2019 GE Approved Courses: Category C
Arts and Humanities: Category C
The following courses are approved to meet the General Education requirements indicated. Please note the following in reviewing these approved course lists:
- Refer to the online schedule of classes to see which courses are being offered for a specific term and to double check which GE requirements the course satisfies during that term.
- Be aware that the GE Category (A-E) requirements must each be satisfied by a unique course. The "Other GE Categories" column below may indicate additional categories a course is certified in but does not mean that the course will meet more than one category requirement for an individual student.
- Additional General Education Requirements should be met by courses also meeting the GE Category requirements to minimize the number of units needed.
- Comments are added to the course lists below to highlight changes in the approved active GE course lists.
- See Previous Courses to research courses that previously met GE requirements.
- Students should regularly run their Academic Requirements Report on MyCSULB to monitor their completion of all degree requirements including General Education.
The following courses cultivate the intellect, imagination, sensibility, and sensitivity. It is meant in part to encourage students to respond subjectively as well as objectively to experience and to develop a sense of the integrity of emotional and intellectual response. Students should be motivated to cultivate and refine their affective as well as cognitive and physical faculties through studying great works of the human imagination, which could include active participation in individual esthetic, creative experience. Equally important is the intellectual examination of the subjective response, thereby increasing awareness and appreciation in the traditional humanistic disciplines such as art, dance, drama, literature, and music. The arts disciplines of film and design are also included in this category. Therefore courses in this category address the cultural and aesthetic context of the experience. The requirement should result in the student’s better understanding of the interrelationship between the creative arts, the humanities and self. Studies in these areas include exposure to both Western and non-Western cultures.
Subject/ |
Timeline |
Title |
GE Designations |
Other GE Categories |
Cross Listed Courses |
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AFRS 155 |
African American Music |
Explorations |
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AFRS 160 |
Introduction To Africana Arts |
Explorations |
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AFRS 255 |
Introduction To Hip Hop |
Explorations |
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AH 101 |
Effective Fall 2022 |
Introduction to Visual Culture |
Explorations | ||
AH 111A |
Foundation Art History I |
Explorations, |
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AH 111B |
Foundation Art History II |
Explorations |
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AH 112 |
Foundation Art History: Latin American Arts & Architecture |
Explorations |
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AH 113A |
Asian Art Early Sacred Culture |
Explorations |
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AH 113B |
Asian Art Later Traditions |
Explorations |
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AH 114 |
Foundation Art History: Arts Of Africa, Oceania, & Inidigenous North America |
Explorations |
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AH 116 |
Foundation Art History: Arts Of Islamic Regions |
Explorations |
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AIS 222 |
American Indian Museum Studies |
Explorations |
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AMST 142 |
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Race And Hollywood |
Human Diversity, |
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ART 110 |
Introduction To Visual Arts |
Explorations |
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ART 227 |
History Of Animation |
Explorations, |
D3 |
FEA 227 |
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CWL 124 |
Intro To World Theatre And Drama |
Explorations, |
C3 |
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CWL 205 |
Digital Literature And Culture |
Explorations |
C2 |
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CWL 213 |
Visual Studies: Comics And Graphic Novels |
Explorations, |
C2 |
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CWL 215 |
From Cradle To Crypt: Representations Of The Lifespan |
Global Issues |
C2, E |
HDEV 215 |
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DANC 101 |
Introduction To Modern Dance |
Explorations |
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DANC 102 |
Introduction To Ballet |
Explorations |
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DANC 103 |
Introduction To Jazz |
Explorations |
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DANC 104 |
Introduction To Tap |
Explorations |
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DANC 106 |
Effective Fall 2021 |
Introduction to African/ African Diasporic Dance |
Explorations |
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DANC 107 |
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Introduction To Hip Hop Dance |
Explorations |
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DANC 110 |
Viewing Dance |
Explorations |
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DANC 205 |
Effective Fall 2021 |
Introduction to Dance History |
Explorations |
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DESN 110 |
Foundation Design History |
Explorations |
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ENGL 204 |
Intro To Creative Writing: Creative Nonfiction |
Explorations |
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ENGL 205 |
Creative Writing-Fiction |
Explorations |
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ENGL 206 |
Intro To Creative Writing-Poetry |
Explorations |
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FEA 227 |
History Of Animation |
Global Issues |
D3 |
ART 227 |
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FREN 240 |
Effective Fall 2022 |
Paris Past and Present |
Explorations |
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HDEV 215 |
From Cradle To Crypt: Representations Of The Lifespan |
Global Issues |
C2, E |
CWL 215 |
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MUS 190 |
Listener Approach To Music |
Explorations |
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MUS 191A |
Effective Fall 2021 |
Western Art Music I: Antiquity to Beethoven |
Explorations |
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MUS 191B |
Effective Fall 2021 |
Western Art Music I: Beethoven to Present |
Explorations |
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MUS 290 |
Popular Music In America |
Explorations |
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PHIL 156 |
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Philosophy Of Rock, Rap, And Beyond |
Explorations |
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PHIL 261 |
Philosophy And Film |
Explorations |
E |
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THEA 113 |
Intro To Acting |
Explorations |
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THEA 122 |
Theatre For The 21st Century |
Explorations |
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THEA 212 |
How The World Talks |
Explorations |
The following courses cultivate the intellect, imagination, sensibility, and sensitivity. It is meant in part to encourage students to respond subjectively as well as objectively to experience and to develop a sense of the integrity of emotional and intellectual response. Students should be motivated to cultivate and refine their affective as well as cognitive and physical faculties through studying great works of the human imagination, which could include active participation in individual esthetic, creative experience. Equally important is the intellectual examination of the subjective response, thereby increasing awareness and appreciation in the traditional humanistic disciplines such as art, dance, drama, literature, and music. The arts disciplines of film and design are also included in this category. Therefore courses in this category address the cultural and aesthetic context of the experience. The requirement should result in the student’s better understanding of the interrelationship between the creative arts, the humanities and self. Studies in these areas include exposure to both Western and non-Western cultures.
Subject/ |
Timeline |
Title |
GE Designations |
Other GE Categories |
Cross Listed Courses |
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AFRS 140 |
Intro To African Amer Lit |
Explorations |
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ASAM 260 |
Replaced by ASAM 160 as of Fall 2019 |
Intro To Asian American Lit |
Explorations |
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CHLS 150 |
Intro Chicano Literary Studies |
Explorations |
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CLSC 100 |
The Classical World Of Greece And Rome |
Explorations |
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CLSC 101 |
Greek Mythology |
Explorations |
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CLSC 201 |
Poets, Plays And Politics Of Ancient Greece |
Explorations |
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CLSC 202 |
Poets, Plays And Politics Of Ancient Rome |
Explorations |
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CLSC 250 |
Effective Fall 2022 |
Race, Ethnicity, and the Ancient Mediterranean |
Explorations |
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CWL 100 |
Introduction To World Literature |
Explorations |
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CWL 101 |
Introduction To Comparative World Lit |
Explorations |
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CWL 103 |
Introduction To Comparative Asian Literature And Culture |
Explorations, |
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CWL 104 |
Literature & Culture of Middle East |
Global Issues |
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CWL 115 |
Effective Fall 2021 |
Introduction to Health Humanities |
Explorations |
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CWL 132 |
World Mythology |
Explorations, |
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CWL 205 |
Digital Literature And Culture |
Explorations |
C1 |
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CWL 206 |
Effective Fall 2021 |
Science Fiction, Fantasy, and Horror |
Explorations |
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CWL 210 |
Erotica, Love, Romance: Literary And Cultural Representation |
Global Issues |
E |
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CWL 213 |
Visual Studies: Comics And Graphic Novels |
Explorations, |
C1 |
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CWL 215 |
From Cradle To Crypt: Representations Of The Lifespan |
Global Issues |
C1, E |
HDEV 215 |
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CWL 220 |
Literature And Play |
Explorations |
E |
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CWL 225 |
Effective Fall 2021 |
Short Stories of the World |
Explorations |
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CWL 242 |
Effective Spring 2023 |
The Bible as Literature |
Explorations |
ENGL 242, R/ST 242 |
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CWL 265 |
Effective Fall 2021 |
Intro to Literary Theory |
Explorations |
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ENGL 180 |
Appreciation Of Literature |
Explorations |
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ENGL 242 |
Effective Spring 2023 |
The Bible as Literature |
Explorations |
CWL 242, R/ST 242 |
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ENGL 250A |
Survey Of English Literature |
Explorations |
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ENGL 250B |
Survey Of English Literature |
Explorations |
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ENGL 270A |
Survey Of American Literature |
Explorations |
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ENGL 270B |
Survey Of American Literature |
Explorations |
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HDEV 215 |
From Cradle To Crypt: Representations Of The Lifespan |
Global Issues |
C1, E |
CWL 215 |
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RGR 100A |
Uptown/ |
Global Issues |
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R/ST 242 |
Effective Spring 2023 |
The Bible as Literature |
Explorations |
CWL 242, ENGL 242 |
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TRST 201 |
Effective Fall 2022 |
Meaning in Transit: An Introduction to Translation Studies |
Explorations |
Subject/ |
Timeline |
Title |
GE Designations |
Other GE Categories |
Cross Listed Courses |
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PHIL 100 |
Introduction To Philosophy |
Explorations |
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PHIL 101 |
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The Meaning Of Life |
Explorations |
E |
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PHIL 160 |
Introductory Ethics |
Explorations |
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PHIL 203 |
History Of Early Western Philosophy |
Explorations |
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PHIL 204 |
History Of Mod Western Philosophy |
Explorations |
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R/ST 100 |
Introduction To Religion |
Explorations |
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R/ST 101 |
Religion At The Movies |
Explorations |
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R/ST 111 |
Religion Games: Religion In The Public Square |
Explorations |
D3 |
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R/ST 200 |
Introduction To Early And Western Religions |
Explorations |
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R/ST 201 |
Introduction To Asian Religions |
Explorations |
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R/ST 202 |
Religion-Society |
Explorations |
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R/ST 208 |
Religion And Sexual Ethics |
Explorations |
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R/ST 210 |
Introduction To Bible |
Explorations |
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R/ST 230 |
Heaven, Hell, And Other Afterlives |
Explorations |
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R/ST 240 |
Love, Life, And The World |
Explorations |
E |
Subject/ |
Timeline |
Title |
GE Designations |
Other GE Categories |
Cross Listed Courses |
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AFRS 170A |
Elementary Swahili |
Explorations |
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AFRS 170B |
Inactive as of Spring 2018 |
Elementary Swahili |
Explorations |
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ARAB 101A |
Fundamentals Of Arabic |
Explorations |
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ARAB 101B |
Fundamentals Of Arabic |
Explorations |
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ARAB 201A |
Intermediate Arabic |
Explorations |
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ARAB 201B |
Intermediate Arabic |
Explorations |
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ASLD 101 |
American Sign Language 1 |
Explorations |
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ASLD 102 |
American Sign Language 2 |
Explorations |
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CHIN 101 |
Fundamentals Of Chinese |
Explorations |
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CHIN 102 |
Fundamentals Of Chinese |
Explorations |
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CHIN 201 |
Intermediate Chinese |
Explorations |
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CHIN 202 |
Intermediate Chinese |
Explorations |
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FIL 101 |
Fundamentals Of Filipino |
Explorations |
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FIL 102 |
Fundamentals Of Filipino |
Explorations |
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FREN 100A |
Fundamentals Of French For Spanish Speakers |
Explorations |
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FREN 100B |
Fundamentals Of French For Spanish Speakers |
Explorations |
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FREN 101 |
Fundamentals Of French |
Explorations |
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FREN 101A |
Fundamentals Of French |
Explorations |
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FREN 101B |
Fundamentals Of French |
Explorations |
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FREN 200 |
Intermediate French For Spanish Speakers |
Explorations |
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FREN 201 |
Intermediate French |
Explorations |
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FREN 201A |
Intermediate French |
Explorations |
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FREN 201B |
Intermediate French |
Explorations |
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GERM 101A |
Fundamentals Of German |
Explorations |
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GERM 101B |
Fundamentals Of German |
Explorations |
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GERM 201A |
Intermediate German |
Explorations |
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GERM 201B |
Intermediate German |
Explorations |
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GK 101A |
Elementary Greek |
Explorations |
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GK 101B |
Elementary Greek |
Explorations |
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HEBW 101A |
Fundamentals Of Hebrew |
Explorations |
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HEBW 101B |
Fundamentals Of Hebrew |
Explorations |
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ITAL 100A |
Fundamentals Of Italian For Spanish Speakers |
Explorations |
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ITAL 100B |
Fundamentals Of Italian For Spanish Speakers |
Explorations |
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ITAL 101 |
Inactive as of Spring 2021 |
Fundamentals Of Italian |
Explorations |
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ITAL 101A |
Fundamentals Of Italian |
Explorations |
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ITAL 101B |
Fundamentals Of Italian |
Explorations |
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ITAL 200 |
Intermediate Italian For Spanish Speakers |
Explorations |
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ITAL 201 |
Intermediate Italian |
Explorations |
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ITAL 201A |
Intermediate Italian |
Explorations |
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ITAL 201B |
Intermediate Italian |
Explorations |
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JAPN 101 |
Fundamentals Of Japanese |
Explorations |
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JAPN 102 |
Fundamentals Of Japanese |
Explorations |
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JAPN 201 |
Intermediate Japanese |
Explorations |
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JAPN 202 |
Intermediate Japanese |
Explorations |
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KHMR 101 |
Fundamentals Of Khmer |
Explorations |
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KHMR 102 |
Fundamentals Of Khmer |
Explorations |
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KOR 101 |
Fundamentals Of Korean |
Explorations |
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KOR 102 |
Fundamentals Of Korean |
Explorations |
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KOR 201 |
Intermediate Korean |
Explorations |
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KOR 202 |
Intermediate Korean |
Explorations |
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LAT 101A |
Elementary Latin |
Explorations |
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LAT 101B |
Elementary Latin |
Explorations |
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PORT 100 |
Inactive as of Spring 2019 |
Fundamentals Of Portuguese |
Explorations |
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PORT 200 |
Inactive as of Spring 2019 |
Intermediate Portuguese |
Explorations |
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PORT 201A |
Inactive as of Spring 2016 |
Intermediate Portuguese |
Explorations |
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PORT 201B |
Inactive as of Spring 2016 |
Intermediate Portuguese |
Explorations |
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RUSS 100 |
Fundamentals Of Russian |
Explorations |
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RUSS 200 |
Intermediate Russian |
Explorations |
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SPAN 100 |
Fundamentals Of Spanish |
Explorations |
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SPAN 101B |
Fundamentals Of Spanish |
Explorations |
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SPAN 200 |
Intermediate Spanish |
Explorations |
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SPAN 201A |
Intermediate Spanish |
Explorations |
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SPAN 201B |
Intermediate Spanish |
Explorations |
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SPAN 201C |
Inactive as of Spring 2016 |
Intermediate Spanish III |
Explorations |
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SPAN 250 |
Spanish For Bilinguals |
Explorations |
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VIET 111 |
Accelerated Vietnamese For Heritage Students |
Explorations |
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VIET 211 |
Accelerated Vietnamese For Heritage Students |
Explorations |
This category includes additional courses that fit the general humanities criteria for GE Category C that are not listed in one of the specific subcategories above.
Subject/ |
Timeline |
Title |
GE Designations |
Other GE Categories |
Cross Listed Courses |
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AAAS 100 |
Asian Eats |
Global Issues, Explorations |
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CWL 124 |
Intro To World Theatre And Drama |
Explorations, Global Issues |
C1 |
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DANC 200 |
Ballet History In Western Culture |
Explorations |
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THEA 221 |
History Of Theatre And Drama To 1660 |
Explorations, Global Issues |
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THEA 222 |
History Of Theatre And Drama Since 1660 |
Explorations, Global Issues |