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Upper Level Courses

Upper Division Courses which have one or no prerequisites

Franklin College Classes which have been suggested by departments as useful for students who need upper division electives to fulfill the graduation requirement of 39 upper division courses (includes the major). 

Cellular Biology, Geography,Geology, History, Italian, Mathematics, Political Science, Religion, Russian, Speech Communication, Sociology, Plant Biology

1. Most Political Science courses have only POLS 1101 as a prerequisite. POLS 3200, Introductory International Relations and POLS 3300, Comparative Politics are recommended but not required for 4000-level classes in those areas. (From Arnold Fleischmann, 25 May 1998) 

2. Upper DivisionReligion classes with NO prerequisites: 

  • RELI/AFAM 3000, The Bible in the Third World
  • RELI 3030, Religion and the Media
  • RELI/HIST 3150, Religion in the United States
  • RELI 3300, Introduction to East Asian Religions
(From George Howard 13 April 1998) 

3.Geology offerings

  Course Number  Title Prerequisite(s) When offered
  GEOL 3030 Elementary Oceanography None Every Spring
  GEOL 3090 Gems and Gem Materials None Even Falls
  GEOL 3120 Geologic Hazards None Odd Springs
  GEOL 3150 Coastal Processes and
Conservation 		 None Even Springs
  GEOL 3250 Earth Resources and the
Environment 		 None Even Falls
  GEOL 3300 Paleobiotas None Odd Springs
  GEOL 3350 Dinosaurs-Lifestyles of the Big
and Famous in the Mesozoic 		 None Odd Springs
  GEOL 4220 Hydrogeology None Every Fall
  GEOL 4370 Data Anaylsis in the Geosciences None Even Falls
  GEOL 3130 Geology of the National Parks GEOL 1121-1121L, or
GEOL 1250-1250L, or
permission of department 		 Every Spring
  GEOL 4660 Field School in Shallow Geophysics GEOL 1121-1121L, or
GEOL 1250-1250L, or
permission of department 		 Every Summer
  GEOL/ANTH 4700 Archaeological Geology GEOL 1121-1121L, or
GEOL 1250-1250L 		 Every Spring
  GEOL 3010 Earth Materials CHEM 1211-1211L Every Fall

(From Raymond Freeman-Lynde, 14 April 1998) 

4. Geography:

GEOG 1101 (Introductory Human Geography) is the ONLY prerequisite for: 

  • GEOG 3620, Economic Geography
  • GEOG 3630, Urban Geography
GEOG 1111 (Introductory Physical Geography) is the ONLY prerequisite for: 
  • GEOG 3010, Geomorphology
  • GEOG 3110, Climatology
  • GEOG 3210, Biography
(From Al Parker 08 January 1998) 

5. Italian: ITAL4030 satisfies the College literature requirement and ITAL4040 satisfies the Fine Arts requirement.

6. Sociology: All of Sociology's 3000-level courses, with the exception of SOCI 3590, SOCI 3600 and SOCI 3700, are open to non-majors who have taken either SOCI 1101 or SOCI 1600. 

(From William Finlay, 05 January 1998) 

7. Speech Communication. The following SPCM upper division courses have no prerequisites: 

  • SPCM 3310, Case Studies in Public Communication
  • SPCM 4320, Communication Strategies in Political Campaigns
  • SPCM 4340, Communication and Religion
  • SPCM 4370, Women and United States Public Discourse
  • SPCM 4510, Nonverbal Communication
  • SPCM 4610, Health Communication
  • SPCM 4810, African american Rhetoric and Communication
(From Don Rubin 02 January 1998) 

8. Cellular Biology: "A number of courses in CBIO -- 3000, 3200, 3700, 3800, 4500, 4600 and 4730--are open to students with BIOL 1107/1108; one of those (CBIO 4600) is also available to students with 1103/1104. All these courses are challenging, but are suitable to premen/prevet/predent/prePT students from many departments." (From Charles Keith 23 June 1998) 

9. History: "All history courses (the only exceptions being HIST 4900, 4470, 4375 and 3150) are offered without prerequisites." (From Karl Friday, 23 June 1988) 

10. Russian:

  • RUSS 4050: 19th Century Russian Prose in English Translation. 3 hrs. No Prerequisites.
  • RUSS 4060: 20th Century Russian Prose in English Translation. 3 hrs. No Prerequisites.
(Submitted by Keith Langston 7 July 1998) 

11. Plant Biology:

  • PBIO 3010: Fungi: friends and foes. 3 hours. No Prerequisites
  • PBIO 3440: Herbs, Spices and Medicinal Plants. 2 hours. No Prerequisites
  • PBIO 3650: Natural History of Georgia Plants. 3 hours. No Prerequisites
(Palevitz: 13 August 1998 and Donovan: 17 February 2004) 

12. Mathematics: The following two new math courses have been passed along as good upper-division courses for non-majors. 

  • MATH 4760 Mathematics and Music, Dr. Benson, to be offered spring 2000, prerequisite MATH 2210 or MATH 2310H or MATH 2410H.
  • MATH 4710 Mathematics of Finance, Dr. Burgoyne, to be offered spring 2000, prerequisite MATH 2210 or MATH 2310H or MATH 2410H.
      

    ( From Clint McCrory 6 Apr 1999)