Group 1 & 2 Requirements, Complete List
Group 1 Requirements
Page Index: < Communications > < Humanities > < Science/Math > < Social Science > < Group 2 Requirements >
Group 1 General Education courses are designed to enhance skills and knowledge for students to succeed in academic, career and life goals. Students pursuing a twoyear degree will need to fulfill specific general education requirements by selecting courses from Group 1 based on the degree requirements listed on the following pages.
Group 2 courses are all remaining 100-level courses or above which may fulfill occupational specialty program requirements, major area requirements, and elective requirements for degree and certificate programs.
Communications
| English Dept. |
Credits |
| ENG 111 English Composition |
4 |
| ENG 112 English Composition |
4 |
| Note:
Transfer students with Composition transfer credits totaling less than 5,
should choose one of the following ENG literature courses: |
| ENG 210 Children’s
Literature |
3 |
| ENG 240 Introduction
to Literature |
3 |
| ENG 241 Mythology |
3 |
| ENG 242 Women in Literature |
3 |
| ENG 245 Native American Literature |
3 |
| ENG 254 Shakespeare |
3 |
| ENG 256 Wilderness &
the American Imagination |
3 |
| ENG 261 British Literature |
3 |
| ENG 262 American Literature |
3 |
| ENG 263 World Literature |
3 |
| ENG 264 Detective Fiction |
3 |
| ENG 265 Science Fiction
and Fantasy |
3 |
| ENG 266 Popular Culture |
3 |
| ENG 267 Film as Literature |
3 |
| ENG 271 Adolescence
and Cultural Diversity |
3 |
For Communications: Excess literature credits may be applied to Group 1 Humanities requirements or Group 2 requirements.
Humanities
| History Dept. |
Credits |
| HST 101 Western Civilization
to 1500 AD |
4 |
| HST 102 Western Civilization
from 1500 |
4 |
| HST 111 United States
History to 1865 |
4 |
| HST 112 United States
History Since 1865 |
4 |
| HST 211 Native American
History |
3 |
| HST 212 African-American
History |
3 |
| HST 213 American Women’s
History |
3 |
| HST 225 American Civil
War |
3 |
| HST 228 The Vietnam
War |
3 |
| HST 230 A History of
Michigan |
3 |
| HST 235 20th Century
Europe |
3 |
| Literature (Inter. Level) Dept. |
Credits |
| ENG 210
Children’s
Literature |
3 |
| ENG 240 Introduction
to Literature |
3 |
| ENG 241 Mythology |
3 |
| ENG 242 Women in Literature |
3 |
| ENG 245
Native American Literature |
3 |
| ENG 254 Shakespeare |
3 |
| ENG 256
Wilderness & the American Imagination |
3 |
| ENG 261 British Literature |
3 |
| ENG 262 American Literature |
3 |
| ENG 263 World Literature |
3 |
| ENG 264 Detective Fiction |
3 |
| ENG 265 Science Fiction
and Fantasy |
3 |
| ENG 266 Popular Culture |
3 |
| ENG 267 Film as Literature |
3 |
| ENG 271 Adolescence and
Cultural Diversity |
3 |
| Language (Inter
Level) Dept. |
Credits |
| MLF 201 Intermediate
French I* |
4 |
| MLF 202 Intermediate
French II* |
4 |
| MLS 221 Intermediate
Spanish I* |
4 |
| MLS 222 Intermediate
Spanish II* |
4 |
*Not all four-year schools will accept second year Foreign Language courses as Humanities Distribution credits.
| Humanities Dept. |
Credits |
| HUM 101 Introduction
to Humanities |
3 |
| HUM 102 Introduction
to Humanities |
3 |
| HUM 111 American Experience |
4 |
| HUM 112 American Experience |
4 |
| HUM 116 World Cultures |
4 |
| HUM 221 Russian Language and Culture |
4 |
| Art Dept. |
Credits |
| ART 100 Art Appreciation |
3 |
| ART 111 History of Western
Art I |
4 |
| ART 112 History of Western
Art II |
4 |
| ART 116 World Cultures |
4 |
| ART 213 Modern Art History |
3 |
| ART 214 Women in Art |
3 |
| Music Dept. |
Credits |
| MUS 110 Music Appreciation
Standard Literature |
3 |
| MUS 111 Music Appreciation
Jazz |
3 |
| Philosophy/Religion
Dept. |
Credits |
| PHL 101 Introduction
to Philosophy |
3 |
| PHL 105 Critical Thinking |
3 |
| PHL 121 Western Religions |
4 |
| PHL 122 Eastern Religions |
4 |
| PHL 181 Old Testament |
4 |
| PHL 182 New Testament |
4 |
| PHL 201 Ethics |
3 |
| PHL 202 Contemporary
Ethical Dilemmas |
3 |
| PHL 222 The World of
Jesus |
4 |
| PHL 223 Jesus and Early
Christianity |
4 |
Excess credits in each Academic Area may be applied toward meeting Group 2 requirements.
Science/Math
| Astronomy Dept. |
Credits |
| AST 109 - AST 109L Planetary Astronomy |
4 |
| AST 119 - AST 119L Astronomy |
4 |
| Biology Dept. |
Credits |
| BIO 100 - BIO 100L Food and Nutrition Biology |
4 |
| BIO 105 - BIO105L Living in the
Environment |
4 |
| BIO 106 - BIO 106L Human Biology |
4 |
| BIO 107 - BIO 107L Field Biology |
4 |
| BIO 108 - BIO 108L Plant Biology |
4 |
| BIO 109 - BIO 109L Principles of
Life Science |
4 |
| BIO 115 - BIO 115L Cell, Plant and
Ecosystem Biology |
4 |
| BIO 116 - BIO 116L Cell and Animal
Biology |
4 |
| BIO 208 - BIO 208L Microbiology |
4 |
| BIO 215 Genetics (no
lab) |
3 |
| BIO 216 Genetics Lab |
1 |
| BIO 227 - BIO 227L Human Anatomy
and Physiology I |
5 |
| BIO 228 - BIO 228L Human Anatomy
and Physiology II |
5 |
| BIO 250 - BIO 250L Natural History
of Vertebrates |
4 |
| BIO 260 - BIO 260L General Ecology |
5 |
| BIO 268 Biochemistry
(no lab) |
3 |
| BIO 270A Ecological Field
Studies (lab only) |
2 |
| BIO 270B Campus Botany
(lab only) |
2 |
| Chemistry Dept. |
Credits |
| CHM 101 - CHM 101L Introductory
Chemistry |
4 |
| CHM 150 - CHM 150L - CHM 150R General
Chemistry I |
5 |
| CHM 151 - CHM 151L - CHM 151R General
Chemistry II |
5 |
| CHM 250 - CHM 250L Organic Chemistry
I |
5 |
| CHM 251 - CHM 251L Organic Chemistry
II |
5 |
| Environmental Science
Dept. |
Credits |
| ENV 103 - ENV 103L Earth Science |
4 |
| ENV 104 - ENV 104L Life of the Past |
4 |
| ENV 111 - ENV 111L Physical Geology |
4 |
| ENV 112 - ENV 112L Historical Geology |
4 |
| ENV 117 - ENV 117L Meteorology
and Climatology |
4 |
| ENV 131 - ENV 131L Oceanography |
4 |
| ENV 140 - ENV 140L Watershed Science |
4 |
| ENV 210 - ENV 210L Fundamentals of Soil Science |
4 |
| ENV 231 - ENV 231L Environmental
Science |
4 |
| ENV 270A Michigan Basin
Geology (lab only) |
2 |
| ENV 270B Field Mapping
Techniques (lab only) |
2 |
| ENV 270C Pre Cambrian Geology of Michigan |
2 |
| Mathematics Dept. |
Credits |
| MTH 116 Intro to Computer
Science |
4 |
| MTH 121 College Algebra |
4 |
| MTH 122 Trigonometry |
3 |
| MTH 131 Intro to Probability
and Statistics |
3 |
| MTH 140 College Algebra
and Trigonometry |
5 |
| MTH 141 Calculus I |
5 |
| MTH 142 Calculus II |
5 |
| MTH 241 Calculus III |
4 |
| MTH 251 Differential
Equations |
4 |
| Physics Dept. |
Credits |
| PHY 105 - PHY 105L Physics of the
World Around Us |
4 |
| PHY 121 - PHY 121L General Physics
I |
4 |
| PHY 122 - PHY 122L General Physics
II |
4 |
| PHY 221 - PHY 221L - PHY 221R Probability &
Principles of Physics I |
5 |
| PHY 222 - PHY 222L - PHY 222R Probability & Principles of
Physics II |
5 |
Excess credits in each Academic Area may be applied toward meeting Group 2 requirements.
Social Science
| Economics Dept. |
Credits |
| ECO 121 Basic Economics |
3 |
| ECO 201 Principles of
Macroeconomics |
3 |
| ECO 202 Principles of
Microeconomics |
3 |
| Geography Dept. |
Credits |
| GEO 101 Introduction
to Geography |
3 |
| GEO 105 - GEO 105L Physical
Geography with Lab |
4 |
| GEO 108 Geography of
U.S. and Canada |
3 |
| GEO 109 World Regional
Geography |
3 |
| GEO 110 Economic Geography |
3 |
| Political Science
Dept. |
Credits |
| PLS 101 Survey of American
Government |
3 |
| PLS 132 Comparative Government |
3 |
| PLS 211 International
Relations |
3 |
| PLS 222 Introduction to Political Theory |
3 |
| Psychology Dept. |
Credits |
| PSY 101 Introduction
to Psychology |
3 |
| PSY 211 Developmental
Psychology |
3 |
| PSY 212 Psychology/Exceptional
Child |
3 |
| PSY 221 Psychology of
Personality |
3 |
| PSY 223 Intro to Social
Psychology |
3 |
| PSY 225 Human Sexuality |
3 |
| PSY 231 Psychology of
Adjustment |
3 |
| PSY 250 Abnormal Psychology |
3 |
| Sociology Dept. |
Credits |
| SOC 101 Introduction
to Sociology |
3 |
| SOC 112 Introduction
to Physical Anthropology |
3 |
| SOC 113 Introduction
to Cultural Anthropology |
3 |
| SOC 201 Modern Social
Problems |
3 |
| SOC 211 Marriage and
the Family |
3 |
| SOC 220 Gender and Society |
3 |
| SOC 221 Russian Language and Culture |
4 |
| SOC 231 Deviance and
Criminal Behavior |
3 |
Excess credits in each Academic Area may be applied toward meeting Group 2 requirements.
Group 2 Requirements
All 100-level or higher courses not listed in the
Group 1 section, are Group 2 courses.
Note: Any 290 (Academic Service Learning Internship),
291 (Special Topics) and 297 (Independent Study) courses
count as Group 2.
* A maximum of four credits of Academic Service Learning
Internships may count toward a degree.
*A maximum of two physical education credits and two
professional development seminar credits may be used
toward a degree.
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