MPF IIA Creative Arts

Recommended course options

• ART 181 Concepts in Art*
  Introduction to visual and thematic concepts as applied to art in various cultures and historical periods.
• ART 256 Design, Perception & Audience*
  An introduction to perception and audience issues for the artist/designer and those interested in art/design, to learn how audiences perceive, receive and react to visual messages. Universal design principles, usability, learning theory, communication theory and semiotics are discussed.

MP III Global Perspectives

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• SOC 153 Sociology in a Global Context* 
  Designed to develop the sociological imagination - an imagination that allows students to place themselves in a larger, ever-changing global world. Serves as a prerequisite for upper level sociology courses and as an entry course for the Sociology major, Sociology minors and thematic sequences. 
• ATH 175 Peoples of the World* 
  Provides an appreciation of human cultural, social, and linguistic variation around the world and through time. Develops anthropological and ethnographic approaches to understanding cultural differences and similarities in political, social and economic organization; marriage and family patterns; environment and beliefs systems; and other aspects of globalized human cultural life.

MPF IV Natural Science

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BIO

• MBI 131 Community Health Perspectives
  Discussion of community health primarily from the perspective of leading causes of disease and death in the U.S. Exploration of the impact of environment, behavior, and disease, including prevention and treatment strategies, on human health, public resources, and quality of life for society.
• BIO 121 Environmental Biology
  Local, regional, and global environmental issues examined in the context of current ecological theory and principles of resource use and management.

PHY

• 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).

MP-IP Intercultural Perspectives

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• MAC 143 Introduction to Media 
  Introduction to major mass communication theories as a context to examining some major issues surrounding mass media in American society.
• FSW 206 Social Welfare: Impact on Diverse Groups*
  Critical analysis of historical and current interactions of social welfare policies, programs, and services with diverse recipient populations. Attention given to contexts in which social welfare has been developed and provided. 

MPF III Global Perspectives

Recommended course options

• SOC 153 Sociology in a Global Context* 
  Designed to develop the sociological imagination - an imagination that allows students to place themselves in a larger, ever-changing global world. Serves as a prerequisite for upper level sociology courses and as an entry course for the Sociology major, Sociology minors and thematic sequences.
• ATH 175 Peoples of the World* 
  Provides an appreciation of human cultural, social, and linguistic variation around the world and through time. Develops anthropological and ethnographic approaches to understanding cultural differences and similarities in political, social and economic organization; marriage and family patterns; environment and beliefs systems; and other aspects of globalized human cultural life.