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GE-F, Quantitative Reasoning

About Courses in GE-F

The Quantitative Reasoning category engages students in the analysis and manipulation of data and information related to quantifiable objects, symbolic elements, or logic in order to help them navigate the complexity and sophistication of the modern world. All Quantitative Reasoning courses, be they formal, abstract, or empirical, are designed to increase the capacity of students to evaluate chains of formal reasoning and to assess the validity of mathematical, logical, or statistical inferences. A course in this category aims to develop one or more of three sets of skills: formal reasoning (the use of formal logic or mathematics), abstract representation (the use or construction of symbolic or diagrammatic representations), and empirical analysis (the use of statistical inference).  The following courses have been approved to satisfy the GE-F, Quantitative Reasoning requirement.  This list also notes any additional GE requirements the course may satisfy.

updated: 4/29/2024

Architecture

  • ARCH 213ag, Building Structures and Seismic Design
    This course does not satisfy an additional GE requirement.
    This course is not for a general student audience.  It is part of the curriculum for Architecture majors.

    ARCH 213bg, Building Structures and Seismic Design
    This course does not satisfy an additional GE requirement.
    This course is not for a general student audience.  It is part of the curriculum for Architecture majors.

Business Administration

  • BUAD 310g, Applied Business Statistics
    This course does not satisfy an additional GE requirement.

    BUAD 312g, Statistics and Data Science for Business
    This course does not satisfy an additional GE requirement.

Communication

  • COMM 301Lg, Empirical Research in Communication
    This course does not satisfy any other GE requirement.

Computer Science

  • CSCIxg, Explorations in Computing
    This course does not satisfy an additional GE requirement.

Economics

  • ECON 203g, Principles of Microeconomics
    also satisfies the Dornsife Core Literacy requirement

    ECON 205g, Principles of Macroeconomics
    also satisfies the Dornsife Core Literacy requirement

Geological Sciences

  • GEOL 145g, Lies, Damn Lies and Statistics
    also satisfies the Dornsife Core Literacy requirement

    GEOL 157Lg, The Logic of Climate Change: From Data to Deeds
    also satisfies the Dornsife Core Literacy requirement

General Education Seminars

GE Seminars are limited to freshmen.

  • GESM 160g, Seminar in Quantitative Reasoning
    also satisfies the Dornsife Core Literacy requirement

    GESM 161g, Seminar in Quantitative Reasoning
    This course does not satisfy an additional GE requirement.

Health Promotion and Disease Prevention Studies

  • HP 340Lg, Health Behavior Statistical Methods
    This course does not satisfy an additional GE requirement

    HP 370g, Introduction to Epidemiology: Methods and Applications
    This course does not satisfy an additional GE requirement

History

  • HIST 393g, Quantitative Historical Analysis
    also satisfies the Dornsife Core Literacy requirement

International Relations

  • IR 211g, International Relations: Approaches to Research
    also satisfies the Dornsife Core Literacy requirement

Linguistics

  • LING 210g, Introduction to Linguistics
    also satisfies the Dornsife Core Literacy requirement

    LING 325g, Language and Number
    also satisfies the Dornsife Core Literacy requirement

    LING 385Lg, Human Language as Computation
    also satisfies the Dornsife Core Literacy requirement

Mathematics

  • MATH 108g, Contemporary Precalculus
    also satisfies the Dornsife Core Literacy requirement

    MATH 114xg, Foundations of Statistics
    also satisfies the Dornsife Core Literacy requirement

    MATH 117g, Introduction to Mathematics for Business and Economics
    also satisfies the Dornsife Core Literacy requirement

    MATH 118xg, Fundamental Principles of Calculus
    also satisfies the Dornsife Core Literacy requirement

    MATH 125g, Calculus I
    also satisfies the Dornsife Core Literacy requirement

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

Medical Sciences

  • MEDS 300g, Statistical Methods for Biomedical Research
    This course does not satisfy an additional GE requirement.

Philosophy

  • PHIL 220g, Introduction to Logic
    also satisfies the Dornsife Core Literacy requirement

    PHIL 222g, Logic and Language
    also satisfies the Dornsife Core Literacy requirement

    PHIL 252g, The Ways of Paradox
    also satisfies the Dornsife Core Literacy requirement

    PHIL 258g, Probability and Rational Choice
    also satisfies the Dornsife Core Literacy requirement

Psychiatry and Behavioral Science

  • PBHS 301g, Science and Practice of Building Resilience
    This course does not satisfy an additional GE requirement.
    effective Spring 2024

Psychology

  • PSYC 240xg, Scientific Inquiry and Reasoning in Health Care
    also satisfies the Dornsife Core Literacy requirement

    PSYC 274g, Statistics
    also satisfies the Dornsife Core Literacy requirement
    This course is not for a general student audience.  It is part of the curriculum for certain majors and pre-professional students.

Quantitative Biology

  • QBIO 305g, Statistics for the Biological Sciences
    also satisfies the Dornsife Core Literacy requirement

Sociology

  • SOCI 314Lg, Analyzing Social Statistics
    also satisfies the Dornsife Core Literacy requirement

Spatial Sciences

  • SSCI 135Lg, Maps in the Digital World
    also satisfies the Dornsife Core Literacy requirement