You must satisfy the requirements in at least three of the five Distribution Areas to graduate.
To satisfy a Distribution Area:
- Earn a total of at least 12 semester hours (s.h.) of course work that applies to the area
- Earn at least 6 s.h. from upper-level courses in the area (courses numbered 3000 – 4999)
Learn how courses are numbered.
Every course, even your transfer work, applies to a Distribution Area based on the department it is offered in. The sections below list UI academic departments that typically offer online courses for each Distribution Area.
Select a Course Subject code to view in the Distribution Area sections below. If MyUI displays “no courses found” then no distance education courses are offered by that department in the semester you searched. Use the “Session” drop-down list to change the semester you are viewing.
| COURSE SUBJECT CODE | UI ACADEMIC DEPARTMENT | UPPER-LEVEL EXCEPTIONS * |
|---|---|---|
| AINS | American Indian and Native Studies | |
| AMST | American Studies | *AMST:1075 American Popular Music |
| CHIN | Asian Language & Literature | |
| CLSA | Classics: Ancient Civilizations | |
| CLSG | Classics: Greek | |
| CLSL | Classics: Latin | *CLSL:2001 World of Cicero, *CLSL:2002 Golden Age of Roman Poetry |
| ENGL | English Literature | |
| ENNM | English Non Majors Literature | |
| GRMN | German | |
| GWSS | Gender, Women's, and Sexuality Studies | |
| HIST | History | |
| HRTS | Center for Human Rights | |
| ITAL | French and Italian | |
| KORE | Asian and Slavic Languages and Literatures | |
| PHIL | Philosophy | |
| RELS | Religious Studies | |
| SLAV | Asian and Slavic Languages and Literatures | |
| SPAN | Spanish |
| COURSE SUBJECT CODE | UI ACADEMIC DEPARTMENT | UPPER-LEVEL EXCEPTIONS* |
|---|---|---|
| ARTH | Art History | |
| ARTS | Art | |
| CNW | Creative Nonfiction Writing | |
| COMM | Communication Studies | |
| CW | Creative Writing | *CW:2100 Creative Writing, *CW:2870 Fiction Writing, *CW:2875 Poetry Writing |
| ENNM | English Non Majors - Writing | |
| EVNT | Event Planning | |
| JMC | Journalism & Mass Communication | |
| LING | Linguistics | |
| MUS | Music | |
| PHTO | Photography | |
| RHET | Rhetoric | |
| THTR | Theatre Arts | |
| WRIT | Writing |
| COURSE SUBJECT CODE | UI ACADEMIC DEPARTMENT |
|---|---|
| ACCT | Accounting |
| ASP | Aging Studies Program |
| ATEP | Athletic Training Program |
| BME | Biomedical Engineering |
| BUS | Business Administration |
| CBE | Chemical and Biochemical Engineering |
| CCP | Career Center Programs |
| CEE | Civil and Environmental Engineering |
| Communication Sciences and Disorders | |
| CSED | Counselor Education |
| EALL | Education Interdepartmental |
| EDTL | Education: Teaching & Learning |
| ENGR | Engineering (Core) |
| ENTR | Entrepreneurship |
| EPLS | Educational Policy & Leadership Studies |
| FIN | Finance |
| HHP | Health and Human Physiology |
| LEIS | Leisure Studies |
| ME | Mechanical Engineering |
| MED | Carver College of Medicine |
| MGMT | Management and Organizations |
| MKTG | Marketing |
| MPH | Master's in Public Health |
| MSCI | Management Sciences |
| MUSM | Musuem Studies |
| NURS | Nursing |
| PHAR | Pharmacy |
| PSQF | Psychological and Quantitative Foundations |
| RCE | Rehabilitation and Counselor Education |
| SIED | Science Education |
| SRM | Sport and Recreation Management |
| SSW | Social Work |
| TR | Therapeutic Recreation |
+Cross-referenced courses, offered by more than one academic department, may apply to different Distribution Areas, depending on which Course Subject you register under.
* Upper-Level Exceptions: For the BAS degree program, there are a select number of courses referred to as “upper-level exceptions” which are lower-level courses that count towards the upper-level requirement.