Focus Areas

Below are the lists of courses that satisfy the 15-credit focus areas in English, mathematics, science, social studies, and urban education.

English Focus Area Courses

• ENGL 101: Tools of Textual Analysis
• ENGL 204: American Literature
• ENGL 205: British Literature to 1660
• ENGL 206: British Literature 1660 to Present
• ENGL 294: English language: Grammar and Usage
• EDUC/ENGL 403: Literature for Adolescents: Multimedia Texts

One of the following English writing courses

• ENGL 301: Expository Writing
• ENGL 302: Advanced Composition
• ENGL 303: Script Writing
• ENGL 304: Poetry Writing
• ENGL 305: Fiction Writing
• ENGL 306: Topics in Writing
• ENGL 307: News Writing and Editing
• ENGL 312: Written Communication in Business
• ENGL 316: Peer Tutoring/Advanced Composition
• ENGL 410: Technical Writing
• ENGL 413: Topics in Technical Writing
• ENGL 415: Writing in the Professions

One of the following English diversity courses

• ENGL 202: Biblical and Classical Literature
• ENGL 214: Literature and Gender
• ENGL 215: Introduction to Ethnic and Cultural Studies
• ENGL 344: African American Literature I
• ENGL 345: African American Literature II
• ENGL 348: Contemporary Jewish-American Literature
• ENGL 349: Introduction to Jewish Sources: Text and Interpretation
• ENGL 376: World Literature
• ENGL 378: Caribbean Literature
• ENGL 380: Women Writers
• ENGL 381: Women in Literature
• ENGL 382: Studies in Multicultural Literature in English

Mathematics Focus Area Courses

• MATH 210: Discrete Mathematics
• MATH 217: Algebra for Middle School Teachers (fall and odd-numbered spring semesters)
• MATH 230: Finite Math with Applications
• MATH 240: Geometry and Measurement for Middle-School Teachers (spring and even-numbered fall semesters)
• STAT 200: Basic Statistical Practice OR MATH 201: Introduction to Statistical Methods
• MATH 221: Calculus I OR Math 241: Analytic Geometry and Calculus A
• MATH 222: Calculus II OR Math 242: Analytic Geometry and Calculus B

Science Focus Area Courses

Students take courses in at least two of the following areas: biology, earth science, environmental science, or physical science.

Biology

• BISC 105: Human Heredity and Development
• BISC 106: Elementary Human Physiology
• BISC 107: Elementary Evolutionary Ecology
• BISC 110: Viruses, Genes and Cancer
• BISC 171: Microbiology in Modern Society
• BISC 195: Biological Evolution
• BISC 208: Introductory Biology II
• HESC 220: Anatomy and Physiology
• PLSC 101: Botany I
• SCEN 344: Science and Religion

Earth Science

• GEOG 101: Physical Geography: Climatic Processes
• GEOG 106: Physical Geography: Land Surface Processes
• GEOG 152: Climate and Life
• GEOG 220: Meteorology
• GEOL 105: Geological Hazards and Their Human Impact
• GEOL 115: Geological Hazards Laboratory
• GEOL 108: Volcanoes and Earthquakes
• GEOL 109: Planets, Asteroids and Impacts
• GEOL 110: Earth History: Evolution, Extinction and the Geological Record
• GEOL 111: Geology of Delaware and Its Neighbors
• GEOL 112: Earth Resources and Public Policy
• MAST 200: The Oceans

Environmental Science

• BISC 107: Elementary Evolutionary Ecology
• CHEM 100: Chemistry and the Human Environments
• EDUC 643: Environmental Education
• ENWC 201: Wildlife Conservation and Ecology
• GEOG 230: Humans and the Earth Ecosystem
• GEOG 235: Conservation of Natural Resources
• GEOG 236: Conservation: Global Issues
• GEOG 320: Water and Society
• GEOL 112: Earth Resources and Public Policy
• PLSC 170: Soils and Environmental Quality
• PLSC 204: Introduction to Soil Sciences

Physical Science

• CHEM 101/102/103/104/105/106/111/112: General Chemistry
• CHEM 119: Quantitative Chemistry I
• PHYS 104: Elementary Physics OR PHYS 201: Introduction to Physics OR PHYS 207: Fundamentals of Physics I (only one course from SCEN 101, PHYS 201, PHYS 207, or PHYS 104 may be counted toward graduation)
• PHYS 133: Introduction to Astronomy OR PHYS 144: Concepts of the Universe
• PHYS 139: Star and Constellation Identification (1 credit)
• PHYS 145: Quasars, Black Holes and the Universe
• PHYS 146: Quarks, Gluons, and the Big Bang: Particles and Cosmology
• SCEN 344: Science and Religion

Social Studies Focus Area Courses

Students may take any ECON, HIST, POSC, or GEOG courses and must take courses in at least two different areas (e.g., HIST and POSC).

Urban Education Focus Area Courses

Students take at least three of the following four courses.

• EDUC 258: Cultural Diversity, Schooling and the Teacher OR EDUC 259: Cultural Diversity in Community Contexts (whichever was not taken for the Professional Studies requirement)
• EDUC 440: Literacy Instruction for English Language Learners
• EDUC 459: Urban Schools and Urban Landscapes
• EDUC 395: Building Communities of Learners in Urban Contexts

Students take 1-2 of the following electives, depending on how many of the above courses are taken. If students find a course not on this list that would inform their understanding of urban education, they can email Rosalie Rolon-Dow at rosa@udel.edu with a rationale for why they would like the course to count as an elective and she will decide she will decide to approve or not to approve it as an elective.

• BAMS 110: Introduction to Black American Studies
• BAMS/SOCI 204: Urban Communities
• BAMS 205: Contemporary Afro-American Issues
• BAMS/SOCI 215: Race in Society
• BAMS/SOCI 415: Race, Class and Gender
• GEOG 325: Urban Geography
• GEOG 346: Urban Cultural Geography
• HDFS 202: Foundations of Family Studies
• HDFS 230: Families and their Communities
• POSC 355: Urban Politics and Community Development
• POSC 452: Problems in Urban Politics
• SOCI 305: Social Class and Inequality
• One Spanish language course