0952-100-01-33 

First Year Orientation Experience
0952-110-01-33 First Year Seminars

Competency Courses
First Competency
0122-107-01-15 The Art & Craft of Writing (English)
Second Competency
To encourage students to learn new skills, courses for the Second Competency may be taken Pass/Fail. Please consult your adviser.
0122-109

Introduction to Creative Writing (English)

0144-113*

Survey of Statistics (Mathematics)

0144-114* Statistics for the Natural Sciences (Mathematics)
0145-170* Introduction to Computers and Their Applications (Computer Science)
0154-105* Critical Thinking Skills: the Analysis of Arguments in Everyday Thought (Philosophy)
0876-110 Oral Communication in the Professional World (Communication Sciences)
0876-112 Public Speaking (Communication Sciences)

Foreign language courses numbered 122 or higher (Languages)

Distribution Courses
Most of the courses offered by departments in the College of Arts and Sciences and in Economics and Psychology can be used to meet distribution requirements. The four Distribution areas are listed below with a selection of courses within these areas that are particularly recommended for meeting distribution requirements in areas outside your major. Most of the listed courses do not have prerequisites.

Arts
African American and Ethnic Studies
0101-130 History of Black Dance in America
Art/Art History (Non-majors may enroll only in indicated sections)
0104-108-01,02 Drawing Workshop
0104-118-02,03 Ceramics I
0104-120-02,03,04 Photography I
0104-121-02 Calligraphy Workshop
0104-122-02 Jewelry I
0104-125-01

Introduction to Digital Art

0104-213-02 Painting I
0104-262** Photography II (prerequisite Photography I)
0104-310 

Printmaking Workshop

0111-196-01,02,03,04,05 Art & The World I
0111-243 Art of Africa and Oceana
0111-250 Northern European Renaissance Art
0111-360-01

 Art Museums, Collectors, and Connoisseurs (prerequisite 0111-195 or 0111-196)

0111-360-02  Dutch Treats (prerequisite 0111-195 or 0111-196)
0111-360-03 The Postmodern Condition (prerequisite 0111-195 or 0111-196)
Note: All Art-History courses above 0111-0197, require 0111-0196 or 0111-197

Communications
0108-102

Communication Theory

0108-103 History of Media and Communication
0108-104 Art of Film and Video
0108-212-01 Propaganda and Communication
0108-300 Media Criticism
0108-315 Communication and Behavior

Music
0195-110 Elementary Theory and Harmony
0195-214   Basic Keyboard Skills
0195-136 Music Technology I
0195-294 Workshop in Chamber Music Performance I (with audition)
0195-389 Grand Opera Master Class (with audition)
0195-410

Composition

0196-121 Opera
0196-238

Jazz – 20s, 30s, and 40s

0196-390-01

 S/T: Popular Music in America

0196-390-11 S/T: Rock Music, a Social History
0197-140  Orchestra Performance I (.5 credit, with permission)
0197-140 Choral Ensemble (.5 credit, with permission)

Dance & Theatre

0191-113-01** Ballet for Non-Majors I
0191-127-01** Modern Dance for Non-Majors I
0192-108 Beginning Acting

Humanities
African American and Ethnic Studies
0101-205-01 or
0136-205-01

Black History in America 1865 to present (also 0136-205-01)

0101-260

African American and African Caribbean Writers I

English
0122-109 Introduction to Creative Writing
0122-202 Structure of Modern English
0122-231 Literature in English I
0122-232 Literature in English II
0122-233 Literature in English III
0122-260 Women and Literature
History
0136-101 Western Civilization I
0136-103 American Civilization to 1865
0136-105 World Civilizations I
0136-205-01 or
0101-205-01

Black History in America to 1865

0136-218 Renaissance & Reformation
0136-221 Latin America I
0136-231 American Diplomatic History II
0136-233 Colonial America
0136-237 Europe 1870-1918
0136-261

African History I

0136-281

History of Women in United States I

0136-290-01  S/T: Cross Country Interaction: China & U.S
Languages and International Studies
*112 or 122

 Arabic (0139), French (0128), Chinese Mandarin (0129), German
 (0130),  Hebrew (0132), Japanese (0141), Portuguese (0160), Spanish (0172)

0128-122 Level IV French
0128-231 French Cross Cultural Concepts
0138-121 Level III Italian
0138-131 Modern Italian Literature I
0172-112* Level II Spanish
0172-122 Level IV Spanish
0172-231 Spanish Cross Cultural Concepts
0172-232 Introduction to Hispanic Literature
0172-251 Advanced Spanish Conversation
Philosophy
0154-110 Introduction to Philosophy
0154-212 Ethics and Morality

Social Sciences
Anthropology
0103-111 Cultural Anthropology
0103-112 Physical Anthropology
0103-223 Archaeology of New World
0103-229 Humankind Culture and Environment
0103-244***

Origins of Civilization & State

Economics
0203-101

State and Local Government

0203-111 Price System
0203-112 National Economy

Environmental Studies/Earth Sciences
0125-101 Social Science & Environmental Problems
International Studies
0187-101 Global Issues I

Political Science
0158-101 Introduction to the American Political System
0158-102 Introduction to Politics
0158-225 The Modern Presidency

0158-240 Ancient & Medieval Political Theory in the Western World
Psychology
0501-101 General Psychology
0501-115 Developmental Psychology
0501-116 Adolescent Psychology
0501-210 Psychoanalysis
0501-262 Social Psychology
0501-283 Psychopathology
0501-365 Psychology of Women
0501-292-01,02 Cognitive Psychology
Note: Psychology 101 is a prerequisite for all other courses.

Sociology
Introductory or basic courses:
0170-100 Introduction to Sociology
0170-101 Social Problems
0170-105 Culture and Society
0170-125 The Material Family
0170-225 Sociology of the Family
0170-150 Cities, Towns, and Suburbs
0170-277-01 Sociology of Global Social Problems
0170-233 Mass Media in Contemporary Society
0170-241*** Gender: Roles & Identities
0170-249*** Italian-American Experience

Science and Mathematics
Biology
0105-103*^ & Lab The Living World
0105-108* Biology & Human Affairs
0105-111^ & Lab Biological Concepts and Methods I

0105-203^ & Lab Human Body: Scientific Perspectives I
Chemistry/Biochemistry
*0106-100

Chemistry in Modern Society

0106-104^ or 0125-112^ & Lab

Environmental Chemistry I
a*0106-107 & Lab Essentials of Chemistry I
a*0106-108 & Lab Essentials of Chemistry II (prerequisite 0106-107)
a0106-112 & Lab General Chemistry I
Environmental Studies/Earth Science
0125-109 or 0112-102 Physical Geology

0125-111^* & Lab

Unified Science for Elementary Teachers (STEP Students Only)

0125-112^  or 0106-104^ & Lab

Environmental Chemistry I

0125-156 or 0112-156 

Weather & Climate

0125-490

S/T: Introduction to the Oceans
Mathematics/Computer Science
b*0144-102 Mathematical Modeling in Human Affairs
*0144-110 Precalculus for Non-Majors
*0144-113 Survey of Statistics
*0144-114 Statistics for Natural Sciences
***0144-141 Calculus and Analytic Geometry I
0145-160 Computer Programming for Non-Majors
Physics
0156-104* Astronomy
0156-107* Observational Astronomy (online course)
0156-122^ & Lab Light: Principles and Demonstrations

0156-119

How Things Work


^ Student must register for lecture and lab.
* These courses do not count toward a major or minor in the discipline.
** For non-majors only.
*** Prerequisite required.
**** Entry into Math 141 requires either a grade of C or better in Math 140 or a passing grade on an exam administered by the department prior to registration.


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