Canisius College

Note:  Due to policies set by the Faculty Senate, many Attribute and Field listings apply retroactively to classes taken during and after Fall 2008, but some do not. Please consult GriffAudit to see how courses you have already taken count towards the Core. Please use this list to plan your courses for future semesters.  If you have questions about which classes to take, please consult your faculty advisor.

Field 1 - Religious Studies and Theology

Field 2 - Philosophy

Field 3 - Arts

Field 4 - History

Field 5 - Social Sciences

Field 6 - Natural Sciences

Field 7 - Mathematical Sciences

Field 1 - Religious Studies and Theology
CLS 308 Pagans and Christians
CLS 309 Greek and Roman Religion
HIS 360 Great African Americans
RST 200 Intro to Hebrew Bible
RST 201 Intro to New Testament
RST 205 Reading the Bible: Literary and Theoretical Approaches
RST 218 Intro to Western Religious Traditions
RST 219 History of Eastern Orthodox Christianity
RST 220 Intro to Eastern Religions
RST 221 Native American Religions
RST 222 African Religions
RST 223 Religions of China
RST 224 Islam: Tradition & Revival
RST 225 Religion & Society
RST 226 Hinduism 
RST 228 Introduction to Mahayana Buddhism
RST 229 Religious Perspectives on Animals
RST 230 Catholic Belief Today
RST 231 Intro to Catholic Studies
RST 235 Religion & Politics
RST 236 Theology & European Film
RST 237 Images of Jesus in Film and Art
RST 240 Dev of Jewish Religion Thought & Practice
RST 260 The History of Catholic Belief
RST 261 Development of Christian Doctrine
RST 301 The First Three Gospels
RST 303 Ethics and the New Testament
RST 305 The Life and Teachings of Jesus
RST 310 Matthew: The Church’s Gospel
RST 311 Paul’s NT Epistles & His Church
RST 312 The Gospel, Letters & Rev of St. John
RST 314 New Testament in Literature & Art
RST 315 Ancient Israelite Prophecy
RST 321 New Testament Society
RST 322 Women Reading the Bible: Feminist Approaches to Scripture
RST 323 Biblical Archeology
RST 325 Early Christianity
RST 326 Medieval, Renaissance and Reformation Christianity
RST 327 Modern Global Christianity
RST 328 Sacramental Theology
RST 328A The Jesuits: History, Spirituality & Culture
RST 329 Religions in N America to 1865 
RST 330 Religions in N America 1865-present
RST 340 Moral Issues Today
RST 341 Catholic Social Ethics: Theological Perspectives
RST 342 Theological Ethics and Environmental Justice
RST 343 Religion & Challenge of Science
RST 344 Theology of Family Process
RST 345 Bio-Moral Problems
RST 350 The Christian Concept of God
RST 351 Freedom, Sin & Grace
RST 352 Church in the Modern World
RST 353 Sacramental Theology
RST 354 Jesus Christ and Modern Culture
RST 355 The Problem of Suffering
RST 359 Revelation and Faith
RST 360 Magic, Science & Religion
RST 361 The Psychology of Religion
RST 362 Fundamentalism
RST 363 Women, Gender and Religion
RST 364 Zen and the Meditative Life
RST 365 Christian Spirituality 
RST 366 Theology of Death
RST 381 Types of Religious Experience

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Field 2 - Philosophy
CLG 213-218 Greek Philosophers
CLG 313-318 Readings in Greek Philosophy
CLL 213-218 Roman Philosophers
CLL 313-318 Readings in Roman Philosophy
CLS 312 The Greek Enlightenment
HIS 347 History of Marxism
HIS 348 20th Century Marxism
PHI 201 Philosophy of the Person
PHI 205 Philosophy of Nature & Reality
PHI 211 Philosophy of Religion
PHI 221 Critical Thinking
PHI 225 Logic
PHI 231 Thinking, Knowing, and Believing
PHI 240 Justice
PHI 241 Ethics: Traditions in Moral Reasoning
PHI 242 Ethical Issues in Business
PHI 243 Bio-Medical Ethics
PHI 244 Environmental Ethics
PHI 245 Animal Ethics
PHI 246 Ethics of Technology
PHI 247 Food and Agricultural Ethics
PHI 251 Love, Friendship & Moral Life
PHI 252 Happiness, Virtue & the Good Life
PHI 261 Philosophy of Law
PHI 262 Philosophy of International Law
PHI 266 Philosophy of the Family
PHI 267 Catholic Social Thought
PHI 268 Catholic & Jewish Bioethics
PHI 271 Philosophy of Human Rights
PHI 272 Gender & Philosophy
PHI 273 Race & Philosophy
PHI 274 Social & Political Philosophy
PHI 281 World Wisdom: Global Traditions
PHI 285 African American Philosophy
PHI 291 Philosophy of Art & Beauty

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Field 3 - Arts
CLS 205 Mirror of the Past: Greece
CLS 206 Mirror of the Past: Rome
CLS 207 Mythology and Literature
CLS 208 Epic Heroes
CLS 214 Greek and Roman Tragedy
CLS 215 Greek and Roman Comedy
CLS 301 The Age of Cicero
CLL 201-206 Latin Literature
CLL 301-306 Readings in Latin Literature
CLG 201-206 Greek Literature
CLG 301-306 Readings in Greek Literature
DMA 203 Digital Design Concepts
ENG 147 Acting I
ENG 148 Acting II
ENG 201 Poetry
ENG 202 Drama
ENG 205 Varieties of the Essay
ENG 206 Art of the Essay
ENG 211Science Fiction
ENG 212A Classic English and American Novel
ENG 213 Word and Image
ENG 221 Hallowed Houses
ENG 222 Vampires in Literature and Culture
ENG 223 Images of Women in Literature and Film
ENG 224 The Journey in Literature
ENG 243 Comedy and Humor
ENG 294 Creative Writing
ENG 312 American Women Poets: Reading and Writing
ENG 313 Literature and Psychology
ENG 320 Contemporary Catholic Fiction
ENG 330 The Bible as Literature
ENG 346 Introduction to Theater
ENG 361 Literature of Service
ENG 364 Short Fiction
ENG 368 Native American Literature
ENG 369 Contemporary Fiction
ENG 373 Jane Austen
ENG 376 Film as Literature
ENG 382 African American Literature
ENG 411 Playwriting
FAH 101 Introduction to Art History I
FAH 102 Introduction to Art History II
FAH 103 Pre-Columbian; Native American
FAH 107 Introduction to African & Asian Art
FAH 108 African-American Art in Context
FAH 109 History of Architecture
FAH 110 History of Photography
FAH 159 Women & Art
FAH 210 Ancient Egyptian and Ancient Near Eastern Art
FAH 213 Greek and Roman Art
FAH 271 Art in Buffalo
FAM 112 The World of Opera
FAM 115 Fundamentals of Music
FAM 119 Masterpieces of Music
FAM 123 World Music
FAM 124 America’s Music
FAM 212 Canisius and the BPO Experience
FAM 213 Women in Music
FAM 214 Music in Film
FAM 216 Medieval and Renaissance
FAM 217A Music of the Baroque Period
FAM 218 Music of the Classical Period
FAM 219 19th Century Music
FAM 220 Art Music from 1900 to the Present
FAM 221 Opera Workshop
FAM 222 Opera Workshop II
FAM 224 Afro-Centric Music
FAM 230/L Music Theory I
FAM 240/L Music Theory II
FAS 110 Two-Dimensional Design
FAS 120 Drawing
FAS 130 Three-Dimensional Design 
FAS 131 Sculpture I 
FAS 140 Introduction to Still Photography
FAS 141 Digital Photography
FAS 142 Travel Photography
FAS 150 Color
FAS 151 Personal and Political Art 
FAS 160 Printmaking I
FAS 161 Experimental Printmaking Techniques
FAS 162 Monotype Techniques
FAS 170 Painting I
FAS 220 Drawing II 
FAS 222A Figure Drawing I
FAS 231 Clay Studio
FAS 240 Color Photography
FAS 241 Intermediate Photography
FAS 260 Printmaking II
FAS 270 Painting II
FAS 271 Landscape Painting
FAS 322 Figure Drawing II
FAS 370 Figure Painting III
FRC 333 Survey of French and Francophone Literature I
FRC 334 Survey of French and Francophone Literature II
FRC 337 French History and Culture Through Film I
FRC 339 French History and Culture Through Film II
FRC 350 Tour de l’Amérique du Nord:  Following the French in North America
FRC 351 Junior French Seminar & Special Topics
FRC 451 French Seminar and Special Topics
GER 353 German Literature since 1945
GER 472 Contemporary German Film
GER 473 Literature and Film
HIS 387 Representations of the Holocaust in Lit, Film, & Art
SPA 333 Survey of Penisular and Latin American Literature I
SPA 334 Survey of Penisular and Latin American Literature II
SPA 350 Hispanic Short Stories
SPA 351 Junior Seminar and Special Topics
SPA 451 Senior Spanish Seminar

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Field 4 - History
CLS 103 Greek History
CLS 104 Roman History
CLL 207-212 Roman Historians
CLL 307-312 Readings in Roman History
CLG 207-212 Greek Historians
CLG 307-312 Readings in Greek History
HIS 106 The Medieval World
HIS 107 History of Modern Europe to 1815
HIS 108 History of Modern Europe since 1815
HIS 109 History of Asia to 1800
HIS 110 History of Asia since 1800
HIS 123 History of the United States:  Colonial Period to Reconstruction
HIS 124 History of the United States:  1877 to the Present
HIS 131 Latin American History to 1830
HIS 132 Latin American History 1830 to the Present
HIS 211 Women in the Western World
HIS 212 Men and Ideas
HIS 213 The Twentieth Century
HIS 226 History of Ireland
HIS 228 World war II in Films
HIS 229 The Violent Century in Films
HIS 230 The Holocaust in Historical Perspective
HIS 231 The Holocaust in History and Literature
HIS 235 Jamestown / Yorktown – Making US
HIS 236 Washington to Lincoln: American Democracy
HIS 240 Women in American History, Colonial Times to 1880
HIS 241 Women in American History, 1880 to the Present
HIS 242 The Family in American History
HIS 243 The City in American History
HIS 250 American Political Campaigns
HIS 251 Sports in American History
HIS 254 First Peoples
HIS 255 African-American History
HIS 259 Environmental History of the United States
HIS 260 Canada and the World
HIS 263 Wars of Latin America
HIS 280 The Making of Modern Africa
HIS 468 Reservation Experience I
HIS 469 Reservation Experience II
PSC 110 Western Political Tradition I
PSC 111 Western Political Tradition II

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Field 5 - Social Sciences
ANT 122 Sociocultural Anthropology
ANT 201 The Science of Linguistics I
ANT 202 The Science of Linguistics II
ANT 230 Introduction to Archeology
ANT 250 Contemporary Linguistics
ANT 280 Language for Legal Professions
ANT 300 Special Topics – Code Breaking
ATH 361 Psychology of Sports and Mental Health
CLS 300 Roman Law and Society
COM 204  Interpersonal Communication
COM 205  Mass Communication and Society
COM 304  Family Communication
COM 350  Health Communication
DMA 202 Digital Culture
ECO 101 Prinicples of Macroeconomics
ECO 102  Principles of Microeconomics 
EDE 100 Human Growth and Development, Birth-Childhood
EDS 101 Human Growth and Development, Mid-Adolescence
HED 461  Psychology of Sports and Mental Health
ISB 302 System Dynamics
PSC 103  Constitutional Foundations of American Government
PSC 104  American Political Process
PSC 140  International Relations
PSC 150  Comparative Government
PSC 224 Congress and the Legislative Process
SOC 110 Introduction to Sociology
SOC 111 Contemporary Social Problems
SOC 234 Environment and Society
SOC 273 Social Movements and Social Change
SOC 291 Gender and Society
WST 201 Introduction to Women’s Studies

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Field 6 - Natural Sciences
ANT 121 Biological Anthropology
BIO 101/L Cellular/Subcellular Biology
BIO102/L Organismal Biology
BIO107/L Human Anatomy and Physiology I
BIO 108/L Human Anatomy and Physiology II
BIO 109 Nutrition
BIO 116 Disease: Myth and Reality
BIO 117 Plants and Human Affairs
BIO 120 Biology in the News
BIO125 Microbes and People
BIO131 Biotechnology and Society
BIO 132 Genes and People
BIO 135 Environmental Biology
BIO166 Biology of Birds
CHM104 Energy, Environment, and Society
CHM105 Chemistry: A Human Perspective
CHM111/L General Chemistry I
CHM112/L General Chemistry II
EVST 110 Science of Environmental Problems I
EVST 111 Science of Environmental Problems II
GEO 325 Physical Geography
PHY 129 Introduction to Astronomy
PHY 131 Earthquakes: Seismology and Society
PHY 133 Dinosaurs
PHY 201/L General Physics, I
PHY 202/L General Physics, II
PHY 223/L General Physics for Physical Science Majors I
PHY 224/L General Physics for Physical Science Majors II
PHY 225/L General Physics for Physical Science Majors III

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Field 7 - Mathematical Sciences
ATH 398 Statistics and Research Design
BIF 101/L Introduction to Bioinformatics
CSC 108/L  Introduction to Web Computing
CSC 109 /L A Robotics Introduction to Computer Science
CSC 110/L An Introduction to Computing
CSC 127/L Introduction to Game Design
CSE 121 Physical Computing
ECO 255 Business Statistics I
ECO 256 Business Statistics II
MAT 105 Finite Mathematics
MAT 106 Calculus for the Non-Sciences I
MAT 107 Calculus for the Non-Sciences II 
MAT 109 Calculus with Review I
MAT 110 Calculus with Review II
MAT 111 Calculus I
MAT 112 Calculus II  
MAT 115 Calculus for Business I
MAT 116 Calculus for Business II
MAT 121 Mathematics through History
MAT 131 Statistics and Computers
MAT 141 Inferential Statistics and Computers for Science
MAT 150 Mathematics and Politics
MAT 181 Symmetry                      
MAT 322 Real Analysis II
MAT 353 Regression Analysis
MAT 416 Differential Geometry

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