General Education
Curriculum (GEC) Courses
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Each course may be used to fulfill only one category except for Social Diversity when appropriate
I.
WRITING AND RELATED SKILLS
(Complete ONE course each from Part A, B, and C)
For graduation, all students in the University will present credit for a set of three courses, extending from the freshman to the senior level,
designed to enable them to develop critical skills in writing, reading, critical thinking, and oral expression.
A.
First Course: 5 hours.
Required: English 110, 110.01, 110.02, 110.03 or equivalent
B.
Second Course: Select ONE course, during
African-American & African St 367.02+, 367.03+, 367.04+
Agricultural Communication 367+
Arabic 367+
Art Education 367.01+, 367.02, 367.03+
Comparative Studies 367.01+, 367.02+, 367.03+, 367.04+
Communications 367
Dance 367.01
Economics 367.01, 367.02
Engineering 367+
English 367.01+, 367.02+, 367.03+, 367.04, 367.05+, 367.06,
367.07
Environment and Natural Resources 367
German 367
History of Art 367
Human Development and Family Science 367
C.
sophomore year. 5 hours.
Landscape Architecture 367
Linguistics 367+
Modern Greek 367+
Nursing 367
Philosophy 367+
Physics 367
Political Science 367.01
Psychology 367.01, 367.02
Slavic Languages & Literatures 367+
Sociology H367.01, 367.02, H367.03
Spanish 367+
Theatre 367.01+, 367.02+, 367.03+
Women's Studies 367.01+, 367.02+, 367.03+, 367.04+
Yiddish 367
Third Course: Taken during the senior year. (ONE Course)
Requirement varies by major - consult with your academic counselor. Business Administration 798, 799
II.
QUANTITATIVE AND LOGICAL SKILLS
Mathematical and Logical Analysis:
A.
Required: Math 130, 131, 132 (or 148, 150, 151, 152) and any prerequisites (depends on Math placement)
B.
Data Analysis:
Required: Computer Science and Engineering 200
Statistics 133
Business Management 330 & 331 (331 not required for Human Resources specialization)
Math 366 (only for Information Systems specialization)
III.
FOREIGN LANGUAGE Required: International Business specialization only -through the fourth quarter (104) of a modern foreign language.
IV.
SOCIAL DIVERSITY IN THE UNITED STATES, Select ONE. No added hours.
Each course may be used to fulfill only one GEC category except for Social Diversity when appropriate
{+ signifies that the course is also listed in another GEC category and can be used to satisfy both}
African-American & African Studies 230, 243, 303+ 367.02+,
Linguistics 303+, 367+, 372+
367.03+, 367.04+, 551+, 571+
Modern Greek 200, 367+
Agricultural Communication 367+
Philosophy 336+, 367+
Arabic 367+
Political Science 508
Art Education 367.01+, 367.03, 467
Psychology 100+ (counts as Social Diversity for Aut. Qtr. 2003 and
ASC 467
later), 375; 646
Biology 597+
Rural Sociology 105+
Comparative Studies 205+, 234+, 241+, 242+, 243, 336+, 367.01+,
Slavic Languages & Literatures 367+
367.02+, 367.03+, 367.04+, 373
Social Work 300, 301
Dance 357+
Sociology 101+, 306, 382, 435, 467, 608
Economics 485
Spanish 367+
English 281+, 367.01+, 367.02+, 367.03+, 367.05+
Speech and Hearing Science 310
Engineering 367+
Theatre 100+, 367.01+, 367.02+, 367.03
Geography 400
Women's Studies 101+, 110+, 367.01+, 367.02+, 367.03+, 367.04+,
History 325, 346+
370,510,520
International Studies 210
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V.
NATURAL SCIENCE * 20 hours.
Required: One 10-hour sequence from the Biological Sciences (Part A) list and one 10-hour sequence from the Physical Sciences (Part B) list.
*At least one course must be a lab course.
A.
Biological Sciences Select ONE Sequence. 10 hours.
Biology 101-102; 113-114; H115-H116
Biology 101-103
Biology 101-Anthropology 200
Biology 101-Entomology 102
B.
Physical Sciences
Biology 101-Food Science and Technology 201
Biology 101-Human Nutrition and Food Management 210
Entomology 101-102
Plant Cellular and Molecular Biology 101-102
Select ONE Sequence. 10 hours.
Astronomy 161-162; 171-172
Chemistry 100-101, 101-102; 121-122; H201-H202
Earth Sciences 100-108; 100-110; 100-203; 100-206; 100-210,
105-108; 105-110, 105-203, 105-206, 105-210, 121-122; 121203; 121-205; 121-206; 121-210; H121-H294 (SP 00, SP 01)
VI.
SOCIAL SCIENCE
Earth Sciences 100-Geography 120
Earth Sciences 105-Geography 120
Physics 103-104; 106-107; 106-108; 107-106;
107-108; 108-106; 108-107; 111-112; 131-132; 161-162
Physics 111-Architecture 426
15 hours.
Required: Economics 200 & 201, and ONE of the following:
AED Economics 280
African-American & African St 201,218
Animal Science 240
Anthropology 201, 202, 421.08
Communication 101, 200, 431
Economics 348, 367.01, 367.02
Environment and Natural Resources 203, 400
Family Resource Management 243, 340
Geography 200, 240, H294+ (SP 03), H410, 430, 450, 460, 643
History 366.01
Human Development and Family Science 360, 361, 364
Int. Studies 201,210,215,230, 231, 235, 240, 245, 250, 280, 356
VII.
ARTS & HUMANITIES **
Linguistics 170, 270 (202), 371, 372+ (361), 375 (365)
Political Science 100, 101, 145, 165, 201, 210, 211, 245, 367.01
Psychology *100+- Social Diversity Au-03 and later, 367.01,
367.02, 371
Rural Sociology 105+, 378
Social Work 230
Sociology 101+, 210, 345, H367.01, 367.02, H367.03, 370,
380, 463, 466
Speech and Hearing Science 330, 350
Textiles & Clothing 372
Women's Studies 110+
25 hours.
Required: One 10-hour (two course) History sequence; At least 5 hours (one course) in "Literature"; and at least 5 hours (one course) in "Visual &/or
Performing Arts” (the remaining 5 hours - one course - may be selected from "Literature," "Visual and/or Performing Arts," or "Cultures & Ideas").
**At least one course must have a "United States/Europe" focus; and at least one course must have a "NonU.S./non-Europe" focus.
PART A.
History Select ONE Sequence. 10 hours.
a.
"United States/Europe" focus:
History 111-112; 151-152
History of Art 201-202, H201-H202
EDU PAES 210-211
Philosophy H111-H112
b.
"Non-U.S./non-Europe" focus:
African-American & African St 121-122
Economics 515-516
History121-122,141-142,171-172,181-182
Analysis of Texts and Works of Art: Select 3 Courses. 15 hours.
Literature.
Select at least ONE course. 5 hours minimum.
PART B.
1.
a.
"United States/Europe" focus:
African-American & African St 154, 254, 271, 345, 367.02+,
367.03+, 367.04+, 551+
Classics 101, 102, 222, 327
Comparative Studies 201, 203, 204, 205+, H240, 273, 294
(from WI-04)
English 201, 202, 220, 260, 261, 262, 275, 280, 281+, 290, 291,
367.02+, 367.03+
French 150, 151, 250
German 250 (260.01), (260.02,) (260.03), H263, 291, 292, 399
b. "Non-U.S./non-Europe" focus:
African-American & African St 251
Arabic 371, 372
Chinese 251, 501, 502, 503, 504
Comparative Studies 100, 202.01, 202.02, 301, 306, 308, 314
French 152
Hebrew 370, 372, 373, 374, 378
Japanese 251, 252
Italian 151, 152, 251
Modern Greek 371
Philosophy 301, 302, 303, 304, 305, 306, 307
Scandinavian 222
Slavic Languages & Literatures 245
Spanish 320, 321
Theatre 367.02+
Women’s Studies 215, 367.01+, 367.02+, 367.03+, 367.04+
Yiddish 371, 399
Korean 251
Near Eastern Languages & Cultures 271, 371, 372, 374
Persian 370, 371
Philosophy 215
Russian 250, 251
Spanish 520
Turkish 371, 372 Women’s Studies 271
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2.
Visual / Performing Arts
a.
Select at least one course. 5 hours minimum.
"United States/Europe" focus:
African-American & African Studies 571
Architecture 271 (only 3 hours)
Art 205 (170), 206 (172), 300.01 (201), 300.02 (300), 340 (240), H455
Art Education 160, 252, 367.01+
Comparative Studies 358
Dance 161, 200
East Asian Languages and Literature 346
English 263, 269
Film Studies 270
Hebrew 345
History of Art 201, H201, 202, H202, 300 (250), 301, 315 (515), 316, 330 (530), 340, 345, 367, 519, 520, 525
Italian 221
Landscape Architecture 201
Medieval and Renaissance Studies 219
Modern Greek 268
Music 251 (141), 252 (142), 253 (150), 288, 341, 342, 345.01, 347 (only 3 hours, not 5), 349 (only 3 hours, not 5)
Philosophy 240, H242
Physics H455
Portuguese 335
Scandinavian 520
Spanish 322
Theatre 100+, H101, 161, H230, 271, 280 (Only 3 hours, not 5)
Women's Studies 230, 317
*(Autumn 2007- History of Art will be condensed into 201 and 202)
b.
"Non-U.S./non-Europe" focus:
History of Art 213, 216, 260, 305, 350, 360, 505, 576, 582
Korean 505
Music 250 (140), 348
Russian 360
Spanish 330, 380
3.
Cultures and Ideas
a.
"United States/Europe" focus:
African-American & African Studies 303+
Allied Medicine 307
Arabic 367+
Arts&Sci 494 (AU-01, SP-02, AU-02, SP-03), 500
Classics 224, 225, 226, 230, 240
Comparative Studies 170, 234+, 241+, 242+, 264, 272,
275, 305, 336+, 339, 345, 367.01+, 367.02+, 367.03+,373
Dance 357+
English H167, 264, 270, 271, 276, 277
Environment and Natural Resources 367
French 153
German 275, 299
History 306, 346+
b.
History of Art 306 (240), 570
Jewish Studies 201
Landscape Architecture 367
Linguistics 201, 301 (311), 303+
Medieval and Renaissance Studies 210, 212, 215, 217, 226, 240
Modern Greek 200, 241
Near Eastern Languages & Cultures 311, 341
Philosophy 101, 130, 170, 230, 270, 336+
Romanian 235
Slavic Languages & Literatures 130
Spanish 150
Women's Studies 101+
Yiddish 241, 367
"Non-U.S./non-Europe" focus:
African-American & African Studies 342, 485.01
Anthropology 241
Arabic 241, 377
Art Educ 255
Chinese 231, 232
Classics 250
Comparative Studies 270, 274, 294 (SP-98, SP 00), 315
335, 376, 377
East Asian Language & Literature 131, 341
Hebrew 216, 241, 376, 379
History 330.01
Japanese 231
Korean 231
Medieval and Renaissance Studies 211, 213, 214, 216, 218
Near Eastern Languages & Cultures 241, 244, 294 (AU-00),
314, 344, 345, 351, 360, 370
Persian 241
Portuguese 330, 335
Russian 135, 235
Spanish 151, 331
Turkish 241
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VIII. ISSUES OF THE CONTEMPORARY WORLD
Agriculture, Environmental, & Development Economics 597.01
Animal Science 597*
Anthropology 597.01* 597.02* H597.03* 597.04*
Biology 597+
City and Regional Planning 597
Classics 597*
Communication 597.01
Comparative Studies 597.01*, 597.02*
English 597*
Environment and Natural Resources 597.02
Evolution, Ecology & Organismal Biology 597.02
Food, Agriculture and Environmental Sciences 597.01, 597.02
Food Science & Technology 597, 597.02
Geodetic Science 597
Geography 597.01*, 597.02*
History 597*
Horticulture & Crop Science 597*
Human Development and Family Science 597.01, 597.02
International Studies 597.01, 597.02
Landscape Architecture 597*
Linguistics 597.01*, 597.02*
Plant Pathology 597*
Political Science 597.01*, 597.02*
Psychology 597.01, 597.02, 597.03, 597.04
Social Work 597
Sociology 597.01*, 597.02*
Theatre 597
Select one course (junior or senior year). 5 hours.
*-These Contemporary World courses are open to juniors
BE SURE TO CONTACT YOUR ACADEMIC ADVISER EVERY QUARTER TO LEARN OF ANY
CHANGES TO THIS GENERAL EDUCATION CURRICULUM LIST.
Revised 4/09 jao