Division V - Formal Communication Studies

Students take a minimum of three credits from this division. These courses are designed to introduce students to the ways in which information and ideas are expressed using a communication system other than English. Such courses should foster the students ability to conceptualize and communicate in an orderly, rational manner. Characteristics of a communication system include: (1) possession of a grammar; (2) operation from an established set of rules; (3) reasoning properties such as deduction, inference drawing and problem solving. This division includes courses in languages and those in which the central focus of the course is on statistics, computers or formal logic.

CHN 101 Elementary Chinese I (4 cr.)
CIS 110 Principles of Computer Information Systems (4 cr.)
CS 101 Web Site Construction (4 cr.)
CS 120 Computer Science I (4 cr.)
CS 120A Accelerated Computer Science I (4 cr.)
CS 255 Computing for Teachers (4 cr.)
FR 101 Elementary French I (4 cr.)
FR 102 Elementary French II (4 cr.)
FR 201 Intermediate French I (4 cr.)
FR 202 Intermediate French II (4 cr.)
FR 305 Conversational French and Phonetics (4 cr.)
GR 101 Elementary German I (4 cr.)
GR 102 Elementary German II (4 cr.)
GR 201 Intermediate German I (4 cr.)
GR 202 Intermediate German II (4 cr.)
IS 100 Introduction to Windows, E-mail and the Internet (1 cr.)
IS 101 Beginning Word Processing (1 cr.)
IS 102 Beginning Spreadsheets (1 cr.)
IS 104 Beginning Database (1 cr.)
LAT 101 Elementary Latin I (4 cr.)
LB 295F Special Topics in Liberal Studies: Formal Communication Studies (2-4 cr.)
MA 171 Introduction to Probability and Statistics (4 cr.)
NAS 101 Anishinaabe Language, Culture and Community I (4 cr.)
NAS 102 Anishinaabe Language, Culture and Community II (4 cr.)
NAS 207 Seasonal Exploration Anishinaabe Language (4 cr.)
PL 160 Introduction to Logic (4 cr.)
POR 110 Elementary Portuguese for Students of Spanish (4 cr.)
POR 210 Intermediate Portuguese for Students of Spanish (4 cr.)
PY 305 Psychological Statistics (4 cr.)
RUS 101 Elementary Russian I (4 cr.)
SL 252 American Sign Language I (4 cr.)
SL 253 American Sign Language II (4 cr.)
SN 101 Elementary Spanish I (4 cr.)
SN 102 Elementary Spanish II (4 cr.)
SN 105 Intensive Introductory Spanish (6 cr.)
SN 201 Intermediate Spanish I (4 cr.)
SN 202 Intermediate Spanish II (4 cr.)
SO 208 Methods of Social Research I (4 cr.)

Equivalent courses in any other foreign language not listed here can be used to meet this requirement.

Note: Native speakers of a foreign language may not test out of their native language to receive formal communication studies credit. They may take a CLEP or departmental test in another foreign language to meet this division requirement.

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