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.

+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.