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A total of six (6)core courses need to be taken to fulfill the Arts, Humanities and Social Science core requirement. These courses must come from five (5) different areas of study (fields), with the sixth course being a "Depth" course*.

Area I -  Arts and Humanities Core Courses
Area II - Social Sciences Core Courses

Note: COMM 101 is a required course and it also counts as part of the CORE - Area II requirements.

      Credits

Basic

Area I
and
Area II

  Area I core course in one field
  Area I core course in a second field
3
3
  COMM 101 Fundamentals of Speech Communication
  Area II core course in a second field

3
3

Depth

Depth in Area I
or
Depth in Area II

  An elective depth course* chosen from art, literature, humanities, music,  philosophy, theatre arts or a foreign language other than English or the student’s native language, and
  Area II core course in a third field.

3
3

  An elective depth course* chosen from anthropology, communications, economics, geography, history, political science, psychology or sociology, and
  Area I core course in a third field.

3
3

* A  "Depth" course is defined as being the second course in a particular field, not necessarily from the list of core courses. The Depth course must be approved by your advisor! Courses that instill cultural values are acceptable while routine exercises of personal craft are not.

Area I Depth Examples: 
   AR 100, AR 335, MU 133 (Art)
   PHIL 101, PHIL 309, THEA 101 (Philosophy)
   SP 201, SP 202, PY 211 (Spanish - or French, German, Japanese or Russian)

Area II Depth Examples:

  COMM 101, COMM 390, ECON 201(Communications)
   COMM 101, ECON 201, ECON 305 (Economics)

   COMM 101, GEOG 102, GEOG 301(Geography)

   COMM 101, SOC 101, 201 (Sociology)

   COMM 101, POLS 101, POLS 301 (Political Science)
   COMM 101, PSYC 101, PSYC 301 (Psychology)

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