First Year Appropriate Courses by Department

This list includes courses that are appropriate for first-year Harpur College students. It is not all-inclusive and information on this list (such as Gen Eds) is subject to change. Please check the schedule of classes to make sure you aware of all pre-requisite or co-requisite courses, as well as any restrictions on courses on this list. Inclusion on this list does not guarantee that there will be seats remaining in the course.

  • Africana Studies

    AFST 101 Intro to Africana Studies
    AFST 171 Intro to African Religion
    AFST 175 Introduction to African Art
    AFST 225 Africans in the Indian Ocean
    AFST 180E Religions of the World
    AFST 180R Music Cults: Africa, Carib, Amer
    AFST 280D Youth & Pop. Cult in N Africa

  • Anthropology
    ANTH 111 Intro to Anthropology
    ANTH 114 Lang, Cult & Communic in US
    ANTH 135 Ancient Civilizations
    ANTH 166 Intro to Social Anthropology
    ANTH 167 Intro Prehistoric Archaeology
    ANTH 213 Cross-Cultural Communication
    ANTH 221 Sexuality & Society
    ANTH 232 Pyramids of Egypt
    ANTH 242 Biology, Culture and Lifestyle
    ANTH 256 Native Amer Culture & Hist
    ANTH 280B Youth & Pop. Cult in N Africa
    ANTH 280F Evolution For Everyone
    ANTH 280L Intro to African Religion
    ANTH 280Z Cooking Up the Past
  • Arabic
    ARAB 101 Elementary Arabic I
  • Art History
    ARTH 103 Intro To Architecture
    ARTH 110 Inroduction to Art History I
    ARTH 215 Introduction to African Art
    ARTH 275 Postwar to Postmodern, 1945-89
    ARTH 281D Materials Matter
    ARTH 281F Art Before 1800: Special Topics
    ARTH 286E Greek and Roman Architecture
    ARTH 287V Is Envi. Art Environmental
  • Asian and Asian American Studies
    AAAS 210 Intro to Japanese Culture
    AAAS 219 Structure of Japanese
    AAAS 252 Mediev/Early Mod JPN Lit/Cult
    AAAS 259 Eastern Asia: Land and People
    AAAS 272 Island Culture: Taiwan Film & Fict
    AAAS 273 Chinese Civilization
    AAAS 275 History of Asian America
    AAAS 250 Japanese Cinema
    AAAS 280F Culture Politics Asian/Am Food
    AAAS 280U Introduction to Korean Art
    AAAS 284B Modern India, 1757-2019
    AAAS 284C Intro to Pakistani Literature
  • Astronomy
    ASTR 114 Sun, Stars and Galaxies
    ASTR 115 Observational Astronomy Lab
  • Biology
    BIOL 105 Evolution For Everyone
    BIOL 113 Intro to Cell & Molecular Biol
    BIOL 114 Intro to Organisms & Pops Biol
    BIOL 115 Intro Biology Lab
  • Chemistry
  • Chinese
    CHIN 101 Elementary Chinese I NoBackgrnd
    CHIN 103 Elementary Chinese I Heritage
    CHIN 203 Intermediate Chinese I
  • Cinema
    CINE 121 Exper. Hist. & Analysis of Cinema
    CINE 122 Expres. & Innovtn. In Film & Video
    CINE 286A Film Noir
    CINE 286S Physical Cinema
    CINE 286U Japanese Cinema
  • Classical & Near Eastern Studies
    CLAS 180A Greek and Roman Architecture
    CLAS 280H The Rise and Fall of Rome
    CLAS 280J Jewish History Ancient to 1500
    CLAS 280K Pyramids of Egypt
    CLAS 280S Ancient Civilizations
    CLAS 281M Materials Matter
    CLAS 281P Plato and Aristotle 
  • Comparative Literature
    COLI 110 World Literature I
    COLI 210 Literature and Psychology
    COLI 212 Literature and Society
    COLI 240 The Fairy Tale
    COLI 180A Elementary German I
    COLI 180F Elementary German II
    COLI 180N Russian Short Stories in Trans
    COLI 180P Intro to Israeli Literature
    COLI 180R Survey of American Jewish Lit
    COLI 280E Slavic Folklore
    COLI 280S Black Feminist Literature
    COLI 280W Cold War Science Fictions
    COLI 281G Modern Turkish Lit in Translat
  • Earth Sciences
    GEOL 102 Geology of the Solar Sys
    GEOL 105 Earthquakes and Volcanoes
    GEOL 116 Geological Hazards
    GEOL 170 Environmental Geology
    GEOL 180L Water and Watersheds
    GEOL 282A Mass Extinctions Through Time
  • Economics
    ECON 160 Principles of Microeconomics
    ECON 162 Principles of Macroeconomics 
  • English
    ENG 227 British Literature I
    ENG 228 British Literature II
    ENG 230 Medieval Literature
    ENG 270 American Literature to 1920
    ENG 180I Intro to Africana Studies
    ENG 180M Russian Short Stories in Trans
    ENG 200H Slavic Folklore
    ENG 280B Survey of American Jewish Lit
    ENG 280F Locating Popular Cinema
    ENG 280M Fanfiction as Literature
    ENG 280O How to Read a Poem
    ENG 280P The Gothic Novel
    ENG 280Q British Fiction & Film
    ENG 280Y Cold War Science Fictions
  • Environmental Studies
    ENVI 101 Humans & Ecological Envir
    ENVI 170 Environmental Geology
    ENVI 181A Intro to Environmental Chem
    ENVI 201 Humans & Physical Environ
    ENVI 239 Environmental Planning/Policy
    ENVI 250 Farm-to-Table Food
    ENVI 260 Intro GIS/Spatial Analysis
  • Evolutionary Studies
    EVOS 105 Evolution For Everyone
  • French

    FREN 111 Elementary French I
    FREN 113 Accelerated Elementary French
    FREN 115 Elementary French II
    FREN 181A French for Travelers
    FREN 211 Intermediate French I
    FREN 215 Intermediate French II
    FREN 241 Language and Culture

  • Geography
    GEOG 101 Intro to Geography
    GEOG 103 Multi-Cultl Geogs of US
    GEOG 105 Intro Geotechnol Space & Science
    GEOG 120 Weather and Climate
    GEOG 121 Physical Geography
    GEOG 151 World Regional Geography
    GEOG 212 Historical Geography
    GEOG 233 Urbn Geography: Race and Place
    GEOG 235 Intro to Urban & Reg. Plan
    GEOG 239 Environmental Planning/Policy
    GEOG 259 Eastern Asia: Land and People
  • German
    GERM 101 Elementary German I
    GERM 102 Elementary German II
    GERM 203 Intermediate German I
    GERM 180B Globl Tales
    GERM 241D The Fairy Tale
    GERM 241N The Nazi State
    GERM 241F Cold War Science Fictions
  • Global Public Health

    Recommended first year courses for BA:
    AFST 101
    AFST 212
    ANTH 166
    HIST 230
    GEOG 103
    WGSS 200

    Recommended first year courses for BS Pre-Health:
    AFST 101
    AFST 212
    ANTH 166
    BIOL 113/114
    CHEM 104/107
    HIST 230
    GEOG 103
    MATH 224/225
    PHIL 148
    PSYC 111
    WGSS 200

    Recommended first year courses for BS in GPH:
    AFST 101
    AFST 212
    ANTH 166
    ANTH 168
    HIST 230
    GEOG 103
    PHIL 148
    PSYC 111
    WGSS 200

  • Hebrew

    HEBR 101 Hebrew I
    HEBR 203 Hebrew III

  • History
     HIST 150 Modern Israel
    HIST 203 The Rise and Fall of Rome
    HIST 205 Late Medieval Europe 1000-1400
    HIST 238 Sci&Tech in Modern World
    HIST 243 Medieval Jewish History
    HIST 262 History of Asian America
    HIST 268 Native Amer Culture & Hist
    HIST 273 Chinese Civilization
    HIST 278 Intro Latin Am & Carib Studies
    HIST 101A Western Civilization
    HIST 103A Foundations of America
    HIST 104A Modern American Civ
    HIST 130A Modern World History
    HIST 181B Russian Culture & Civilization
    HIST 281E War & Society in 17c Europe
    HIST 281J Slavic Folklore
    HIST 281K The Nazi State
    HIST 283B Africans in the Indian Ocean
    HIST 284E Modern India, 1757-2019
    HIST 285B History of Islam
    HIST 285E Jewish History Ancient to 1500
    HIST 285H Antisemitism in History
    HIST 285J Modern Middle East
  • Israel Studies
    ISRL 120 Intro to Israeli Literature
    ISRL 150 Modern Israel
  • Italian

    ITAL 111 Elementary Italian I
    ITAL 113 Accelerated Elementary Italin
    ITAL 115 Elementary Italian II
    ITAL 181B Flavor of Italy: Food and Tradition
    ITAL 181D Italian Festvals
    ITAL 211 Intermediate Italian I
    ITAL 215 Intermediate Italian II
    ITAL 251 Italian Culture & Composition

  • Japanese 
    JPN 101 Elementary Japanese I
    JPN 203 Intermediate Japanese I
  • Judaic Studies
    JUST 100 Religions of the World
    JUST 101 Intro to Judaic Studies
    JUST 120 Intro to Israeli Literature
    JUST 140 Survey of American Jewish Lit
    JUST 150 Modern Israel
    JUST 201 Jewish History Ancient to 1500
    JUST 243 Medieval Jewish History
    JUST 180A Yiddish I
    JUST 280N Antisemitism in History
    JUST 284A The Nazi State
  • Korean 
    KOR 101 Elementary Korean I
    KOR 102 Elementary Korean II
    KOR 203 Intermediate Korean I 
  • Latin
    LAT 101 Elementary Latin I
    LAT 203 Intermediate Latin
  • Latin American & Caribbean Area Studies
    LACS 103 Multi-Cultl Geogs of US
    LACS 180E Music Cults: Africa, Carib, Amer
    LACS 200 Intro Latin Am & Carib Studies
    LACS 271 Research Methods in LACS
  • Linguistics
    LING 114 Lang, Cult & Communic in US
    LING 213 Cross-Cultural Communication
    LING 280A Translation Meets Culture: Lit
    LING 280J Debates in Translation
    LING 283J Structure of Japanese
  • Mathematics and Statistics

    MATH 108 Algebra and Trigonometry
    MATH 130 Mathematics in Action
    MATH 147 Elementary Statistics
    MATH 148 Elem Stats for Biologist
    MATH 220 Calculus for Business & Mgmt
    MATH 223 Introduction to Calculus
    MATH 224 Differential Calculus
    MATH 225 Integral Calculus
    MATH 226 Integation Tech & Application
    MATH 227 Infinite Series
    MATH 230 Honors Calculus

  • Medieval Studies
    MDVL 101 Intro-MdVl/Early Modern Stds
    MDVL 205 Later Medieval Europe 1000-1400
    MDVL 280B Materials Matter
    MDVL 280F War & Society in 17c Europe
    MDVL 280G The Fairy Tale
    MDVL 280H Medieval Literature
    MDVL 280J Mediev/Early Mod JPN Lit/Cult
  • Music
    MUS 110 Music Cultures: Western Classical
    MUS 112 Music Cults: Africa, Carib, Amer
    MUS 113 Jazz in American Music
    MUS 115 Pop, Rock, and Soul Musics
  • Philosophy
    PHIL 101 Intro to Philosophy
    PHIL 107 Existence and Freedom
    PHIL 122 Elementary Logic
    PHIL 146 Law & Justice
    PHIL 148 Medical Ethics
    PHIL 201 Plato and Aristotle 
  • Physics
    PHYS 121 General Physics I
    PHYS 131 Gen Physics I Calc Based 
  • Political Science
    PLSC 101 Intro to Africana Studies
    PLSC 113 Intro to Comparative Politics
    PLSC 117 Intro to World Politics
  • Psychology
    PSYC 111 General Psychology
    PSYC 112 Lab in General Psychology
    PSYC 220 Developmental Psychology
    PSYC 223 Behavior Disorders
    PSYC 228 Social Psychology
  • Religious Studies
    RELG 101 Religions of the World
    RELG 120 Christianity
    RELG 180A Intro to Judaic Studies
    RELG 180D Intro to African Religion
    RELG 280A Jewish History Ancient to 1500
    RELG 280B Antisemitism in History
  • Russian and Eastern European Studies
    RUSS 101 Elementary Russian I
    RUSS 110 Russian Culture & Civilization
    RUSS 180R Russian Short Stories in Trans
    RUSS 203 Intermediate Russian I
    RUSS 215 Slavic Folklore
    RUSS 280X The Fairy Tale
  • Sociology
    SOC 100 Social Change: Intro Sociology
    SOC 180A Intro to African Religion
    SOC 180B Intro to Africana Studies
    SOC 236 Intro Crim & Social Justice
    SOC 280A Race, Gender & Prisons
    SOC 280D Youth & Pop. Cult in N Africa 
  • Spanish
    SPAN 111 Elementary Spanish I
    SPAN 113 Accelerated Elementary Spanish
    SPAN 115 Elementary Spanish I
    SPAN 175 Medical Spanish
    SPAN 211 Intermediate Spanish I
    SPAN 212 Spanish for Heritage Speakers
    SPAN 213 INT Span for Heritage Speakers
    SPAN 215 Intermediate Spanish II
  • Theatre
    THEA 101 Intro to Musical Theater
    THEA 102 Introduction to Theater
    THEA 203 Theory of Technical Production
    THEA 204 History of the Theatre
    THEA 207 Actor Trng 1 - Basic Processes
    THEA 223 Dance Technique I: Tap
    THEA 225 Dance Technique I: Ballet
    THEA 226 Dance Technique I: Jazz
    THEA 227 Dance Technique I: Modern
    THEA 287M Theatre for ESL Speakers
    THEA 289A 21st Century US Plays
    THEA 289J Physical Cinema
    THEA 289K Dance for Beginners
    THEA 289O Broadway for Beginners
  • Women, Gender & Sexuality Studies
    WGSS 200 Intro to Women Gender & Sexuality
    WGSS 283C Women in Film: World Cultures
    WGSS 283D Youth & Pop. Cult in N Africa
    WGSS 284D Sexuality & Society 
  • Writing
    WRIT 111 Inquiry and Academic Writing