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

AMERICAN STUDIES

One or more courses among:

HI-101: US History to 1865 or HI-103: US History Since 1865

Contact: Tim Mackin, tmackin@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: Bill Ellis, welllis@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: Christina Chant, cchant@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: Bill Anderson, wanderson@smcvt.edu

CHEMISTRY

CH-110: General Chemistry I*

MA-150: Calculus I*, or MA-160: Calculus II*

Department Chair: Dave Heroux, dheroux@smcvt.edu

COMPUTER SCIENCE

CS-111: Intro to Computer Science I*

MA-150: Calculus I* or MA-160: Calculus II*

Department Chair: John Trono, jtrono@smcvt.edu

CRIMINOLOGY

SO-101: Intro to Sociology

Program Coordinator: Krista Billingsley, kbillingsley2@smcvt.edu

DATA SCIENCE

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: Jerry Swope, jswope@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: Nat Lewis, nlewis@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: Nat Lewis, nlewis@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: Nat Lewis, nlewis@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 Contacts: Katie Kirby (kkirby@smcvt.edu) or Peter Vantine (pvantine@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 Assistant Dean Ryan Braeger (rbraeger@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 STUDIES

GS-101: Gender Studies: Foundations, or any 200-level GS course

Program Director: Maura D’Amore, mdamore@smcvt.edu

HEALTH SCIENCE

BI 152 or BI 151– Introduction to Health Sciences (Not PB101)

CH 110 – General Chemistry I

Program Director: Adam Weaver, aweaver@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: John Trono, jtrono@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: Jeffrey Ayres, jayres@smcvt.edu

LATIN

LA-101: Introduction to Latin, or advanced course, according to placement

Department Chair: Peter Vantine, pvantine@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

PHYSICS

MA-150: Calculus I* or MA-160: Calculus II

PY-210: College Physics I

Department Chair: Alain Brizard, abrizard@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: Jeffrey Ayres, jayres@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: Shane Lamos, slamos@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: David Boynton, dboynton@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: Peter Vantine, pvantine@smcvt.edu

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

THEATRE

TH-207: Acting Techniques

Also consider any theater lab: TH161: Scenery, Lights, Painting; TH162: Costumes; TH163: Scenery, Lights, Run Crew

Program Coordinator: Peter Harrigan, pharrigan@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