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Requirement Checklist

Integrative Studies course descriptions are available on the Registrar's site in the Course Descriptions section. The Registrar's site also has substitution and waiver information.

Freshman Requirements

Writing (choose one)
INST 100 Freshman Seminar
INST 105 Growing Up in America
INST 110 Composition and Literature: The Individual and Society
Social Sciences (choose one)
INST 130 Psychology and Human Nature
INST 160 World Geography and Human Society
INST 170 Inequality in Contemporary American Society
INST 180 Encountering Cultural Systems
Social Science (required)
INST 150 Issues in Western Experience

Sophomore Requirements

Religion and Philosophy (choose one)
INST 250 Philosophy and Human Nature
INST 260 Human Nature in the Christian Tradition
Writing (required)
INST 270 Composition and Literature: Relationships and Dialogues
Optional (natural science) This course plus 1 upper level INST natural science course fulfills the INST Natural Sciences requirement:
INST 240 Scientific Thinking and Doing, An Interdisciplinary Approach

Students must take freshman and sophomore level requirements before enrolling in junior and senior level requirements.


Junior and Senior Requirements

Writing (required)
INST 300 Composition and Literature: The Dilemma of Existence
Fine Arts (choose one)
INST 310 Art Forms: Images and Ideas
INST 320 Music and Human Nature
INST 330 Theatre and Human Nature
Natural Sciences (choose two)
INST 340 Chemistry Affects Our Lives
INST 350 Biological Science: Being in Nature
INST 360 Energy, Science, and Society
INST 400 Earth Science and Humankind
INST 410 Our Place in the Universe
Global Perspectives (choose one)
INST 380 Human Nature in World Religions and Philosophies
INST 381 Aspects of World Music
INST 382 African Cultures and Colonialism
INST 383 Modern Indian Culture and Literature
INST 384 Approaching Japan Thru the Arts