Courses
Courses Approved for General Education 2000 Program
(as of September 4, 2008; listings are updated regularly.)
Check the Registrar's website for all approved General Education courses being offered in the upcoming semester.
A maximum of two courses from one department may be used to satisfy the Breadth of Knowledge requirement. Courses followed by D or E have been approved for the Diversity or Ethics standards. Major departments determine how students in that major meet the D and E standards.
Arts and Humanities
Social Sciences
Science & Technology
Mathematics
Arts and Humanities (AH)
English:
40.248 (D, E) Values in American Culture (Also listed as 42.248)
40.257 (D) The Family in American Literature (Also listed as 42.257)
42.201 Great Books of Antiquity
42.202 Great Books Modern
42.205 (D, E) Human Values in Western Culture I (Also listed as 59.205)
42.206 (D, E) Human Values in Western Culture II (Also listed as 59.206)
42.210 Drama
42.211 Poetry
42.212 Short Story
42.216 (E) Monsters, Apes, and Nightmares
42.217 Horror Story
42.218 Comedy
42.219 Introduction to Theatre (Also listed as 59.219)
42.222 Oral Communication,
42.232 Turning Fiction into Film
42.236 Science Fiction and Fantasy
42.240 Literature and Women
42.242 The Heroine in Modern Fiction
42.243 (D) Contemporary Women Writers
42.244 Women in the Middle Ages and Renaissance
42.245 (D) Gay and Lesbian Literature
42.248 (D, E) Values in American Culture, (Also listed as 59.248)
42.249 (E) Literature: Tech and Human Values (Also listed as 59.249)
42.250 The Bible as Literature
42.251 (E) War in Literature
42.257 (D) The Family in American Literature (Also listed as 40.257)
42.261 Acting I (Also listed as 59.261)
42.267 Introduction to Shakespeare
42.272 Continental Fiction in Translation
42.274 Literature of the Beat Movement
42.277 Cross-Cultural Perspectives in American Literature
42.278 Literature of the Vietnam War
42.285 (D) Crime and Literature
42.291 History of English Literature I
42.292 History of English Literature II
42.293 History of English Literature III
42.294 History of American Literature I
42.295 History of American Literature II
42.296 (D) History of American Literature III
42.298 Children's Literature
42.311 The South in American Literature
42.341 Studies in Film
42.349 Arthurian Literature: Love, War, and Magic
42.376 (D) African American Literature
42.382 Theatre History I: Ancient Greece through the 18th Century
42.383 Theatre History II: Nineteenth Century to the Present
59.105 Comparative Arts (Also listed as 58.105)
59.205 (D, E) Human Values in Western Culture I (Also listed as 42.205)
59.206 (D, E) Human Values in Western Culture II (Also listed as 42.206)
59.219 Introduction to Theatre (Also listed as 42.219)
59.249 (E) Literature: Technology and Human Values (Also listed as 42.249)
59.261 Acting I (Also listed as 42.261)
59.308 Art, Science, and Technology (Also listed as 58.328)
History:
43.101 Classical Civilization
43.105 (D) Western Civilization I
43.106 (D) Modern World
43.111 (D) United States to 1877
43.112 (D) US History since 1877
43.200 Early Christianity: The First Centuries
43.206 (D) American Economic History
43.211 Historical Dimensions of Globalization
43.212 (D) Modern Latin America
43.227 (D) The Middle Ages
43.228 Women in European History
43.275 (D) African American History
43.304 European Social and Economic History
43.308 (D) History of Crime and Social Control
43.311 History of Science I: The Invention of Science
43.312 Science in the Modern World
43.316 American Environmental History
43.336 (D) Problems of Modern Ireland
43.339 Nationalism: The State and Human Rights in Modern Europe Since 1800
43.345 (D) Slavery and Abolition
43.347 History of Documentary Film
43.349 (D) The Cuban Revolution
43.350 (D) Colonial America: History and Culture
Philosophy:
45.201 (E) Introduction to Philosophy
45.202 (E) Introduction to Logic and Critical Reasoning
45.203 (D, E) Introduction to Ethics
45.206 (E) Introduction to Political Philosophy
45.285 (E) Ancient Philosophy
45.296 (D) The Religious Experience
45.301 Ways of Knowing
45.304 (D) God and Philosophy,
45.305 Language, Signs and Symbols
45.314 Philosophy of Science Fiction, Fantasy & Horror
45.316 Philosophy and Film
45.327 (D, E) Environmental Philosophy
45.334 (E) Engineering and Ethics
45.335 (E) Ethical Issues in Technology
45.336 (E) Early Modern Philosophy
45.340 (D, E) Mysticism: East and West
45.341 (E) Science, Ethics, and Society
45.342 (E) Critical Theory & Society
45.348 (D, E) Eastern Philosophy and Religion
45.350 (D, E) World Philosophies
45.351 (D, E) Problem of Evil
45.352 (E) Existence and Anxiety
45.360 (D) The Goddess in World Religions
45.371 (D, E) Buddhist and Zen Philosophy
45.384 Philosophies of Art and Beauty
45.401 (E) Bioethics and Genetic Research
Cultural Studies:
50.375 (D) Gender and Sexuality in French Cinema
50.376 (D) French Cinema and Society
50.378 (D) Images of Women in French Cinema
Art History:
58.101 (D) Art Appreciation
58.105 Comparative Arts (Also listed as 59.105)
58.203 (D) History of Art I
58.204 (D) History of Art II
58.205 Studies of World Art
58.206 History of Architecture
58.211 Nineteenth Century Art
58.221 Twentieth Century Art
58.225 History of Picturing
58.231 Greek and Roman Art and Architecture
58.241 Medieval Art
58.308 Art, Science, and Technology (Also listed as 59.328)
58.313 American Art and Architecture, 17th-19th Centuries
58.321 Italian Renaissance Art
58.323 Northern Renaissance
58.325 Studies in Latin American Art
58.330 Italian Mannerism
58.332 Italian Baroque Art
58.340 Women and Art
58.345 Pre-Raphaelite Art
58.350 Postmodernism (Contemporary Art)
58.352 Critical Issues in Art
58.370 Art History and Film
Studio Art
70.100 Artbotics
70.101 Art Concepts
70.105 Tangible Interaction Design
Music:
71.110 Basic Music Theory
74.103 (D) Gender Issues in Music
74.161 Music in Western Civilization
74.261 Music History I
74.262 Music History II
74.301 (D) American Music
74.320 (D) African-American Concert Music
74.355 (D) Jazz
74.386 (D) History of Rock Music
74.356 (D) American Musical Theater
78.301 Music, Technology and Society
Interdisciplinary Programs:
59.105 Comparative Arts (Also listed as 58.105)
59.211 Nineteenth Century Art
59.331 Greek and Roman Art
59.240 (D, E) Introduction to Gender Studies
59.261 Acting I
59.303 (E) Society & Technology
59.328 Art, Science, and Technology (Also listed as 58.328)
59.374 Cinema Across Cultures
59.395 (E) Computers in Society
Social Sciences (SS)
Nursing:
30.306 Introduction to Gerontology
Legal Studies:
41.262 Introduction to Business Law
41.360 (D) Legal Issues in Racism
Criminal Justice:
44.360 (D) Gender, Race, and Crime
44.477 Intimate Partner Violence
44.478 (E) Child Maltreatment
Political Science:
46.101 Introduction to American Politics
46.110 (D) Introduction to Politics
46.112 (D) Comparative Political Systems
46.121 (D) Introduction to International Relations
46.235 (D) Constitutional Law and Politics (and honors section)
46.237 (D) Civil Liberties Law and Politics (and honors section)
46.348 (D, E) Literature, Politics and Genocide in Cambodia
Psychology:
47.101 General Psychology
47.209 (D) Social Psychology
47.232 Psychology of Personality
47.255 (D) Community Psychology
47.260 Child and Adolescent Development
47.272 Abnormal Psychology
47.276 Theories of Learning
47.333 Psychology of Consciousness
47.335 (D) Psychology & Women
47.351 Human Sexuality
47.355 Sport and Exercise Psychology
47.360 Adult Development and Aging
47.363 (DE) Introduction to Disability Studies
47.365 (D) Psychology of Language
Sociology:
48.101 (D, E) Introduction to Sociology
48.102 (D) Social Anthropology
48.110 (D, E) Introduction to Social Values
48.215 (D, E) Peacemaking Alternatives
48.231 (D) Sociology of the Family
48.240 (D) Introduction to Gender Studies
48.255 Sociology of Deviance
48.270 Self in Society
48.317 (D, E) Sociology of Genocide
48.341 (D) Social Stratification
48.370 (D) Women in Society
Economics:
49.110 The Future of Work in the Global Economy
49.201 Economics I
49.202 Macroeconomics
49.302 (D) Labor Economics
49.315 (E) Introduction to Environmental Economics
49.325 (D) U.S. Economic History
49.345 (E) Health Economics
Regional Economic and Social Development:
57.201 Regions of the Merrimack Valley
57.225 (D) African Politics
57.211 (E) Sustainable Development
57.218 (D) Regional Health and the Environment
57.220 (E) Designing the Future World
57.420 (D) Gender, Work, and Public Policy (senior status req.)
Environmental, Earth and Atmospheric Sciences:
88.101 (D) World Regional Geography
88.102 Geography of the US and Canada
88.104 (E) Foundations of Conservation and Environmental Concern
Interdisciplinary Programs
59.239 (D, E) Introduction to Gender Studies
59.363 (DE) Introduction to Disability Studies
59.380 (E) Challenges for Higher Ed
Science (SC) & Technology (TN)
No more than one technology (TN) or technology and lab (TNL) course may be used to satisfy this standard. At least two of the three Science and Technology courses must include lab.
(Definitions: SCL or TNL: Lab is corequisite; students must take both lecture and lab to satisfy general education standard. SCLO or TNLO: Students may take lecture and lab together to satisfy SCL standard or lecture without lab for SC credit)
Engineering / Computer Science / Technology:
10.101 (TN) Technology and the Human-Built World
16.111 (TNL) Digital Information World
16.233 (TNL) Principles and History of Radio
90.160 (TN) Introduction to Information Systems for TN*
91.117 (TNL) Artbotics
91.119 (TNL) Tangible Interaction Design
*Note: for Continuing Education & Corporate Education students only
Clinical Laboratory Sciences:
35.101/103 (SCL) Human Anatomy and Physiology 1
35.102/104 (SCL) Human Anatomy and Physiology 2
Biology:
81.315/317 (SCL) Principles of Ecology with Lab
81.435 (SC) Population Genetics and Evolution
83.101/103 (SCLO) Life Science I (and Lab)
83.102/104 (SCLO) Life Science II (and Lab)
83.123 (SC) Nutrition and Disease
83.125/127 (SCLO) Plants and Human Society
83.214 (SCL) Human Ecology
Chemistry:
84.101 (SCL) Applied Chemistry for Non-Scientists
84.111/113 (SCL) General Chemistry I with Lab
84.112/114 (SCL) General Chemistry II with Lab
84.121/123 (SCL) Chemistry I with Lab
84.122/124 (SCL) Chemistry II with Lab
84.135 (SCLO) Honors Chemistry I
84.136 (SCLO) Honors Chemistry II
Environmental, Earth and Atmospheric Sciences:
85.120 (SC) The Nature of Science
85.141 (SCL) Weather and Climate and Lab
87.115/117 (SCL) Astronomy and Lab
89.101 (SC) General Geology
89.151/153 (SCL) Earth and Life
89.215 (SCL) Forensic Geology (honors)
Physics:
95.101/96.101 (SCL) Introductory Physics I (and Lab)
95.103/96.103 (SCLO) General Physics I (and Lab)
95.121/96.121 (SCL) Exploring the Universe and Lab
95.141/96.141 (SCL) Physics I and Lab
95.161/96.161 (SCLO) Honors Physics I (and Lab)
99.101/102 (SCLO) Radiation and Life (and Lab)
Mathematics
NOTE: Any course offered by or accepted for transfer credit by the Mathematical Sciences Department can be used to fulfill the Math General Education requirement.
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