Social & Behavioral Sciences
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 → SBS
| COURSE | TITLE | ACP | CS | HUM | NAT | QR | SBS | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| AFRO 201 | US Racial & Ethnic Politics | US | SS | |||||
| ANTH 103 | Anthro in a Changing World | NW | SS | |||||
| ANTH 180 | The Archaeology of Death | WCC | SS | |||||
| ANTH 209 | Food, Culture, and Society | WCC | SS | |||||
| AAS 201 | US Racial & Ethnic Politics | US | SS | |||||
| CMN 102 | Introduction to Communication | BSC | ||||||
| CMN 260 | Intro to Health Communication | WCC | BSC | |||||
| ESE 210 | Social & Environmental Issues | SS | ||||||
| ECON 102 | Microeconomic Principles | SS | ||||||
| ECON 103 | Macroeconomic Principles | SS | ||||||
| GGIS 101 | Global Development & Environment | NW | SS | |||||
| GGIS 204 | Cities of the World | WCC | SS | |||||
| GGIS 210 | Social & Environmental Issues | SS | ||||||
| GLBL 100 | Intro to Global Studies | WCC | SS | |||||
| GLBL 200 | Foundations of Research | QR2 | SS | |||||
| HK 243 | Sport & Modern Society | SS | ||||||
| HK 302 | Disability in American Society | SS | ||||||
| LLS 100 | Intro Latina/Latino Studies | US | SS | |||||
| LLS 201 | US Racial & Ethnic Politics | US | SS | |||||
| LING 100 | Intro to Language Science | SS | ||||||
| LEAD 260 | Foundations of Leadership | SS | ||||||
| PS 100 | Intro to Political Science | SS | ||||||
| PS 201 | US Racial & Ethnic Politics | US | SS | |||||
| PS 241 | Comp Politics in Dev Nations | NW | SS | |||||
| PSYC 100 | Intro Psych | BSC | ||||||
| PSYC 201 | Intro to Social Psych | BSC | ||||||
| PSYC 230 | Perception & Sensory Processes | BSC | ||||||
| RST 100 | Recreation, Sport, and Tourism in Modern Society | SS | ||||||
| RST 335 | Leisure and Consumer Culture | WCC | SS | |||||
| SOC 100 | Introduction to Sociology | SS | ||||||
| SOC 101 | Sociology of Gender | SS | ||||||
| SOC 161 | Introduction to Poverty | WCC | SS | |||||
| SOC 225 | Race and Ethnicity | US | SS | |||||
| UP 136 | Urban Sustainability | SS |