Undergraduate Catalog Addendum/Errata

Below are listed additions and corrections to the 2026-2027 Undergraduate Studies Catalog since its publication on 01 June 2026. All corrections listed below have been made in the main online catalog sections to which they apply and will appear in the print version of those individual pages. They do not appear, however, in the PDF version of the full catalog.

This page was last updated on 25 July 2026.

Changes by Department/Program

• Colleges, Schools and Departments - George Herbert Walker School of Business and Technology
• Colleges, Schools and Departments - George Herbert Walker School of Business and Technology - Management Department
• College, Schools and Departments - School of Communications - Communications and Journalism Department
• Courses - ENGL
• Courses - GRAS
• Courses - HIST
• Courses - LEGL
• Courses - MUSC
• Major - Art (BFA) with Studio Emphasis
• Major - History and Political Science (BA)
• Major - International Relations (BA)
• Majors - Legal Studies (BA)
• Majors - Music (BA)
• Majors - Music (BM) in Performance
• Notice of Non-Discrimination

Changes by Date

20 June 2026

Colleges, Schools and Departments - George Herbert Walker School of Business and Technology

The dean information should read:

Sam Dotson, dean
Eric Rhiney, associate dean

Colleges, Schools and Departments - George Herbert Walker School of Business and Technology - Management Department

The department chair should read:

Management Department
Nisha Ray Chaudhuri, chair

College, Schools and Departments - School of Communications - Communications and Journalism Department

The department chair should read:

Communications and Journalism Department
Gary Ford, chair

Courses - ENGL

The course description cross-listing for ENGL 2086 should read:

ENGL 2086 U.S. Literature of Diversity (3)
Explores diverse literature of the U.S. May focus on a specific time period or ethnic/cultural community, such as African American, Asian American, Native American, Latinx, LGBTQ, disability, etc. May be repeated for credit if content differs. GCP Coding: (ROC) (INTC). Cross-listed with GRAS 2086.

The course description cross-listing for ENGL 2110 should read:

ENGL 2110 Perspectives (3)
Examines a society, social problem, or social institutions from the differing viewpoints of those in and out of power. May be repeated for credit if content differs. GCP Coding: (ROC) (WCOM). 

Courses - GRAS

The course description cross-listing for GRAS 2080 should read:

GRAS 2080 LGBTQ+ Literature (3)
In this course, we will study literature and other art forms created by LGBTQ+ people. Focusing on literature from the U.S. from 1920-, we will study the genres of poetry, the novel, creative nonfiction, drama, and film. This will be supplemented by information and insights offered by critical and theoretical essays, as well as a study of the social and political events that run alongside the writing of this literature. At the core of our inquiry is the premise that the concepts of lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, straight and cisgender are all relatively recent categories for organizing sex, sexuality and gender created by Western societies and cultures, rather than “natural” categories of human beings that have persisted throughout history. Our inquiry will necessarily be intersectional because sexuality, sex and gender intersect with multiple other categories of identification include race, class and immigration and disability status. GCP Coding: (ROC) (INTC). 

The course description cross-listing for GRAS 2082 should read:

GRAS 2082 Laws of Inequalities: Race, Gender and Class (3)
This course will focus on the various legal institutions that have played a major role in the discrimination and oppression on individuals based on race, gender, and class. Students will examine how the law has been used throughout history to apportion power among groups of people according to race, gender, and class.

The course description cross-listing for GRAS 2085 should read:

GRAS 2085 Wrongful Convictions (3)
The criminal justice system charges and convicts some people despite inadequate evidence of guilt, despite a lack of moral culpability, and sometimes, despite a defendant's factual innocence. In this class, students analyze current and past cases in which exoneration, commutation, or clemency have been pursued, when convictions are achieved due in part to coercion, violence, poverty or diminished mental functioning. The course examines the challenges of ensuring conviction integrity when a defendant is "postconviction"; by studying past cases and institutional responses, students develop tools for evaluating claims of wrongful conviction and for assessing avenues of relief to correct miscarriages of justice. 

The course description cross-listing for GRAS 2088 should read:

GRAS 2088 Martin, Malcolm and America (3)
This course examines the lives of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. and Malcolm X. Our primary objectives are to learn about their lives, explore the differences and similarities of their protest philosophies, and evaluate the myriad ways in which both impacted American society and politics. We will also learn about the historical contexts within which they both lived and consider their respective legacies. 

The course description cross-listing for GRAS 2090 should read:

GRAS 2090 Slavery in the United States (3)
This course surveys the history of African slavery in the U.S. from the origins of the Atlantic slave trade to the final collapse of slavery during the Civil War. Topics include slavery as a system of labor, family life and culture among the enslaved, the ways in which the enslaved resisted slavery, and the lasting impact of the institution on American race relations. Particular attention will be paid to the diversity of experiences among the enslaved, as well as to different approaches in how scholars have studied the history of American slavery. GCP Coding: (ROC) (OCOM). 

The course description cross-listing for GRAS 2110 should read:

GRAS 2110 Ecofeminism and Environmental Justice (3)
In this course we will take an interdisciplinary approach to the interrelated movements of ecofeminism and environmental justice, examining how they have manifested and developed in the realms of philosophy, activism, and literature. Our guiding questions will include: 1) how diverse experiences of oppression intersect with and affect the relationships that different human beings have with what we call “nature” and the environment; 2) what role literary representations and human languages themselves can and do play in these various human relationships with their environments. GCP Coding: (ROC) (WCOM).

The course description cross-listing for GRAS 2122 should read:

GRAS 2122 Latin American Magical Realism (3)
In this course we will explore some of the most important works of magical realist fiction written in Latin America in the twentieth and the twenty-first centuries. We will examine how the interplay between the supernatural and the mundane in these works illuminates issues related to gender, race, and political power in the Latin American countries from which they emerged. Texts (which we will read in English translation) may include: Jorge Luis Borges, Ficciones; Juan Rulfo, Pedro Páramo; Gabriel García Márquez, One Hundred Years of Solitude; Isabel Allende, The House of the Spirits; Laura Esquivel, Like Water for Chocolate; Samanta Schweblin, Fever Dream, and additional short stories and plays to be distributed in class and in Canvas. GCP Coding: (ROC) (WCOM). 

Courses - HIST

The course description cross-listing for HIST 2090 should read:

HIST 2090 Encounters with History (3)
A topics course devoted to an in-depth examination of chronological subperiods or distinctive themes in history. May be repeated for credit if content differs. GCP Coding: (ROC) (OCOM). 

Courses - LEGL

The course description cross-listing for LEGL 2080 should read:

LEGL 2080 Topics in Law (3)
In-depth study of various law topics: e.g., privacy law, sex-based discrimination, family law, consumer law, and juvenile law. May be repeated for credit if content differs

Courses - MUSC

The correct course number for MUSC 0430 should be:

MUSC 0420 Composition Capstone (0)
Culminating project and public performance for the Music (BM) Composition program. Additional details about requirements, event scheduling and approval, and other details can be found in the Department of Music Handbook. Co-requisite: MUSC 4010.

Major - Art (BFA) with Studio Emphasis

The Core Distribution courses should read:

Core Distribution

• ART 1010 Creative Strategies (3 hours)
• ART 1150 Observational Drawing (3 hours)
• ART 1310 Materials and Making (3 hours)
• ART 1900 First-Year Exhibition (0 hours)
• DESN 1500 Digital Visualizations (3 hours)
• ARHS 2200 Current Art (3 hours)
• ARHS 2210 Intercultural History of Art (3 hours)
• ART 2900 DADAH Critique (0 hours)
• ART 3900 BFA Review (0 hours)
• ART 4020 Professional Practice for Artists (3 hours)
• ART 4030 Senior Critique (3 hours)
• ART 4910 DADAH BA/BFA Exhibition (1 hour)
• Drawing electives (see below) (6 hours)
• Studio course distribution (see below) (24 hours)
• Studio area concentration courses (see below) (15 hours)
• Art History and Criticism electives (see below) (9 hours)

The third and fourth bullet points of Other Program Requirements should read:

Other Program Requirements

• Students must complete a minimum of 9 credit hours of coursework in drawing including ART 1150 and six additional credit hours of drawing electives.
• Students must complete a minimum of 24 credit hours of coursework selected from the following studio areas, choosing one from each area: ceramics, fibers, graphic design, illustration, painting, printmaking, photography, sculpture, and time-based art. At least one course must be at the 3000 level or above.
• Students must complete 15 credit hours of coursework in a concentration chose from among the following areas: ceramics, drawing, painting, printmaking, photography, sculpture, or time-based art.
• When the studio BFA area concentration is drawing, it is necessary, due to total departmental requirements, to earn a minimum of 24 credit hours in that studio.

Major - History and Political Science (BA)

The Skills Development course HIST 2900 should read:

Skills Development (7 hours)

• HIST 1200 Careers in History, Politics and International Relations (1 hour)
• HIST 2600 The Craft of History (3 hours)
• HIST 2090 Encounters with History (3 hours)

The U.S. Politics course POLT 1250 should read:

U.S. Politics (3 hours chosen from)

• POLT 2050 Contemporary American Politics (3 hours)
• POLT 2060 Politics and Gender (3 hours)
• POLT 2070 Politics of Race and Ethnicity (3 hours)
• POLT 3310 Conduct of Foreign Policy (3 hours)
• POLT 3320 American National Institutions (3 hours)
• POLT 4300 Advanced Studies in American Politics (3-4 hours)

Major - International Relations (BA)

The Global Affairs and Analysis course HRTS 3086 should read:

Global Affairs Analysis (choose 18 hours)
If Human Rights emphasis, student must take all of the HRTS courses and 6 additional hours)

• INTL 1500 The World System since 1500 (3 hours)
• INTL 2030 International Law (3 hours)
• INTL 3800 International Security (3 hours)
• INTL 3500 Environmental and Energy Security (3 hours)
• INTL 3700 International Organizations: Structure and Political Conflict (3 hours)
• INTL 4600 International Relations Seminar (3 hours)
• HRTS 3080 Advanced Topics in Human Rights
  or HRTS 3200 Human Rights Area Studies (3 hours)
• A 2000-level or above HIST course with an international focus (3 hours)
• HRTS 2500 Current Problems in Human Rights (3 hours)
• INTL/POLT/HIST elective which must have an international focus (6 hours)
  or 6 hours of HRTS credits

11 July 2026

Music (BM) in Performance

 

The Concentration in Jazz should read:

Concentration in Jazz

• MUSC 0300 Junior Recital (0 hours)
• MUSC 0400 Senior Recital (0 hours)
• MUSC 1370, MUSC 1380 Jazz Keyboard Theory I, II (6 hours) (cannot be used for core music course requirement)
• MUSC 3170 Jazz History (3 hours) (cannot be used for core music course requirement)
• MUSC 4320 Jazz Education Methods (2 hours)
• MUSC 4340, MUSC 4350 Jazz Scoring and Arranging I, II (5 hours)
• MUSC 2300, MUSC 2305 Jazz Improvisation I, II (6 hours)
• MUSC 3300 Advanced Jazz Improvisation (9 hours)

Notice of Non-Discrimination

The Matters concerning athletics should read:

Matters concerning athletics:

Chris Bunch
Interim Director of Athletics
Webster University
470 E. Lockwood Ave.
St. Louis, MO 63119
314-246-7529
bunch@webster.edu

25 July 2026

Courses - LEGL

The course description for LEGL 2010 should read:

LEGL 2010 Serial Killers (3)
This course examines the phenomenon of serial homicide through interdisciplinary perspectives drawn from criminal justice, criminology, psychology, sociology, forensic science, and the legal system. Students explore the historical development of serial murder, the behavioral characteristics of serial offenders, theories of criminal behavior, victimology, investigative techniques, forensic evidence, and the prosecution of serial homicide cases. The course critically evaluates offender typologies, motivations, mental illness, psychopathy, media portrayals, and ethical issues associated with the study of serial offenders. Students also examine the role of law enforcement agencies, behavioral analysis, criminal profiling, forensic technology, and interagency cooperation in the investigation and apprehension of serial killers. 

The course description for LEGL 2081 should read:

LEGL 2081 Laws of Inequalities: Race, Gender and Class (3)
This course will focus on the various legal institutions that have played a major role in the discrimination and oppression on individuals based on race, gender, and class.  Students will examine how the law has been used throughout history to apportion power among groups of people according to race, gender, and class

The course description for LEGL 2082 should read:

LEGL 2082 International Human Rights Law (3)
This course introduces the idea of international law and examines the development of international human rights law from its origins through successive generations of thinking and institutionalization to the present. Examines conventions, monitoring, conformity and violation, attempts at enforcement, and current controversies. 

The course description for LEGL 2083 should read:

LEGL 2083 Rights of the Accused (3)
This course examines the constitutional, statutory, and procedural rights afforded to individuals accused of crimes in the United States criminal justice system. Emphasis is placed on the protections guaranteed by the Fourth, Fifth, Sixth, Eighth, and Fourteenth Amendments to the United States Constitution and the interpretation of those protections by the Supreme Court of the United States. Students explore the constitutional limits on law enforcement investigations, arrest procedures, searches and seizures, interrogations, identification procedures, pretrial detention, bail, the right to counsel, trial rights, sentencing, appeals, and post-conviction remedies. The course also examines the exclusionary rule, due process, equal protection, prosecutorial obligations, wrongful convictions, and emerging issues affecting the rights of criminal defendants.

The course description for LEGL 2084 should read:

LEGL 2084 Poverty Law (3)
This course examines the complex relationship between poverty and the legal system in the United States. Students will explore how laws both shape and are shaped by socioeconomic inequality, through critical analysis of case studies, court decisions, legislative materials, and other texts. Topics include access to justice, housing and homelessness, criminalization of poverty, welfare law, labor rights, and education equity. Class discussion will analyze how the law can serve as both a tool of oppression and as a potential mechanism for social change.

The course description for LEGL 4801 should read:

LEGL 4801 Criminal Evidence (3)
This course will focus on the practical application of the Federal Rules of Evidence and will include topics such as gathering evidence, interviewing witnesses, expert testimony, the hearsay rule and its exceptions, and privileges. The course will also provide students with related case law and constitutional concepts that limit proof at criminal trials. Prerequisite: LEGL 2400.

The course description for LEGL 4802 should read:

LEGL 4802 Criminal Procedures (3)
This course will examine the constitutional and statutory rules governing the criminal justice process from investigation through trial and sentencing. Students will study the rights of individuals under the United States Constitution, with particular emphasis on the Fourth Amendment to the United States Constitution, Fifth Amendment to the United States Constitution, Sixth Amendment to the United States Constitution, and Fourteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution. Topics include search and seizure, arrest, interrogations and confessions, probable cause, warrants, bail, charging decisions, preliminary hearings, plea bargaining, pretrial motions, trial procedures, sentencing, and post-conviction remedies. Students will analyze leading judicial decisions, develop practical legal research skills, and gain an understanding of the role of paralegals in criminal litigation while recognizing the ethical limitations on the unauthorized practice of law. Prerequisite: LEGL 2400.

The course description for LEGL 4803 should read:

LEGL 4803 Employment Law (3)
This course will examine the rights of employees and the responsibilities of employers.  We will identify and discuss the laws, regulations and cases concerning the nature of employment relationships, working conditions, prohibited acts of discrimination and privacy rights of employees. Prerequisite: LEGL 2400.

The course description for LEGL 4804 should read:

LEGL 4804 Juvenile Law (3)
This course introduces students to the legal principles, procedures, and policies governing matters involving juveniles in the United States legal system. Students examine the historical development and philosophy of juvenile justice, the jurisdiction and operation of juvenile courts, and the distinctions between juvenile and adult legal proceedings. Topics include delinquency, status offenses, child abuse and neglect, dependency proceedings, foster care, termination of parental rights, adoption, juvenile constitutional rights, confidentiality, diversion programs, and the transfer of juveniles to adult court. Emphasis is placed on the role of the paralegal in supporting attorneys handling juvenile matters through legal research, document preparation, case management, client communication, and adherence to ethical and professional responsibilities. Students also explore current issues and reforms in juvenile law, with particular attention to balancing public safety, due process, and the rehabilitative goals of the juvenile justice system. Prerequisite: LEGL 2400.

The course description for LEGL 4805 should read:

LEGL 4805 Legal History (3)
Students will examine the development of customary, common, positive, judicial, and federal and state constitutional law in the United States from pre-American Revolution until the present. Topics include the origins of common law and equity, the development of constitutional government, the evolution of civil and criminal law, the legal profession, judicial institutions, and the historical expansion of individual rights and liberties. Students also examine the historical impact of legal developments on issues such as property, contracts, commerce, race, gender, labor, and civil rights. Emphasis is placed on understanding how historical events, judicial decisions, legislation, and social movements continue to shape contemporary law and legal practice. Prerequisite: LEGL 2400. 

The course description for LEGL 4806 should read:

LEGL 4806 Poverty Law (3)
This course examines the complex relationship between poverty and the legal system in the United States. Students will explore how laws both shape and are shaped by socioeconomic inequality, through critical analysis of case studies, court decisions, legislative materials, and other texts. Topics include access to justice, housing and homelessness, criminalization of poverty, welfare law, labor rights, and education equity. Class discussion will analyze how the law can serve as both a tool of oppression and as a potential mechanism for social change. Prerequisite: LEGL 2400.

The course description for LEGL 4807 should read:

LEGL 4807 International Human Rights Law (3)
This course introduces the idea of international law and examines the development of international human rights law from its origins through successive generations of thinking and institutionalization to the present. Examines conventions, monitoring, conformity and violation, attempts at enforcement, and current controversies. Prerequisite: LEGL 2400.

The course description for LEGL 4808 should read:

LEGL 4808 Immigration Law (3)
This course will focus on the basic substantive and procedural rules governing the United States Immigration Process.  Students will demonstrate their knowledge of the U.S. immigration process by preparing immigration documents.  This course will also examine legal principles underlying immigration, the history of immigration law in the U.S., congressional and executive branch power concerning immigration, and the role of the judiciary interpreting immigration law. Prerequisite: LEGL 2400.

Majors - Legal Studies (BA)

 

The Curriculum for Legal Studies (BA) should read:

Curriculum
The 42 credit hours required for the legal studies major include the following:

• LEGL 2080 Topics in Law (3 hours)
• LEGL 2400 Introduction to Law (3 hours)
  or POLT 2400 Introduction to Law (3 hours)
• LEGL 3000 Legal Ethics (3 hours)
• LEGL 3490 Civil Procedure Law (3 hours)
• LEGL 3500 Criminal Litigation (3 hours)
• LEGL 4460 Methods of Legal Research and Writing I (3 hours)
• LEGL 4470 Methods of Legal Research and Writing II (3 hours)
• LEGL 4810 Tort Law Practice (3 hours)
• LEGL 4820 Contract Law Practice (3 hours)
• LEGL 4850 Computers and the Law (3 hours)
• LEGL 4910 Senior Overview (3 hours)
• Students choose 9 hours from one of the following Tracks

Business Law Track (9 hours from the following)

• LEGL 4803 Employment Law (3 hours)
• LEGL 4840 Corporations and Business Organizations (3 hours)
• MNGT 4400 Personnel Law (3 hours)
• MNGT 3280 Introduction to Business Law (3 hours)
• LEGL 4900 Paralegal Clinical Studies (3-6 hours)

Criminal Law Track (9 hours from the following)

• LEGL 4801 Criminal Evidence (3 hours)
• LEGL 4802 Criminal Procedures (3 hours)
• LEGL 4602 International Criminal Law: A Human Rights Perspective (3 hours)
• LEGL 4804 Juvenile Law (3 hours)
• LEGL 2010 Serial Killers (3 hours)
• CRIM 3400 Gender, Crime and Law (3 hours)
• LEGL 4900 Paralegal Clinical Studies (3-6 hours)

Civil Rights Law Track (9 hours from the following)

• LEGL 2081 Laws of Inequalities: Race, Gender & Class (3 hours)
• LEGL 4805 Legal History (3 hours)
• LEGL 2082 International Human Rights Law (3 hours)
• CRIM 3450 Law and Society (3 hours)
• LEGL 2083 Rights of the Accused (3 hours)
• LEGL 2084 Poverty Law (3 hours)
• or LEGL 4806 Poverty Law (3 hours)
• POLT 3010 American Constitutional Law (3 hours)
• POLT 3020 Civil Liberties and the Law (3 hours)
• LEGL 4900 Paralegal Clinical Studies (3-6)

International Law Track (9 hours from the following)

• INTL 2030 International Law (3 hours)
• LEGL 4807 International Human Rights Law (3 hours)
• LEGL 4602 International Criminal Law: A Human Rights Perspective (3 hours)
• LEGL 4808 Immigration Law (3 hours)
• LEGL 4900 Paralegal Studies (3-6 hours)

Majors - Music (BA)

The Performance Courses should read: 

Performance Courses

• MUSC 0890 Recital Attendance (0 hours)
  six semesters required
• MUSC 0990 Music Seminar (0 hours)
  taken every semester
• MUSC 2601, MUSC 2602, MUSC 2603, MUSC 2604, MUSC 2605, MUSC 3001, MUSC 3002, MUSC 3003, MUSC 3004, MUSC 3005, MUSC 3002, MUSC 3004, MUSC 3005 Applied Music (12 hours)
  six semesters required
• MUSC 1080, MUSC 1085, MUSC 2001, MUSC 2501 Class or Applied Piano (2-4 hours)
  minimum two semesters required