CORE CURRICULUM COURSES

COURSE DESCRIPTIONS
CORE
(COR)

1203 Freshman Seminar
(3-0) 3 hours credit.
An organized course focusing on a topic in the social and behavioral sciences. Topics will vary, but may include Society and the Arts, Society and Business, Society and Communication, Society and Culture, Society and Education, Society and Health, Society and the Law, Society and Politics, Society and Science, Society and Self, and Society and Technology. No more than 3 semester credit hours in COR courses may be taken to satisfy the Core Curriculum requirement in Domain IIC.

2213 Engineering and Civilization
(3-0) 3 hours credit.
Technology and engineering as central features of modern world civilization. Topics treated in a historical framework may include the relationship between technology and science; the Industrial Revolution; technology, society, politics, and ethics in the nineteenth and twentieth centuries; and the rise of the engineering profession.