RECOMMENDED MAJOR COURSES FOR FIRST-SEMESTER STUDENTS Fall 2017

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1 RECOMMENDED MAJOR COURSES FOR FIRST-SEMESTER STUDENTS Fall 2017 ACCOUNTING Accounting 141, and Select courses from: Mathematics 120 Department Chair: Karen Popovich, AMERICAN STUDIES Select courses from: History 101 or 103 English 251 American Studies 229 Program Director: Maura D Amore, mdamore@smcvt.edu ANTHROPOLOGY/SOCIOLOGY Anthropology 109 or Sociology 101 Department Chair: Robert Brenneman, rbrenneman@smcvt.edu ART Art 201: Foundations in Art Program Coordinator: Will Mentor, wmentor@smcvt.edu BIOCHEMISTRY

2 Mathematics 150 or 160* Program Director: Mark Lubkowitz, BIOLOGY Department Chair: Declan McCabe, BUSINESS ADMINISTRATION Select courses from: Business 103 Mathematics 120 Department Chair: Karen Popovich, CHEMISTRY Mathematics 150 or 160* Department Chair: Bret Findley, CLASSICS/LATIN Latin 101 or Advanced course, according to placement Department Chair: Ronald Begley, COMPUTER SCIENCE Computer Science 111 Mathematics 150 or 160* Department Chair: Greta Pangborn,

3 ECONOMICS Department Chair: Tara Natarajan, EDUCATION: ART EDUCATION, ELEMENTARY EDUCATION, SECONDARY EDUCATION Education 231 Also: if you have selected an additional major (one is required), see recommendations for that major. Department Chair: Jonathan Silverman, ENGINEERING Mathematics 150 or 160* or 211* Physics 210 Note: To avoid later conflicts, Engineering majors should complete their Language Requirement early. Program Directors: Zsuzsanna Kadas, Lloyd Simons, s: ENGLISH English 110 and/or English 219 or English 251 Department Chair: Lorrie Smith, ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE Mathematics 120 or 150 Department Chair: Richard Kujawa, ENVIRONMENTAL STUDIES Environmental Studies 105 or 106 or 107 Department Chair: Richard Kujawa,

4 EXPLORATORY You may wish to choose some courses required in majors you are considering at this time, as well as courses that meet Liberal Studies Curriculum requirements. Contact Associate Dean of the College Jonathan D Amore (jdamore@smcvt.edu) with questions FRENCH French course according to placement Department Chair: Carolyn Lukens-Olson, clukens-olson@smcvt.edu GENDER STUDIES Gender Studies 101 Program Director: Maura D Amore, mdamore@smcvt.edu HISTORY History course at 100 level Department Chair: Jennifer Purcell, jpurcell@smcvt.edu INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS Political Science 120 Department Chair: Shefali Misra, smisra@smcvt.edu INFORMATION SYSTEMS Choose courses from: Computer Science 111 Mathematics 120 Business 103 Program Director: Greta Pangborn, gpangborn@smcvt.edu

5 MEDIA STUDIES, JOURNALISM and DIGITAL ARTS Media Studies, Journalism & Digital Arts 101 Media Studies, Journalism & Digital Arts 110 Department Chair: Traci Griffith, MATHEMATICS Mathematics 150 or 160 or 211 Computer Science 111 Department Chair: Joanna Ellis-Monaghan, MUSIC Music 201 Program Coordinator: Nathaniel Lew, NEUROSCIENCE Psychology 101 Program Director: Melissa VanderKaay Tomasulo, PHILOSOPHY Philosophy 103 Department Chair: R. Michael Olson, PHYSICS Mathematics 150 or 160 Physics 210 Department Chair: John O Meara, jomeara@smcvt.edu

6 POLITICAL SCIENCE Political Science 120 Department Chair: Shefali Misra, PRE-PHARMACY Program Director: Shane Lamos, PSYCHOLOGY Psychology 101 Department Chair: Renee Carrico, RELIGIOUS STUDIES Religious Studies 120 or 130 or 140 Department Chair: Raymond Patterson, SOCIOLOGY/ANTHROPOLOGY Sociology 101 or Anthropology 109 Department Chair: Robert Brenneman, SPANISH Spanish course according to placement Department Chair: Carolyn Lukens-Olson, THEATRE Theatre 207 Program Coordinator: Peter Harrigan, *If student has AP credit for MA 150 and/or MA 160