The plan listed below is designed to provide suggestions for sequencing your major courses, but there are also other ways to sequence most majors. This plan is meant to provide aid in early, provisional planning. Please consult with your academic advisor to make strategic academic decisions about which courses to take each semester.

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Sample Four Year Plan: Cannabis and Natural Medicinals (BS, Society and Philosophy)

FALL - Semester 1

ENG 190: Writing as Critical Thinking
MATH 156: College Algebra
PSYC 166: General Psychology
CANM 200: History of Natural Medicine
TRU100: Symposium
TRU110: Self and Society

SPRING - Semester 2

MATH 157: Plane Trigonometry
Foreign Language I
AGSC 110: Principles of Plant Agriculture
PHRE 188: Ethics
BIOL 107: Cells, Genes, and Molecules

FALL - Semester 3

CANM 300: Cannabis Cult and Proc
PHRE 350: Biomedical Ethics
BSAD 234: Legal Environment of Business
Foreign Language II
COMM 170: Public Speaking

SPRING - Semester 4

SOAN 253: Comparative Cultures
STAT 190: Basic Statistics
PHRE 344: Psychology and Religion

FALL - Semester 5

CANM 301: Regulation of Nat Med
SOAN 297: Introduction to Indigenous Americas
Additional STEM course
POL 262: American State and Local Government

SPRING - Semester 6

JINS 347, 384, or 3001: Select JINS course (double counts in Learning Plan)
PHRE 386: Studies in Philosophy and Religion
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FALL - Semester 7

CANM 401 OR Medicinals Practicum OR
CANM 302/303: Internship and Eval & Analysis of Internship
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Additional WE course

SPRING - Semester 8

CANM 400: Natural Medicinals Sem
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The Dialogues curriculum requires a certain number of courses/credit hours in the following Perspectives: Social, Arts and Humanities, STEM, Communications, and Statistics. The exact number of courses a student will be required to take during their undergraduate career varies individually according to the credit transferred in.

Department Chair: Please contact the Center for Academic Excellence with any updates to the plan above.

This is a sample course sequence to illustrate class offerings for this major. The Office of the Registrar is responsible for certifying completion of degree requirements based on requirements specified in Truman's Official Catalog.

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