Entry Courses to Majors

Courses recommended by major departments and programs for students interested in exploring a particular major.

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Africana Studies
See the department's website.

African Studies
AFST 053 Music in Africa
AFST 075 Africa Before 1800
AFST 076 Africa Since1800
AFST 180 Elementary Swahili I
AFST 181 Elementary Swahili II
AFST 190 Introduction to Africa
AFST 225 African Language & Culture
AFST 230 Contemporary Issues in African Society
AFST 257 Contemporary African Politics
AFST 274 Islam & Society in Africa

Ancient History
ANCH 025 Ancient Near East
ANCH 026 Ancient Greece
ANCH 027 Ancient Rome
ANCH 146 Ancient Mediterranean Empires

Anthropology
ANTH 001 Intro to Archaeology
ANTH 002 Intro to Cultural Anthropology
ANTH 003 Intro to Human Evolution
ANTH 004 The Modern World and its Cultural Background
ANTH 005 Great Transformations
ANTH 006 The Prehistoric World
ANTH 012 Globalization
ANTH 104 Sex & Human Nature
ANTH 238 Intro to Medical Anthropology

Architecture
ARCH 101 Architecture Today
ARCH 201 Visualization I: Representation:
ARCH 440 Introduction to Computers in Architecture

Asian American Studies Minor
ASAM 001 Asian Americans in Contemporary Society
ASAM 002 Intro to Asian American Literature
ASAM 003 Intro to Asian American History
ASAM 205 Asian American Communities

Biochemistry
CHEM 241 Principles of Organic Chemistry (taken before or concurrently with CHEM 251) Note that this course has CHEM 101 and CHEM 102 as pre-requisites.
CHEM 251 Principles of Biological Chemistry
Both 241 and 251 should be completed by the end of the sophomore year.

Biological Basis of Behavior
BIBB 020 Lateralization of Sensation and Emotion: Do we really have two brains?
BIBB 040 Sleep: What is it, why do we need it, & how can we get more?
BIBB 050 Forensic Neuroscience
BIBB 060 Music and the Brain
BIBB 109 Introduction to Brain and Behavior

Biology
Track I: Recommended for students with A.P., I.B. or other advanced biology courses and high school chemistry.
BIOL 121 Intro. to Biology: The Molecular Biology of Life (lec. and rec., 1.0 c.u.)
BIOL 123 Intro. Molecular Biology Lab (lab only, 0.5 c.u.), must be taken concurrently with BIOL 121
BIOL 124 Intro. Organism Biology Lab (lab with one hour lecture, 0.5 c.u.)
Track II: Recommended for students with one year of high school biology.
BIOL 101 Intro. to Biology A (lec. and lab, 1.5 c.u.)
BIOL 102 Intro. to Biology B (lecture and lab, 1.5 c.u.)

Biophysics
The main introduction to the major is:
PHYS 280 / BCHE 280 Physical Models of Biological Systems
Note that PHY 280 has PHYS 101, MATH 104 and MATH 114 or MATH 115 as pre-requisites.

Chemistry
Courses that introduce the major:
CHEM 101 General Chemistry I with CHEM 053 lab
CHEM 115 Honors General Chemistry I with CHEM 053 lab
Students who have passed the CHEM 101 placement exam may take:
CHEM 102 General Chemistry II with CHEM 054 lab CHEM 116 Honors General Chemistry II with CHEM 054 lab
Students who have passed BOTH CHEM 101 and CHEM 102 Placement exams should consult the Chemistry Department website.

Cinema Studies
CINE 101 World Film History to 1945
CINE 102 World Film History, 1945-present
CINE 103 Intro to Film Theory
CINE 116 Screenwriting
CINE 150 Television Studies
CINE 201 Topics in Film History
CINE 202 Topics in Film Practice
CINE 280 Topics in Film and Literature
CINE 292 Study of an Author
CINE 392 Topics in Cinema Studies

Classical Studies
ANCH 027 Ancient Rome
Any 100-level course, such as:
CLST 100 Greek and Roman Mythology
CLST 102 Classical Traditions
CLST 111 Intro to Mediterranean Archaeology
ANCH 146 Ancient Mediterranean Empires

Cognitive Science
COGS 001 Intro to Cognitive Science
Also counting toward this major:
CIS 112 Networked Life
LING 001 Intro to Linguistics
LING 106 Intro to Formal Linguistics
PHIL 005 Formal Logic I
PHIL 244 Intro to Philosophy of Mind
PSYC 149 Intro to Cognitive Neuroscience
PSYC 151 Intro to Cognitive Psychology

Communication
Comm 123 Communication & Popular Culture
Comm 125 Intro to Communication Behavior
Comm 130 Intro to Mass Media & Society
Comm 140 Intro to Film Forms & Contexts
Comm 225 Children & Media
Comm 226 Intro to Political Communication

Comparative Literature
COML 100 Intro to Comparative Lit
COML 125 Narrative Across Cultures
COML 360/COML094 Intro to Literary Theory
COML 383 Literary Theory, Ancient to Modern

Creative Writing Minor
ENGL 010 Creative Writing
ENGL 112 Fiction Writing Workshop
ENGL 113 Poetry Writing Workshop
ENGL 116 Screenwriting
ENGL 121 Writing for Children
ENGL 135 Creative Nonfiction Writing
ENGL 157 Introduction to Journalistic Writing

Criminology
CRIM 100 Criminology
CRIM 200 Criminal Justice

Earth Science
In the first two years take:
GEOL125 Earth & Life Through Time
GEOL100 Intro Geology
(Introductory Chemistry, Physics, Math and Biology depending on the track.)
Good entry courses also include:
ENVS 200 Intro to Environmental Analysis
ENVS 204 Global Climate Change
GEOL 096 Field Approaches to Understanding Earth and Environmental Sciences
GEOL 111 Geology Lab
GEOL 103 Natural Disturbances & Human Disasters
GEOL 130 Oceanography

East Asian Area Studies
ARTH 103 Art and Civilization in East Asia
EALC 001 Intro to Chinese Civilization
EALC 002 Intro to Japanese Civilization
EALC 055 Monsters of Japan
HIST 004 Asia in a Modern World
HIST 005 East Asia: Past and Present
HIST 098 Intro to Korean Civilization
HIST 121 Modern Korea

East Asian Languages & Civilizations
China concentration:
EALC 001 Intro to Chinese Civilization
EALC 131 Intro to Classical Chinese Thought
Japan concentration:
EALC 002 Intro to Japanese Civilization
EALC 152 Love & Loss in Japanese Literary Traditions
Overall:
EALC 013 Art & Civilization in East Asia
EALC 016 Gender & Sexuality in East Asia

Economics
ECON 001 Intro Microeconomics
ECON 002 Intro Macroeconomics

Mathematical Economics
ECON 001 Introduction to Micro-economics
ECON 002 Introduction to Macro-economics
MATH 104 Calculus I
MATH 114 or 116 (Honors) Calculus II

English
ENGL 020 Literature Before 1660
ENGL 040 British Poetry, 1660-1914
ENGL 057 Literature of the Americas to 1900
ENGL 069 Poetry and Poetics
ENGL 081 African American Literature
ENGL 100 Introduction to Literary Study
ENGL 101 Study of an Author
ENGL 102 Study of a Literary Theme
ENGL 103 Study of a Literary Genre
ENGL 104 Study of a Literary Period
ENGL 105 Topics in Literature and Society

Environmental Studies
In the first two years take:
ENVS 200 Intro. to Environmental Analysis
Introductory Economics and Statistics are also recommended depending on the track.
Good entry courses also include:
GEOL 096 Field Approaches to Understanding Earth & Environmental Sciences
ENVS 204 Global Climate Change
GEOL 100 Intro to Geology
GEOL 103 Natural Disturbances & Human Disasters
GEOL 130 Oceanography
GEOL 125 Earth and Life Through Time

Fine Arts

FNAR 061 Video I
FNAR 123 Drawing I
FNAR 280 Figure Drawing I
FNAR 264 Art, Design & Digital Culture
FNAR 233 Digital Illustration
FNAR 145 Sculpture Practices
FNAR 150 Photography Practices
FNAR 271 Introduction to Photography
FNAR 340 Digital Photography
FNAR 258 Introduction to Clay
FNAR 259 Casting and Handbuilding
FNAR 251 Printmaking: Etching
FNAR 252 Printmaking: Relief / Screenprinting
FNAR 257 Printmaking: Mixed Media
FNAR 222 Big Pictures: Mural Arts

German Studies
See the department website.

French Studies
FREN 202 Advanced French
FREN 211 French for the Professions I
FREN 212 Advanced French Grammar & Composition
FREN 214 Advanced French Composition & Conversation
FREN 221/222 Perspectives in French Literature
FREN 217 French Phonetics
FREN 226 French Civilization & History from the Beginnings to the French Revolution
FREN 227 Modern France: from the Revolution to the Second World War

Gender, Sexuality and Women's Studies
GSWS 002 Gender Culture and Society
GSWS 004 The Family
GSWS 114 Discrimination: Sexual/Radical Conflict
GSWS 118 Iran Cinema: Gender, Politics, Religion
GSWS 122 Sociology of Gender
GSWS 235 Psychology of Women
GSWS 242 Science of Sex and Sexuality

 





 

Health & Societies
HSOC 002 Medicine in History
HSOC 010 Health and Societies: Global Perspectives
HSOC 102 Bioethics
HSOC 145 Comparative Medicine
HSOC 150 American Health Policy
HSOC 238 Medical Anthropology
HSOC 275 Medical Sociology

Hispanic Studies
See the department website

History
HIST 001 The Making of the Modern World
HIST 011 Deciphering America
HIST 030 Making Europe
HIST 076 Africa Since 1800
HIST 128 Europe 1945-2013
HIST 135 The Cold War: A Global History
HIST 163 Modern American Culture
HIST 170 The American South: Rise and Fall of the Slave South

History of Art
ARTH 101 Intro to Art History: Prehistory to Early Renaissance
ARTH 102 Renaissance to Contemporary
ARTH 103 East Asian Art and Civilization
ARTH 104 Intro to Art in South Asia
ARTH 106 Architect in History

International Relations
HIST 101 Transnational Issues in Global Politics
HIST 105/395 East Asian Diplomacy
HIST 159 Technology, Policy and War
HIST 160 Strategy, Policy and War
HIST 420 European Intl Relations 1648-1914
HIST 421 European Intl Relations 1914-present
HIST 451 U.S. War and Diplomacy
INTR 200 Intl Relations Theory and Practice
INTR 290 Transnational Issues in Global Politics
PSCI 150 Intro to Intl Relations

Italian Studies
ITAL 201 Advanced Italian I
ITAL 202 Advanced Italian II
ITAL 203 Italian Literature
ITAL 204 History on Screen: How Movies Tell the Story of Italy
ITAL 300 Italian Humanism and Rennaissance
ITAL 310 The Medieval Reade
ITAL 322 Masterpieces of Italian Cinema
ITAL 333 The Divine Comedy
ITAL 380 The Italian Holocaust in Cinema and Literature

Jewish Studies
JWST 100 Themes in Jewish Tradition
JWST 101 Translating Cultures
JWST 102 Modern Hebrew Lit & Culture in Translation
JWST 102 Women & Jewish Literature
JWST 130 American Jewish Experience
JWST 150 Intro to the Bible
JWST 151 Great Books of Judaism
JWST 154 Modern Hebrew Literature & Culture in Translation
JWST 156 Jews & Judaism in Antiquity JWST 157 Medieval & Early Modern Jewry
JWST 158 Jews in the Modern World

Latin American and Latino Studies
LALS 070 Colonial Latin America
LALS 071 Latin America 1791 to Present
LALS 072 Introduction to Latin America Studies
LALS 125 Anthropology of the Americas
LALS 235 Latinos in US
LALS 258 Music of Latin America

Linguistics
LING 001 Introduction to Linguistics
LING 052 Big Data
LING 054 Bilingualism in History
LING 102 Introduction to Sociolinguistics
LING 106 Introduction to Formal Linguistics
LING 110 Introduction to Language Change
LING 115 Writing Systems
LING 120 Introduction to Speech Analysis
LING 190 Politeness and Strategic

Logic, Information and Computation
See department website.

Mathematics
See department website.

Modern Middle Eastern Studies
ARTH 217 Islamic Civilization & Its Visual Culture
HIST 081 History of the Middle East Since 1800
HIST 084 From Oil Fields to Soccer Fields: The Middle East in the 20th Centiru
HIST 371 Africa and the Middle East
NELC 102 Intro to the Middle East
PSCI 211 Politics in the Contemporary Middle East
PSCI 253 International Politics of the Middle East
RELS 146 Islam in the Modern World
RELS 143 Intro to Islamic Religion

Music
MUSC 070 Making Sense of Music: Introduction to Music Theory and Musicianship
MUSC 130 Introduction to European Art Music
MUSC 135 Introduction to Musical Life of America
MUSC 150 Introduction to Ethnomusicology
MUSC 170 Theory and Musicianship I

Near Eastern Languages and Civilizations
See the department website.

Philosophy
See the department website.

Philosophy, Politics & Economics
ECON 001 Intro Micro-Economics
PHIL 002 Ethics
PHIL 008 Social Contract
PPE 110 Intro to Decision Theory
PPE 153 Judgments & Decisions
PSCI 150 Intro to International Relations
PSCI 183 American Political Thought
PSCI 271 Constitutional Law

Physics & Astronomy
Courses that introduce the major (Note that both have MATH 104 as a pre-requisite.)
PHYS 150 Principles of Physics I
PHYS 170 Honors Physics I
Courses for students with advanced background in Physics
PHYS 151 Principles of Physics II
PHYS 171 Honors Physics II
For non-majors & of interest to potential majors
PHYS 016 Energy, Oil, & Global Warming

Political Science
PSCI 110 Introduction to Comparative Politics
PSCI 116 Political Change in the Third World
PSCI 130 Introduction to American Politics
PSCI 131 American Foreign Policy
PSCI 150 Introduction to International Relations
PSCI 151 International Security
PSCI 180 Ancient Political Thought
PSCI 181 Modern Political Thought
PSCI 183 American Political Thought

Psychology
PSYC001 Intro to Experimental Psychology
For students with a waiver:
PSYC111 Perception
PSYC149 Cognitive Neuroscience
PSYC151 Cognitive Psychology
PSYC160 Personality Psychology
PSYC162 Abnormal Psychology
PSYC170 Social Psychology

Religious Studies
RELS 001 Religions of Asia
RELS 002 Religions of the West
RELS 003 Religion & Literature
RELS 005 Women & Religion
RELS 013 Gods, Ghosts, and Monsters
RELS 069 Love, Sex, and Power
RELS 117 African American Religion
RELS 135 Introduction to the New Testament
RELS 143 Intro to Islamic Religion
RELS 173 Intro to Buddhism

Russian Language, Literature & Culture &
Russian Culture & History
Level dependent on the student's literacy & prior studies.
RUSS 360 Literacy in Russian I
RUSS 460-470 Courses in this range are also appropriate
Language, literature & culture in English translation:
RUSS 100 Figuring Out Russia: Intro to Russian Culture
RUSS 130 Russian Ghost Stories
RUSS 136 Portraits of Russian Society: Art, Fiction, Drama
RUSS 145 Russian Literature before 1870
RUSS 155 Russian Literature after 1870
RUSS 187 Portraits of Soviet Society: Literature, Film, Drama

Science, Technology & Society
STSC 001 The Emergence of Modern Science
STSC 003 Technology & Society
STSC 123 Darwin's Legacy
STSC 160 The Information Age
STSC 212 Science, Technology & War

Sociology
SOCI 001 Intro to Sociology
SOCI 002 Social Problems & Public Policy
SOCI 004 The Family
SOCI 006 Race & Ethnic Relations
SOCI 010 Social Stratification
SOCI 122 Sociology of Gender
SOCI 137 Sociology of Media & Popular Culture
SOCI 175 Medical Sociology

South Asia Studies
SAST 001 Intro to Modern India
SAST 002 The City in South Asia
SAST 003 History, Culture, Religion in Early India
SAST 004 India's Literature
SAST 005 Perform Arts in South Asia
SAST 006 Hindu Mythology
SAST 063 East/West: Hitchhiker's Guide to the Cultural History of the Modern World

Theatre Arts
THAR 076 Theatre in Philadelphia
THAR 100 Intro to Theatre
THAR 120 Intro to Acting
THAR 130 Intro to Scenic Design

Urban Studies
URBS 010 Homelessness & Urban Inequality
URBS 103 The Industrial Metropolis
URBS 104 The Urban Crisis
URBS 112 Urban Sociology
URBS 121 The Origins and Cultures of Cities
URBS 178 Urban University-Community Relations
URBS 202 Urban Education
URBS (HIST) 210 The City
URBS 322 The Big Picture: Mural Art

Visual Studies
ARTH 102 Renaissance to Contemporary
COGS 001 Intro to Cognitive Science
FNAR 123 Drawing I
PHIL 004 History of Modern Philosophy
VLST 101 Eye, Mind & Image
VLST 102 Two Dimensions: Forms & Meanings