First Year Students
Students usually take 30 credit hours a year, which is the equivalent of 5 courses each term. First Year students are recommended to choose courses that will complete the Arts Core (below) in their first year.
History Majors should enroll in:
- HIST 1003 - The Practicing Historian
- 6h of History courses at the 1000 level
Classics Majors should enroll in:
- 6h of Classics courses at the 1000 level
- 6h of Greek and/or Latin at the 1000 level - this fulfills the Arts Core Language requirement
Arts Core
- 6h in ENGLISH at the 1000-level (ENGL1406 or ENGL1413/1423 or ENGL1213/1223)
- 6h in a single LANGUAGE other than English (French, German, Spanish, Latin or Greek)
- 6h SOCIAL SCIENCES (Economics, Politics, Sociology, Women & Gender Studies)
- 6h in the FACULTY OF PURE & APPLIED SCIENCES (Biology, Chemistry, Computer Science, Environmental Science, Geology, Math & Stats, Nutrition, Physics or Psychology)