General Education Program
Recently Added or Changed Courses
APPROVED IN 2012-13
Issues Courses
AAA 305 - Perspectives on the Black Arts Movement
AHS 340 - Health Care Management
ART 335 - Digital Creativity (3/26/13)
ART 391 - Civic Studio
CLA 365 - Stoicism, Identity and the Happy Life
COM 438 - Communication Ethics
GEO 360 - Earth Resources in Transition: Conventional to Sustainable
GPY 354 - Geography of Asia
HST 322 - American Identity and Sports (3/28/13)
LIB 314 - Life Journeys
PLS 301 - Poverty, Inequality, and U.S. Public Policy
SOC 382 - Race & Ethnicity
SOC 420 - Sociology of Community
STA 340 - Statistics in the Media
EDF 315 (previously ED 315)
Course prefix changed. Continues to fulfill U.S. Diversity
GPY 352 - Geography of Latin America
Added to World Perspectives
GPY 362 - Farmers, Crops and Our Challenging Agricultural World
Added to World Perspectives
HTM 202 - International Tourism
Added to World Perspectives. Removed from Theme 15
ITC 100 (previously ICE 100)
Course prefix changed. Continues to fulfill U.S. Diversity
MES 201 - Introduction to Middle East Studies
Added to Historical Perspectives
NRM 140 - The Climatic Factor
Course removed from Physical Science Lab
PLS 105 -Introduction to Human Rights
Added to Philosophy and Literature Foundation
SOC 420 - Sociology of Community
Added to U.S. Diversity
WGS 255 - Gender and Popular Culture
Added to World Perspectives
WRT 219 - Introduction to Creative Writing
Added to Art Foundation. Removed from Theme 18
This course counts as a Theme if you took it before Fall 2013. Effective Fall 2013 it will count as a Foundation-Art (not a Theme course)
Approved 2011-12
CTH 373 - Global Arts Performance and Management
Added to World Perspectives (already in Theme 15)
EGR 306 - Urban Sustainability
Added to Theme 11
GPY 352 - Geography of Latin America Added to World Perspectives
GPY 356 - Geography of Europe
Added to World Perspectives
GPY/ENS 410
Added ENS 410 as cross-listing to GPY 410 in Theme 11
GPY/ENS 412
Added ENS 412 as cross-listing to GPY 412 in Theme 11
LIB 201 (previously US 201)
Course prefix changed
Removed from Theme 20
Added to Social and Behavioral Sciences (already in US Diversity)
Through Spring 2012 US 201 fulfills US Diversity and Theme 20
Starting in Fall 2012 LIB 201 fulfills US Diversity and F-SBS
**Note: students cannot receive credit for both US 201 and LIB 201
SOC 205 (previously SOC 280)
Course renumbered, continues to fulfill Social and Behavioral Sciences and US Diversity
SOC 386 (previously SS 381) - Death and Dying
Course prefix changed and renumbered, continues to fulfill Theme 14
WRT 150 added to the General Education Foundations category
Approved 2010-2011
CLA 265 - Stoicism and the Happy Life
Added to Theme 4
GPY 200 - Computer Cartography
Added to Mathematical Sciences
GPY 324 (previously SS 324) - Urbanization
Course prefix changed, continues to fulfill World Perspectives and Theme 17
HPR courses changed prefix to AHS
HST 204 - World History since 1500
Added to World Perspectives
HST 310 (previously HST 210) - Cultural and Social Topics in Nonwestern History
Course renumbered, continues to fulfill World Perspectives
HST 205 - American History to 1877
Added to US Diversity
HST 206 - American History since 1877
Added to US Diversity
HST 207 - European Civilization to the Later Middle Ages
Added to Historical Perspectives
HST 208 - European Civilization since the Later Middle Ages
Added to Historical Perspectives
HST 212 - Indian Civilization c. 2500 B.C.E to c. 1500 C.E.
Added to World Perspectives
HST 230 - Latin America in World History
Added to World Perspectives
HST 235 - Africa in World History
Added to World Perspectives
HST 240 (previously HST 340) - A History of East Asia to 1800
Course renumbered, continues to fulfill World Perspectives
HST 314 - African American History
Added to US Diversity
HST 344 - Urban Africa
Added to Theme 17
ITC 100 - Intro to Intercultural Competence
Added to US Diversity
LAS 210 - Exploring Latin America
Added to Social & Behavioral Sciences, Removed from Theme 7
MKT 369 - Creativity in a Cubicle Environment
Added to Theme 18
MUS 218 - World Music
Added to Arts
SOC/WGS 350 (previously SS/WGS 351) - Family and Gender in the Developing World
Course prefix changed and renumbered, continues to fulfill World Perspectives and Theme 8
Approved for Removal 2010-2011
ED 225
LAS 210 - Removed from Theme 7 only
SPA 310
SPA 311
Approved 2009-2010
GPY 353 - Geography of the United States and Canada
Added to U.S. Diversity
GPY 363 - World Forests and their Use
Added to Theme 11
CFV 225 (previously COM 225)
Course prefix changed, continues to fulfill Arts
ENG 105 (previously 205) - Literatures in English
Course renumbered, continues to fulfill Philosophy and Literature
CHM 111 - Introduction to Green Chemistry
Added to Physical Science
GPY 362 - A Geography of World Agriculture and Farmers
Added to World Perspectives
Approved 2008-2009
AAA 200 - Understanding Africa
Added to Social & Behavioral Sciences and World Perspectives
AAA 201 - Introduction to African American Studies
Added to Social & Behavioral Sciences and U.S. Diversity
AAA 300 - US-Africa Relations
Added to World Perspectives and Theme 15
AAA 302 - African Diaspora
Added to World Perspectives and Theme 1
AAA/PLS 319 - African Politics
Added to World Perspectives
AAA 341 - Civil Conflicts in Africa
Added to Theme 5
AAA 355 - History of Underground Railroad
Added to U.S. Diversity and Theme 13
ANT 345 - Perspectives on Globalization
Added to World Perspectives and Theme 15
ARA 202 - Intermediate Arabic II
Added to World Perspectives
BIO 104 - Biology for the 21st Century
Added to Life Science
CLA 101 - Greek and Roman Mythology
Added to Philosophy and Literature
CTH 161 - Theatre Production
Added to The Arts
ED 315 - Diverse Perspectives on Education
Added to U.S. Diversity
GPY 361 - Historical Geography of the Amazon
Added to Theme 11
GPY 385 - Economic Geography of the United States
Added to Theme 17
NUR 344 - Healthy Aging: A Lifelong Journey
Added to Theme 4
PHY 220 - General Physics I
Added to Physical Science
PHY 230 - Principles of Physics I
Added to Physical Science
PLS 385 - Russian and Post-Soviet Politics
Added to World Perspectives
POL 202 - Intermediate Polish II
Added to World Perspectives
Approved for Removal 2008-2009
BIO 103
CLA 345
GPY 352
Approved 2007-2008
HST 311 - History of Religion in the United States
Added to Theme 9
PLS 103 - Issues in World Politics
Added to World Perspectives
SPA 300 - Reading and Telling Stories
Added to Theme 18
WGS 335 - Women, Health & Environment
Added to Theme 11
Approved 2006-2007
CMB 150 - Biotechnology and Society
Added to Life Science - Lab
ENG/AAA 231 - Early African American Literature
Added to Foundation - Philosophy and Literature
LIB 311 - Meaning
Added to Theme 19
MGT 466 - International Management and Multinational Corporations
Added to World Perspectives
MKT 361 - Sports Marketing
Added to Theme 22
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