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Essential Studies 2008-2009
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Essential Studies Goals
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Essential Studies (ES) is the academic core of your university experience. The courses offered in the ES curriculum provide broad and diverse perspectives and help you acquire essential intellectual skills.

All Essential Studies courses contribute to your breadth of knowledge. UND's ES program includes a distribution requirement that introduces you to the academic fields of Communication, Social Sciences, Arts & Humanities, and Math/Science/Technology. At the same time as you select courses across these subject areas, you will be choosing courses that are designed to help you achieve these goals:

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 Thinking and Reasoning: Use critical thinking, quantitative reasoning, and creative thinking;
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 Communication: Communicate effectively, both orally and in writing;
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 Information Literacy: Access and evaluate information in a variety of contexts;
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 Diversity: Understand and apply knowledge of social-cultural diversity.

When you choose your Essential Studies courses, you are encouraged to venture into areas that are new, interesting, or arouse your curiosity. Also consider choosing ES courses that complement each other, so that you can extend what you learn in individual courses.
Essential Studies has three levels of requirements designed to work together. In one level, students are required to take courses in Special Emphasis (see section I below). In the second level, students are required to complete courses in areas of Breadth of Knowledge (see sections II-V below). In the third level, Capstone courses, students take a course in their senior year that addresses two Essential Studies goals (see section VI below).

Special Emphasis
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I. Special Emphasis Areas 12 sem. credits min.
  Students must complete at least 3 credit hours designated in each of the following special emphasis areas.
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 Advanced Communication - any course designated as A
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 Quantitative Reasoning - any course designated as Q
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 Global Diversity - any course designated as G
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 United States Diversity - any course designated as U
 
Students may choose courses that meet both a Special Emphasis and a Breadth of Knowledge or major requirement at the same time.

Courses approved for Special Emphasis credit only. (click here for a listing below)

Breadth of Knowledge
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II. Communication  9 sem. credits min.
(must take Engl. 110; Engl. 120 or Engl. 125; and 3 credits of oral communication)
III. Social Sciences 9 sem. credits min.
(must be taken in a minimum of 2 departments)
IV. Fine Arts and Humanities 9 sem. credits min.
(must be taken in 2 depts. and take a minimum of 3 credits in Fine Arts and 3 credits in Humanities)
V. Mathematics, Science and Technology 9 sem. credits min.
(must be taken in a minimum of 2 depts. and must include a 4-hour science course w/a lab)

Capstone
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VI. Capstone (C) 3 sem. credits min.
Approved Capstone courses are taken in the senior year of a student undergraduate program. All students-including transfers-are required to take an Essential Studies upper division Capstone course (carrying the "C" designation).

    The Total Number of Essential studies sem. credits must equal at least 39.
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  If you are a transfer student who has completed the general education requirements at a NDUS, MnSCU, or Washington State Institution, you will only need to complete the Essential Studies capstone requirement at UND. You will have met all of the other UND Essential Studies requirements. If you are a transfer student from any other institution you are required to meet all of the Essential Studies requirements listed above. Please go to the transfer student information website to view articulation agreements for transfer work. (click here)  

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I. Communication 
9 sem. credits min.
 

Choose one course from each of the three areas:
 
(1)  		    
Engl 110
College Composition I (ND:ENGL)

(3)
  (2)       Engl 120 College Composition II (ND:ENGL)
(3)
         Engl 125 Technical and Business Writing (ND:ENGL)
(3)
  (3)       Oral Communication Courses
        Comm 110 Fundamentals of Public Speaking (ND:SPCH)
(3)
        EE 481 Senior Design II
(3)
        GeoE 484 Geological Engineering Design
(1)
        GeoE 485 Geological Engineering Design
(1)

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II. Social Sciences    
   9 sem. hours min.
(must be taken in a minimum of 2 departments)

Anthropology
 
  G Anth 100 Introduction to Anthropology
(3)
 
  G Anth 171 Introduction to Cultural Anthropology (ND:SS)
(3)
 
  G Anth 172 Introduction to Archaeology (ND:SS)
(3)
 
  G Anth 200 World Prehistory
(3)
      G Anth 371 Cultural Dynamics
(3)
      G Anth 377 North American Archaeology
(3)
 
 
   G Anth 379 Culture Area Studies (ND:SS)
(3)

Business Administration   
        BAdm 101 Introduction to Business
(3)
Chemical Engineering
        ChE 340 The Role of Engineers and Applied Scientists in A Global Society
(3)

Communication
      U Comm 102 Communication and the Human Community
(3)
        Comm 103 Information, Technology and Social Change
(3)
        Comm 300 Communication and Society
(3)

Criminal Justice Studies
        CJ 201 Introduction to Criminal Justice (ND:SS)
(3)

Economics
      Q Econ 201 Principles of Microeconomics (ND:SS)
(3)
      Q Econ 202 Principles of Macroeconomics (ND:SS)
(3)

Geography
 
  G Geog 151 Human Geography (ND:SS)
(3)
 
  G Geog 161 World Regional Geography (ND:SS)
(3)
      U Geog 262 Geography of North America I (ND:SS)
(3)

History
 
    Hist 101 Western Civilization I (ND:Hist)
(3)
 
    Hist 102 Western Civilization II (ND:Hist)
(3)
 
    Hist 103 United States to 1877 (ND:Hist)
(3)
 
    Hist 104 United States since 1877 (ND:Hist)
(3)
 
  U Hist 220 History of North Dakota (ND:Hist)
(3)
 
    Hist 240 The Historian's Craft
(3)
 
    Hist 269 World War II
(3)
 
    Hist 335 Nuclear Weapons and the Modern Age
(3)
 
    Hist 339 The United States and Vietnam, 1945-75
(3)

Honors
        Hon 102 Inquiry in the Social Sciences
(3)
        Hon 292 Colloquium in the Social Sciences
(2-4)
        Hon 392 Advanced Colloquium in the Social Sciences
(2-4)

Humanities
      U Hum 224 Integrated Social Science Inquiry
(2-4)
      G Hum 225 Advanced Integrated Social Science
(2-4)

Indian Studies
 
  U IS 121 Introduction to Indian Studies
(3)
      U IS 171 Hollywood Indians
(3)
 
  U IS 201 History of the Sioux
(3)
 
  U IS 203 History of the Chippewa
(3)
 
  U IS 207 History of The Three Affiliated Tribes
(3)
 
  U IS 212 Trade in Native North America
(3)
 
  U IS 330 Contemporary Plains Indian Culture (ND:SS)
(3)
 
  U IS 350 Native American Languages
(3)
 
  U IS 370 North American Indians
(3)
 
  U IS 371 Reservation Government and Politics
(3)
 
  U IS 380 Indians in the 21st Century
(3)
 
  G IS 385 American Indian Economic Development
(3)

Interdisciplinary Studies
        IDS 495 Service and Citizenship
(3)

Mechanical Engineering   
        ME 370 Engineering Disasters and Ethics
(3)

Music   
        Musc 180 Introduction to Music Therapy
(3)

Nursing   
 
  U Nurs 490 Transcultural Health Care Theories, Research and Practice
(3)

Nutrition and Dietetics   
 
  G N&D 335 World Food Patterns
(3)

Political Science   
        Pols 115 American Government I (ND:SS)
(3)
        Pols 116 State and Local Government (ND:SS)
(3)
 
  G Pols 220 International Politics (ND:SS)
(3)
 
    Pols 225 Comparative Politics (ND:SS)
(3)
        Pols 250 Politics of Public Administration (ND:SS)
(3)
      U Pols 318 American Political Thought
(3)

Psychology
        Psyc 111 Introduction to Psychology (ND:SS)
(3)
        Psyc 250 Developmental Psychology (ND:SS)
(4)
        Psyc 270 Abnormal Psychology (ND:SS)
(3)
        Psyc 360 Introduction to Personality (ND:SS)
(3)
      U Psyc 361 Social Psychology (ND:SS)
(4)

Recreation and Leisure
        RLS 201 Leisure and Society
(3)
        RLS 360 Inclusion in Recreation Settings
(3)

Rehabilitation Services
      U RHS 250 Contemporary Issues in Rehabilitation
(3)

Sociology   
        Soc 110 Introduction to Sociology (ND:SS)
(3)
        Soc 115 Social Problems (ND:SS)
(3)
 
  U Soc 250 Diversity in American Society (ND:SS)
(3)
        Soc 253 Juvenile Delinquency (ND:SS)
(3)
 
    Soc 340 Sociology of Gender and Sex Roles (ND:SS)
(3)
        Soc 361 Social Psychology (ND:SS)
(4)
Space Studies
        SpSt 300 The Case for Space
(3)

Teaching & Learning   
        T&L 252 Child Development (ND:SS)
(3)
 
  U T&L 433 Multicultural Education
(3)

Women's Studies
      U WS 225 Introduction to the Study of Women
(3)
 
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III. Arts and Humanities
9 sem. hours min.
(must be taken in a minimum of 2 departments,
also must include 3 cr designated as Fine Arts & 3 cr designated as Humanities)

Fine Arts



Art  
        Art 100 Introduction to Sculpture (ND:FA)
(3)
        Art 120 Introduction to Drawing and Color Materials (ND:FA)
(3)
        Art 122 Two-Dimensional Design (ND:FA)
(3)
        Art 124 Three Dimensional Design
(3)
        Art 130 Drawing I (ND:FA)
(3)
        Art 151 Introduction to Ceramics
(3)
        Art 230 Drawing II (ND:FA)
(3)
        Art 250 Ceramics I (ND:FA)
(3)



Arts & Sciences
        A&S 252 Introduction to Canadian Studies
(3)

 
English		    
      A Engl 308 Advanced Composition I
(3)

 
Humanities		    
        Hum 212 Integrated Cultural Experience
(3)

 
Technology		    
 
    IT 322 Fundamentals of Photography
(3)