General Education List

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General education courses are sufficiently broad in nature and scope to fulfill the intent of the general education requirements. The approved courses for general education are listed here for easy reference. Courses that are not approved for general education use will not be counted toward satisfying the general education requirements. Some programs recommend or require specific courses to fulfill general education requirements or may not require courses in all the categories below. Please check your program’s sequence of study for this information. Note: If a student changes his or her program of study, some general education courses may not be applicable to the new program of study. A student must consult the sequence of study for his or her new program of study to determine which general education courses are required or recommended.

English Composition

English Composition I

EGL-1010 Composition I: Expository Writing Credits: 3
EGL-1010S Composition I: Expository Writing Credits: 3

English Composition II

EGL-1020 Composition II: Writing About Literature Credits: 3
EGL-1100 Composition II: Writing About Issues and Ideas Credits: 3
EGL-1320 Composition II: Writing for Business Credits: 3
EGL-1340 Composition II: Writing About Technical Topics Credits: 3

Arts/Humanities

Courses in this list fulfill General Education Arts/Humanities requirements listed in your program of study.

ARB-1000 Arabic for Beginners Credits: 3
ARB-1010 Elementary Arabic Credits: 3
ART-1010 Introduction to Art Credits: 3
ART-2700 Art History Survey I Credits: 3
ART-2710 Art History Survey II Credits: 3
ART-2720 African American Art History Credits: 3
ART-2730 Integrated Arts Credits: 3
COM-1010 Foundations of Communication Credits: 3
COM-1090 Interpersonal Communication Credits: 3
COM-1110 Public Speaking Credits: 3
DAN-1010 Introduction to Dance Credits: 3
DAN-1020 Introduction to African American Dance Credits: 3
EAP-1000 Essay Writing Credits: 3
EAP-1100 Reading Academic Texts for Analysis Credits: 3
EGL-2010 British Literature from the Anglo-Saxon Period through the 18th Century Credits: 3
EGL-2030 British Literature of the 19th and 20th Centuries Credits: 3
EGL-2050 American Literature from the Beginnings to the Late 19th Century Credits: 3
EGL-2070 American Literature from the Late 19th Century to the Present Credits: 3
EGL-2090 World Literature from the Beginnings to the 16th Century Credits: 3
EGL-2110 World Literature from the 17th Century to the Present Credits: 3
EGL-2120 Introduction to African Literature Credits: 3
EGL-2130 African-American Literature Pre 1800s-1920 Credits: 3
EGL-2140 African-American Literature 1920-Present Credits: 3
EGL-2210 The Shakespeare Plays Credits: 3
EGL-2230 Children’s Literature Credits: 3
EGL-2250 Literature for Young Adults Credits: 3
EGL-2320 Literature and Film Credits: 3
EGL-2370 Studies in Biblical Literature: The Old Testament Credits: 3
EGL-2390 Studies in Biblical Literature: The New Testament Credits: 3
EGL-2410 Mythology, Legend, & Folklore Credits: 3
EGL-2430 Survey of Science Fiction Credits: 3
FRN-1010 French for Beginners Credits: 3
FRN-1020 French for Advanced Beginners Credits: 3
FRN-2100 Modern French Literature Credits: 3
MUS-1005 Fundamentals of Music Theory Credits: 3
MUS-1010 Music Appreciation Credits: 3
MUS-1120 Survey of American Popular Music Credits: 3
PHL-1010 Introduction to Philosophy: The Art of Questioning Credits: 3
PHL-1090 Introduction to Logic Credits: 3
PHL-1330 Ethics Credits: 3
SPN-1010 Spanish for Beginners Credits: 3
SPN-1020 Spanish for Advanced Beginners Credits: 3
SPN-2010 Intermediate Spanish I Credits: 3
SPN-2020 Intermediate Spanish II Credits: 3
SPN-2040 Advanced Conversation Credits: 3
THE-1010 Introduction to Theatre Credits: 3

Computer Literacy

INT-1010 or designated program alternative of exemption if not required for program of study.

INT-1010 Introduction to Information Technology Credits: 3

Mathematics

Courses in this list fulfill General Education Mathematics requirements listed in your program of study.

For more information on Mathematics corequisite courses, see Academic Preparation .

MAT-1050 Elements of Numbers and Operations Credits: 4
MAT-1130 Mathematical Ideas Credits: 3
MAT-1140 Introduction to Statistics Credits: 3
MAT-1250 Applied College Algebra Credits: 3
MAT-1350 Precalculus Part I Credits: 3
MAT-1360 Precalculus Part II Credits: 4
MAT-2160 Applied Calculus Credits: 3
MAT-2210 Statistics Credits: 3
MAT-2410 Calculus I Credits: 4
MAT-2420 Calculus II Credits: 4

Science

With Lab

Courses in this list fulfill General Education Science with Lab requirements in your program of study. Any of these courses may also be taken to fulfill General Education Science without Lab requirements.

BIO-1010 General Biology Credits: 4
BIO-1020 General Plant Biology Credits: 4
BIO-1050 Human Biology Credits: 4
BIO-1080 Reproductive Biology Credits: 4
BIO-1100 Forensic Biology Credits: 4
BIO-1110 Environmental Biology Credits: 3 AND
BIO-1120 Environmental Biology Laboratory Credits: 1
BIO-1130 Principles of Biology: Evolution, Ecology, and Behavior Credits: 4
BIO-1140 Principles of Biology: Cellular and Molecular Biology Credits: 4
BIO-2050 Human Anatomy & Physiology I Credits: 4
BIO-2060 Human Anatomy and Physiology II Credits: 4
CHM-1010 General Chemistry I Credits: 4
CHM-2000 General Chemistry for Engineering Credits: 4
GEO-1010 Physical Geography Credits: 3 AND
GEO-1020 Physical Geography Lab , Credits: 1
PHY-1010 Introductory Physics I Credits: 4
PHY-1570 Technical Physics Credits: 4
PSC-1010 Introduction to Astronomy Credits: 3 AND
PSC-1020 Introduction to Astronomy Laboratory , Credits: 1
PSC-1200 Exploring Chemistry and Physics Concepts Credits: 4
PSC-1210 Exploring Earth and Space Science Concepts Credits: 4

Without Lab

Courses in this list fulfill General Education Science without Lab requirements in your program of study.

BIO-1110 Environmental Biology Credits: 3
GEO-1010 Physical Geography Credits: 3
NTR-1010 Introductory Nutrition Credits: 3
NTR-1100 Introduction to Food Science Credits: 3
PSC-1010 Introduction to Astronomy Credits: 3

Social Sciences

Courses in this list fulfill General Education Social Sciences requirements in your program of study.

AFA-1010 Introduction to African-American Studies Credits: 3
AFA-1030 Black Diasporic Studies Abroad Credits: 3
ANT-1010 Introduction to Physical Anthropology Credits: 3
ANT-1030 Introduction to Cultural Anthropology Credits: 3
ECN-1030 Principles of Macroeconomics Credits: 3
ECN-1050 Principles of Microeconomics Credits: 3
ECN-2020 Money, Banking, and Finance Credits: 3
GEO-1010 Physical Geography Credits: 3
HST-1310 Ancient & Medieval History Credits: 3
HST-1320 Modern World History Credits: 3
HST-1370 The World in the Twentieth Century Credits: 3
HST-1410 History of the United States to 1877 Credits: 3
HST-1430 History of the United States since 1877 Credits: 3
HST-1510 History of African Americans to 1877 Credits: 3
HST-1530 History of African Americans since 1877 Credits: 3
HST-2160 Modern Middle East Credits: 3
HST-2230 History of Latin America and the Caribbean Credits: 3
HST-2470 African History Credits: 3
POS-1000 Introduction to Politics Credits: 3
POS-1010 American National Government Credits: 3
POS-1020 State and Local Government Credits: 3
PSY-1010 General Psychology Credits: 3
PSY-2010 Personality and Adjustment Credits: 3
PSY-2030 Child Psychology Credits: 3
PSY-2040 Adolescent Psychology Credits: 3
PSY-2070 Human Growth & Development Credits: 3
PSY-2080 Abnormal Psychology Credits: 3
SOC-1010 Introduction to Sociology Credits: 3
SOC-2010 Social Problems Credits: 3
WMS-1010 Introduction to Women’s Studies Credits: 3

Note:

1 GEO-1010 by itself can be used to fulfill either the Science without Lab or Social Science General Education requirement.

If taken with GEO-1020 , GEO-1010 can be used to fulfill the Science with Lab General Education requirement.