Level 2 Exploration and Discoveries
For the Level 2: Exploration and Discovery requirements of the essential studies curriculum, Western Michigan University students will select one (1) course from each of the following six categories:
- Personal Wellness
- Science and Technology
- Scientific Literacy with a Lab
- World Language and Culture
- Artistic Theory and Practice
- Societies and Cultures
Important Note: The courses and descriptions listed below are Spring Semester 2021. For a complete list of WMU Essential Studies courses, access the PDF. Enrolled students can also access descriptions by logging into GoWMU and accessing Degree Works.
- Courses designated as DI fulfill the Diversity and Inclusion requirement.
- Courses designated as PS fulfill the Planetary Sustainability requirement.
Science and Technology (ST)
Some science and technology courses in the list below require registration in both a lecture and laboratory section.
- ANTH 1500 - Race, Biology, And CultureDI
- ANTH 2100 - Introd To Archeology
- AVS 1200 - Introduction To Aviation
- CHEG 2611 - Environmental Engineering IPS
- CIS 2640 - Applied Analytics Foundations
- COM 2400 - Intro To Media & Telecom
- ECON 2190 - Econ Principles SustainabilityPS
- EDMM 1500 - Intro ManufacturingPS
- ENVS 1050 - Perspectives on SustPS
- GEOG 1000 - World Ecology PrblmsPS
- GEOG 2440 - Economic Geography
- GEOG 3010 - Fundamentals of GISPS
- GEOG 3060 - Climate:Past,Present,&FuturePS
- GEOG 3500 - Conserv/Environ MgmtPS
- GEOS 1050 - Dinosaurs
- GEOS 1440 - Env Earth Science
- GEOS 3120 - Geol Natl Pks/Monumt
- GEOS 3220 - Ocean Systems
- GWS 3400 - Race, Gender and ScienceDI
- HNRS 3701 - Technology in the Arts
- IEE 3100 - Engineering EconomyPS
- ME 2320 - Thermodynamics I
- PHIL 3160 - Ethics In Engineering & TechPS
- PHIL 3340 - Biomedical Ethics
- PHIL 3350 - Medical Humanities
- PHYS 1020 - Energy And The EnvironmentPS
- PSY 1000 - General Psychology
- PSY 1400 - Intro to Behavior Analysis
- SPAN 3240 - Intro Study Span Ling
- STAT 2160 - Business Statistics
- STAT 3660 - Data Analysis for Biosciences
- THEA 3600 - Technology in the Arts
World Language and Culture (WLC)
- ARAB 1010 - Basic Arabic 2
- ART 2220 - Africa, Oceania, Americas
- CHIN 1010 - Basic Chinese II
- ENGL 3160 - Storytellers
- ENGL 3170 - Stories of the OtherDI
- FREN 1010 - Basic French II
- GER 1010 - Basic German II
- GIST 2000 - Global & International Studies
- HIST 2020 - World History to 1500DI
- HIST 2030 - World History Since 1500
- IPE 3050 - Study Abroad GuatemalaDI
- JPNS 1010 - Basic Japanese II
- LAT 1010 - Basic Latin II
- MDVL 2000 - Voices of the Middle Ages
- REL 2050 - Christianity
- REL 2100 - Religions of the World
- SIGN 1020 - American Sign Language IIDI
- SPAN 1010 - Basic Spanish II
- SPAN 2000 - Intermed Spanish I
- SPAN 2010 - Intermed Spanish II
Societies and Cultures (SC)
- AAAS 2800 - Civil Rights GeographyDI
- AAAS 3000 - Af&AfAm Hist,Cult,Exp to 1865DI
- AAAS 3010 - AfAm Hist,Cult,Exp 1866-PrsntDI
- ADA 3410 - Diversity and Substance AbuseDI
- ANTH 2400 - Princ Of Cult AnthroPS
- ANTH 3440 - Indigenous North AmericaDI
- ARAB 2750 - Life/Culture Of The Arabs
- ART 2200 - Caves to Cathedrals
- BUS 2200 - Intro To Global Business
- CHIN 2750 - Chinese Life And Culture
- CHIN 2760 - Contemporary China
- CLAS 2500 - Power and Morality
- COM 3400 - Global Media Literacy
- ECON 3090 - Economics of Gender and RaceDI
- ENGL 3820 - Lit For The Young Child
- FCS 2170 - Diverse Children,Fmlies,&CommDI
- GEOG 1020 - Wld Geog-Media/Maps
- GEOG 3200 - Culinary TourismDI
- GIST 3100 - Global Studies in the FieldDI
- GWS 2000 - Intro Gender & Women's StudiesDI
- GWS 2010 - LGBT StudiesDI
- HISP 2750 - Latino Writing/Latino CultureDI
- HIST 3600 - Medieval World
- HIST 3790 - WWII in US & Japanese HistoryDI
- HNRS 3204 - Postmodern Dystopias
- HNRS 3303 - Vietnam Rock and Soul
- JPNS 2750 - Japanese Life And Culture
- LANG 2500 - The Nature of Language
- MUS 3500 - American MusicDI
- PADM 2000 - Intro Public/Nonprofit ServiceDI
- PHIL 3000 - Ancient-Mdvl Phil
- PHIL 3030 - Existentialist Phil
- PHIL 3130 - Philosophy Of Law
- PHIL 3140 - Phil through Comics
- PHIL 3150 - Race And Gender IssuesDI
- REL 2010 - Buddhism
- REL 3015 - Christianity in the U.S.DI
- REL 3145 - Cults, Sects, & New ReligionsDI
- SOC 2100 - Modern Soc ProblemsDI
- SPAN 3230 - Life&culture Spanish AmericaDI
- SWRK 3330 - Cult/Ethn/Inst Swrk PracticeDI
- THEA 1050 - Af Americans in Thea & MediaDI
- Courses designated as DI fulfill the Diversity and Inclusion requirement.
- Courses designated as PS fulfill the Planetary Sustainability requirement.