Below is a non-exhaustive list of General Education courses approved for the Tier 2 requirement in 2023-2024. Students may find information about courses that are being piloted in the General Education program here.
Civic Engagement and Intercultural Knowledge (CEIK)
Course List
| Code |
Title |
Credits |
| ENGL 125 | Stories of the University | 3 |
| ENGL 130 | Reading the Environment | 3 |
| ENGL 133 | Dark Stories for Young Adults | 3 |
| HIST 131 | Metropolitan New York | 3 |
| LATI 114 | Studying Latin America | 3 |
| LATI 122 | Archaeology of Mesoamerican Cultures | 3 |
| MDT 155 | African Music in the Americas: Brazil and the United States | 3 |
| MDT 167 | World Music | 3 |
| MEDI 120 | Understanding Movies: The Art of Film | 3 |
| MEDI 130 | The History of Media | 3 |
| POLI 120 | Global Challenges | 3 |
| WGST 110 | Diversity and Difference: Identities, Communities, and Cultures | 3 |
Critical Thinking and Problem Solving (CTPS)
Course List
| Code |
Title |
Credits |
| AFRO 101 | The African Diaspora | 3 |
| AFRO 125 | African American History: From Africa to Emancipation | 3 |
| AFRO 140 | African American History: From Emancipation to the Present | 3 |
| ART 125 | Making&Interpreting Clay Objects:Exam Development of Ceramics&its Role in Society | 3 |
| CS 125 | Game Programming | 3 |
| ECON 103 | Current Economic Issues | 3 |
| EDU 105 | Education and LGBTQ Issues | 3 |
| ENGL 150 | From Game Playing to Creative Writing: Literary Games and Formal Experiments in Creative Writing | 3 |
| FINC 105 | Introduction to Data Literacy | 3 |
| LTED 160 | Languages of Power and Social Justice | 3 |
| MDT 166 | Exploring Western Music | 3 |
| MEDI 120 | Understanding Movies: The Art of Film | 3 |
| MEDI 130 | The History of Media | 3 |
| MGMT 110 | Life is Good Business: Understanding how Business Impacts Everyday Life | 3 |
| PHIL 102 | Critical Thinking | 3 |
| PHIL 109 | Bioethics | 3 |
| PHIL 113 | Environmental Ethics | 3 |
| PHIL 125 | Ethics in Everyday Life | 3 |
| PHIL 135 | World Religions | 3 |
| PHIL 140 | The Examined Life | 3 |
| PHYS 114 | Why Things Move: Thinking Science through Motion | 3 |
| POLI 120 | Global Challenges | 3 |
| POLI 130 | Debating Current Controversies | 3 |
| WGST 101 | Telling Women's Lives | 3 |
| WGST 109 | Gender, Sexuality and Culture | 3 |
| WGST 110 | Diversity and Difference: Identities, Communities, and Cultures | 3 |
Information and Technology Literacy (ITL)
Course List
| Code |
Title |
Credits |
| CS 120 | Computers and Information Technology | 3 |
| CS 125 | Game Programming | 3 |
| EDU 105 | Education and LGBTQ Issues | 3 |
| EESC 121 | Mapping the City | 3 |
| ENGL 130 | Reading the Environment | 3 |
| ENGL 150 | From Game Playing to Creative Writing: Literary Games and Formal Experiments in Creative Writing | 3 |
| FINC 105 | Introduction to Data Literacy | 3 |
| LATI 114 | Studying Latin America | 3 |
| LATI 122 | Archaeology of Mesoamerican Cultures | 3 |
| PHIL 102 | Critical Thinking | 3 |
| PHIL 109 | Bioethics | 3 |
Oral Communication (OC)
Course List
| Code |
Title |
Credits |
| AFRO 101 | The African Diaspora | 3 |
| AFRO 125 | African American History: From Africa to Emancipation | 3 |
| AFRO 140 | African American History: From Emancipation to the Present | 3 |
| ART 125 | Making&Interpreting Clay Objects:Exam Development of Ceramics&its Role in Society | 3 |
| ART 150 | Empower Tools: Art as a Catalyst for Social Change | 3 |
| ART 170 | Time Travel: Introduction to Time-Based Art | 3 |
| ECON 103 | Current Economic Issues | 3 |
| ECON 115 | Money and Markets | 3 |
| EESC 135 | Our Planet Earth: Introduction to Dynamic Earth Processes | 3 |
| ESL 130 | American Myths: The Experience of Cultural Change | 3 |
| ETHN 130 | Understanding Ethnic Conflict | 3 |
| HIST 131 | Metropolitan New York | 3 |
| PHIL 140 | The Examined Life | 3 |
| POLI 130 | Debating Current Controversies | 3 |
| SOCI 121 | Sociology of Families | 3 |
| WGST 101 | Telling Women's Lives | 3 |
Quantitative Literacy (QL)
Course List
| Code |
Title |
Credits |
| CS 120 | Computers and Information Technology | 3 |
| EESC 121 | Mapping the City | 3 |
| PHYS 114 | Why Things Move: Thinking Science through Motion | 3 |
Written Communication (WC)
Course List
| Code |
Title |
Credits |
| ART 170 | Time Travel: Introduction to Time-Based Art | 3 |
| ECON 115 | Money and Markets | 3 |
| EESC 135 | Our Planet Earth: Introduction to Dynamic Earth Processes | 3 |
| ENGL 125 | Stories of the University | 3 |
| ENGL 133 | Dark Stories for Young Adults | 3 |
| ETHN 130 | Understanding Ethnic Conflict | 3 |
| ESL 130 | American Myths: The Experience of Cultural Change | 3 |
| ENGL 135 | Home, Place, and Memory in US Immigrant Literature | 3 |
| LTED 160 | Languages of Power and Social Justice | 3 |
| MDT 155 | African Music in the Americas: Brazil and the United States | 3 |
| MDT 166 | Exploring Western Music | 3 |
| MDT 167 | World Music | 3 |
| MGMT 110 | Life is Good Business: Understanding how Business Impacts Everyday Life | 3 |
| PHIL 113 | Environmental Ethics | 3 |
| ESL 113 | English for Academic Research | 3 |
| PHIL 125 | Ethics in Everyday Life | 3 |
| PHIL 135 | World Religions | 3 |
| SOCI 121 | Sociology of Families | 3 |
| WGST 109 | Gender, Sexuality and Culture | 3 |
