OFFICE OF ACADEMIC SERVICES
www.soe.rutgers.edu/oas
School of Engineering
Tel: 848-445-2212
Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey
Fax: 732-445-4092
98 Brett Road, Room B-100
Piscataway, NJ 08854
LIST OF ACCEPTABLE HUMANITIES/SOCIAL SCIENCE REQUIREMENTS
EFFECTIVE SPRING TERM 2013 (Last Revised Sept 2013)
NOTE: This list is based on the New Brunswick Undergraduate Catalog, 2009-2011, and
supersedes all previous lists. Any new courses added after publication of the 2009-2011
Catalog are subject to review. Questions or appeals regarding course acceptability should
be directed to a dean in the Office of Academic Services.
Rationale for H/SS Electives in the Curriculum: A good undergraduate education should provide more than
the development of technical skills. Properly chosen, H/SS electives can complement your technical courses by
helping you to develop an understanding of the problems facing our society, a historical consciousness, a sense
of values, knowledge of other cultures, an appreciation of the fine arts, and an ability to think logically and
communicate effectively. Think seriously about your choices, and use them to enhance your educational
experience. Engineering students are encouraged to complete a minor or even a second major in these
disciplines; see http://soe.rutgers.edu/oaa/minors-majors for more details.
School Requirements: All candidates for the B.S. degree must complete a minimum of 18 credits of
humanities/social science courses. If a course on this list bears less than 3cr, multiple courses may be
combined to total the credit requirement. H/SS courses including the following:

01:355:101;

01:220:102 OR 01:220:200. (Note: credit not granted for both 220:102 and 220:200)

Four free electives chosen from the list below; Free electives must be selected in a manner such that at
least two courses are at the 300/400 (upper) level (even with a minor, second major, or dual degree, 2
upper level courses from this list must be chosen);

Elementary language courses are normally NOT accepted for H/SS credit. However, four semesters of a
language (2 elementary and 2 intermediate) that were not taken in high school and is not the student's
native language will count as 1 general, 2 H/SS lower, and 1 H/SS upper elective. The second upper level
h/ss elective must be an actual 300+ course from this list.
Department
01:013 African Lang & Lit
01:014 Africana Studies
01:016 Africana Area Studies
01:050 American Studies
01:070 Anthropology
07:080
01:082 Art History
01:090 Arts and Sciences
01:098 Asian Studies
01:145 Catalan
01:165 Chinese
01:190 Classics
01:192 Communication
01:195 Comparative Lit
01:202 Criminal Justice
07:203 Dance
01:214 East Asian Studies
01:220 Economics
05:300 Education
14:332 Elec/Cmptr Eng’g
01:350-354 & 358 English
01:355 English (Writing)
01:360 European Studies
11:372 Environ Planning
11:373 Envrn & Busn Econ
11:374 Envrn. Policy Instit & Behavior
Courses - MUST BE 3cr EACH
201,211,221,231,240-243, 252,253,260,261,276,277,280,286,290,294, 295,301,312,314,322,331,
340-342,353,355,376,377,390,391,401,402,476
All Courses EXCEPT: 140,223,224,317,341,342,460, 490-498
All Courses EXCEPT: 301-304
All Courses EXCEPT: 281-284
All Courses EXCEPT: 291-294,334,335,349,354,355,358,359,390-395,495-498
131, 431
All Courses EXCEPT: 111,112,291-94,345,462,473,491-499
320, 321, 322
241,242,250,262,321,322,444
301,302,305
All Courses EXCEPT: 101,102,103,111,112,121,490-498
All Courses EXCEPT: 101,102,431,432,491-496
380
All Courses EXCEPT: 160,399,493-496
201,301,310,311,312,322,327,405
101,131
241, 242, 310, 338
All Courses EXCEPT: 102, 110, 322,326,386,,397-399,401-410,421,490-496
306
301
All Courses
201,302, 402,425 Note, if 355:302 is a req’t for your major, you cannot use it to fulfill a h/ss elective
301, 401
202,444
323,331,361,362,363,371
101,102,175,211,220,223,269,279,301,308,312,313,314, 315,322,331,335,336,341
Department
33:382 Entrepreneurship
01:420 French
14:440 General Engineering
01:450 Geography
01:470 German
01:489 Modern Greek
01:490 Greek
01:505 Hindi
01:506-512 History
37:533 Human Resourcs Mgt
01:535 Hungarian
11:554 Interdisc Studies-SEBS
01:556 Interdisc Studies
01:560 Italian
01:563 Jewish Studies
01:565 Japanese
01:574 Korean
37:575 Labor Studies
01:580 Latin
01:590 Latin Amer Studies
01:595 Latino & Hispanic Carribean
Studies
11:607 Leadership Skills
01:615 Linguistics
33:620 Management
33:630 Marketing
07:631 Mason Gross Arts Online
01:667 Medieval Studies
01:685 Middle East Studies
07:700 Music
01:730 Philosophy
10:762 Planning & Public Policy
(formerly 975-Urban Studies)
01:787 Polish
01:790 Political Science
33:799 Supply Chain Mgt
01:810 Portuguese
01:830 Psychology
01:840 Religion
01:860 Russian
01:920 Sociology
01:940 Spanish
07:965 Theatre Arts
01:988 Women’s Studies
Courses
202, 302, 303, 310, 342, 355
All Courses EXCEPT: 101-121,171,210,275,276,299,331,393,394,399,493-498
404
100,102,103,205,214,222,240,262,307,309,311,320,322,330-338,341,342,361,363, 370,380,405,
406, 411, 413, 419, 470
All Courses EXCEPT: 101-122,281,282,299, 393-396,495,496
201,202,205,207,241,245,305,306,312,316,347,351,358,380-383,493,494
207,208,211,304-306,308-312,315,335,352, 353, 391,392,400,402
201, 202, 260, 261
All Courses
All Courses
201, 202, 259, 260, 301,321,355,360,401,402,460,490
196,296
103, 104, 220
All Courses EXCEPT: 101-124,283,284,299,317,318
All Courses EXCEPT: 101-104,381,382,482,483
All Courses EXCEPT: 101-104
201,202,210,220,221,230,250,301,302,303,304,401,402, 410,411,450
All Courses EXCEPT: 401,450-499
203,204,302-304,310,321,323-325,327-329,335,401-404, 407
All Courses
All Courses EXCEPT: 304, 354, 356, 493-496
All Courses EXCEPT 383, 384, 388 and any other course under 3cr.
All Courses
301
301, 368
101,103,106,120,121,210, 211,226,230,281,282,295,425 (For MGAO, 200+ counts as Upper Level)
281,282,388,481
All Courses EXCEPT: 480-499
101-104, 121, 122,125,131,133,211-222,226-238,290,295, 296, 301-322 (For Music, 200+ counts
as Upper Level)
All Courses EXCEPT: 493-496
101, 233,303-306,310,315, 324, 331, 335, 350, 352,413, 420, 421, 444,448, 451, 460,462, 471, 473,
474, 476,478, 483, 485, 495
201,202,259,370,401,402,470,475
All Courses EXCEPT: 250-253,300,392-400,481-498
300, 301, 380
All Courses EXCEPT: 101,102,135,141,142, 160, 201,493-498
All Courses EXCEPT: 200,300,323,395-398, 411,413, 490-498
All Courses
All Courses EXCEPT: 101,102,105-108,215,338,339,351,352,375-380,487-497
All Courses EXCEPT: 311,312,393,398,399,493-498
All Courses EXCEPT: 100-105,121,139,160,201,287,288,298,299,317,318, 327, 399, 416, 470-498
211, 212, 231, 300, 311, 312, 398, 401
All Courses EXCEPT: 370,399,425,426,430,493-498
H/SS Check list
A. Courses selected from the H/SS list. (Note: If language courses are taken, please confirm selection with a B100 Dean.)
B. 6 courses or 18cr completed
1. 355:101 Expository Writing
2. 220:102 Micro Economics (note, this course is DIFFERENT than Eng’g Economics 540:343)
3.
__________ 3cr
4.
__________ 3cr
5.
__________ 300+ upper level, 3cr
6.
__________ 300+ upper level, 3cr