Knowledge of Human Cultures and the Natural World
Below is a non-exhaustive list of General Education courses approved for this area.
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Global and Cultural Awareness
| Code | Title | Credits |
|---|---|---|
| AFRO 215 | American Civil Rights Movement | 3 |
| ART 131 | World Art II | 3 |
| ENGL 130 | Reading the Environment | 3 |
| HIST 131 | Metropolitan New York | 3 |
| HLTH 207 | Human Sexuality | 3 |
| LANG 308 | Voices And Texts Of Latin America | 3 |
| LATI 114 | Studying Latin America | 3 |
| LATI 201 | Peoples and Cultures of the Caribbean | 3 |
| LATI 202 | Ethnicity, Racialism, and Culture in Mexico and Central America | 3 |
| LTED 160 | Languages of Power and Social Justice | 3 |
| MEDI 327 | Cinema and Media Studies: Women in Film | 3 |
| MGMT 241 | Global Business | 3 |
| PHIL 232 | African(a) Philosophy | 3 |
| PHIL 324 | Judaism, Christianity, and Islam | 3 |
| POLI 105 | History of Political Thought | 3 |
| POLI 120 | Global Challenges | 3 |
| POLI 215 | Women and Law | 3 |
| PSYC 490 | Cross-Cultural Psychology | 3 |
| SOCI 230 | Cities of Industry: Sociological Perspectives | 3 |
| WGST 109 | Gender, Sexuality and Culture | 3 |
| WGST 110 | Diversity and Difference: Identities, Communities, and Cultures | 3 |
| WGST 190 | Introduction to Sexuality and Queer Studies | 3 |
Historical Perspectives
| Code | Title | Credits |
|---|---|---|
| AFRO 125 | African American History: From Africa to Emancipation | 3 |
| AFRO 140 | African American History: From Emancipation to the Present | 3 |
| AFRO 164 | Introduction to African Civilizations | 3 |
| AFRO 285 | Modern Africa | 3 |
| HIST 150 | American History to 1865 | 3 |
| HIST 152 | American History since 1865 | 3 |
| HIST 154 | U.S. Women's History | 3 |
| HIST 162 | Introduction to Latin American Civilization | 3 |
| HIST 168 | Middle East, Past and Present | 3 |
| HIST 205 | Ancient Civilizations | 3 |
| HIST 216 | World War II: Europe | 3 |
| HIST 233 | World History: 1400 CE to Present | 3 |
| HIST 255 | The Emergence of Modern Europe | 3 |
| HIST 350 | Making of the Middle Ages | 3 |
| LANG 145 | 9/11 Before and After | 3 |
Humanistic Perspectives
| Code | Title | Credits |
|---|---|---|
| AFRO 101 | The African Diaspora | 3 |
| ART 106 | Contemporary Art | 3 |
| ART 120 | History of Photography | 3 |
| ART 263 | Acts of resistance: Activists, Interlopers and Pranksters | 3 |
| ENGL 204 | Modern American Literature | 3 |
| ENGL 205 | Queer Literature | 3 |
| ENGL 207 | Modern British Literature | 3 |
| ENGL 208 | The Novel and Film | 3 |
| ENGL 209 | Children's & Young Adult Literature | 3 |
| ENGL 214 | Science Fiction | 3 |
| ENGL 218 | The Short Story | 3 |
| ENGL 220 | African American Literature | 3 |
| ENGL 226 | Women in Literature | 3 |
| ENGL 228 | Survey of Dramatic Literature from 1620 | 3 |
| ENGL 235 | Reading Hip Hop | 3 |
| ENGL 316 | Topics in British Literature | 3 |
| ENGL 321 | Topics in World Literature | 3 |
| ENGL 386 | Memoir Workshop | 3 |
| LANG 103 | Elementary Spanish I | 3 |
| LANG 104 | Elementary Spanish II | 3 |
| LANG 105 | Elementary French I | 3 |
| LANG 107 | Elementary Italian I | 3 |
| LANG 215 | Spanish for Bilingual Speakers I | 3 |
| LANG 304 | The Art Of Writing In Spanish | 3 |
| MDT 106 | Jazz History | 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 |
| MDT 209 | Music Now: Understanding Contemporary Music | 3 |
| MDT 210 | History of Popular Music in America | 3 |
| MDT 211 | Music and Society in the Caribbean Region | 3 |
| MDT 329 | Music History before 1750 | 3 |
| MDT 330 | Music History after 1750 | 3 |
| MDT 506 | Music in America | 3 |
| MEDI 102 | Development of Film I | 3 |
| MEDI 120 | Understanding Movies: The Art of Film | 3 |
| MEDI 130 | The History of Media | 3 |
| PHIL 110 | Mythology | 3 |
| PHIL 125 | Ethics in Everyday Life | 3 |
| PHIL 135 | World Religions | 3 |
| PHIL 203 | Philosophy of Religion | 3 |
| PHIL 207 | Ethics | 3 |
| PHIL 217 | Eastern Philosophy and Religion | 3 |
| PHIL 236 | Philosophy of Mind | 3 |
| PHIL 244 | Political and Social Philosophy | 3 |
| PHIL 260 | Philosophy of Education | 3 |
| PHIL 317 | Philosophy and Literature | 3 |
Scientific Knowledge
| Code | Title | Credits |
|---|---|---|
| BIOL 100 | General Biology | 3 |
| BIOL 106 | Practical Nutrition | 3 |
| BIOL 130 | Principles Biology I | 4 |
| BIOL 131 | Principles Biology II | 4 |
| BIOL 203 | Biology of the Environment | 4 |
| BIOL 224 | The Human Body | 3 |
| BIOL 225 | Human Sexual Biology | 3 |
| BIOL 230 | Cell Biology | 4 |
| BIOL 232 | Invertebrate Zoology | 4 |
| BIOL 233 | Principles of Botany | 4 |
| BIOL 236 | Anatomy & Physiology I | 4 |
| BIOL 237 | Anatomy & Physiology II | 4 |
| BIOL 252 | Evolution: A Biological and Geological Approach | 3 |
| BIOL 303 | Microbiology | 4 |
| BIOL 304 | Genetics | 4 |
| BIOL 305 | Histology | 4 |
| BIOL 402 | Ecology | 4 |
| CHEM 100 | Preparation for General Chemistry | 3 |
| CHEM 105 | General Chemistry I Lecture | 3 |
| CHEM 106 | General Chemistry II Lecture | 3 |
| CHEM 131 | Chemistry in the Kitchen: Learning Chemistry through Food and Cooking | 3 |
| CHEM 140 | Making the Case: Forensic Science | 3 |
| CHEM 205 | Analytical Chemistry Lec | 3 |
| CHEM 207 | Organic Chemistry I | 3 |
| CHEM 208 | Organic Chemistry II | 3 |
| CHEM 220 | Environmental Chemistry | 4 |
| CHEM 230 | Chemistry Through Society: Better Living Through Chemistry | 3 |
| CHEM 307 | Biochemistry I | 4 |
| MATH 225 | Mathematics makes a Case: Global Climate Change | 3 |
| PHYS 101 | Basic Concepts of Physics | 3 |
| PHYS 140 | Principles of Physics I - Lecture | 3 |
| PHYS 141 | Principles of Physics II - Lecture | 3 |
Society and Human Behavior
| Code | Title | Credits |
|---|---|---|
| ECE 212 | Human Development: Prenatal through Adolescence | 3 |
| ECON 101 | Introduction to Economics | 3 |
| ECON 207 | Principles of Economics:Macro | 3 |
| ECON 208 | Principles of Economics:Micro | 3 |
| LATI 209 | Sex and Gender in Latin America | 3 |
| LATI 212 | Drugs: History, Production, and Trade in Latin America | 3 |
| LATI 215 | Migration and Transnationalism in Latin America | 3 |
| LATI 220 | Issues in Latin America | 3 |
| LATI 250 | Portugal Brazil North America: Stories of Migration | 3 |
| PHIL 235 | Perspectives on Death | 3 |
| POLI 102 | United States Politics | 3 |
| POLI 109 | Comparative Politics | 3 |
| POLI 202 | State and Local Government | 3 |
| POLI 324 | International Relations in the Middle East | 3 |
| PSYC 110 | Introduction to Psychology | 3 |
| PSYC 150 | Developmental: Birth Through Adolescence | 3 |
| PSYC 152 | Development Adolescence to Adulthood | 3 |
| PSYC 160 | Social Psychology | 3 |
| PSYC 345 | Personality Theory | 3 |
| SOCI 111 | Principles of Sociology | 3 |
| SOCI 113 | Social Problems | 3 |
| SOCI 115 | Introduction to Anthropology | 3 |
| SOCI 121 | Sociology of Families | 3 |
| SOCI 141 | Cultural Anthropology | 3 |
| SOCI 225 | Class, Status and Power | 3 |
| SOCI 245 | Sociology of Religion | 3 |
| SOCI 265 | Racial & Cultural Minorities | 3 |