General Education Requirements

For a full description of the Goals and Objectives including revisions, refer to the Faculty Senate General Education Goals, Criteria and Outcomes.

Approved Courses

GOAL ONE: COMMUNICATE EFFECTIVELY: Students will demonstrate the ability to read, write, speak, and listen effectively.

CW (Communication - Reading and Writing) - select one course

  • ENGL 100 Academic Reading and Writing (3)
  • ENGL 101 Freshman English for International Students I (3)

CS (Communication - Speaking and Listening) - select one course

CA (Advanced Communication) - select one course

  • ENGL 200 Investigating Ideas: Reading, Writing, & the Disciplines (3)
  • ENGL 201 Freshman English for International Students II (3)

 

GOAL TWO: DEMONSTRATE KNOWLEDGE OF PAST AND PRESENT HUMAN ENDEAVOR: Describe the diverse ways of thinking that underlie the search for knowledge in the arts, humanities, and social sciences.

SB (Social and Behavioral Sciences) - select two courses (Courses taken under both SB and HF designators must be from different disciplinary prefixes)

  • ANTH 100 Introduction to Anthropology (3)
  • ECON 100 Modern Economics (3)
  • ECON 150 International Economics Issues (3)
  • ESM 107 Planning for a Sustainable Society (3)
  • GEOG 120 Human Geography (3)
  • HIST 100 Defining Theses in U.S. History (3)
  • HIST 101 Origins of Civilization (3)
  • HIST 102 History of the Modern World, 1500-Present (3)
  • HIST 201 Introduction to Asian Civilization (3)
  • HIST 333 Silk, Spices, and Silver: The Making of the Global Exchange System to 1700 (g) (3)
  • HIST 336 Traditional East Asia, Prehistory-1800 (g) (3)
  • INTS 200 Introduction to International Studies (g) (3)
  • MNGT 250 Global Business & Society (3)
  • POLS 110 Controversies in Politics (3)
  • POLS 114 American Government and Politics (3)
  • POLS/JOUR 220 Introduction to Public Opinion and Political Behavior (3)
  • POLS 245 Introduction to Comparative Politics (3)
  • POLS 260 Introduction to International Relations (3)
  • PSYC 101 General Psychology (3)
  • SOCI 100 Introduction to Sociology (3)

HF (Humanities and Fine Arts) – select two courses (Courses taken under both SB and HF designators must be from different disciplinary prefixes)

  • ART 100 Introduction to Art (3)
  • ENGL 105 Literature and Human Experience (3)
  • ENGL 106 Literature: Introduction to Fiction, Poetry, and Drama (3)
  • ENGL 107 Heroes in Literature (3)
  • DANC 100 History/Appreciation of Dance (3)
  • HUM 311 Arts & Ideas I (3)
  • HUM 312 Arts & Ideas II (3)
  • MUS 100 Understanding Music (3)
  • MUS 234 Music History and Literature I (4)
  • PHIL 151 Living Issues in Philosophy (3)
  • PHIL 201 Human Nature, Ethics and the Natural World (3)
  • PHIL 221 Ancient Philosophy (3)
  • PHIL 240 Social Ethics (3)
  • PHIL/ART 310 Philosophy and History of Visual Art (3)
  • PHIL 323 Science & the Philosophers of the Age of the Enlightenment (3)
  • POLS 230 Introduction to Political Philosophy and Ideology (3)
  • POLS/PHIL 318 Religion and Politics (3)
  • THEA 105 Introduction to Theater and Drama (3)
  • DFT/FILM 200 Introduction to Film Studies (3)

GOAL THREE: APPLY SCIENTIFIC PRINCIPLES TO THE NATURAL WORLD: Students will demonstrate knowledge of the principles and methods of quantitative and qualitative scientific reasoning.

M (Mathematics) - select one course

SL (Scientific Investigation) - select one course (but can take two courses and skip S) (The courses taken under the SL and S designators must be from different disciplinary prefixes)

*these classes must be taken with the corresponding lecture class and change the designator from S to SL

S (Sciences) – select at least one course (if only taking one SL course) (The courses taken under the SL and S designators must be from different disciplinary prefixes)

 

GOAL FOUR: ENGAGE IN MULTIDISCIPLINARY INQUIRY: Students will analyze questions and issues from multidisciplinary perspectives.

MD (Multidisciplinary Inquiry) - select one course

  • AFES 492 Experiential Learning in Agriculture (3)
  • ART 392 Pre-Columbian Art of Mesoamerica (3)
  • BIOL 308 HIV/AIDS: Science and Society (g) (3)
  • CHEM 300 Sustainable Practices and Environmental Health (3)
  • ECON 312 Political Economy of Discrimination (d) (3)
  • ENGL/HIST/GEOG 385 Seminar: The American Frontier (3)
  • EXC 310 China: From Ancient Culture to Modern Global Force (3)
  • ENGL/FILM/WMST 300 Women in Film and Society (3)
  • ENGL 306 Postcolonial Literature and Film (g) (3)
  • ENGL/FILM 307 Ethnic Film, Literature, and Culture (d) (3)
  • ENGL 308 Russian Literature: Society and Culture through the Eyes of 19th and 20th Century Writers (g) (3)
  • ENGL/FILM 317 Modern East Asian Literature and Cinema (g) (3)
  • ESM/BIOL/GEOG 300 Environmental Education (3)
  • FILM/HIST 402 History in Film (3)
  • GEOG 324 Historical Geography of the United States (3)
  • GEOG/POLS 428 Poltical Geography (3)
  • GEOL 350 Geological Destinies of Nations (g) (3)
  • HIST 334 Modern China 1800 to Present (3)
  • HIST 382 Italy: Art and Culture (g) (3)
  • HIST 333 Silk, Spices, and Silver: The Making of the Global Exchange System to 1700 (g) (3)
  • HIST 336 Traditional East Asia, Prehistory-1800 (g) (3)
  • HIST 368 Social Movements in Unites States' History (3)
  • HUM 300 Multidisciplinary Human Perspectives (3)
  • HUM 305 Human-Animal Studies (3)
  • HUM 311 Arts & Ideas I (3)
  • HUM 312 Arts & Ideas II (3)

  • INTS 365 Contemporary Europe (g) (3)
  • INTS 377 Semester Abroad Europe (g) (6)
  • MDIS 496 Social Science Perspectives (3)
  • PHIL 301 Environmental Ethics,Liberalism, and Capitalism (3)
  • PHIL/ART 310 Philosophy and History of Visual Art (3)
  • PHIL 323 Science & the Philosophers of the Age of the Enlightenment (3)
  • PHIL 345 God, Religion, and Science (3)
  • PHYS 350 Science and Art (3)
  • POLS 359 Criminal Justice Policy (3)
  • POLS/INTS 371 German Politics (g) (3)
  • POLS/INTS 372 The Politics Scotland (g) (3)
  • SOCI 328 Perspectives on Race Relation (3)
  • SOCI 341 Sociology of Later Life (3)
  • SOCI/ANTH 395 Belize Study Tour (3)
  • TED 327 Australia: An Integrated Cultural Study (g) (3)
  • TED 422 Reading in the Content Area (3)
  • WGST 320 Gender Issues in Science (g) (3)
  • WGST 350 Introduction to Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender and Queer Studies (3)
  • WIS 310 Scotland: Heritage and Culture (3)

GOAL FIVE: EVALUATE INDIVIDUAL RESPONSIBILITY TO SELF, SOCIETY, AND THE WORLD: Students will make and defend judgments with respect to individual conduct and well being, citizenship, and stewardship of the environment.

HW (Personal Health and Wellness) - select 3 courses

  • P ED 108 Health and Fitness for Life (required) (1)
  • HEAL 269 Wellness (3)
  • PE 2 activity courses (select two activity courses) (.5 credit)

EC (Ethical Citizenship) – select one course

  • ANSC 115 Animal Welfare (3)
  • CSIS 120 Technology and Cyberspace: Ethics and Issues (3)
  • ENGL 205 Literature of War:Culture and Ethics (3)
  • ENGL 226 Detective Fiction (3)
  • ENGL 228 Literature of Environmental Justice (3)
  • ENGL 230 International Short Story (3)
  • ENGL 310 U.S. Environmental Literature (3)

  • ENGL 374 Cyberliteracy and Writing on the Web (3)
  • ESM 105 Introduction to Environmental Studies (3)
  • FINC 210 Personal Finance (3)
  • GEOL 269 Environmental Geology (3)
  • JOUR 101 Introduction to Mass Communication (3)
  • MNGT 250 Global Business & Society (3)
  • PHIL 201 Human Nature, Ethics and the Natural World (3)
  • PHIL 220 Bioethics (3)
  • PHIL 224 Existentialism (3)
  • PHIL 304 Business Ethics (3)
  • PLSC 120 Plants and Society (3)
  • POLS 114 American Government and Politics (3)
  • POLS 230 Introduction to Political Philosophy and Ideology (3)
  • SOWK 150 Introduction to Social Work (3)
  • TED 326 Place-Based Science for Early Childhood Educators (3)
  • THEA 110 Sustainability from the Perspective of the Arts (3)

UWRF General Education Mission Statement

The purpose of the UWRF General Education program is to facilitate the acquisition and integration of knowledge, abilities, and ethics in order to form a foundation for lifelong learning.

The interdisciplinary foundation includes the ability to communicate effectively; to demonstrate knowledge of past and present human endeavor; apply scientific principles to the human and natural world; engage in multidisciplinary inquiry; and to evaluate individual responsibility to self, society, and the world.

To accomplish this mission there are five goals with one to three designators to each of the goals, with a certain number of credits attached.  The goals are outlined below with the approved courses.  

The total number of credits needed to complete the general education program is 38.

Courses that are listed in two designations will only count in one area. (e.g. ART/PHIL 310 is listed as being approved as HF and MD, however it will only count in one area, either HF or MD).

(No general education class can double count as a requirement in a first major. But a general education course can be counted as a 'required supporting course' in the major. Up to two courses (generally 6 credits) can be double counted as credits towards a minor, a second major or a broad area or comprehensive major.)

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