Advanced Composition

Fall 2023

All courses on this list are approved for General Education credit on a campus-wide basis. However, individual Colleges or curricula may require specific courses or course categories. Students should consult their advisors about selecting the general education courses which best fit their programs of study.

Effective Summer/Fall 2018: Undergraduates newly admitted in Summer/Fall 2018 or later (note this includes both freshman as well as transfers matriculating in Summer/Fall 2018 and after) need to complete one course in Non-Western Cultures; one course in US Minority Cultures; and one course in Western/Comparative Cultures.

Undergraduate students who matriculated Spring 2018 or prior need to complete one course in Non-Western or US Minority Cultures and one course in Western/Comparative Cultures.

Courses are added as they are approved.

General Education Abbreviations

ACP - Advanced Composition

HUM - Humanities and the Arts
HP - Historical and Philosophical Perspectives
LA - Literature and the Arts

SBS - Social and Behavioral Sciences
BSC - Behavioral Sciences
SS - Social Sciences

NAT - Natural Sciences and Technology
LS - Life Sciences
PS - Physical Sciences

CS - Cultural Studies
NW - Non-Western Culture(s)
US - US Minority Cultures
WCC - Western/Comparative Culture(s)

QR - Quantitative Reasoning
QR1 - Quantitative Reasoning I
QR2 - Quantitative Reasoning II

fall 2023 → ACP

General Education Category ACP
COURSE	TITLE	ACP	CS	HUM	NAT	SBS
AE 443	Aerospace Systems Design II	ACP
AFRO 310	Race and Cultural Diversity	ACP	US
AFRO 340	Dancing Black Popular Culture	ACP	US	HP
AFRO 460	Slavery in the United States	ACP
AFRO 474	The Black Freedom Movement, 1955-Present	ACP
AGCM 220	Communicating Agriculture	ACP
ABE 469	Capstone Design Experience	ACP
ANSC 205	World Animal Resources	ACP
ANTH 268	Images of the Other	ACP	WCC	HP
ANTH 270	Language in Culture	ACP				SS
ANTH 414	Writing Ethnography	ACP
ARCH 314	History of World Landscapes	ACP	WCC	HP
AAS 300	Theories of Race, Gender, and Sexuality	ACP
AAS 310	Race and Cultural Diversity	ACP	US
AAS 370	Immigration, Law, and Rights	ACP
AAS 402	Asian American Education	ACP	US
ASTR 401	Scientific Writing for Astronomy	ACP
ASTR 490	Senior Thesis	ACP
ATMS 315	Meteorological Instrumentation	ACP
BIOC 460	Biochemistry Senior Seminar	ACP
BADM 340	Ethical Dilemmas of Business	ACP
BTW 250	Principles Bus Comm	ACP
BTW 261	Principles Tech Comm	ACP
BTW 263	Writing in the Disciplines	ACP
BTW 280	Global Business Communication	ACP
BTW 285	Writing a Web Presence	ACP
CHP 396	Interdisciplinary Seminar ACP	ACP
CHBE 431	Process Design	ACP
CHEM 317	Inorganic Chemistry Lab	ACP
CHEM 437	Organic Chemistry Lab	ACP
CEE 300	Behavior of Materials	ACP
CEE 340	Energy and Global Environment	ACP
CLCV 222	Introduction to Greek and Roman Theater	ACP	WCC	LA
CLCV 323	The Comic Imagination	ACP	WCC	LA
CMN 220	Communicating Public Policy	ACP
CHLH 304	Foundations of Health Behavior	ACP				BSC
CWL 227	Golden Age of Russian Literature	ACP		LA
CWL 241	Early Masterpieces of Western Culture	ACP	WCC	LA
CWL 242	Modern Masterpieces of Western Culture	ACP	WCC	LA
CWL 250	Grimms' Fairy Tales - ACP	ACP	WCC	LA
CWL 264	Introduction to Greek and Roman Theater	ACP	WCC	LA
CWL 271	The Holocaust in Context - ACP	ACP	WCC	LA
CWL 322	The Comic Imagination	ACP	WCC	LA
CS 211	Ethical and Professional Conduct	ACP
CS 429	Software Engineering II, ACP	ACP
CS 493	Senior Project II, ACP	ACP
CS 499	Senior Thesis	ACP
CW 243	The Craft Essay: Creative Reading, Reflection, and Revision	ACP
DANC 340	Dancing Black Popular Culture	ACP	US	HP
DANC 441	Dance History Seminar	ACP
ESE 360	Environmental Writing	ACP
ESE 465	Transportation &Sustainability	ACP
ESE 477	Advanced Environmental Writing	ACP
EALC 327	Tokyo: Then and Now	ACP	NW
EALC 361	Gender and Women in East Asia	ACP
ECON 442	Women in the Economy	ACP
ECON 451	Program Evaluation in Developing Economies	ACP
EDUC 202	Social Justice, School and Society	ACP		HP
EPOL 202	Foundations of Education-ACP	ACP
EPOL 310	Race and Cultural Diversity	ACP	US
EPOL 350	Social Learning and Knowledge	ACP				SS
EPOL 402	Asian American Education	ACP	US
EPS 202	Foundations of Education-ACP	ACP
EPS 310	Race and Cultural Diversity	ACP	US
EPS 402	Asian American Education	ACP	US
ECE 316	Ethics and Engineering	ACP		HP
ECE 445	Senior Design Project Lab	ACP
ECE 496	Senior Research Project	ACP
ECE 499	Senior Thesis	ACP
ETMA 311	Humanity in the Food Web	ACP		HP
ENGL 109	Intro to Fiction-ACP	ACP		LA
ENGL 267	Grimms' Fairy Tales - ACP	ACP	WCC	LA
ENGL 268	The Holocaust in Context - ACP	ACP	WCC	LA
ENGL 350	Writing about Literature, Text, and Culture	ACP
ENGL 360	Environmental Writing	ACP
ENGL 477	Advanced Environmental Writing	ACP
ENVS 220	Communicating Agriculture	ACP
GWS 305	Theories of Race, Gender, and Sexuality	ACP
GWS 361	Gender and Women in East Asia	ACP
GWS 392	Chicanas&Latinas: Self&Society	ACP
GWS 498	Senior Seminar	ACP
GGIS 465	Transportation &Sustainability	ACP
GEOL 201	History of Geology	ACP		HP
GER 250	Grimms' Fairy Tales - ACP	ACP	WCC	LA
GER 260	The Holocaust in Context - ACP	ACP	WCC	LA
GLBL 280	Nuclear Weapons & Arms Control	ACP
GLBL 357	Ethnic Conflict	ACP
GLBL 392	Int Diplomacy and Negotiation	ACP
GLBL 481	Writing on Technol & Security	ACP
HIST 140	Western Worlds: Ancient and Medieval Societies from the Mediterranean to N. Europe (ACP)	ACP	WCC	HP
HIST 143	Modern Europe and the World - ACP	ACP	WCC	HP
HIST 168	A History of Judaism	ACP		HP
HIST 170	US History to 1877-ACP	ACP	US	HP
HIST 173	US History Since 1877-ACP	ACP	US	HP
HIST 327	Tokyo: Then and Now	ACP	NW
HIST 478	The Black Freedom Movement, 1955-Present	ACP
HIST 482	Slavery in the United States	ACP
HIST 498	Research and Writing Seminar	ACP
HORT 223	The Intelligent Behavior of Plants	ACP			LS
HDFS 290	Intro to Research Methods	ACP
INFO 303	Writing Across Media	ACP
IS 312	Reading and Writing Data	ACP		LA
IB 203	Ecology	ACP
IB 271	Organismal Biology	ACP
JS 120	A History of Judaism	ACP		HP
JOUR 200	Introduction to Journalism	ACP
KIN 340	Social & Psychological Aspects of Physical Activity	ACP
LA 314	History of World Landscapes	ACP	WCC	HP
LLS 305	Theories of Race, Gender, and Sexuality	ACP
LLS 310	Race and Cultural Diversity	ACP	US
LLS 372	Immigration, Law, and Rights	ACP
LLS 385	Theory and Methods in LLS	ACP
LLS 392	Chicanas&Latinas: Self&Society	ACP
LING 301	Elements of Syntax	ACP
MSE 307	Materials Laboratory I	ACP
MSE 308	Materials Laboratory II	ACP
ME 470	Senior Design Project	ACP
MACS 101	Introduction to the Media	ACP
MUS 244	Social Foundations of Music Ed	ACP
NRES 220	Communicating Agriculture	ACP
NRES 419	Env and Plant Ecosystems	ACP
NPRE 481	Writing on Technol & Security	ACP
LEAD 230	Leadership Communications	ACP				SS
PHIL 100	Intro to Philosophy-ACP	ACP		HP
PHIL 104	Intro to Ethics-ACP	ACP		HP
PHIL 316	Ethics and Engineering	ACP		HP
PHIL 419	Space, Time, and Matter-ACP	ACP
PHYS 280	Nuclear Weapons & Arms Control	ACP
PHYS 419	Space, Time, and Matter-ACP	ACP
PHYS 496	Communicating in Physics—Writing Papers and Giving Talks	ACP
PLPA 200	Plants, Pathogens, and People	ACP			LS
PS 281	Intro to Intl Relations-ACP	ACP				SS
PS 282	Governing Globalization	ACP				SS
PS 357	Ethnic Conflict	ACP
PSYC 498	Senior Honors Seminar	ACP
PSYC 499	Senior Honors Seminar II	ACP
RST 410	Strategic Management in Recreation, Sport and Tourism	ACP
REL 120	A History of Judaism	ACP		HP
RHET 233	Adv Rhetoric & Composition	ACP
RUSS 220	Golden Age of Russian Literature	ACP		LA
SOCW 300	Diversity: Identities & Issues	ACP	US
SOC 392	Chicanas&Latinas: Self&Society	ACP
SE 494	Senior Engineering Project I	ACP
SE 495	Senior Engineering Project II	ACP
THEA 210	Introduction to Greek and Roman Theater	ACP	WCC	LA
THEA 262	Literature of Modern Theatre	ACP		LA
THEA 304	Global Theatre Performance	ACP
THEA 323	The Comic Imagination	ACP	WCC	LA
TAM 324	Behavior of Materials	ACP
UP 312	Communication for Planners	ACP
WRIT 303	Writing Across Media	ACP

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