Oct 03, 2023

2012-2013 Undergraduate Catalog

2012-2013 Undergraduate Catalog [Not Current Academic Year. Consult with Your Academic Advisor for Your Catalog Year]

Core Requirements by Alphabetical Listing

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Core Curriculum Course	Core Curriculum Category	Effective Date for Recent Additions to the Core
AAS 2320 - Introduction to African American Studies	Humanities
AAS 2330 - Black Liberation Theology	Humanities	August 27, 2012
AMER 3300 - The Americas: Identity, Culture, and Power	Humanities
ANTH 1300 - Introduction to Anthropology	Social & Behavioral Sciences
ANTH 2301 - Introduction to Physical Anthropology	Social & Behavioral Sciences
ANTH 2302 - Introduction to Cultural Anthropology	Social & Behavioral Sciences
ANTH 2303 - Introduction to Archaeology	Social & Behavioral Sciences
ANTH 2304 - Introduction to Language and Culture	Writing in the Disciplines (IDO)
ANTH 3348 - Anthropology of Religion	Writing in the Disciplines (IDO)
ANTH 3361 - Human Origins	Writing in the Disciplines (IDO)
ANTH 3381 - Global Hinduism	Writing in the Disciplines (IDO)	August 27, 2012
ANTH 4310 - Theories of Culture	Social & Behavioral Sciences
ARAB 3314 - Women and Gender in Arabic Literature	Writing in the Disciplines (IDO)	August 27, 2012
ARAB 3340 - Modernity and Rationalism in Islamic Tradition	Humanities	August 27, 2012
ARCH 1359 - Design since 1945	Writing in the Disciplines (IDO)
ARCH 2350 - Survey of Architectural History I	Visual & Performing Arts
ARCH 2351 - Survey of Architectural History II	Visual & Performing Arts
ARCH 3346: Precedents of Modernism	Visual & Performing Arts
ARTH 1300 - Ways of Seeing: Art and Our Visual World	Visual & Performing Arts
ARTH 1380 - Art and Society: Prehistoric to Gothic	Visual & Performing Arts	August 22, 2011
ARTH 1381 - Art and Society: Renaissance to Modern	Visual & Performing Arts	August 22, 2011
ARTH 2388 - Survey of the Art of Africa, Oceania and the Americas	Visual & Performing Arts
ARTH 3312 - Pre-Columbian Art	Writing in the Disciplines (IDO)

B

BCHS 4311 - Biochemistry Lab II	Writing in the Disciplines (IDO)
BIOL 1309 - Human Genetics and Society	Natural Sciences
BIOL 1310 - General Biology	Natural Sciences
BIOL 1320 - General Biology	Natural Sciences
BIOL 1361 - Introduction to Biological Science	Natural Sciences
BIOL 1362 - Introduction to Biological Science	Natural Sciences
BIOL 3311 - Genetics Laboratory	Writing in the Disciplines (IDO)

C

CHEM 1301 - Foundations of Chemistry	Natural Sciences
CHEM 1302 - General Organic Chemistry	Natural Sciences
CHEM 1331 - Fundamentals of Chemistry	Natural Sciences
CHEM 1332 - Fundamentals of Chemistry	Natural Sciences
CHNS 3352 - Chinese Culture and Society Through Modern Literature	Humanities
CHNS 3354 - Chinese Culture and Language	Humanities
CHNS 3360: A Look into Modern China	Humanities
CLAS 2366 - Who Owns Antiquity? The Battle Over Our Cultural Heritage	Humanities	August 27, 2012
CLAS 3307 - Greek and Roman Myths of Heroes	Humanities
CLAS 3308 - Myths and the Cult of Ancient Gods	Humanities
CLAS 3345 - Myth and Performance in Greek Tragedy	Visual & Performing Arts	August 22, 2011
CLAS 3366 - Greek Art and Archaeology: In Search of the Trojan War	Visual & Performing Arts
CLAS 3371 - Ancient Comedy and Its Influence	Visual & Performing Arts
CLAS 3374 - Women in the Ancient World	Humanities
CLAS 3380 - Epic Masculinity: Ideologies of Manhood in Ancient Epic and Modern Film	Visual & Performing Arts
CLAS 3381 - From Homer to Hollywood: Ancient Greek Themes in the Modern Cinema	Visual & Performing Arts
CLAS 4305 - Fifth-Century Athens: Readings in Intellectual, Literary, and Political History	Writing in the Disciplines (IDO)
CLAS 4375 - Gender and Race in Greek Myths	Humanities
CLAS 4381 - Latin Classics in Translation	Writing in the Disciplines (IDO)
COMD 2439 - Speech and Language Development	Social & Behavioral Sciences
COMD 3380 - Professional Writing in Communication Sciences and Disorders	Writing in the Disciplines (IDO)
COMM 1302 - Introduction to Communication Theory	Writing in the Disciplines (IDO)
COMM 3370 - History of Cinema	Visual & Performing Arts
COMM 4370 - Social Aspects of Film	Humanities
COSC 1304 - C Programming	Math/Reasoning (IDO)
CUST 2300 - Introduction to Asian American Studies	Social & Behavioral Sciences

D

DAN 2307 - Aesthetics of Movement	Visual & Performing Arts
DAN 3300 - Aesthetics of 20th Century American Choreography	Visual & Performing Arts
DAN 3310 - Dance History I	Visual & Performing Arts

E

ECON 2301 - Global Economic Concepts	Social & Behavioral Sciences
ECON 2304 - Microeconomic Principles	Social & Behavioral Sciences
ECON 2305 - Macroeconomic Principles	Social & Behavioral Sciences
ECON 2370 - Introduction to Statistics and Data Analysis	Math/Reasoning (IDO)
ECON 3332 - Intermediate Microeconomic Theory	Social & Behavioral Sciences
ECON 3334 - Intermediate Macroeconomic Theory	Writing in the Disciplines (IDO)
ELET 2300 - Introduction to C++ Programming	Math/Reasoning (IDO)	August 27, 2012
ENGI 2304 - Technical Communications	Writing in the Disciplines (IDO)
ENGL 1303 - First Year Writing I	Communication
ENGL 1304 - First Year Writing II	Communication
ENGL 1309 - English Composition for Nonnative Speakers I	Communication
ENGL 1310 - English Composition for Nonnative Speakers II	Communication
ENGL 1370 - Freshman Composition II – Honors	Communication
ENGL 2301 - Western World Literature	Humanities
ENGL 2302 - Western World Literature	Humanities
ENGL 2305 - Introduction to Fiction	Humanities
ENGL 2306 - Introduction to Poetry	Humanities
ENGL 2307 - Introduction to Drama	Visual & Performing Arts
ENGL 2308 - Introduction to Nonfiction Prose	Humanities
ENGL 2312 - Literature and Technology	Humanities
ENGL 2315 - Literature and Film	Humanities
ENGL 2316 - Literature and Culture	Humanities
ENGL 2317: Criticism of Literary Performance	Visual & Performing Arts
ENGL 2318 - Creation and Performance of Literature	Visual & Performing Arts
ENGL 2320 - Book and Beyond	Humanities
ENGL 2321 - Computers in Humanities	Humanities
ENGL 2322 - Literature and Nature	Humanities
ENGL 2323 - Literature and Identity	Humanities
ENGL 2324 - Literature, Arts, and Society	Humanities
ENGL 2325 - Literary Traditions of the Nonwestern World	Humanities
ENGL 2330 - Writing in the Discipline of English	Writing in the Disciplines (IDO)
ENGL 2340 - Cosmic Narratives	Humanities	August 22, 2011
ENGL 2360 - Western World Literature – Honors	Humanities
ENGL 2361 - Western World Literature II – Honors	Communication
ENGL 2417: Shakespeare in Performance	Visual & Performing Arts
ENGL 3300 - Ancient and Classical Literature	Humanities
ENGL 3306 - Shakespeare: The Major Works	Humanities
ENGL 3324 - The Development of the Novel	Humanities
ENGL 3325 - Structures of Poetry	Humanities
ENGL 3327 - Masterpieces of British Literature to the Eighteenth Century	Humanities
ENGL 3328 - Masterpieces of British Literature from the Eighteenth Century	Humanities
ENGL 3350 - American Literature to 1865	Humanities
ENGL 3351 - American Literature Since 1865	Humanities
ENGL 3360 - Survey of African American Literature	Humanities
ENGL 4310 - History of the English Language	Humanities
ENGL 4381 - Latin Classics in Translation	Humanities

F

FREN 3319 - History of French Cinema	Visual & Performing Arts
FREN 3321 - Francophone African Cinema	Visual & Performing Arts	August 22, 2011
FREN 3322 - Francophone African Cinema	Visual & Performing Arts	August 22, 2011
FREN 3362 - Paris and Berlin	Humanities
FREN 3364 - Writing Holocausts: The Literatures of Genocide	Humanities
FREN 4301 - Survey of French Literature I	Humanities
FREN 4302 - Survey of French Literature II	Humanities

G

GENB 4350 - Business Law and Ethics	Writing in the Disciplines (IDO)
GEOG 1301 - Human Use of the Earth	Social & Behavioral Sciences
GEOG 2340 - World Realms	Social & Behavioral Sciences
GEOL 1302 - Introduction to Global Climate Change	Natural Sciences
GEOL 1330 - Physical Geology	Natural Sciences
GEOL 1340 - Introduction to Earth Systems	Natural Sciences
GEOL 1350 - Introduction to Meteorology	Natural Sciences
GEOL 1360 - Introduction to Oceanography	Natural Sciences	August 27, 2012
GEOL 1376 - Historical Geology	Natural Sciences
GEOL 3377 - Oceanography	Natural Sciences
GERM 3350 - Understanding the 20th Century through German Culture	Humanities
GERM 3360 - Masterpieces of German Literature in English Translation I	Humanities
GERM 3361 - Masterpieces of German Literature in English Translation II	Humanities
GERM 3362 - Paris and Berlin	Humanities
GERM 3363 - Themes in German Drama	Visual & Performing Arts
GERM 3364 - Writing Holocausts: The Literatures of Genocide	Humanities
GERM 3369 - World War I in Literature, Visual Arts, and Film	Humanities	August 27, 2012
GERM 3380 - German Women Film Directors	Visual & Performing Arts
GERM 3381 - German Cinema	Visual & Performing Arts
GERM 3382 - History of German Cinema	Visual & Performing Arts
GERM 3384 - Fascism and German Cinema	Visual & Performing Arts
GERM 3385 - East German Cinema	Visual & Performing Arts
GERM 3386 - Films of Fassbinder	Visual & Performing Arts
GERM 3387 - Films of Herzog	Visual & Performing Arts
GERM 3388 - Films of Wenders	Visual & Performing Arts

H

HDCS 1300 - Human Ecosystems and Technological Change	Writing in the Disciplines (IDO)
HDFS 1300 - Development of Contemporary Families	Writing in the Disciplines (IDO)
HIST 1376 - The United States to 1877	American History
HIST 1377 - The United States to 1877	American History
HIST 1378 - The United States Since 1877	American History
HIST 1379 - The United States Since 1877	American History
HIST 1380 - American History Through Sight and Sound to 1877	Visual & Performing Arts
HIST 1381 - American History Through Sight and Sound From 1877	Humanities
HIST 2351 - Western Civilization to 1450	Humanities
HIST 2353 - Western Civilization From 1450	Humanities
HIST 2361 - Early Civilizations	Humanities
HIST 2371 - Latin America 1492-1820	Humanities
HIST 2372 - Latin America Since 1820	Humanities
HIST 3300 - History of Private Life	Humanities
HIST 3314 - Liberals vs. Conservatives: US Politics from FDR to Present	Writing in the Disciplines (IDO)
HIST 3317 - Making of Ethnic America	Humanities
HIST 3333 - Chicano History Since 1910	Writing in the Disciplines (IDO)	August 22, 2011
HIST 3337 - Texas-Mexican Music in 20th Century	Writing in the Disciplines (IDO)	August 22, 2011
HIST 3341 - Latino Struggles for Educational Equality	Writing in the Disciplines (IDO)	August 22, 2011
HIST 3343 - Latinos and American Education in 20th Century	Writing in the Disciplines (IDO)	August 22, 2011
HIST 3351 - Work and Family Life in Modern Europe	Writing in the Disciplines (IDO)
HIST 3369 - Colonial Mexico	Writing in the Disciplines (IDO)
HIST 3379 - World Civilizations to c.e. 1500	Humanities
HIST 3380 - World Civilization Since c.e. 1500	Humanities
HIST 4314 - American History Through Film	Visual & Performing Arts
HIST 4315 - The Chicano Brown Power Movement	Writing in the Disciplines (IDO)	August 22, 2011
HIST 4330 - The Flowering of the Middle Ages	Humanities
HIST 4335 - Greek and Roman Historians	Writing in the Disciplines (IDO)
HIST 4339 - Modern European Intellectual History	Writing in the Disciplines (IDO)
HIST 4371 - Latin American History Through Film	Visual & Performing Arts
HON 2301 - The Human Situation: Antiquity	Humanities
HRMA 2365 - Tourism	Social & Behavioral Sciences
HRMA 3358 - Hospitality Industry Law	Writing in the Disciplines (IDO)

I

IDNS 4392 - History of 20th Century Science	Writing in the Disciplines (IDO)
ILAS 2350 - Introduction to Liberal Studies	Humanities	August 27, 2012
ILAS 2360 - Cosmic Narratives	Humanities
ITAL 3305 - Italian Culture Through Films	Visual & Performing Arts
ITAL 3306 - Italian Culture Through Films	Visual & Performing Arts
ITAL 3308 - Italian Heritage	Humanities
ITAL 3335 - Survey of Italian Literature	Humanities
ITAL 3336 - Survey of Italian Literature in Translation	Humanities
ITAL 3345 - Theater in Italy: Text, Audience, and Performance	Visual & Performing Arts
ITAL 3346 - Theatre in Italy: Text, Audience, and Performance	Visual & Performing Arts
ITAL 4308 - Dante and His World	Writing in the Disciplines (IDO)
ITAL 4309: Women Writers and Filmmakers of Modern Italy	Writing in the Disciplines (IDO)	August 27, 2012

K

KIN 1304 - Public Health Issues in Physical Activity and Obesity

Social & Behavioral Sciences

L

LAST 3300 - Latin America: Hemispheric and Global Perspectives

Writing in the Disciplines (IDO)

August 22, 2011

M

MAS 3340 - Development of the Mexican American Urban Communities	Humanities
MATH 1310 - College Algebra	Mathematics
MATH 1311 - Elementary Mathematical Modeling	Mathematics
MATH 1312 - Introduction to Mathematical Reasoning	Math/Reasoning (IDO)
MATH 1313 - Finite Mathematics with Applications	Math/Reasoning (IDO)
MATH 1314 - Calculus for Business and the Life Sciences	Math/Reasoning (IDO)
MATH 1330 - Precalculus	Math/Reasoning (IDO)
MATH 1431 - Calculus I	Math/Reasoning (IDO)
MATH 1450 - Accelerated Calculus	Math/Reasoning (IDO)
MATH 2311 - Introduction to Probability and Statistics	Math/Reasoning (IDO)
MATH 3311 - Functions and Modeling	Writing in the Disciplines (IDO)	August 22, 2011
MATH 3379 - Introduction to Higher Geometry	Writing in the Disciplines (IDO)	August 22, 2011
MUSI 1100 - Marching Band	Visual & Performing Arts
MUSI 1102 - Wind Ensemble	Visual & Performing Arts
MUSI 1110 - Jazz Orchestra	Visual & Performing Arts
MUSI 1120 - University Chorus	Visual & Performing Arts
MUSI 1121 - Concert Chorale	Visual & Performing Arts
MUSI 1140 - Orchestra	Visual & Performing Arts
MUSI 2210 - Theory III	Math/Reasoning (IDO)
MUSI 2214 - Techniques of Music Since 1900	Math/Reasoning (IDO)
MUSI 2302 - Listening to Jazz	Visual & Performing Arts
MUSI 3300 - Listening to Music Masterworks	Visual & Performing Arts
MUSI 3301 - Listening to World Music	Visual & Performing Arts
MUSI 3303 - Popular Music of the Americas Since 1840	Writing in the Disciplines (IDO)
MUSI 4105 - Vocal Chamber Ensemble	Visual & Performing Arts
MUSI 4342 - Music for Children	Visual & Performing Arts
MUSI 4366 - Music in the United States	Writing in the Disciplines (IDO)

N

NUTR 2332 - Introduction To Human Nutrition

Natural Sciences

P

PHAR 2362 - Principles of Drug Action	Natural Sciences
PHIL 1301 - Introduction to Philosophy	Humanities
PHIL 1305 - Introduction to Ethics	Humanities
PHIL 1321 - Logic I	Math/Reasoning (IDO)
PHIL 1334 - Introduction to the Mind	Writing in the Disciplines (IDO)
PHIL 1361 - Philosophy and the Arts	Visual & Performing Arts
PHYS 1301 - Introductory General Physics I	Natural Sciences
PHYS 1302 - Introductory General Physics II	Natural Sciences
PHYS 1305 - Introductory Astronomy - The Solar System	Natural Sciences
PHYS 1306 - Introductory Astronomy - Stellar and Galactic Systems	Natural Sciences
PHYS 1307 - Physics of Energy and Climate in the 21st Century	Natural Sciences
PHYS 1321 - University Physics I	Natural Sciences
PHYS 1322 - University Physics II	Natural Sciences
PHYS 3313 - Advanced Laboratory I	Writing in the Disciplines (IDO)	August 22, 2011
PHYS 3378 - Introduction to Atmospheric Science	Natural Sciences
POLS 1107 - Federal and Texas Constitution	Government
POLS 1333 - Introduction to Political Science	Social & Behavioral Sciences
POLS 1335: World Politics	Social & Behavioral Sciences
POLS 1336 - U.S. and Texas Constitutions and Politics	Government
POLS 1337 - U.S. Government: Congress, President, and Courts	Government
POLS 2341 - Renaissance Classics	Writing in the Disciplines (IDO)
POLS 2346 - The Politics of Greek Theatre	Visual & Performing Arts
POLS 3310 - Introduction to Political Theory	Writing in the Disciplines (IDO)
POLS 3311 - Introduction to Comparative Politics	Writing in the Disciplines (IDO)
POLS 3313 - Introduction to International Relations	Writing in the Disciplines (IDO)
POLS 3316 - Statistics for the Political Scientists	Math/Reasoning (IDO)
POLS 3318 - Introduction to Public Policy	Writing in the Disciplines (IDO)
POLS 3340 - Ancient and Medieval Political Thought	Humanities
POLS 3341 - Political Thought From Machiavelli and the Renaissance	Humanities
POLS 4346 - Greek Political Thought	Humanities
PSYC 1300 - Introduction to Psychology	Social & Behavioral Sciences
PSYC 2344 - Cultural Psychology	Writing in the Disciplines (IDO)
PSYC 2350 - Child Development	Social & Behavioral Sciences
PSYC 2351 - Psychology of Adolescence	Social & Behavioral Sciences
PSYC 3301 - Introduction to Psychological Statistics	Math/Reasoning (IDO)
PSYC 3310 - Industrial-Organization Psychology	Writing in the Disciplines (IDO)
PSYC 4321 - Abnormal Psychology	Writing in the Disciplines (IDO)

R

RELS 1301 - Introduction to Religious Studies	Humanities	August 22, 2011
RELS 2310 - The Bible and Western Culture I	Humanities
RELS 2311 - The Bible and Western Culture II	Humanities
RELS 2330 - Judaism	Humanities
RELS 2335 - Rabbinic Biblical Interpretation	Writing in the Disciplines (IDO)
RELS 2350 - Introduction to Islam	Writing in the Disciplines (IDO)	August 27, 2012
RELS 2360 - Introduction to Buddhism	Writing in the Disciplines (IDO)	August 27, 2012
RELS 2380 - Religion and Film	Visual & Performing Arts	August 27, 2012
RELS 3370 - The Bible and Modern Science	Writing in the Disciplines (IDO)	August 27, 2012
RELS 3375 - Christianity and Ethics	Writing in the Disciplines (IDO)	August 27, 2012
RELS 3381 - Global Hinduism	Writing in the Disciplines (IDO)	August 27, 2012
RUSS 2303 - A Survey of Russian Literature in English	Humanities
RUSS 2304 - A Survey of Russian Literature in English	Humanities
RUSS 3307 - Soviet and Post-Soviet Cinema: Collapse of the Soviet Realm and Revival of National Identity	Visual & Performing Arts

S

SOC 1300 - Introduction to Sociology	Social & Behavioral Sciences
SOC 1301 - Honors Introduction to Sociology	Social & Behavioral Sciences
SOC 2310 - Social Problems	Writing in the Disciplines (IDO)
SOC 2325 - American Minority Peoples	Writing in the Disciplines (IDO)
SOC 3312 - The Sociology of Deviance	Social & Behavioral Sciences
SOC 3330 - Introduction to Social Psychology	Writing in the Disciplines (IDO)
SOC 3351 - Social Class and Mobility in America	Writing in the Disciplines (IDO)
SOC 3351 - Social Class and Mobility in America	Writing in the Disciplines (IDO)
SPAN 3331 - Mexican-American Literature	Humanities
SPAN 3373 - Spanish Culture and Civilization	Humanities
SPAN 3374 - Spanish American Culture and Civilization	Humanities
SPAN 3375 - United States Hispanic Culture and Civilization	Humanities
SPAN 3384 - Introduction to Hispanic Literature	Writing in the Disciplines (IDO)
SPAN 3386 - Screen Memories: Spanish Culture Through Film	Visual & Performing Arts
SPAN 4311 - Survey of Spanish Literature to 1700	Humanities

T

TECH 1313 - Impact of Modern Technology on Society	Social & Behavioral Sciences
TELS 3363 - Technical Communications	Writing in the Disciplines (IDO)
TELS 3372 - Communicating Science, Engineering, and Technology Issues and Trends Within the Global Workplace	Communication
THEA 1331 - Introduction to the Theatre	Visual & Performing Arts
THEA 1332 - Fundamentals of Theatre	Visual & Performing Arts
THEA 2343: Introduction to Dramaturgy	Visual & Performing Arts
THEA 2344 - American Drama	Writing in the Disciplines (IDO)
TMTH 3360: Applied Technical Statistics	Math/Reasoning (IDO)

V

VIET 3300 - The Global Vietnamese Diaspora	Humanities
VIST 1300 - Introduction to Visual Studies	Social & Behavioral Science

W

WCL 2351 - World Cultures Through Literature and the Arts	Humanities
WCL 2352 - World Cinema	Humanities
WCL 2370 - Cultures of India	Humanities	August 27, 2012
WCL 3362 - U.S. Latino Literature	Humanities
WCL 3365 - World Fiction & Reportage	Writing in the Disciplines (IDO)	August 27, 2012
WCL 3366 - Latin American and Latino Film Studies	Visual & Performing Arts
WCL 3371 - Cities in Film and the Arts	Visual & Performing Arts
WCL 3373 - Gender and Sexuality in World Film	Visual & Performing Arts
WCL 3377 - The Modern Middle East: Literature, Politics, and Ideas	Humanities	August 22, 2011
WCL 4322 - Seminar in Scholarly Production	Writing in the Disciplines (IDO)
WCL 4351 - Frames of Modernity I	Writing in the Disciplines (IDO)
WCL 4352 - Frames of Modernity II	Writing in the Disciplines (IDO)
WCL 4356 - World Film & Film Theory	Writing in the Disciplines (IDO)	August 27, 2012
WCL 4367 - Voices from Exile and Diaspora	Writing in the Disciplines (IDO)
WOST 2350 - Introduction to Women’s Studies	Humanities