Humanities & the Arts

Summer 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

summer 2025 → HUM → LA

COURSE TITLE ACP CS HUM NAT QR SBS
AFRO 132 African American Music US LA
ART 140 Introduction to Art LA
ASST 208 Cultures & Literatures of South Asia NW LA
CLCV 114 Introduction to Ancient Greek Culture WCC LA
CLCV 115 Mythology of Greece and Rome WCC LA
CWL 208 Cultures & Literatures of South Asia NW LA
CWL 257 Enlightenment Literature and Culture WCC LA
CW 100 Intro to Creative Writing LA
DANC 100 Intro to Contemporary Dance WCC LA
ENGL 117 Shakespeare on Film LA
ENGL 206 Enlightenment Literature and Culture WCC LA
IS 312 Reading and Writing Data ACP LA
MACS 117 Shakespeare on Film LA
MUS 132 Popular Music Studies US LA
MUS 133 Introduction to World Music NW LA
REL 208 Cultures & Literatures of South Asia NW LA
SAME 208 Cultures & Literatures of South Asia NW LA
THEA 101 Introduction to Theatre Arts LA
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