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Humanities

To fulfill the Humanities Distribution requirement students must complete:

At least 5 credits in Area 1. No more than 10 credits may come from any one department.
5 credits in Area 2

Area I Humanities

Humanities

Journalism

JRNL 101 - Beginning Newswriting 5 Credits
JRNL 105 - Photojournalism 5 Credits
JRNL 115 - Writing for the Media 5 Credits
JRNL 201 - Advanced Newswriting 5 Credits
JRNL 202 - Advanced Newswriting 5 Credits
JRNL 215 - Newspaper Production Editing 5 Credits
JRNL 203 - Advanced Newswriting 5 Credits
JRNL 216 - Newspaper Production Editing 5 Credits
JRNL 217 - Newspaper Production Editing 5 Credits

Literature

ENGL& 111 - Introduction to Literature 5 Credits
ENGL& 112 - Introduction to Fiction 5 Credits
ENGL 122 - Intro. to Children’s Literature 5 Credits
ENGL 123 - Introduction to American Ethnic Literature 5 Credits
ENGL 266 - Popular Literature 5 Credits

Philosophy

PHIL& 101 - Introduction to Philosophy 5 Credits
PHIL 105 - Philosophy of Happiness 5 Credits
PHIL 110 - Introduction to Ethics 5 Credits
PHIL 115 - Critical Thinking 5 Credits
PHIL& 120 - Introduction to Symbolic Logic (Symbolic Reasoning) 5 Credits
PHIL 131 - Evolution and Philosophy 5 Credits
PHIL 145 - Introduction to Eastern Philosophy 5 Credits
PHIL 146 - Environmental Ethics 5 Credits
PHIL 147 - Gender and Philosophy 5 Credits
PHIL 148 - Women and World Religions 5 Credits
PHIL 160 - World Religions 5 Credits

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. No more than 5 credits in foreign language at the 100 level will count towards fullfilling Humanities Area 1 requirement.

ARAB 121 - Elementary Arabic 5 Credits
ARAB 122 - Elementary Arabic 5 Credits
ARAB 123 - Elementary Arabic 5 Credits
ASL& 121 - American Sign Language I 5 Credits
ASL& 122 - American Sign Language II 5 Credits
ASL& 123 - American Sign Language III 5 Credits
CHIN& 121 - Chinese I 5 Credits
CHIN& 122 - Chinese II 5 Credits
CHIN& 123 - Chinese III 5 Credits
CHIN& 221 - Chinese IV 5 Credits
CHIN& 222 - Chinese V 5 Credits
CHIN& 223 - Chinese VI 5 Credits
FRCH& 121 - French I 5 Credits
FRCH& 122 - French II 5 Credits
FRCH& 123 - French III 5 Credits
JAPN& 121 - Japanese I 5 Credits
JAPN& 122 - Japanese II 5 Credits
JAPN& 123 - Japanese III 5 Credits
JAPN& 221 - Japanese IV 5 Credits
JAPN& 222 - Japanese V 5 Credits
JAPN& 223 - Japanese VI 5 Credits
SPAN& 121 - Spanish I 5 Credits
SPAN& 122 - Spanish II 5 Credits
SPAN& 123 - Spanish III 5 Credits
SPAN& 221 - Spanish IV 5 Credits
SPAN& 222 - Spanish V 5 Credits
SPAN& 223 - Spanish VI 5 Credits
SPAN 231 - Spanish for Heritage Speakers I 5 Credits
SPAN 232 - Spanish for Heritage Speakers II 5 Credits
SPAN 233 - Spanish for Heritage Speakers III 5 Credits

Note:

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

Area II Humanities

Art

ART& 100 - Art Appreciation 5 Credits
ART 101 - Design I: Two Dimensional 5 Credits ‡
ART 102 - Design II: Three Dimensional 5 Credits ‡
ART 103 - Design III: Mixed Media 5 Credits ‡
ART 105 - Introduction to Color 5 Credits ‡
ART 110 - Drawing I: Beginning Drawing 5 Credits ‡
ART 111 - Drawing II: Composition 5 Credits ‡
ART 112 - Figure Drawing 5 Credits ‡
ART 113 - Portrait Drawing 5 Credits ‡
ART 114 - Figure Sculpture I 5 Credits ‡
ART 115 - Figure Drawing II 5 Credits ‡
ART 120 - Introduction to Art History 5 Credits
ART 128 - History of Design 5 Credits
ART 135 - Drawing for Illustration I 5 Credits
ART 147 - Introduction to Digital Photography 5 Credits ‡
ART 148 - Professional Digital Photography 5 Credits ‡
ART 149 - Composition & Story Telling With Digital Photography 5 Credits
ART 150 - Painting I 5 Credits ‡
ART 151 - Painting II 5 Credits ‡
ART 155 - Watercolor Painting 5 Credits ‡
ART 156 - Watercolor Painting II 5 Credits ‡
ART 158 - Mural Design 5 Credits ‡
ART 171 - Ceramics I 5 Credits ‡
ART 172 - Ceramics II 5 Credits ‡
ART 173 - Ceramics III 5 Credits ‡
ART 181 - Sculpture 5 Credits ‡
ART 228 - Design Drawing 5 Credits ‡
ART 238 - Design Drawing: Perspective 5 Credits ‡

Music

MUSC 101 - Creating Your Own Music 5 Credits
MUSC& 105 - Music Appreciation 5 Credits
MUSC 106 - History of Rock Music 5 Credits
MUSC 107 - American Popular Music 5 Credits
MUSC 109 - History of Jazz 5 Credits
MUSC 110 - Music Cultures of the World 5 Credits
MUSC 112 - 20th Century Concert Music 5 Credits
MUSC 113 - Introduction to Hip Hop 5 Credits ‡
MUSC 114 - Introduction to Tango 5 Credits
MUSC 115 - Music of Las Americas 5 Credits
MUSC 116 - Class Piano Level 1 2 Credits ‡
MUSC 117 - CLASS PIANO Level 2 2 Credits ‡
MUSC 118 - CLASS PIANO Level 3 2 Credits ‡
MUSC& 121 - Ear Training 1 2 Credits ‡
MUSC& 122 - Ear Training 2 2 Credits ‡
MUSC& 123 - Ear Training 3 2 Credits ‡
MUSC 125 - Class Guitar Level 1 2 Credits ‡
MUSC 126 - Class Guitar Level 2 2 Credits ‡
MUSC 127 - Class Guitar Level 3 2 Credits ‡
MUSC 128 - World Percussion 3 Credits ‡
MUSC& 131 - Music Theory 1 3 Credits
MUSC& 132 - Music Theory 2 3 Credits
MUSC& 133 - Music Theory 3 3 Credits
MUSC& 141 - MUSIC THEORY I 5 Credits
MUSC& 142 - Music Theory II 5 Credits
MUSC 150 - Performance Ensemble 2 Credits ‡
MUSC 162 - Tango Dance 2 Credits
‡
MUSC 170 - Private Music Instruction 2 Credits ‡
MUSC 171 - Private Music Instruction 2 Credits ‡
MUSC 172 - Private Music Instruction 2 Credits ‡
MUSC 173 - Private Music Instruction 2 Credits ‡
MUSC 174 - Private Music Instruction 2 Credits ‡
MUSC 175 - Private Music Instruction 2 Credits ‡
MUSC 181 - Beginning Class Voice 2 Credits ‡
MUSC 182 - Intermediate Class Voice 2 Credits ‡
MUSC 183 - Advanced Art Song Class Voice 2 Credits ‡
MUSC 185 - Vocal Technique and Performance I 2 Credits ‡
MUSC 186 - Vocal Technique and Performance II 2 Credits ‡
MUSC 187 - Vocal Technique and Performance III 2 Credits ‡
MUSC 204 - Improvisation 2 Credits ‡
MUSC 205 - Improvisation 2 Credits ‡
MUSC 206 - Improvisation 2 Credits ‡
MUSC 210 - Highline Concert Chorale 2 Credits ‡
MUSC 211 - Highline Concert Chorale 2 Credits ‡
MUSC 212 - Highline Concert Chorale 2 Credits ‡
MUSC 213 - Highline Concert Chorale 2 Credits ‡
MUSC 214 - Highline Concert Chorale 2 Credits ‡
MUSC 215 - Highline Concert Chorale 2 Credits ‡
MUSC& 241 - Music Theory 4 5 Credits
MUSC& 242 - Music Theory 5 5 Credits
MUSC& 243 - Music Theory 6 5 Credits
MUSC 281 - Music Performance 1 Credits ‡
MUSC 282 - Music Performance 2 Credits ‡
MUSC 283 - Music Performance 3 Credits ‡
MUSC 284 - Music Performance 4 Credits ‡
MUSC 285 - Music Performance 5 Credits ‡

Note:

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

Social Sciences

Choose from the following two areas. A minimum of five credits must come from each area. No more than 10 credits may come from any one department.

Area I Social Sciences

Diversity & Globalism Studies

DGS 103 - Model United Nations: Institutions 5 Credits
DGS 104 - Model United Nations: Development 5 Credits
DGS 110 - Global Studies 5 Credits
DGS 114 - The Middle East 5 Credits
DGS 160 - Social Issues 5 Credits
DGS 162 - Constitutional Law and Issues 5 Credits
DGS 164 - Sports Law and Issues of Diversity 5 Credits
DGS 166 - Immigration Law and the Rights of Non-Citizens 5 Credits
DGS 168 - Legal Issues of Civil Rights Theory and Law 5 Credits
DGS 170 - International Human Rights, Policy and Laws 5 Credits
DGS 216 - Food, Culture, & Politics 5 Credits
DGS 260 - International Business 5 Credits

Economics

ECON 110 - Global Economic Issues 5 Credits
ECON 120 - Economics of Entrepreneurship 5 Credits
ECON 190 - Sustainability Seminar 1 Credits
ECON& 201 - Microeconomics 5 Credits
ECON& 202 - Macroeconomics 5 Credits
ECON 221 - Economics of Investing 5 Credits
ECON 273 - Introduction to International Economics 5 Credits

Ethnic & Gender Studies

EGS 100 - Introduction to Ethnic Studies 5 Credits
EGS 136 - African American Roots 5 Credits
EGS 137 - African American Experience 5 Credits
EGS 142 - Asian American Roots 5 Credits
EGS 143 - Contemporary Issues in Asian America 5 Credits
EGS 150 - Latino/a Histories: Race, Migration, and Resistance 5 Credits
EGS 156 - Northwest Native Peoples 5 Credits
EGS 160 - Social Issues 5 Credits
EGS 172 - The Queer Experience 5 Credits
EGS 180 - Histories and Cultures of Oceania 5 Credits
EGS 210 - Women and Society 5 Credits
EGS 217 - U.S. Racial and Ethnic Politics 5 Credits
EGS 295 - Independent Study 5 Credits

Geography

GEOG 100 - Survey of Geography 5 Credits
GEOG 120 - World Geography 5 Credits
GEOG 160 - Global Trade Geography 5 Credits
GEOG 200 - Introduction to Human Geography 5 Credits
GEOG 205 - Physical Geography 5 Credits
GEOG 207 - Economic Geography 5 Credits
GEOG 210 - Maps and Geographic Information Sys 5 Credits
GEOG 250 - Geography of World Cities 5 Credits

History

HIST 101 - World Civilizations I 5 Credits
HIST 102 - World Civilizations II 5 Credits
HIST 103 - World Civilizations III 5 Credits
HIST 115 - History of World War II 5 Credits
HIST& 116 - Western Civilization I 5 Credits
HIST& 117 - Western Civilization II 5 Credits
HIST& 118 - Western Civilization III 5 Credits
HIST& 146 - U.S. History I 5 Credits
HIST& 147 - U.S. History II 5 Credits
HIST& 148 - U.S. History III 5 Credits
HIST 160 - Modern Asian History 5 Credits
HIST& 214 - Pacific Northwest History 5 Credits
HIST 225 - Civil War and Reconstruction 5 Credits
HIST 260 - Africa: Colonial Rule and Independence Struggles 5 Credits
HIST 273 - Women and Gender in the Modern West 5 Credits

Political Science

POLS& 101 - Introduction to Political Science 5 Credits
POL S 103 - Model United Nations: Institutions 5 Credits
POL S 104 - Model United Nations: Development 5 Credits
POLS 160 - American Foreign Policy 5 Credits
POLS 185 - Special Topics: Law and Legal Syste 5 Credits
POLS& 200 - Introduction to Law 5 Credits
POLS& 201 - Introduction to Political Theory 5 Credits
POLS& 202 - American Government 5 Credits
POLS& 203 - Introduction to International Relations 5 Credits
POLS& 204 - Comparative Government 5 Credits
POLS 205 - Introduction to Political Economy 5 Credits
POLS 217 - U.S Racial and Ethnic Politics 5 Credits
POLS 275 - State and Local Government 5 Credits

Area II Social Sciences

Anthropology

ANTH& 100 - Survey of Anthropology 5 Credits
ANTH& 104 - World Prehistory 5 Credits
ANTH& 204 - Archaeology 5 Credits
ANTH& 206 - Cultural Anthropology 5 Credits
ANTH& 207 - Linguistic Anthropology 5 Credits

Psychology

PSYC& 100 - General Psychology 5 Credits
PSYCH 120 - Psychology of Human Relations 5 Credits
PSYCH 121 - Love 101 1 Credits
PSYCH 130 - Death and Life 3 Credits
PSYCH 131 - Suicide Intervention 1 Credits
PSYCH 135 - Death Across Cultures 5 Credits
PSYCH 142 - Critical Thinking about the Paranormal 2 Credits
PSYCH 152 - Understanding AIDS 2 Credits
PSYC& 180 - Human Sexuality 5 Credits
PSYC& 200 - Lifespan Developmental Psychology 5 Credits
PSYC& 220 - Abnormal Psychology 5 Credits
PSYCH 250 - Research Methods 5 Credits

Sociology

SOC& 101 - Introduction to Sociology 5 Credits
SOC 115 - Crime and Society 5 Credits
SOC 130 - American Diversity 5 Credits
SOC 200 - Sociology of the Family 5 Credits
SOC& 201 - Social Problems 5 Credits
SOC 202 - Environmental Sociology 5 Credits

Natural 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 ANTH& 205), Computer Science, Engineering or Mathematics. Students must choose at least one five-credit Science course that incorporates laboratory (L) experience: