Courses applicable to Perspectives on a Diverse World may also be listed as courses within Knowledge of the Disciplines. Students may NOT use the same course to meet both Gen Ed requirements.

Courses taken to satisfy Gen Ed requirements may also count towards major or minor requirements.

Global Awareness (GEGA)

Because of the interconnectedness of nations, very few organizations function solely in the U.S. We all need to understand the world in which we live; to be informed citizens, we need to be able to think about and understand other cultures. By studying a number of nations or one nation in depth, students learn the skills for understanding other cultures.

Choose one course from the following:

A
AFC 102 - Introduction to African Civilization (GEGA) 3 hrs
AFC 313 - Contemporary Africa: The Struggle and Prospects for Development (GEGA) 3 hrs
AGIN 219 - Around the World in 80 Years: Adult Development Across Culture (GEGA) 3 hrs
ANTH 135 - Introduction to Cultural Anthropology (GEGA & GEKS) 3 hrs
ANTH 233 - Cultures of Mesoamerica and the Caribbean (GEGA) 3 hrs
ARTH 161 - Survey of Non-Western Art (GEGA) 3 hrs
B
BIO 107 - Environmental Science (GEGA) 3 hrs
BIO 215 - Plants and People (GEGA) 3 hrs
C
CASI 206 - Culture and the Holocaust (GEGA) 3 hrs
CHL 209 - Global Children’s Literature (GEGA) 3 hrs
COSC 105 - Everyday Computing and Social Responsibility (GEGA) 3 hrs
COT 170L1 - Global Technologies (GEGA & GELB) 3 hrs
CTAC 274 - Intercultural Communication (GEGA) 3 hrs
CTAT 235 - International Cinema (GEGA) 3 hrs
D
DTC 358 - Food and Culture (GEGA) 3 hrs
E
ECON 108 - Introduction to the Global Economy (GEGA) 3 hrs
ENVI 105 - Introduction to Environment and Society (GEGA) 3 hrs
ESSC 105 - Climate Change in Human Times (GEGA) 3 hrs
ESSC 107 - Environmental Science (GEGA) 3 hrs
F
FRNH 111 - Introduction to French and the French-Speaking World (GEGA) 3 hrs
G
GEOG 110 - World Regions (GEGA) 3 hrs
GEOG 150 - Thinking Sustainably (GEGA) 3 hrs
GERN 111 - Introduction to German Language and German-Speaking Cultures (GEGA) 3 hrs
H
HIST 103 - 20th-Century Civilization (GEGA) 3 hrs
HIST 110 - World History since 1500 (GEGA) 3 hrs
HIST 200 - War, Culture and Society : A Global History (GEGA) 3 hrs
HIST 202 - Religions in Conflict and Dialogue: Judaism, Christianity, and Islam (GEGA) 3 hrs
HIST 203 - Global History of Islam (GEGA) 3 hrs
HLAD 390 - Poverty, Human Rights and Health (GEGA) 3 hrs
I
IB 210 - Fundamentals of Global Business (GEGA) 3 hrs
L
LITR 171 - Imagining the Holy Land (GEGA) 3 hrs
LITR 202 - Current Events in World Literature (GEGA) 3 hrs
LITR 241 - Global Images, Narrative Worlds (GEGA) 3 hrs
M
MUSC 108 - World Music (GEGA & GEKA) 3 hrs
P
PHIL 226 - Feminist Theory (GEGA & GEKH) 3 hrs
PHIL 228 - Global Ethics (GEGA & GEKH) 3 hrs
PHIL 291 - Introduction to Asian Philosophy (GEGA) 3 hrs
PLSC 120 - Global Issues (GEGA) 3 hrs
PLSC 211 - Introduction to Comparative Government (GEGA) 3 hrs
PLSC 390 - Poverty, Human Rights and Health (GEGA) 3 hrs
S
SET 102 - World Wide Production: Global Impacts (GEGA) 3 hrs
SOCL 219 - Around the World in 80 Years: Adult Development Across Culture (GEGA) 3 hrs
SPNH 111 - Introduction to Spanish Language and Hispanic Cultures (GEGA) 3 hrs
W
WGST 210 - Gender in a Transnational World (GEGA) 3 hrs
WGST 226 - Feminist Theory (GEGA & GEKH) 3 hrs

U.S. Diversity (GEUS)

College is often the first place where students are placed in an environment with people unlike them. We all need to learn respect for other persons, and such respect comes with knowledge. An understanding of and appreciation for diversity is central in employment, civic participation, and life more generally.

Choose one course from the following:

A
AFC 101 - Introduction to African American Studies (GEUS) 3 hrs
AFC 232 - Politics in the African American Experience (GEUS) 3 hrs
ANTH 214 - U.S. Racial and Cultural Minorities (GEUS) 3 hrs
ANTH 237 - Native North American Cultures (GEUS) 3 hrs
B
BMMT 205 - Women in Business (GEUS) 3 hours
C
CHL 208 - Multicultural Children’s Literature (GEUS) 3 hrs
CTAC 260 - Gender Communication (GEUS) 3 hrs
CTAC 265 - Communicating and LGBT Community (GEUS) 3 hrs
CTAC 275 - Interracial/Interethnic Communication (GEUS) 3 hrs
CTAR 151 - African American Theatre: An Introduction (GEUS) 3 hrs
H
HIST 115 - What is an American? (GEUS) 3 hrs
HIST 116 - Intro to American Indian History (GEUS) 3 hrs
L
LITR 160 - African American Literature (GEUS & GEKH) 3 hrs
LITR 161 - Native American Literature (GEUS & GEKH) 3 hrs
LITR 163 - Jewish-American Literature and Culture (GEUS) 3 hrs
LITR 164 - Introduction to Asian American Literature (GEUS) 3 hrs
P
PLSC 215 - Civil Rights and Liberties in a Diverse US (GEUS) 3 hrs
S
SOCL 214 - U.S. Racial and Cultural Minorities (GEUS) 3 hrs
SPGN 251 - Introduction to Inclusion and Disabilities Studies in a Diverse Society (GEUS) 3 hrs
W
WGST 200 - Introduction to Women’s Studies (GEUS) 3 hrs
WGST 202 - Introduction to Gender and Sexuality (GEUS) 3 hrs
WGST 205 - Women in Business (GEUS) 3 hrs
WGST 260 - Gender Communication (GEUS) 3 hrs
WGST 265 - Communicating and LGBT Community (GEUS) 3 hrs

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