Spartan Studies Major Overlap
The Spartan Studies Program allows for one distribution category to count for both Spartan Studies and for the major. The following list identifies, based on required courses or elective categories within a major, which distribution category, if any, will be automatically met by the major. Students and advisors may wish to consult this list as they are making an academic plan.
Distribution Categories
| NSD- Natural Science |
SSD- Social and Behavioral Science |
| TBH- Text-Based Humanities |
VPA-Visual and Performing Arts |
College of Arts and Letters
| Major |
Distribution Overlap |
| BFA Art |
VPA |
| BA Visual Arts |
VPA |
| BA Museum Studies |
TBH |
| BFA Graphic Design |
VPA |
| BA Design |
No Overlap |
| BA Communication and Speech Studies |
SSD |
| BA Communication Media and Culture |
SSD |
| BA Journalism |
VPA |
| BA Advertising and Public Relations |
SSD |
| BA English |
TBH |
| BA Writing |
TBH |
| BFA Animation |
VPA |
| BFA Film and Media Arts |
VPA |
| BFA New Media |
VPA |
| Spanish |
No overlap |
| BM Music Education |
VPA |
| BM Music Performance |
VPA |
| BM Music Technologist |
VPA |
| BM Music |
VPA |
| BA Philosophy |
TBH |
| BA Dance |
VPA |
| BFA Musical Theatre |
VPA |
| BA Theatre |
VPA |
College of Business
| Major |
Distribution Overlap |
| BS Accounting |
SSD |
| BS Business Information Technology |
SSD |
| BS Cybersecurity |
SSD |
| BA Economics |
SSD |
| BS Economics |
SSD |
| BS Entrepreneurship |
SSD |
| BS Finance |
SSD |
| BS Financial Enterprise Systems |
SSD |
| BS International Business/ Accounting |
SSD |
| BS International Business/ Economics |
SSD |
| BS International Business/ Entrepreneurship |
SSD |
| BS International Business/Finance |
SSD |
| BS International Business/Marketing |
SSD |
| BS International Business/MIS |
SSD |
| BS Management |
SSD |
| BS Management Information Systems |
SSD |
| BS Marketing |
SSD |
College of Natural and Health Sciences
| Major |
Distribution Overlap |
| BA Biology |
NSD |
| BS Biology |
NSD |
| BA Marine Biology |
NSD |
| BS Marine Science-Biology |
NSD |
| BA Chemistry |
NSD |
| BS Chemistry |
NSD |
| BS Forensic Science |
NSD |
| BS Marine Chemistry |
NSD |
| BA Physics |
NSD |
| BS Physics |
NSD |
| BA Environmental Science |
SSD,TBH or NSD-Whichever is completed first |
| BS Environmental Science |
SSD,TBH or NSD-Whichever is completed first |
| BS Human Performance-Exercise Physiology |
NSD |
| BS Human Performance-Exercise and Recreation Leadership |
No Overlap |
| BS Allied Health- all concentrations |
NSD |
| BS Public Health-all Concentrations |
NSD |
| BSN Nursing |
No Overlap in Major- but will meet some distribution requirements using prerequisite courses |
| BS Sport Management |
SSD |
College of Mathematics Education and Social Sciences
| Major |
Distribution Overlap |
| BS Computer Science |
NSD |
| BS Criminology and Criminal Justice |
SSD |
| BS Elementary Education |
No Overlap |
| BS Secondary Education-Biology |
NSD |
| BS Secondary Education-Mathematics |
No Overlap |
| BS Secondary Education-Social Sciences |
SSD |
| BA History |
SSD |
| BA Applied Sociology |
No Overlap |
| BS Applied Sociology |
No Overlap |
| BS Mathematics |
No Overlap |
| BS Mathematics with Computer Science |
No Overlap |
| BS Data Science |
No Overlap |
| BA Political Science |
SSD |
| BA International Studies |
SSD |
| BA Psychology |
SSD |
| BS Psychology |
NSD |