Here you’ll find a list of available courses that earn elective credit. These courses might enhance or supplement your major and General Education courses by teaching you new skills, letting you continue to develop a hobby or interest, or helping you explore new opportunities.
2- and 3-Semester Hour Electives
ARTS 1060 Elements of Digital Photography (3)
ARTS 1070 Elements of Graphic Design (3)
CCP 1306 Student Employment for Career Success (2) - requires employment
CINE 1300 Foundations of Screenwriting (3)
CLSA 3742/WRIT 3742 Word Power: Building English Vocabulary (3) - asynchronous online
COMM 1112 Interpersonal Communication (3)
COMM 2054 Movements, Protest, Resistance (3)
COMM 2090 Topics in Communication Studies (3) – various topics
CPH 1800 Social and Psych Determinants of Health (3)
CSED 2081 Making a Vocational-Educational Choice (2,3)
CSI 1410 Life Design (2) -online
DANC 2150 Brazilian Social Dance: The Samba (3)
ENGL 1510 Introduction to Environmental Literature (3)
ENGL 2730 The Art and Craft of Creative Nonfiction (3) – various topics
EPLS 4020 Being in Civic Dialogues (3) - online
EVNT 3154 Foundations of Event Management (3)
FREN 1040 French for Travelers (3) -online
GWSS 2078 Women, Sport, and Culture (3)
HIST 2151 Introduction to the History Major (3) - various topics
IS 2115 Introduction to Human Rights (3)
IS 2400 Global Citizenship and the College Student (3)
JMC 2001 Exploring Nonprofits: Communities (3)
KORE 1135 Korean Pop Culture in a Globalized World (3)
LS 1020 Introduction to Leadership (3)
LS 2002 Career Leadership Academy Part I (3)
LS 2020 Women in Leadership (3)
LS 2022 Leading from the Margins (3)
MED 1100 Introduction to Health Care Professions (3)- online
MUS 1687 Orientation to Music Therapy (2)
PHAR 1812 What’s in My Medicine Cabinet? (2)
PSQF 1050 Learning Online Successfully (2)– online
PSQF 1101 Introduction to the Helping Professions (3)
PSQF 1102 Introduction to Helping Skills (3)
PSQF 1103 Assessment in Counseling/Behavioral Health (3)
PSQF 2116 Applied Child and Adolescent Psychology (3)
PSQF 3104 Multicultural Counseling & Psychology (3)- asynchronous online
PSQF 3115 Sport and Performance Psychology (3)
PSQF 3215 Applied Health Psychology (3)
RELS 2260 Hard Cases in Healthcare/Beginning of Life (3)
RHET 2055 Persuasion and Advocacy (3)
RHET 2065 Persuading Different Audiences (3)
RHET 2610/THTR 2610 Acting for Success (3)
SRM 1060 Contemporary Issues in Sports (3)
THTR 2620 Improv for Engineers & the Curious (3)
TR 2061 Recreation Leadership and Programming (3)
1 Semester-Hour Electives
BIOL 1808 Ways of Knowing Science
BUS 2300 Searching for Business Information - online
CCP 1300 Major and Career Explorations
CCP 2004 Internships: Search, Secure, and Succeed - online
CINE 2627 Film Club Bodies in Motion: A Century of Stunts and Choreography
CSI 1180 College Transition
CSI 1213 Special Topics I (choose from Digital and Social Media for Personal Success; Media Well-Being: Effective Use of Artificial Intelligence for Student Success; or Edutainment Media for Academic Success)
CSI 2150 Open Minded: A Curiosity-Fueled Approach to Choosing Your Major
ENGL 2030 Literary Readings Attendance
First-Year Seminars (topics vary by section)
GHS 3034 Doing Harm by Doing Good
HONR 1100 Honors Primetime (topics vary by section)
HPAS 1000 Healthy Relationships, Sexuality & You
HPAS 1001 Alcohol and Your College Experience
HPAS 1004 Food and Your College Experience
HPAS 1005-1610 Health and Physical Activity Skills (many different options – see MyUI)
HRTS 2907 Literature and Human Rights: One Community, One Book - online
IS 2500 Working Internationally: Global Business and Communication
LLS 1100-1680 Lifetime Leisure Skills (many different options, e.g. camping, canoeing, team building, scuba, kickboxing – see MyUI)
LS 2013 Strengths-Based Leadership
MILS 1095 Advanced Military Fitness Training
MUS 1001 Group Piano I: Non-Music Majors
MUS 1010 Recital Attendance for Non-Majors
MUS 1020 Performance Instruction for Non-Majors (many different options – see MyUI)
MUS 1160 University Band
MUS 1165 Hawkeye Marching Band
MUS 1176 Voxman Chorale (for students who sing in the soprano or alto range)
MUS 1180 Campus Symphony Orchestra
MUS 3162 All University Steel Band
MUS 3172 Camerata Singers
MUS 4800 Special Topics in Music
PSY 1010 Learning about Learning - online
RHET 1010 Writing for Academic Success (see advisor)
SEES 2010 Interdisciplinary Environmental Seminar: Discovering Research, Exploring Careers, Building Connections
WRIT 1600 Fast Fixes: Improved Writing in 6 Weeks (must have Rhetoric completed, various topics)