Course Selection Guidebook [pdf] - College of William and Mary

Course Selection Guidebook – Fall 2011General Education Requirements (GERs)The General Education Requirements (GERs) consist of coursework across seven differentknowledge areas of the arts and sciences curriculum. These requirements, complemented by theproficiency and major requirements, encourage you to study a variety of disciplines and form theheart of a liberal arts education at William & Mary.While you should be sensitive to these requirements, don’t be overwhelmed by them now. You willhave plenty of time and several required meetings with your academic advisor in which to come to afull understanding of these requirements.Only courses approved for GER credit may be used to fulfill these requirements as indicated in theCatalog and Registration Schedule. (Lists of approved courses may also be found in the Office ofAcademic Advising, the Dean of Undergraduate Studies Office and on William and Mary’s on-lineinformation system.) These requirements (except GER 6) must be met with three or four creditcourses. A single course may fulfill, at most, two GERs (if so approved) and may also be used tofulfill major, minor, and proficiency requirements. These courses may not be taken pass/fail.GER 1: Mathematics and Quantitative Reasoning: one courseGER 2: Natural Sciences: two coursesA. One course in Physical SciencesB. One course in Biological SciencesOne Laboratory associated with one of the courses aboveGER 3: Social Sciences: two coursesGER 4: World Cultures and History: three coursesA. History and Culture in the European TraditionB. History and Culture outside the European TraditionC. A course in Cross-Cultural Issues, or a second A or a second BGER 5: Literature and History of Arts: one courseGER 6: Creative and Performing Arts: two credits in a creative/performing art. In music, bothcredits must be from participation in the same ensemble, or on an instrument or in voice in thesame style (one credit in jazz piano and one in classical piano, for example, do not fulfill therequirement).GER 7: Philosophical, Religious, and Social Thought: one courseLIST OF GER COURSESGER 1: MATHEMATICS/QUANTITATIVE REASONINGCSCI 146 Reasoning Under UncertaintyECON 307 Principles and Methods of StatisticsKINE 394 Statistics and EvaluationMATH 104 Mathematics of Powered FlightMATH 106 Elementary Probability & StatisticsMATH 108 Brief Calculus with ApplicationsMATH 111 Calculus IMATH 112 Calculus IIMATH 131 Calculus I for Life SciencesMATH 132 Calculus II for Life SciencesPSYC 301 Elementary StatisticsSOCL 353 Social Research II: Statistical AnalysisGER 2: NATURAL SCIENCESGER 2A: Physical Sciences8