WHT Course List

Fall 2024

Updated March 1, 2024

All first-year and second-year W.H. Thompson Scholars are required to take ONE W.H. Thompson class during fall and spring semester as a requirement of their Buffett scholarship.
Scholars may elect to enroll in more than one WHT class if space is available.

How to Register for a W. H. Thompson Scholars Class

Step 1: Log into MyRED
Step 2: Click on the Enrollment Tab
Step 3: Click on the tab of semester you are registering for (i.e. FALL 2023)
Step 4: Click “Build Schedule & Enroll”’
Step 5: Select current term
Step 6: Select campus
Step 7: Click on current schedule tab
Step 8: Choose plan schedule
Step 9: Click on course tab, then add courses
Step 10: Select subject and class, add course
Step 11: Click on sections, choose WHT class using the Class # and Section # provided below.

Courses Listed by Ace

ACE 1: ENGL 150, JGEN 200
ACE 2: ALEC 102, COMM 101, COMM 286
ACE 3: MATH 106, MATH 203
ACE 4: CHEM 109, GEOG 155, LIFE 120
ACE 5: ENGL 180, HIST 111
ACE 6: ECON 212, POLS 100, PSYC 181, PSYC 288,
ACE 7: THEA 112G
ACE 8: POLS 100
ACE 9: NONE

ALEC 102 (ACE 2): Interpersonal Skills for Leadership (3 Credits)
*Open to freshman and sophomores only.
Introduction to the principles and practices of positive interpersonal relationships for leadership development. Selfawareness, awareness of others, effective interpersonal communication, and the building of trust relationships as a
basis for understanding and developing leadership. An experiential approach, field projects and a supervised service
project.

CHEM 109 (ACE 4): General Chemistry I (4 Credits)
Prerequisite: MATH 102 or MATH 103, or a Math Placement Test score for MATH 104 or 106.
Lecture and laboratory serving as an introduction to chemical reactions, the mole concept, properties of the states of
matter, atomic structure, periodic properties, chemical bonding, and molecular structure.

Pick only one of the two recitations:

Pick only one of the two labs:

Note: You must enroll in all three of the WHT sections of lecture, recitation, and lab to get learning community credit.

COMM 101 (ACE 2): Communication in the 21st Century (3 Credits)
Introduction to the discipline of communication studies through a problem centered learning approach. How
communication theory can be applied to solve everyday problems in public, professional, and private lives through
learning how to advocate, negotiate, and relate.

COMM 286 (ACE 2): Business and Professional Communication (3 Credits)
An introduction to a variety of communication skills to help achieve maximum effectiveness on the job: verbal and
listening skills, oral presentation techniques, small group problem solving/leadership, interviewing, and organizational
communication.

Note: This class can only be taken graded and cannot be changed to “Pass/No Pass.”

ECON 212 (ACE 6): Principles of Microeconomics (3 Credits)
Prerequisite: 12 cr hrs.
Continuation of an introduction to economic methods. With emphasis on analysis and evaluation of markets. Includes
demand, supply, elasticity, production costs, consumption utility, monopoly, competition, monopolistic competition,
oligopoly, allocative and technical efficiency, and income distribution. Analysis applied to resource markets, unions,
antitrust laws, agriculture, international trade, and other economic problems and policies.

Note: This class can only be taken graded and cannot be changed to “Pass/No Pass.”

ENGL 150 (ACE 1): Writing and Inquiry (3 Credits)
*ENGL 150 is open to Freshman and Sophomores only.
Study and practice of writing using such rhetorical concepts as purpose, audience, genre, cultural context, and style to
develop strategies for writing, thinking, and research.

Pick one of the following sections:

ENGL 180 (ACE 5): Introduction to Literature (3 Credits)
General introduction for beginning students to the understanding and appreciation of the principal forms of literature:
poetry, drama, and fiction.

GEOG 155 (ACE 4): Elements of Physical Geography (4 Credits)
Investigation of the basic elements of the physical environment of the earth and its atmosphere. Includes atmospheric
processes, temperature distributions, weather systems, severe weather, climates, water balance, vegetation and soil
distributions, landforms and their processes, and natural hazards. Modifying influences that humans have on the
physical environment and atmosphere examined.
Note: Students who earn credit toward the degree in GEOG 155 may not earn credit toward the degree in GEOG 150 or
in the combination of GEOG 150 and 152.

**Register for both the lecture and the lab parts of this course:

Note: Enter the class number for the lecture first and select the lecture. Enter the class number for the lab second. You
must enroll in both lecture and lab to get learning community credit for this class.

HIST 111 (ACE 5): American History After 1877 (3 Credits)
Emphasis on the political, economic, and social problems accompanying America's rise as an industrialized world power.
 

JGEN 200 (ACE 1): Technical Communication I (3 Credits)
Introduction to written and oral communication and document design principles and strategies as applied in the
sciences and technology. Communications for various audiences and/or purposes and/or situations.

Note: This class can only be taken graded and cannot be changed to “Pass/No Pass.”

JOMC 291: Special Topic: Compassionate Communication (2 Credits)
Examines communication strategies using mindfulness, compassionate, and nonviolence. This eight-week experientialbased
class gets students started with an introduction to mindful communication for career development, learning,
resilience, and focus.

Note: This class is asynchronous and runs from October 28 through the end of the semester.

LIFE 120 (ACE 4): Fundamentals of Biology I (3 Credits)
Prerequisite: Parallel registration in LIFE 120L.
First in a series of life sciences courses. A systems approach to the study of life at the cellular level, investigating cellular
structures, chemical processes, cell metabolism, cell division, gene expression and introducing patterns of inheritance.
 

Note: You must enroll in the William H. Thompson Scholars sections of lecture and lab to get learning community credit.

MATH 101: College Algebra (3 Credits)
Prerequisite: Appropriate score on Math Placement Exam or a grade of P, C, or better in MATH 100A.
Real numbers, exponents, factoring, linear and quadratic equations, absolute value, inequalities, functions, graphing,
polynomial and rational functions, exponential and logarithmic functions, systems of equations.

If you placed into MATH 101 (or above), please register for:

OR, if you placed in MATH 100A, please register for both of the following:

NOTE: In this case, you must register for both MATH 101 and MATH 191 to get learning community credit for this class.

MATH 103: College Algebra and Trigonometry (5 Credits)
Prerequisite: Appropriate score on the Math Placement Exam; or grade of P, C, or better in MATH 100A.
First and second degree equations and inequalities, absolute value, functions, polynomial and rational functions,
exponential and logarithmic functions, trigonometric functions and identities, laws of sines and cosines, applications,
polar coordinates, systems of equations, graphing, conic sections.

MATH 106 (ACE 3): Calculus I (5 Credits)
Prerequisite: Appropriate score on the Math Placement Exam; or grade of P, C, or better in MATH 102 or MATH 103.
Functions of one variable, limits, differentiation, exponential, trigonometric and inverse trigonometric functions,
maximum-minimum, and basic integration theory (Riemann sums) with some applications.

MATH 203 (ACE 3): Contemporary Mathematics (3 Credits)
Applications of quantitative reasoning and methods to problems and decision making in the areas of management,
statistics, and social choice. Includes networks, critical paths, linear programming, sampling, central tendency, inference,
voting methods, power index, game theory, and fair division problems.

POLS 100 (ACE 6 or 8): Power and Politics in America (3 Credits)
Introduction to American government and politics.

PSYC 181 (ACE 6): Introduction to Psychology (4 Credits)
Introduction to concepts and research in the areas of biological, cognitive, developmental, social, and health-related
bases of behavior, with emphases on critical thinking, research methods, and integration across areas of psychology.

Note: You must register for the lecture and the recitation for this course to receive learning community credit.

PSYC 288 (ACE 6): The Psychology of Social Behavior (3 Credits)
Social factors influencing the values, attitudes, and behavior of the individual, including language, propaganda
leadership, and group identifications.

THEA 112G (ACE 7): Introduction to Theatre (3 Credits)
Introduction to the forms and functions of theatre and dramatic literature in the historical development of Western
cultural traditions. While the theatre always reflects the aesthetic and philosophical concerns of the cultural era, the
objective of the course is to determine the unique aesthetics of the theatre as an art form by exploring such issues as
the relationship between the literary text and the text in performance; the changing role of theatre in culture
historically; the various theatre research methods (historical, critical, experimental).

Pick one of the following sections:

Note: This class can only be taken graded and cannot be changed to “Pass/No Pass.”