General Education Requirements

Writing Across the Curriculum (WAC) and Speaking Across the Curriculum (SPAC)

3 courses
Minimum 3 credits
Each course must be a minimum of 1 credit hour.

1. One course must be in the major program.
2. Students may substitute one approved "Speaking Across the Curriculum" (SPAC) course for one of the WAC courses. Individual courses cannot be used to earn BOTH WAC and SPAC credit.
3. Transfer students must take at least one WAC course at CSU. Juniors (60-89 credit hours) must complete two courses; seniors (at least 90 credit hours) must complete one course.

Writing Courses | Speaking Courses

Writing Courses

• Anthropology
  • ANT 353 Cultures Of Africa (4) (when not cross-listed with ANT 153)
• Art
  • ART 353 Islamic Art (4) (Effective Spring 2009)
  • ART 370 American Visual Culture (4) (Effective Spring 2009)
  • ART 372 Art in the 20th Century (4)
  • ART 495 Art Seminar (4)
• Biology
  • BIO 390 Writing in Biology I (2) (Effective Spring 2009)
  • BIO 391 Writing in Biology II (1) (Effective Spring 2009)
• Business Law
  • BLW 411 Business Law & Ethics (3)
• Chemical Engineering
  • CHE 404 Chemical Reactor Design (4) (Effective Spring 2009)
  • CHE 440 Process Design I (3) (Effective Spring 2009)
• Chemistry
  • CHM 401 Chemical Information (2)
  • CHM 416 Instrumental Analysis Lab (4)
  • CHM 426 Physical Chemistry Lab I (3)
• Civil and Environmental Engineering
  • CVE 332 Geotechnical Engineering Laboratory (2) (Effective Spring 2009)
  • CVE 426 Senior Design (2) (Effective Spring 2009)
• Communication
  • COM 225 Media Writing (4)
  • COM 301 Broadcast & New Media Writing (4)
  • COM 320 History of the Moving Image (4)
  • COM 325 Screenwriting (4)
  • COM 326 Advanced Reporting (4)
  • COM 327 Media Criticism (4)
  • COM 328 Specialized Writing (4)
  • COM 405 Electronic Journalism (4)
  • COM 485 Science Writing for the Media (4)
• Dance
  • DAN 212H Dance: Power, Art & Movement (3)
• Dramatic Arts
  • DRA 211 History of the Theatre I (3)
• Education
  • ECE 300 Intro to Early Childhood Education (3)
  • EDB 301 Social Foundations of Education (3)
  • EDB 302 Psychological Foundations of Education (3)
  • EDL 301 Beginning and Intermediate Reading Instruction and Assessment (3)
  • EDL 312 Literature-Based Reading Methods for Children (3)
  • EDM 313 Teaching and Assessing Language Arts in the Middle School (4)
  • EDS 313 Secondary Language Arts Instruction and Assessment (4)
  • ESE 400 Introduction to Special Education (4)
• Economics
  • ECN 450 Economics of Law (4)
  • ECN 485 Economics/Development & Growth (4)
  • ECN 497 Honors Essay (3)
• Electrical and Computer Engineering
  • EEC 414 ??? (?) (Effective Spring 2009)
• Electronic Engineering Technology
  • EET 411 Power Electronic Systems Lab (1) (Effective Spring 2009)
  • EET 441 Feedback Control Systems Lab (1) (Effective Spring 2009)
  • EET 460 Senior Design A (1) (Effective Spring 2009)
• English
  • ENG 201 Intermediate Expository Writing (4) (Effective Spring 2009)
  • ENG 240 Introduction to Poetry (4)
  • ENG 240H Honors Introduction to Poetry  (4)
  • ENG 241 Intro to Fiction & Drama (4)
  • ENG 241H Writing about Literature: Fiction and Drama - Honors (4) (Effective Spring 2009)
  • ENG 271 Shakespeare and Film (4) Effective Spring 2009
  • ENG 301 Advanced Expository Writing (4) (Effective Spring 2009)
  • ENG 307 Style (4) (Effective Spring 2009)
  • ENG 331 Studies in Medieval Literature (4) (Effective Spring 2009)
  • ENG 332 Studies in Renaissance Literature (4) (Effective Spring 2009)
  • ENG 334 Studies in 19th-Century British Literature (4) (Effective Spring 2009)
  • ENG 345 Studies in American Literature (4) (Effective Spring 2009)
  • ENG 346 Studies in American Fiction (4) (Effective Spring 2009)
  • ENG 347 Studies in African-American Literature (4) (Effective Spring 2009)
  • ENG 348 Studies in Multicultural Literature (4) (Effective Spring 2009)
  • ENG 350 Studies in Fiction (4) (Effective Spring 2009)
  • ENG 351 Studies in Drama (4) (Effective Spring 2009)
  • ENG 355 Major Themes or Genres (4) (Effective Spring 2009)
  • ENG 363 Gender Issues in Literature (4) (Effective Spring 2009)
  • ENG 370 Chaucer (4) (Effective Spring 2009)
  • ENG 371 Shakespeare I (4) (Effective Spring 2009)
  • ENG 372 Shakespeare II (4) (Effective Spring 2009)
  • ENG 374 Milton (4) (Effective Spring 2009)
  • ENG 375 Major Author (4) (Effective Spring 2009)
  • ENG 382 Canonicity (4) (Effective Spring 2009)
  • ENG 495 Senior Seminar (4) (Effective Spring 2009)
• French
  • FRN 345 French Civilization from 1870 to the Present (4)
  • FRN 372 Literature Survey II (4) (Effective Spring 2009)
• General Administration
  • GAD 250 Business Communications (3)
• General Engineering Technology
  • GET 431 Electrical Power, Controls, and Instrumentation Lab (1) (Effective Spring 2009)
• Health Education
  • HED 460 Foundations of a Coordinated School Health Program (4) (Effective Spring 2009)
  • HED 475 Nutrition and Physical Activity (3) (Effective Spring 2009)
• Health Science
  • HSC 426 Functional Performance of Older Adults (3)
  • HSC 439H: Honors Independent Research II (2)
  • HSC 483 Writing in Health Sciences (2)
  • HSC 484 Advanced Research and Writing in Health Sciences (5)
• History
  • HIS 201H Urban America in the Last Half of the 20th Century: Crises/Opportunities/Solutions - Cleveland - Honors (4)
  • HIS 271 Empire's End: British Asia (4) (Effective Spring 2009)
  • HIS 301 American Cultural History, 1865 to the Present (4)
  • HIS 302 US Slavery, Abolition, & Politics, 1820-1860 (4) (Effective Spring 2009)
  • HIS 304 U.S. Urban History (4) (Effective Spring 2009)
  • HIS 305 Social Thought of African-Americans (4)
  • HIS 306 History of Ohio (4) (Effective Spring 2009)
  • HIS 311 Introduction to Public History (4)
  • HIS 312 17th-Century America (4)
  • HIS 315 Radicals and Reformers in 19th-Century U.S. (4) (Effective Spring 2009)
  • HIS 317 Civil War and Reconstruction, 1848 to 1877 (4) (Effective Spring 2009)
  • HIS 320 U.S. Foreign Policy Since 1898 (4) (Effective Spring 2009)
  • HIS 323 Recent American History (4) (Effective Spring 2009)
  • HIS 332 Byzantine History and Civilization (4) (Effective Spring 2009)
  • HIS 341 Early Middle Ages (4) (Effective Spring 2009)
  • HIS 342 Late Middle Ages (4) (Effective Spring 2009)
  • HIS 343 Social History of the Black Death (4)
  • HIS 346 17th- and 18th-Century Europe (4) (Effective Spring 2009)
  • HIS 351 Social and Economic History of 19th-Century Europe (4) (Effective Spring 2009)
  • HIS 352 Political History of 19th-Century Europe (4) (Effective Spring 2009)
  • HIS 364 Caribbean History to 1804: Conquest, Colonization, Slavery, and Revolution (4)
  • HIS 366 Colonial Latin America (4)
  • HIS 367 Modern Latin America (4)
  • HIS 369 Comparative Emancipation (4) (Effective Spring 2009)
  • HIS 370 World History (4) (Effective Spring 2009)
  • HIS 374 20th Century China (4) (Effective Spring 2009)
  • HIS 375 Pre-Colonial Africa to 1800 (4)
  • HIS 376 Modern Africa since 1800 (4)
  • HIS 377 History of Islamic Civilizations (4)
  • HIS 381 Class, Gender and Sexuality in China: 1700-Present (4)
  • HIS 383 The Making of Modern Southeast Asia (4) (Effective Spring 2009)
  • HIS 386 History of the Middle East to 1798 (4)
  • HIS 387 Modern Middle East (4)
  • HIS 392 History of South Africa since 1900 (4)
  • HIS 400 Local History Seminar (4)
  • HIS 401 History Seminar (4) (Effective Spring 2009)
• Industrial and Manufacturing Engineering
  • IME 480 Engineering Design (3) (Effective Spring 2009)
  • IME 481 Senior Design (2) (Effective Spring 2009)
• Mechanical Engineering Technology
  • MET 351 Thermal Fluids Lab (2) (Effective Spring 2009)
  • MET 411 Design of Machine Components Lab (1) (Effective Spring 2009)
• Marketing
  • MKT 351 Business, Society, and Government (3)
• Management and Labor Relations
  • MLR 465 Management Strategy & Policy (3)
• Mathematics
  • MTH 496 Senior Project (4) (Effective Spring 2009)
• Nursing
  • NUR 200 Stress: A Framework for Professional Nursing (4)
  • NUR 340 Stress: A Framework for Professional Nursing (4)
  • NUR 346 ??? (?) (Effective Spring 2009)
  • NUR 360 Nursing Research (2)
  • NUR 408 Preventive Strategies for Nursing in the Community: Home Care (2)
• Philosophy
  • PHL 213H Environmental Ethics - Honors (4) (Effective Spring 2009)
  • PHL 215 Engineering Ethics (3)
  • PHL 261 Ancient Philosophy (4)
  • PHL 263 Early Modern Philosophy (4)
  • PHL 405 Prominent Philosophers (4)
  • PHL 410 Studies in the History of Philosophy (4) (Effective Spring 2009)
  • PHL 440 Moral Reasoning & Bioethics (4)
  • PHL 443 Bioethics & the Law (4)
  • PHL 450 Philosophy of Mind (4)
  • PHL 453 Social, Political, and Legal Philosophy (4) (Effective Spring 2009)
  • PHL 471 Theory of Knowledge (4) (Effective Spring 2009)
• Physical Education: Professional
  • PED 330 Motor Learning & Development (4)
  • PED 466 Sport Facility Management (3)
• Physics
  • PHY 243 University Physics I (5) (Effective Spring 2009)
  • PHY 243H Honors University Physics I (5)
  • PHY 244 University Physics II (5) (Effective Spring 2009)
  • PHY 244H Honors University Physics II (5)
  • PHY 482 Introduction to Solid State Physics (4) (Effective Spring 2009)
• Political Science
  • PSC 340 Foundations of Political Thought (4) (Effective Spring 2009)
  • PSC 341 Modern Political Thought (4) (Effective Spring 2009)
  • PSC 342 American Political Thought (4) (Effective Spring 2009)
  • PSC 420 Seminar in American Politics (5) (Effective Spring 2009)
  • PSC 421 Seminar in Comparative Politics (5) (Effective Spring 2009)
  • PSC 422 Seminar in International Relations (5)
  • PSC 423 Seminar in Political Theory (5) (Effective Spring 2009)
• Psychology
  • PSY 412 Psychology Laboratory (4)
  • PSY 414 Writing in Psychology (2)
  • PSY 498H Honors Project and Defense (1 to 4 credits) (Effective Spring 2009)
• Religious Studies
  • REL 235H Origins of the Christian Religion - Honors (4) (Effective Spring 2009)
  • REL 260 Women and Religion (3) (Effective Spring 2009)
  • REL 336 Hellenistic and Roman Religions (4) (Effective Spring 2009)
  • REL 366 Modern Islamic Movements (4) (Effective Spring 2009)
  • REL 367 Muslim Relations with Christians and Jews (4) (Effective Spring 2009)
  • REL 498 Senior Seminar (2) (Effective Spring 2009)
• Sociology
  • SOC 203 Sociology of Poverty (3)
  • SOC 280H Science, Technology and Society (4)
  • SOC 305 Urban Sociology (4)
  • SOC 311 Individual and Society (4)
  • SOC 312 Sociology of Mental Illness (4)
  • SOC 313 Sociology of Education (4)
  • SOC 342 Sociology of Law (4)
  • SOC 343 Medical Sociology (4)
  • SOC 345 Social Control (4)
  • SOC 349 Women & Crime (4)
  • SOC 383 Political Sociology (4)
  • SOC 388 Sociology of Work and Organization (4)
  • SOC 389 Soc of Non-Western Societies (4)
• Spanish
  • SPN 302 Advanced Spanish:Writing Skill Emphasis (4)
  • SPN 402 Advanced Grammar and Stylistics (4) (Effective Spring 2009)
  • SPN 483 Studies in Spanish Literature (3)
• Urban Studies
  • UST 202 Cleveland: The African-American Experience (4)
  • UST 251 The African-American Image on Film (4)
  • UST 290 Urban Geography (4)
  • UST 302 Contemporary Urban Issues (4)
  • UST 410 Proposal Writing and Program Development (4)
  • UST 418 Urban Planning (4)
  • UST 420 Urban Design Seminar (4)
  • UST 435 Environmental Policy and Administration (4)
  • UST 458 Urban Policy (4)
  • UST 478 Sacred Landmarks (4)

Speaking Courses

• Arabic
  • ARB 301 Conversation and Composition (4) (Effective Spring 2009)
• Communication
  • COM 242 Public & Professional Speaking (3)
• History
  • HIS 271 Empire's End: British Asia (4) (Effective Spring 2009)
• Spanish
  • SPN 201 Intermediate Spanish (4)
  • SPN 301 Advanced Spanish: Oral Skills Emphasis (4)

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