Human Perspective Requirement

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Iowa Western Community College supports learning experiences that promote intellectual growth and human enrichment. To achieve this goal, all graduates earning an associate degree must take at minimum a three-credit hour course for which the primary focus leads to an understanding and awareness of others. This requirement may be satisfied with courses taken to satisfy other core requirements.

Courses must be selected from the following:

Social Science

ANT 105 - Cultural Anthropology 3.0 Credit(s) ¹
GEO 121 - World Regional Geography 3.0 Credit(s) ¹
HIS 253 - American Indian History and Culture 3.0 Credit(s) ¹
HIS 257 - African American History 3.0 Credit(s) ¹
SOC 198 - The Middle East 3.0 Credit(s) ¹
SOC 200 - Minority Group Relations 3.0 Credit(s) ¹
SOC 210 - Men, Women and Society 3.0 Credit(s) ¹

Humanities

DRA 101 - Introduction to Theatre 3.0 Credit(s) ¹
DRA 130 - Acting I 3.0 Credit(s) ¹
DRA 132 - Acting II 3.0 Credit(s) ¹
FLS 141 - Elementary Spanish I 4.0 Credit(s) ¹
FLS 142 - Elementary Spanish II 4.0 Credit(s) ¹
LIT 134 - Multicultural Literature 3.0 Credit(s) ¹
LIT 190 - Women Writers 3.0 Credit(s) ¹
MUS 204 - History of Rock and Roll 3.0 Credit(s) ¹
REL 101 - Survey of World Religions 3.0 Credit(s) ¹

General Electives

ECE 287 - Exceptional Learner 3.0 Credit(s)
EDU 245 - Exceptional Learner 3.0 Credit(s)
MGT 195 - Workplace Empowerment 3.0 Credit(s)
MKT 190 - International Marketing 3.0 Credit(s)
SPC 120 - Intercultural Communications 3.0 Credit(s) ¹

Notes:

¹Courses listed under Social Science and Humanities, as well as any other asterisked course, will also satisfy the Distributed requirement.