Return to First-Year Course Offerings
| Course | Title | Co-Req | Restrictions | Pre-Req | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| ALST 203 | The Caribbean | ||||
| ANTH 102 | Culture,Diversity,Inequality | ||||
| ANTH 103 | Introduction to Archaeology | ||||
| ANTH 218 | Practices of Peace & Conflict | ||||
| ARTS 100 | Introduction to Studio Art | ||||
| ARTS 108 | Lost in Tibet?: Buddhist Art | ||||
| ARTS 205 | Landscape - 19th Cent Europe | ||||
| ARTS 212 | Destroying Images | ||||
| ARTS 246 | From Emperors to Anime | ||||
| ARTS 255 | Museum Exhib: Design, Rhetoric | ||||
| ARTS 260 | Social Practice Art | ||||
| ARTS 277 | Modern Architecture 1880-1970 | ||||
| ASTR 101 | Solar System Astronomy | Large enrollment section | |||
| BIOL 181 | Evolution, Ecology, Diversity | BIOL 181L | Large enrollment section | ||
| BIOL 181L | Evoln, Ecol, Diversity Lab | BIOL 181 | |||
| CHEM 101 | General Chemistry I | CHEM 101L | |||
| 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 instructor signature | ||
| CHEM 111L | Chemical Principles Lab | CHEM 111 | |||
| CHIN 121 | Elementary Chinese I | ||||
| CHIN 201 | Intermediate Chinese I | CHIN 122 | Prereq or instructor permission required | ||
| CLAS 220 | Drama and the Greeks! | CLAS 220L | |||
| CLAS 220L | Drama and the Greeks! Lab | CLAS 220 | |||
| CLAS 234 | Archaeology of Greece | ||||
| CORE 103S | Remote Sensing of Environment | ||||
| CORE 110S | Discover Biol:Evolution of Sex | ||||
| CORE 110S | Discovering Biology | ||||
| CORE 115S | Language Acquisition | ||||
| CORE 120S | Earth Resources | ||||
| CORE 124S | Cells & Human Development | ||||
| CORE 143S | Introduction to Statistics | Three years of secondary school mathematics | |||
| CORE 151 | Legacies of Ancient World | ||||
| CORE 152 | Challenges of Modernity | ||||
| CORE 154C | Indonesia | ||||
| CORE 155C | Internet | ||||
| CORE 157C | France | ||||
| CORE 160C | Latin America | ||||
| CORE 163C | The Caribbean | ||||
| CORE 166C | India | ||||
| CORE 167C | Japan | ||||
| CORE 176C | North American Indians | ||||
| CORE 177C | Peru | ||||
| CORE 177S | CritAnalys:NativeAmer Medicine | ||||
| CORE 177S | Critical Analys of Hlth: AIDS | ||||
| CORE 178S | Water | ||||
| CORE 183C | The Middle East | ||||
| CORE 186S | The Rhetoric of Science | ||||
| CORE 187C | Russia: Crossroads East/West | ||||
| CORE 188C | The Iroquois | ||||
| CORE 192C | Native Americans in the SW | ||||
| CORE 198C | Cuba | ||||
| CORE 199C | Bolivia | ||||
| COSC 101 | Intro to Computing I | COSC 101L | |||
| COSC 101L | Intro to Computing I Lab | COSC 101 | |||
| COSC 102 | Intro to Computing II | COSC 102L | COSC 101 or equivalent programming experience. | Prereq or instructor signature required | |
| COSC 102L | Intro to Computing II Lab | COSC 102 | |||
| ECON 151 | Introduction to Economics | ||||
| EDUC 101 | The American School | ||||
| EDUC 101 | The American School | FSEM 107 | Open to 2023 enrolled in FSEM 107 only | ||
| ENGL 200 | Major British Writers | ||||
| ENGL 201 | American Texts and Contexts | ||||
| ENGL 202 | Justice/Power-Postcolonial Lit | ||||
| ENGL 203 | Arthurian Tradition | ||||
| ENGL 217 | Intro Creative Writing:Fiction | ||||
| ENGL 219 | American Lit & the Environment | ||||
| ENGL 220 | The Booker Prize | ||||
| ENST 219 | American Lit & the Environment | ||||
| FMST 200 | Intro to Film & Media Studies | FMST 200L | |||
| FMST 200L | Required Film Screening | FMST 200 | |||
| FMST 230 | LGBTQ Cinema/Transnational | ||||
| FMST 246 | Intro to Performance Studies | Seniors require instructor permission | |||
| FREN 121 | Intro to French Lang & Cultr I | See course description for placement info | |||
| FREN 201 | Intermed French: Conv & Comp | Two or three years of secondary-school French, or a one- year college elementary French course | |||
| FREN 202 | Intermed: Lang, Cultr & Lit | Three to four years of secondary-school French, or FREN 201 or equivalent | |||
| FREN 352 | Lit: Birth of the Modern | At least four years of secondary-school French or FREN 202 | |||
| FREN 354 | Lit: The Francophone World | At least four years of secondary-school French or FREN 202 | |||
| FSEM 100 | Leg Anc World: Good Society | ||||
| FSEM 101 | Legacies of the Ancient World | ||||
| FSEM 102 | Legacies of the Ancient World | ||||
| FSEM 103 | Legacies of the Ancient World | ||||
| FSEM 105 | Challenges of Modernity | ||||
| FSEM 106 | Challenges of Modernity | ||||
| FSEM 107 | Challenges of Modernity | EDUC 101 | Linked to EDUC 101 D. Students who take FSEM 107 must also take EDUC 101 D. | ||
| FSEM 108 | Challenges of Modernity | ||||
| FSEM 110 | Russia: East and West | ||||
| FSEM 114 | Ethiopia | ||||
| FSEM 115 | South Africa | ||||
| FSEM 119 | California | ||||
| FSEM 122 | Ecology & Quality-Environment | ||||
| FSEM 124 | Discover Biol:Invasive Species | ||||
| FSEM 125 | Emerging Tech: Nanotechnology | ||||
| FSEM 127 | It's a Dog's Life | ||||
| FSEM 129 | Reading People | ||||
| FSEM 130 | Energy and Sustainability | ||||
| FSEM 135 | Maps, Technology & Exploration | ||||
| FSEM 137 | Molecules that Rock Your World | ||||
| FSEM 143 | Natrl Disaster:Sci,Media,Movie | ||||
| FSEM 144 | Statistics in Real Life | ||||
| FSEM 150 | Literature and Exile | ||||
| FSEM 152 | Poetry & Revolution | ||||
| FSEM 155 | Intro Philosophical Problems | ||||
| FSEM 157 | Existentialism | ||||
| FSEM 158 | The World's Religions | ||||
| FSEM 160 | Introduction to Studio Art | ||||
| FSEM 162 | Architecture and Conflict | ||||
| FSEM 163 | Intro to Architecture | ||||
| FSEM 164 | Justice/Power-Postcolonial Lit | ||||
| FSEM 165 | Theatre Art/The Actor's Task | ||||
| FSEM 166 | History of Jazz | ||||
| FSEM 167 | Alex the Great: Fact & Fiction | ||||
| FSEM 168 | Masters of the Short Story | ||||
| FSEM 169 | Elementary Japanese I | ||||
| FSEM 170 | The Beatles | ||||
| FSEM 171 | Discovering African Literature | ||||
| FSEM 174 | Deciphering the Sky | ||||
| FSEM 177 | Geology Outdoors | FSEM 177L | |||
| FSEM 177L | Geology Outdoors Fieldtrips | FSEM 177 | |||
| FSEM 183 | Archaeology of Death & Burial | ||||
| FSEM 189 | Global War and Society | ||||
| FSEM 192 | LateMedEng:Piety,Imagin&Revolt | ||||
| FSEM 195 | Foundations of Polit Thought | ||||
| FSEM 197 | Economics for Non-Economists | ||||
| FSEM 199 | Challenges of Modernity | Open to Benton Scholars Only | |||
| GEOG 105 | Climate and Society | ||||
| GEOG 107 | Is the Planet Doomed? | ||||
| GEOL 102 | Sustainable Earth | Large enrollment section | |||
| GEOL 135 | Oceanography & Environment | Large enrollment section | |||
| GEOL 190 | Evolution of Planet Earth | GEOL 190L | Recommended for students interested in concentrating in geology or environmental geology. | ||
| GEOL 190L | Evolution Planet Earth Lab | GEOL 190 | |||
| GERM 121 | Beginning German I | ||||
| GERM 201 | Intermediate German I | GERM 122 or equivalent | |||
| GERM 351 | Intro to German Lit Studies | GERM 201 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 | ||||
| HIST 104 | The United States since 1877 | ||||
| HIST 120 | Intro to Museum Studies | ||||
| HIST 199 | History Workshop | ||||
| HIST 202 | Europe in the Middle Ages | ||||
| HIST 216 | US Foreign Policy, 1917-Pres | ||||
| HIST 241 | Life & Death-Early Modern Brit | ||||
| HIST 243 | American Indian History | ||||
| HIST 248 | Women's Lives/Europe:1500-Pres | ||||
| HIST 251 | The Politics of History | ||||
| HIST 269 | History of Modern India | ||||
| ITAL 121 | Elementary Italian I | See course description for placement info | |||
| ITAL 201 | Intermediate Italian | Two or three years of high school Italian, or ITAL 122, or the equivalent | |||
| JAPN 201 | Intermediate Japanese I | JAPN 122 or JAPN 124 | Prereq or instructor permission required | ||
| JWST 204 | Jewish Fiction since Holocaust | ||||
| JWST 222 | Comparative Scripture | ||||
| JWST 283 | Experiencing Judaism | ||||
| LATN 121 | Elementary Latin I | ||||
| LATN 201 | Intermediate Latin: Prose | LATN 122 or LATN 123 or equivalent | |||
| LGBT 220 | Exploration in LGBTQ Studies | ||||
| LGBT 242 | Religions of Resistance | ||||
| MATH 105 | Introduction to Statistics | Three years of secondary school mathematics | Large enrollment section | ||
| 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 with a grade of C- or higher or equivalent experience in a secondary school calculus course | |||
| MIST 121 | Elementary Arabic I | ||||
| MIST 215 | Comparative Pol: Middle East | ||||
| MUSE 120 | Intro to Museum Studies | ||||
| MUSI 203 | Harmony I | Performance experience required | T class meets in JCColgate 108 | ||
| MUSI 217 | Chamber Music I | ||||
| MUSI 230 | University Orchestra I | Violin sectionals also meet M 7:00-8:15 | |||
| MUSI 232 | Jazz Performance I | ||||
| MUSI 234 | University Chorus I | ||||
| MUSI 236 | Private Instruction I | Student must have been studying at Colgate with their studio instructor for at least two semesters before applying to take lessons for credit. Proposal required. | |||
| NAST 243 | American Indian History | ||||
| PCON 111 | Intro Peace & Conflict Studies | ||||
| PCON 218 | Practices of Peace & Conflict | ||||
| PHIL 101 | Intro Philosophical Problems | ||||
| PHIL 111 | Ethics | ||||
| 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 PHYS 131RE |
Students who plan to continue into PHYS 232 should co-register for MATH 161 | Large enrollment section | |
| PHYS 131L | Atoms and Waves Laboratory | PHYS 131 PHYS 131RE |
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| PHYS 131RE | Atoms and Waves Recitation | PHYS 131 PHYS 131L |
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| POSC 150 | America as a Democracy | Large enrollment section | |||
| POSC 151 | Politics and Moral Vision | ||||
| POSC 152 | Global Peace & War | ||||
| POSC 153 | Intro to Comparative Politics | ||||
| POSC 210 | Congress | ||||
| POSC 215 | Comparative Pol: Middle East | ||||
| POSC 232 | Fundmtls Int'l Relations | ||||
| PSYC 150 | Intro to Psychological Science | Large enrollment section; Juniors and Seniors need instructor permission | |||
| RELG 101 | The World's Religions | ||||
| RELG 102 | Religion & Contemporary World | ||||
| RELG 222 | Comparative Scripture | ||||
| RELG 244 | African Amer Religious Exper | ||||
| RELG 265 | Global Bioethics and Religion | ||||
| RELG 282 | Islamic Traditions | ||||
| RELG 283 | Experiencing Judaism | ||||
| REST 121 | Elementary Russian I | ||||
| REST 201 | Intermediate Russian I | REST 122 | Prereq or instructor permission | ||
| SOCI 101 | Introduction to Sociology | ||||
| SPAN 121 | Elementary Spanish I | See course description for placement info. Seniors by instructor permission. | |||
| SPAN 201 | Intermediate Spanish | Two or three years of high school Spanish or SPAN 121- 122 | |||
| SPAN 202 | Intermed Spanish: Lang & Lit | Three to four years of high school Spanish or SPAN 201 or equivalent | |||
| SPAN 351 | Span Lit: Medieval Spain | At least four years of high school Spanish or SPAN 202 | |||
| SPAN 354 | Lat Amer Lit:Illusion/Fantasy | At least four years of high school Spanish or SPAN 202 | |||
| SPAN 355 | Latin Amer Lit: Many Voices | At least four years of high school Spanish or SPAN 202 | |||
| SPAN 361 | Adv Composition & Stylistics | At least four years of high school Spanish, or SPAN 202 | |||
| THEA 220 | Drama and the Greeks! | THEA 220L | |||
| THEA 220L | Drama and the Greeks! Lab | THEA 220 | |||
| THEA 246 | Intro to Performance Studies | Seniors require instructor permission | |||
| THEA 254 | Basic Acting | ||||
| THEA 259 | Performance I | Audition required | |||
| THEA 271 | Intro to Contemporary Dance | ||||
| THEA 271 | Intro to Contemporary Dance | 2020, 2021 need instructor permission | |||
| THEA 356 | Playwriting | ||||
| WMST 202 | Intro to Women's Studies | ||||
| WRIT 103 | Rhetoric and Writing | ||||
| WRIT 110 | Academic Persuasions |