Increase Foundational Know

Are you majoring in a subject you love but want to increase your knowledge of social sciences, humanities, or the arts but don't know how to fit it into your curriculum? Choosing from the list of essential studies courses below can help you explore these topics, fulfill requirements and keep you on track to graduation. 

Western Michigan University's current semester courses and descriptions are listed below. 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.

Increase Foundational Knowledge SLO (IFKL)

• AAAS 2000 - Intro to AfAmer/African Stdies
• AAAS 2100 - Forms of Black Consciousness
• AAAS 2800 - Civil Rights Geography^DI
• AAAS 3000 - Af&AfAm Hist,Cult,Exp to 1865^DI
• AAAS 3010 - AfAm Hist,Cult,Exp 1866-Prsnt^DI
• ANTH 1100 - Lost Worlds/Archeol
• ANTH 1200 - Peoples Of The World
• ANTH 2100 - Introd To Archeology
• ANTH 2400 - Princ Of Cult Anthro^PS
• ARAB 1010 - Basic Arabic 2
• ARAB 2750 - Life/Culture Of The Arabs
• ART 1200 - Introduction To Art
• ART 1400 - 2D Studio Experience
• ART 1480 - Direct Encounter/Art
• ART 2200 - Caves to Cathedrals
• ART 2210 - Modern and Postmodern
• AVS 1200 - Introduction To Aviation
• BIOS 1120 - Principles Of Biology
• CHIN 1010 - Basic Chinese II
• CHIN 2750 - Chinese Life And Culture
• CHIN 2760 - Contemporary China
• CHIN 2800 - Chinese Calligraphy
• CLAS 2500 - Power and Morality
• COM 2000 - Human Communication Theory
• COM 2400 - Intro To Media & Telecom
• COM 2410 - Film Communication
• COM 3400 - Global Media Literacy
• DANC 1450 - Experiencing Dance
• ECON 1020 - Economics in Our Daily Lives
• ECON 3180 - Economics of Medical Care
• ENGL 1100 - Literary Interp
• ENGL 1120 - Literary Classics
• ENGL 2080 - Literature In Our Lives
• ENGL 2660 - Writing-Fict/Poetry
• ENGL 2810 - Youth Literature & Culture
• ENVS 1000 - Climate Challenges & Solutions
• ES 2800 - Human Flourishing&Happiness
• FCS 1030 - Lifespan Development
• FCS 2170 - Diverse Children,Fmlies,&Comm^DI
• FIN 2010 - Personal Finance
• FREN 1010 - Basic French II
• GEOG 3200 - Culinary Tourism^DI
• GEOS 1000 - Dynamic Earth
• GEOS 1050 - Dinosaurs
• GEOS 1300 - Physical Geology
• GEOS 1440 - Env Earth Science
• GEOS 3120 - Geol Natl Pks/Monumt
• GEOS 3220 - Ocean Systems
• GER 1010 - Basic German II
• GIST 2000 - Global & International Studies
• GRN 1000 - Introduction to Aging Studies
• GWS 1000 - Media And The Sexes
• GWS 2000 - Intro Gender & Women's Studies^DI
• GWS 2010 - LGBT Studies^DI
• HISP 3390 - Afrolatinx Experience
• HIST 1000 - Early Western World
• HIST 1010 - Modern Western World
• HIST 1450 - Heroes/Villains In Mid Ages
• HIST 2100 - American Hist To 1877
• HIST 2110 - Amer Hist Since 1877
• HIST 3015 - History and Film
• HIST 3150 - Pop Art-Arch In Amer
• HNRS 3202 - Modernism in Art and Lit
• HNRS 3302 - Civil Rights & Jazz, 1950-1975^DI
• HNRS 3303 - Vietnam Rock and Soul
• HOL 2801 - Health and Well Being
• HSV 2250 - Growth, Dev. and Aging
• JPNS 1010 - Basic Japanese II
• JPNS 2750 - Japanese Life And Culture
• LANG 1750 - Intercultural Odyssey
• LANG 2500 - The Nature of Language
• LAT 1010 - Basic Latin II
• ME 2320 - Thermodynamics I
• MUS 1500 - Music Apprec-Live
• MUS 1510 - Jazz in America^DI
• MUS 1520 - Rock Music: Genesis & Devel^DI
• MUS 3500 - American Music^DI
• MUS 4500 - Mus Apprec: Symphony
• PADM 2000 - Intro Public/Nonprofit Service^DI
• PHIL 2000 - Intro To Philosophy
• PHIL 2010 - Contemp Problems in Ethics
• PHIL 2200 - Critical Thinking
• PHIL 3000 - Ancient-Mdvl Phil
• PHIL 3030 - Existentialist Phil
• PHIL 3120 - Philosophy Of Art
• PHIL 3130 - Philosophy Of Law
• PHIL 3140 - Phil through Comics
• PHIL 3150 - Race And Gender Issues^DI
• PHIL 3340 - Biomedical Ethics
• PHYS 1000 - How Things Work
• PHYS 1060 - Intro To Stars And Galaxies
• PHYS 1070 - Elementary Physics
• PHYS 1130 - General Physics I
• PHYS 2050 - Mechanics And Heat
• PSCI 1050 - Critical Thinking/Politics
• PSCI 2000 - National Government
• PSCI 2400 - Comparative Politics
• PSCI 2500 - Internatl Relations
• PSY 1000 - General Psychology
• PSY 1400 - Intro to Behavior Analysis
• REL 2010 - Buddhism
• REL 3015 - Christianity in the U.S.^DI
• REL 3145 - Cults, Sects, & New Religions^DI
• SOC 2000 - Prin Of Sociology
• SPAN 1010 - Basic Spanish II
• SPAN 2000 - Intermed Spanish I
• SPAN 2010 - Intermed Spanish II
• SPAN 3240 - Intro Study Span Ling
• SPAN 3250 - Intro Study Span Lit
• SWRK 1000 - Intr-Social Service
• SWRK 2100 - Introduction to Social Work: A
• THEA 1000 - Love, Politics & Entertainment
• THEA 1050 - Af Americans in Thea & Media^DI
• THEA 1450 - Beginning Acting
• THEA 1700 - Script Analysis

• Courses designated as ^DI fulfill the Diversity and Inclusion requirement.
• Courses designated as ^PS fulfill the Planetary Sustainability requirement.