Courses for First Year Students

Information to keep in mind as you look through this page:

1) You will be pre-registering for courses soon. Think about which courses you are interested in taking.

2) You should look below at the courses available to you as a freshman (usually 100 level courses, some 200 level).

3) Browse the online Catalog for the full description of the courses (you will be looking at last year's catalog as the 2012-13 is currently in press). Pay special attention to the list of new courses, i.e. those not in last year's catalog, but listed below (and the link to their descriptions). 

New Courses

The following courses are new and their descriptions can be found on line here.

  • AMU 051 - Symbol and Sound: Teaching the Brain to Read Music Notation
  • BIO 110 - Heredity, Evolution and Ecology w/ Recitation
  • HST 185 - Modern Southeast Asia
  • LAS 101 - Intro to Latin American Studies
  • MLT 254 - Explore Japanese Manga and Anime
  • PHL 233 - Early Modern Philosophy
  • PSC 160 - The Presidential Election of 2012

 

All courses available to First Year students 2012-13

(Course Descriptions available here in the online Catalog)

  • Africana Studies – AFR 100
  • Arabic - ARB
  • Art History – AAH 101, AAH 104, AAH 105, AAH 201, AAH 222
  • Astronomy  – AST 051
  • Music – AMU 051, AMU 120, AMU 213
  • Anthropology – ANT 110, ANT 148, ANT 184, ANT 225
  • Theater Arts –  ATH 102, ATH 110, ATH 112, ATH 121, ATH 122, ATH 140, ATH 151 (theater experience required)
  • Visual Arts – AVA 100, AVA 110, AVA 120, AVA 130, AVA 160
  • Biology – BIO 065, BIO 110 (required for premed/Biology/Chemistry)
  • Chemistry – CHEM *Placement Exam Required (required for premed/Biology/Chemistry)
  • Chinese – CHN
  • Classics – CLS 121, CLS 157, CLS 162, CLA 178 
  • Computer Science –  CSC 105
  • Dance – ADA 140
  • Economics - ECO 101
  • Electrical and Computer Engineering – ECE 118 (Email Prof. Traver - traverc@union.edu)
  • English – EGL 100, EGL 101
  • Engineering Science - ESC 100
  • Environmental Science – ENS 100
  • French - FRN
  • Geology – GEO 100, GEO 102
  • German – GER
  • Greek – GRK 103
  • Hebrew – HEB
  • Hebrew – HBR 111 (Classical)
  • History – HST 116, HST 121, HST 131, HST 138, HST 143, HST 145, HST 185
  • Japanese – JPN
  • Latin – LAT 101, LAT 102, LAT 103, Latin 345 (for those with 4 years HS Latin)
  • Latin American and Caribbean Studies – LAS 101
  • Leadership in Medicine – LIM 500 (for LIM students only)
  • Mathematics – CALC *Placement Exam Required
  • Modern Literatures in Translation - MLT 254, MLT 281
  • Philosophy – PHL 120, PHL 150, PHL 233, PHL 235
  • Physics – PHY 100 (Email Prof. Vineyard – vineyarm@union.edu)
  • Political Science – PSC 111, PSC 112, PSC 113, PSC 160
  • Psychology - PSY 100
  • Religious Studies – REL 103
  • Russian – RUS
  • Sociology – SOC 100
  • Spanish - SPN
  • Women and Gender Studies – WGS 100