Required Courses
Students enroll in the following 4-unit course:
CAS LF
French Language Course
Students will take an online placement exam post-acceptance and will be placed in a course based on their level. Students are enrolled in a course equivalent to CAS LF 111 through the 300-level and will receive the appropriate Hub requirements. CAS LF 111, LF 112, and LF 211 all fulfill a single Hub requirement in Individual in Community, while CAS LF 212 and beyond fulfill Hub requirements in both Individual in Community and Global Citizenship and Intercultural Literacy.
- Units: 4
Elective Courses
Students choose three out of the following courses. All elective courses are taught in English:
CAS BI 203
Cell Biology
Prerequisites: (CASBI108 OR CASNE102) and CAS CH 102 or equivalent
Principles of cellular organization and function: biological molecules, flow of genetic information, membranes and subcellular organelles, and cell regulation. Students may receive credit for only one course, either CAS BI 203, 213, or 218.
- Units: 4
- BU Hub areas:
- Scientific Inquiry II
- Quantitative Reasoning II
- Critical Thinking
CAS BI 203 lectures are team taught, and discussions have a lead instructor. This course does not have a lab.
CAS CH 203
Organic Chemistry I
Prerequisites: CAS CH 102 or CAS CH 110 or CAS CH 112, or the equivalent.
Fundamentals of contemporary organic chemistry, including electronic structure, stereochemistry, and reactions of important functional groups. Environmental problems, action of drugs, chemical warfare agents, insecticides, and chemical causes of disease.
- Units: 4
- BU Hub areas:
- Scientific Inquiry I
- Quantitative Reasoning I
CAS MA 213
Basic Statistics and Probability
Prerequisite: good background in high school algebra.
- Students may receive course units for not more than one of the following courses:
- CAS MA 113
- CAS MA 115
- CAS MA 213
Elementary treatment of probability densities, means, variances, correlation, independence, the binomial distribution, the central limit theorem. Stresses understanding and theoretical manipulation of statistical concepts.
- Units: 4
- BU Hub areas:
- Teamwork/Collaboration
- Quantitative Reasoning II
CAS LF 299
Approaches to Contemporary French Society and Culture
An interdisciplinary approach from the social sciences, particularly cultural anthropology, to explore intercultural issues and cultural theory in the contemporary context of globalization. Students gain an overview of French customs, values and practices with a focus on recent societal trends.
- Units: 4
- BU Hub areas:
- Global Citizenship and Intercultural Literacy
- Social Inquiry I