General education courses must be at least 3 credit hours and from the approved general education course list. For more information, visit the general education website.
General education courses offered in a given semester are identified in the online schedule of courses.
Buckets 1-3 Courses
Courses fulfilling the Bucket 1-3 requirements are also known as foundation courses. Foundation courses cover the fundamental skills needed throughout college. They should be completed within the first 48 credit hours of enrollment with a grade of C- or better. MATH 111 or any math course that requires MATH 111 or MATH 112 as a prerequisite can be used to meet the foundation math requirement.
| Course | Title | Hours |
|---|---|---|
| Bucket 1: English General Education Courses | ||
| ENGL 100 | English Composition | 3 |
| ENGL 100S | English Composition with Support | 3 |
| ENGL 101 | College English I | 3 |
| ENGL 101S | College English I with Support | 3 |
| ENGL 102 | College English II | 3 |
| Bucket 2: Communication General Education Courses | ||
| COMM 111 | Public Speaking | 3 |
| COMM 111H | Public Speaking Honors | 3 |
| Bucket 3: Mathematics and Statistics General Education Courses | ||
| MATH 111 | College Algebra | 3 |
| MATH 111S | College Algebra with Support | 3 |
| MATH 112 | Precalculus Mathematics | 5 |
| MATH 131 | Contemporary Mathematics | 3 |
| MATH 131S | Contemporary Mathematics with Support | 3 |
| STAT 171 | Introduction to Statistics | 3 |
| STAT 171S | Introduction to Statistics with Support | 3 |
Bucket 4 Courses
In order to fulfill the Bucket 4 requirement, the natural and physical sciences general education course must include a lab. Qualifying courses fall into two main categories: single credit-bearing courses or credit-bearing sequences. Single credit-bearing courses either have a lab component built in or have a required 0-credit hour lab corequisite. Credit-bearing sequences are separate lecture and lab courses with their own credit hours. Both courses in the sequence must be taken in order to fulfill the Bucket 4 requirement.
| Course | Title | Hours |
|---|---|---|
| Natural and Physical Sciences General Education Courses | ||
| Single Credit-Bearing Courses | ||
| BIOL 210 | General Biology I | 4 |
| BIOL 211 | General Biology II | 4 |
| BIOL 220 | Introduction to Microbiology | 4 |
| BIOL 223 | Human Anatomy and Physiology | 5 |
| BIOL 275 | Field Ecology | 4 |
| CHEM 103 | Introductory General, Organic and Biochemistry | 5 |
| CHEM 211 | General Chemistry I | 5 |
| CHEM 212 | General Chemistry II | 5 |
| GEOL 111 | General Geology | 4 |
| GEOL 312 | Historical Geology | 4 |
| HS 290 | Foundational Human Anatomy and Physiology | 5 |
| HS 290H | Foundational Human Anatomy and Physiology Honors | 5 |
| HS 390 | Foundational Human Anatomy and Physiology II | 3 |
| PHYS 111 | Introductory Physics | 4 |
| PHYS 213 | General College Physics I | 5 |
| PHYS 214 | General College Physics II | 5 |
| Credit-Bearing Sequences | ||
| ANTH 101 & ANTH 106 | Biological Anthropology and Biological Anthropology Lab | 4 |
| BIOL 106 & BIOL 107 | The Human Organism and The Human Organism Laboratory | 4 |
| BIOL 370 & BIOL 371 | Introductory Environmental Science and Introductory Environmental Science Lab | 4 |
| GEOL 102 & 102L | Earth Science and the Environment and Earth Science and the Environment Lab | 4 |
| PHYS 195 & PHYS 196 | Introduction to Modern Astronomy and Laboratory in Modern Astronomy | 4 |
| PHYS 313 & PHYS 315 | Physics for Scientists I and University Physics Lab I | 5 |
| PHYS 314 & PHYS 316 | Physics for Scientists II and University Physics Lab II | 5 |
Bucket 5 Courses
| Course | Title | Hours |
|---|---|---|
| Social and Behavioral Sciences General Education Courses | ||
| ANTH 102 | Cultural Anthropology | 3 |
| ANTH 103 | Introduction to Archaeology | 3 |
| ANTH 200 | Intercultural Relations | 3 |
| ANTH 303 | World Cultures | 3 |
| ANTH 305 | World Archaeology | 3 |
| ANTH 318 | Psychological Anthropology | 3 |
| ANTH 327 | Magic, Witchcraft and Religion | 3 |
| ANTH 335 | Archaeology of North America | 3 |
| ANTH 352 | Linguistic Anthropology | 3 |
| CESP 334 | Introduction to Diversity: Human Growth and Development | 3 |
| CJ 191 | Introduction to Criminal Justice | 3 |
| CJ 315 | Criminal Law | 3 |
| CJ 351 | The Victim in Criminal Justice | 3 |
| CJ 394 | Courts and Judicial Systems | 3 |
| CJ 493 | Crime Causation and Criminal Justice Policy | 3 |
| ECON 201 | Principles of Macroeconomics | 3 |
| ECON 201H | Principles of Macroeconomics Honors | 3 |
| ECON 202 | Principles of Microeconomics | 3 |
| ENTR 310 | The Entrepreneurial Experience | 3 |
| ENTR 327 | Ethnic Entrepreneurship | 3 |
| ENTR 440 | New Venture Feasibility Analysis | 3 |
| FYSP 102B | First-Year Seminar: The Shocker Way | 3 |
| GEOG 125 | Principles of Human Geography | 3 |
| GEOG 210 | Introduction to World Geography | 3 |
| HNRS 106 | Seminar I: Social and Behavioral Sciences | 3-4 |
| HNRS 106AB | Parks, People and Place: Exploring Our National Parks | 3 |
| HNRS 152 | Seminar II: Social and Behavioral Sciences | 3-4 |
| HNRS 152F | Leadership Challenge | 3 |
| HNRS 306 | Seminar III: Social and Behavioral Sciences | 3-4 |
| HNRS 306G | Alternative Break: Service Leadership | 3 |
| HNRS 306J | Lead for Tomorrow | 3 |
| HNRS 306K | Black Lives Matter and Other Marginalized Perspectives | 3 |
| HNRS 406 | Seminar in Social and Behavioral Sciences | 3-4 |
| HNRS 406C | Making Social Impact | 3 |
| IB 333 | International Business | 3 |
| ID 300 | Human-Centric Design Thinking | 3 |
| ID 300H | Human-Centric Design Thinking Honors | 3 |
| ID 301 | Leadership is Essential Seminar | 3 |
| LEAD 310 | Principles of Leadership | 3 |
| LEAD 310H | Principles of Leadership Honors | 3 |
| PHS 100 | Introduction to Aging Studies | 3 |
| PHS 101 | Introduction to Public Health | 3 |
| PHS 310 | Introduction to U.S. Healthcare and Administration | 3 |
| PHS 326 | Emerging Global Healthcare Issues | 3 |
| PHS 344 | Health for All | 3 |
| PHS 344H | Health for All Honors | 3 |
| PHS 404 | Psychology of Aging | 3 |
| PHS 405 | Sociology of Aging | 3 |
| PHS 408 | Adaptive Leadership | 3 |
| PHS 408H | Adaptive Leadership Honors | 3 |
| POLS 121 | American Politics | 3 |
| POLS 121H | American Politics Honors | 3 |
| POLS 220 | Introduction to International Relations | 3 |
| POLS 220H | Introduction to International Relations Honors | 3 |
| POLS 226 | Comparative Politics | 3 |
| POLS 305 | Environmental Politics | 3 |
| POLS 310 | Latin American Politics | 3 |
| POLS 312 | Asian Politics | 3 |
| POLS 313 | Global Gender Politics | 3 |
| POLS 314 | Presidential Nominations | 3 |
| POLS 315 | The Presidency | 3 |
| POLS 315H | The Presidency Honors | 3 |
| POLS 316 | Legislative Politics | 3 |
| POLS 319 | State Government | 3 |
| POLS 320 | Developing World | 3 |
| POLS 326 | Public Opinion and Political Psychology | 3 |
| POLS 336 | International Organizations | 3 |
| POLS 337 | Conflict Analysis | 3 |
| POLS 337H | Conflict Analysis Honors | 3 |
| POLS 340 | Global Challenges | 3 |
| POLS 352 | Law and Political Power | 3 |
| POLS 352H | Law and Political Power Honors | 3 |
| POLS 356 | Civil Liberties | 3 |
| POLS 356H | Civil Liberties Honors | 3 |
| POLS 360 | Human Rights | 3 |
| POLS 360H | Human Rights Honors | 3 |
| POLS 361 | Diplomacy and Negotiation | 3 |
| POLS 361H | Diplomacy and Negotiation Honors | 3 |
| POLS 380 | Parties and Elections | 3 |
| POLS 380H | Parties and Elections Honors | 3 |
| POLS 385 | Democracy and Authoritarianism | 3 |
| POLS 391E | Middle East Politics | 3 |
| POLS 395 | U.S. Foreign Policy | 3 |
| PSY 111 | General Psychology | 3 |
| PSY 111H | General Psychology Honors | 3 |
| PSY 320 | Biological Psychology | 3 |
| PSY 321 | Psychology of Learning | 3 |
| PSY 322 | Cognitive Psychology | 3 |
| PSY 323 | Social Psychology | 3 |
| PSY 323H | Social Psychology Honors | 3 |
| PSY 324 | Psychology of Personality | 3 |
| PSY 324H | Psychology of Personality Honors | 3 |
| PSY 325 | Developmental Psychology | 3 |
| PSY 404 | Psychology of Aging | 3 |
| PSY 406 | Introduction to Community Psychology | 3 |
| PSY 409 | Psychology of Perception | 3 |
| PSY 413 | Adaptive Leadership | 3 |
| PSY 413H | Adaptive Leadership Honors | 3 |
| PSY 414 | Child Psychology | 3 |
| PSY 416 | Psychology and Problems of Society | 3 |
| SCWK 201 | Introduction to Social Work and Social Welfare | 3 |
| SCWK 304 | Social Diversity and Ethics | 3 |
| SCWK 385 | Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender Studies | 3 |
| SOC 111 | Introduction to Sociology | 3 |
| SOC 302 | Religion and Society | 3 |
| SOC 303 | Sociology of Mental Health | 3 |
| SOC 304 | Sociology of Violence | 3 |
| SOC 306 | Introduction to Gender Studies | 3 |
| SOC 315 | Marriage and Families | 3 |
| SOC 316 | Men and Masculinities | 3 |
| SOC 318 | Environmental Sociology | 3 |
| SOC 319 | Sociology of Sexualities | 3 |
| SOC 320 | Contemporary Social Problems | 3 |
| SOC 322 | Deviant Behavior | 3 |
| SOC 325 | Parenting | 3 |
| SOC 326 | Sociology of Race & Ethnicity | 3 |
| SOC 330 | Social Inequality | 3 |
| SOC 332 | Media Through a Sociological Lens | 3 |
| SOC 337 | Young Women's Health | 3 |
| SOC 338 | Health & Lifestyle | 3 |
| SOC 346 | Sociology of Globalization | 3 |
| SOC 350 | Social Interaction | 3 |
| SOC 397 | Social Epidemiology | 3 |
| SOC 405 | Sociology of Aging | 3 |
| WEIS 190 | Diverse Women in Popular Culture | 3 |
| WEIS 287 | Women in Society: Social Issues | 3 |
| WEIS 360 | Dealing with Diversity | 3 |
| WEIS 386 | Gender, Race and Sports | 3 |
| WEIS 387 | Women in Society: Cultural Images | 3 |
Bucket 6 Courses
| Course | Title | Hours |
|---|---|---|
| Arts and Humanities General Education Courses | ||
| ARTE 303 | Stimulating Creative Behavior | 3 |
| ARTH 103 | Art Appreciation | 3 |
| ARTH 125 | Introduction to Art History | 3 |
| ARTH 125A | Play and Art History | 3 |
| ARTH 125B | Bodies and Art History | 3 |
| ARTH 125C | Power and Art History | 3 |
| ARTH 125D | Dress and Art History | 3 |
| ARTH 346 | Modernisms I | 3 |
| ARTH 347 | Themes in Contemporary Art and Design I | 3 |
| ARTH 387 | Theories of Art and Culture | 3 |
| ARTS 270 | Introduction to Ceramics | 3 |
| ARTS 312 | Community Arts Engagement | 3 |
| ARTS 312H | Community Arts Engagement Honors | 3 |
| ARTS 324 | Documentary Media and Social Strategies | 3 |
| ASL 204 | Intermediate American Sign Language | 3 |
| COMM 130 | Communication and Society | 3 |
| COMM 190 | Introduction to Human Communication | 3 |
| COMM 302 | Interpersonal Communication | 3 |
| COMM 312 | Nonverbal Communication | 3 |
| COMM 313 | Argumentation and Advocacy | 3 |
| COMM 321 | Introduction to Film Studies | 3 |
| COMM 335 | International and Intercultural Communication | 3 |
| COMM 355 | Race and Media | 3 |
| COMM 430 | Communication Research and Inquiry | 3 |
| DANC 140 | Dance Appreciation | 3 |
| DANC 225 | Dance History: Ancient Civilization to Early 1900s | 3 |
| DANC 325 | Dance History: 20th and 21st Centuries | 3 |
| ENGL 152 | Language of Food | 3 |
| ENGL 230 | Exploring Literature | 3 |
| ENGL 232D | Themes in American Literature: Literature in the Jazz Age | 3 |
| ENGL 232K | Images of Insanity | 3 |
| ENGL 232R | Horror and the Supernatural | 3 |
| ENGL 232T | Hip-Hop and Culture | 3 |
| ENGL 234 | Young Adult Fiction | 3 |
| ENGL 241 | Jane Austen and Popular Culture | 3 |
| ENGL 273 | Science Fiction | 3 |
| ENGL 276 | The Literature of Sports | 3 |
| ENGL 277 | The Detective Story | 3 |
| ENGL 285 | Introduction to Creative Writing | 3 |
| ENGL 310 | Nature of Poetry | 3 |
| ENGL 315 | Introduction to English Linguistics | 3 |
| ENGL 320 | The Nature of Drama | 3 |
| ENGL 323 | World Literature | 3 |
| ENGL 325 | Introduction to English Studies | 3 |
| ENGL 330 | Nature of Fiction | 3 |
| ENGL 332 | Young Adult Literature | 3 |
| ENGL 333 | Literature and Law | 3 |
| ENGL 340 | Shakespeare | 3 |
| ENGL 360 | Major British Writers I | 3 |
| ENGL 361 | Major British Writers II | 3 |
| ENGL 362 | Major American Writers I | 3 |
| ENGL 363 | Major American Writers II | 3 |
| ENGL 365 | African-American Literature | 3 |
| ENGL 374 | Literature in the Audio Age | 3 |
| ENGL 375 | Popular Literature | 3 |
| ENGL 376 | Writing Graphic Narratives | 3 |
| ENGL 377 | Graphic Novels | 3 |
| ENGL 378 | Technologies of the Book | 3 |
| FA 110 | Introduction to the Fine Arts | 3 |
| FA 301 | An Introduction to Entrepreneurship in the Arts | 3 |
| FA 321 | Avant-Garde Art, Film, Rock Music and Subcultures | 3 |
| FREN 204 | Intermediate French | 3 |
| FREN 204H | Intermediate French Honors | 3 |
| FREN 323 | Selected French Readings | 3 |
| FREN 323H | Selected French Readings Honors | 3 |
| GERM 204 | Intermediate German | 3 |
| GERM 224 | Intermediate German II | 3 |
| GERM 300 | Intermediate German Readings | 3 |
| HIST 100 | The Human Adventure: World Civilization Since 1500 | 3 |
| HIST 101 | World Civilization to 1500 | 3 |
| HIST 102 | History of Western Civilization Since 1648 | 3 |
| HIST 131 | History of the United States: Colonial to 1865 | 3 |
| HIST 132 | History of the United States Since 1865 | 3 |
| HIST 301 | Colonial America | 3 |
| HIST 305 | Epidemics in World History | 3 |
| HIST 306 | The U.S. Century: Decades of Change | 3 |
| HIST 307 | History of Genocide Past and Present | 3 |
| HIST 309 | The African American Historical Experience | 3 |
| HIST 314 | English History | 3 |
| HIST 317 | The Holocaust | 3 |
| HIST 320 | Russian History Survey | 3 |
| HIST 321 | The Vietnam Conflict | 3 |
| HIST 326 | Frontier America to 1840 | 3 |
| HIST 327 | Ethnic Entrepreneurship | 3 |
| HIST 328 | Native America, Contact to Removal | 3 |
| HIST 330 | The Americans: Conflict and Consensus in the Development of American Society and Culture | 3 |
| HIST 333 | Ethnic America in the 20th Century | 3 |
| HIST 335 | Latinos/as in the City | 3 |
| HIST 340 | World War II | 3 |
| HIST 355 | Ancient Egypt | 3 |
| HIST 357 | Women in the Ancient World | 3 |
| HIST 358 | Ancient Greece | 3 |
| HIST 362 | The Roman World | 3 |
| HIST 372 | Medieval World | 3 |
| HIST 393 | Yeltsin, Putin and Beyond: Russia Since the End of the Soviet Union | 3 |
| HIST 501 | American Colonies | 3 |
| HIST 502 | American Revolution and the Early Republic | 3 |
| HIST 503 | The Age of Jefferson and Jackson | 3 |
| HIST 504 | Civil War | 3 |
| HIST 505 | The United States, 1865 to 1920 | 3 |
| HIST 508 | United States Since 1945 | 3 |
| HIST 511 | Women in Early America, 1600-1830 | 3 |
| HIST 512 | Women and Reform in America, 1830-Present | 3 |
| HIST 513 | History of United States and the Modern Middle East | 3 |
| HIST 514 | History of the Modern Middle East | 3 |
| HIST 517 | United States Constitutional History to 1865 | 3 |
| HIST 517H | United States Constitutional History to 1865 Honors | 3 |
| HIST 518 | United States Constitutional History from 1865 | 3 |
| HIST 518H | United States Constitutional History from 1865 Honors | 3 |
| HIST 522 | United States Foreign Relations Since 1898 | 3 |
| HIST 525 | American Military History | 3 |
| HIST 527 | African-American Business History | 3 |
| HIST 528 | History of Wichita | 3 |
| HIST 530 | The American Woman in History | 3 |
| HIST 531 | American Environmental History | 3 |
| HIST 535 | History of Kansas | 3 |
| HIST 536 | Survey of American Indian History | 3 |
| HIST 543 | Law and American Society | 3 |
| HIST 543H | Law and American Society Honors | 3 |
| HIST 544 | American Law and Film | 3 |
| HIST 544H | American Law and Film Honors | 3 |
| HIST 546 | An LGBTQ+ History of the United States | 3 |
| HIST 547 | Law and Modern American Civil Rights | 3 |
| HIST 553 | History of Mexico | 3 |
| HIST 559 | Classical Athens | 3 |
| HIST 560 | The Hellenistic World and Rise of Rome | 3 |
| HIST 563 | Roman Empire | 3 |
| HIST 577 | Medieval Women | 3 |
| HIST 581 | Europe 1789-1870 | 3 |
| HIST 582 | Europe 1871-1945 | 3 |
| HIST 588 | Medieval Russia | 3 |
| HIST 589 | History of Imperial Russia | 3 |
| HIST 592 | History of Soviet Union | 3 |
| HNRS 105 | Seminar I: Humanities | 3-4 |
| HNRS 105G | War: Strategic Studies | 3 |
| HNRS 304 | Seminar III: Fine Arts | 3-4 |
| HNRS 304F | Discovering Creativity | 3 |
| HNRS 305 | Seminar III: Humanities | 3-4 |
| HNRS 305F | Epidemics in World History | 3 |
| HNRS 305J | Minds and Machines | 3 |
| HNRS 305O | History of Genocide Past and Present | 3 |
| HNRS 305U | The Power of Storytelling | 3 |
| HNRS 305Y | Peace | 3 |
| HNRS 351 | Survey of Leadership | 3 |
| HNRS 352 | Survey of Law & Public Policy | 3 |
| HNRS 405 | Seminar in Humanities | 3-4 |
| JAPN 204 | Intermediate Japanese | 3 |
| JAPN 224 | Intermediate Japanese II | 3 |
| JAPN 228 | Introduction to Japanese Philosophy | 3 |
| JAPN 322 | Japanese Film | 3 |
| JAPN 324 | Japanese Culture and Society | 3 |
| LATN 204 | Intermediate Latin | 3 |
| LING 151 | Nature of Language | 3 |
| LING 152 | Language of Food | 3 |
| LING 315 | Introduction to English Linguistics | 3 |
| MCLL 304 | Latin American and LatinX Thought | 3 |
| MUSC 160 | What to Listen for in Music | 3 |
| MUSC 162 | Global Music Cultures | 3 |
| MUSC 164 | American Popular Music | 3 |
| MUSC 346 | Styles of Jazz | 3 |
| PHIL 100 | Introduction to Philosophy | 3 |
| PHIL 105 | Critical Reasoning | 3 |
| PHIL 125 | Introductory Logic | 3 |
| PHIL 125H | Introductory Logic Honors | 3 |
| PHIL 175 | Introduction to Ethics | 3 |
| PHIL 175H | Introduction to Ethics Honors | 3 |
| PHIL 215 | Introduction to Ethics of Big Data and AI | 3 |
| PHIL 228 | Introduction to Japanese Philosophy | 3 |
| PHIL 300 | Science and the Modern World | 3 |
| PHIL 302 | Values and the Modern World | 3 |
| PHIL 304 | Latin American and LatinX Thought | 3 |
| PHIL 306 | Business Ethics | 3 |
| PHIL 310 | Classical Philosophy of Law | 3 |
| PHIL 312 | Contemporary Philosophy of Law | 3 |
| PHIL 312H | Contemporary Philosophy of Law Honors | 3 |
| PHIL 313 | Political Philosophy | 3 |
| PHIL 320 | Philosophy of Science | 3 |
| PHIL 327 | Bioethics | 3 |
| PHIL 331 | Ancient Greek Philosophy | 3 |
| PHIL 338 | Feminist Philosophies | 3 |
| PHIL 341 | Contemporary Ethics | 3 |
| PHIL 346 | Philosophy of Religion | 3 |
| PHIL 352 | Contemporary Chinese Philosophy | 3 |
| PHIL 354 | Ethics and Computers | 3 |
| PHIL 355 | Minds and Machines | 3 |
| PHIL 360 | Ethical Theory | 3 |
| PHIL 361 | Metaethics | 3 |
| PHIL 365 | Survey of Asian Philosophy | 3 |
| PHIL 370 | Survey of Modern Philosophy | 3 |
| PHIL 370H | Survey of Modern Philosophy Honors | 3 |
| PHIL 385 | Engineering Ethics | 3 |
| PHIL 385H | Engineering Ethics Honors | 3 |
| PHIL 386 | Biomedical Engineering Ethics | 3 |
| REL 110 | Old Testament | 3 |
| REL 115 | New Testament | 3 |
| REL 301 | Archaeology and the Bible | 3 |
| REL 301H | Archaeology and the Bible Honors | 3 |
| REL 302 | Religion and Society | 3 |
| REL 303 | The Bible and the Ancient Near East | 3 |
| REL 327 | Magic, Witchcraft and Religion | 3 |
| REL 393 | Race and the Bible | 3 |
| REL 420 | Women and the Bible | 3 |
| SPAN 204 | Intermediate Spanish | 3 |
| SPAN 323 | Selected Spanish Readings | 3 |
| SPAN 323H | Selected Spanish Readings Honors | 3 |
| SPAN 400 | Intermediate Spanish Readings | 3 |
| THEA 143 | Theatre Appreciation | 3 |
| THEA 241 | Improvisation for the Actor | 3 |
| THEA 243 | Acting 1 - Foundations | 3 |
| THEA 260 | History of Musical Theatre | 3 |
| THEA 385 | Theatre as a Mirror of Today's America | 3 |
Bucket 7 Courses
Students must complete 6 credit hours of additional general education courses in Bucket 7. These credit hours will include 3 credit hours of First-Year Seminar and 3 credit hours of general education of the student's choice from the approved list of Bucket 4-7 general education courses.
First-Year Seminar Requirement
A First-Year Seminar course is required for students coming to WSU directly from high school. Students who have earned an Associate Degree or 30 credit hours prior to high school graduation and before starting classes at WSU as a degree-bound student, may be exempt from taking a First-Year Seminar course. Those students must take additional general education approved courses to reach a total of 6 credit hours in Bucket 7.
| Course | Title | Hours |
|---|---|---|
| First-Year Seminar Courses | ||
| FYAN 102AC | First-Year Seminar: Culture, Health and Medicine | 3 |
| FYAP 102A | First-Year Seminar: Introduction to Technology and Innovation | 3 |
| FYAP 102B | First Year Seminar: Innovations of World War II | 3 |
| FYAR 102D | First-Year Seminar: Every Body is Good! | 3 |
| FYCJ 102Q | First-Year Seminar: Criminalistic Methods: What Would Sherlock Holmes Do? | 3 |
| FYCM 102D | First-Year Seminar: Cross Cultural Communication | 3 |
| FYCM 102R | First-Year Seminar: Exploring WSU in Your Photos and Words | 3 |
| FYEA 102A | First-Year Seminar: Finding Success as a Teacher Through Mentoring and Self-Care | 3 |
| FYEN 102AA | First-Year Seminar: Intersectional Inequality - Poverty, Women and Ethnicity | 3 |
| FYEN 102J | First-Year Seminar: Fundamentals of Diversity | 3 |
| FYEN 102P | First-Year Seminar: Imagining Climate Change | 3 |
| FYEN 102S | First-Year Seminar: Facing It: Confronting American History Through Story, Song and Film | 3 |
| FYHN 102E | First-Year Seminar: Me and My Place in the World | 3 |
| FYHN 102F | First-Year Seminar: Facts, Opinions and Why They Both Matter | 3 |
| FYHN 102I | First Year Seminar: Community and Cultural Connections | 3 |
| FYHS 102A | First-Year Seminar: Human Rights, Past and Present | 3 |
| FYHS 102AE | First-Year Seminar: Facts, Opinions and Why They Both Matter | 3 |
| FYHS 102G | First-Year Seminar: Bread and Circuses: Entertaining the City | 3 |
| FYHS 102K | First-Year Seminar: Contemporary Civil Rights Movements in the United States | 3 |
| FYHS 102M | First-Year Seminar: History and Rock 'n' Roll | 3 |
| FYHS 102V | First-Year Seminar: Creation, the Earth and the Future | 3 |
| FYHS 102Z | First-Year Seminar: So You Want to Write a Book? Publishing as Art, Sci, Profession and Way of Life | 3 |
| FYID 102A | First-Year Seminar: WUtopia - The 15 Minute City | 3 |
| FYMG 102A | First-Year Seminar: Dare to Care: Diversity, Equity and Inclusion Issues for Frontline Workers | 3 |
| FYMG 102B | First-Year Seminar: Uncommon Sense | 3 |
| FYMG 102C | First-Year Seminar: Global Business, Culture and Etiquette | 3 |
| FYMG 102D | First-Year Seminar: Introverts in Society | 3 |
| FYML 102C | First-Year Seminar: Powerful Narratives: Storytelling and Social Justice in the Hispanic World | 3 |
| FYML 102E | First-Year Seminar: World Cultures in Popular Media | 3 |
| FYML 102N | First-Year Seminar: World Food and Foodways | 3 |
| FYMS 102F | First-Year Seminar: Medical Laboratory Scientists: Healthcare Detectives | 3 |
| FYMU 102A | First-Year Seminar: Music Really Does Make You Smarter | 3 |
| FYMU 102C | First-Year Seminar: The Creative Impulse | 3 |
| FYMU 102D | First Year Seminar: Global Music Cultures | 3 |
| FYPF 102B | First Year Seminar: Wicked: Perspectives From Oz | 3 |
| FYPF 102C | First-Year Seminar: Seminar in Creativity and Play: Yes, Really | 3 |
| FYPH 102B | First-Year Seminar: Leadership and Self Discovery | 3 |
| FYPH 102G | First-Year Seminar: Connecting Generations: Sharing Life Stories with Shockers | 3 |
| FYPL 102A | First-Year Seminar: Law | 3 |
| FYPL 102B | First-Year Seminar: Critical Reasoning about Weird Things | 3 |
| FYPS 102A | First-Year Seminar: Asian-American Experiences | 3 |
| FYPS 102AD | First-Year Seminar: Plugging Into Politics | 3 |
| FYPS 102E | First-Year Seminar: Me and My Place in the World | 3 |
| FYSO 102Y | First-Year Seminar: The Sociology of Harry Potter | 3 |
| FYSP 102A | First-Year Seminar: My Community and I | 3 |
| FYSP 102B | First-Year Seminar: The Shocker Way | 3 |
| FYST 102A | First-Year Seminar: Superheroes Go to School | 3 |
| FYSW 102T | First-Year Seminar: This Is Us, Who Are You? Family in Modern America | 3 |
Additional General Education Courses
The following general education courses1 can be used only to fulfill the requirements of Bucket 7. Students can use these or any course from the Bucket 4-6 lists to complete the 3 remaining credit hours required in Bucket 7 after completion of the First-Year Seminar. Students who are exempt from the FYS requirement must complete 6 credit hours of general education courses from the Bucket 4-7 lists to complete Bucket 7.
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Certain science courses in this list may fulfill the Bucket 4 requirement when taken with the optional lab course. Those lecture and lab combinations are: ANTH 101/ ANTH 106, BIOL 106/ BIOL 107, BIOL 370/ BIOL 371, GEOL 102/ GEOL 102L, PHYS 195/ PHYS 196, PHYS 313/ PHYS 315 and PHYS 314/ PHYS 316.
| Course | Title | Hours |
|---|---|---|
| General Education Courses Only for Bucket 7 | ||
| ANTH 101 | Biological Anthropology | 3 |
| ANTH 356 | Human Variability and Adaptation | 3 |
| ANTH 356H | Human Variability and Adaptation Honors | 3 |
| BIOL 103 | Microbes and You | 3 |
| BIOL 106 | The Human Organism | 3 |
| BIOL 309 | Foundations of Human Heredity | 3 |
| BIOL 310 | Human Reproduction | 3 |
| BIOL 370 | Introductory Environmental Science | 3 |
| GEOG 235 | Meteorology | 3 |
| GEOG 335 | Extreme and Unusual Weather | 3 |
| GEOL 102 | Earth Science and the Environment | 3 |
| GEOL 200 | Introduction to Environment and Sustainability | 3 |
| GEOL 235 | Meteorology | 3 |
| GEOL 300 | Energy, Resources and Environment | 3 |
| GEOL 301 | Dinosaurs: Fantastic Beasts and Lost Worlds | 3 |
| GEOL 302 | Earth and Space Sciences | 3 |
| GEOL 310 | Oceanography | 3 |
| GEOL 335 | Extreme and Unusual Weather | 3 |
| HNRS 153 | Seminar II: Mathematics and Natural Sciences | 3-5 |
| HNRS 153B | The Dynamic Universe | 3 |
| HNRS 153T | Big Bang, Black Holes, the Fate of the Universe | 3 |
| HNRS 307 | Seminar III: Mathematics and Natural Sciences | 3-4 |
| HS 390 | Foundational Human Anatomy and Physiology II | 3 |
| LASI 175 | Introduction to Health Humanities | 3 |
| MATH 144 | Business Calculus | 3 |
| MATH 242 | Calculus I | 5 |
| MATH 242H | Calculus I Honors | 5 |
| MATH 243 | Calculus II | 5 |
| MATH 243H | Calculus II Honors | 5 |
| MATH 344 | Calculus III | 3 |
| MATH 344H | Calculus III Honors | 3 |
| MLS 430 | Impact of Disease Upon Global Events | 3 |
| PC 105 | Introduction to Computers and Applications | 3 |
| PHYS 195 | Introduction to Modern Astronomy | 3 |
| PHYS 210 | Physics of Sound | 3 |
| PHYS 313 | Physics for Scientists I | 4 |
| PHYS 314 | Physics for Scientists II | 4 |
| PHYS 395 | Solar System Astronomy | 3 |
| STAT 370 | Elementary Statistics | 3 |
| STAT 460 | Elementary Probability and Mathematical Statistics | 3 |