First Steps in Your Saint Michael’s Academic Major
Recommended Majors Courses for First Semester Students
ACCOUNTING
AC-141: Financial Accounting
ST-120: Elementary Statistics or EC-101: Principles of Macroeconomics
Program Coordinator: Steve Doyon, sdoyon@smcvt.edu
AMERICAN STUDIES
One or more courses among:
HI-101: US History to 1865 or HI-103: US History Since 1865
Contact: Tim Mackin, tmackin@smcvt.edu
ANTHROPOLOGY/SOCIOLOGY
AN-109: Intro to Cultural Anthropology or SO-101: Intro to Sociology
Department Chair: Adrie Kusserow, akusserow@smcvt.edu
ART & DESIGN
AR-201: Foundations in Art
Department Chair: Bill Ellis, welllis@smcvt.edu
BIOCHEMISTRY
BI-151: Intro to Ecology and Evolution
CH-110: General Chemistry I*
MA-150: Calculus I* or MA-160:Calculus II*
Program Director: Christina Chant, cchant@smcvt.edu
BIOLOGY
BI-151: Intro to Ecology and Evolution
CH-110: General Chemistry I*
For some students: MA-130: Elements of Calculus* or MA-150: Calculus I* or
ST-120: Elementary Statistics (contact chair or your advisor with questions)
Department Chair: Paul Constantino, pconstantino@smcvt.edu
BUSINESS ADMINISTRATION
BU-103: Managerial Ethics
AC-141: Financial Accounting or AC-143: Managerial Accounting
For some students: EC-101: Principles of Macroeconomics or ST-120: Elementary Statistics
Department Chair: Bill Anderson, wanderson@smcvt.edu
CHEMISTRY
CH-110: General Chemistry I*
MA-150: Calculus I*, or MA-160: Calculus II*
Department Chair: Dave Heroux, dheroux@smcvt.edu
COMPUTER SCIENCE
CS-111: Intro to Computer Science I*
MA-150: Calculus I* or MA-160: Calculus II*
Department Chair: John Trono, jtrono@smcvt.edu
CRIMINOLOGY
SO-101: Intro to Sociology
Program Coordinator: Krista Billingsley, kbillingsley2@smcvt.edu
DATA SCIENCE
ST-120: Elementary Statistics
MA-150: Calculus I* or MA-160: Calculus II* or MA-211: Calculus III**
For some students: CS-111: Intro to Computer Science I* (contact chair or your advisor with questions)
Program Coordinator: Michael Larsen, mlarsen@smcvt.edu
DIGITAL MEDIA AND COMMUNICATIONS
MJD-101: Media Revolutions and/or MJD-110: Digital Media
Department Chair: Jerry Swope, jswope@smcvt.edu
ECONOMICS
EC-101: Principles of Macroeconomics or EC-103: Principles of Microeconomics
Department Chair: Patrick Walsh, pwalsh@smcvt.edu
EDUCATION (ART EDUCATION, ELEMENTARY EDUCATION, SECONDARY EDUCATION)
and EDUCATION STUDIES
ED-231: Education in the 21st Century
For some students: MA-115: Math for Teachers
Also: You are required to have additional major. For elementary education any major except business/accounting, and for secondary education any major except for business/accounting, engineering, media and graphic design, and computer science.
Department Chair: James Nagle, jnagle2@smcvt.edu
ENGINEERING
MA-150: Calculus I* or MA-160: Calculus II* or MA-211: Calculus III**
CH-110: General Chemistry I*
PY-210 can be taken, but only in consultation with an Engineering Advisor
Program Directors: Barbara O’Donovan: bodonovan@smcvt.edu; Greta Pangborn: gpangborn@smcvt.edu
ENGLISH
EN-110: Seminar in Literary Studies (topics vary) or any 200 level English course
Department Chair: Nat Lewis, nlewis@smcvt.edu
ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE
ES-107: Environmental Science
BI-151: Intro to Ecology and Evolution OR CH-110: General Chemistry I* (but not both)
For some students: ES-106: Environment and Society, MA-130: Elements of Calculus*, MA-150: Calculus I* or ST-120: Elementary Statistics (contact chair or your advisor with questions)
Department Chair: Nat Lewis, nlewis@smcvt.edu
ENVIRONMENTAL STUDIES
One or two courses among:
ES-105: Nature and Culture
ES-106: Environment and Society
ES-107: Environmental Science
Department Chair: Nat Lewis, nlewis@smcvt.edu
EQUITY STUDIES
One or two courses among:
SO 221: Race & Ethnic Relations
AM 227: US Latinx Literature & Culture
EN 235: African American Literature
HI 180: African American History
GS 101: Gender Studies: Foundations or GS 208: Topics in Gender Studies
Department Contacts: Katie Kirby (kkirby@smcvt.edu) or Peter Vantine (pvantine@smcvt.edu)
EXPLORATORY
You may wish to choose some courses required in majors you are considering at this time, as well as
courses that meet core curriculum requirements.
Contact Assistant Dean Ryan Braeger (rbraeger@smcvt.edu) with questions
FRENCH
All students must complete the language placement test; courses are assigned according to placement..
Department Chair: Peter Vantine, pvantine@smcvt.edu
GENDER STUDIES
GS-101: Gender Studies: Foundations, or any 200-level GS course
Program Director: Maura D’Amore, mdamore@smcvt.edu
HEALTH SCIENCE
BI 152 or BI 151– Introduction to Health Sciences (Not PB101)
CH 110 – General Chemistry I
Program Director: Kate Soons, ksoons@smcvt.edu
HISTORY
History course at the 100 level
Department Chair: Jen Purcell, jpurcell@smcvt.edu
INFORMATION SYSTEMS
CS-111: Intro to Computer Science I and one of the following:
BU-103: Managerial Ethics
ST-120: Elementary Statistics
EC-101: Principles of Macroeconomics
Program Director: John Trono, jtrono@smcvt.edu
INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS
One or more of:
PO-120: Intro to U.S. Politics
PO-245: Intro to International Relations
PO-285: Intro to Comparative Politics
PO-290: Intro to Canadian Government and Politics
Department Chair: Jeffrey Ayres, jayres@smcvt.edu
LATIN
LA-101: Introduction to Latin, or advanced course, according to placement
Department Chair: Peter Vantine, pvantine@smcvt.edu
MATHEMATICS
MA-150: Calculus I* or MA-160: Calculus II* or MA-211: Calculus III**
For some students: CS-111: Intro to Computer Science I (contact chair or your advisor with questions)
Department Chair: Michael Larsen, mlarsen@smcvt.edu
MUSIC
MU-201: Introductory Music Theory
Music Lessons and participation in an Ensemble
Program Coordinator: Bill Ellis, wellis@smcvt.edu
NEUROSCIENCE
PS-101: General Psychology
CH-110: General Chemistry I
BI-152: Intro to Health Sciences
Program Director: Ruth Fabian-Fine, rfabianfine@smcvt.edu
PHILOSOPHY & ETHICS
PH-103: Philosophy and the Good Life
Department Chair: Crystal L’Hote, clhote@smcvt.edu
PHYSICS
MA-150: Calculus I* or MA-160: Calculus II
PY-210: College Physics I
Department Chair: Alain Brizard, abrizard@smcvt.edu
POLITICAL SCIENCE
One or More of:
PO-120: Intro to U.S. Politics
PO-245: Intro to International Relations
PO-285: Intro to Comparative Politics
PO-290: Intro to Canadian Government and Politics
Department Chair: Jeffrey Ayres, jayres@smcvt.edu
PRE-PHARMACY
BI-151: Intro to Ecology and Evolution
CH-110: General Chemistry I
For some students: MA-150: Calculus I* (contact chair or your advisor with questions)
Program Director: Shane Lamos, slamos@smcvt.edu
PUBLIC HEALTH
PB 101 – Introduction to Public Health
BI 153 – Introduction to Cell Biology and Genetics
Program Director: Trish Siplon, psiplon@smcvt.edu
PSYCHOLOGY
PS-101: General Psychology
Department Chair: David Boynton, dboynton@smcvt.edu
RELIGIOUS STUDIES
RS 120: Christianity: Past and Present or RS-130: Varieties of Christianity or
RS-140: Catholic Christianity
Department Chair: Raymond Patterson, rpatterson@smcvt.edu
SOCIOLOGY
SO-101: Intro to Sociology or AN-109: Intro to Cultural Anthropology
Department Chair: Adrie Kusserow, akusserow@smcvt.edu
SPANISH
All students must complete the language placement test; courses are assigned according to placement.
Department Chair: Peter Vantine, pvantine@smcvt.edu
STATISTICS
ST-120: Elementary Statistics
MA-150: Calculus I* or MA-160: Calculus II or MA-211: Calculus III**
For some students: CS-111: Intro to Computer Science I* (contact chair or your advisor with questions)
Program Coordinator: Michael Larsen, mlarsen@smcvt.edu
THEATRE
TH-207: Acting Techniques
Also consider any theater lab: TH161: Scenery, Lights, Painting; TH162: Costumes; TH163: Scenery, Lights, Run Crew
Program Coordinator: Peter Harrigan, pharrigan@smcvt.edu
* Calculus Placement Test required before you will be registered for this course
** If student has AP credit for MA 150 and/or MA 160