MPFIIA-Creative Arts

Recommended course options

• ART 187 Or ART 188 History of Western Art
  Historical survey of Western art, including development of concepts necessary for analysis and appreciation of great works of art.
• ART 181 Concepts in Art
  Introduction to visual and thematic concepts as applied to art in various cultures and historical periods.

Recomended course options

Physcial Science

• PHY 101/111/121/141 + PHY 103L
  • PHY 101 Physics and Society
    Introduction of fundamental principles of physics and discussion of the interaction of science and society, both today and in the past. Provides skills in thinking critically about societal problems which have a scientific or technological component.
  • PHY 111 Astronomy and Space Physics
    Study of space exploration, astrophysics, astronomy, and cosmology.
  • PHY 121 Energy and Environment
    Application of physics principles and models to societal uses of energy. Includes mechanics, electricity and magnetism, thermodynamics, and atomic and nuclear physics. Energy topics include resources, environmental problems, global atmospheric challenges, nuclear power, solar energy, alternative energy systems, and energy conservation. Algebraic skills are required but no previous course in physics is needed.
  • PHY 141 Physics in Sports
    Various aspects of a dozen or more sports are treated using the laws of physics. Provides the non-science student with insight into principles governing motion, dynamics, and other elements of physics in sports.
  • PHY 103L Concepts in Physics Laboratory
    Laboratory course illustrating the basic concepts of physics. For the general student; complements physics lecture offerings at the nonspecialist level.
• GLG 111/121/141 +GLG 115L
  • GLG 111 The Dynamic Earth
    Earth as a geophysical-geochemical unit and its internal and external processes. Formation of minerals and their relationships in rocks. Earth stresses and rock deformation, mountain building, and earthquakes. Geomorphic (landscape) evolution by mass wasting and wave, stream, wind, ground water, glacial, and volcanic activity.
  • GLG 121 Environmental Geology
    A survey of introductory geology with a sub theme of human interaction with the geologic environment. Topics include flooding, earthquakes, volcanoes, water quality and availability, energy, use and abuse of natural resources and land-use planning.
  • GLG 115L Understanding the Earth
    Laboratory course exploring Earth from multiple perspectives. Earth in the solar system; Earth in time; the solid Earth; Earth's surface in flux; Earth's atmosphere and hydrosphere. 
    Prerequisite or Co-requisite: any 100-level, 3 credit hour GLG course (students enrolled in these courses are not required to take the lab).

MPF IIB Humanities or MPF IIC Social Science

Recommended course options

• HST 197/198-World History
  • HST 197 World History to 1500
    Introduction to the origins and early development of individual civilizations prior to the period of Western European hegemony. Stresses interdependency and interrelations among cultures, and compares social, political, and religious experiences of peoples with one another.
  • HST 198 World History Since 1500
    Provides global perspective as well as introduction into history of individual civilizations. Stresses interrelations among societies and cultures and compares experiences of peoples and civilizations with one another.
• MUS 185 The Diverse Worlds of Music
  An investigation of music as it exists in diverse areas around the world. The approach will be ethnomusicological, best defined as an exploration of music and its relationship to human culture.

MPF III Global Perspectives

• IDS 159 Strength Through Cultural Diversity
  Serves as an interdisciplinary introduction to diversity. A primary goal of this course is to facilitate students' abilities to build their cultural competencies and their abilities to work toward a socially just and inclusive world by providing the conceptual tools and vocabulary to think about, discuss and experience diversity. Topics covered include multiculturalism, ethnocentrism, prejudice, discrimination, privilege, the impacts of social and cultural change, and the engagement of students in the global community. 
• GEO 101 Global Forces, Local Diversity
  Application of human geography concepts to patterns and processes of economic, political, and cultural changes at global, regional and local scales.