Fall 2014 SEBS First Year Student School Core Requirements –
Course Selection List
There are seven SEBS Core Requirements – 1. JR/SR Colloquium, 2A. Life Sciences and 2B. Physical
Sciences, 3. Humanities and Arts, 4. Multicultural and International Studies, 5A. Human Behavior, 5B.
Economic Systems, 5C. Political Processes, 6. Oral & Written Communications, 7. Experience Based
Education. Courses on this list are arranged by the Core Requirement they fulfill.
This is not a comprehensive list of general education courses that will fulfill the Rutgers SEBS School
Core Requirements. These are the 100 and 200 level courses recommended for first-year students; 300
and 400 level are designed for Juniors and Seniors and do not appear here. Course descriptions for all
university courses can be found in the Rutgers – New Brunswick Undergraduate Catalog:
http://catalogs.rutgers.edu/generated/nb-ug_current/index.html.
Instructions for Use:
1) Select five classes from the list and enter the course number (eg.11:374:101) and title
(Intro to Human Ecology) on the Course Selection Form (CSF) under the core/elective
courses section. If selecting a foreign language simply list the name of the language and
either “no prior knowledge” or “placement by exam”.
2) Do not re-list any class that already appears in your “Faculty Recommended Classes” list.
3) You will only be registered for four or five classes total – 14 -16 credits. Priority is given
to major required, math, the writing class, then to special program courses, then to
core/elective classes. You need to list extra classes in case a course is full or times conflict.
The following abbreviations are used to designate campus locations for courses:
ALL – Offered on All Campuses
C/D – Cook/Douglass Campus
CAC – College Avenue Campus
LIV – Livingston Campus
BUS – Busch Campus
Online – offered via computer
Hybrid – meets on campus and via computer,
usually one day each
Highly Recommended First-year Courses
Economics
Env. Policy Inst &
Behaviors
Env. Policy Inst &
Behaviors
Landscape Arch./ Env.
Planning
Marine Science
11:373:101
Economics, People, Env. (3)
11:374:101
Intro to Human Ecology (3)
11:374:141
11:550:230
11:628:120
ES, no credit
for majors
MI, Major
C/D
MI
C/D
HA, Major
C/D
PS
C/D
C/D
Health & Society (3)
Environmental Design Analysis (3)
Intro. to Oceanography (3)
Life Sciences (LS)
Automatically registered based on Rutgers English and Math Placement Test, Advanced
Placement/Transfer Credit, and Major selected, if eligible. Must be in Pre-calculus or higher and
Expository Writing 101 or Exposition and Argument 103 to be eligible for General Bio 115.
General Biology I, II and Lab (01:119:115, 116, and 117) (10 credits total over at least two terms)
Required for most science majors and pre-med; pre-requisite for advanced life science/biology courses.
OR
Principles of Biology (01:119:103) (4 credits total)
Designed for non-Science, Environmental Planning & Design, Exercise Science (Sports Management
Option Only), Landscape Architecture, and the following Physical Science majors/options (Chemistry
(ACS Certification requires 01:119:115, 116, and 117), Geological Sciences, Meteorology, Marine
Science-Physical Oceanography Option Only) where no additional life science courses are needed. *
*Students pursuing medicine or dentistry and majoring in these fields MUST complete General
Biology 01:119:115, 116, and 117.
Physical Sciences (PS)
Science majors will complete:
General Chemistry 01:160:161-162 or 160:159-160 or 160:165-166 for this requirement. Students
receive a Chemistry placement as part of their Rutgers Placement score based on their math test.
Do not list Chemistry again under core/elective, if on “Faculty Recommended Classes” list.
Non-Science majors should complete one course from list below:
Counts For:
Campus
Earth Systems (3)
Major, PS
LIV
01:450:102
The Global Environment (3)
Major, PS
LIV
Geology
Environmental
Science
01:460:100
Planet Earth (3) (No Credit for Geology Majors)
PS
BUS
PS
C/D, LIV
11:375:101
Intro to Environmental Science (3)
Marine Science
11:628:120
Intro. to Oceanography (3)
PS
C/D
Meteorology
11:670:201
Elements of Meteorology (3)
Major, PS
C/D
Department
Course Number
Course Title, Credits, Campus
Geography
01:450:101
Geography
Humanities and Arts (HA)
Department
Course Number
Course Title, Credits, Campus
Counts For:
Campus
American Studies
01:050:101
HA
CAC, LIV
HA
Art History
01:082:105/106
Intro to American Studies (3)
Intro to Art History 105 Pre-history-14th Cent (3) /
Intro to Art History 106 Renaissance-Now (3)
Classics
01:190:205
Greek Civilization (3)
HA
CAC, C/D,
LIV
C/D
Classics
01:190:207
Greek & Roman Mythology (3)
HA
C/D
Comparative Lit.
01:195:101
Intro to World Lit (3)
HA
CAC
Comparative Lit.
01:195:135
Intro to Short Fiction (3)
HA
CAC
HA
Comparative Lit.
01:195:150
World Mythology (3)
Dance
07:203:101/131
Dance Appreciation (3)
HA
CAC, C/D,
LIV
C/D
Dance
07:203:110
Intro Urban Fusion Dance (2)
HA
C/D
209 Creative Writing: Intro Multimedia
Composition (3) / 211 Creative Writing (3)
Dev’t of Europe I - Ancient Greece to 16th Cent.(3)
/ Dev’t of Europe II – 17th – 20th Century (3)
HA
CAC
HA
CAC
HA
CAC, LIV
HA
CAC, LIV
01:512:103/104
Emergence of Medieval Europe (3)
Dev’t of US I (Origins-Civil War) (3) /
Development of the US II (1865 – Present) (3)
01:512:205
American Presidency (3)
HA
CAC
HA
LIV
HA, Major
C/D
English Topics
01:351:209/211
History (General)
01:510:101/102
History (General)
01:510:209
History (American)
History (American)
History (American)
Landscape Arch./
Env. Planning
01:512:225
Sexuality in America (3)
11:550:230
Environmental Design Analysis (3)
Music
07:700:101
Intro to Music I (3)
HA
C/D
Music
07:700:103
Intro to Music Theory (3)
HA
C/D, CAC
Philosophy
01:730:103/104
Intro to Philosophy 103 (3) / 104 (4)
HA
CAC, C/D
Philosophy
01:730:105
Current Moral & Social Issues (3)
HA
LIV
Philosophy
01:730:107
Intro to Ethics (3)
HA
LIV, C/D
Theater Arts
07:965:211
Theater Appreciation (3)
HA
CAC, C/D
Multicultural and International Studies (MI)
SEBS students may take any of the courses below or may enroll in any modern foreign language classes (except courses in
foreign literature, film, or arts which count for Humanities & Arts) to fulfill this requirement.
Department
Course
Number
Course Title, Credits, Campus
Africana Studies
01:014:103
Africana Studies
01:014:203
Anthropology
Env. Policy Inst &
Behaviors
Counts For:
Campus
Intro Africana Studies (3)
MI
C/D, LIV
Black Experience in America (3)
MI
LIV
01:070:101
Intro to Cultural Anthropology (3)
MI
C/D
MI, Major
C/D
11:374:101
Intro to Human Ecology (3)
MI
C/D
MI
CAC
MI
CAC
Env. Policy Inst &
Behaviors
11:374:141
Health & Society (3)
Geography
History (Comparative)/
Jewish Studies
01:450:103
01:506:271/
01:563:201
Human Geography: Space, Place & Location (3)
Italian
01:560:231
Italian Culture(4) (Taught in English)
MI
CAC
Latino Carib. Studies
01:595:100
Intro to Caribbean Studies (3)
MI
LIV, CAC
LIV
Jewish Society & Culture (3)
Latino Carib. Studies
01:595:101
Intro to Latino Studies (3)
MI
Religion
01:840:112
Death & Afterlife (3)
MI
C/D, LIV
Religion
01:840:211
Religions Eastern World (3)
MI
CAC, LIV
Sexualities Studies
01:888:285
Lesbians, Gay Men, and Society (3)
MI
C/D
Social Justice
01:904:201
Intro to Social Justice (3)
MI
C/D
Sociology
Women’s & Gender
Studies
Women’s & Gender
Studies
01:920:270
Global Inequalities (3)
MI
C/D
MI
01:988:101
Women Culture Society (3)
C/D, CAC,
LIV
C/D
01:988:240
Gender & Science (3)
MI
Language Courses for Multicultural & International Studies Requirement
Ancient languages (Latin, Ancient Greek) will not count toward this requirement.
Language courses in literature and arts count for the Humanities & Arts, not Multicultural & International Studies.
Students with prior knowledge, who are seeking to continue studies in a language, must complete a Foreign Language
Placement Exam (Placement by Exam). Students beginning a new language (No prior knowledge) may begin at the
elementary/first year level. No credit granted for elementary level language, if studied it two or more years in high school.
Rutgers offers courses in the following modern foreign languages:
Arabic
Hindi
Spanish
Armenian
Italian
Swahili
Bengali (Not offered F14)
Japanese
Turkish
Chinese
Korean
Twi
French
Persian
Yiddish (Not offered F14)
German
Polish
Yoruba
Greek (Modern)
Portuguese
Hebrew
Russian
Human Behavior (HA)
Department
Course
Number
Course Title, Credits, Campus
Counts For:
Campus
Anthropology
01:070:102
Intro to Human Evolution (4)
HB
CAC, C/D
Anthropology
01:070:213
Environment & Human Evolution (3)
HB
C/D
Psychology
01:830:101
General Psychology (3)
HB
All
HB
Sociology
01:920:101
Intro to Sociology (3)
LIV, CAC,
C/D
Counts For:
Campus
ES, no credit
for majors
ES
C/D
Economic Systems (ES)
Department
Economics
Course
Number
Course Title, Credits, Campus
11:373:101
11:373:121/
Economics, People, Env. (3)
Princ. & App’s Microeconomics (3)*
01:220:102
11:373:122/
01:220:103
Intro Microeconomics (3) *
Princ. & App’s Macroeconomics (3)*
Intro Macroeconomics (3)*
(Requires Calc I placement and credit for Micro.)
Economics
Economics
ES
C/D
CAC, LIV,
C/D
C/D
CAC, LIV,
C/D
*Credit only granted for one version of Microeconomics and one version of Macroeconomics.
Political Processes (PP)
Course
Number
Course Title, Credits, Campus
11:374:279
Politics of Environ Issues (3)
Political Science
01:790:101
Nature of Politics (3)
Political Science
01:790:104
American Government (3)
Department
Env. Policy Inst &
Behaviors
Counts For:
Campus
PP
C/D
PP
CAC, LIV,
C/D
CAC, C/D
PP
Oral and Written Communication (COM)
Registered based on Rutgers Placement, unless exempt by Advanced Placement/Transfer Credit.
All students must complete:
A Level One Writing Course:
01:355:101 Expository Writing I or 01:355:103 Exposition and Argument (SEBS General Honors)
or have approval for an equivalent Advanced Placement/Transfer Credit.
AND
An Upper-level Oral & Written Communication Course:
Either as designated by the major program of study or (if your major has no mandated course(s))
chosen from the approved list in Rutgers Degree Navigator (http://nbdn.rutgers.edu).
Experience-Based Education (3 – 12 credits)
Every SEBS student is required to complete between a minimum of three and maximum of twelve
credits of hands-on learning as part of their degree program. The specific requirement varies by field,
but may include independent study, research, internships, or cooperative education job placements.
Other Interesting Classes
Environmental and Biological
Sciences
11:015:265
Nutrition for Today (1)
Animal Science
Ecology, Evolution and Natural
Resources
Education/Professional Youth
Work
11:067:142
Intro. to Animal Science (3)
Elective Cr.
C/D
Major
C/D
Major/Exploratory
C/D
Elective Cr.
C/D
Elective Cr.
C/D
Multicultural
C/D
Major/Elective Cr.
C/D
Economic Systems
C/D
11:216:110
Evolutionary Disease & Medicine (3)
11:300:101
Intro to Professional Youth Work (1)
Entomology
Env. Policy Inst & Behaviors
11:370:202
11:374:141
The World of Insects (3)
Health & Society (3)
Env. Policy Inst & Behaviors
Economics
11:374:175
11:373:121
Energy & Society (3)
Princ. & App’s Microeconomics (3)
Food Science
11:400:103
Science of Food (3)
Major
C/D
Marine Science
11:628:125
Exploring the World’s Oceans (3)
Elective Cr.
Online
Microbiology
11:680:101
Living in the Microbial World (3)
Elective Cr.
C/D
Nutrition
11:709:201
Intro Foods & Nutrition (3)
Major
C/D
Plant Science
11:776:210
Principles of Botany (4)
Major
C/D
Rutgers Learning Community Courses
Byrne Seminars
01:090:101/
11:090:101
First-Year Interest
Group
01:090:120/
11:090:120
Oceanography Learning
Community
11:015:100
Helyar House
http://rulc.rutgers.edu/content/oceanography-learningcommunity
04:189:196:01
Portals
to
Academic
Success
(1)
Required a separate application that was sent via email.
Television History and Programming (1.5)
Must submit an application found at
http://rutv.rutgers.edu/livinglearning.shtml
01:420:297
French Cultural Experience (1.5)
Apply as part of the online housing application on the
Enrollment Pathway
01:790:250
Topics in Political Science (1.5 cr)
11:015:103
RU-tv Living-Learning
Community
French Living-Learning
Community
Darien Learning
Community
German LivingLearning Community
Weather Watcher
Living-Learning
Community
Weather Watcher
Living-Learning
Community
01:470:299
11:670:111
11:670:201
Social Justice LivingLearning Community
Douglass Residential
College Living-Learning
Community
First Year Seminars (P/N1) ALL
See the Guide Book and list on your course request
form.
First-Year Interest Group (FIG) (P/N1) ALL
See the Guide Book and list on your course request
form.
Oceanography
House
(1.5)
Must
submit
an
application
found
at
01:904:201
01:988:130
Contemporary German Media Society (1.5)
Apply as part of the online housing application on the
Enrollment Pathway
Weather Climate TV I (1.5)
Must submit an application found by clicking
http://rutv.rutgers.edu/wwll.shtml.
Elements of Meteorology (3) C/D
Introduction to Social Justice (3) LIV, C/D
Students interested in this community, please e-mail
Barbara Balliet.
Issues Women’s Leadership (3) C/D
Apply as part of the online housing application on the
Enrollment Pathway
See booklets for
section numbers and
titles
See booklets for
section numbers and
titles
Oceanography
Learning Community
Only
Helyar House
Year Only
First
RU-TV
LivingLearning Community
Only
French Language &
Culture
LivingLearning Community
Only
Darien
Learning
Community Only
German Language &
Culture
LivingLearning Community
Only
Weather-Watcher
Living-Learning
Community Only
Required for WeatherWatcher
LivingLearning Community
Social Justice LivingLearning Community
Douglass Residential
College for Women
Military Leadership Courses – Office Training Corp
Military
ROTC
Military
ROTC
Military
ROTC
Education,
Education,
Education,
Air
Air
Air
Force
ROTC
Force
ROTC
Force
Air
LIV
Air
LIV
03:690:121
Foundations of US Air Force (1)
03:690:171
Military Leadership Lab (0)
03:690:221
ROTC Army
CAC
Force
Force
LIV
Military Education, Army ROTC
03:691:101
Evolution Air & Space Program (1)
Foundations of Officership (1.5) All Sections
except sec. 01
Military Education, Army ROTC
03:691:103
Military Leadership Lab (0)
ROTC Army
CAC
Military Education, Naval ROTC
03:692:101
Intro Naval Science (2)
ROTC Navy
CAC
Military Education, Naval ROTC
03:692:103
Naval Science Lab (0)
ROTC Navy
CAC