College Course Recommendation Guides

The links below are to assist students with selecting courses based on the College that administers their intended major. Each student’s case is unique, if you have any questions please reach out.

If you need to find the College that houses your major, please refer to the Undergraduate Programs website. When you find your major from that list, follow the link and the page header will tell you your college. If you have not yet selected a major, you should view the Exploratory guide, or you can select a college that contains majors you find interesting.

If you are in the Honors College, you might also refer to the Honors College Link below, as it outlines what you can take to fulfill university requirements.

Students can use any major to enter a health professional program (i.e., medical school). Often students select science-based majors as those majors’ requirements align with professional school requirements. If you are considering going into a health professional program, in addition to looking at your major’s requirements, you might also look at the Pre-Professional Health Advising Website, which is administered by the College of Natural Science.

What is an elective? — Electives are “free choice” credits that are included in the design of most majors. Electives give students the opportunity to explore other areas of interest and add additional majors, minors, or certificates to their program. Sometimes, a major will require that electives come from a certain college or department.

What is a selective? — “Selectives” are courses a student can choose from a list of options to fulfill a major requirement. These courses represent one option for fulfilling the requirement or part of one, but not the only option. Students might want to review all the options for courses listed as “selective” as they might have other preferred options. Also, sometimes other options will double-count with another major or minor that the student might be interested in.

College Guides

• College of Agriculture & Natural Resources
• College of Arts & Letters
• College of Communication Arts & Sciences
• College of Education
• College of Engineering
• College of Music
• College of Natural Science
• College of Nursing
• College of Social Science
• College of Veterinary Medicine
• Eli Broad College of Business
• Honors College
• James Madison College
• Lyman Briggs College
• Exploratory (Exploratory Students)
• Residential College in Arts & Humanities