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.
Expand a Distribution Area, and select a Course Subject code to view the distance education offerings for that academic department in MyUI/Courses. If MyUI displays “no courses found” then no distance education courses are being 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 | |
| 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.