University Foundations Requirements

• UF 100 Foundations of Intellectual Life
• UF 200 Foundations of Ethics And Diversity

• ENGL 101 Writing and Rhetoric I
• ENGL 102 Writing and Rhetoric II

• COMM 101 Fundamentals of Oral Communication
• SOC 122 Sociological Communication

• Major specific capstone courses in discipline.

All students are required to take a number of Foundations of the Discipline courses, see Majors, Minors, and Certificates for specific requirements. These courses are offered by academic departments and designed to expose non-majors to the distinctive methods and perspectives of a disciplinary cluster. The distribution requirements for Foundations of the Discipline courses reflect the belief of the faculty and the Idaho State Board of Education that a major purpose of undergraduate education is to prepare graduates to fulfill the responsibilities of a citizen and to understand and appreciate diverse approaches to information and values. Some departments and programs require specific Foundations of the Discipline courses.

• ART 100 Introduction to Art
• ARTHIST 101 Survey of Western Art
• FILM 220 Cinema History and Aesthetics
• MUS 102 Introduction to Jazz
• MUS 105 Introduction to Pop/Rock Music
• MUSI 100 Introduction to Music
• THEA 101 Introduction to Theatre

• ENGL 175 Literature and Ideas
• HUM 207 Introduction to Humanities
• PHIL 101 Introduction to Philosophy
• PHIL 102 Introduction to Philosophy: Great Thinkers
• PHIL 103 Introduction to Ethics
• PHIL 209 Thinking Well: An Introduction to Logic
• STEM-ED 220 Perspectives on Science and Mathematics
• World Languages discipline:
  • ARABIC 101-102, 201-202 Elementary, Intermediate
  • ASL 101-102, 201-202 American Sign Language
  • BASQUE 101-102, 201-202 Elementary, Intermediate
  • BOSNIAN 101 Elementary
  • CHINESE 101-102, 201-202 Elementary, Intermediate Mandarin
  • FREN 101-102, 201-202 Elementary, Intermediate French
  • GERM 101-102, 201-202 Elementary, Intermediate German
  • JAPANESE 101-102, 201-202 Elementary, Intermediate
  • KOREAN 101-102, 201-202 Elementary, Intermediate
  • LATIN 211 Elementary Classical Latin
  • LATIN 212 Advanced Classical Latin
  • PORTUGUE 101-102, 201-202 Elementary, Intermediate Portuguese
  • SPAN 101-102, 201-201 Elementary, Intermediate Spanish

• MATH 123 Math in Modern Society
• MATH 143 College Algebra
• MATH 149 Precalculus: Functions for Business
• MATH 153 Statistical Reasoning
• MATH 157 Number and Operations for Teachers
• MATH 160 Survey of Calculus
• MATH 170 Calculus I
• MATH 254 Introduction to Statistics
• MATH 257 Geometry and Probability for Teachers

Requires two courses from two disciplines, at least one with a lab.

*Courses without a lab do not fulfill the lab requirement

• ANTH 103* Introduction to Archaeology
• ANTH 104*-104L Biological Anthropology and Lab
• ANTH 105* Evolution and Human Behavior
• BIOL 100 Concepts of Biology
• BIOL 107 Introduction to Human Biology
• BIOL 191 Biology I: Intro to Cell and Molecular Biology
• BIOL 227 Human Anatomy and Physiology I
• CHEM 100 Concepts of Chemistry
• CHEM 101*-101L Introduction to Chemistry and Lab
• CHEM 102*-102L Essentials of Organic and Biochemistry and Lab
• CHEM 111*-111L General Chemistry I and Lab
• Engineering/Materials Science and Engineering discipline:
  • ENGR 100*-100L Energy for Society and Lab
  • ENGR 101* Sustainable Cities
  • MSE 245* Introduction to Materials Science and Engineering
• ENVSTD 121* Introduction to Environmental Studies 
• GEOL 101 Physical Geology
• GEOL 102* Historical Geology
• GEOS 101 Global Environmental Science
• GEOS 104 Geoscience and Society
• GEOS 201* Introduction to Oceanography
• PHYS 101 Introduction to Physics
• PHYS 104 Life in the Universe
• PHYS 105 Stars and Cosmology
• PHYS 111, 112 General Physics I, II
• PHYS 211*-211L Physics I with Calculus and Lab

Requires two courses from two disciplines.

• ANTH 102 Cultural Anthropology
• ANTH 216 Magic, Witchcraft and Religion
• CJ 103 Introduction to Law and Justice
• COMM 112 Reasoned Discourse
• ECON 201 Principles of Macroeconomics
• ECON 202 Principles of Microeconomics

• Education discipline:

  • ED-CIFS 201 Foundations of Education
  • ED-ESP 223 Child Growth and Development
  • EDTECH 203 Foundations of Digital Culture
  • ED-LLC 200 Cultural Diversity in the School
  • STEM-ED 210 Knowing & Learning in Mathematics and Science

• GEOG 101 Introduction to Geography
• GEOG 102 Cultural Geography
• GLOBAL 101 Global Studies: Conflict, Cooperation, and Change
• HIST 101, 102 World History I, II
• HIST 111, 112 United States History I, II
• HLTH 110 Introduction to Health Science and Public Health
• LING 205 Language in Human Life
• POLS 101 American National Government
• POLS 201 Current Events in American Politics
• POLS 202 Current Events in Global Politics
• POLS 203 Political Science in Popular Media
• PSYC 101 Introduction to Psychology
• SOCWRK 101 Introduction to Social Welfare
• SOC 101 Introduction to Sociology
• SOC 102 Social Problems
• SOC 230 Introduction to Ethnic Studies
• URBAN 101 Cities and Society

See Disciplinary Lens Courses (Pre-2018)