Breadth and Depth Requirements 2007-2008

Many of the checklists have an “Elective Breadth and Depth” requirement that makes reference to “Arts Group A”, “Arts Group B”, and courses from the Faculties of Science, Applied Health Studies, and Environmental Studies. The following chart categorizes each of the courses offered by UW for use in these requirements.

Prefix	Description	Group A	Group B	Sci	Sci, AHS, ES
ACTSC	Actuarial Science
AFM	Accounting and Financial Management
ANTH	Anthropology
AMATH	Applied Mathematics
ARCH	Architecture
ARTS	Arts
BIOL	Biology
BUS	Business (WLU)
CDNST	Canadian Studies
CHE	Chemical Engineering
CHEM	Chemistry
CHINA	Chinese
CIVE	Civil Engineering
CLAS	Classical Studies
CM	Computational Mathematics
CO	Combinatorics and Optimization
CROAT	Croatian
CS	Computer Science
DANCE	Dance
DAC	Digital Arts Communication
DRAMA	Drama
DUTCH	Dutch
EARTH	Earth Sciences
EASIA	East Asian Studies
ECE	Electrical and Computer Engineering
ECON	Economics
ENGL	English
ENVE	Environmental Engineering
ENVS	Environmental Studies
ERS	Enrironment and Resource Studies
FINE	Fine Arts
FR	French Studies
FRCS	French Cultural Studies
GENE	General Engineering
GEOE	Geological Engineering
GEOG	Geography
GER	German
GERON	Gerontology
GRK	Greek and Hebrew
HIST	History
HLTH	Health Studies
HRM	Human Resources Management
HUMSC	Human Sciences
INTTS	International Trade
IS	Independent Studies
ISS	Interdisciplinary Social Science
ITAL	Italian Studies
ITALST	Italian Studies
JAPAN	Japanese
JS	Jewish Studies
KIN	Kinesiology
KOREA	Korean
LAT	Latin
LSC	Legal Studies and Criminology
MATH	Mathematics
ME	Mechanical Engineering
MSCI	Management Sciences
MTHEL	Mathematics Electives
MTE	Mechatronics Engineering
MUSIC	Music
NATST	Native Studies
OPTOM	Optometry
PACS	Peace and Conflict Studies
PHIL	Philosophy
PHYS	Physics
PLAN	Planning
PMATH	Pure Mathematics
POLSH	Polish
PORT	Portuguese
PSCI	Political Science
PSYCH	Psychology
REC	Recreation and Leisure Studies
RS	Religious Studies
RUSS	Russian
SCI	Science
SE	Software Engineering
SMF	Sexuality, Marriage, and Family
SOC	Sociology
SOCWK	Social Work
SPAN	Spanish
SPCOM	Speech Communication
SPD	Spirituality and Personal Development
STAT	Statistics
STV	Society, Technology and Values
SWREN	Social Work (Bachelor of...)
SYDE	Systems Design Engineering
UKRAN	Ukrainian
WS	Women's Studies

The “Depth” requirement may be met in two ways:

• 3 courses (1.5 units) at 3rd year level or higher that have the same prefix, or
• 3 courses (1.5 units) with the same prefix forming a prerequisite chain of length three.

Here are a number of examples of prerequisite chains of length three:

• BUS 121W, followed by BUS352W, followed by BUS 362W.
• ECON 101, followed by 201, followed by one of 301, 333, 341, 342, 355, 357, 361.
• ECON 101 and 102, followed by 202, followed by one of 301, 302 (note that 2 courses are required before taking 202 but they do not form a chain).
• ECON 101 and 102, followed by 231, followed by one of 334, 335 (note that 2 courses are required before taking 231 but they do not form a chain).
• JAPAN 101R followed by 102R, followed by 201R.
• PHYS 121, followed by 122, followed by one of 222, 226, 234, 246, 252, 256, 263, 358, 375, 380, 381.
• PSYCH 101 followed by 207, followed by one of 304, 306, 307, 308, 320.

Many subject areas do not have prerequisite chains. Students interested in these areas should simply take three courses at the 3rd year level or higher.