Elective Requirements

Technical Electives

The objective of this requirement is to expand the student’s contact with advanced, "state-of-the-art" topics in the major field. This requirement can be satisfied by two of the following courses.

Any SYCS course numbered 300 to 499 (excluding required courses).
Any SYCS Graduate course open to seniors.
EECE-416 Microcomputer Design.
EECE-417 Computer Systems Architecture.
EECE-406 Advanced Digital Systems Design.
Any Mathematics course not required and having a Calculus prerequisite.
INFO-391 Introduction to Information Security.
INFO-393 Network/Internet Security Management.
Other courses approved by the department.

Non-Technical Electives

Six courses, each of at least 3 credits, are required. These six courses must include at least two offered by the same one department, and at least two more offered by another department. Among these courses must be at least one from the University’s African-American Cluster:

AFRO-005 Introduction to Afro-American Studies I, 3
AFST-101 African World: Intro to Contemporary Africa, 3
ARTH-193 Black Body Dress & Culture, 3
ENGL-054 Afro-American Literature to 1940, 3
FASH-102 African-American Dress, 3
HIST-005 Introduction to Black Diaspora I, 3
MUTP-100 Blacks in the Arts, 3
POLS-006 Pan Africanism

Two courses must be from the Divisional Studies A (Humanities) list of the College of Arts and Sciences.

CLAS-101 Greek Literature in English, 3
CLAS-102 Roman Literature in English, 3
CLAS-108 Greek Drama in English, 3
CLAS-109 Classical Mythology, 3
CLAS-113 Women in the Ancient World, 3
FREN-100 Francophone Literature in English, 3
RUSS-100 Great Short Stories, 3
SPAN-100 Hispanic Literature in English, 3

CLAS-014 Introduction to Humanities, 3
CLAS-114 Lyric Poetry in Classical Antiquity, 3
ENGL-009 Tech Writing – Pre-professional, 3
ENGL-168 Modern Caribbean Literature, 3
GERM-101 Literature of Love, 3
HUMA-107 Women in Literature, 3

GERM-100 Individual and Society, 3
GERM-109 Northern Myths and Legends, 3
GERM-111 Classic Films in English, 3
RUSS-109 Slavic Mythology 3

ARTH-161 Art Appreciation, 3
CLAS-103 Classical Art and Archaeology, 3
CLAS-111 Satire and Comedy in the Ancient World, 3
MUSC-100 Introduction to Music, 3
MUTP-100 Blacks in the Arts, 3
THSV-010 Introduction to Theatre, 3

Two courses must be from the Divisional Studies B and C (Social Sciences) lists of the College of Arts and Sciences.

AFRO-005 Introduction to Afro-American Studies I, 3
ANTH-110 Introduction to Anthropology I, 3
CLAS-104 Greek Civilization, 3
CLAS-105 Roman Civilization, 3
ECON-001 Principles of Economics I, 3
GERM-145 German Culture, 3
HIST-001 Introduction to the Study of Civilization I, 3
HIST-005 Introduction to Black Diaspora I, 3
HIST-009 U.S. History to 1877, 3
HIST-010 U.S. History since 1877, 3
HIST-040 Introduction to the History of Latin America and the Caribbean to the Mid-19th Century, 3
HIST-041 Introduction to the History of Latin America and the Caribbean since the Mid-19th Century, 3
HIST-050 Introduction to European History, 3
HIST-101 World Geography, 3
HIST-102 Economic Geography, 3
POLS-001 Introduction to Political Science, 3
RUSS-145 Russian Culture I, 3
SOCI-001 Introduction to Sociology, 3
SOCI-160 The Sociology of African Americans, 3

Two courses may be any of the following

Any course from the Divisional Studies A, B, and C lists of the College of Arts and Sciences

Any course from the University’s African-American Cluster

Any course offered by the following departments

African Studies

Afro-American Studies

Anthropology

Classics

Economics

English (excluding required courses)

History

Philosophy (excluding Symbolic Logic)

Political Science

Sociology

Any foreign language course at "Level II" or higher, or a "Level I" course provided that a more advanced course in the same language is included

Any of the following courses

Comprehensive Sciences COMP-001, The Life Sciences

Comprehensive Sciences COMP-002, Planetary Science

Music MUSB-002, Introduction to Theory

Nutritional Sciences NUTR-160, Nutrition

Photography ARTP-050, Basic Photography

Physical Education PHED-153, Human Sexuality

Psychology PSYC-050, Introduction to Psychology

Psychology PSYC-125, General Social Psychology

Any other course recommended in writing by the student’s academic advisor and approved by the department chairperson.

Free Electives

The purpose of this requirement is to allow the student to choose any course that will extend her or his education. At least three credits are required. These credits may come from more than one course. Courses offered by the Center for Academic Reinforcement (ACAD) may NOT be used to satisfy this requirement.