All one-unit courses (or minimum 0.67 credit for transfer students) in the departments listed below fulfill the corresponding divisional requirement‡. Courses at Puget Sound may not be in more than one division, and divisions are defined by the course’s departmental prefix (see below). Division courses may count toward major, minor, and emphasis curricula, the Language Core, as well as KNOW and Experiential Learning cores. Connections courses and CCS courses are not within Divisions, and may not count toward the Divisional Requirement. Courses taken credit/no credit will not fulfill Divisional requirements.
Natural Scientific and Mathematical Perspectives
- Biology
- Chemistry
- Earth & Environmental Science
- Exercise Science
- Geology
- Mathematics and Computer Science
- Neuroscience
- Physics
Social Scientific and Historical Perspectives
- African American Studies
- Business
- Communication Studies
- Crime, Law and Justice Economics
- Education Studies
- Environmental Policy & Decision Making
- Global Development Studies
- History
- International Political Economy
- Politics and Government
- Sociology and Anthropology
- Science, Technology, Health, and Society
- Psychology
Artistic and Humanistic Perspectives
- Art and Art History
- Asian Studies (Chinese* and Japanese*)
- Bioethics
- Greek, Latin, & Ancient Mediterranean Studies (Greek* and Latin*)
- Environmental Arts & Humanities
- English
- French and Francophone Studies*
- Gender and Queer Studies
- German Studies*
- Hispanic Studies*
- Interdisciplinary Humanities
- Latin American Studies
- Latina/o Studies
- Music
- Philosophy
- Religion, Spirituality, and Society
- Theatre Arts
‡Courses that count toward the Connections core requirements may not count for Divisional requirements. Although most Connections courses have the CONN prefix, some have departmental prefixes; these courses count toward the Connections core requirements and may count toward major/minor requirements, but do not count toward Divisional requirements.
*In languages (Chinese, French, German, Greek, Japanese, Latin, Spanish) courses numbered 100-109, 200-209, 300-309 and 400-409 count towards the Language Core but not the Arts & Humanities Division Requirement. Courses numbered 190-199, 290-299, 390-399, or 490-499 satisfy the Arts & Humanities Division Requirement, but not the Language Core. Courses numbered 110-189, 210-289, 310-389, and 410-489 count towards both Division and Language requirements.