First Steps in Your Saint Michael’s Academic Major
Recommended Majors Courses for First Semester Students
ACCOUNTING
AC-141: Financial Accounting
ST-120: Elementary Statistics or EC-101: Principles of Macroeconomics
Program Coordinator: Steve Doyon, sdoyon@smcvt.edu
ANTHROPOLOGY/SOCIOLOGY
AN-109: Intro to Cultural Anthropology or SO-101: Intro to Sociology
Department Chair: Adrie Kusserow, akusserow@smcvt.edu
ART & DESIGN
AR-201: Foundations in Art
Department Chair: Will Mentor, wmentor@smcvt.edu
BIOCHEMISTRY
BI-151: Intro to Ecology and Evolution
CH-110: General Chemistry I*
MA-150: Calculus I* or MA-160:Calculus II*
Program Director: Lyndsay Avery, lavery@smcvt.edu
BIOLOGY
BI-151: Intro to Ecology and Evolution
CH-110: General Chemistry I*
For some students: MA-130: Elements of Calculus* or MA-150: Calculus I* or
ST-120: Elementary Statistics (contact chair or your advisor with questions)
Department Chair: Paul Constantino, pconstantino@smcvt.edu
BUSINESS ADMINISTRATION
BU-103: Managerial Ethics
AC-141: Financial Accounting or AC-143: Managerial Accounting
For some students: EC-101: Principles of Macroeconomics or ST-120: Elementary Statistics
Department Chair: Steve Doyon, sdoyon@smcvt.edu
CHEMISTRY
CH-110: General Chemistry I*
MA-150: Calculus I*, or MA-160: Calculus II*
Department Chair: Shane Lamos, slamos@smcvt.edu
COMPUTER SCIENCE
CS-111: Intro to Computer Science I*
MA-150: Calculus I* or MA-160: Calculus II*
Department Chair: Greta Pangborn, gpangborn@smcvt.edu
CRIMINOLOGY
SO-101: Intro to Sociology
Program Coordinator: Omara Rivera-Vazquez, oriveravazqu@smcvt.edu
DATA SCIENCE AND APPLIED STATISTICS
ST-120: Elementary Statistics
MA-150: Calculus I* or MA-160: Calculus II* or MA-211: Calculus III**
For some students: CS-111: Intro to Computer Science I* (contact chair or your advisor with questions)
Program Coordinator: Michael Larsen, mlarsen@smcvt.edu
DIGITAL MEDIA AND COMMUNICATIONS
MJD-101: Media Revolutions and/or MJD-110: Digital Media
Department Chair: Jon Hyde, jhyde2@smcvt.edu
ECONOMICS
EC-101: Principles of Macroeconomics or EC-103: Principles of Microeconomics
Department Chair: Patrick Walsh, pwalsh@smcvt.edu
EDUCATION (ART EDUCATION, ELEMENTARY EDUCATION, SECONDARY EDUCATION)
and EDUCATION STUDIES
ED-231: Education in the 21st Century
For some students: MA-115: Math for Teachers
Also: You are required to have additional major. For elementary education any major except business/accounting, and for secondary education any major except for business/accounting, engineering, media and graphic design, and computer science.
Department Chair: James Nagle, jnagle2@smcvt.edu
ENGINEERING
MA-150: Calculus I* or MA-160: Calculus II* or MA-211: Calculus III**
CH-110: General Chemistry I*
PY-210 can be taken, but only in consultation with an Engineering Advisor
Program Directors: Barbara O’Donovan: bodonovan@smcvt.edu; Greta Pangborn: gpangborn@smcvt.edu
ENGLISH
EN-110: Seminar in Literary Studies (topics vary) or any 200 level English course
Department Chair: Kerry Shea, kshea@smcvt.edu
ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE
ES-107: Environmental Science
BI-151: Intro to Ecology and Evolution OR CH-110: General Chemistry I* (but not both)
For some students: ES-106: Environment and Society, MA-130: Elements of Calculus*, MA-150: Calculus I* or ST-120: Elementary Statistics (contact chair or your advisor with questions)
Department Chair: Clay Williams, cwilliams8@smcvt.edu
ENVIRONMENTAL STUDIES
One or two courses among:
ES-105: Nature and Culture
ES-106: Environment and Society
ES-107: Environmental Science
Department Chair: Clay Williams, cwilliams8@smcvt.edu
EQUITY STUDIES
One or two courses among:
SO 221: Race & Ethnic Relations
AM 227: US Latinx Literature & Culture
EN 235: African American Literature
HI 180: African American History
GS 101: Gender Studies: Foundations or GS 208: Topics in Gender Studies
Department Contact: Katie Kirby (kkirby@smcvt.edu)
EXPLORATORY
You may wish to choose some courses required in majors you are considering at this time, as well as
courses that meet core curriculum requirements.
Contact Tim Mackin (tmackin@smcvt.edu) with questions
FRENCH
All students must complete the language placement test; courses are assigned according to placement..
Department Chair: Peter Vantine, pvantine@smcvt.edu
GENDER AND SEXUALITY STUDIES
GS-101: Gender Studies: Foundations, or any 200-level GS course
Program Director: MJ Bosia, mbosia@smcvt.edu
HEALTH SCIENCE
BI 152 or BI 151– Introduction to Health Sciences (Not PB101)
CH 110 – General Chemistry I
Program Director: Kate Soons, ksoons@smcvt.edu
HISTORY
History course at the 100 level
Department Chair: Jen Purcell, jpurcell@smcvt.edu
INFORMATION SYSTEMS
CS-111: Intro to Computer Science I and one of the following:
BU-103: Managerial Ethics
ST-120: Elementary Statistics
EC-101: Principles of Macroeconomics
Program Director: Greta Pangborn, gpangborn@smcvt.edu
INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS
One or more of:
PO-120: Intro to U.S. Politics
PO-245: Intro to International Relations
PO-285: Intro to Comparative Politics
PO-290: Intro to Canadian Government and Politics
Department Chair: Shefali Misra, smisra@smcvt.edu
MATHEMATICS
MA-150: Calculus I* or MA-160: Calculus II* or MA-211: Calculus III**
For some students: CS-111: Intro to Computer Science I (contact chair or your advisor with questions)
Department Chair: Michael Larsen, mlarsen@smcvt.edu
MUSIC
MU-201: Introductory Music Theory
Music Lessons and participation in an Ensemble
Program Coordinator: Bill Ellis, wellis@smcvt.edu
NEUROSCIENCE
PS-101: General Psychology
CH-110: General Chemistry I
BI-152: Intro to Health Sciences
Program Director: Ruth Fabian-Fine, rfabianfine@smcvt.edu
PHILOSOPHY & ETHICS
PH-103: Philosophy and the Good Life
Department Chair: Crystal L’Hote, clhote@smcvt.edu
POLITICAL SCIENCE
One or More of:
PO-120: Intro to U.S. Politics
PO-245: Intro to International Relations
PO-285: Intro to Comparative Politics
PO-290: Intro to Canadian Government and Politics
Department Chair: Shefali Misra, smisra@smcvt.edu
PRE-PHARMACY
BI-151: Intro to Ecology and Evolution
CH-110: General Chemistry I
For some students: MA-150: Calculus I* (contact chair or your advisor with questions)
Program Director: Andrew Korich, akorich@smcvt.edu
PUBLIC HEALTH
PB 101 – Introduction to Public Health
BI 153 – Introduction to Cell Biology and Genetics
Program Director: Trish Siplon, psiplon@smcvt.edu
PSYCHOLOGY
PS-101: General Psychology
Department Chair: Renee Carrico, rcarrico@smcvt.edu
RELIGIOUS STUDIES
RS 120: Christianity: Past and Present or RS-130: Varieties of Christianity or
RS-140: Catholic Christianity
Department Chair: Raymond Patterson, rpatterson@smcvt.edu
SOCIOLOGY
SO-101: Intro to Sociology or AN-109: Intro to Cultural Anthropology
Department Chair: Adrie Kusserow, akusserow@smcvt.edu
SPANISH
All students must complete the language placement test; courses are assigned according to placement.
Department Chair: Rafael Osuna-Montanez, rosunamontan@smcvt.edu
THEATRE
TH-207: Acting Techniques
Also consider any theater lab: TH161: Scenery, Lights, Painting; TH162: Costumes; TH163: Scenery, Lights, Run Crew
Program Coordinator: Bill Ellis, wellis@smcvt.edu
* Calculus Placement Test required before you will be registered for this course
** If student has AP credit for MA 150 and/or MA 160