Important Note: Not all classes in these departments satisfy Distribution requirements. Course applicability changes from time to time. Current information is available through the Educational Planning & Advising Center.

Humanities Overview
Students may choose from several options in fulfilling their Humanities Distribution requirement:

• Option 1 (Standard Distribution). Choose 10 credits from one area and five from another. A maximum of five excess credits from the Communications list may be applied to Area I. No more than 10 credits may come from any one department.
• Option 2 (Standard Distribution). Complete HUM& 116, 117 and 118 courses (Western Humanities).
• Option 3 (Distribution with Emphasis). Choose five credits each from Areas I and II, in addition to the 15 credits chosen for Distribution with Emphasis.

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Area I Humanities

Area I Humanities: Communication Studies

CMST& 101	Introduction to Communication*
CMST 200	Intercultural Communication
CMST 205	Nonverbal Communication
CMST& 210	Interpersonal Communication
CMST& 230	Small Group Communication
CMST& 220	Public Speaking *

Area I Humanities: Diversity & Global Studies

DGS 115	Society and the Arts
DGS 118	Media Matters: Race, Class and Gender Issues
DGS 155	Native American Studies
DGS 175	The Latino Experience

Area I Humanities: English

ENGL 121	Introduction to World Literature
ENGL 205	Research and Persuasive Writing*
ENGL& 235	Technical Writing*
ENGL 200	Creative Writing*
ENGL 234	Advanced Nonfiction Writing*
ENGL 201	Advanced Verse Writing
ENGL 211	Advanced Fiction Writing

Area I Humanities: Film Studies

F S 105	Film Appreciation
F S 107	Society in Film
F S 108	Literature into Film
F S 205	Film Classics
F S 207	Global Cinema

Area I Humanities: Honors

HONOR 100	Honors Seminar
HONOR 101	Contemporary Voices
HONOR 299	Honors Interdisciplinary

Area I Humanities: Humanities

HUM 100	Phi Theta Kappa Seminar
HUM 101	Contemporary Voices
HUM 103	Humanities Coordinated Studies
HUM 104	Issues in Humanities
HUM 110	Topics: History of Ideas
HUM 120	Biblical Tradition and the Arts
HUM 125	Mythology and the Arts
HUM 116-118	Humanities I, II, III
HUM 185	Eastern Humanities
HUM 250	Humanities and the Holocaust

Area I Humanities: Journalism

CMST& 102	Introduction to Mass Media
JRNL 101	Journalistic Writing *
JRNL 201	Advanced Newswriting
JRNL 202	Advanced Newswriting
JRNL 203	Advanced Newswriting

Area I Humanities: Literature

ENGL&111	Introduction to Literature
ENGL& 112	Introduction to Fiction
ENGL& 113	Introduction to Poetry
ENGL 115	The Short Story
ENGL 121	Introduction to World Literature
ENGL 122	Introduction to Children's Literature
ENGL 264	Women Writers
ENGL& 226	British Literature I
ENGL& 227	British Literature II
ENGL& 244	American Literature I
ENGL& 245	American Literature II
ENGL& 246	American Literature III
ENGL 247	American Ethnic Literature
ENGL& 254	World Literature I
ENGL 257	Travel Literature
ENGL& 220	Introduction to Shakespeare
ENGL 265	Video Game as Literature

Area I Humanities: Philosophy

PHIL& 100	Introduction to Philosophy
PHIL 110	Introduction to Ethics
PHIL 115	Critical Thinking
PHIL 130	Introduction to Western Philosophy
PHIL 145	Introduction to Eastern Philosophy
PHIL 150	Modern Political Philosophy
PHIL 155	Environmental Philosophy
PHIL 160	World Religions
PHIL 200	Buddhist Philosophy

Area I Humanities: World Languages
Note: A student who successfully completed two years of one world language in high school or its college equivalent may receive distribution for 121 and 122 in another language.

ARAB 123	Elementary Arabic
ASL& 123	American Sign Language III
CHIN& 123	Chinese III
FRCH& 123	French III
FRCH& 221-223	French IV, V, VI
JAPN& 123	Japanese III
JAPN& 221-223	Japanese IV, V, VI
SPAN& 123	Spanish III
SPAN& 221-223	Spanish IV, V, VI

*The same credits may not be used to satisfy both the Communications requirement and the Humanities Distribution requirements.

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Area II Humanities

Area II Humanities: Art

ART& 100	Art Appreciation
ART 101	Design I: Two Dimensional ‡
ART 102	Design II: Three Dimensional ‡
ART 103	Design III: Mixed Media ‡
ART 105	Introduction to Color ‡
ART 110	Drawing I: Beginning Drawing ‡
ART 111	Drawing II: As Composition ‡
ART 112	Life Drawing ‡
ART 113	Portrait Drawing ‡
ART 114	Portrait Sculpture ‡
ART 115	Life Drawing II  ‡
ART 120	Introduction to Art History
ART 124	Art Since 1900
ART 125	35mm Photography I ‡
ART 126	35mm Photography II ‡
ART 130	Survey of Printmaking ‡
ART 150	Painting I ‡
ART 151	Painting  II ‡
ART 155	Watercolor Painting  ‡
ART 171	Ceramics I ‡
ART 172	Ceramics II ‡
ART 173	Ceramics III‡
ART 181	Sculpture  ‡

Area II Humanities: Drama

DRMA& 101	Introduction to Theatre
DRAMA 102	Modern Theater
DRAMA 103	Modern Theater
DRAMA 105	Musical Comedy Revue
DRAMA 110	The Dramatic Experience
DRAMA 111	Cabaret
DRAMA 115	World Theater
DRAMA 118	American Theater
DRAMA 121-122	Acting ‡
DRAMA 126	Theatrical Makeup ‡
DRAMA 131-133	Stagecraft ‡
DRAMA 135	Theatrical Design ‡
DRAMA 138	Masque Construction ‡
DRAMA 150	Painting for the Theater‡
DRAMA 160	Script to Stage Workshop ‡
DRAMA 170	Student Projects ‡
DRAMA 221	Audition Technique ‡
DRAMA 222	Acting/Directing for Television ‡
DRAMA 225	Directing for the Stage ‡
DRAMA 235	Advanced Theatrical Design ‡
DRAMA 260	Advanced Acting Workshop ‡
DRAMA 270	Student Projects ‡
DRAMA 280	Performance Improvisation ‡

Area II Humanities: Music

MUSC 100	Introduction to Music
MUSC& 105	Music Appreciation
MUSC 106	History of Rock Music
MUSC 107	American Popular Music
MUSC 108	America's Musical Cultures
MUSC 109	History of Jazz
MUSC 110	Music Cultures of World
MUSC 112	Twentieth Century Music
MUSC 116	Beginning Class Piano ‡
MUSC 117	Elementary Class Piano ‡
MUSC 118	Intermediate Class Piano ‡
MUSC& 121-123	Ear Training 1,2,3 ‡
MUSC 125	Beginning Class Guitar ‡
MUSC 126	Elementary Class Guitar ‡
MUSC 127	Intermediate Class Guitar ‡
MUSC 128	World Percussion ‡
MUSC& 131-133	Music Theory I, 2, 3
MUSC 134	College Choir ‡
MUSC 150	Performance Ensemble ‡
MUSC 161	Salsa Music and Dance ‡
MUSC 170-175	Private Music Instruction ‡
MUSC 181	Beginning Class Voice ‡
MUSC 182	Intermediate Class Voice ‡
MUSC 183	Advanced Art Song Class Voice ‡
MUSC 185-187	Vocal Technique and Performance I, II, III ‡
MUSC 204-206	Improvisation ‡
MUSC 210-215	Highline Concert Chorale ‡
MUSC& 231-233	Music Theory 4, 5, 6
MUSC 281-285	Music Performance ‡

‡  Denotes performance course. No more than five credits of performance courses may be used to satisfy Humanities Distribution requirement.

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Area I Social Sciences

Area I Social Sciences: Diversity & Globalism Studies

DGS 110	Global Studies
DGS 136	African-American Roots
DGS 137	African-American Experience
DGS 160	Social Issues
DGS 165	The Middle East
DGS 186	Exploring the World
DGS 200	Women and Society
DGS 205	Asian-American Roots
DGS 206	Asian-American Experience: Post-WWII

Area I Social Sciences: Economics
All courses numbered 100 and above, except courses numbered 291-295

Area I Social Sciences: Geography
All courses numbered 100 and above, except courses numbered 291-295

Area I Social Sciences: History
All courses numbered 100 and above, except courses numbered 291-293

Area I Social Sciences: Political Science
All courses numbered 100 and above, except courses numbered 291-295

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Area II Social Sciences

Area II Social Sciences: Anthropology
All courses numbered 100 and above, except ANTHR 115 and courses numbered 291-295

Area II Social Sciences: Psychology
All courses numbered 100 and above, except PSYCH 175 courses numbered 291-293

Area II Social Sciences: Sociology
All courses numbered 100 and above, except courses numbered 291-295

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Sciences

Choose from at least two departments. No more than 10 credits may come from any one department. At least 10 credits must come from Biology, Chemistry, General Science, Geology, Oceanography, Physical Science and/or Physics. The remaining credits may be selected from the foregoing departments or from Anthropology (specifically ANTHR 115), Computer Science, Engineering or Mathematics. Students must choose at least one five-credit Science course that incorporates laboratory (L) experience:

Anthropology

ANTHR 115

Physical Anthropology

Biology

BIOL& 100	Survey of Biology (L)
BIOL 103	Seabirds and Marine Mammals (L)
BIOL 110	Marine Biology (L)
BIOL 115	Life in the Womb
BIOL 119	Introduction to Plants (L)
BIOL 120	Perspectives in Biology
BIOL 121	Genetic Revolution
BIOL 122	Biology of Sex
BIOL 125	Wilderness Biology
BIOL 126	Diving Biology
BIOL 145	Field Ecology *
BIOL& 160	General Biology with Lab (L)
BIOL& 175	Human Biology with Lab (L)
BIOL 210	Introductory Genetics
BIOL& 211	Majors Cellular (L)
BIOL& 212	Majors Animal (L)
BIOL& 213	Majors Plant (L)
BIOL 215	Survey of Plant Kingdom (L)
BIOL& 241	Human Anatomy and Physiology l  (L)
BIOL& 242	Human Anatomy and Physiology ll  (L)
BIOL& 260	Microbiology (L)

Chemistry

CHEM & 110	Chemical Concepts with Lab (L)
CHEM 115	Environmental Chemistry (L)
CHEM& 121	Introduction to Chemistry (L)
CHEM& 131	Introduction to Organic/Biochemistry (L)
CHEM& 139	General Chemistry Preparation
CHEM& 161	General Chemistry with Lab  I   (L)
CHEM& 162	General Chemistry with Lab  II (L)
CHEM& 163	General Chemistry with Lab III (L)
CHEM 210	Spectometric Identification
CHEM& 261	Organic Chemistry  with Lab I  (L)
CHEM& 262	Organic Chemistry with Lab  II  (L)
CHEM& 263	Organic Chemistry with Lab   III  (L)

Computer Science

C SCI 100	Survey of Computing
C SCI 110	Computer Games
C SCI 115	Programming with VB.NET l
C SCI 142	Introduction to Object- Oriented Programming  I with Java
C SCI 143	Object-Oriented Programming II
C SCI 151	Exploring Computer Science with C++
C SCI 152	Data Structures with C++ and .NET
C SCI 215	Web/Database Programming II
C SCI 216	Web/Database Programming III
C SCI 242	Object-Oriented Programming III with Java
C SCI 252	Advanced Data Structures with C++
C SCI 255	Advanced Programming with C++

Engineering

ENGR& 214	Statics
ENGR&  204	Electrical Circuits
ENGR&  225	Mechanics of Materials
ENGR&  215	Dynamics
ENGR&  224	Thermodynamics

General Science

GE SC 100	Roots of Science
ENVS& 101	Introduction to Environmental Science (L)
GE SC 112	Scientific Responsibility
GE SC 130	Cosmic Evolution
GE SC 230	Natural History of Hawaii (L)

Geology

GEO 101	Physical Geology (L)
GEO 104	Earthquake! (L)
GEO 105	Shaping the Earth
GEO 107	Geologic Catastrophes
GEO 125	Introduction to Geologic Field Study (L)
GEO 130	Introduction to Pacific Northwest Geology (L)
GEO 151-155	Geology Field Trip courses
GEO 156	Geology and Salmon
GEO 210	Rocks and Minerals (L)
GEO 220	Pacific Northwest Geology (L)
GEO 225	Advanced Field Geology (L)
GEO 230	Geology of the Colorado Plateau (L)
GEO 235	Geology of Hawaii (L)

Mathematics
Note: Mathematics courses used to satisfy the Quantitative Skills requirement may not be applied toward the Distribution requirement.

MATH& 107	Math in Society
MATH 111	College Algebra
MATH& 148	Business Calculus
MATH& 141	Precalculus I
MATH& 142	Precalculus II
MATH& 151-153	Calculus I, II, III
MATH 180	Foundations of Arithmetic
MATH 181	Geometry for Elementary Teachers
MATH& 146	Introduction to Statistics
MATH 220	Linear Algebra
MATH 254	Calculus IV
MATH 230	Differential Equations

Oceanography

OCEA& 101

Survey of Oceanography (L)

Physical Science

P SCI 100	Physical Science
ASTR& 100	Astronomy

Physics

PHYS 100	Survey of Physics (L)
PHYS 101	General Physics
PHYS 102	General Physics
PHYS 103	General Physics
PHYS 120	Introduction to Electronics (L)
PHYS 201	Mechanics (L)
PHYS 202	Electricity and Magnetism (L)
PHYS 203	Waves and Modern Topics(L)

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