First-Year Course Offerings — Fall 2022

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Course	Title	Co-Req	Restrictions	Pre-Req	Notes
ALST 202	Introduction to African American Studies
ALST 284	Decolonization in Africa
ALST 354	Introduction to French Literature: The Francophone World			At least four years of secondary-school French or FREN 202
ANTH 102	Culture, Diversity, and Inequality
ANTH 103	Introduction to Archaeology
ANTH 210	Otherworldly Selves in Science Fiction and Anthropology
ANTH 226	Critical Global Health
ARAB 121	Elementary Arabic I
ARAB 201	Intermediate Arabic I			ARAB 122 or MIST 122	Prereq or prereq override required
ARTS 100	Introduction to Studio Art (SA)				Seniors require class year override
ARTS 101	Caves to Cathedrals: The Art of Europe and the Mediterranean to the 13th Century (AH)				Classes of 2023 and 2024 require class year override
ARTS 105	Introduction to Architecture in Cultural Context (AH)
ARTS 240	Art and Theory 1960-1990 (AH)
ARTS 255	Museum Exhibitions: Design, Rhetoric, and Interpretation
ARTS 257	Colonizing and Decolonizing Museums
ASTR 101	Solar System Astronomy
ASTR 220	Deciphering the Sky: Practical and Historic Astronomy
BIOL 101	Topics in Organismal Biology
BIOL 181	Evolution, Ecology, and Diversity	BIOL 181L
BIOL 181L	Evolution, Ecology, and Diversity Lab	BIOL 181
CHEM 101	General Chemistry I	CHEM 101L			Students who repeat the lecture component are required to repeat the laboratory component if their grade in the lab was lower than B-.
CHEM 101L	General Chemistry I Lab	CHEM 101
CHEM 111	Chemical Principles	CHEM 111L			Open to First-Years with AP CHEM score of 4 or 5; open to others with class year override
CHEM 111L	Chemical Principles Lab	CHEM 111
CHIN 121	Elementary Chinese I
CHIN 201	Intermediate Chinese I			CHIN 122 or equivalent experience	Prereq or prereq override required
CLAS 226	From Cyrus the Great to Alexander the Great: The Persian Empire and the Greeks
CORE 124S	Cells and Human Development
CORE 141C	Sri Lanka
CORE 143S	Statistics in Real Life			Three years of secondary school mathematics
CORE 151	Legacies of the Ancient World
CORE 151	Legacies of the Ancient World				See revised course description
CORE 152	Challenges of Modernity
CORE 159C	Maya
CORE 166C	India
CORE 167C	Japan
CORE 171C	Mexico
CORE 173C	Ethiopia
CORE 176C	Indigenous North America
CORE 177C	Peru
CORE 177S	Critical Analysis of Health Issues
CORE 178S	Water
CORE 183C	The Middle East
CORE 191S	The Archaeology of Food
CORE C142	Addiction & Recovery
CORE C165	China
CORE C166	India
CORE C175	Wilderness
CORE C180	Francophone and Creole Identities
CORE C184	The Danube	CORE C184L
CORE C187	Russia at the Crossroads
CORE C188	Haudenosaunee
CORE C193	Brazil
CORE C197	Tibet
CORE S110	Discovering Biology: Hormones				See revised course description
CORE S138	Advent of the Atomic Bomb
CORE S194	Electrons and Our Civilization
CORE S195	Networks: Friends, Terrorists, and Epidemics
CORE S196	Environmental Science and Storytelling
CORE S197	Ethics, Algorithms, & AI
COSC 101	Introduction for Computing I	COSC 101L
COSC 101L	Introduction for Computing I Lab	COSC 101
ECON 105	Principles of Accounting
ECON 151	Introduction to Economics
EDUC 101	The American School
ENGL 200	Major British Writers
ENGL 201	American Texts and Contexts
ENGL 204	Native American Writers
ENGL 208	Sex and the Global City
ENGL 217	Introductory Workshop in Creative Writing: Fiction
ENGL 217	Introductory Workshop in Creative Writing: Poetry
ENGL 219	American Literature and the Environment
ENGL 266	Introduction to Drama
FMST 200	Introduction to Film and Media Studies	FMST 200L
FMST 200L	Required Film Screening	FMST 200
FMST 288	New Media: History and Theory from Netflix to VR			FMST 200
FREN 121	Introduction to French Language & Culture I				One-hour web-based work required weekly, to be completed independently outside of class as assigned by the instructor. See course description for placement info.
FREN 201	Intermediate French: Conversation and Composition			Two or three years of secondary-school French, or a one- year college elementary French course	One-hour web-based work required weekly, to be completed independently outside of class as assigned by the instructor.
FREN 202	Intermediate French: Language, Culture, and Literature			Three to four years of secondary-school French, or FREN 201 or equivalent
FREN 352	Introduction to French Literature: Birth of the Modern			At least four years of secondary-school French or FREN 202
FREN 354	Introduction to French Literature: The Francophone World			At least four years of secondary-school French or FREN 202
FREN 361	French Composition, Grammar, and Conversation			FREN 351 or FREN 352 or FREN 353 or FREN 354	Prereq or prereq override required
FSEM 100	Legacies of the Ancient World
FSEM 105	Challenges of Modernity
FSEM 113	Japan
FSEM 124	Conserving Nature
FSEM 126	The Biology of Women: Sex, Gender, Reproduction and Disease
FSEM 127	Molecules, Energy and Environment
FSEM 131	The Science of Music
FSEM 132	Sports & Scientific Method
FSEM 135	Molecules that Rock Your World: Medicinal
FSEM 136	Privacy
FSEM 137	Molecules that Rock Your World: Energy, Food, War, and Population Expansion
FSEM 138	The Science and Practice of Yoga
FSEM 139	The Science of Relationships
FSEM 142	Hi(dden)story of Mathematics
FSEM 143	Natural Disasters: Science, Media and Movies
FSEM 147	Literary Analysis: Much Ado about Not[h]ing
FSEM 148	Sex and the Global City
FSEM 149	Religion & Contemporary World
FSEM 152	The Jazz Age
FSEM 153	Elementary Latin I
FSEM 154	Sports and Spectacles in Ancient Greece and Rome
FSEM 155	Intro Philosophical Problems
FSEM 159	Gender, Sexuality, and Race in Hollywood	FSEM 159L
FSEM 160	Eco-Art
FSEM 164	Living Writers	FSEM 164L
FSEM 165	Acting I: The Floating World
FSEM 166	Acting I: Being Here
FSEM 169	Elementary Italian I				One-hour web-based work required weekly, to be completed independently outside of class as assigned by the instructor
FSEM 170	The Experiment of Writing
FSEM 171	Introduction to Philosophical Traditions of Africa, the Americas, and Asia
FSEM 174	Architecture in Conflict and Cataclysm
FSEM 175	Emperors and Empire: The Roman Imperium
FSEM 177	Geology Outdoors	FSEM 177L
FSEM 177L	Geology Outdoors Fieldtrips	FSEM 177
FSEM 178	Introduction to Environmental Geography
FSEM 180	Brewing Society: The History, Culture, and Economics of Beer
FSEM 181	The American City
FSEM 182	The American School
FSEM 185	Silk Roads
FSEM 186	War: Past, Present, Future
FSEM 187	Muslim Cultures and Global Modernity
FSEM 188	Living and Dying in Early Modern Britain
FSEM 189	Intro to Comparative Politics
FSEM 190	Ukraine & Eastern Europe in War & Peace
FSEM 193	Introduction to Sociology
FSEM 195	Introduction to Sociology
FSEM 197	Campaigns and Voting Behavior
FSEM 198	Fundamentals of International Relations
FSEM 199	Challenges of Modernity				Open to Alumni Memorial Scholars Only
GEOG 105	Climate and Society
GEOG 107	Is the Planet Doomed?
GEOG 211	Geographies of Nature, Economy, Society
GEOG 231	Geography of the Physical Environment
GEOL 102	Sustainable Earth
GEOL 105	Megageology
GEOL 135	Oceanography and the Environment
GEOL 190	Evolution of Planet Earth	GEOL 190L			Recommended for students interested in concentrating in geology or environmental geology.
GEOL 190L	Evolution of Planet Earth Lab	GEOL 190
GERM 121	Beginning German I
GERM 122	Beginning German II			GERM 121 or equivalent
GERM 201	Intermediate German I			GERM 122 or equivalent
GERM 351	Introduction to German Literary Studies			GERM 202 or equivalent
GREK 122	Elementary Classical Greek II			GREK 121
HEBR 121	Elementary Hebrew I
HEBR 201	Intermediate Hebrew I			HEBR 122
HIST 102	Europe in Crisis Since 1815 (EU)
HIST 105	Introduction to the Modern Middle East (ME)
HIST 199	History Workshop
HIST 202	Europe in the Middle Ages, c. 300 - 1500 (EU)
HIST 203	Age of the American Revolution (US)
HIST 224	Introduction to Environmental History (TR)
HIST 229	Latin American Migrations (LAC)
HIST 233	The French Revolution: Old Regime, Revolution, and Napoleonic Empire, 1770-1815 (EU)
HIST 235	African American Women's History (US)
HIST 236	The History of Money (US)
HIST 265	War and Violence in East Asia (AS)
HIST 269	History of Modern South Asia (AS)
HIST 271	The First World War (TR)
HIST 284	Decolonization in Africa (AF)
ITAL 201	Intermediate Italian			Two or three years of high school Italian, or ITAL 122, or the equivalent	One-hour web-based work required weekly, to be completed independently outside of class as assigned by the instructor.
JAPN 121	Elementary Japanese I
JWST 181	The Many Faces of Israel
JWST 226	Reason, Religion, & God
LATN 121	Elementary Latin I
LATN 201	Intermediate Latin: Prose			LATN 122 or LATN 123 or equivalent
LGBT 220	Lives, Communities, and Modes of Critical Inquiry: An Exploration into LGBTQ Studies
MATH 161	Calculus I			Three years of high school mathematics, including trigonometry
MATH 162	Calculus II			MATH 161 (formerly MATH 111) with a grade of C- or higher or equivalent experience in a secondary school calculus course
MATH 163	Calculus III			MATH 162 or (MATH 161 and PHYS 232) (MATH 162 prereq can be satisfied with equivalent experience in a secondary school calculus course; PHYS 232 can be taken concurrently)
MUSI 101	The Beatles
MUSI 103	Basic Music and Songwriting (TH)
MUSI 151	The Musical Experience (H&A)
MUSI 203	Harmony I (TH)			Music background required
MUSI 215	Music History I: Medieval through Baroque Periods (H&A)			Music background preferred
MUSI 217	Chamber Music I (PF)				Also meets 4 Fridays, 4:15-5:15
MUSI 230	University Orchestra I (PF)
MUSI 232	Colgate Concert Jazz Ensemble I (PF)
MUSI 234	University Chorus I (PF)
MUSI 236	Private Instruction I (PF)			Student must have studied at Colgate with their studio instructor for at least two semesters before applying to take lessons for credit. Proposal required.
NAST 210	Indigenous Peoples Today
NEUR 170	Introduction to Neuroscience
PCON 111	Introduction to Peace and Conflict Studies
PCON 225	Theories of Peace and Conflict: War, State, and Society
PHIL 101	Introduction to Philosophical Problems				Juniors and Seniors need class year override
PHIL 111	Ethics				Juniors and Seniors need class year override
PHIL 216	Existentialism
PHIL 225	Logic I
PHYS 111	Fundamental Physics I	PHYS 111L
PHYS 111L	Fundamental Physics I Lab	PHYS 111
PHYS 131	Atoms and Waves	PHYS 131L		Students who plan to continue into PHYS 232 should co-register for MATH 161	Students who register for lecture/recitation A are strongly encouraged to register for lab A (CRN: 10212)
PHYS 131	Atoms and Waves	PHYS 131L		Students who plan to continue into PHYS 232 should co-register for MATH 161	Students who register for lecture/recitation B are strongly encouraged to register for lab B (CRN: 10740)
PHYS 131	Atoms and Waves	PHYS 131L		Students who plan to continue into PHYS 232 should co-register for MATH 161	Students who register for lecture/recitation C are strongly encouraged to register for lab C (CRN: 10213)
PHYS 131	Atoms and Waves	PHYS 131L		Students who plan to continue into PHYS 232 should co-register for MATH 161	Students who register for lecture/recitation D are strongly encouraged to register for lab D (CRN: 10211)
PHYS 131L	Atoms and Waves Lab	PHYS 131			Students who register for lab A are strongly encouraged to register for lecture/recitation A (CRN: 10207)
PHYS 131L	Atoms and Waves Lab	PHYS 131			Students who register for lab B are strongly encouraged to register for lecture/recitation B (CRN: 10208)
PHYS 131L	Atoms and Waves Lab	PHYS 131			Students who register for lab C are strongly encouraged to register for lecture/recitation C (CRN: 10209)
PHYS 131L	Atoms and Waves Lab	PHYS 131			Students who register for lab D are strongly encouraged to register for lecture/recitation D (CRN: 10210)
POSC 150	America as a Democracy (AM)
POSC 151	Politics and Moral Vision (TH)
POSC 152	Global Peace and War (IR)
POSC 153	Introduction to Comparative Politics (CO)
POSC 211	The Presidency and Executive Leadership (AM)
POSC 214	Comparative Politics: East and Southeast Asia (CO)
POSC 216	Comparative Politics: Latin America (CO)
POSC 232	Fundamentals of International Relations (IR)
POSC 260	Foundations of Political Thought (TH)
PSYC 150	Introduction to Psychological Science				Juniors and Seniors need instructor permission
RELG 101	The World's Religions
RELG 102	Religion and the Contemporary World
RELG 218	Seeing, Feeling, Believing: Black Religious Thought through Visual Art and Performance
RELG 221	Asian Religions: India				See revised description
RELG 226	Reason, Religion, and God
RELG 236	Religion, Science, and the Environment
RELG 252	Religion, Plagues, Pandemics
RELG 286	Catholic Traditions				See revised description
REST 121	Elementary Russian I
REST 201	Intermediate Russian I
SOCI 101	Introduction to Sociology
SOCI 220	Gender, Sexuality, and Society
SPAN 121	Elementary Spanish I				One-hour web-based work required weekly, to be completed independently outside of class as assigned by by instructor; See course description for placement; Interested students should submit a Course Restriction Override Request (www.colgate.edu/registrar/regoverride)
SPAN 201	Intermediate Spanish			Two or three years of high school Spanish or SPAN 121- 122	One-hour web-based work required weekly, to be completed independently outside of class as assigned by the instructor.
SPAN 202	Intermediate Spanish: Language and Literature			Three to four years of high school Spanish or SPAN 201 or equivalent
SPAN 351	Spanish Literature: Knights and Troubadours in Medieval Spain			At least four years of high school Spanish or SPAN 202
SPAN 352	Spanish Literature: Love and Honor in the Golden Age			At least four years of high school Spanish or SPAN 202
SPAN 354	Latin American Literature: Illusion, Fantasy, Magical Realism			At least four years of high school Spanish or SPAN 202
SPAN 361	Advanced Composition and Stylistics			At least four years of high school Spanish, or SPAN 202
THEA 250	Stagecraft				Juniors and seniors need instructor permission
THEA 252	Scenic Design
THEA 253	Costume Design
THEA 259	Performance I				Audition required
THEA 266	Introduction to Drama
THEA 271	Introduction to Contemporary Dance
WMST 202	Women's Lives: An Introduction to Women's Studies				Seniors require class year override
WMST 260	Intersectionality in Theory and Practice
WRIT 102	Introduction to Rhetoric in the Liberal Arts Tradition
WRIT 103	Rhetoric and Writing