A&S students are required to to complete the college requirements by choosing strictly from the courses listed below. Do not use the Breadth of Knowledge (BoK) codes on OneStop to meet any of the college requirements, except SE. Courses are periodically added to this list. Check this page for any changes. (Students in the University Honors Scholars Program should consult the program office for a list of approved honors courses).
To satisfy the SE requirement only, you need to refer to either the SE codes on this list or those courses designated with SE on OneStop.
English Composition
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| 15-ENGL | English Composition |
101, 102 |
| | Intermediate Composition (rec. sophomore year) | 289 |
| | Advanced English Composition (by placement only) | 112, 289 |
Foreign Language
Requirement will be satisfied by completion of the final term in one of the following sequences. Courses must be taken in sequence. Placement in mid-sequence available by standardized testing in German, Hebrew, French and Spanish; by consultation in other languages.
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| 15-AFAM |
Extended Basic Swahili (18) |
111, 112, 113 and 114, 115, 116 |
| 15-ARAB |
Basic Literary Arabic (15) |
101, 102, 103 |
15-CHIN |
Basic Chinese (15) |
101, 102, 103 |
| 15-CHIN |
Extended Basic Chinese (18) |
111, 112, 113 and 114, 115, 116 |
| 15-FREN |
Basic French (15) |
101, 102, 103 |
| 15-FREN |
Extended Basic French (18) |
111, 112, 113 and 114, 115, 116 |
| 15-GRMN |
Basic German (15) |
101, 102, 103 |
| 15-GRMN |
Extended Basic German (18) |
111, 112, 113 and 114, 115, 116 |
| 15-GRK |
Elementary Greek (15) |
101, 102, 103 |
| 15-ITAL |
Basic Italian (15) |
101, 102, 103 |
| 15-ITAL |
Extended Basic Italian (18) |
111, 112, 113 and 114, 115, 116 |
| 15-JAPN |
Extended Basic Japanese (18) |
111, 112, 113 and 114, 115, 116 |
| 15-JUDC |
Basic Hebrew (15) |
101, 102, 103 |
15-LATN |
Latin (15)
| 104, 105, 106 |
| 15-LATN |
Elementary and Intermediate Latin (18) |
101, 102, 103 and 211, 212, 213 |
| 15-PORT |
Basic Portuguese (15)
| 101, 102, 103 |
| 15-RUSS |
Extended Basic Russian (18) |
111, 112, 113 and 114, 115, 116 |
| 15-SPAN |
Basic Spanish (15) |
101, 102, 103 |
| 15-SPAN |
Extended Basic Spanish (18) |
111, 112, 113 and 114, 115, 116 |
| 18-SPED |
American Sign Language (18) |
191, 192, 193 and 291, 292, 293 |
Natural Sciences
Requirement can be satisfied by completing one of the 15-credit lecture/lab sequences below or by completing a minimum of 18 credits in science courses, which must include a minimum of nine credits from one science department. Credit may not be earned in both the 101 and 104 series in Biology, Chemistry, and Physics.
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| Option 1: 15-credit lecture/lab sequences |
| 15-BIOL |
Biology and Lab
| 101, 102, 103 and 111, 112, 113 |
| 15-CHEM |
First Year Chemistry and Lab
| 101, 102, 103 and 111, 112, 113 |
| 15-GEOG |
Intro. to Environmental Geography (SE)
| 101, 102, 103 and 111, 112, 113 |
15-GEOL |
Intro. to Geology and Lab
| 101, 102, 103 and 111, 112, 113 (any 2 of 3 labs required) |
| | Environmental Geology and Lab | 104, 105, 106 and 111, 112, 113 (any 2 of 3 labs required) |
| | Planet Earth and Lab | 161, 162, 163 and 111, 112, 113 (any 2 of 3 labs required) |
15-PHYS |
College Physics and Lab | 101, 102, 103 and 111, 112, 113 |
|
Astronomy and Lab
| 120, 121, 122 and 125, 126, 127 (take in any order) |
| |
General Physics and Lab
| 201, 202, 203 and 211, 212, 213 or 201H, 202H, 203H and 211H, 212H, 213H |
| Option 2: The 18-credit option may be met with credits from the following courses. Nine hours must be met from one department with any other additional nine hours. They do not have to be in sequence, unless indicated below. |
| 15-ANTH |
Physical Anthropology (take in sequence) |
104, 105, 106 |
| 15-BIOL |
Life on Earth |
104 |
| |
How Life Reproduces |
105 |
| How Life Works |
106 |
| Plants and Society (first-year students only) |
122 |
| |
AIDS: Social and Ethical Issues (first-year students only) |
123 |
| |
Biotechnology: Biomedical, Social and Ethical Issues (first-year students only) |
124 |
| |
Zoo Life |
181, 182, 183 |
| |
Anatomy and Physiology (take in sequence) |
201, 202, 203 |
| |
The Darwinian Revolution |
365 |
| |
(co-taught with Philosophy-can count as natural science or humanities) | |
| 15-CHEM |
General Chemistry (take in sequence) |
104, 105, 106 |
| |
Introduction to Forensics |
122 |
| 15-EVST |
Environmental Science I, II, III (SE) |
101, 102, 103 |
| 15-GEOG |
Intro. to Environmental Geography (SE) |
101, 102, 103 |
15-GEOG
| Legacies and Landscapes of the Yucatan (first-year students only) |
173 |
| |
Natural Hazards, Human Engineers: Environmental Earth Science (first-year students only) |
174 |
| People and the Environment (SE) |
261, 262, 263 |
15-GEOL |
Introduction to Geology (take in sequence)
| 101, 102, 103 |
| |
Environmental Geology I, II, III (SE) | 101, 102, 103 |
| |
Geology of Cincinnati (Summer only) |
107, 108, 109 |
| |
Earth in Upheaval |
136 |
| |
The Biodiversity Crisis (first-year students only) |
153 |
| |
Planet Earth |
161, 162, 163 |
| |
Earth History, Life History: Earth's Record of Deep Time (first-year students only) |
171 |
| |
Hard Rocks, Tall Mountains: How the Earth Works (first-year students only) |
172 |
| |
Age of Dinosaurs |
351 |
| |
Discovery of Time |
352 |
| |
Gems and Precious Stones |
353 |
| |
Environmental Volcanology |
361 |
| |
Geology of the Tri-State |
362 |
| |
Geology in the Computer Age |
363 |
| 15-PHYS |
How Things Work |
104, 105, 106 |
| |
In the Beginning (first-year students only) |
110 |
| |
Astronomy (take in any order) |
120, 121, 122, 123 |
| |
Meteorology |
132 |
| |
Physics of Sound and Music |
133 |
| |
Physics of Light, Color and Vision |
134 |
Mathematics
|
| One of the following sequences must be completed. See majors for specific mathematics requirements. |
| 15-MATH |
*Elementary Probability and Statistics |
147, 148, 149 |
| | * Topics in Math | 155, 156, 157 |
| | * Calculus and Anal. Geometry I and II | 251, 252 & lab 256 |
| | * Foundations of Applied Calculus & Applied Calculus I & II | 224, 226, 227 |
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* See Advisor
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History
|
| Any nine credits from among the following courses: |
| 15-AFAM |
African History |
301, 302, 303 |
| |
African American History |
322, 323, 324 |
|
15-CLAS | Introduction to Ancient History
| 101, 102, 103 |
|
15-HIST | History of Medieval and Renaissance Europe
| 104, 105, 106 |
| | American History | 110, 111, 112 |
| | History of European Civilization | 113, 114, 115 |
| | Twentieth Century Europe | 119, 120 |
| |
Asian Civilizations -India
| 121 |
| |
Asian Civilizations -China
| 122 |
| |
Asian Civilizations -Japan
| 123 |
| | World History
| 130, 131, 132 |
| | Middle East |
170, 171, 172 |
| | Latin American History |
224, 225, 226 |
| 15-JUDC |
History of Jewish Civilization |
127, 128, 129 |
| 15-RELG |
History and Thought: Islam (can be used as History or Humanities) |
260 |
Literature
|
Six credits from among the following: |
|
15-AFAM | Black Drama |
245, 246 |
| |
African American Literature
| 310, 311, 312 |
| |
African Literature
| 363, 364, 365 |
15-ARAB | Modern Arabic Literature |
320 |
| | Classic Arabic Literature | 321 |
| |
Arabic Women Novelists |
322 |
| |
Love and Sexuality in Arabic Literature |
323 |
15-LATN
| Roman Rhetoric: Cicero |
302 |
| |
Advanced Roman Rhetoric: Cicero |
402 |
15-ENGL | Topics in Literature |
201, 202, 203 |
| | American Writers | 207, 208, 209 |
| | World Literature | 221, 222, 223 |
| | Contemporary World Literature: The Short Story | 236 |
| | Contemporary World Literature: Poetry | 237 |
| |
American Literature: Gender Roles |
246 |
| |
Money and the American Dream |
249 |
| |
Detective Fiction |
250 |
| |
Outrageous Writings by Women |
251 |
| |
Topics in Contemporary Literature |
252 |
| |
Literature of the Vietnam War |
254 |
| |
Our Lives: Twentieth Century Women's Autobiographies |
257 |
| |
Voices and Visions |
259 |
| |
Fantasies of Children's Literature |
261 |
| |
American Childhoods in Literature |
262 |
| |
Topics in Film |
267 |
| |
Censorship in Literature |
274 |
| |
Ethnic Literatures of the United States
| 275 |
| |
American Fiction: 1860-1910 |
310 |
| |
Literature of the American Colonies |
311 |
| |
American Literature: 1910-1950 |
312 |
| |
The American Renaissance |
313 |
| |
19th-Century American Poets |
317 |
| |
20th-Century American Poetry |
318 |
| |
Contemporary American Fiction |
320 |
|
Contemporary American Drama |
333 |
| |
Film and Neo-Noir |
338 |
| |
American Ethnic Literature I and II |
341, 342 |
| |
The Bible and Literature |
350, 351, 352 |
| |
Films of Alfred Hitchcock |
378 |
| 15-ENGB |
Shakespeare's Plays |
250 |
| Modern Drama |
256 |
| |
Myth and Literature |
259 |
| |
Modern British Poetry |
367 |
| |
Contemporary British Fiction |
374 |
| 15-ENGC |
Readings in Literature |
204, 205, 206 |
| |
Human Values in Literature |
215 |
|
Literature and Technology |
265 |
| |
Third World Literature: I and II |
342, 343 |
| |
African Literature I, II, and III |
363, 364, 365 |
|
Modern Fiction I, II, and III |
371,372, 373 |
| 15-GRMN |
German Literature in English |
274, 275, 276, 277, 278 |
| |
German Fairy Tales |
280 |
| | Seminar in German Literature (in German) |
341, 342, 343 |
|
Vienna, Paris and Berlin (in German) |
446 |
| 15-JUDC |
Intro. to Biblical Studies |
228 |
| ` |
Sacred Texts: Hebrew Scriptures |
229 |
| |
The Other Bible (can be used as Literature or Humanities) |
232 |
| |
The Jewish Bible |
300 |
| |
Introduction to Rabbinic Literature |
349 |
| |
American Jewish Fiction |
360 |
| |
Jewish Humor/ Women's Humor |
374 |
| |
The Book of Job |
487 |
| 15-FREN |
(In French) | |
| |
Introduciton to French Literature |
310 |
| |
Modern French Literature |
311 |
| |
Medieval Literature |
341 |
| |
Renaissance Literature |
342 |
| |
17th-Century Literature |
343 |
| |
18th-Century Literature |
344 |
| |
19th-Century Literature |
345 |
| 15-SPAN |
(In Spanish) |
487 |
| |
Spanish Through Theater I |
333 |
| |
Survey of Spanish Literature: Golden Age |
373 |
| |
Survey of Spanish Literature: 20th-Century |
375 |
| |
Survey of Latin American Literature: Colonial |
382 |
| |
Survey of Latin American Literature: 19th-Century |
383 |
| |
Survey of Latin American Literature: 20th-Century |
384 |
| |
Spanish Translation |
456 |
| 15-WMST |
20th-Century Women's Autobiographies |
289 |
Behavioral & Social Sciences
|
| Fifteen credits from among the following: (see majors for specific Behavioral/ Social Sciences requirements) |
|
15-AFAM | Introduction to African American Studies |
101 |
| | Sociology of the Black Community |
234, 235, 236 |
|
15-ANTH | Cultural Anthropology (take in sequence) |
101, 102, 103 |
| |
Cultural Modification of the Body (first-year students only) |
150 |
| |
Fantastic Archaeology and Archaeological Mysteries (first-year students only) |
190 |
| | Introduction to Archaeology |
201 |
| | Concept of Culture |
205 |
| | Languages of the World |
230, 231, 232 |
| | World Prehistory |
276 |
|
15-COMM | Effective Public Speaking |
171 |
| | Introduction to Interpersonal Communication |
176 |
| | Introduction to Rhetorical Theory |
306 |
| | Introduction to Communication Theory |
307 |
| | Intercultural Communication | 349 |
|
15-ECON | Introduction to Economics (micro) |
101 |
| | Introduction to Economics (macro) | 102 |
| |
Entertainment Economics (first-year students only) |
171 |
|
15-GEOG | Introduction to Human Geography |
104, 105, 106 |
| | World Regional Geography |
123, 124, 125, 126 |
| | Geography of Latin America |
211 |
| | Geography of Europe |
216 |
| | Geography of Africa |
226 |
| | Geography of the Middle East |
231 |
| | Geography of Southern and Eastern Asia |
236 |
| | Political Geography |
333 |
|
15-JUDC | Freud & Judaism |
387 |
| 15-POL | Introduction to American Politics |
110, 111 |
| | Introduction to Political Ideology |
140 |
| | Introduction to Comparative Government |
160 |
| | Introduction to International Relations |
180 |
|
15-PSYC | Introduction to Psychology |
101, 102, 103 |
|
15-SOC | Introduction to Sociology I (Prerequisite for all Sociology courses) |
141 |
| | Introduction to Sociology II |
142 |
| | Contemporary Social Issues (SE) |
143 |
| | Barriers to Equality |
144 |
| | Understanding Social Behavior |
145 |
| |
Substance Abuse in American Society |
273 |
| | Women, Culture and Society |
328 |
|
15-WMST | Introduction to Women's Studies (SE)
(can be used as Social Science or Humanities) |
241 |
| |
Introduction to Black Women's Studies |
250 |
| |
Introduction to Women, Gender and Sexuality Studies |
265 |
| |
Women and Activism |
302 |
| |
Feminism, Gender and Psychology |
313 |
| |
Women and Social Action |
314 |
| |
Women and Aging |
315 |
| |
Women and the Law |
350 |
| |
Women and Business |
357 |
| |
LGBT Studies |
360 |
Humanities
|
| Nine credits from among the following: |
|
15-AFAM | Contemporary Black Film |
404 |
|
15-ARAB |
Arab-American Culture |
311 |
|
23-ARTH | History of Art |
111, 112, 113 |
| | Survey of East Asian Art | 140 |
| |
Asian Art -China |
270 |
| 15-CLAS |
Introduction to Classical Civilization |
110, 111, 112 |
| |
Art and Archaeology of Ancient World |
221, 222, 223 |
| |
Mythology |
345 |
| 15EUST |
Introduction to European Studies |
101 |
| 16-FAM |
Introduction to Arts Appreciation I, II |
221, 222 |
| |
Multicultural Expressions through the Arts |
520 |
| 15-FREN (in English) |
World Cultures: French |
180, 181 |
| |
French Civilization |
371, 372, 373 |
| |
(In French) |
|
| |
Francophone World |
312 |
| |
French Culture through Films |
313 |
| |
France Today |
314 |
| 15-FSEM |
(First-Year Students Only) | |
| |
Moving On |
106 |
| |
The Agression Riddle |
107 |
| |
Reading Cincinnati: From Slavery to the New Millennium |
111 |
| |
Beauty: Dissecting and Debating an Enigma |
113 |
| |
Complex Choices/Complex Lives |
114 |
| |
Ethical Values in Consumer Culture |
115 |
| 15-GRMN |
The German-American Experience (In English) |
131 |
| |
Survey of German Culture (In English) |
171, 172, 173, 174 |
| |
Introduction to Film Studies (In German) |
185 |
| |
German Language and Culture (In German) |
321, 322, 323 |
| 15-JUDC |
Introduction to Judiasm |
135 |
| |
Monuments to War (First-Year Students only) |
190 |
| |
Biblical Poetry (First-Year Students only, can be Humanities or Literature) |
231 |
| |
The Other Bible (can be used as Humanities or Literature) |
232 |
|
Jewish Autobiographies (first-year students only) |
255 |
| |
Demons |
321 |
| |
Modern Israel |
327 |
| |
Women in the Bible |
328 |
| |
Evolution of the Angel |
329 |
| |
Jews and Islam |
330 |
| |
The New Testament in its Jewish Matrix |
348 |
| |
Women in Jewish Civilization |
353 |
| |
Judaism and Christianity in Conflict |
379 |
|
Dead Sea Scrolls |
380 |
|
15-PHIL | Moral and Political Ideas (SE) |
101, 102, 103 |
| | Introduction to Philosophy | 104(SE), 105, 106 |
| | Contemporary Moral Issues (SE) | 111 |
| | Critical Thinking | 121 |
| | Introduction to Logic | 123 |
| |
Logic of Decision |
215 |
| | Philosophy and Religion | 230 |
| | Science, Magic and the Occult | 231 |
| | Philosophy of Technology | 243 |
| | Aesthetics for Fine Arts Majors | 250 |
| | Philosophy of Physical Science | 261 |
| | Philosophy of Biological Science | 262 |
| | Philosophy of Social Science | 263 |
| | Philosophy and the Arts | 277 |
| | Love, Anger, Fear & Other Emotions (SE) | 280 |
| | Metaphysics | 304 |
| | Metaethics | 306 |
| | Philosophy of Mind | 307 |
| | Philosophy of Science | 308 |
| | Philosophy of Language | 309 |
| | Ancient Philosophy | 312 |
| | Marx | 320 |
| | Ethics (SE) | 322 |
| | Environmental Ethics | 325 |
| | Feminist Political Philosophy (SE) | 333 |
| | Symbolic Logic I, II | 341, 342 |
| | Issues of the Information Age | 345 |
| | Consciousness | 352 |
| | The Darwinian Revolution
(co-taught with Biology- can count as natural science or humanities) | 365 |
| |
Philosophy and Cognitive Ethnology |
367 |
| |
Intro. to Philosophy of Law |
373 |
| |
Metaphysical Foundations of Technology |
386 |
| ` | Aesthetics | 421 |
| | Philosophy of Medicine (SE) | 475 |
| | Contemporary Ethics | 520 |
| | Descartes | 545 |
| | Contemporary Epistemology | 571 |
| | Contemporary Philosophy of Mind | 573 |
| | History and Philosophy of Science | 589 |
| 15-RELG |
Survey of World Religions |
252 |
| |
History and Thought: Islam (can be used as Humanities or History) |
260 |
| |
History and Thought: Buddhism |
262 |
| |
Spirituality and Mysticism |
351 |
| |
Religion and Sexuality |
401 |
| 15-SPAN |
(In English) |
|
| |
World Cultures - Hispanic Culture |
180 |
| |
Mexican Culture |
181 |
| |
US Latino Culture |
182 |
| |
(In Spanish) |
|
| |
Introduction to the Three Cultures |
310 |
| |
Latin America Today |
311 |
| |
Spain Today |
312 |
| |
Hispanic Culture in the US |
313 |
| |
Hispanic World in Film |
314, 346 |
| 15-WMST |
Introduction to Women's Studies (SE) (can be used as a humanities of social science) |
241 |
| |
Witchcraft and Women |
321 |
| |
Feminisms and Art |
376 |
| |
Feminist Critical Readings |
380 |
