Nov 23, 2024

2015-2016 College Catalog

2015-2016 College Catalog [ARCHIVED CATALOG]

Distribution Requirements

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CATEGORIES	AA Credits	AS Credits	AAS Credits
American and Wyoming Government ¹	3-6	3-6	3-6
English	6	6	6
Business Communication			6
Mathematics	3	10²	3
Lab Science	4	10²	6
Humanities ¹	9	9
Visual and Performing Arts ¹	9
Social Science ¹	6
Comparative Cultural Awareness¹	6	1-4³
Wellness	2	2	2
TOTAL CREDITS	39-42	31-37	20-23

¹ Some courses may be used to fulfill two categories of requirements.

² At least one course from each area. At least one course must be a Lab Science.

³ One course from approved list. See courses below.

General Education Requirements

American and Wyoming Government (3-6 credits)

POLS 1000 - American and Wyoming Government (3) or
HIST 1221 - The United States from 1865 (3)
or
HIST 1210 - United States History I (3) and
HIST 1250 - History of Wyoming (3)

English (6 credits)

AA and AS Degrees only

ENGL 1010 - English I: Introduction to Composition (3)

And one of the following:

ENGL 1020 - English II: Introduction to Literature (3)
ENGL 2005 - Technical Writing (3)
ENGL 2030 - Critical Reading and Writing (3) *

Note

* For transfer to the University of Wyoming, consider one of the following: ENGL 1020 and ENGL 2030. For transfer to Montana State University–Bozeman, consider one of the following: ENGL 2017 or ENGL 2030. For transfer to Montana State University–Billings, consider ENGL 2017 (each department or school sets its own advanced writing requirement). For those undecided about a transfer institution, consider ENGL 1020.

English/Business Communication (6 credits)

AAS Degree only

ENGL 1010 - English I: Introduction to Composition (3)

And one of the following:

ENGL 1020 - English II: Introduction to Literature (3)
ENGL 2005 - Technical Writing (3)
ENGL 2030 - Critical Reading and Writing (3)
BADM 1020 - Business Communication (3)

Note

* For associate of applied science degrees, refer to your specifc program of study.

Humanities/Visual and Performing Arts (9 credits)

AA Degree only

Six credits to be selected from one of the following groups, three credits to be selected from the other:

Group A (Humanities)*: humanities, journalism, English, philosophy, foreign language, speech communication, and history.

Group B (Visual and Performing Arts)*: art, music, theatre, and dance.

* Some courses may not satisfy the degree requirement. Please refer to the Courses Meeting General Education Requirements section below.

Humanities/Social Science/Visual and Performing Arts (9 credits)

AS Degree only

Nine credits to be selected from at least two fields from among humanities, visual and performing arts, or social science.

Humanities/Social Science/Visual and Performing Arts (6 credits)

AAS Degree only

Courses must be selected in two fields from among science, humanities, visual and performing arts, or social science.

Mathematics (3 credits)

AA Degree only

Courses must be selected from college-level statistics (STAT) or mathematics (any MATH 1000 and above except MATH 1510 ).

AAS Degree only

Any college-level mathematics course or BADM 1005 - Business Mathematics .

Mathematics/Science (10 credits)

AS Degree only

At least one course must be selected from college-level statistics (STAT) or mathematics (any MATH 1000 and above except MATH 1510). At least one course must be a laboratory course in astronomy, biology, chemistry, geology, physics or zoology or one of the following: AECL 2010, ANTH 1100 or ENTO 1001.

Comparative Cultural Awareness (6 credits)

AA Degree only

Courses selected from the approved list of courses meeting this requirement (see below). Three credits meeting this requirement may also apply toward the humanities, social science, or visual and performing arts requirement, depending on the specific nature of the credits taken.

Comparative Cultural Awareness (1-4 credits)

AS Degree only

One course selected from the approved list of courses meeting this requirement (see below). Up to three credits meeting this requirement may also apply toward the humanities, social science, or visual and performing arts requirement, depending on the specific nature of the course taken.

Science (4 credits)

AA Degree only

Course must be an approved laboratory course in astronomy, biology, chemistry, geology, physics, or zoology.

Or one of the following:

AECL 2010 - Introduction to Soil Science (4)
ANTH 1100 - Introduction to Biological Anthropology (4)
ENTO 1001 - Insect Biology (Offered on demand) (4) *

Note

* Some courses may not satisfy the degree requirement. Please refer to the Courses Meeting General Education Requirements section below.

Social Science (6 credits)

AA Degree only

Six credits selected from two fields of study: anthropology, economics, geography, history*, political science, psychology, sociology or AGEC 1010 or AGEC 1020 . No more than three credits from any one field may apply toward the degree requirement.

Note

* Some courses may not satisfy the degree requirement. Please refer to the Courses Meeting General Education Requirements section below.

Wellness Education (2 credits)

See Wellness Education, below.

Courses Meeting General Education Requirements

Topics courses do not meet general education requirements.

Science

All college-level courses in ASTR, BIOL (except BIOL 2020 , BIOL 2310 , BIOL 2400 , BIOL 2410 ), CHEM (except CHEM 2300 ), GEOL, MOLB, PHYS (except PHYS 1050 ), ANTH 1100 , ENTO 1001 , AECL 2010 , ZOO 2010 and ZOO 2020 (both must be completed to meet this requirement).

Social Science

All ANTH (except ANTH 1100 ) CRMJ, ECON, POLS (except POLS 2410 ), SOC courses (except SOC 2410)

AGEC 1010 - Agricultural Economics I (3)
AGEC 1020 - Agricultural Economics II (3)
GEOG 1000 - Introduction to World Regional Geography (3)
HIST 1210 - United States History I (3)
HIST 1221 - The United States from 1865 (3)
HIST 1229 - History of Yellowstone (3)
HIST 1250 - History of Wyoming (3)
HIST 1280 - History of Montana (3)
HIST 1290 - History of United States West (3)
HIST 2039 - History of East Asia (3)
HIST 2050 - Introduction to Public History (3)
HIST 2080 - The Holocaust (3)
HIST 2112 - Revolutionary Europe (3)
HIST 2115 - 20th Century Europe (3)
HIST 2120 - Ancient Greece (3)
HIST 2130 - Ancient Rome (3)
HIST 2290 - North American Indians (3)
HIST 2310 - American Women’s History (3)
PSYC 1000 - General Psychology (4)
PSYC 2210 - Drugs and Behavior (3)
PSYC 2300 - Child Psychology (3)
PSYC 2330 - Psychology of Adjustment (3)
PSYC 2380 - Social Psychology (3)

Visual and Performing Arts

ART 1010 - Introduction to Art (3)
ART 1050 - Drawing I (3)
ART 1110 - Design: 2-D (3)
ART 1120 - Design: 3-D (3)
ART 2010 - Art History I (3)
ART 2020 - Art History II (3)
ART 2100 - Digital Illustration: Adobe Illustrator (3)
ART 2165 - Web Design II: Issues (3)
ART 2410 - Ceramics I - Handbuilding (3)
ART 2420 - Ceramics II - Wheelthrowing (3)
ART 2460 - Field Studies: (1-3)
ENTK 1500 - Engineering Graphics (3)
FLM/R 1320 - Movie Production I (3)
MUSC 1000 - Introduction to Music (3)
MUSC 1030 - Written Theory I (3)
MUSC 1040 - Written Theory II (3)
MUSC 2025 - World Music (3)
MUSC 2050 - Historical Survey I (3)
MUSC 2055 - Historical Survey II (3)
PHTO 1600 - Survey of Photography (3)
THEA 1100 - Beginning Acting (3)
THEA 2120 - Oral Interpretation (3)

Wellness Education

(No individual course may be repeated for credit.) This requirement may be waived only for physical disability verified by a physician’s report. The Wellness Education requirement may be completed in one of three different ways:

Option 1

Two credits of any activity-based courses. One hour of activity-based coursework is waived for students taking an AAS in the Equine field.

Activity-based courses include the following:

PEAC courses
PEAT courses
OEAC courses

OEPR 1100 - Introduction to Adventure Education (Fall only) (2) (one credit only)
OEPR 1200 - Winter Outdoor Survival (1)
OEPR 1250 - River Guide Skills (2) (one credit only)
OEPR 1600 - Basic Search and Rescue (3) (one credit only)
OEAC 1610 - Outdoor Recreation Activities (1) (one credit only)

Option 2

One credit of activity-based courses (see above) and one credit of approved nonactivity-based courses.
Approved nonactivity-based courses include:

FCSC 1141 - Principles of Nutrition (3)
NRST 1660 - Emergency Medical Responder (4)
NRST 2750 - Nursing IV (2)
PEPR 1040 - Sport First Aid (2)

Option 3

One of the following courses:

HLED 1230 - Fitness Training for Employees (3)
HLED 1270 - Wellness (3)
HLED 1271 - Diet and Exercise (2)

Below College-Level Courses

Courses listed below are not college-level courses.

ENGL 0510 - Fundamentals of Reading I (1-3)
ENGL 0520 - Fundamentals of Reading II (1-3)
ENGL 0600 - Basic Writing I (3)
ENGL 0610 - Basic Writing II (3)
MATH 0900 - Prealgebra (3)
MATH 0920 - Elementary Algebra (4)
MATH 0930 - Intermediate Algebra (4)
SPAN 1050 - Conversational Spanish I (1-2)
SPAN 1060 - Conversational Spanish II (1-2)