{"id":258,"date":"2023-01-24T21:52:31","date_gmt":"2023-01-24T21:52:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dornsife.usc.edu\/ge\/?page_id=258"},"modified":"2026-02-25T11:47:34","modified_gmt":"2026-02-25T19:47:34","slug":"courses","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/dornsife.usc.edu\/ge\/courses\/","title":{"rendered":"Approved GE Courses"},"content":{"rendered":"  \n    \n\n\n\n\n\n\n<div\n  class=\"cc--component-container cc--intro-text align-center\"\n\n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  >\n  <div class=\"c--component c--intro-text\"\n    \n      >\n\n    \n  \n          \n<div class=\"f--field f--description\">\n\n    \n  <p>The following links contain a comprehensive list of approved General Education courses, including applicable references to courses that satisfy multiple GE requirements.\u00a0 These lists are updated frequently.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<\/div>\n  \n\n  <\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n                \n  \n    \n\n\n\n\n\n\n<div\n  class=\"cc--component-container cc--cta-cards-collection \"\n\n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  >\n  <div class=\"c--component c--cta-cards-collection\"\n    \n      >\n\n    \n      <div class=\"header-container\">\n                  \n<div class=\"f--field f--section-title\">\n\n    \n  <h2>\n          Core Literacies\n      <\/h2>\n\n\n<\/div>\n      \n                  \n<div class=\"f--field f--description\">\n\n    \n  <p>There are six Core Literacy categories, in which eight courses are required. All students must complete one course in each of the Arts, Life Sciences, Physical Sciences, and Quantitative Reasoning, and two courses in each of Humanistic Inquiry and Social Analysis.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<\/div>\n      \n      \n    <\/div>\n  \n      <div class=\"cards-container\">\n      \n        <div class=\"card\">\n\n                            <a href=\"https:\/\/dornsife.usc.edu\/ge\/courses\/gea\/\" >\n            \n                                    <h3>GE-A, The Arts<\/h3>\n                \n                                    <span class=\"card-description\">one course is required<\/span>\n                \n                            <\/a>\n                    <\/div>\n      \n        <div class=\"card\">\n\n                            <a href=\"https:\/\/dornsife.usc.edu\/ge\/courses\/geb\/\" >\n            \n                                    <h3>GE-B, Humanistic Inquiry<\/h3>\n                \n                                    <span class=\"card-description\">two courses are required<\/span>\n                \n                            <\/a>\n                    <\/div>\n      \n        <div class=\"card\">\n\n                            <a href=\"https:\/\/dornsife.usc.edu\/ge\/courses\/gec\/\" >\n            \n                                    <h3>GE-C, Social Analysis<\/h3>\n                \n                                    <span class=\"card-description\">two courses are required<\/span>\n                \n                            <\/a>\n                    <\/div>\n      \n        <div class=\"card\">\n\n                            <a href=\"https:\/\/dornsife.usc.edu\/ge\/courses\/ged\/\" >\n            \n                                    <h3>GE-D, Life Sciences<\/h3>\n                \n                                    <span class=\"card-description\">one course is required<\/span>\n                \n                            <\/a>\n                    <\/div>\n      \n        <div class=\"card\">\n\n                            <a href=\"https:\/\/dornsife.usc.edu\/ge\/courses\/gee\/\" >\n            \n                                    <h3>GE-E, Physical Sciences<\/h3>\n                \n                                    <span class=\"card-description\">one course is required<\/span>\n                \n                            <\/a>\n                    <\/div>\n      \n        <div class=\"card\">\n\n                            <a href=\"https:\/\/dornsife.usc.edu\/ge\/courses\/gef\/\" >\n            \n                                    <h3>GE-F, Quantitative Reasoning<\/h3>\n                \n                                    <span class=\"card-description\">one course is required<\/span>\n                \n                            <\/a>\n                    <\/div>\n      \n        <div class=\"card\">\n\n                            <a href=\"https:\/\/dornsife.usc.edu\/ge\/gesm\/\" >\n            \n                                    <h3>General Education Seminars<\/h3>\n                \n                                    <span class=\"card-description\">one course is required for freshmen only<\/span>\n                \n                            <\/a>\n                    <\/div>\n      \n        <div class=\"card\">\n\n                            <a href=\"https:\/\/dornsife.usc.edu\/ge\/courses\/dcl\/\" >\n            \n                                    <h3>Dornsife Core Literacy<\/h3>\n                \n                                    <span class=\"card-description\">two courses are required for transfers and spring admits only<\/span>\n                \n                            <\/a>\n                    <\/div>\n          <\/div>\n  \n\n  <\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n    \n  \n    \n\n\n\n\n\n\n<div\n  class=\"cc--component-container cc--cta-cards-collection \"\n\n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  >\n  <div class=\"c--component c--cta-cards-collection\"\n    \n      >\n\n    \n      <div class=\"header-container\">\n                  \n<div class=\"f--field 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