Browse general education course offerings.
Fine Arts
Creativity, imagination
| Course Number | Course Title |
|---|---|
| ARTE 303 | Stimulating Creative Behavior |
| ARTH 103 | Art Appreciation |
| ARTH 125A | Introduction to Visual and Material Culture: Play |
| ARTH 125B | Introduction to Visual and Material Culture: Bodies |
| ARTH 125C | Introduction to Visual and Material Culture: Power and Propaganda |
| ARTH 346 | Modernisms I |
| ARTH 347 | Themes in Contemporary Art and Design I |
| ARTH 387 | Theories of Art and Culture |
| ARTS 270 | Introduction to Ceramics |
| DANC 140 | Art of The Dance |
| DANC 225 | Dance History: Ancient Civilization to Early 1900s |
| DANC 325 | Dance History: 20th and 21st Centuries |
| FA 110 | Introduction to the Fine Arts |
| FA 301 | An Introduction to Entrepreneurship in the Arts |
| FA 321 | Avant-Garde Art, Film, Rock Music and Subcultures |
| MUSC 113 | Music in Context |
| MUSC 160 | What to Listen for in Music |
| MUSC 162 | World Music |
| MUSC 334 | History of Music I |
| MUSC 335 | History of Music II |
| MUSC 346 | Styles of Jazz |
| THEA 143 | The Art of the Theater |
| THEA 221 | Oral Interpretation |
| THEA 241 | Improvisation and Theatre Games |
| THEA 243 | Acting I |
| THEA 260 | History of Musical Theatre |
| THEA 385 | Theatre as a Mirror of Today's America |
| THEA 516 | Scriptwriting I |
| THEA 517 | Scriptwriting II |
| THEA 624 | Theatre History II |
Humanities
Life of the mind, human experience
| Course Number | Course Title |
|---|---|
| COMM 190 | Introduction to Human Communication |
| COMM 221 | Oral Interpretation |
| COMM 302 | Interpersonal Communication |
| COMM 312 | Nonverbal Communication |
| COMM 313 | Argumentation and Advocacy |
| COMM 321 | Introduction to Film Studies |
| COMM 335 | International and Intercultural Communication |
| COMM 430 | Communication Research and Inquiry |
| COMM 535 | Communication Analysis and Criticism |
| COMM 631 | Historical and Theoretical Issues in Communication |
| ENGL 152 | Language of Food |
| ENGL 230 | Exploring Literature |
| ENGL 232I | Crime, Mystery and Detection |
| ENGL 232K | Images of Insanity |
| ENGL 232Q | The Midwestern Identity |
| ENGL 232R | Horror and the Supernatural |
| ENGL 232T | Hip-Hop and Culture |
| ENGL 241 | Jane Austen and Popular Culture |
| ENGL 252 | Modern American Writers |
| ENGL 273 | Science Fiction |
| ENGL 276 | The Literature of Sports |
| ENGL 277 | The Detective Story |
| ENGL 278 | Literary Representations of LGBTQ + Culture |
| ENGL 285 | Introduction to Creative Writing |
| ENGL 310 | Nature of Poetry |
| ENGL 315 | Introduction to English Linguistics |
| ENGL 320 | The Nature of Drama |
| ENGL 323 | World Literature |
| ENGL 330 | The Nature of Fiction |
| ENGL 340 | Shakespeare |
| ENGL 343 | Great Plains Literature |
| ENGL 360 | Major British Writers I |
| ENGL 361 | Major British Writers II |
| ENGL 362 | Major American Writers I |
| ENGL 363 | Major American Writers II |
| ENGL 365 | African-American Literature |
| ENGL 377 | Graphic Novels |
| ENGL 378 | Technologies of the Book |
| ENGL 379 | Storytelling, Video Games, and Literature |
| ENGL 517 | Scriptwriting I |
| ENGL 518 | Scriptwriting II |
| ENGL 579 | Introduction to Digital Humanities |
| FREN 210 | Intermediate French |
| FREN 210H | Intermediate French Honors |
| FREN 223 | Intermediate French Readings I |
| FREN 223H | Intermediate French Readings I Honors |
| FREN 300 | Intermediate French Readings II |
| FREN 300H | Intermediate French Readings II Honors |
| GERM 210 | Intermediate German I |
| GERM 224 | Intermediate German II |
| GERM 300 | Intermediate German Readings |
| HIST 100 | The Human Adventure: World Civilization Since 1500 |
| HIST 101 | World Civilization to 1500 |
| HIST 102 | History of Western Civilization Since 1648 |
| HIST 131 | History of the United States: Colonial to 1865 |
| HIST 132 | History of the United States Since 1865 |
| HIST 306 | The U.S. Century: Decades of Change |
| HIST 314 | English History |
| HIST 317 | The Holocaust |
| HIST 320 | Russian History Survey |
| HIST 321 | The Vietnam Conflict |
| HIST 330 | The Americans: Conflict and Consensus in the Development of American Society and Culture |
| HIST 333 | Ethnic America 20th Century |
| HIST 340 | World War II |
| HIST 501 | American Colonies |
| HIST 502 | American Revolution and the Early Republic |
| HIST 503 | Age of Jefferson & Jackson |
| HIST 504 | Civil War |
| HIST 505 | The United States, 1865 to 1920 |
| HIST 508 | United States Since 1945 |
| HIST 511 | Women in Early America, 1600-1830 |
| HIST 512 | Women and Reform in America, 1830-Present |
| HIST 513 | History of United States and the Modern Middle East |
| HIST 517 | Constitutional History of the United States |
| HIST 517H | Constitutional History of the United States Honors |
| HIST 518 | Constitutional History of the United States |
| HIST 518H | Constitutional History of the United States Honors |
| HIST 522 | Diplomatic History of the United States Since 1900 |
| HIST 525 | American Military History |
| HIST 528 | History of Wichita |
| HIST 531 | American Environmental History |
| HIST 535 | History of Kansas |
| HIST 536 | Survey of American Indian History |
| HIST 541 | Modern France |
| HIST 566 | Medieval History 500-1200 |
| HIST 567 | Medieval History 1200-1500 |
| HIST 575 | Italian Renaissance |
| HIST 576 | The Reformations: From Heresies to Diversity |
| HIST 581 | Europe 1789-1870 |
| HIST 582 | Europe 1871-1945 |
| HIST 588 | History of Early Russia |
| HIST 589 | History of Imperial Russia |
| HIST 592 | History of Soviet Union |
| HIST 593 | Former Soviet Union |
| HNRS 105G | War: Strategic Studies |
| HNRS 305J | Minds and Machines |
| HNRS 305R | Philosophy of Space Exploration |
| HNRS 305S | American Law and Film |
| HNRS 305T | The Invention of Latin America |
| HNRS 305U | The Power of Storytelling |
| HNRS 305V | Language and Community |
| HNRS 305W | Women in Tech: Historical, Social and Philosophical Perspectives |
| HNRS 351 | Survey of Leadership |
| HNRS 352 | Survey of Law & Public Policy |
| HNRS 405E | The Calamitous 14th Century |
| HNRS 405F | Walling the Self: Dwelling and Identity in Early Lit |
| HNRS 405G | After the Fall: The Search for Identity from Classical to Modern Literature |
| LASI 300 | Global Issues |
| LATN 223 | Intermediate Latin |
| LING 151 | Nature of Language |
| LING 152 | Language of Food |
| LING 315 | Introduction to English Linguistics |
| PHIL 100 | Meaning of Philosophy |
| PHIL 100H | Meaning of Philosophy Honors |
| PHIL 105 | Critical Reasoning |
| PHIL 125 | Introductory Logic |
| PHIL 125H | Introductory Logic Honors |
| PHIL 144 | Moral Issues |
| PHIL 300 | Science and the Modern World |
| PHIL 300H | Science and the Modern World Honors |
| PHIL 302 | Values & the Modern World |
| PHIL 305 | Analytic Philosophy |
| PHIL 306 | Business Ethics |
| PHIL 311 | Philosophy of Law |
| PHIL 311H | Philosophy of Law Honors |
| PHIL 313 | Political Philosophy |
| PHIL 327 | Bioethics |
| PHIL 331 | Ancient Greek Philosophy |
| PHIL 338 | Philosophy of Feminism |
| PHIL 341 | Contemporary Ethics |
| PHIL 342 | History of Ethics |
| PHIL 346 | Philosophy of Religion |
| PHIL 354 | Ethics and Computers |
| PHIL 360 | Ethical Theory |
| PHIL 361 | Metaethics |
| PHIL 365 | Survey of Asian Philosophy |
| PHIL 385 | Engineering Ethics |
| PHIL 530 | Ethics of Space Exploration |
| PHIL 577 | Philosophy of The Arts |
| REL 110 | Old Testament |
| REL 115 | New Testament |
| REL 327 | Magic, Witchcraft and Religion |
| REL 420 | Women and the Bible |
| REL 576 | The Reformations: From Heresies to Diversity |
| SPAN 210 | Intermediate Spanish |
| SPAN 223 | Selected Spanish Readings |
| SPAN 223H | Selected Spanish Readings Honors |
| SPAN 300 | Intermediate Spanish Readings |
| WOMS 190 | Diverse Women in Popular Culture |
| WOMS 287 | Women in Society: Social Issues |
| WOMS 306 | Introduction to Gender Studies |
| WOMS 316 | Men and Masculinities |
| WOMS 338 | Philosophy of Feminism |
| WOMS 361 | Gender, Work and Culture |
| WOMS 365 | Gender and Digital Culture |
| WOMS 385 | Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender Studies |
| WOMS 387 | Women in Society: Cultural Images |
| WOMS 389 | Gender, Science and Technology |
| WOMS 391 | Women's Global Issues |
| WOMS 392 | Gender and Popular Music |
| WOMS 399 | Asian American Women and Men |
| WOMS 420 | Women and the Bible |
| WOMS 513 | Issues and Perspectives on African Women and Globalism |
| WOMS 516 | Sociology of Gender |
| WOMS 534 | Psychology of Women |
| WOMS 541 | Women, Children and Poverty |
| WOMS 571 | Contemporary Issues and Perspectives: LGBTQ |
| WOMS 588 | Gender, Race and the West/East Divide |
Social and Behavioral Sciences
Human behavior, development, organization
| Course Number | Course Title |
|---|---|
| AGE 404 | Psychology of Aging |
| AGE 405 | Sociology of Aging |
| AGE 512 | Diversity and Aging |
| ANTH 102 | Cultural Anthropology |
| ANTH 103 | Introduction to Archaeology |
| ANTH 200 | Intercultural Relations |
| ANTH 303 | World Cultures |
| ANTH 305 | World Archaeology |
| ANTH 318 | Psychological Anthropology |
| ANTH 327 | Magic, Witchcraft and Religion |
| ANTH 335 | Archaeology of North America |
| ANTH 344 | Ecological Anthropology |
| ANTH 352 | Linguistic Anthropology |
| ANTH 416 | Archaeology of Sex and Gender |
| ANTH 555 | Paleoanthropology and Human Paleontology |
| ARTS 211 | Introduction to Community and Social Practice |
| ARTS 211H | Introduction to Community and Social Practice Honors |
| ARTS 312 | Community Arts Engagement |
| ARTS 312H | Community Arts Engagement Honors |
| ARTS 322 | Video, Sound and Performance |
| ARTS 324 | Art and Social Media |
| CESP 334 | Introduction to Diversity: Human Growth and Development |
| CJ 191 | Introduction to Criminal Justice |
| CJ 315 | Criminal Law |
| CJ 351 | The Victim in Criminal Justice |
| CJ 355 | Special Populations in the Criminal Justice System |
| CJ 394 | Courts & Judicial Systems |
| CJ 513 | Violent Crime |
| CJ 518 | Criminal Justice and Crime in Film |
| CJ 593 | Crime Causation and Criminal Justice Policy |
| CJ 652 | Juvenile Justice and Social Policy |
| COMM 130 | Communication and Society |
| ECON 201 | Principles of Macroeconomics |
| ECON 201H | Principles of Macroeconomics Honors |
| ECON 202 | Principles of Microeconomics |
| ENTR 310 | The Entrepreneurial Experience |
| ENTR 440 | New Venture Feasibility Analysis |
| ETHS 100 | Introduction to Ethnic Studies |
| ETHS 360 | Dealing with Diversity |
| ETHS 399 | Asian American Women and Men |
| ETHS 512 | Diversity and Aging |
| GEOG 125 | Principles of Human Geography |
| GEOG 210 | Introduction to World Geography |
| GEOG 530 | Geography of Latin America |
| GEOG 542 | Geography of Europe |
| HNRS 106AB | Parks, People and Place: Exploring Our National Parks |
| HNRS 152F | Leadership Challenge |
| HNRS 306G | Alternative Break: Service Leadership |
| HNRS 406B | Leading for Change in an Unpredictable World |
| HNRS 406C | Making Social Impact |
| HNRS 406D | Service Learning: Namibia HIV/AIDS and Food Security Service |
| HP 310 | Introduction to the U.S. Health Services System |
| HP 326 | Emerging Health Care Issues of the 21st Century |
| HP 408 | Leadership in Self and Society |
| HP 408H | Leadership in Self and Society Honors |
| IB 333 | International Business |
| ID 300 | Design Thinking & Innovation |
| ID 301 | Leadership is Essential Seminar |
| POLS 121 | American Politics |
| POLS 121H | American Politics Honors |
| POLS 220 | Introduction to International Relations |
| POLS 226 | Comparative Politics |
| POLS 305 | Environmental Politics |
| POLS 310 | Latin American Politics |
| POLS 315 | The Presidency |
| POLS 315H | The Presidency Honors |
| POLS 316 | Legislative Politics |
| POLS 319 | State Government |
| POLS 320 | Developing World |
| POLS 336 | International Organizations |
| POLS 337 | Conflict Analysis |
| POLS 337H | Conflict Analysis Honors |
| POLS 352 | Law and Political Power |
| POLS 352H | Law and Political Power Honors |
| POLS 356 | Civil Liberties |
| POLS 356H | Civil Liberties Honors |
| POLS 380 | Parties and Elections |
| POLS 380H | Parties and Elections Honors |
| POLS 385 | Democracy and Authoritarianism |
| POLS 390F | Lobbyists and Interest Groups |
| POLS 390G | Presidential Nominations |
| POLS 391L | Democracy and Authoritarianism |
| POLS 391P | Public Opinion and Political Psychology |
| POLS 391R | Space Politics |
| POLS 395 | U.S. Foreign Policy |
| PSY 111 | General Psychology |
| PSY 111H | General Psychology Honors |
| PSY 320 | Biological Psychology |
| PSY 321 | Psychology of Learning |
| PSY 322 | Cognitive Psychology |
| PSY 323 | Social Psychology |
| PSY 323H | Social Psychology Honors |
| PSY 324 | Psychology of Personality |
| PSY 324H | Psychology of Personality Honors |
| PSY 325 | Developmental Psychology |
| PSY 404 | Psychology of Aging |
| PSY 406 | Introduction to Community Psychology |
| PSY 409 | Psychology of Perception |
| PSY 410 | Substance Use & Abuse |
| PSY 413 | Leadership in Self and Society |
| PSY 413H | Leadership in Self and Society Honors |
| PSY 414 | Child Psychology |
| PSY 416 | Psychology and Problems of Society |
| PSY 534 | Psychology of Women |
| SCWK 201 | Introduction to Social Work and Social Welfare |
| SCWK 304 | Social Diversity and Ethics |
| SCWK 385 | Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender Studies |
| SCWK 541 | Women, Children and Poverty |
| SCWK 571 | Contemporary Issues and Perspectives: LGBTQ |
| SOC 111 | Introduction to Sociology |
| SOC 306 | Introduction to Gender Studies |
| SOC 315 | Marriage and Families |
| SOC 316 | Men and Masculinities |
| SOC 319 | Sociology of Sexualities |
| SOC 320 | Contemporary Social Problems |
| SOC 322 | Deviant Behavior |
| SOC 325 | Parenting |
| SOC 326 | Sociology of Race & Ethnicity |
| SOC 330 | Social Inequality |
| SOC 332 | Media Through a Sociological Lens |
| SOC 337 | Young Women's Health |
| SOC 338 | Health & Lifestyle |
| SOC 346 | Sociology of Globalization |
| SOC 350 | Social Interaction |
| SOC 405 | Sociology of Aging |
| SOC 515 | Family Diversity |
| SOC 516 | Sociology of Gender |
| SOC 528 | Schools and Society |
| SOC 534 | Urban Sociology |
| SOC 538 | Medical Sociology |
| SOC 539 | Juvenile Delinquency |
Mathematics and Natural Sciences
Discovery, patterns, observing nature
| Course Number | Course Title |
|---|---|
| ANTH 101 | Biological Anthropology |
| ANTH 356 | Human Variability and Adaptation |
| ANTH 356H | Human Variability and Adaptation Honors |
| BIOL 106 | The Human Organism |
| BIOL 107 | The Human Organism Laboratory |
| BIOL 210 | General Biology I |
| BIOL 211 | General Biology II |
| BIOL 220 | Introduction to Microbiology |
| BIOL 223 | Human Anatomy and Physiology |
| BIOL 309 | Foundations of Human Heredity |
| BIOL 309H | Foundations of Human Heredity Honors |
| BIOL 310 | Human Reproduction: Issues and Perspectives |
| BIOL 360 | How Evolution Explains the Living World |
| BIOL 370 | Introductory Environmental Science |
| CHEM 103 | Introductory General, Organic and Biochemistry |
| CHEM 211 | General Chemistry I |
| CHEM 212 | General Chemistry II |
| CHEM 514 | Inorganic Chemistry |
| CHEM 523 | Analytical Chemistry |
| CHEM 531 | Organic Chemistry I |
| CHEM 545 | Physical Chemistry I |
| CHEM 661 | Principles of Biochemistry |
| GEOG 235 | Meteorology |
| GEOL 102 | Earth Science and the Environment |
| GEOL 111 | General Geology |
| GEOL 200 | Introduction to Environment and Sustainability |
| GEOL 235 | Meteorology |
| GEOL 300 | Energy, Resources and Environment |
| GEOL 302 | Earth and Space Sciences |
| GEOL 310 | Oceanography |
| GEOL 312 | Historical Geology |
| GEOL 570 | Biogeology |
| GEOL 574C | Micropaleontology |
| HNRS 153B | The Dynamic Universe |
| HNRS 153T | Big Bang, Black Holes, the Fate of the Universe |
| HNRS 307C | Aviation and Spaceflight Physiology |
| HP 105 | Introduction to Public Health |
| HP 330 | Cancer: Perspectives and Controversies |
| HP 430 | Impact of Disease Upon Global Events |
| HS 290 | Foundational Human Anatomy and Physiology |
| MATH 144 | Business Calculus |
| MATH 242 | Calculus I |
| MATH 242H | Calculus I Honors |
| MATH 243 | Calculus II |
| MATH 243H | Calculus II Honors |
| MATH 344 | Calculus III |
| MATH 344H | Calculus III Honors |
| MATH 531 | Introduction to the History of Mathematics |
| MATH 531H | Introduction to the History of Mathematics Honors |
| PC 105 | Introduction to Computers and Applications |
| PHYS 111 | Introductory Physics |
| PHYS 131 | Physics for Health Sciences |
| PHYS 195 | Introduction to Modern Astronomy |
| PHYS 210 | Physics of Sound |
| PHYS 213 | General College Physics I |
| PHYS 214 | General College Physics II |
| PHYS 313 | Physics for Scientists I |
| PHYS 314 | Physics for Scientists II |
| PHYS 315 | University Physics Lab I |
| PHYS 316 | University Physics Lab II |
| PHYS 395 | Solar System Astronomy |
| STAT 370 | Elementary Statistics |
| STAT 460 | Elementary Probability and Mathematical Statistics |
| STAT 571 | Statistical Methods I |
| STAT 572 | Statistical Methods II |
| STAT 576 | Applied Nonparametric Statistical Methods |
First-Year Seminar Courses: Fall Semester
| Course Number | Course Title |
|---|---|
| WSUA 102D | Cross Cultural Communication |
| WSUA 102E | World Cultures in Popular Media |
| WSUA 102F | Cooking Communities: Food and Culture in the Hispanic World |
| WSUA 102G | Latinos in the US and the Midwest |
| WSUA 102J | Fundamentals of Diversity |
| WSUA 102M | History of Rock and Roll |
| WSUA 102O | Career, Life and the Humanities Geek! |
| WSUA 102P | Imagining Climate Change |
| WSUA 102Q | Criminalistic Methods: What Would Sherlock Holmes Do? |
| WSUA 102T | This Is Us, Who Are You? Family in Modern America |
| WSUA 102U | Building a Sustainable Planet |
| WSUB 102B | The Business of You |
| WSUE 102C | Community Connection: Teamwork Makes the Dream Work |
| WSUD 102A | Superheroes Go To School |
| WSUD 102B | Race and Ethnicity in Modern America |
| WSUD 102C | Creativity and Problem Solving |
| WSUD 102D | Finding Fitness, Fun and Food |
| WSUD 102E | Monsters in Movies: Disability in the Horror Genre |
| WSUE 102A | Introduction to Technology and Innovation |
| WSUE 102B | Innovations of World War II |
| WSUF 102A | Music Really Does Make You Smarter |
| WSUF 102C | Seminar in Creativity and Play: Yes, Really! |
| WSUH 102A | Food, Culture, and Privilege |
| WSUH 102B | Leadership and Self Discovery |
| WSUN 102A | Election 2020 |
| WSUN 102C | Creative Discovery |
| WSUN 102 | |
| WSUN 102D | Discovering Humanity |
| WSUN 102E | Me and My Place in the World |