ASSOCIATE OF ARTS AND SCIENCE DEGREE
CHECKLIST OF REQUIREMENTS
This file presents a list of courses commonly offered at UWMC organized
in the form of a detailed checklist of the degree requirements.
Before beginning read the general description of the degree requirements
can be found in another page, located
here.
Use this checklist in consultation with your Student Services Advisor
to plan your degree and check your progress prior to registering each
semester.
I. CORE REQUIREMENTS
A grade of C or better in or exemption from the following:
Semester Credits
Writing- English 102 _______ ______
Mathematics-MAT 108 or 110 _______ ______
The writing and mathematics requirements and their prerequisites may not be used
to satisfy a breadth requirement when used to satisfy a core requirement.
II. BREADTH CATEGORIES
A. FINE ARTS AND HUMANITIES
A student must earn a minimum of nine (9) credits with at least one course
designated as Fine Arts and at least one course designated as humanities.
FINE ARTS COURSES [minimum of one (1) course]
Semester Credits
ART 187 SURVEY OF MODERN ART 3 _______ _______
ART 188 SURVEY OF MODERN ARCHITECTURE AND DESIGN 3 _______ _______
COM 130 INTRO TO THEATER 3 _______ _______
COM 150 INTRODUCTION TO FILM 3 _______ _______
COM 298 TOPICS IN SPEECH AND ART 3 _______ _______
MUS 171 MUSIC THEORY I 5 _______ _______
MUS 172 MUSIC THEORY II 5 _______ _______
MUS 173 MUSIC LITERATURE AND APPRECIATION 3 _______ _______
MUS 174 MUSIC LITERATURE AND APPRECIATION 3 _______ _______
MUS 271 MUSIC THEORY III 5 _______ _______
MUS 272 MUSIC THEORY IV 5 _______ _______
MUS 273 JAZZ HISTORY AND APPRECIATION 2-3 _______ _______
MUS 275 HISTORY OF WESTERN MUSIC 3 _______ _______
MUS 276 HISTORY OF WESTERN MUSIC 3 _______ _______
FA TOTAL __________
HUMANITIES COURSES [minimum of one (1) course]
Semester Credits
COM 230 INTRODUCTION TO ORAL INTERPRETATION 3 _______ _______
ENG 250 INTRODUCTION TO LITERATURE 3 _______ _______
ENG 260 ENGLISH LITERATURE BEFORE 1798 3 _______ _______
ENG 261 ENGLISH LITERATURE AFTER 1798 3 _______ _______
ENG 262 AMERICAN LITERATURE BEFORE 1865 3 _______ _______
ENG 263 AMERICAN LITERATURE AFTER 1865 3 _______ _______
ENG 266 MODERN LITERATURE BEFORE 1945 3 _______ _______
ENG 267 CONTEMPORARY LITERATURE AFTER 1945 3 _______ _______
ENG 278 MULTICULTURAL LITERATURE IN AMERICA 3 _______ _______
ENG 279 WOMEN IN LITERATURE 3 _______ _______
ENG 280 INTRODUCTION TO SHAKESPEARE 3 _______ _______
ENG 370 LITERATURE OF THE NATURAL WORLD 3 _______ _______
GER 201 THIRD SEMESTER GERMAN 4 _______ _______
GER 205 FOURTH SEMESTER GERMAN 4 _______ _______
HIS 119 THE MAKING OF MODERN EUROPE 3 _______ _______
HIS 120 EUROPE AND THE MODERN WORLD _______ _______
1815 TO THE PRESENT 3 _______ _______
HIS 256 COMPARATIVE HISTORY OF FIVE _______ _______
REVOLUTIONS 3 _______ _______
PHI 101 INTRODUCTION TO PHILOSOPHY 3 _______ _______
PHI 102 SOCIAL AND POLITICAL PHILOSOPHY 3 _______ _______
PHI 201 INTRODUCTION TO ASIAN PHILOSOPHY 3 _______ _______
PHI 202 FEMINIST PHILOSOPHY 3 _______ _______
PHI 203 AMERICAN INDIAN PHILOSOPHIES 3 _______ _______
PHI 241 ETHICS 3 _______ _______
PHI 244 ENVIRONMENTAL ETHICS 3 _______ _______
PHI 248 BIOMEDICAL ETHICS 3 _______ _______
PHI 291 RACISM AND RACIAL CATEGORIES 3 _______ _______
SPA 201 THIRD SEMESTER SPANISH 4 _______ _______
SPA 205 FOURTH SEMESTER SPANISH 4 _______ _______
SPA 225 INTERMEDIATE CONVERSATION AND
COMPOSITION 3 _______ _______
SPA 226 INTERMEDIATE CONVERSATION AND
COMPOSITION 3 _______ _______
SPA 237 CHICANO LITERATURE 3 _______ _______
WOM 202 FEMINIST PHILOSOPHY 3 _______ _______
HU TOTAL __________
B. MATHEMATICAL AND NATURAL SCIENCES
A student must earn a minimum of eleven (11) credits in this category.
A minimum of eight (8) of these credits must be in at least two disciplines
of the Natural Sciences, and must include one (1) laboratory science course.
Note: * denotes laboratory science courses
NATURAL SCIENCE COURSES [minimum of eight (8) credits in two (2) disciplines including
at least one (1) lab class]
Semester Credits
Anthropology
ANT 105 INTRODUCTION TO PHYSICAL ANTHROPOLOGY 3 _______ _______
Biological Sciences
BAC 101 GENERAL SURVEY OF MICROBIOLOGY 5*
OR
BAC 303 PROCARYOTIC MICROBIOLOGY (MADISON) 3 _______ _______
BAC 304 PROCARYOTIC MICROBIOLOGY LAB (MADISON) 2* _______ _______
BIO 107 BIOLOGICAL ASPECTS OF CONSERVATION
OF NATURAL RESOURCES 3 _______ _______
BIO 250 PRINCIPLES OF ECOLOGY 4* _______ _______
BIO 260 GENETICS 3* _______ _______
BIO 299 SCIENCE, SOCIETY & GLOBAL CATASTROPHES 3 _______ _______
BOT 100 SURVEY OF BOTANY 3 _______ _______
OR
BOT 130 GENERAL BOTANY 5* _______ _______
PHS 235 HUMAN PHYSIOLOGY 5* _______ _______
ZOO 101 ANIMAL BIOLOGY 5* _______ _______
ZOO 234 HUMAN ANATOMY 3* _______ _______
Chemistry
CHE 123 CHEMISTRY AND SOCIETY 3 _______ _______
OR
CHE 124 NATURAL SCIENCE CHEMISTRY 4* _______ _______
CHE 125 INTRODUCTORY CHEMISTRY 5* _______ _______
OR
CHE 145 GENERAL CHEMISTRY 5* _______ _______
CHE 155 GENERAL CHEMISTRY 5* _______ _______
CHE 203 SURVEY OF BIOCHEMISTRY 3 _______ _______
CHE 211 BIOCHEMISTRY LABORATORY 1* _______ _______
CHE 214 PHYSIOLOGICAL CHEMISTRY 3* _______ _______
CHE 244 QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS 4* _______ _______
CHE 343 INTRODUCTION TO ORGANIC CHEMISTRY 3 _______ _______
CHE 352 INTRODUCTORY ORGANIC CHEMISTRY LAB 2* _______ _______
CHE 363 INTERMEDIATE ORGANIC CHEMISTRY 3 _______ _______
Engineering
GRA 102 ELEMENTS OF DESCRIPTIVE GEOMETRY 3 _______ _______
GRA 113 INTRODUCTION TO DESIGN METHODS AND
GENERAL ENGINEERING GRAPHICS 3 _______ _______
MEC 201 STATICS 3 _______ _______
MEC 202 DYNAMICS 3 _______ _______
Geography
GEO 123 PHYSICAL GEOGRAPHY; WEATHER AND CLIMATE 5* _______ _______
GEO 125 SURVEY OF PHYSICAL GEOGRAPHY 3 _______ _______
GEO 299 SCIENCE, SOCIETY & GLOBAL CATASTROPHES 3 _______ _______
Geology
GLG 101 PHYSICAL GEOLOGY 5* _______ _______
Physics and Astronomy
AST 100 SURVEY OF ASTRONOMY 4* _______ _______
AST 200 GENERAL ASTRONOMY 4* _______ _______
PHY 141 GENERAL PHYSICS 5* _______ _______
PHY 142 GENERAL PHYSICS 5* _______ _______
PHY 201 GENERAL PHYSICS 5* _______ _______
PHY 202 GENERAL PHYSICS 5* _______ _______
PHY 299 SCIENCE, SOCIETY & GLOBAL CATASTROPHES 3 _______ _______
Psychology
PSY 225 EXPERIMENTAL PSYCHOLOGY 5 _______ _______
NS TOTAL __________
MATHEMATICAL SCIENCE COURSES [maximum of three credits]
Semester Credits
BUS 243 ECONOMICS AND BUSINESS STATISTICS 3 _______ _______
CPS 216 OBJECT ORIENTED PROGRAMMING C++ 3 _______ _______
CPS 260 PROGRAMMING IN ASSEMBLY LANGUAGE 3 _______ _______
MAT 108 QUANTITATIVE REASONING 3 _______ _______
MAT 110 COLLEGE ALGEBRA 3 _______ _______
MAT 113 TRIGONOMETRY 2 _______ _______
OR
MAT 124 PRE-CALCULUS MATHEMATICS 5 _______ _______
MAT 117 ELEMENTARY STATISTICS 3 _______ _______
MAT 130 MATH FOR ELEMENTARY TEACHERS 4 _______ _______
MAT 132 GEOMETRY FOR ELEMENTARY TEACHERS 4 _______ _______
MAT 210 TOPICS IN FINITE MATHEMATICS 3 _______ _______
MAT 211 CALCULUS 5 _______ _______
MAT 221 CALCULUS AND ANALYTIC GEOMETRY I 5 _______ _______
MAT 222 CALCULUS AND ANALYTIC GEOMETRY II 5 _______ _______
MAT 223 CALCULUS AND ANALYTIC GEOMETRY III 5 _______ _______
MAT 262 LINEAR ALGEBRA 3 _______ _______
MAT 271 ORDINARY DIFFERENTIAL EQUATIONS 3 _______ _______
PHI 211 ELEMENTARY LOGIC 3 _______ _______
PSY 210 STATISTICAL METHODS IN PSYCHOLOGY 3 _______ _______
PSY 224 CONCEPTUAL INTRODUCTION TO STATISTICS 1 _______ _______
MS TOTAL _________
TOTAL OF NS+MS _________
C. SOCIAL SCIENCE
A student must earn a minimum of nine (9) credits in this category.
These courses must be selected for at least two (2) disciplines.
Semester Credits
Anthropology
ANT 100 GENERAL ANTHROPOLOGY 3 _______ _______
ANT 102 ARCHEOLOGY & THE PREHISTORIC WORLD 3 ______ _______
ANT 200 CULTURAL ANTHROPOLOGY 3 _______ _______
ANT 314 INDIANS OF NORTH AMERICA 3 _______ _______
Economics
ECO 101 SURVEY OF ECONOMICS 3 _______ _______
ECO 203 ECONOMICS- MACRO 3 _______ _______
ECO 204 ECONOMICS- MICRO 3 _______ _______
ECO 230 MONEY AND BANKING 3 _______ _______
Geography
GEO 110 WORLD REGIONAL GEOGRAPHY 3 _______ _______
GEO 350 ENVIRONMENTAL CONSERVATION 3 _______ _______
History
HIS 101 US HISTORY TO THE CIVIL WAR 3 _______ _______
HIS 102 HISTORY OF THE US SINCE THE CIVIL WAR 3 ______ _______
HIS 118 UNITED STATES AND VIETNAM 3 _______ _______
HIS 127 THE WORLD IN THE 20TH CENTURY 3 _______ _______
HIS 257 ORIGINS AND HISTORY OF WORLD WAR II 3 _______ _______
HIS 274 SURVEY OF MODERN EAST ASIAN HISTORY 3 _______ _______
HIS 285 RECENT AMERICAN HISTORY, 1917-1945 3 _______ _______
Physical Education
PED 217 SOCIAL ASPECTS OF SPORT 3 _______ _______
Political Science
POL 104 AMERICAN GOVERNMENT & POLITICS 3 _______ _______
POL 106 COMPARATIVE POLITICS OF MAJOR NATIONS 3 ______ _______
POL 204 NATIONAL, STATE , AND LOCAL GOVERNMENT 3 _______ _______
POL 220 POLITICS OF CRIME AND PUNISHMENT 3 _______ _______
POL 235 POLITICS OF AMERICAN MINORITIES 3 _______ _______
POL 275 INTERNATIONAL POLITICS 3 _______ _______
Psychology
PSY 201 INTRODUCTORY PSYCHOLOGY 4 _______ _______
PSY 203 INDIVIDUALS AND INSTITUTIONS 3 _______ _______
PSY 307 PSYCHOLOGY OF PERSONALITY 3 _______ _______
PSY 309 ABNORMAL PSYCHOLOGY 3 _______ _______
PSY 360 PSYCHOLOGY OF CHILDHOOD & ADOLESCENCE 3 _______ _______
PSY 362 PSYCHOLOGY OF ADULTHOOD AND AGING 3 _______ _______
Sociology
SOC 101 INTRODUCTION TO SOCIOLOGY 3 _______ _______
SOC 120 MARRIAGE AND THE FAMILY 3 _______ _______
SOC 130 CONTEMPORARY SOCIAL PROBLEMS 3 _______ _______
SOC 131 CRIME AND CRIMINAL JUSTICE 3 _______ _______
SOC 134 AMERICAN MINORITY GROUPS 3 _______ _______
SOC 138 SOCIOLOGICAL PERSPECTIVES ON GENDER 3 _______ _______
SS TOTAL __________
D. APPLICATION AND PERFORMANCE
A student must earn a minimum of three (3) credits in courses designated as
Application and Performance.
The following courses carry AP designation:
Semester Credits
ART 101 INTRODUCTION TO DRAWING 3 _______ _______
ART 102 INTERMEDIATE DRAWING 3 _______ _______
ART 111 TWO DIMENSIONAL DESIGN 3 _______ _______
ART 112 THREE DIMENSIONAL DESIGN 3 _______ _______
ART 121 INTRODUCTION TO PAINTING 3 _______ _______
ART 125 OIL PAINTING 3 _______ _______
ART 131 INTRODUCTION TO SCULPTURE 3 _______ _______
ART 154 INTRODUCTION TO CERAMICS 3 _______ _______
ART 188 SURVEY; MODERN ARCHITECTURE AND DESIGN 3 _______ _______
ART 201 INTRODUCTION TO LIFE DRAWING 3 _______ _______
ART 202 INTERMEDIATE LIFE DRAWING 3 _______ _______
ART 231 INTERMEDIATE SCULPTURE 3 _______ _______
ART 232 SCULPTURE II 3 _______ _______
ART 225 INTERMEDIATE OIL PAINTING 3 _______ _______
ART 254 INTERMEDIATE CERAMICS 3 _______ _______
ART 255 CERAMICS 3 _______ _______
BUS 110 PERSONAL FINANCE 3 _______ _______
BUS 201 INTRODUCTORY ACCOUNTING 4 _______ _______
BUS 202 INTERMEDIATE ACCOUNTING 4 _______ _______
BUS 204 MANAGERIAL ACCOUNTING 3 _______ _______
BUS 210 BUSINESS COMMUNICATION (ENG 210) 3 _______ _______
COM 101 INTRODUCTION TO INTERPERSONAL
COMMUNICATION 3 _______ _______
COM 103 INTRODUCTION TO PUBLIC SPEAKING 3 _______ _______
COM 104 APPLIED JOURNALISM - NEWSPAPER 3 _______ _______
COM 131 THEATER LABORATORY 1 _______ _______
CPS 106 WORD PROCESSING CONCEPTS 1 _______ _______
CPS 107 SPREADSHEET CONCEPTS 1 _______ _______
CPS 108 DATABASE CONCEPTS 1 _______ _______
CPS 270 DATA STRUCTURES 3 _______ _______
EDU 201 CONCEPTS, ISSUES, AND FIELD
EXPERIENCE IN EDUCATION 3 _______ _______
GRA 102 ELEMENTS OF DESCRIPTIVE GEOMETRY 3 _______ _______
GRA 113 INTRODUCTION TO DESIGN METHODS
AND GENERAL ENGINEERING GRAPHICS 3 _______ _______
ENG 203 CREATIVE WRITING I 3 _______ _______
ENG 204 CREATIVE WRITING II 3 _______ _______
ENG 210 BUSINESS COMMUNICATION (BUS 210) 3 _______ _______
GER 101 FIRST SEMESTER GERMAN 4 _______ _______
GER 105 SECOND SEMESTER GERMAN 4 _______ _______
MUS O70 ORCHESTRA 0-2 _______ _______
MUS 071 BAND 0-2 _______ _______
MUS 072 CHORUS 0-2 _______ _______
MUS 075 SWING CHOIR 0-1 _______ _______
MUS 107 VOCAL TECHNIQUES 2 _______ _______
MUS 170 FUNDAMENTALS OF MUSIC 3 _______ _______
MUA 001 BEGINNING PIANO 2 _______ _______
MUA 002 BEGINNING PIANO 2 _______ _______
MUA 003 ELEMENTARY PIANO 2 _______ _______
MUA 004 ELEMENTARY PIANO 2 _______ _______
PED OO5 BEGINNING BASKETBALL 1 _______ _______
PED 006 BEGINNING BOWLING 1 _______ _______
PED 112 HANDBALL AND RACQUETBALL 1 _______ _______
PED 016 BEGINNING TENNIS 1 _______ _______
PED 018 VOLLEYBALL 1 _______ _______
PED 019 WEIGHT TRAINING 1 _______ _______
PED 027 INTRODUCTION TO CONDITIONING
FITNESS FOR LIFE 1 _______ _______
PED 041 BEGINNING DOWNHILL SKIING 1 _______ _______
PED 042 INTERMEDIATE DOWNHILL SKIING 1 _______ _______
PED 055 BEGINNING SWIMMING 1 _______ _______
PED 056 INTERMEDIATE SWIMMING 1 _______ _______
PED 061 SCUBA DIVING 1 _______ _______
PED 102 BASKETBALL FUNDAMENTALS 1 _______ _______
PED 110 HANDBALL & RACQUETBALL 1 _______ _______
PED 113 BEGINNING SWIMMING 1 _______ _______
PED 114 INTERMEDIATE SWIMMING 1 _______ _______
PED 115 VOLLEYBALL 1 _______ _______
PED 116 TENNIS 1 _______ _______
PED 118 WEIGHT TRAINING 1 _______ _______
PED 123 CPR 1 _______ _______
PED 205 PERSONAL HEALTH 3 _______ _______
PED 211 PHYSICAL EDUCATION FOR
ELEMENTARY SCHOOLS 3 _______ _______
PED 213 FIRST AID AND EMERGENCY MEDICAL CARE 2 _______ _______
PED 220 WATER SAFETY INSTRUCTOR 2 _______ _______
PSY 203 INDIVIDUALS AND INSTITUTIONS;
CONCEPTS/EXPERIENCE I 3 _______ _______
SPA 101 FIRST SEMESTER SPANISH 4 _______ _______
SPA 102 SECOND SEMESTER SPANISH 4 _______ _______
AP TOTAL _________
CHECK TOTAL NUMBER OF CREDITS IN BREADTH __________ (31 credits minimum)
E. ETHNIC STUDIES
A student must earn a minimum of three (3) credits in courses designated as
Ethnic Studies. Ethnic Studies courses may also be counted toward another
breadth category.
Courses which carry ES designation together with other designation:
Semester Credits
ANT 100 GENERAL ANTHROPOLOGY 3 _______ _______
ANT 314 INDIANS OF NORTH AMERICA 3 _______ _______
ANT 200 CULTURAL ANTHROPOLOGY 3 _______ _______
GEO 110 WORLD REGIONAL GEOGRAPHY 3 _______ _______
ENG 278 MULTICULTURAL LITERATURE IN AMERICA 3 ______ _______
HIS 118 UNITED STATES & VIETNAM 3 _______ _______
HIS 274 SURVEY OF MODERN EAST ASIAN HISTORY 3 _______ _______
MUS 273 JAZZ HISTORY AND APPRECIATION 2-3 _______ _______
PHI 201 INTRODUCTION TO ASIAN PHILOSOPHY 3 _______ _______
PHI 202 FEMINIST PHILOSOPHY 3 _______ _______
PHI 203 AMERICAN INDIAN PHILOSOPHIES 3 _______ _______
PHI 291 RACISM AND RACIAL CATEGORIES 3 _______ _______
POL 106 COMPARATIVE POLITICS OF MAJOR NATIONS 3 _______ _______
POL 235 POLITICS OF AMERICAN MINORITIES 3 _______ _______
POL 275 INTERNATIONAL POLITICS 3 _______ _______
SOC 130 CONTEMPORARY SOCIAL PROBLEMS 3 _______ _______
SOC 134 AMERICAN MINORITY GROUPS 3 _______ _______
SOC 138 SOCIOLOGICAL PERSPECTIVE ON GENDER 3 _______ _______
SPA 237 CHICANO LITERATURE 3 _______ _______
ES TOTAL __________
F. INTERDISCIPLINARY STUDIES
A student must earn a minimum of three (3) credits courses designated as
Interdisciplinary Studies. Interdisciplinary Studies courses may also be counted
toward another breadth category.
Courses which carry IS designation together with other designation:
Semester Credits
BIO 299 SCIENCE, SOCIETY & GLOBAL CATASTROPHES 3 _______ _______
CSP 291 CULTURAL CHANGE IN A TECHNOLOGICAL WORLD 3 _______ _______
GEO 299 SCIENCE, SOCIETY & GLOBAL CATASTROPHES 3 _______ _______
PHY 299 SCIENCE, SOCIETY & GLOBAL CATASTROPHES 3 _______ _______
SOC 291 CULTURAL CHANGE IN A TECHNOLOGICAL WORLD 3 _______ _______
IS TOTAL __________
G. ELECTIVES
A student who has met the core requirement and the other breadth category minimums
may compete the 60 credits minimum requirement with courses in the category.
Semester Credits
BOT 291 SPECIAL TOPICS IN BOTANY 1 _______ _______
BUS 101 INTRODUCTION TO BUSINESS 3 _______ _______
COM 104 APPLIED JOURNALISM-NEWSPAPER 1 _______ _______
CPS 103 COMPUTER FUNDAMENTALS 1 _______ _______
CPS 105 COMPUTER APPLICATIONS 1 _______ _______
CPS 110 INTRODUCTION TO COMPUTER SCIENCE (BASIC) 3 _______ _______
PED 204 PRINCIPLES OF AND INTRODUCTION TO
PHYSICAL EDUCATION 2 _______ _______
PED 206 PERSONAL HEALTH 3 _______ _______
OTHER ELECTIVES
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EL TOTAL __________
FINAL CHECKLIST:
FA + HU TOTAL __________ [min. 9cr., at least 1 FA and 1 HU]
NS + MS TOTAL __________ [min. 11cr., at least 8 NS from 2 disciplines and 1 Lab Sci.]
SS TOTAL __________ [min. 9cr., at least two disciplines]
AP TOTAL __________ [min. 3cr.]
ETHNIC STUDIES YES NO
IS REQUIREMENT YES NO
EL TOTAL __________
TOTAL CREDITS __________ => (60cr. min.)