Electives

ALL OF THE COURSES LISTED BELOW ARE OFFERED DURING THE SPRING 2026 SEMESTER​

Using Stellic, students need to double-check classification for accuracy when they register for a class.

Creative Arts (GA) 

•   ARTHIST 202 - SURVEY OF ART - 1400 TO 1900CE 
   
    ARTHIST 203 - INTRODUCTION TO MODERN AND CONTEMPORARY ART 
   
    ARTSTDIO 102 - 2-DIMENSIONAL DESIGN 
   
    ARTSTDIO 103 - 3-DIMENSIONAL DESIGN 
   
    ARTSTDIO 201 - DRAWING I 
   
    ARTSTDIO 213 - INTRODUCTION TO DIGITAL PHOTOGRAPHY 
   
    ARTSTDIO 251 - CERAMICS I 
   
    ARTSTDIO 271 - METAL AND JEWELRY I 
   
    COMM 249 - GREAT MOMENTS IN CINEMA 
   
    COMM 346 - SOUND AND IMAGE: AN EXPLORATION OF SOUND FOR/WITH VISUAL MEDIA 

    CORE 110 - WORLD OF THE ARTS 
   
    DANCE 110 - DANCE APPRECIATION 
   
    DANCE 141 - CONTEMPORARY DANCE TECHNIQUE I 
   
    DANCE 145 - BALLET I 
   
    ENGLISH 274 - INTRODUCTION TO CREATIVE WRITING 
   
    MAGD 150 - INTRODUCTION TO MEDIA ARTS AND GAME DEVELOPMENT 
   
    MUSC 140 - INTRODUCTION TO CLASSICAL MUSIC 
   
    MUSC 143 - SURVEY OF AMERICAN JAZZ 
   
    MUSC 161 - UNIVERSITY BANDS 
   
    MUSC 162 - UNIVERSITY ORCHESTRA 
   
    MUSC 164 - JAZZ BANDS 
   
    MUSC 170 - PRIVATE VOCAL INSTRUCTION-PRIMARY PERFORM AREA (LEVEL 1) 
   
    MUSC 171 - UNIVERSITY CHOIRS 
   
    MUSC 172 - CHAMBER SINGERS 
   
    MUSC 240 - SURVEY OF AFRICAN AMERICAN MUSIC 
   
    MUSC 269 - INSTRUMENTAL ENSEMBLE 
   
    MUSC 277 - VOCAL JAZZ ENSEMBLE 
   
    MUSC 279 - VOCAL ENSEMBLE 
   
    MUSC 346 - SOUND AND IMAGE: AN EXPLORATION OF SOUND FOR/WITH VISUAL MEDIA 
   
    THEATRE 200 - THEATRE ACTIVITIES PRACTICUM 

Engaging Differences (GE)

•   ASL 141 - BEGINNING AMERICAN SIGN LANGUAGE I 
   
    ASL 142 - BEGINNING AMERICAN SIGN LANGUAGE II 
   
    COMM 424 - CROSS CULTURAL COMMUNICATION 
   
    EDFOUND 241 - YOUTH CULTURE FORMATION: RACE, GENDER, AND SEXUALITY 
   
    EDFOUND 243 - FOUNDATIONS OF EDUCATION IN A PLURALISTIC SOCIETY 
   
    ENGLISH 265 - MULTICULTURAL LITERATURE OF THE UNITED STATES 
   
    FILM 366 - GENDER, SEXUALITY, AND RACE IN FILM 
   
    FILM 374 - QUEER CINEMA 
   
    HISTRY 308 - HMONG AMERICANS: HISTORICAL AND CONTEMPORARY ISSUES 
   
    LATINX 310 - CHICANX HISTORY 
   
    SOCIOLGY 345 - SOCIOLOGY OF GENDER 
   
    SPECED 201 - DISABILITY, RACE, & ETHNICITY IN SOCIETY 
   
    SPECED 205 - INTRODUCTION TO SPECIAL EDUCATION 
   
    WOMENST 100 - INTRODUCTION TO WOMEN'S AND GENDER STUDIES 
   
    WOMENST 241 - YOUTH CULTURE FORMATION: RACE, GENDER, AND SEXUALITY 
   
    WOMENST 366 - GENDER, SEXUALITY, AND RACE IN FILM 
   
    WOMENST 374 - QUEER CINEMA 

Global and International Perspectives (GG)

•   ARABIC 142 - BEGINNING ARABIC II 
   
    ASIANSTD 111 - INTRODUCTION TO ASIAN RELIGIONS 
   
    ASIANSTD 232 - BUDDHISM: THE MIDDLE WAY 
   
    ASIANSTD 303 - ASIAN RELIGIOUS THOUGHT 
  
    CORE 140 - GLOBAL PERSPECTIVES
   
    FRENCH 142 - BEGINNING FRENCH II 
   
    FRENCH 252 - INTERMEDIATE FRENCH II 
   
    GEOGRPY 230 - HUMAN GEOGRAPHY 
   
    GEOGRPY 252 - GLOBAL ENVIRONMENTAL CHALLENGES 
   
    GEOGRPY 365 - GEOGRAPHY OF LATIN AMERICA 
   
    GERMAN 252 - INTERMEDIATE GERMAN II 
   
    GERMAN 322 - ADVANCED GERMAN LANGUAGE STUDY II 
   
    HISTRY 340 - MODERN AFRICA 
   
    JAPANESE 102 - BEGINNING JAPANESE II 
   
    JAPANESE 201 - INTERMEDIATE JAPANESE I 
   
    JAPANESE 203 - INTERMEDIATE JAPANESE III 
   
    RELIGST 111 - INTRODUCTION TO ASIAN RELIGIONS 
   
    RELIGST 232 - BUDDHISM: THE MIDDLE WAY 
   
    RELIGST 272 - ISLAM 
   
    RELIGST 303 - ASIAN RELIGIOUS THOUGHT 
   
    SPANISH 141 - BEGINNING SPANISH I 
   
    SPANISH 142 - BEGINNING SPANISH II 
   
    SPANISH 252 - INTERMEDIATE SPANISH II 
   
    SPANISH 321 - ADVANCED SPANISH LANGUAGE STUDY I 
   
    SPANISH 322 - ADVANCED SPANISH LANGUAGE STUDY II 
   
    SPANISH 325 - SPANISH FOR SPANISH SPEAKERS

Humanities (GH)

•   COMM 240 - SPEAKING FOR SUCCESS 
   
    COMM 242 - COMMUNICATION AND TEAM BUILDING 
  
    CORE 120 - HISTORICAL PERSPECTIVES
  
    CORE 390 - WORLD OF IDEAS
   
    ENGLISH 110 - POPULAR CULTURE AND LITERATURE 
   
    ENGLISH 200 - INTRODUCTION TO CHICANX LITERATURE 
   
    ENGLISH 216 - BRITISH LITERATURE SURVEY II 
   
    ENGLISH 236 - AMERICAN LITERATURE II 
   
    ENGLISH 252 - THE BIBLE AS LITERATURE 
   
    ENGLISH 281 - INTRODUCTION TO LANGUAGE STUDY 
   
    ENGLISH 340 - EARLY BRITISH LITERATURE 
   
    ENGLISH 348 - AMERICAN LITERATURE 1890 TO 1945 
   
    FILM 110 - VISUAL CULTURE IN AMERICA 
   
    FILM 272 - WRITING ABOUT FILM AND MEDIA 
   
    FILM 356 - VISUAL STORYTELLING 
   
    HISTRY 124 - AMERICAN HISTORY TO 1877 
   
    HISTRY 125 - AMERICAN HISTORY SINCE 1877 
   
    HISTRY 154 - WESTERN CIVILIZATION 
   
    HISTRY 155 - HISTORY OF MODERN EUROPE 
   
    HISTRY 324 - INDIGENOUS HISTORY OF THE UNITED STATES 
   
    HISTRY 337 - MODERNIZATION IN THE MIDDLE EAST 
   
    LATINX 200 - INTRODUCTION TO CHICANX LITERATURE 
   
    PHILSPHY 101 - INTRODUCTION TO PHILOSOPHY 
   
    PHILSPHY 131 - PHILOSOPHY AND FILM 
   
    PHILSPHY 245 - CONTEMPORARY MORAL ISSUES 
   
    PHILSPHY 347 - 20TH CENTURY PHILOSOPHY 
   
    PWP 230 - FOUNDATIONS OF PROFESSIONAL WRITING AND EDITING 
   
    PWP 272 - WRITING ABOUT FILM AND MEDIA 
   
    PWP 356 - VISUAL STORYTELLING 
   
    RELIGST 252 - THE BIBLE AS LITERATURE 
   
    RELIGST 365 - RELIGIOUS AND PHILOSOPHICAL PERSPECTIVES ON DEATH AND DYING

Social, Behavioral Science (GS)

•   ANTHROPL 218 - CULTURAL ANTHROPOLOGY 
   
    ANTHROPL 220 - TOMBS, TEMPLES & BURIED TREASURE: INTRODUCTION TO ARCHAEOLOGY 
   
    COMM 228 - INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION 
   
    COMM 285 - SOCIAL MEDIA OPTIMIZATION & THE NEW WEB 
   
    COMM 321 - NONVERBAL COMMUNICATION 
   
    COMM 322 - LISTENING BEHAVIOR 
  
    CORE 130 - INDIVIDUAL AND SOCIETY
   
    ECON 201 - PRINCIPLES OF MICROECONOMICS 
   
    ECON 202 - PRINCIPLES OF MACROECONOMICS 
   
    ECON 213 - ECONOMICS FOR TEACHERS 
   
    EDFOUND 230 - INTRODUCTION TO HUMAN DEVELOPMENT 
   
    GEOGRPY 261 - LANDSCAPES OF NORTH AMERICA: PEOPLE AND ENVIRONMENT 
   
    POLISCI 141 - AMERICAN GOVERNMENT AND POLITICS 
   
    POLISCI 217 - AMERICAN MINORITY POLITICS 
   
    POLISCI 240 - LAW AND SOCIETY 
   
    PSYCH 202 - PSYCHOLOGY OF WOMEN 
   
    PSYCH 211 - INTRODUCTORY PSYCHOLOGY 
   
    PSYCH 345 - PSYCHOPATHOLOGY 
   
    RACEETH 217 - AMERICAN MINORITY POLITICS 
   
    SOCIOLGY 240 - PRINCIPLES OF SOCIOLOGY 
   
    SOCIOLGY 250 - SOCIAL PROBLEMS 
   
    SOCIOLGY 252 - INTRODUCTION TO FAMILY STUDIES 
   
    SOCIOLGY 265 - RACE AND ETHNIC RELATIONS 
   
    SOCIOLGY 276 - INTRODUCTION TO CRIMINOLOGY 
   
    SOCWORK 102 - INTRODUCTION TO SOCIAL WELFARE 

Wellness and Life-long Learning (GW)

•   EDFOUND 102 - COLLEGE LITERACY 
   
    FNBSLW 101 - PERSONAL FINANCE 
   
    LSINDP 399 - CAREER INFORMATION IN LETTERS & SCIENCES 
   
    PEGNRL 104 - BEGINNING BADMINTON 
   
    PEGNRL 108 - BEGINNING BOWLING 
   
    PEGNRL 109 - INTERMEDIATE BOWLING 
   
    PEGNRL 120 - BEGINNING GOLF 
   
    PEGNRL 121 - INTERMEDIATE GOLF 
   
    PEGNRL 122 - BEGINNING PICKLEBALL 
   
    PEGNRL 123 - BEGINNING DISC GOLF 
   
    PEGNRL 124 - BEGINNING TABLE TENNIS 
   
    PEGNRL 141 - BEGINNING YOGA 
   
    PEGNRL 142 - INTERMEDIATE YOGA 
   
    PEGNRL 151 - INTERMEDIATE SWIMMING (ARC LEVEL V-VI) 
   
    PEGNRL 167 - BEGINNING WEIGHT TRAINING 
   
    PEGNRL 170 - BEGINNING SELF DEFENSE 
   
    PEGNRL 175 - BEGINNING TAE KWON DO: KARATE 
   
    PEGNRL 183 - EXERCISEWALKING 
   
    PEGNRL 187 - MILITARY CONDITIONING 
   
    PEGNRL 190 - SWIM FOR FITNESS 
   
    PEGNRL 192 - PERSONAL HEALTH AND FITNESS FOR LIFE 
   
    PEPROF 281 - FIRST AID AND C.P.R. 
   
    PEPROF 282 - NUTRITION FOR HEALTH 
   
    PSYCH 104 - PSYCHOLOGY OF HUMAN ADJUSTMENT 
   
    PUBHLTH 101 - INTRODUCTION TO PUBLIC HEALTH 
   
    RECREATN 232 - INTRODUCTION TO RECREATION AND LEISURE 
   
    SAFETY 201 - PERSONAL AND PUBLIC SAFETY 
   
    SAFETY 255 - ALCOHOL AND OTHER DRUGS