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About Approved Dornsife Core Literacy Courses

 

All students must complete at least two Core Literacy classes (in Categories GE-A through GE-F) at USC in Dornsife College of Letters, Arts and Sciences.  The courses listed on this page satisfy this requirement.  Also noted on this list are any additional GE requirements a course may satisfy.

updated: 9/18/2024

Art History

  • AHIS 100g, Introduction to Visual Culture
    also satisfies GE-B

    AHIS 120gp, Foundations of Western Art: Prehistoric to Renaissance
    also satisfies GE-A and GE-H

    AHIS 121gp, Foundations of Western Art: Renaissance to Contemporary
    also satisfies GE-A and GE-H

    AHIS 125gp, Arts of Asia I: Antiquity to 1300
    also satisfies GE-A and GE-H

    AHIS 126g, Arts of Asia II: 1300 to the Present
    also satisfies GE-A

    AHIS 127g, Arts of the Ancient Americas
    also satisfies GE-B

    AHIS 128gp, The Arts and Society in Latin America, Colonial to Contemporary
    also satisfies GE-A and GE-H

    AHIS 201g, Digging into the Past
    also satisfies GE-B

    AHIS 215g, Studies in Architecture and Urbanism
    also satisfies GE-A

    AHIS 220g, Medieval Visual Culture
    satisfies GE-A

    AHIS 240g, Introduction to American Art
    also satisfies GE-A

    AHIS 250mg, Art, Modernity and Difference
    satisfies GE-A

    AHIS 255g, Culture Wars:  Art and Social Conflict in the Modern World
    also satisfies GE-A

    AHIS 304mg, Art, Power and Identity in Renaissance Italy
    also satisfies GE-A

    AHIS 361g, British Modernism, 1780-1918
    Effective Fall 2024, AHIS 361 also satisfies GE-A.

    AHIS 366g, Picturing Democracy: American Art and Visual Culture, 1750-1900
    also satisfies GE-A

    AHIS 367g, Early American Modernism: American Art and Visual Culture
    also satisfies GE-A

    AHIS 370g, Modern Art III: 1940 to the Present
    also satisfies GE-A

    AHIS 373g, History and Theory of Photography
    also satisfies GE-A

    AHIS 381g, Visual Cultures of Asia
    also satisfies GE-B

American Studies and Ethnicity

  • AMST 101mgw, Race and Class in Los Angeles
    also satisfies GE-C and GE-G

    AMST 135mgw, Peoples and Cultures of the Americas
    also satisfies GE-C and GE-G

    AMST 140gw, Borderlands in a Global Context
    also satisfies GE-C and GE-G

    AMST 150gw, The American War in Viet Nam
    also satisfies GE-B and GE-G

    AMST 200mg, Introduction to American Studies and Ethnicity
    also satisfies GE-C

    AMST 201g, LGBTQ America
    also satisfies GE-B

    AMST 204g, Introduction to Native Studies
    also satisfies GE-C

    AMST 205g, Introduction to American Popular Culture
    also satisfies GE-B

    AMST 206mg, Politics and Culture of the 1960s
    also satisfies GE-B

    AMST 211g, Sex in America
    also satisfies GE-C

    AMST 215gw, Race and Mixed Race
    also satisfies GE-C and GE-G

    AMST 220mgw, The Making of Asian America
    also satisfies GE-C and GE-G

    AMST 230g, Introduction to African American Studies
    also satisfies GE-C

    AMST 250mgw, The African Diaspora
    also satisfies GE-C and GE-G

    AMST 252mgw, Black Social Movements in the U.S.
    also satisfies GE-C and GE-G

    AMST 285mg, African American Popular Culture
    also satisfies GE-C

    AMST 301gp, America, the Frontier, and the New West
    also satisfies GE-B and GE-H

    AMST 325g, The Middle East in Hollywood
    also satisfies GE-A

    AMST 331gw, The Black Atlantic: Narratives of Migration and Travel
    also satisfies GE-B and GE-G

Anthropology

  • ANTH 101g, Body, Mind and Healing: Introduction to Medical Anthropology
    also satisfies GE-C

    ANTH 140g, Mesoamerican Cosmovision and Culture
    also satisfies GE-C

    ANTH 201g, Introduction to Sociocultural Anthropology
    also satisfies GE-C

    ANTH 202g, Archaeology: Our Human Past
    also satisfies GE-C

    ANTH 203g, Global Media
    also satisfies GE-C

    ANTH 205g, Introduction to Global Studies and Cross-cultural Research
    also satisfies GE-C

    ANTH 220g, Anthropology of the Environment
    also satisfies GE-C
    effective Fall 2023

    ANTH 235g, The Changing Pacific:  History, Culture, Politics
    also satisfies GE-C

    ANTH 250g, Race and Sexual Politics in Southeast Asia
    also satisfies GE-C

    ANTH 263g, Exploring Culture Through Film
    also satisfies GE-C

    ANTH 273gw, Shamans, Spirits and Ancestors: Non-Western Religious Traditions
    Effective Fall 2023, ANTH 273 satisfies the requirement in GE-C and the requirement in GE-G as of Fall 2024.

    ANTH 301g, The Global Performance of Healing
    also satisfies GE-C

    ANTH 310g, Archaeology of the Americas
    also satisfies GE-C
    effective Fall 2024

    ANTH 314g, The Nature of Maya Civilization
    also satisfies GE-C

    ANTH 315gw, North American Indians
    also satisfies GE-C, GE-G

    ANTH 316mgp, North American Indians in American Public Life
    also satisfies GE-C, GE-H

    ANTH 324gw, Contemporary China: Cultural Politics and Social Realities
    also satisfies GE-C, GE-G

    ANTH 332g, Anthropology and Narrative Medicine
    also satisfies GE-C

    ANTH 333gm, Forms of Folklore
    also satisfies GE-C

    ANTH 338g, Food in Culture and Society
    also satisfies GE-C

    ANTH 344g, Social Memory
    also satisfies GE-C

    ANTH 357g, Cultures of Genocide, Cultures of Care
    also satisfies GE-C

    ANTH 371gm, Cross-Cultural Research on Urban Gangs
    also satisfies GE-C

    ANTH 377g, Archaeological Interpretation of Complex Societies
    also satisfies GE-C

Archaeology

  • ARCG 305Lg, Virtual and Digital Culture, Heritage and Archaeology
    also satisfies GE-B

Astronomy

  • ASTR 100Lxg, The Universe
    also satisfies GE-E

    ASTR 200Lg, Life in the Universe
    also satisfies GE-E

Biological Sciences

  • BISC 101Lxg, Cellular and Molecular Biology
    also satisfies GE-D

    BISC 102Lxg, Humans and Their Environment
    also satisfies GE-D

    BISC 103xg, General Biology for the Environment and Life
    also satisfies GE-D

    BISC 104Lxg, How the Body Works
    also satisfies GE-D

    BISC 110g, Good Genes, Bad Genes
    also satisfies GE-D

    BISC 112Lxg, Data, Denial or Doom?: Talking about Climate Change
    also satisfies GE-D

    BISC 115Lxg, The Biology of Food
    also satisfies GE-D

    BISC 120Lg, General Biology: Organismal Biology and Evolution
    also satisfies GE-D
    This course is not for a general student audience.  It is part of the curriculum for certain majors and pre-professional students.

    BISC 121Lg, Advanced General Biology: Organismal Biology and Evolution
    also satisfies GE-D
    This course is not for a general student audience.  It is part of the curriculum for certain majors and pre-professional students.

    BISC 140g, Our Blue Planet in a Changing Climate
    also satisfies GE-D

    BISC 150Lxg, The Nature of Human Health and Disease
    also satisfies GE-D

    BISC 180Lxg, Evolution
    also satisfies GE-D

    BISC 220Lg, General Biology: Cell Biology and Physiology
    also satisfies GE-D
    This course is not for a general student audience.  It is part of the curriculum for certain majors and pre-professional students.

    BISC 221Lg, Advanced General Biology: Cell Biology and Physiology
    also satisfies GE-D
    This course is not for a general student audience.  It is part of the curriculum for certain majors and pre-professional students.

    BISC 230Lg, The Biology of the Brain
    also satisfies GE-D

    BISC 305g, Statistics for the Biological Sciences
    also satisfies GE-F

    BISC 320Lg, Molecular Biology
    also satisfies GE-D
    This course is not for a general student audience.  It is part of the curriculum for certain majors and pre-professional students.

Chemistry

  • CHEM 103Lxg, General Chemistry for the Environment and Life
    also satisfies GE-E

    CHEM 105aLg, General Chemistry
    also satisfies GE-E
    This course is not for a general student audience.  It is part of the curriculum for certain majors and pre-professional students.

    CHEM 107Lg, General Chemistry for Chemistry Majors
    also satisfies GE-E
    This course is not for a general student audience.  It is part of the curriculum for certain majors and pre-professional students.

    CHEM 115aLg, Advanced General Chemistry
    also satisfies GE-E
    This course is not for a general student audience.  It is part of the curriculum for certain majors and pre-professional students.

    CHEM 204Lg, Pandemics Shaping Our World: Past, Present and Future
    also satisfies GE-D

    CHEM 205Lxg, Chemical Forensics: The Science, and Its Impact
    also satisfies GE-E

Classics

  • CLAS 150gp, The Greeks and their Legacies,
    also satisfies GE-B and GE-H

    CLAS 151gp, The Legacy of Rome
    also satisfies GE-B and GE-H

    CLAS 160gp, Ancient Lives
    also satisfies GE-B and GE-H

    CLAS 170gp, Classics of Music and Literature: from Ancient Greece through Contemporary L.A.
    also satisfies GE-A and GE-H

    CLAS 180g, Classic Mythology and the Mythic Imagination
    also satisfies GE-B

    CLAS 190g, History of Science:  Antiquity to the Scientific Revolution
    also satisfies GE-C

    CLAS 195gp, Nature and Environment in Ancient Mediterranean Culture
    also satisfies GE-B and GE-H
    (effective Fall 2023)

    CLAS 280gp, Classical Mythology in Art and Literature
    also satisfies GE-A and GE-H

    CLAS 320mgp, Diversity and the Classical Western Tradition
    also satisfies GE-B and GE-H

    CLAS 337gp, Ancient Drama
    satisfies GE-B and GE-H

    CLAS 348g, Athens in the Age of Democracy and Empire
    also satisfies GE-B

    CLAS 349gp, Ancient Empires
    also satisfies GE-C and GE-H

Comparative Literature

  • COLT 101gp, Masterpieces and Masterminds: Literature and Thought
    also satisfies GE-B and GE-H

    COLT 102g, On Location:  The Place of Literature in Global Cultures
    also satisfies GE-B

    COLT 250g, Cultures of Latin America
    also satisfies GE-B

    COLT 251g, Modern Literature and Thought of the West Since 1800
    also satisfies GE-B

    COLT 264gp, Asian Aesthetic and Literature Traditions
    also satisfies GE-B and GE-H

    COLT 360gp, Fictions of Africa
    also satisfies GE-B and GE-H

    COLT 374mg, Women Writers in Europe and America
    also satisfies GE-B

    COLT 382gw, Zen and Taoism in Asian Literature
    also satisfies GE-B and GE-G

East Asian Languages and Cultures

  • EALC 110gp, East Asian Humanities: The Great Tradition
    also satisfies GE-B and GE-H

    EALC 125g, Introduction to Contemporary East Asian Cinema and Culture
    also satisfies GE-B

    EALC 130gp, Introduction to East Asian Ethical Thought
    also satisfies GE-B and GE-H

    EALC 145g, Introduction to Chinese Culture, Art and Literature
    also satisfies GE-B

    EALC 150gw, Global Chinese Cinema and Cultural Studies
    also satisfies GE-B and GE-G

    EALC 255gw, Southeast Asian Literature and Film
    also satisfies GE-B and GE-G

    EALC 333g, Introduction to Korean Film
    Effective Fall 2024, EALC 333 satisfies the GE-A requirement.  This course will only satisfy the GE-B requirement if taken between Fall 2015 and Summer 2024.

    EALC 340gp, Japanese Civilization
    also satisfies GE-B and GE-H

    EALC 342gp, Japanese Literature and Culture
    also satisfies GE-B and GE-H

    EALC 344gp, Korean Culture from Ancient to Modern Times
    also satisfies GE-B and GE-H

    EALC 346g, Hallyu, the Korean Wave
    also satisfies GE-B

    EALC 350gp, Chinese Civilization
    also satisfies GE-B and GE-H

    EALC 352g, Chinese Literature and Culture
    also satisfies GE-B

    EALC 354g, Modern Chinese Literature in Translation
    also satisfies GE-B

    EALC 358g, Transnational Chinese Literature and Culture
    also satisfies GE-B

    EALC 360g, Performing Japan: Bodies, Media, and Textuality
    also satisfies GE-A

East Asian Studies

  • EASC 150gp, East Asian Societies
    also satisfies GE-C and GE-H

    EASC 160mgp, China and the World
    also satisfies GE-C and GE-H

Economics

  • ECON 203g, Principles of Microeconomics
    also satisfies GE-F

    ECON 205g, Principles of Macroeconomics
    also satisfies GE-F

English

  • ENGL 170g, The Monster and the Detective
    also satisfies GE-B

    ENGL 172g, The Art of Poetry
    also satisfies GE-B

    ENGL 174g, Reading the Heart:  Emotional Intelligence and the Humanities
    also satisfies GE-B

    ENGL 176g, Los Angeles: the City, the Novel, the Movie
    also satisfies GE-B

    ENGL 200g, Introduction to Colonialism/Postcolonialism
    also satisfies GE-B

    ENGL 230g, Shakespeare and His Times
    also satisfies GE-B

    ENGL 261g, English Literature to 1800
    also satisfies GE-B
    This course is not for a general student audience.  It is part of the curriculum for certain majors.  Registration in the course requires permission from the English department.

    ENGL 262g, English Literature since 1800
    also satisfies GE-B
    This course is not for a general student audience.  It is part of the curriculum for certain majors.  Registration in the course requires permission from the English department.

    ENGL 263g, American Literature
    also satisfies GE-B
    This course is not for a general student audience.  It is part of the curriculum for certain majors.  Registration in the course requires permission from the English department.

    ENGL 270g, Studying Narrative
    also satisfies GE-B

    ENGL 280g, Introduction to Narrative Medicine
    also satisfies GE-B

    ENGL 297g, Introduction to the Genre of Nonfiction
    also satisfies GE-B

    ENGL 298g, Introduction to the Genre of Fiction
    also satisfies GE-B

    ENGL 299g, Introduction to the Genre of Poetry
    also satisfies GE-B

    ENGL 325g, Premodern Wonders: Magic, Monsters and Marvels
    also satisfies GE-B

    ENGL 333g, Literature of Gandhi’s India
    also satisfies GE-B

    ENGL 342g, Women in English and American Literature after 1800
    also satisfies GE-B

    ENGL 344gm, Sexual/Textual Diversity
    satisfies GE-B

    ENGL 350g, Literature of California
    also satisfies GE-B

    ENGL 352g, Bookpacking
    satisfies GE-B

    ENGL 355g, Anglo-American Law and Literature: Conceptions of Tyranny
    also satisfies GE-B

    ENGL 361g, Contemporary Prose
    also satisfies GE-B

    ENGL 362g, Contemporary Poetry
    also satisfies GE-B

    ENGL 363g, Contemporary Drama
    also satisfies GE-B

    ENGL 371g, Literary Genres and Film
    also satisfies GE-B

    ENGL 373g, Literature and Society
    also satisfies GE-B

    ENGL 376g, Comics and Graphic Novels
    also satisfies GE-B

Environmental Studies

  • ENST 100g, Introduction to Environmental Studies
    also satisfies GE-C

    ENST 150xg, Environmental Issues in Society
    also satisfies GE-C

French

  • FREN 260gw, Global Women’s Narratives
    also satisfies GE-B and GE-G

    FREN 270gw, Black Europe
    also satisfies GE-B and GE-G

    FREN 307g, Public Memory and the Ghosts of History
    also satisfies GE-B

    FREN 320g, The French New Wave and its Legacy
    also satisfies GE-A

    FREN 347g, Race, Gender, and Power in Francophone Literature
    also satisfies GE-B

    FREN 370mg, Equality and Difference around the Enlightenment
    also satisfies GE-B

    FREN 372gp, Medicine, Health and the Body in Literature and Culture
    also satisfies GE-B and GE-H

    FREN 373g, Remembering Loss, Writing Memory
    also satisfies GE-B

    FREN 375mgw, Global Narratives of Illness and Disability
    also satisfies GE-B and GE-G

Gender and Sexuality Studies

  • SWMS 105g, Identity Development of the Contemporary Female
    also satisfies GE-C

    SWMS 106g, Identity Development of the Contemporary Male
    Effective Summer 2023, SWMS 106 is no longer offered.

    SWMS 210mgw, Social Analysis of Gender
    also satisfies GE-C and GE-G

    SWMS 212gp, Introduction to Gender and Sexuality: American Perspectives
    also satisfies GE-B and GE-H

    SWMS 215gw, Introduction to Gender and Sexuality: International Perspectives
    also satisfies GE-B and GE-G

    SWMS 219gp, Introduction to Feminist Theory
    also satisfies GE-B and GE-H

    SWMS 221g, Introduction to Queer Theory
    also satisfies GE-B

    SWMS 227gp, Death and Gender in Urban Contexts
    also satisfies GE-B and GE-H

General Education Seminars

GE Seminars are only available for freshmen.

  • GESM 110g, Seminar in the Arts
    also satisfies GE-A

    GESM 120g, Seminar in Humanistic Inquiry
    also satisfies GE-B

    GESM 130g, Seminar in Social Analysis
    also satisfies GE-C

    GESM 140g, Seminar in the Life Sciences
    also satisfies GE-D

    GESM 150Lg, Seminar in the Physical Sciences
    also satisfies GE-E

    GESM 160g, Seminar in Quantitative Reasoning
    also satisfies GE-F

Geological Sciences

  • GEOL 105Lg, Planet Earth
    also satisfies GE-E

    GEOL 107Lg, Oceanography
    also satisfies GE-E

    GEOL 108Lg, Crises of a Planet
    also satisfies GE-E

    GEOL 125Lg, Earth History: A Planet and Its Evolution
    also satisfies GE-E

    GEOL 126Lg, The History of Life on Earth: A View from the Museum
    also satisfies GE-D

    GEOL 130Lg, The Nature of Scientific Inquiry
    also satisfies GE-E

    GEOL 145g, Lies, Damn Lies, and Statistics
    also satisfies GE-F

    GEOL 150Lg, Climate Change
    also satisfies GE-E

    GEOL 157Lg, The Logic of Climate Change: From Data to Deeds
    also satisfies GE-F

    GEOL 160Lg, Introduction to Geosystems
    vsatisfies GE-E

    GEOL 165g, Metals and Life on Earth
    also satisfies GE-D

    GEOL 240Lg, Earthquakes
    also satisfies GE-E

    GEOL 241Lg, Energy Systems
    also satisfies GE-E

German

  • GERM 360g, Twentieth Century German Prose: Texts and Films
    also satisfies GE-B

    GERM 372g, Literature and Culture in Berlin in the 1920s
    also satisfies GE-B

    GERM 375, The German Exile Experience
    also satisfies GE-B

History

  • HIST 100mg, The American Experience
    also satisfies GE-B

    HIST 101gp, State and Society in the Ancient World
    also satisfies GE-C and GE-H

    HIST 102mg, The Worlds of Medieval Europe
    also satisfies GE-B

    HIST 103g, The Emergence of Modern Europe
    also satisfies GE-B

    HIST 104gp, Modern Europe
    also satisfies GE-B and GE-H

    HIST 105g, The Korean Past
    also satisfies GE-B

    HIST 106g, Chinese Lives: An Introduction to Chinese History
    also satisfies GE-B

    HIST 107gp, Introduction to the History of Japan
    also satisfies GE-B and GE-H

    HIST 108g, Histories of South Asia
    also satisfies GE-B

    HIST 109g, The Latin American Experience
    also satisfies GE-B

    HIST 110g, History of Early Africa
    also satisfies GE-C

    HIST 111g, African History Since 1880
    also satisfies GE-C

    HIST 185g, A Survey of Armenian History
    also satisfies GE-B

    HIST 210gw, How to Be An American: Global Histories of U.S. Citizenship
    also satisfies GE-B and GE-G

    HIST 211gp, Race in America
    also satisfies GE-C and GE-H

    HIST 220gp, Murder on Trial in America
    also satisfies GE-B and GE-H

    HIST 225g, Film, Power, and American History
    also satisfies GE-C

    HIST 235g, War and the American Experience
    also satisfies GE-B

    HIST 237gp, Fascism
    satisfies GE-C and GE-H

    HIST 240gp, History of California
    also GE-B and GE-H

    HIST 245mgp, How Sex Changed: US History, 1870-the Present
    also satisfies GE-B and GE-H

    HIST 250g, Climate Change: Science, History, and Solutions
    also satisfies GE-C

    HIST 251gp, History of Science, Technology and Medicine
    also satisfies GE-C and GE-H

    HIST 260g, Dramatizations of Korean History
    also satisfies GE-A

    HIST 265gw, Racism, Sexism, and the Law
    also satisfies GE-C and GE-G

    HIST 266gp, Business and East Asian Culture, 1800-Present
    also satisfies GE-C and GE-H

    HIST 268g, Kings, Courts, and Clerics: Foundations of East Asian Political Culture
    also satisfies GE-C

    HIST 271g, Telling Native American Stories
    also satisfies GE-B

    HIST 272g, Women and Gender in the Ancient and Spanish Americas
    also satisfies GE-B

    HIST 275g, The Worlds of the Silk Road
    also satisfies GE-B

    HIST 278gp, Ottomans and Empire: Anatolia, the Middle East, and the Mediterranean World
    also satisfies GE-B and GE-H

    HIST 393g, Quantitative Historical Analysis
    also satisfies GE-F

Human Biology

  • HBIO 200Lg, The Human Animal
    also satisfies GE-D

    HBIO 202g, Nutrition for Life
    also satisfies GE-D

    HBIO 205Lxg, The Science of Sport
    also satisfies GE-D

    HBIO 250g, The Pharmacology of Performance-Enhancing Drugs
    also satisfies GE-D

International Relations

  • IR 101xgw, International Relations
    also satisfies GE-C and GE-G

    IR 210gw, International Relations: Introductory Analysis
    also satisfies GE-C and GE-G
    This course is not for a general student audience.  It is part of the curriculum for certain majors. 

    IR 211g: International Relations: Approaches to Research
    also satisfies GE-F

Italian

  • ITAL 300g, Inventing Modern Italy
    also satisfies GE-B

    ITAL 340g, Italian and French Cinema and Society
    also satisfies GE-A

    ITAL 350g, Gender and Sexuality in Renaissance Italy
    also satisfies GE-B

    ITAL 360g, Italian Cinema
    also satisfies GE-A

    ITAL 382g, Dante
    also satisfies GE-B

Judaic Studies

  • JS 100gp, Jewish History
    also satisfies GE-B and GE-H

    JS 150gw, Jewish Histories of the Modern Middle East
    also satisfies GE-B and GE-G
    effective Fall 2024

    JS 170gp, Exploring the Hebrew Bible
    also satisfies GE-B and GE-H
    effective Spring 2024

    JS 180gp, Judaism
    also satisfies GE-C and GE-H

    JS 211gw, The Holocaust
    also satisfies GE-C and GE-G

    JS 258gp, Food, Faith and Conflict
    also satisfies GE-B and GE-H

    JS 314gp, Holy War And History: Jews, Christians, Muslims
    also satisfies GE-B and GE-H

    JS 315g, Anti-Semitism, Racism and Other Hatreds
    also satisfies GE-B

    JS 328gw, Blacks and Jews: Conflicts and Alliances
    also satisfies GE-C and GE-G

    JS 370gp, Digs and Dispute: Religion and Archaeology in Israel
    also satisfies GE-B and GE-H

    JS 379gm, Mixing and Matching: Intermarriage in 21st Century
    also satisfies GE-C

    JS 382g, Judaism as an American Religion
    also satisfies GE-C

Linguistics

  • LING 110g, In a Word
    also satisfies GE-D

    LING 115gw, Language and Society
    also satisfies GE-C and GE-G

    LING 210g, Introduction to Linguistics
    also satisfies GE-F

    LING 275Lg, Language and Mind
    also satisfies GE-D

    LING 285Lg, Human Language and Technology
    also satisfies GE-E

    LING 322g, Language Contact and Language Acquisition
    also satisfies GE-B

    LING 325g, Language and Number
    also satisfies GE-F

    LING 385Lg, Human Language as Computation
    also satisfies GE-F

Mathematics

  • MATH 108g, Contemporary Precalculus
    also satisfies GE-F

    MATH 114xg, Foundations of Statistics
    also satisfies GE-F

    MATH 117g, Introduction to Mathematics for Business and Economics
    also satisfies GE-F

    MATH 118xg, Fundamental Principles in Calculus
    also satisfies GE-F

    MATH 125g, Calculus I
    also satisfies GE-F

    MATH 126g, Calculus II
    also satisfies GE-F
    This course is not for a general student audience.  It is part of the curriculum for certain majors and pre-professional students.

    MATH 226g, Calculus III
    also satisfies GE-F
    This course is not for a general student audience.  It is part of the curriculum for certain majors and pre-professional students.

Middle East Studies

  • MDES 213gp, Iran: From Antiquity to Modernity
    also satisfies GE-C and GE-H

    MDES 301g, The Global Middle East
    also satisfies GE-C

    MDES 320g, Arabic Literature: Classical to Contemporary
    also satisfies GE-B
    effective Spring 2024

    MDES 325g, Politics of Film and Literature in Modern Iran
    also satisfies GE-B

    MDES 340g, The United States and the Middle East
    also satisfies GE-C
    effective Spring 2024

    MDES 342g, Arab Intellectuals in Question
    also satisfies GE-C

    MDES 343g, Modern Arab Culture and Literature
    also satisfies GE-B

    MDES 355g, Arab-Israeli Conflict
    also satisfies GE-C

Philosophy

  • PHIL 100g, Central Problems of Philosophy
    also satisfies GE-B

    PHIL 101g, Free People, Free Thought and Free Markets
    also satisfies GE-B

    PHIL 102gp, Historical Introduction of Philosophy
    also satisfies GE-B and GE-H

    PHIL 103g, Philosophy, Politics, and Economics in Europe, from Renaissance to Enlightenment
    also satisfies GE-B

    PHIL 104g, Ancient Foundation of Western Thought
    also satisfies GE-B

    PHIL 110g, Modern Foundations of Western Thought
    also satisfies GE-B

    PHIL 120g, Introduction to Formal Logic
    also satisfies GE-F

    PHIL 130g, The Physical World and Our Place In It
    also satisfies GE-B

    PHIL 138g, Introduction to the Philosophy of Religion
    also satisfies GE-B

    PHIL 141gp, The Professions and the Public Interest in American Life
    also satisfies GE-B and GE-H

    PHIL 166gw, Current Moral and Social Issues
    also satisfies GE-B and GE-G

    PHIL 168g, The Meaning of Life
    also satisfies GE-B

    PHIL 172mgw, Social Ethics for Earthlings and Others
    also satisfies GE-B and GE-G

    PHIL 174gw, Freedom, Equality, and Social Justice
    also satisfies GE-B and GE-G

    PHIL 178gw, Moral Dilemmas in the Legal Domain
    also satisfies GE-B and GE-G

    PHIL 220g, Introduction to Logic
    also satisfies GE-F

    PHIL 222g, Logic and Language
    also satisfies GE-F

    PHIL 236g, Issues in Space and Time
    also satisfies GE-B

    PHIL 240g, Mind, Self, and Consciousness
    also satisfies GE-B

    PHIL 246Lg, Foundations of Cognitive Science
    also satisfies GE-D

    PHIL 252g, The Ways of Paradox
    also satisfies GE-F

    PHIL 254gp, Science, Knowledge and Objectivity
    also satisfies GE-B and GE-H

    PHIL 255gp, Existentialism in Philosophy, Literature and Film
    also satisfies GE-B and GE-H

    PHIL 256g, Science, Religion, and the Making of the Modern Mind
    also satisfies GE-B

    PHIL 258g, Probability and Rational Choice
    also satisfies GE-F

    PHIL 260gw, Ethical Theory and Practice
    also satisfies GE-B and GE-G

    PHIL 265g, Ethics, Technology and Value
    also satisfies GE-B

    PHIL 270g, Conceptual Foundations of Conflict
    also satisfies GE-B

    PHIL 284gp, Ideas on Trial
    also satisfies GE-B and GE-H

    PHIL 288gp, Love and Its Representations in Western Literature, Film, and Philosophy
    also satisfies GE-B and GE-H

Physics

  • PHYS 100Lxg, The Physical World
    also satisfies GE-E

    PHYS 110Lxg, Physical Science and the Universe
    also satisfies GE-E

    PHYS 111xg, Representations of Physics and Astronomy in the Arts
    also satisfies GE-A

    PHYS 125Lg, Physics for Architects
    also satisfies GE-E
    This course is not for a general student audience.  It is part of the curriculum for certain majors and pre-professional students.

    PHYS 135aLg, Physics for the Life Sciences
    also satisfies GE-E
    This course is not for a general student audience.  It is part of the curriculum for certain majors and pre-professional students.

    PHYS 151Lg, Fundamentals of Physics I: Mechanics and Thermodynamics
    also satisfies GE-E
    This course is not for a general student audience.  It is part of the curriculum for certain majors and pre-professional students.

    PHYS 161Lg, Advanced Principles of Physics I
    also satisfies GE-E
    This course is not for a general student audience.  It is part of the curriculum for certain majors and pre-professional students.

    PHYS 171Lg, Applied Physics I: Mechanics
    also satisfies GE-E

    PHYS 200Lxg, The Physics and Technology of Energy
    also satisfies GE-E

Portuguese

  • PORT 250g, Visions of Brazil
    also satisfies GE-B

Political Science

  • POSC 100g, Theory and Practice of American Democracy
    also satisfies GE-C

    POSC 110g, Ideology and Political Conflict
    also satisfies GE-C

    POSC 130g, Law, Politics and Public Policy
    also satisfies GE-C

    POSC 220g, Critical Issues in American Politics: Presidential Elections
    also satisfies GE-C

    POSC 248gw, Human Rights
    also satisfies GE-C and GE-G

    POSC 265gw, Environmental Challenges
    also satisfies GE-C and GE-G

Psychology

  • PSYC 100Lg, Introduction to Psychology
    also satisfies GE-D
    This course is not for a general student audience.  It is part of the curriculum for certain majors and pre-professional students.

    PSYC 165Lg, Drugs, Behavior, and Society
    also satisfies GE-D

    PSYC 215Lg, Music, Mind and the Brain
    also satisfies GE-D

    PSYC 240xg, Scientific Inquiry and Reasoning in Health Care
    also satisfies GE-F

    PSYC 274Lg, Statistics
    also satisfies GE-F
    This course is not for a general student audience.  It is part of the curriculum for certain majors and pre-professional students.

    PSYC 339Lg, Origins of the Mind
    also satisfies GE-D

    PSYC 353g, Close Relationships
    also satisfies GE-C

    PSYC 367g, Stress, Health, and the Mind-Body Connection
    also satisfies GE-C

Quantitative Biology

  • QBIO 110g, Drug Discovery: From Genes to Medicines
    also satisfies GE-D

    QBIO 305g, Statistics for Biological Sciences
    also satisfies GE-F

Religion

  • REL 111g, The World of the Hebrew Bible
    satisfies GE-B

    REL 112g, Religions of Ancient Egypt and the Near East
    satisfies GE-B

    REL 114g, The Mediterranean: A Religious History
    satisfies GE-B

    REL 115g, Jerusalem, City of Three Faiths
    satisfies GE-B

    REL 116g, Jews in the Middle East
    also satisfies GE-B

    REL 121g, The World of the New Testament
    also satisfies GE-B

    REL 125gp, Introduction to Christianity: Antiquity to 1500
    also satisfies GE-B and GE-H

    REL 132g, Origins of Western Religions
    also satisfies GE-B

    REL 134g, Introduction to Buddhism
    also satisfies GE-B

    REL 135g, Chinese Religions and Culture
    also satisfies GE-B

    REL 136g, Sense and Sensuality in Indian Religions and Culture
    also satisfies GE-B

    REL 137g, Introduction to Islam
    also satisfies GE-B

    REL 138g, Japanese Religions and Culture
    also satisfies GE-B

    REL 141g, Global Religions in Los Angeles
    also satisfies GE-B

    REL 147g, Religion, Media and Popular Culture
    also satisfies GE-B

    REL 303g, Exploring Ancient Ways of Living: Experimental Archaeology
    also satisfies GE-C

    REL 311g, The Bible in Western Literature
    also satisfies GE-B

    REL 317g, The Bible in Its Ancient Context
    also satisfies GE-B

    REL 324g, Sex and the Bible: Gender, Sexuality, and Scripture
    also satisfies GE-B

    REL 325g, Religious Experience in the Greco-Roman World
    also satisfies GE-B

    REL 326gp, The Historical Jesus
    also satisfies GE-B and GE-H

    REL 327g, Heretics, Martyrs, and Miracles
    also satisfies GE-B

    REL 334g, Religion and Colonial Encounter
    also satisfies GE-B

    REL 342g, Buddhist Modernism
    also satisfies GE-B

    REL 359g, Culture in Diaspora: The Jews of Spain
    also satisfies GE-B

    REL 363g, Black Religion in America
    also satisfies GE-B

    REL 376g, Religion and Human Rights
    also satisfies GE-C

Slavic Languages and Literatures

  • SLL 110g, Russia in the Modern Era
    also satisfies GE-B

    SLL 302g, Modern Russian Literature
    also satisfies GE-B

    SLL 310gw, The Eastern European Jewish Experience: Literature and Film
    also satisfies GE-B and GE-G
    effective Fall 2024

    SLL 330gp, Russian Thought and Civilization
    also satisfies GE-B and GE-H

    SLL 344g, Tolstoy: Writer and Moralist
    also satisfies GE-B

    SLL 345g, Literature and Philosophy: Dostoevsky
    also satisfies GE-B

    SLL 348g, The Novels of Vladimir Nabokov
    also satisfies GE-B

Sociology

  • SOCI 100mg, Los Angeles and the American Dream
    also satisfies GE-C

    SOCI 142mg, Diversity and Racial Conflict
    also satisfies GE-C

    SOCI 150mg, Social Problems
    also satisfies GE-C

    SOCI 155mg, Immigrant America
    also satisfies GE-C

    SOCI 169mg, Changing Family Forms
    also satisfies GE-C

    SOCI 200mg, Introduction to Sociology
    also satisfies GE-C

    SOCI 210g, Science, Technology, and Social Conflict
    also satisfies GE-C

    SOCI 215g, Sociology of Wall Street
    also also satisfies GE-C

    SOCI 220mg, Questions of Intimacy
    also satisfies GE-C

    SOCI 225gw, Sociology of Health and the Body
    also satisfies GE-C and GE-G

    SOCI 235g, Migration, Law and Society
    also satisfies GE-C

    SOCI 242g, Sociology, Demography, and Health
    also satisfies GE-C

    SOCI 250mgw, Grassroots Participation in Global Perspective
    also satisfies GE-C and GE-G

    SOCI 255g, Sociology of Globalization
    also satisfies GE-C

    SOCI 270g, Sociological Theory
    also satisfies GE-C

    SOCI 314Lg, Analyzing Social Statistics
    also satisfies GE-F

Spanish

  • SPAN 290gp, Introduction to Latin American and Iberian Studies
    also satisfies GE-B and GE-H

    SPAN 295g, Gender and Sexuality in Latin American and Spanish Cinema
    also satisfies GE-B
    (effective Spring 2024)

    SPAN 380g, Literature of Mexico
    also satisfies GE-B
    This course is not for a general student audience.  It is part of the curriculum for certain majors.

     

Spatial Sciences

  • SSCI 135Lg, Maps in the Digital World
    also satisfies GE-F

    SSCI 165Lgw, Sustainability Science in the City
    also satisfies GE-C and GE-G

    SSCI 175gw, Food, Health and Place
    also satisfies GE-C and GE-G

    SSCI 214g, Human Populations and Natural Hazards
    also satisfies GE-C

    SSCI 265Lg, The Water Planet
    also satisfies GE-E