General Education Program
UW-RF General Education Mission Statement:
The purpose of the UW-RF General Education program is to facilitate the acquisition and integration of knowledge, abilities, and ethics in order to form a foundation for lifelong learning.
The interdisciplinary foundation includes the ability to communicate effectively; to demonstrate knowledge of past and present human endeavor; apply scientific principles to the human and natural world; engage in multidisciplinary inquiry; and to evaluate individual responsibility to self, society, and the world.
To accomplish this mission there are five goals with one to three designators to each of the goals, with a certain number of credits attached. The goals are outlined below with the approved courses. The total number of credits needed to complete the general education program is 38.
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)
- CSTA 101-Fundamentals of Oral Communication (3)
- CSTA 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)
- ECON 150-International Economics Issues (3)
- GEOG 120-Human Geography (3)
- HIST 100-Defining Theses in U.S. History (3)
- HIST 101-Origins of Civilization (3)
- HIST 102-Origins of One World (3)
- HIST 201-Introduction to Asian Civilization (3)
- HIST 333-Silk, Spices, and Silver: The Making of the Global Exchange System to 1700 (3)
- MNGT 250-Global Business & Society (3)
- POLS 114-American National, State, and Local Governments (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)
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 241-Human Issues in Literature (3)
- ENGL 243-Types of Literature (3)
- DANC 100-History/Appreciation of Dance (3)
- HUM 311-Arts & Ideas I (4)
- HUM 312-Arts & Ideas II (4)
- MUS 100-Understanding Music (3)
- PHIL 151-Living Issues in Philosophy (3)
- PHIL 201-Human Nature, Ethics and the Natural World (3)
- PHIL 221-Ancient Philosophy (3)
- PHIL 240-Social Ethics (3)
- PHIL/ART 310-Philosophy and History of Visual Art (3)
- PHIL 323-Science & the Philosophers of the Age of the Enlightenment (3)
- CSTA 105-Introduction to Theater and Drama (3)
- CSTA/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
- MATH 126-Activities in Math (3)
- MATH 146-College Algebra (3)
- MATH 147-Algebra and Trigonometry (3)
- MATH 149-Pre-Calculus (4)
- MATH 156-Calculus for Business (3)
- MATH 166-Calculus for Science and Math (4)
- MATH 216-Elementary Statistical Concepts (3)
- MATH 226-Fundamentals of Statistics (3)
- MATH 246-Math for Elementary Teachers I (4)
- PSYC 201-Behavioral Statistics (3)
SL (Scientific Investigation) – select one course (but can take two courses and skip S) (The courses taken under the SL and S designators must be from different disciplinary prefixes)
- BIOL 100-Introduction to Biology (3)
- BIOL 150-General Biology (3)
- CHEM 101-Elementary Principles of Chemistry (3)
- CHEM 120-Introduction to General Chemistry (6)
- CHEM 121-General Chemistry I (5)
- GEOL 102*-Intro to Geology, Laboratory (1)
- GEOL 202-Oceanography (3)
- PHYS 101*-General Physics Laboratory I (1)
- PHYS 156*-General Physics Laboratory I (1)
*these classes must be taken with the corresponding lecture class and change the designator from S to SL
S (Sciences) – select at least one course (if only taking one SL course) (The courses taken under the SL and S designators must be from different disciplinary prefixes)
- BIOL 101-Concepts in Biology (3)
- CHEM 100-Modern Alchemy (3)
- FDSC 110-The Science of Food (3)
- GEOG 110-Physical Environment: Patterns and Systems (3)
- GEOL 101-Introduction to Geology (3)
- PHYS 114-Basic Physics (3)
- PHYS 117-Astronomy (3)
- PHYS 151-General Physics I (4)
- PHYS 161-General Physics I (4)
GOAL FOUR: ENGAGE IN MULTIDISCIPLNARY INQUIRY: Students will analyze questions and issues from multidisciplinary perspectives.
MD (Multidisciplinary Inquiry) – select one course
- AFES 492-Experiential Learning in Agriculture (3)
- BIOL 308-HIV/AIDS: Science and Society (3)
- ENGL/HIST/GEOG 385-Interdisciplinary Seminar on the American Frontier (3)
- ENGL/FILM/WMST 300-Women in Film and Society (3)
- ENGL 306-Postcolonial Literature and Film (3)
- ENGL/FILM 307-Ethnic Film, Literature, and Culture (3)
- ENGL 308-Russian Literature:Society and Culture through the Eyes of 19th and 20th Century Writers (3)
- FILM/HIST 402-History in Film (3)
- HIST 333-Silk, Spices, and Silver: The Making of the Global Exchange System to 1700 (3)
- HUM 300-Multidisciplinary Human Perspectives (3)
- HUM 311-Arts & Ideas I (4)
- HUM 312-Arts & Ideas II (4)
- INTS 365-Contemporary Europe (3)
- INTS 377-Semester Abroad Europe (6)
- MDIS 496-Social Science Perspectives (3)
- PHIL/ART 310-Philosophy and History of Visual Art (3)
- PHIL 323-Science & the Philosophers of the Age of the Enlightenment (3)
- PHYS/ECON 360-Science, Technology, Society, and the Work Place (3)
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 enviroment.
HW (Personal Health and Wellness) – select 3 courses
- P ED 108-Health and Fitness for Life (required) (1)
- PE-2 activity courses (select two activity courses) (.5 credit)
EC (Ethical Citizenship) – select one course
- ANSC 115-Animal Welfare (3)
- CROP 120-Plants and Society (3)
- CSIS 120-Technology and Cyberspace: Ethics and Issues (3)
- ENGL 205-Literature of War:Culture and Ethics (3)
- ENGL 228-Literature of Environmental Justice (3)
- ENGL 374-Cyberliteracy and Writing on the Web (3)
- ESM 105-Introduction to Environmental Studies (3)
- FINC 210-Personal Finance (3)
- GEOL 269-Environmental Geology (3)
- JOUR 101-Introduction to Mass Communication (3)
- MNGT 250-Global Business & Society (3)
- PHIL 201-Human Nature, Ethics and the Natural World (3)
- PHIL 304-Business Ethics (3)
- POLS 230-Contemporary Ideologies (3)
- SOWK 150-Introduction to Social Work (3)
For additional information regarding the General Education program and the approval process : www.uwrf.edu/faculty_senate/gened/General_Education.htm
