During AY 2020/2021, the Baccalaureate Core Committee underwent an extensive review process to ensure all Bacc Core courses listed in more than one Bacc Core category met each set of category learning outcomes. Effective summer 2021, several courses are now approved in only one Baccalaureate Core category rather than two categories.
To continue to support all current and future transfer students who were not made aware of our curricular changes in time for their summer and fall registration, OSU will honor the prior dual listed Bacc Core designation of courses completed through Fall 2021. Students have until September 1, 2023 to transfer these courses to OSU. Post September 1, 2023, all transfer courses will be articulated in congruence with current year Bacc Core category designation.
Courses will not automatically be articulated with the prior Bacc Core designation. Students transferring courses into OSU between January 30, 2022 and September 1, 2023 will need to work with their OSU Academic Advisor to ensure their transfer course applies correctly to the previous Bacc Core category. A tool to identify affected students is in development and will be announced to relevant stakeholders in the academic advising community.
Skills and Perspective Categories |
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Abbreviation |
Bacc Core category |
Symbol |
BS |
Biological Science |
* |
CD |
Cultural Diversity |
* |
LA |
Literature and the Arts |
* |
PS |
Physical Science |
* |
SPI |
Social Processes and Institutions |
* |
WC |
Western Culture |
* |
DPD |
Difference, Power, and Discrimination |
* |
Synthesis & WIC Categories
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Abbreviation |
Bacc Core category |
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CGI |
Contemporary Global Issues |
* |
STS |
Science, Technology, and Society |
* |
WIC |
Writing Intensive Curriculum |
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Course |
Title |
Category Retained |
Category Removed |
AG 311 |
*NATIVE AMERICAN AGRICULTURE |
keep CD |
drop DPD |
AG 351 |
*COMMUNICATING AGRICULTURE TO THE PUBLIC |
keep CGI |
drop SPI |
ART 204 |
*INTRODUCTION TO WESTERN ART: PREHISTORY TO THE HIGH MIDDLE AGES |
keep WC |
drop LA |
ART 205 |
*INTRODUCTION TO WESTERN ART: GOTHIC TO BAROQUE |
keep WC |
drop LA |
ART 206 |
*INTRODUCTION TO WESTERN ART: NEOCLASSICISM TO CONTEMPORARY |
keep LA |
drop WC |
ART 208 |
*INTRODUCTION TO ASIAN ART |
keep CD |
drop LA |
ART 210 |
*HISTORY OF WESTERN ARCHITECTURE |
keep WC |
drop LA |
ART 310 |
*EARLY CHINESE ART AND ARCHEOLOGY |
keep CD |
drop LA |
ART 311 |
*LATE CHINESE ART AND CULTURE |
keep CD |
drop LA |
ART 312 |
*CONTEMPORARY CHINESE ART |
keep CD |
drop LA |
ART 313 |
*ART OF JAPAN |
keep CD |
drop LA |
ART 321 |
*ANCIENT ROMAN ART AND ARCHITECTURE |
keep LA |
drop WC |
ART 322 |
*MEDIEVAL ART AND ARCHITECTURE |
keep LA |
drop WC |
ART 323 |
*ITALIAN RENAISSANCE ART AND ARCHITECTURE |
keep LA |
drop WC |
BI 306 & 306H |
*^ENVIRONMENTAL ECOLOGY |
keep CGI |
drop WIC |
CSS/SOIL 205 |
*SOIL SCIENCE |
keep PS |
drop BS |
EAH 411 |
*^PERSPECTIVES IN ENVIRONMENTAL ARTS AND HUMANITIES |
keep STS |
drop WIC |
EAH 412 |
*^ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE IN CONTEXT |
keep STS |
drop WIC |
ENG 201 & 201H |
*SHAKESPEARE |
keep LA |
drop WC |
ENG 202 & 202H |
*SHAKESPEARE |
keep LA |
drop WC |
ENG 204 & 204H |
*SURVEY OF BRITISH LITERATURE: BEGINNINGS TO 1660 |
keep WC |
drop LA |
ENG 205 & 205H |
*SURVEY OF BRITISH LITERATURE: RESTORATION TO ROMANTIC ERA |
keep WC |
drop LA |
ENG 206 |
*SURVEY OF BRITISH LITERATURE: VICTORIAN ERA TO 20TH CENTURY |
keep WC |
drop LA |
ENG 207 |
*LITERATURE OF WESTERN CIVILIZATION: CLASSICAL-RENAISSANCE |
course eliminated |
course eliminated |
ENG 208 |
*LITERATURE OF WESTERN CIVILIZATION: 18TH CENTURY TO PRESENT |
course eliminated |
course eliminated |
ENG 210 |
*LITERATURES OF THE WORLD: ASIA |
keep CD |
drop LA |
ENG 211 & 211H |
*LITERATURES OF THE WORLD: AFRICA |
keep CD |
drop LA |
ENG 212 |
*LITERATURES OF THE WORLD: MESO/SOUTH AMERICA, CARIBBEAN |
keep CD |
drop LA |
ENG 213 & 213H |
*LITERATURES OF THE WORLD: MIDDLE EAST |
keep CD |
drop LA |
ENG 214 |
*LITERATURE OF THE WORLD: EUROPE |
keep WC |
drop LA |
ENG 215 |
*CLASSICAL MYTHOLOGY |
keep WC |
drop LA |
ENG 253 |
*SURVEY OF AMERICAN LITERATURE: COLONIAL TO 1900 |
keep LA |
drop WC |
ENG 254 & 254H |
*SURVEY OF AMERICAN LITERATURE: 1900 TO PRESENT |
keep LA |
drop WC |
ENG 260 & 260H |
*LITERATURE OF AMERICAN MINORITIES |
keep DPD |
drop LA |
ENG 275 & 275H |
*THE BIBLE AS LITERATURE |
keep WC |
drop LA |
ENG 317 |
*THE AMERICAN NOVEL: BEGINNINGS TO CHOPIN |
keep LA |
drop WC |
ENG 318 |
*THE AMERICAN NOVEL: MODERNIST PERIOD |
keep LA |
drop WC |
ENG 319 |
*THE AMERICAN NOVEL: POST-WORLD WAR II |
keep LA |
drop WC |
ENG 322 |
*STUDIES IN GLOBALISM, TEXT, AND EVENT |
keep CGI |
drop LA |
ENSC 479 |
*^ENVIRONMENTAL CASE STUDIES |
keep WIC |
drop STS |
ES 243 |
*NATIVE AMERICAN ASSIMILATION AND ACTIVISM |
keep DPD |
drop CD |
ES 334 |
*ASIAN PACIFIC AMERICAN LITERATURE |
drop both categories |
drop LA and DPD |
FES/NR 477 |
*AGROFORESTRY |
keep CGI |
drop STS |
FILM 110 |
*INTRODUCTION TO FILM STUDIES: 1895-1945 |
keep LA |
drop WC |
FILM 125 |
*INTRODUCTION TO FILM STUDIES: 1945-PRESENT |
keep LA |
drop WC |
FOR 206 |
*FOREST SOILS LABORATORY FOR SOIL 205 |
keep PS |
drop BS |
GEOG 300 & 300H |
*SUSTAINABILITY FOR THE COMMON GOOD |
keep CGI |
drop STS |
GEOG 330 |
*^GEOGRAPHY OF INTERNATIONAL DEVELOPMENT AND GLOBALIZATION |
keep CGI |
drop WIC** |
HDFS 201 |
*CONTEMPORARY FAMILIES IN THE U.S. |
keep DPD |
drop SPI |
HST 101 |
*HISTORY OF WESTERN CIVILIZATION |
keep WC |
drop SPI |
HST 102 |
*HISTORY OF WESTERN CIVILIZATION |
keep WC |
drop SPI |
HST 103 |
*HISTORY OF WESTERN CIVILIZATION |
keep WC |
drop SPI |
HST 104 |
*WORLD HISTORY I: ANCIENT CIVILIZATIONS |
keep CD |
drop WC |
HST 105 & 105H |
*WORLD HISTORY II: MIDDLE AND EARLY MODERN AGES |
keep CD |
drop WC |
HST 106 & 106H |
*WORLD HISTORY III: THE MODERN AND CONTEMPORARY WORLD |
keep CD |
drop WC |
HST 201 & 201H |
*HISTORY OF THE UNITED STATES |
keep DPD |
drop WC |
HST 202 & 202H |
*HISTORY OF THE UNITED STATES |
keep WC and DPD |
keep both categories |
HST 203 & 203H |
*HISTORY OF THE UNITED STATES |
keep DPD |
drop WC |
HST 369 |
*^IMMIGRATION TO THE U.S. SINCE 1880 |
keep DPD |
drop WIC |
HST/REL 485 |
*POLITICS AND RELIGION IN THE MODERN MIDDLE EAST |
keep CGI |
drop CD |
HSTS 415 & 415H |
*^THEORY OF EVOLUTION AND FOUNDATION OF MODERN BIOLOGY |
keep STS |
drop WIC |
HSTS 417 & 417H |
*^HISTORY OF MEDICINE |
keep STS |
drop WIC |
HSTS 419 & 419H |
*^STUDIES IN SCIENTIFIC CONTROVERSY: METHODS AND PRACTICES |
keep STS |
drop WIC |
HSTS 422 |
*^HISTORICAL STUDIES OF SCIENCE AND POLITICS |
keep STS |
drop WIC |
HSTS 425 |
*^HISTORY OF THE LIFE SCIENCES |
keep STS |
drop WIC |
KIN 312 |
*SOCIOCULTURAL DIMENSIONS OF PHYSICAL ACTIVITY |
keep SPI |
drop WC |
SOIL 206 |
*SOIL SCIENCE LABORATORY FOR SOIL 205 |
keep PS |
drop BS |
SOIL 395 |
*^WORLD SOIL RESOURCES |
keep WIC |
drop STS |
TA 332 |
*^HISTORY OF THE THEATER |
keep LA |
drop WIC |
WGSS 223 & 223H |
*INTRODUCTION TO WOMEN, GENDER, AND SEXUALITY STUDIES |
keep DPD |
drop SPI |
WGSS 224 |
*WOMEN: PERSONAL AND SOCIAL CHANGE |
keep SPI |
drop DPD |
WGSS 270 |
*RESISTING GENDER VIOLENCE |
keep SPI |
drop DPD |
WGSS 324 |
*FEMINIST ACTIVISM |
keep SPI |
drop DPD |
WGSS 480 & 480H |
*GENDER AND TRANSNATIONAL ACTIVISM |
keep CGI |
drop CD |
WLC 233 |
*RUSSIAN CULTURE I |
drop both categories |
drop both categories |
WLC 234 |
*RUSSIAN CULTURE II |
drop all categories |
drop |
WLC 235 |
*RUSSIAN CULTURE III |
drop both categories |
drop both categories |
WLC 321 |
*MODERN SPAIN THROUGH SPANISH CINEMA |
keep LA |
drop WC |
WSE 266 |
*INDUSTRIAL HEMP |
drop both categories |
drop both SPI and WC |
WGSS 223 & 223H |
*INTRODUCTION TO WOMEN, GENDER, AND SEXUALITY STUDIES |
keep DPD |
drop SPI |
WGSS 224 |
*WOMEN: PERSONAL AND SOCIAL CHANGE |
keep SPI |
drop DPD |
WGSS 270 |
*RESISTING GENDER VIOLENCE |
keep SPI |
drop DPD |
WGSS 324 |
*FEMINIST ACTIVISM |
keep SPI |
drop DPD |
WGSS 480 & 480H |
*GENDER AND TRANSNATIONAL ACTIVISM |
keep CGI |
drop CD |
WLC 233 |
*RUSSIAN CULTURE I |
drop both categories |
drop CD and WC |
WLC 234 |
*RUSSIAN CULTURE II |
drop all categories |
drop LA, CD, WC |
WLC 235 |
*RUSSIAN CULTURE III |
drop both categories |
drop CD and WC |
WLC 321 |
*MODERN SPAIN THROUGH SPANISH CINEMA |
keep LA |
drop WC |
WSE 266 |
*INDUSTRIAL HEMP |
drop both categories |
drop SPI and WC |