The Distribution requirement satisfies 18-19 of the required General Education semester credits. Distribution courses provide attainment of the Intellectual Breadth and Lifelong Learning University Undergraduate Learning Outcome. By taking courses in multiple disciplines, students develop the intellectual breadth needed to participate fully in today's complex, multicultural and technological global civilization.
To meet the Distribution requirement, students must complete coursework in three distribution content areas. The three distribution content areas are: (1) Humanities and Fine Arts, (2) Social Sciences, and (3) Life and Physical Sciences and Analytical Thinking.
Students automatically satisfy one Distribution Content Area when they complete their major course requirements. Please see the table of "Majors and Their Distribution Area Assignments" at the bottom of the "General Education" section in the to see which distribution content area each major satisfies.
Students satisfy the other two Distribution content areas by satisfactorily completing three courses (typically 9-10 credits) in each of two areas outside their major area of study. Check the Distribution content area table below to find out what courses to take to satisfy the Distribution requirements.
Distribution Content Areas
Distribution Requirements: Two courses (3 credits each) from two different humanities areas and one introductory or appreciation course (3 credits) from a fine arts area. Courses used to satisfy the First-Year Seminar, Second-Year Seminar, English Composition, or Constitution requirements may not be used to satisfy Humanities distribution requirements.
- Architecture
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- AAD 201: History of the Built Environment/Discussion
- African American Studies
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- AAS 232/HIST 232: History of Africa III
- AAS 290/ENG 290: Introduction to African-American Literature (also satisfies Multicultural requirement)
- AAS 291/ENG 291: Slave Narratives, Literature, and Imagery (also satisfies Multicultural requirement)
- AAS 432/HIST 433: African-American Literature (also satisfies Multicultural requirement)
- AAS 491/ENG 495A: Early African-American Literature (also satisfies Multicultural requirement)
- AAS 492/ENG 495B: Modern African-American Literature (also satisfies Multicultural requirement)
- American Indian and Indigenous Studies
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- AIIS 260/HIST 260: Introduction to Native American HIstory (also satisfies Multicultural requirement)
- AIIS 438A/HIST 438A: American Indian History to 1851(also satisfies Multicultural requirement)
- AIIS 438B/HIST 438B: American Indian History since 1852
- AIIS 440/HIST 440: Regions in American Indian History
- AIIS 494A/ENG 494A: Native American Literature (also satisfies Multicultural requirement)
- Asian American Studies
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- AIS 478A/HIST 478A/RST 470/HIST 678A: Islamic and Middle Eastern History to 1750
- Any World Languages and Cultures (WLC) Class
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- This includes ALL Chinese (CHI), French (FRE), German (GER), Greek (GRE), Hebrew (HEB), Italian (ITAL), Japanese (JPN), Latin (LAT), and Spanish (SPAN) language classes.
- ALL WLC classes also simultaneously satisfy 51³Ô¹ÏºÚÁÏ’s International General Education requirement.
- This includes ALL Chinese (CHI), French (FRE), German (GER), Greek (GRE), Hebrew (HEB), Italian (ITAL), Japanese (JPN), Latin (LAT), and Spanish (SPAN) language classes.
- Communication Studies
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- COM 101: Oral Communication
- COM 211: Survey of Rhetorical Studies
- COM 216: Survey of Communication Studies
- English - Any English Literature Course
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- ENG 203: Introduction to Literacy Study
- ENG 231: World Literature I (also satisfies Second Year Seminar)
- ENG 231E: World Literature for Exploring Majors (also satisfies Second Year Seminar)
- ENG 231S: World Literature for the Sciences (also satisfies Second Year Seminar)
- ENG 232: World Literature II (also satisfies Second Year Seminar)
- ENG 232A: World Literature for the School of Architecture (also satisfies Second Year Seminar)
- ENG 235: Survey of English Literature I
- ENG 236: Survey of English Literature II
- ENG 241: Survey of American Literature I
- ENG 242: Survey of American Literature II
- ENG 243: Introduction to the Short Story
- ENG 252: Introduction to Drama
- ENG 253: Introduction to Contemporary Drama
- ENG 261: Introduction to Poetry
- ENG 271: Introduction to Shakespeare
- ENG 275: Contemporary Literature
- ENG 278: Readings in the Contemporary Novel
- ENG 290/AAS 290: Introduction to African-American Literature (also satisfies Multicultural requirement)
- ENG 291/AAS 291: Slave Narratives, Literature, and Imagery (also satisfies Multicultural requirement)
- ENG 292: Introduction to Chicano Literature (also satisfies Multicultural requirement)
- ENG 303: Introduction to Literary Theory and Criticism
- ENG 423A: Modern Literature
- ENG 425A/ENG 625A: Themes of Literature
- ENG 426A/ENG 626A: Religion and Literature
- ENG 426B/ENG 626B: Mythology
- ENG 427B/ENG 627B: Gender and Literature
- ENG 429A/ENG 629A: Early American Humor
- ENG 429B/ENG 629B: Modern American Humor
- ENG 429C/ENG 629C: Literature of the American West
- ENG 430A/ENG 630A: Major Figures in British Literature
- ENG 432A/ENG 632A: Chaucer
- ENG 434A/ENG 634A: Shakespeare-Tragedies
- ENG 434B/ENG 634B: Shakespeare-Comedies and Histories
- ENG 435A/ENG 635A: Milton
- ENG 436A/ENG 636A: Major Figures in American Literature
- ENG 440A/ENG 640A: Medieval English Literature
- ENG 440B/WMST 440B/ENG 640B: Gender and Early Literature
- ENG 441A/ENG 641A: The Renaissance
- ENG 441B/WMST 441B/ENG 641B: Gender and Renaissance Literature
- ENG 442A/ENG 642A: The Seventeenth Century
- ENG 443A/ENG 643A: Restoration and Augustan Literature
- ENG 443C/ENG 643C: Later Eighteenth-Century Literature
- ENG 444B/ENG 644B: The Romantic Poets
- ENG 445B/ENG 645B: Victorian Poetry
- ENG 445C/ENG 645C: Nineteenth-Century Prose Writers
- ENG 446A/ENG 646A: Modern British Literature
- ENG 446B/WMST 466B/ENG 646B: Gender and Modern British Literature
- ENG 449A: British Literature I
- ENG 449B: British Literature II
- ENG 451A: American Literature I
- ENG 451B: American Literature II
- ENG 452A/ENG 652A: American Literature, 1620-1800
- ENG 452B/ENG 652B: American Literature, 1800-1865
- ENG 453A/ENG 653B: American Literature, 1865-1918
- ENG 453B/ENG 653B: American Literature, 1918-Present
- ENG 454B/WMST 454B/ENG 654B: Gender and Modern American Literature
- ENG 460/ENG 660: The American Short Story
- ENG 460A/ENG 660A: Heroic Epic
- ENG 461A/ENG 661A: The Study of Poetry and Poetics
- ENG 462A/ENG 662A: Modern British Poetry
- ENG 462C/ENG 662C: Modern American Poetry
- ENG 463A/CLA 450/ENG 663A: Classical Drama in Translation
- ENG 464A/ENG 664A: English Drama to 1642
- ENG 465B/ENG 664B/ENG 665B: Restoration and Eighteenth-Century Drama
- ENG 466A/ENG 666A: Nineteenth-Century Drama
- ENG 467A/ENG 667A: Modern British Drama
- ENG 467B/ENG 667B: Modern American Drama
- ENG 470A/ENG 670A: The British Novel I
- ENG 470B/ENG 670B: The British Novel II
- ENG 471A/ENG 671A: Modern English Novel
- ENG 471B/ENG 671B: Contemporary English Novel
- ENG 473A/ENG 673A: The Early American Novel
- ENG 473B/ENG 673B: The Modern American Novel
- ENG 473C/ENG 673C: The Contemporary American Novel
- ENG 477A/FILM 495: Film and Literature
- ENG 477B/FILM 496: The American Hero in Film and Literature
- ENG 481A: Comparative Literature
- ENG 481B: Modern Comparative Literature
- ENG 484A/ENG 684A: The Bible as Literature
- ENG 485A/AIS 485A: Asian Literature
- ENG 491B/ENG 691B: Environmental Literature
- ENG 494A/AIIS 494A: Native-American Literature (also satisfies Multicultural requirement)
- ENG 495A/AAS 491/ENG 695A: Early African-American Literature (also satisfies Multicultural requirements)
- ENG 495B/AAS 492/ENG 695B: Modern African-American Literature (also satisfies Multicultural requirement)
- ENG 496A/LAS 496A: Themes in Modern Chicano Literature (also satisfies Multicultural requirement)
- ENG 496D/LAS 496D: Contemporary Latino/a Literature (also satisfies Multicultural requirement)
- Education
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- EDU 107: The Pursuit of Happiness: A Joyful Humanities Exploration Across the Globe (satisfies International requirement)
- Any History (Hist) Class
- Honors College
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- HON 115: Global Issues (HON students only - also satisfies International requirement)
- Nursing
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- NURS 302: The History of Nursing
- Any Philosophy (PHIL) Class Except PHIL 102, PHIL 105, or PHIL 114
- Women’s Studies - Any Women’s Studies Class Cross-Listed With Humanities
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- WMST 247/PHIL 247: Philosophy of