Foundation Courses

Below you will find each major's foundation course(s). You’re not required to take the foundation course before declaring the major, but we highly recommend that you do! For more info on each major, take a look at the math requirements and the Major Resource Pages.

Foundation Courses by Major

ANT 101 is the foundation course for the major.

MAT 141 is the foundation course for the major and is a prerequisite for all other Applied Mathematics courses.

Go to the CMB Major Resource Page for information about chemistry and biology placement.

CSCI 271 is the foundation course for the major.

Note: the prerequisite for CSCI 271 is MAT 105  or MAT 141.

There is no foundation course for this major.

POL 101 and SOC 101 are foundation courses for the major.

CJBS 101 is the foundation course for the major.

SOC 101 is the foundation course for the major, and is a prerequisite for all other SOC courses.

Choose one of the following foundation courses: ANT 101, SOC 101, PSY 101, CJBA 110, CJBS 101.

ECO 101 (or ECO 120 or ECO 125 transfer credit) is the foundation course for the major and is a prerequisite for all other ECO courses.

ESA 101 is the foundation course for the major.

Choose any one of the following foundation courses: ISP 235, ISP 236, ISP 273, LIT 230, LIT 231, LIT 232, LIT 233, LIT 236, LIT 237, LIT 239, LIT 241, LIT 326, LIT 327

It is no longer possible to declare the Fire and Emergency Service major.

FIS 101 is a foundation course and prerequisite for most courses in this major.

PSY 101 is the foundation course for the major and is a prerequisite for all other PSY courses.

See the FOS Major Resource Page for information about chemistry and biology placement.

SOC 101 and ECO 101 and PHI 102/210 are foundation courses in the major.

GEN 101 or ISP 145 is the foundation course for the major, and is a prerequisite for most other GEN courses.

HIS 210 (formerly HIS 150) is the foundation course for the major.

Choose one of the following foundation courses: ANT 101, PSY 101, SOC 101.

HJS 250 is the foundation course for the major.

Note: the prerequisite for HJS 250 is ENG 201.

ECO 101, SOC 101, and POL 101 are foundation  courses for the major.

 

ICJ 101, a core major course, should be taken the first semester of sophomore year.

 

ICJ requires a 200 level (intermediate) language course. Therefore, depending on language placement, Foreign Language 101/111 & 102/112 are also foundation courses for the major.

Depending on foreign language placement, students may have to complete the 101-102 (or 111-112) language sequence as prerequisites for the 200-level Spanish or Portuguese major requirement.

POL 101 and SOC 101 are the foundation courses for the major. Both of these courses must be completed in order to take LWS 200, the major’s introductory course.

PHI 105 is the foundation course for the major.

For fall 2016 declarations and after, CJBS 101 is the foundation course for the major.

 

If you declared your major before fall 2016, you took SOC 101 and POL 101 as foundation courses and were not required to take CJBS 101.

POL 101 is the foundation course for the major and is a required prerequisite for all other POL courses.

PAD 101 is the foundation course for the major, and is a required prerequisite for most of the PAD courses in the major.

SEC 101 is the foundation course for the major.

SOC 101 is the foundation course for the major, and is a required prerequisite for all other SOC courses.

The Spanish major requires the SPA 101/102 or SPA 111/112 foundation or exemption from 100 level Spanish courses by placement exam.

Go to the Toxicology Major Resource Page for information about chemistry and biology placement.