Social & Behavioral Sciences
Spring 2025
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.
- 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
spring 2025 → SBS
| COURSE | TITLE | ACP | CS | HUM | NAT | QR | SBS | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| ADV 150 | Introduction to Advertising | SS | ||||||
| ADV 393 | Advertising and Society | SS | ||||||
| AFRO 201 | US Racial & Ethnic Politics | US | SS | |||||
| ACE 100 | Introduction to Applied Microeconomics | SS | ||||||
| ACE 210 | Environmental Economics | SS | ||||||
| ANTH 101 | Introduction to Anthropology | WCC | SS | |||||
| ANTH 103 | Anthro in a Changing World | NW | SS | |||||
| ANTH 126 | Humans and Animals - Food or Friend? | SS | ||||||
| ANTH 210 | Families in Global Perspective | NW | SS | |||||
| ANTH 221 | Archaeology of South Asia | NW | SS | |||||
| ANTH 248 | Introduction to Engaged and Public Anthropology | NW | SS | |||||
| ANTH 250 | The World Through Museums | WCC | SS | |||||
| ANTH 259 | Latina/o Anthropology | US | SS | |||||
| ANTH 270 | Language in Culture | ACP | SS | |||||
| AAS 100 | Intro Asian American Studies | US | SS | |||||
| AAS 201 | US Racial & Ethnic Politics | US | SS | |||||
| AAS 287 | Food and Asian Americans | US | SS | |||||
| AAS 297 | Asian Families in America | US | SS | |||||
| CMN 102 | Introduction to Communication | BSC | ||||||
| CMN 230 | Intro to Interpersonal Comm | SS | ||||||
| CMN 232 | Intro to Intercultural Comm | NW | SS | |||||
| CMN 260 | Intro to Health Communication | WCC | BSC | |||||
| CMN 277 | Introduction to Mediated Communication | US | SS | |||||
| CMN 280 | Comm Technology & Society | SS | ||||||
| CS 266 | Community Innovation | WCC | SS | |||||
| CI 210 | Introduction to Digital Learning Environments | BSC | ||||||
| ESE 106 | Geographies of Globalization | NW | SS | |||||
| ESE 210 | Social & Environmental Issues | SS | ||||||
| ESE 254 | People, Places, and Environments of the US | US | SS | |||||
| ESE 287 | Environment and Society | WCC | SS | |||||
| EALC 250 | Intro to Japanese Culture | NW | SS | |||||
| ECON 102 | Microeconomic Principles | SS | ||||||
| ECON 103 | Macroeconomic Principles | SS | ||||||
| ECON 210 | Environmental Economics | SS | ||||||
| EPSY 201 | Educational Psychology | BSC | ||||||
| EPSY 220 | Career Theory and Practice | BSC | ||||||
| EPSY 222 | Language & Culture of Deaf Communities | US | SS | |||||
| ENVS 210 | Environmental Economics | SS | ||||||
| GSD 202 | Let’s Play: Understanding the Role of Play in Life and Art | SS | ||||||
| GWS 100 | Intro Gender & Women's Studies | SS | ||||||
| GGIS 101 | Global Development & Environment | NW | SS | |||||
| GGIS 106 | Geographies of Globalization | NW | SS | |||||
| GGIS 204 | Cities of the World | WCC | SS | |||||
| GGIS 210 | Social & Environmental Issues | SS | ||||||
| GGIS 224 | Environmental Data Science | SS | ||||||
| GGIS 254 | People, Places, and Environments of the US | US | SS | |||||
| GGIS 287 | Environment and Society | WCC | SS | |||||
| GLBL 100 | Intro to Global Studies | WCC | SS | |||||
| GLBL 200 | Foundations of Research | QR2 | SS | |||||
| HK 110 | Contemporary Health | SS | ||||||
| HK 111 | Introduction to Public Health | SS | ||||||
| HK 140 | Social Sci of Human Movement | SS | ||||||
| HK 203 | Introduction to Health Technology | SS | ||||||
| HK 243 | Sport & Modern Society | SS | ||||||
| HK 250 | Motor Development and Control | BSC | ||||||
| HK 262 | Motor Develop, Growth & Form | BSC | ||||||
| HK 300 | Health Behavior Theories and Applications | ACP | BSC | |||||
| HK 302 | Disability in American Society | SS | ||||||
| HDFS 105 | Intro to Human Development | BSC | ||||||
| HDFS 120 | Intro to Family Studies | US | SS | |||||
| HDFS 140 | Intro Gender & Women's Studies | SS | ||||||
| HDFS 220 | Families in Global Perspective | NW | SS | |||||
| HDFS 221 | Asian Families in America | US | SS | |||||
| HDFS 225 | Close Relationships | SS | ||||||
| INFO 202 | Social Aspects Info Tech | SS | ||||||
| IS 101 | Introduction to Information Sciences | SS | ||||||
| IS 145 | Mapping Inequalities | US | QR2 | SS | ||||
| IS 202 | Social Aspects Info Tech | SS | ||||||
| IS 266 | Community Innovation | WCC | SS | |||||
| LER 100 | Introduction to Labor Studies | SS | ||||||
| LAST 170 | Que Pasa in Latin America? Cultures, Histories and Politics South of the Rio Grande | NW | SS | |||||
| LAST 210 | Life in the Andes | NW | SS | |||||
| LLS 100 | Intro Latina/Latino Studies | US | SS | |||||
| LLS 201 | US Racial & Ethnic Politics | US | SS | |||||
| LLS 259 | Latina/o Anthropology | US | SS | |||||
| LING 100 | Intro to Language Science | SS | ||||||
| LING 225 | Language, Mind, and Brain | BSC | ||||||
| LING 250 | American Voices: Linguistic Diversity in the US | US | SS | |||||
| LING 270 | Language, Technology & Society | WCC | BSC | |||||
| MACS 202 | Social Aspects Info Tech | SS | ||||||
| MACS 266 | Community Innovation | WCC | SS | |||||
| MACS 351 | Media Analysis | SS | ||||||
| MUSE 250 | The World Through Museums | WCC | SS | |||||
| NRES 210 | Environmental Economics | SS | ||||||
| NRES 287 | Environment and Society | WCC | SS | |||||
| LEAD 260 | Foundations of Leadership | SS | ||||||
| PHIL 107 | Intro to Political Philosophy | SS | ||||||
| PS 100 | Intro to Political Science | SS | ||||||
| PS 101 | Intro to US Gov & Pol | SS | ||||||
| PS 201 | US Racial & Ethnic Politics | US | SS | |||||
| PS 224 | Politics of the National Parks | SS | ||||||
| PS 225 | Environmental Politics & Policy | SS | ||||||
| PS 273 | Environment and Society | WCC | SS | |||||
| PS 280 | Intro to Intl Relations | SS | ||||||
| PS 281 | Intro to Intl Relations-ACP | ACP | SS | |||||
| PS 282 | Governing Globalization | ACP | SS | |||||
| PORT 150 | Writing Brazilians into the U.S. | US | SS | |||||
| PSYC 100 | Intro Psych | BSC | ||||||
| PSYC 144 | Stereotypes, Prejudice & Discrimination | US | BSC | |||||
| PSYC 201 | Intro to Social Psych | BSC | ||||||
| PSYC 225 | Language, Mind, and Brain | BSC | ||||||
| PSYC 230 | Perception & Sensory Processes | BSC | ||||||
| PSYC 239 | Community Psych | SS | ||||||
| PSYC 322 | Introduction to Intellectual Disability | BSC | ||||||
| RST 100 | Recreation, Sport, and Tourism in Modern Society | SS | ||||||
| RST 120 | Parks, Recreation, and Environments | BSC | ||||||
| RST 224 | Politics of the National Parks | SS | ||||||
| RST 225 | Environmental Politics & Policy | SS | ||||||
| RST 335 | Leisure and Consumer Culture | WCC | SS | |||||
| SOCW 200 | Introduction to Social Work | SS | ||||||
| SOCW 240 | Death & Dying | SS | ||||||
| SOCW 297 | Asian Families in America | US | SS | |||||
| SOC 100 | Introduction to Sociology | SS | ||||||
| SOC 101 | Sociology of Gender | SS | ||||||
| SOC 130 | Intro Gender & Women's Studies | SS | ||||||
| SOC 180 | Stress and Health in African American Communities | US | SS | |||||
| SOC 225 | Race and Ethnicity | US | SS | |||||
| SPED 322 | Introduction to Intellectual Disability | BSC | ||||||
| SHS 120 | Child, Comm, & Lang Ability | BSC | ||||||
| SHS 222 | Language & Culture of Deaf Communities | US | SS | |||||
| SHS 271 | Communication and Aging | SS | ||||||
| UP 136 | Urban Sustainability | SS | ||||||
| UP 185 | Cities in a Global Perspective | NW | SS | |||||
| UP 210 | Environmental Economics | SS |
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