Current General Education Requirements
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)
- OJIB 101 Beginning Ojibwe I (4)
- SPAN 101 Beginning Spanish I (4)
- MODL 101 Oral Communication (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 (g) (3)
- HIST 100 Defining Themes 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 (g) (3)
- HIST 211 History of Japan and Films (g) (3)
- HIST 222 Love, Sex, and Marriage in the Pre-Modern World (g) (3)
- HIST 292 History of Agriculture: Origins to 1800 (g) (3)
- HIST 333 Silk, Spices, and Silver: The Making of the Global Exchange System to 1700 (g) (3)
- INTS 200 Introduction to International Studies (g) (3)
- INTS 371/POLS 371 German Politics (g) (3)
- MNGT 250 Global Business & Society (3)
- POLS 110 Controversies in Politics (3)
- POLS 114 American Government and Politics (3)
- POLS 220 Introduction to Public Opinion and Political Behavior (3)
- POLS 245 Introduction to Comparative Politics (g) (3)
- POLS 260 Introduction to International Relations (g) (3)
- PSYC 101 General Psychology (3)
- SOCI 100 Introduction to Sociology (3)
- TED 250 Educational Psychology for Teachers (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 Topics in Literature (3)
- ENGL 107 Heroes in Literature (3)
- ENGL 108 Power, Money and Business in Literature (3)
- ENGL 162 Introduction to Creative Writing (3)
- ENGL 215/WGST 215 LGBTQ Literature (3)
- MUS 100 Understanding Music (3)
- MUS 105 Popular Music (3)
- MUS 106 Music & Movies (g) (3)
- MUS 107 Video Game Music (3)
- MUS 222 Contemporary Music Creators and Concepts (3)
- MUS 234 Music History and Literature 1 (3)
- MUS 235 Music History and Literature 2 (3)
- MUS 255 History of Jazz (d) (3)
- MUS 300 World Music (g) (3)
- HUM 312 Arts and Ideas II: The Baroque to the Postmodern (g) (3)
- 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)
- SASA 100 Dance Appreciation (3)
- SASA 105 Introduction to Theater and Drama (3)
- SASA 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
- MATH 126 Activities in Math (3)
- MATH 136 Quantitative Reasoning (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)
- TED 323 Content and Techniques of K-3 Mathematics I (3)
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)
- BIOL 101 Concepts in Biology (3)
- BIOL 103 Fundamentals of Biological Evolution (3)
- BIOL 150 General Biology (3)
- BIOL 160 General Biology-Freshman Research Focus (3)
- CHEM 100 Modern Alchemy (3)
- CHEM 111 / CHEM 116 General Chemistry 1 (5)
- CHEM 115 Concepts in General Chemistry (4)
- CHEM 130 Introduction to Organic Chemistry (5)
- CHEM 210 Chemistry and Society (3)
- FDSC 110 The Science of Food (3)
- GEOG 110 Physical Environment: Patterns and Systems (3)
- GEOL 101 Introduction to Geology (3)
- GEOL 115 Oceanography (3)
- NSCI 111 Introduction to Neuroscience (4)
- PHYS 114 Basic Physics (3)
- PHYS 117 Astronomy (3)
- PHYS 121 Algebra-based Physics I (5)
- PHYS 131 Calculus-Based Physics I (5)
- PHYS 150 Science and Art (3)
- PHYS 318 Astrophysics (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 environment.
HW (Personal Health and Wellness) - select 1 course
- HEAL 108 Health and Fitness for Life (required) (1)
EC (Ethical Citizenship) - select one course
- ANSC 115 Animal Welfare (3)
- CHEM 210 Chemistry and Society (3)
- COMS 219 Civic Communication (3)
- CRIM 130 Introduction to Crime, Law, and Society (3)
- CIDS 120 Technology and Cyberspace: Ethics and Issues (3)
- ECON 312 Political Economy of Discrimination (d) (3)
- ENGL 205 Literature of War:Culture and Ethics (3)
- ENGL 228 Literature of Environmental Justice (d) (3)
- ENGL 230 International Short Story (g) (3)
- ENGL 306/ FILM 306 Postcolonial Literature and Film (g) (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)
- GENG 225 Energy for a Sustainable Society (3)
- GEOG 220 Economic Geography (3)
- GEOG 265 Mapping and Spatial Justice (d) (3)
- GEOL 269 Environmental Geology (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)
- SASA 110 Sustainability from the Perspective of the Arts (3)
- SMGT 420 The Built Environment and Sustainability (3)
- SOWK 150 Introduction to Social Work (3)
- SUSJ 197 Sustainable Justice Foundations (3)
- TED 326 Place-Based Science for Early Childhood Educators (3)