Requirements for BA Baccalaureate Degrees : Indiana University Southeast

Requirements for BA Baccalaureate Degrees

BA Distribution Requirement (Updated 7-22-2016)

In addition to the campus wide General Education requirements, BA degree candidates must select additional courses as described below. They must obtain a minimum grade of D– in all courses used to fulfill the distribution requirements. There is no limit to the number of hours a student may take in any one discipline. In some rare instances, it is possible to "double dip" BA Distribution courses with some General Education Core courses and major courses. When "double dipping," the minimum grade required is the higher of the two. The additional distribution requirements, can be found on your AAR, in the IUS Bulletin or as follows:

Foreign Language requirements

Bachelor of Arts degree candidates must complete four semesters or equivalent of a single foreign language.

French

FREN-F 100 Elementary French I
FREN-F 150 Elementary French II: Language and Culture
FREN-F 200 Second Year French I: Language and Culture
FREN-F 250 Second Year French II: Language and Culture

German

GER-G 100 Beginning German I
GER-G 150 Beginning German II
GER-G 200 Intermediate German I
GER-G 250 Intermediate German II

Spanish

SPAN-S 100 Elementary Spanish I -Beginners
SPAN-S 150 Elementary Spanish II
SPAN-S 200 Second Year Spanish I
SPAN-S 250 Second Year Spanish II

Japanese

EALC-J 101 Elementary Japanese 1
EALC-J 102 Elementary Japanese 2
EALC-J 201 Second Year Japanese 1
EALC-J 202 Second Year Japanese 2

Central Ideas, Issues and Methods of Inquiry in the Natural Sciences

In addition to the five credit hours required for the campus general education program, choose one additional course for a minimum total of 8 credit hours in the natural sciences. One course must be in the life sciences and one course must be in the physical sciences.

Life Sciences

AHLT-C 150 Body Structure & Function
ANAT-A 215 Basic Human Anatomy
BIOL-L 100 Humans & the Biological World
BIOL-L 101 Intro. to Biological Sciences I
BIOL-L 102 Intro. to Biological Sciences II
BIOL-L 110 Insects: The Alien Empire
BIOL-L 200 Environmental Biology & Conservation
BIOL-L 201 Ecological Principles
BIOL-L 205 Biological Field Techniques
BIOL-L 211 Molecular Biology
BIOL-L 303 Field Biology
BIOL-L 304 Marine Biology
BIOL-L 350 Environmental Biology
GEOG-G 307 Biogeography: Distribution of Life
PHSL-P 130 Human Biology
PHSL-P 215 Basic Human Physiology
PLSC-B 101 Plant Biology
PLSC-B 203 Survey of Plant Kingdom
PLSC-B 205 Vascular Plants
PLSC-B 364 Summer Flowering Plants
PLSC-B 375 Horticultural Plants: Biotechnology, Physiology, & Development
PSY-P 326 Behavioral Neuroscience
ZOOL-Z 103 Animal Biology Lectures & Lab
ZOOL-Z 373 Entomology
ZOOL-Z 374 Invertebrate Zoology Lecture/Lab

Physical Sciences

AST-A 100 The Solar System
AST-A 105 Stars & Galaxies
CHEM-C 101 Elementary Chemistry I
CHEM-C 102 Elementary Chemistry II
CHEM-C 104 Physical Sciences & Society
CHEM-C 105 Principles of Chemistry I
CHEM-C 106 Principles of Chemistry II
GEOG-G 107 Physical Systems of the Environment
GEOG-G 304 Physical Climatology
GEOG-G 308 Disasters: Natural/Human Induced
GEOG-G 315 Environmental Conservation
GEOL-G 100 General Geology
GEOL-G 180 Dinosaurs
GEOL-G 221 Introductory Mineralogy
GEOL-G 300 Environmental & Urban Geology
GEOL-G 411 Invertebrate Paleontology
GEOL-G 415 Principles of Geomorphology
PHYS-P 100 Physics in the Modern World
PHYS-P 105 Basic Physics of Sound
PHYS-P 120 Energy & Technology
PHYS-P 201 General Physics I
PHYS-P 202 General Physics II
PHYS-P 221 Physics I
PHYS-P 222 Physics II

Central Ideas, Issues and Methods of Inquiry in Social and Behavioral Sciences

One additional social/behavioral science course in any discipline (May not "double dip" with General Education Core Social & Behavioral Science or the BA Distribution Historical Investigation requirement.)

ANTH-A 105 Human Origins & Prehistory
ANTH-A 362 Principles of Social Organization
ANTH-E 105 Culture & Society
ANTH-E 320 Indians of North America
BUS-C 104 Business Presentations
COAS-S 154 Pathways
ECON-E 101 Survey of Economic Issues & Problems
ECON-E 107 Principles of Economics I
ECON-E 108 Principles of Economics II
ECON-E 201 Intro. to Microeconomics (Replaced ECON-E150 Intro. to Economics as of Spring 2015)
ECON-E 202 Intro. to Macroeconomics (Replaced ECON-E200 Fundamentals of Economics: An Overview as of Summer 2015)
ECON-E 323 Urban Economics
ECON-E 347 Women and the Economy
ECON-E 350 Money & Banking
ECON-E 360 Public Finance – Survey
GEOG-G 110 Intro. to Human Geography
GEOG-G 213 Intro. to Economic Geography
PHIL-P 145 Intro to Social/Political Philosophy
PHIL-P 345 Problems in Social/Political Philosophy
POLS-Y 103 Intro. to American Politics
POLS-Y 107 Intro. to Comparative Politics
POLS-Y 109 Intro. to International Relations
POLS-Y 302 Public Bureaucracy in Modern Society
POLS-Y 303 Policy Making in the U.S.
POLS-Y 304 Constitutional Law
POLS-Y 306 State Politics in the U.S.
POLS-Y 308 Urban Politics
POLS-Y 316 Public Opinion & Political Participation
POLS-Y 319 The United States Congress
POLS-Y 323 Legislative Behavior
POLS-Y 324 Women & Politics
POLS-Y 331 British Politics
POLS-Y 334 Japanese Politics
POLS-Y 337 Latin American Politics
POLS-Y 343 Politics of International Development
POLS-Y 360 Unities States Foreign Policy
POLS-Y 366 Current Foreign Policy Problems
POLS-Y 374 International Organization
POLS-Y 376 International Political Economy
POLS-Y 392 Prob Contemp Political Philosophy
POLS-Y 394 Public Policy Analysis
PSY-B 310 Life Span Development
PSY-P 101 Introductory Psychology I
PSY-P 102 Introductory Psychology II
PSY-P 233 Industrial Psychology
SOC-R 320 Sexuality & Society
SOC-R 463 Inequality & Society
SOC-S 163 Social Problems
TEL-R 287 Process & Effects of Mass Communication

Historical Investigation

Two courses in Historical Investigation. (May not "double dip" with the additional Social & Behavioral Science for the BA Distribution requirements.)

ECON-E 409 Economic Hist. of the U.S.
ECON-E 410 Selected Topics in U.S. EC Hist.
FINA-A 101 Ancient & Medieval Art
FINA-A 102 Renaissance through Modern Art
FINA-A 150 African, New World/Oceanic Art
FINA-A 270 Women in the History of Art
FINA-A 315 Art of the Ancient World
FINA-A 322 Romanesque & Gothic Art
FINA-A 331 14^th & 15^th Century Art in Italy
FINA-A 342 20^th Century Art
FINA-A 362 Art of Japan
FINA-A 402 Arts of Native North America
FINA-A 403 Baroque & Rococo Art
FINA-A 404 Modernism Art 1850-1900
FINA-A 405 Art of Northern Renaissance
FINA-A 406 Art of the Italian Renaissance
FINA-A 440 19^th Century Painting I
FINA-A 451 Art of the South Pacific
FINA-A 452 Art of Pre-Columbian America
FINA-A 458 Topics in the Ethnographic Arts
FREN-F 363 Intro. A La France Modern
FREN-F 461 La France Contemporaine
GEOG-G 418 Historical Geography
GER-G 363 Intro. to German Cultural History
HIST-A 303 United States, 1789-1865 I
HIST-A 304 United States, 1789-1865 II
HIST-A 313 Orig of Mid America 1865-1917
HIST-A 314 The United States 1917-1945
HIST-A 315 U.S. Since World War II
HIST-A 348 Civil War & Reconstruction
HIST-B 361 Europe in the 20^th Century I
HIST-B 362 Europe in the 20^th Century II
HIST-B 378 History of Germany Since 1648 II
HIST-D 308 Empire of the Tsars
HIST-D 310 Russian Revolution & Soviet Regime
HIST-D 418 Russian Foreign Pol in 20^th Century
HIST-F 100 Issues in Latin American History
HIST-F 342 Latin America: Evolution & Revolution
HIST-F 350 Environment in Latin American History
HIST-F 360 Natural Disasters in Latin American History
HIST-F 416 History of Slavery in Americas
HIST-G 100 Issues in Asian History
HIST-G 200 Issues in Asian History
HIST-G 385 Modern China
HIST-G 387 Contemporary China
HIST-G 451 The Far East I
HIST-G 452 The Far East II
HIST-H 101 The World in the 20^th Century
HIST-H 103 Europe: Renaissance to Napoleon
HIST-H 104 Europe: napoleon to the Present
HIST-H 105 American History I
HIST-H 106 American History II
HIST-H 201 History of Russia I
HIST-H 202 History of Russia II
HIST-H 205 Ancient Civilization
HIST-H 206 Medieval Civilization
HIST-H 207 Modern East Asian Civilization
HIST-H 208 American-East Asian Relations
HIST-H 214 Comparative Women’s History
HIST-H 218 History of Motion Pictures
HIST-H 231 Women, Men, & Family in History
HIST-H 233 Sports in History
HIST-H 243 Environmental History
HIST-H 376 Atlantic World History
HIST-W 255 Natural Disasters in World History
MATH-M 380 History of Mathematics
MUS-M 110 Special Topics in Music
MUS-M 201 The Literature of Music I
MUS-M 202 The Literature of Music II
MUS-M 403 History of Music I
MUS-M 404 History of Music II
PHIL-P 302 Medieval Philosophy
PHIL-P 304 Nineteenth-Century Philosophy
PHIL-P 314 Modern Philosophy
PHIL-P 410 Ancient Greek Philosophy
REL-R 331 Christianity, 1500-2000
SPAN-S 411 Spain: The Cultural Context
SPAN-S 412 Spanish America: Cultural context
THTR-T 270 Intro. to History of Theatre I
THTR-T 271 Intro. to History of Theatre II
THTR-T 275 American Theatre: The Black Experience & Contribution

Ethical Reasoning and Diversity

In addition to the three credit hours required for the campus general education Ethical Reasoning/Diversity requirement, choose one additional course for a minimum total of 6 credit hours in the Ethical Reasoning/Diversity. One course must be in Ethical Reasoning and one course must be in Diversity. (May not "double dip" with the General Education Core Ethical Reasoning/Diversity Requirement, the BA Distribution Historical Investigation Requirement, or the BA Distribution Social & Behavioral Science Requirement.)