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Essential Studies Courses

Essential Studies courses form the core education for UND undergraduate students.

To use a course to meet your Essential Studies (ES) requirements, it must be on the approved list in the semester you take it. This is important because the curriculum may change. A course that was on the approved list in the past may have been modified to meet a different ES requirement or it could have been dropped.

How are courses approved?

Current Approved ES Courses

Requirements

Essential Studies requirements for Intercultural Knowledge and Skills changed in Fall 2020. Students are still required to complete 2 courses in the area but rather than completing courses focusing on Global (G) and US (U) Diversity; students will instead be required to complete courses on Diversity of Human Experience (D) and Analyzing Worldviews (W).

Started Fall 2020 or later

If you began at UND in Fall 2020 or later, you must follow the requirements which include Diversity of Human Experience and Analyzing Worldviews as meeting the Intercultural Knowledge and Skills Special Emphasis area. Those courses are posted in the course catalog.

Started prior to Fall 2020

Students who began at UND prior to Fall 2020, may follow their catalog year requirements which include Global and US Diversity courses as meeting the Intercultural Knowledge and Skills Special Emphasis area. Those courses are listed below. Student may choose to follow requirements from the most recent catalog and instead complete Diversity of Human Experience and Analyzing Worldview courses. Speak with your advisor about making a change to your catalog if you would prefer to follow these requirements.

Global Diversity Courses

Course Number Course Name Credits
Anthropology 100 Introduction to Anthropology 3
*Anthropology 171 Introduction to Cultural Anthropology 3
Anthropology 172 Introduction to Archaeology 3
Anthropology 200 World Prehistory 3
Anthropology 360 Environmental Change & Culture 3
Anthropology 371 Cultural Dynamics 3
Anthropology 377 North American Archaeology 3
Anthropology 379 Culture Area Studies 3
Anthropology 385 Antiquities, Culture and Law 3
Aviation 372 Global Perspectives in Aviation History 3
Business Administration 325 Business Research Writing and Culture 3
Chinese 101 First Year Chinese I 4
Chinese 201 Second Year Chinese I 4
Classical Studies 101 First Year Latin I 4
Classical Studies 201 Second Year Latin I 4
*Communication 402 Intercultural/International Communication 3
Communication Sciences & Disorders 425 Language, Multiculturalism and Communication Disorders 3
English 228 Diversity and Global Literatures 3
*French 101 First Year French I 4
*French 201 Second Year French I 4
*Geography 151 Human Geography 3
*Geography 161 World Regional Geography 3
*German 101 First Year German I 4
German 201 Second Year German I 4
German 206 Germany in a Global World 3
German 306 Contextualizing Culture: Introduction to German Studies 3
*History 101 Western Civilization I 3
*History 102 Western Civilization II 3
History 105 World Civilizations I 3
History 106 World Civilizations II 3
History 230 History of Modern Science 3
Honors 381 Exploring Global Diversity Through the Humanities 3-4
Honors 382 Exploring Global Diversity Through the Social Sciences 3-4
Humanities 225 Advanced Integrated Social Science 2-4
Indian Studies 385 Sustainable Communities 3
Music 203 Music and Culture 3
*Norwegian 101 First Year Norwegian I 4
*Norwegian 201 Second Year Norwegian I 4
*Nutrition & Dietetics 335 World Food Patterns 3
Philosophy 104 Religions of the West 3
Philosophy 105 Religions of Asia 3
Philosophy 227 Mysticism and Spirituality in Religion 3
Philosophy 245 Death and Dying 3
Philosophy 282 Asian Philosophy 3
Philosophy 315 Philosophy of Race and Postcolonialism 3
Philosophy 316 Daoism and Confucianism 3
Philosophy 320 Hinduism 3
Philosophy 380 Buddhism 3
Political Science 225 Comparative Politics 3
*Psychology 421 Diversity Psychology 3
Public Health Education 103 Introduction to Global Health 3
*Spanish 101 First Year Spanish I 4
Spanish 201 Second Year Spanish I 4
*Women and Gender Studies 225 The Study of Women 3

U.S. Diversity Courses

Course Number Course Name Credits
*Communication 102 Communication and the Human Community 3
*Counseling 250 Dialogue on US Diversity 3
English 229 Diversity in U.S. Literature 3
English 365 Black American Writers 3
English 367 American Indian Literature 3
Geography 262 Geography of North America I 3
*History 103 United States to 1877 3
*History 104 United States Since 1877 3
History 260 Slaves, Citizens, and Social Change 3
History 332 Women in American History to 1865 3
History 333 Women in American History Since 1865 3
History 371 African-American History Since 1877 3
Honors 101 Inquiry in the Humanities 3
Honors 102 Inquiry in the Social Sciences 3
Honors 372 Advanced Social Science Colloquium on US Diversity 3
Humanities 224 Integrated Social Science Inquiry 2-4
Indian Studies 121 Introduction to American Indian Studies 3
Indian Studies 151 Popular Culture and American Indians 3
Indian Studies 171 Hollywood Indians 3
Indian Studies 181 Native North America to 1600 3
Indian Studies 201 History of the Sioux 3
Indian Studies 203 History of the Ojibwe 3
Indian Studies 207 History of the Three Affiliated Tribes 3
Indian Studies 221 North American Indians before 1815 3
Indian Studies 222 North American Indians since 1815 3
Indian Studies 311 Health and American Indian Cultures 3
Indian Studies 346 Gender in American Indian Cultures 3
Indian Studies 395 Ethnohistory of North America 3
Nursing 331 Patient & Family-Centered Care 3
Nursing 490 Transcultural Health Care Theories, Research, & Practice 3
Occupational Therapy 451 Multicultural Competency in OT 3
Philosophy 355 Social & Political Philosophy 3
Political Science 318 American Political Thought 3
Recreation & Tourism Studies 260 Inclusion in Recreation Settings 3
*Rehab & Human Srvc 250 Contemporary Issues in Rehabilitation 3
*Sociology 110 Introduction to Sociology 3
Sociology 250 Diversity in American Society 3
*Teaching & Learning 433 Multicultural Education 3
*Women and Gender Studies 200 Introduction to Gender Studies 3

Past ES Courses

To use a course to meet your Essential Studies requirements, it must be on the approved list in the semester that you take it.

This is important because the curriculum may change. A course that was the approved list in the past may have been modified to meet a different ES requirement or it may have been dropped from ES because of other changes.

Previous Semesters

  • 2021 Fall - 2022 Spring
  • 2020 Fall - 2021 Spring Essential Studies
  • 2019 Fall - 2020 Spring Capstone
  • 2019 Fall - 2020 Spring Special Emphasis
  • 2019 Fall - 2020 Spring Breadth of Knowledge
  • 2018 Fall-2019 Spring Capstone
  • 2018 Fall-2019 Spring Special Emphasis
  • 2018 Fall-2019 Spring Breadth of Knowledge 
  • 2017 Fall-2018 Spring
  • 2016 Fall-2017 Spring
  • 2016 Summer
  • 2015 Fall-2016 Spring
  • 2015 Summer
  • 2015 Spring
  • 2014 Fall
  • 2014 Summer
  • 2014 Spring
  • 2013 Fall
  • 2013 Summer
  • 2013 Spring
  • 2012 Fall
  • 2012 Summer
  • 2012 Spring
  • 2011 Fall
  • 2010–2011
  • 2009–2010
  • 2008–2009
Essential Studies
Karyn Plumm, Essential Studies Director
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