Course Curriculum

Northwest Missouri State University's general education (the Northwest Core) requirements are outlined below. The Honors Program requires a minimum of 12 credits from this general education program. Courses listed in bold and designated with an "H" have an Honors section. Use this curriculum list in conjunction with the Honors course sequencing cycle in planning your schedule. Check these listings regularly as Honors sections may change.

University Seminar

Course Number	Course Title	Credits
INCO 77101 - H	University Seminar	1

Digital Literacy
(choose 1 course)

Course Number	Course Title	Credits
CSIS 44101	Foundations of Computing	3
CSIS 44130 - H	Computers and Information Technology	3
EDCI 62130	Educational Computing and Technology	3
EDUC 61145	Information and Educational Technology	3
GEOL 27130	Information Technology and Science	3
PHSC 40106	Computational Methods in Science	3

Social and Behavioral Sciences
(choose 2 courses - one from each of two different disciplines)

Course Number	Course Title	Credits
AGRI 03102	Principles of Microeconomics in Agriculture	3
ECON 52130	Survey of Economics	3
ECON 52150 - H	Principles of Macroeconomics	3
PSYC 08103 - H	General Psychology	3
PSYC 08299	Educational Psychology	3
GEOG 32101 - H	Introduction to Geography	3
SOC 35101	General Sociology	3
SOC 35108	General Anthropology	3

Civics (choose 1 History and 1 Political Science course)

History

Course Number	Course Title	Credits
HIST 33155	The United States to 1877	3
OR
HIST 33156 - H	The United States since 1877	3

Political Science

Course Number	Course Title	Credits
POLS 34102 - H	Introduction to American Government and Politics	3

Communication

Written Communication

Course Number	Course Title	Credits
ENGL 10111	Composition I: Academic Literacies	3
ENGL 10112	Composition II: Writing as Engagement	3

To qualify for Accelerated Composition, students must take and pass a writing test with the English program.

Course Number	Course Title	Credits
ENGL 10115	Accelerated Composition	3

Oral Communication

Course Number	Course Title	Credits
COM 29102 - H	Fundamentals of Oral Communication	3

Mathematical Sciences
(choose 1 course)

Advisement is necessary for correct selection.

Course Number	Course Title	Credits
MATH 17110	Finite Mathematics	4
MATH 17114 - H	General Statistics	3
MATH 17115	Concepts of Mathematics	3
MATH 17116	Mathematical Modeling	3
MATH 17117	Precalculus	5
MATH 17118	Precalculus Algebra	3
MATH 17120	Calculus I	4
MATH 17171	Fundamentals of Mathematics	3

Humanities and Fine Arts

Literature

Course Number	Course Title	Credits
ENGL 10220 - H	Introduction to Literature	3

Humanities (choose 2 courses - one from each of two different disciplines)

Course Number	Course Title	Credits
HUM 26102 - H	Western Civilization I: The Ancient World to 1500	3
HUM 26103	Western Civilization II: 1500 to the Present	3
HUM 26202 - H	World History I: To 1500	3
HUM 26103	World History II: 1500 to Present	3
COM 29235	Introduction to Classical Rhetoric	3
PHIL 39171	Introduction to Philosophy	3
PHIL 39275	Professional Ethics	3
PHIL 39276	Biomedical Ethics	3
PHIL 39277	Social Justice	3
ENGL 10224	Multiethnic Literature of the United States	3
ENGL 10226	Modern and Contemporary World Literature	3
LANG 14131	French: Communication and Culture I	3
LANG 14132	French: Communication and Culture II	3
LANG 14141	Spanish: Communication and Culture I	3
LANG 14142	Spanish: Communication and Culture II	3
LANG 14151	Introduction to American Sign Language and Deaf Culture	3
LANG 14161	Russian: Communication and Culture I	3
LANG 14162	Russian: Communication and Culture II	3
MUS 19280	World Music	3
MMED 20221	Ethnographic Film Study	3
HUM 26104 - H	The Eastern World	3
HUM 26162	Comparative Religions	3
COM 29225	Intercultural Communication	3
GEOG 32102 - H	People and Cultures of the World	3
POLS 34105	The African World	3
REC 45211	Leisure and Society	3
EDUC 61252	Pluralism in a Multicultural Society	3

Fine Arts (choose 1 course)

Course Number	Course Title	Credits
ART 13102	Art Appreciation	3
ART 13109	Survey of Art I: Prehistory through Medieval Art	3
ART 13111	Survey of Art II: Renaissance to the Present	3
ART 13235	Intersections in the Arts	3
MUS 19201 - H	The Enjoyment of Music	3
MUS 19202	Jazz Appreciation	3
MUS 19222	American Popular Music	3
THEA 43101	Theatre Appreciation	3

Natural Sciences

Life Sciences (choose 1 course with the corresponding lab)
Physical Sciences (choose 1 course with the corresponding lab)

* Currently, no Honors sections are offered in the Natural Sciences.