First-Year Course Offerings — Fall 2026

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ALST 199 Entangled Intimacies: Introduction to Africana and Latin American Studies
ALST 242 Religions of Resistance: Gender, Sexuality and Performance in the Caribbean
ALST 245 Dirty South
ALST 256 Empire and Its Afterlives: Caribbean Literature and Society
ANTH 102 Culture, Diversity, and Inequality
ANTH 103 Introduction to Archaeology
ANTH 205 Archaeology of Warfare
ARAB 121 Elementary Arabic I
ARAB 201 Intermediate Arabic I ARAB 122 Prereq or prereq override required
ARTH 105 Introduction to Architecture in Cultural Context
ARTH 110 Global Contemporary Art
ARTH 236 Art and Politics in the 19th Century
ARTS 133 Eco-Art
ARTS 201 Digital Studio: Code, Recipes, Spells: Magic and Technology See revised description
ARTS 211 Drawing See revised description
ARTS 223 Analogue Filmmaking ARTS-223L Seniors need class year override
ARTS 223L Required Film Screening ARTS-223
ARTS 264 Sculpture: Material & Process
ASIA 200 Centering Asia
ASTR 101 Solar System Astronomy
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 Not open to students who have taken a higher level CHIN language course beyond high school.
CHIN 201 Intermediate Chinese I CHIN 122 or equivalent experience; Not open to students who have taken a higher level CHIN language course beyond high school. Prereq or prereq override required
CLAS 230 Classical Mythology
CLAS 237 Roman History I: The Roman Republic
CORE 111 Conversations
CORE C125 American Jews Students may not take more than 1 CORE Communities course
CORE C127 Prisons Students may not take more than 1 CORE Communities course
CORE C131 Native Oklahoma Students may not take more than 1 CORE Communities course
CORE C145 Dirty South Students may not take more than 1 CORE Communities course
CORE C157 France Students may not take more than 1 CORE Communities course
CORE C165 China Students may not take more than 1 CORE Communities course
CORE C173 Ethiopia Students may not take more than 1 CORE Communities course
CORE C177 Peru Students may not take more than 1 CORE Communities course
CORE C181 Arabs Students may not take more than 1 CORE Communities course
CORE C183 The Middle East Students may not take more than 1 CORE Communities course
CORE C193 Brazil Students may not take more than 1 CORE Communities course
CORE S110 Discovering Biology: Hormones Students may not take more than 1 CORE Sciences course See revised description
CORE S111 Tuberculosis: Disease in Society and Science Students may not take more than 1 CORE Sciences course
CORE S112 Science of Relationships Students may not take more than 1 CORE Sciences course
CORE S121 How to Lie with Maps Students may not take more than 1 CORE Sciences course
CORE S131 Scientific In-queery Students may not take more than 1 CORE Sciences course
CORE S137 Authoritarianism by the Numbers Students may not take more than 1 CORE Sciences course
CORE S140 Language and Cognition Students may not take more than 1 CORE Sciences course
CORE S176 Natural Disasters: Science, Media and Movies Students may not take more than 1 CORE Sciences course
CORE S194 Electrons and Our Civilization Students may not take more than 1 CORE Sciences course
COSC 101 Introduction for Computing I COSC-101L
COSC 101L Introduction for Computing I Lab COSC-101
COSC 102 Introduction for Computing II COSC-102L COSC 101 or equivalent programming experience. Prereq or prereq override required
COSC 102L Introduction for Computing II Lab COSC-102
ECON 151 Introduction to Economics
EDUC 101 The American School
ENGL 156 Empire and Its Afterlives: Caribbean Literature and Society
ENGL 157 The Jazz Age
ENGL 200 British Literary Traditions
ENGL 201 American Texts and Contexts
ENGL 202 Writers of Color Across the Globe: Literature and Decolonization
ENGL 217 Introductory Workshop in Creative Writing
ENGL 219 American Literature and the Environment: Land Justice in Story and Action See revised description
ENGL 266 Introduction to Theater History: Rituals & Revolutions
ENST 200 Environmental Science: Challenges and Solutions ENST-200L
ENST 202 Environmental Ethics Juniors and Seniors need class year override
ENST 219 American Literature and the Environment: Land Justice in Story and Action See revised description
FMST 200 Introduction to Film and Media Studies FMST-200L
FMST 200L Required Film Screening FMST-200
FREN 121 Introduction to French Language & Culture I Not open to students with more than 1 year of high school study or who have taken a higher level FREN course 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; Seniors need class year override
FREN 122 Introduction to French Language & Culture II Not open to students with more than 2 years of high school study or who have taken a higher level FREN course 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; Seniors need class year override
FREN 201 Intermediate French: Conversation and Composition Not open to students with more than 3 years of high school study or who have taken a higher level FREN 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 Not open to students with more than 5 years of high school study or who have taken a higher level FREN course
FREN 352 Introduction to Literature in French: Birth of the Modern Not open to students who have taken a 400-level FREN course
FREN 354 Introduction to Literature in French: The Francophone World Not open to students who have taken a 400-level FREN course
FREN 361 Advanced French Composition, Grammar, and Conversation Must be taken on campus to fulfill major or minor requirements. Not typically open to students with a score of 5 on AP language exam, but students concerned about proper placement should contact the instructor.
GEOG 105 Climate and Society
GEOG 108 Digital Earth
GEOG 122 The City
GEOL 102 Sustainable Earth This course can not be taken during the same semester as another GEOL course with a course number less than 150
GEOL 105 Megageology This course can not be taken during the same semester as another GEOL course with a course number less than 150
GEOL 135 Oceanography and the Environment This course can not be taken during the same semester as another GEOL course with a course number less than 150
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: Germany in Europe GERM 122 or equivalent
GERM 202 Intermediate German II: Germanophone Europe GERM 201 or equivalent
GERM 351 Introduction to German Literary Studies GERM 202 or equivalent
GPEH 100 Introduction to Global Public and Environmental Health
GREK 122 Elementary Classical Greek II GREK 121
HEBR 121 Elementary Hebrew I
HIST 105 Introduction to the Modern Middle East
HIST 199 History Workshop
HIST 202 Europe in the Middle Ages, c. 300 - 1500
HIST 203 Age of the American Revolution
HIST 209 The Atlantic World, 1492 - 1800
HIST 211 Women's Rights in US History
HIST 218 The African American Struggle for Freedom and Democracy
HIST 223 The American West
HIST 233 The French Revolution: Old Regime, Revolution, and Napoleonic Empire, 1770-1815
HIST 254 History of Coffee and Cigarettes
HIST 265 War and Violence in East Asia
HIST 272 War and Holocaust in Europe
HIST 275 Between Homelands and Promised Lands: The Modern Jewish Experience
ITAL 121 Elementary Italian I Not open to students who have studied Italian One-hour web-based work required weekly, to be completed independently outside of class as assigned by the instructor; Seniors need class year override.
ITAL 201 Intermediate Italian Not open to students with more than 3 years of study, a placement score higher than 4, or who have taken a higher level ITAL course One-hour web-based work required weekly, to be completed independently outside of class as assigned by the instructor.
ITAL 354 Modern Italian Culture At least four years of high school Italian or ITAL 202. Not open to students who have taken a 400-level ITAL course
JAPN 121 Elementary Japanese I Not open to students who have taken a higher level JAPN language course beyond high school.
JAPN 201 Intermediate Japanese I JAPN 122or equivalent experience; Not open to students who have taken a higher level JAPN language course beyond high school. Prereq or prereq override required
JAPN 222 Japan through Literature and Film
JWST 226 Reason, Religion, & God
JWST 275 Between Homelands and Promised Lands: The Modern Jewish Experience
LATN 121 Elementary Latin I
LATN 122 Elementary Latin II LATN 121
LGBT 220 An Exploration into LGBTQ Studies: Lives, Communities, and Modes of Critical Inquiry
LGBT 242 Religions of Resistance: Gender, Sexuality and Performance in the Caribbean
MATH 105 Introduction to Statistics Three years of secondary school mathematics; Not open to students who have either received credit for or are currently enrolled in CORE 143S or CORE S143 or MATH 240 or MATH 354 or MATH 416 or MATH 454
MATH 161 Calculus I Three years of high school mathematics, including trigonometry
MATH 162 Calculus II MATH 161 with a grade of C or higher
MATH 163 Calculus III (MATH 162 with a grade of C or higher) or (MATH 161 with a grade of B- or higher AND concurrent enrollment in PHYS 232) Students using prior high school experience for the prereq must submit an override request to obtain permission to register.
MIST 210 Arabic Literature in Translation
MIST 215 Comparative Politics: Middle East
MUSI 101 The Beatles
MUSI 103 Musicianship and Songwriting
MUSI 120 World Music
MUSI 151 The Musical Experience (H&A)
MUSI 203 Harmony I MUSI-203L Music background recommended
MUSI 215 Music History I: Medieval through Baroque Periods Music background preferred
MUSI 217 Chamber Players I Audition required only for new students. Returning Chamber Players may register without permission
MUSI 230 University Orchestra I Violins will also meet M 7:00-9:30 p.m. in Dana 122
MUSI 232 Colgate Concert Jazz Ensemble I
MUSI 234 University Chorus I
NAST 244 Indigenous Writing & Rhetoric
NEUR 170 Introduction to Neuroscience
PCON 201 Processes of Peace & Conflict: Histories, Theories, Technologies Declared junior and senior majors/minors may request a class year override
PCON 202 Practices of Peace & Conflict: Politics, Cultures, Societies Declared junior and senior majors/minors may request a class year overrride
PHED 000 Physical Education
PHIL 101 Introduction to Philosophical Problems
PHIL 111 Ethics
PHIL 202 Environmental Ethics Juniors and Seniors need class year override
PHIL 225 Logic I
PHYS 111 Fundamental Physics I PHYS-111L
PHYS 111L Fundamental Physics I Lab PHYS-111
PHYS 125 How Physics Sees the World: Atmosphere and Climate PHYS-125L This course is required for students planning to major in physics, physics-astronomy, or physical science, and for students interested in pre-engineering.
PHYS 125 How Physics Sees the World: Electromagnetic Universe PHYS-125L This course is required for students planning to major in physics, physics-astronomy, or physical science, and for students interested in pre-engineering.
PHYS 125 How Physics Sees the World: Naophysics PHYS-125L This course is required for students planning to major in physics, physics-astronomy, or physical science, and for students interested in pre-engineering.
PHYS 125L How Physics Sees the World Lab PHYS-125
POSC 150 Introduction to American Politics
POSC 151 Politics and Moral Vision
POSC 153 Introduction to Comparative Politics
POSC 214 Comparative Politics: East and Southeast Asia (CO)
POSC 215 Comparative Politics: Middle East (CO)
POSC 232 Fundamentals of International Relations Students who have taken POSC 152 are not eligible to take POSC 232. (IREL majors who took POSC 152 prior to declaring may request a prereq override for POSC 232.)
POSC 260 Foundations of Political Thought
PSYC 150 Introduction to Psychological Science Juniors and Seniors need instructor permission
RELG 101 The World's Religions
RELG 201 Hinduism
RELG 210 Body, Blood, and Belief: Introduction to Christianity
RELG 226 Reason, Religion, and God
RELG 227 Visual and Material Religion
RELG 243 Culture Wars! Religion in America See revised description
RELG 247 Death and Afterlife: Ghosts, Demons & Ancestors in Asian Religions See revised description
RELG 254 AI and God: Reconciling Science, Religion, Artificial Intelligence
REST 121 Elementary Russian I
REST 201 Intermediate Russian I
REST 214 Russian and Soviet Film: Art, Politics, History
REST 306 Advanced Russian REST 202
SOCI 101 Introduction to Sociology
SPAN 121 Elementary Spanish I Not open to students with more than 1 year of high school study or who have taken a higher level SPAN course. One-hour web-based work required weekly, to be completed independently outside of class as assigned by by instructor; See course description for placement information; Seniors need class year override
SPAN 122 Elementary Spanish II Not open to students with more than 2 years of high school study or who have taken a higher level SPAN course. One hour web-based work req'd weekly, to be completed independently outside of class as assigned by instr; See course description for placement info; Seniors need class year override
SPAN 201 Intermediate Spanish Not open to students with more than 3 years of high school study or who have taken a higher level SPAN course. 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 Not open to students with more than 4 years of high school study or who have taken a higher level SPAN course.
SPAN 352 Spanish Literature: Love and Honor in the Golden Age Not open to students who have taken a 400-level SPAN course
SPAN 355 The Many Voices of Latin American Literature: from Modernismo to the 21st Century Not open to students who have taken a 400-level SPAN course
SPAN 356 Spanish through Linguistics Not open to students who have taken a 400-level SPAN course
SPAN 361 Advanced Composition and Stylistics Not open to students who have taken a 400-level SPAN course Not open to students with a score of 5 on AP language exam, except by permission of instructor. Must be taken on campus to fulfill major or minor requirements.
THEA 250 Stagecraft THEA-250L Juniors and seniors need instructor permission
THEA 252 Scenic Design
THEA 253 Costume Design
THEA 254 Acting I
THEA 266 Global Theater Paradigms I
THEA 271 Introduction to Contemporary Dance
THEA 276 Playwriting I
THEA 371 Studio Dance Concert THEA 271 Prereq or prereq override required
WGSS 202 Women’s, Gender and Sexuality Studies
WRIT 102 Introduction to Rhetoric in the Liberal Arts Tradition
WRIT 103 Rhetoric and Writing
WRIT 210 The Rhetoric of Style Seniors must be a declared WRIT, LING, or MUSE minor to register
WRIT 215 Public Speaking
WRIT 232 Digital Narrative Craft
WRIT 244 Indigenous Writing & Rhetoric