UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN River Falls

General Education Requirements

General Education Requirements Fall 2014- Spring 2018

For a full description of the Goals and Objectives including revisions, refer to the Faculty Senate General Education Goals, Criteria and Outcomes.

Approved Courses

GOAL ONE: COMMUNICATE EFFECTIVELY: Students will demonstrate the ability to read, write, speak, and listen effectively.

CW (Communication - Reading and Writing) - select one course

  • ENGL 100 Academic Reading and Writing (3)
  • ENGL 101 Freshman English for International Students I (3)

CS (Communication - Speaking and Listening) - select one course

  • CHIN 101 Beginning Chinese I (4)
  • FREN 101 Beginning French I (4)
  • GERM 101 Beginning German I (4)
  • JAPN 101 Beginning Japanese I (4)
  • SPAN 101 Beginning Spanish I (4)
  • MODL 101 Oral Communication for International Students (3)
  • COMS 101 Fundamentals of Oral Communication (3)
  • COMS 116 Business and Professional Communication (3)

CA (Advanced Communication) - select one course

  • ENGL 200 Investigating Ideas: Reading, Writing, & the Disciplines (3)
  • ENGL 201 Freshman English for International Students II (3)

GOAL TWO: DEMONSTRATE KNOWLEDGE OF PAST AND PRESENT HUMAN ENDEAVOR: Describe the diverse ways of thinking that underlie the search for knowledge in the arts, humanities, and social sciences.

SB (Social and Behavioral Sciences) - select two courses (Courses taken under both SB and HF designators must be from different disciplinary prefixes)

  • ANTH 100 Introduction to Anthropology (3)
  • ECON 100 Modern Economics (3)
  • ESM 107 Planning for a Sustainable Society (3)
  • GEOG 120 Human Geography (3)
  • GEOL 250 Geological Destinies of Nations (3)
  • HIST 100 Defining Theses in U.S. History (3)
  • HIST 101 Origins of Civilization (3)
  • HIST 102 History of the Modern World, 1500-Present (3)
  • HIST 201 Introduction to Asian Civilization (3)
  • HIST 211 History of Japan and Films (3)
  • HIST 222 Love, Sex, and Marriage in the Pre-Modern World (3)
  • HIST 333 Silk, Spices, and Silver: The Making of the Global Exchange System to 1700 (g) (3)
  • HIST 336 Traditional East Asia, Prehistory-1800 (g) (3)
  • INTS 200 Introduction to International Studies (g) (3)
  • MNGT 250 Global Business & Society (3)
  • POLS 110 Controversies in Politics (3)
  • POLS 114 American Government and Politics (3)
  • POLS 220/ JOUR 220 Introduction to Public Opinion and Political Behavior (3)
  • POLS 245 Introduction to Comparative Politics (3)
  • POLS 260 Introduction to International Relations (3)
  • PSYC 101 General Psychology (3)
  • SOCI 100 Introduction to Sociology (3)
  • WGST 320 Gender Issues in Science (3)

HF (Humanities and Fine Arts) - select two courses (Courses taken under both SB and HF designators must be from different disciplinary prefixes)

  • ART 100 Introduction to Art (3)
  • ENGL 105 Literature and Human Experience (3)
  • ENGL 106 Literature: Introduction to Fiction, Poetry, and Drama (3)
  • ENGL 107 Heroes in Literature (3)
  • ENGL 108 Power, Money and Business in Literature (3)
  • ENGL 215/WGST 215 LGBTQ Literature (3)
  • SASA 100 History/Appreciation of Dance (3)
  • HUM 311 Arts and Ideas I (3)
  • HUM 312 Arts and Ideas II (3)
  • MUS 100 Understanding Music (3)
  • MUS 105 Popular Music (3)
  • MUS 234 Music History and Literature I (4)
  • PHIL 151 Living Issues in Philosophy (3)
  • PHIL 201 Human Nature, Ethics and the Natural World (3)
  • PHIL 211 Futuristic Visions: Utopias and Dystopias
  • PHIL 221 Ancient Philosophy (3)
  • PHIL 240 Social Ethics (3)
  • PHIL 310 Philosophy and History of Visual Art (3)
  • PHIL 323 Science and the Philosophers of the Age of the Enlightenment (3)
  • PHIL 345 God, Religion and Science (3)
  • POLS 230 Introduction to Political Philosophy and Ideology (3)
  • POLS 318/ PHIL 318 Religion and Politics (3)
  • THEA 105 Introduction to Theater and Drama (3)
  • DFT 200/ FILM 200 Introduction to Film Studies (3)

GOAL THREE: APPLY SCIENTIFIC PRINCIPLES TO THE NATURAL WORLD: Students will demonstrate knowledge of the principles and methods of quantitative and qualitative scientific reasoning.

M (Mathematics) - select one course

SI (Scientific Inquiry) - select two courses (The courses taken under SI must be from different disciplinary prefixes. For example, you cannot take two Biology course, but could take a Biology course and a Chemistry course)

GOAL FIVE: EVALUATE INDIVIDUAL RESPONSIBILITY TO SELF, SOCIETY, AND THE WORLD: Students will make and defend judgments with respect to individual conduct and well being, citizenship, and stewardship of the environment.

HW (Personal Health and Wellness) - select 1 course

EC (Ethical Citizenship) - select one course

  • ANSC 115 Animal Welfare (3)
  • CRIM 130 Introduction to Crime, Law, and Society (3)
  • CSIS 120 Technology and Cyberspace: Ethics and Issues (3)
  • ECON 312 Political Economy of Discrimination
  • ENGL 205 Literature of War:Culture and Ethics (3)
  • ENGL 228 Literature of Environmental Justice (3)
  • ENGL 230 International Short Story (3)
  • ENGL 310 U.S. Environmental Literature (3)
  • ENGL 313 The Rhetorical Narrative of (Dis)ability (3)
  • ENGL 374 Cyberliteracy and Writing on the Web (3)
  • ESM 105 Introduction to Environmental Studies (3)
  • ESM 300 Environmental Education (3)
  • FINC 210 Personal Finance (3)
  • GEOL 269 Environmental Geology (3)
  • GEOG 220 Economic Geography (3)
  • GEOG 265 Mapping and Spatial Justice (3)
  • HUM 305  Human-Animal Studies (3)
  • JOUR 101 Introduction to Mass Communication (3)
  • MNGT 250 Global Business and Society (3)
  • PHIL 201 Human Nature, Ethics and the Natural World (3)
  • PHIL 211 Futuristic Visions: Utopias and Dystopias
  • PHIL 220 Bioethics (3)
  • PHIL 224 Existentialism (3)
  • PHIL 304 Business Ethics (3)
  • PLSC 120 Plants and Society (3)
  • POLS 114 American Government and Politics (3)
  • POLS 230 Introduction to Political Philosophy and Ideology (3)
  • SOWK 150 Introduction to Social Work (3)
  • TED 326 Place-Based Science for Early Childhood Educators (3)
  • THEA 110 Sustainability from the Perspective of the Arts (3)