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Humanities/Interdisciplinary Studies Pathway
This pathway assumes:
- You will be a full-time student.
- You will start in the fall.
- You are ready to take 100- and 200-level classes.
If not, you can still complete the pathway! You will just need to make adjustments. Talk with your advisor to customize your plan.
| Description | Interdisciplinary introduction to global humanities (literature, philosophy, architecture/design, visual and performing arts, etc.), emphasizing experience and participation. Individual instructors determinea central theme or issue to establish focus and comparative structure. Seventh credit may be earned by enrolling in HUM 106 concurrently. Fulfills two Humanities distribution subject areas. (Hwdg) |
| Enrollment Requirements | Placement in ENGL& 101 |
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| Description | Enrollment can only be concurrent and in conjunction with HUM& 101. This additional credit option requires students to attend or experience events in the arts and generate written critical responses, extending and applying HUM& 101 curriculum. (Hwdg) |
| Enrollment Requirements | Concurrent enrollment in HUM& 101 and placement in ENGL& 101 |
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ORAL COMMUNICATION click for list (5 credits)
HUMANITIES click for list ( 5 credits)
Total credits this quarter: 17
Career exploration: Find your people! Attend area-of-study activities and connect with clubs related to your career goals.
Career exploration: Earn your credit in HUM 106 by going to see live or virtual theatre, music or dance, or by visiting a museum, film festival, art gallery or outdoor sculpture exhibit. Continue to seek out such opportunities throughout your college career!
Action item: Meet with your advisor to build your degree plan.
Action item: Have your transfer-in credits officially evaluated.
| Description | This course helps students become more effective writers in academic and professional settings. Students learn to enter ongoing academic conversations, analyze and use secondary sources to formulate, develop, revise, and communicate ideas in writing, and shape their message to different purposes, audiences, and media. (CC) |
| Enrollment Requirements | Completion of ENGL 95 or placement in ENGL& 101. |
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| Description | Formerly MATH 125. Exploration of mathematical concepts with emphasis on observing closely, developing critical thinking, analyzing and synthesizing techniques, improving problem solving skills, and applying concepts to new situations. Core topics are probability and statistics. Additional topics may be chosen from a variety of math areas useful inour society. Graphing calculator required. (QSR,MS) |
| Enrollment Requirements | Completion of MATH 088 or MATH 099 with a minimum grade of C. |
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Total credits this quarter: 15
Career exploration: Meet with an instructor in the humanities to talk about your specific interests and career possibilities.
Career exploration: Compare the different humanities majors, combined majors and self-designed majors at universities you're interested in.
Action item: Meet with the learning contracts coordinator about independent study with a faculty mentor. You can take a WCC course that's not in the schedule or design a course around your own topic.
Action item: Look into upcoming study abroad opportunities. Planning at least six months in advance is best.
| Description | An interdisciplinary quantitative skills course; investigates the interactions between logico-mathematical thinking and cultural perspective. (SSwdg) |
| Enrollment Requirements | Placement in ENGL& 101 |
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| Description | An interdisciplinary quantitative methods course from a social science perspective; includes problem-solving, research design, sampling and ethical parameters for working with human subjects. Recommended preparation: one course in Anthropology, Sociology or Psychology. (SS) |
| Enrollment Requirements | None |
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| Description | An interdisciplinary, introductory course designed to expose studentsto the history, concepts, and practices of sustainability in three general areas: environmental (ecology), economic (business), and social (community). Includes a practical application of the concepts learned in the class as well as an exploratory section on environmental careers. (SSwgs) |
| Enrollment Requirements | Placement in ENGL& 101 |
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| Description | Interdisciplinary exploration of cultural identity and values in relation to visual media. Draws on humanities anthropology, communications studies, symbolic reasoning. Examines forms of visual expression inglobal and historical comparison as well as the use of visual media assource material for cultural study. (H,SSwg) |
| Enrollment Requirements | Placement in ENGL& 101 |
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or another SOCIAL SCIENCE click for list (5 credits)
or a LEARNING CONTRACT in social sciences (5 credits)
HUMANITIES click for list (5 credits)
or a LEARNING CONTRACT in humanities (3-5 credits)
LAB SCIENCE click for list (5 credits)
Total credits this quarter: 13-15
Career exploration: Look for a summer job or internship related to your career goals.
Action item: Check the GPA and other entry requirements for your future major. Are you on track?
| Description | Interdisciplinary course that draws from literary theory, the social history of ideas and women's studies in considering science learning as it has been associated with daily life. Non-traditional consideration of the first-person voice in science. Emphasis is on a wide range of narrative forms and rhetorical strategies used to translate scientific theories into the vernacular. (H,SS,MSwd) |
| Enrollment Requirements | Completion of any 100 level CMST or CMST& class; and placement in ENGL& 101 |
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| Description | Use interdisciplinary methods to evaluate and compare the uses of different key resources, using methodologies from science, economics and politics. Students will learn about resources, such as energy or water, in the context of scarcity, depletion, climate change and impact on the environment. Students will learn why these three disciplines must be considered by voters and decision makers as they try to formulate policies and make choices regarding sustainable resource use that are scientifically feasible as well as economically and politically acceptable. Recommended preparation: Math 98. Prerequisite: placement in ENGL& 101. (SS,MSwgs) |
| Enrollment Requirements | Placement in ENGL& 101 |
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| Description | An interdisciplinary quantitative skills course; investigates the interactions between logico-mathematical thinking and cultural perspective. (SSwdg) |
| Enrollment Requirements | Placement in ENGL& 101 |
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| Description | An interdisciplinary quantitative methods course from a social science perspective; includes problem-solving, research design, sampling and ethical parameters for working with human subjects. Recommended preparation: one course in Anthropology, Sociology or Psychology. (SS) |
| Enrollment Requirements | None |
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| Description | An interdisciplinary, introductory course designed to expose studentsto the history, concepts, and practices of sustainability in three general areas: environmental (ecology), economic (business), and social (community). Includes a practical application of the concepts learned in the class as well as an exploratory section on environmental careers. (SSwgs) |
| Enrollment Requirements | Placement in ENGL& 101 |
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| Description | Interdisciplinary exploration of cultural identity and values in relation to visual media. Draws on humanities anthropology, communications studies, symbolic reasoning. Examines forms of visual expression inglobal and historical comparison as well as the use of visual media assource material for cultural study. (H,SSwg) |
| Enrollment Requirements | Placement in ENGL& 101 |
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or another SOCIAL SCIENCE click for list (5 credits)
or a LEARNING CONTRACT in social sciences (5 credits)
WORLD LANGUAGE I (5 credits)
Total credits this quarter: 15
Course note: It's all right to substitute another physical or biological science course (lab or non-lab) for IDS 161 or IDS 210. If you plan to integrate a science into your interdisciplinary major, take a course in that science.
Course note: World languages offered at WCC include American Sign Language, Chinese, French, German, Japanese and Spanish.
Course note: If you already know a language other than English, substitute a course from among the three disciplines you consider most important to your interdisciplinary studies.
Action item: Meet with your advisor about applying to universities. Start your transfer applications.
Action item: Apply for next year's financial aid.
| Description | This course helps students become more effective communicators through the production of various forms and mediums of writing. Students develop effective rhetorical strategies through analysis of texts and contexts, as well as engaging in independent research as part of meaningful and ethical scholarship. (CC) |
| Enrollment Requirements | Completion of ENGL& 101 with a minimum grade of C-. |
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| Description | This course helps students develop skills in reading and writing about literature. Students analyze literature based on elements of genres, including fiction, poetry, and/or drama, and develop essays using strategies of literary analysis. (CC) |
| Enrollment Requirements | Completion of ENGL& 101 with a minimum grade of C-. |
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| Description | This course helps students develop effective methods of research, organization and presentation of findings typical of professional, technical, and scientific writing. Students develop problem-solving and researching skills, including data collection, the critical analysis of sources, documentation, and document design. (CC) |
| Enrollment Requirements | Completion of ENGL& 101 with a minimum grade of C-. |
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| Description | Interdisciplinary course that draws from literary theory, the social history of ideas and women's studies in considering science learning as it has been associated with daily life. Non-traditional consideration of the first-person voice in science. Emphasis is on a wide range of narrative forms and rhetorical strategies used to translate scientific theories into the vernacular. (H,SS,MSwd) |
| Enrollment Requirements | Completion of any 100 level CMST or CMST& class; and placement in ENGL& 101 |
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| Description | Use interdisciplinary methods to evaluate and compare the uses of different key resources, using methodologies from science, economics and politics. Students will learn about resources, such as energy or water, in the context of scarcity, depletion, climate change and impact on the environment. Students will learn why these three disciplines must be considered by voters and decision makers as they try to formulate policies and make choices regarding sustainable resource use that are scientifically feasible as well as economically and politically acceptable. Recommended preparation: Math 98. Prerequisite: placement in ENGL& 101. (SS,MSwgs) |
| Enrollment Requirements | Placement in ENGL& 101 |
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or another SOCIAL SCIENCE click for list (5 credits)
or a LEARNING CONTRACT in social sciences (5 credits)
WORLD LANGUAGE II (5 credits)
Total credits this quarter: 15
Course note: It's all right to substitute another math/science course for IDS 161 or IDS 210. If you plan to integrate a science into your interdisciplinary major, take a course in that science.
Course note: If you already know a language other than English, substitute a course from among the three disciplines you consider most important to your interdisciplinary studies.
Action item: Apply to graduate by week 3 of this quarter.
| Description | An interdisciplinary quantitative skills course; investigates the interactions between logico-mathematical thinking and cultural perspective. (SSwdg) |
| Enrollment Requirements | Placement in ENGL& 101 |
| Course Attributes |
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| Description | An interdisciplinary quantitative methods course from a social science perspective; includes problem-solving, research design, sampling and ethical parameters for working with human subjects. Recommended preparation: one course in Anthropology, Sociology or Psychology. (SS) |
| Enrollment Requirements | None |
| Course Attributes |
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| Description | An interdisciplinary, introductory course designed to expose studentsto the history, concepts, and practices of sustainability in three general areas: environmental (ecology), economic (business), and social (community). Includes a practical application of the concepts learned in the class as well as an exploratory section on environmental careers. (SSwgs) |
| Enrollment Requirements | Placement in ENGL& 101 |
| Course Attributes |
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| Description | Interdisciplinary exploration of cultural identity and values in relation to visual media. Draws on humanities anthropology, communications studies, symbolic reasoning. Examines forms of visual expression inglobal and historical comparison as well as the use of visual media assource material for cultural study. (H,SSwg) |
| Enrollment Requirements | Placement in ENGL& 101 |
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or another SOCIAL SCIENCE click for list (5 credits)
or a LEARNING CONTRACT in social sciences (5 credits)
WORLD LANGUAGE III (5 credits)
ELECTIVE click for list (5 credits)
Total credits this quarter: 15
Action item: Attend the spring job fair.