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Course | Title | Co-Req | Restrictions | Pre-Req | Notes |
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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 |