These courses help you become a generally well-educated person, capable of critical thinking and self-expression. Classes teach you to analyze social conflicts, read text closely, make judgments about scientific claims, and understand the contributions of western and other global civilizations.

Category I: Western Cultures and Traditions

COLT 251g Modern Literature and Thought of the West Since 1800

HIST 103g The Emergence of Modern Europe

PHIL 155g Modern Philosophy and the Meaning of Life

PHIL 220g Science, Religion and the Making of the Modern Mind

Category II: Global Cultures and Traditions

ANTH 100g Principles of Human Organization: Non-Western Societies

ANTH 263g Exploring Culture Through Film

ANTH 273g Shamans, Spirits and Ancestors: Non-Western Religious Traditions

Category III: Scientific Inquiry

ASTR 100Lxg The Universe

BISC 120Lxg General Biology: Organismal Biology and Evolution

CHEM 105aLg General Chemistry

GEOL 107Lxg Oceanography

GEOL 108Lg Crises of a Planet

PHYS 151Lg Fundamentals of Physics I: Mechanics and Thermodynamics

Category IV: Science and Its Significance

ANTH 200Lg The Origins of Humanity

EXSC 205Lxg The Science of Human Performance

Category V: Arts and Letters

ARLT 100g Arts and Letters

ARLT 101g Studies in Arts and Letters

Category VI: Social Issues

GEOG 257g Environment and Ethics

IR 101xg International Relations

POSC 130g Law, Politics and Public Policy

POSC 265g Environmental Challenges

SOCI 142gm Diversity and Racial Conflict