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You may be interested in the Humanities & Arts focus area if you enjoy creativity, self-expression, and exploring ideas through art, writing, and culture. Students in this area often value imagination, independence, and innovative thinking, and may enjoy analyzing and appreciating literature, theatre, music, museums, and other forms of artistic expression.

We recommend USU 1010 – University Connections for students in their first semester. As students explore course options, keep in mind that they will need to complete their general education requirements.

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Art Track

Languages Track

Music Track

Peoples & Society Track

Art Track

This is a pathway for individuals with aptitude for independent work, problem-solving, active, or hands-on participation, and practicality. Most students in this area may consider themselves to be creative, curious, and observant.

Note: there are special requirements (such as the submission of a portfolio) for declaring an art major. We recommend you schedule an appointment with an advisor in the College of Arts & Sciences to discuss requirements and deadlines.

Common Majors:

Common General Education and Exploration Courses:

CIVC 1600: Thinking Through the Arts (BCA)
CIVC 1610: Design Thinking (BCA)
CIVC 1622: Visual Arts and the Creative Life (BCA)
ART 1010: Exploring Art (BCA)
ART 1020: Drawing I (BCA) (3 credits)
*Logan - only available for pre-art students
ARTH 2710: Survey of Western Art: Prehistoric to Medieval (BHU) (3 credits) (Fall only)
ARTH 2720: Survey of Western Art: Renaissance to Post-Modern (BHU) (3 credits) (Spring only)
IAD 1750: Design in Everyday Living (BCA)

Languages Track

This is a pathway for people with aptitude for learning foreign languages and engaging in cultural analysis. Most students in this area may consider themselves to be expressive, curious, observant and articulate.

Foreign Language credits are required for a Bachelor of Arts degree.

Students with prior experience in a foreign Language can bypass the 1000-2000 level courses work by taking a Language Proficiency test*

Common Majors, Minors and Certificates:

Majors:

Global Communication
International Studies
Translation & Interpretation
Asian Studies, Chinese, French, German, Portuguese, Spanish

Minors:

Chinese, French, German, Japanese, Portuguese, Russian, Spanish
Language Teaching Majors available for Chinese, French, German and Spanish
Arabic Studies, Asian Studies, Latin American Studies, Middle East Studies, Linguistics

Certificates:

Healthcare Interpretation (Spanish)
Legal & Business Translation (Spanish)
TESOL (Teaching English to Speakers of Other Languages)
Intercultural Communication Competence

Common General Education and Exploration Courses

CIVC 1830: - Pathways to Intercultural Cultural Understanding (BSS)
CMST 1330: Introduction to Global Communication (BSS)
SPAN 1030 or SPAN 2030: Accelerated Spanish I or II
CHIN 1010: Chinese First Year I (4 credits)
FREN 1010: French First Year I (4 credits)
GERM 1010: German First Year I (4 credits)
PORT 1010: Portuguese First Year I (4 credits)
SPAN 1030: Accelerated Spanish First Year | (4 credits)
RUSS 1010: Russian First Year I (4 credits)
JAPN 1010: Japanese First Year I (4 credits)
ARBC 1010: Arabic First Year I (4 credits)
NAV 1030: Beginning Navajo for Non-Native Speakers (3 credits)
Beginning German, French, Portuguese, Spanish and other language credit can be earned through Study Abroad Programs

Music Track

This is a pathway for individuals with aptitude for creativity, innovation, and originality. Most students in this area may consider themselves to be musically talented, expressive, artistic, competitive, visionary, and enjoy performing on stage.

Note: there are special requirements (such as an audition) for declaring a music major. We recommend you schedule an appointment with an advisor in the College of Arts & Sciences to discuss requirements and deadlines.

Common Majors:

Music BA
Music Composition
Music Education (Band, Choral, Guitar, or Orchestra)
Music Performance (Guitar, Harp, String, Piano, Vocal, or Woodwind/Brass/Percussion)
Music Therapy
Audio Technology
Theatre Arts
There are minors in Music Studies, Basic Music and Piano Pedagogy for non-majors interested in taking some music coursework.
- ALL interested students should contact Nathan Scott in the Music department.

Common Courses:

CIVC 1620: Music and the Creative Life (BCA)
MUSC 1010: Introduction to Music (BCA) (3 credits)
*Required for Music Minors
MUSC 1100: Fundamental for Non-Music Majors (BCA) (3 credits)
*Available for Non-Music Majors and Music Minors
MUSC 1105: Fundamental for Music Majors (BCA) (3 credits)
*Only available for admitted Music Majors
MUSC 1110: Music Theory I (BCA) (3 credits)
*Only available for admitted Music Majors or Minors
MUSC 1360: Intro to Audio Technology
Students in any major can addition for the Orchestras, Marching Band, or Choral and Vocal Ensembles
Personal Instrument and Voice lessons are also available for non-majors in any level under the MUSC course listings.

Peoples & Society Track

This is a pathway for individuals with aptitude for cooperation, communication, training, advocacy, and human relations. Many students in this area may consider themselves to be friendly, responsible, patient, and tactful, and have an interest in writing or analyzing ideas.

Common Majors:

Anthropology
Art History
Asian Studies
Communication Studies
Criminal Justice
English
Global Communication
*Requires 9 credits of upper division of a foreign language
History
Landscape Architecture and Environmental Planning
Law & Constitutional Studies
International Studies
*Requires ASL or foreign language credit
Philosophy
Political Science
Religious Studies
Social Work
Sociology
Technical Communication and Rhetoric
Translation & Interpretation (Spanish)

Certificates:

Common Exploratory Courses:

CIVC 1100: Flourishing and The Good life (CL1)
CIVC 1110: Navigating Human Difference (CL 1)
CIVC 1800: Disagree Better (BSS)
CIVC 1810: Lead from Where you Are (BSS)
CIVC 1820: The social Science of Happiness (BSS)
CIVC 1830: Pathways to Intercultural Understanding (BSS)
CIVC 2100: Freedom, Equality and Justice (CL2)
ARTH 2720: Survey of Western Art: Prehistoric to Medieval (BHU) (3 credits)
HIST 2700: United States to 1877 (BAI) (3 credits)
HIST 2710: United States 1877-Present (BAI) (3 credits)
POLS 1100: United States Government and Politics (BAI) (3 credits)
ARTH 2710: Survey of Western Art: Prehistoric to Medieval (BHU) (3 credits)
CMST 1020: Public Speaking (BHU) (3 credits)
CMST 2110: Interpersonal Communication (BHU/HR) (3 credits)
CMST 2120: Group Collaboration and Decision Making
CJ 1010: Introduction to Criminal Justice (BSS) (3 credits)
ENGL 2210: Intro to Folklore (BHU) (3 credits)
HIST 1100: European History to 1500 (BHU) (3 credits)
HIST 1500: Pre-Modern World (BHU) (3 credits)
HIST 1510: The Modern World (BHU) (3 credits)
LAEP 2300: History of Landscape Architecture (BHU) (3 credits) (Spring, Summer only)
PHIL 1000: Intro to Philosophy (BHU) (3 credits)
PHIL 1120: Social Ethics (BHU) (3 credits)
PHIL 1250: Practical Logic (BHU) (3 credits)
PHIL 2400: Ethics (BHU) (3 credits)
RELS 1010: Intro to Religious Studies (BHU) (3 credits)
SOC 1010: Introductory Sociology (BSS) (3 credits)
SW 1010: Introduction to Social Welfare (BSS) (3 credits)
ANTH 1010: Cultural Anthropology (BSS) (3 credits)
ANTH 1030: World Archeology (BSS) (3 credits)
CMST 1330: Intro to Global Communication (BSS) (3 credits)
POLS 2200: Comparative Politics (BSS) (3 credits)
PHIL 2200: Deductive Logic (QI) (3 credits)
SPED 1010/REH 1010: Disability and Society (BSS) (3 credits)
TCR 2100: Introduction to Technical Communication (3 credits)