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2024-2025 University Catalog 
    
2024-2025 University Catalog

College of Science Core: General Education

Location(s): West Lafayette


Curricular Outcome: Demonstrated breadth of knowledge and cultural appreciation. College of Science students will gain insights in the Humanities, Social Sciences, and/or Management to deepen their awareness of other disciplines of thought which complements and informs their scientific understanding of the world. The General Education requirement is met through completion of three courses (9 credits total) that have been approved to meet requirement. Students are encouraged to speak with their academic advisors about course options that expand their perspective and further develop analytical and critical thinking skills.

Curricular Notices


  • Students may use only ONE course (3 credits) from the following subjects: AGEC, MGMT, OBHR, ECON, or ENTR to meet their general education requirement.
  • Approved courses may be used in any combination to satisfy the General Education requirement. Note: Presence of a course on the list does not guarantee thatthe course will be available during all terms.
  • Some courses on the General Education approved course list share the same course subject and number, however, they have different variable titles. Only those titles listed are approved. Consult with your advisor if you have a question about the suitability of a course.
  • Courses which have been taken to meet the General Education requirement may not also be used to meet a student’s Culture/Diversity (Language and Culture) or Great Issues requirement.
  • College of Science students are invited to nominate courses for the general education requirement. Please submit course suggestions to your academic advisor.

*Fall, 2013 students and forward only.

African American Studies (AAS)


Approved Courses by Subject


Agricultural Economics (AGEC)


American Studies (AMST)


  • Credits: 3.00
  • Credits: 3.00 African American Pop Culture, American Social Movements - Honors,Asian American Pop Culture, Automobiles inAmerica, Fan Users and Games, Global Habitats, Community Development & Sustainability, Electronic Music & Pop Culture, Fashion & Technology, Interpreting America, Intro Asian American Studies, Intro to American Studies: Arab-American Literature, Global habitats, Community Development &Sustainability, Asian American Pop Culture, Interpreting America: Arab-American Lit (select options may satisfy HUM for core)
  • Credits: 3.00 1960’s America, African-American Protest Lit, American Beauty, American Representations of the Middle Eastand North Africa, American Studies/Global Studies, American Virgin, Arabic Lit in Translation, Beat Generation and American Culture, Civil WarMemory, Contemporary Issues in Asian American Studies, Cultures of Beauty, Democracy and Education, Diversity in American Univeristy, Food inModern America, Gender & Revolution in Modern America, Gender, Media & Pop Culture, Gender, Science & Technology,Glb Hlth Sustainblty & ComDev, Intro Asian American Studies, Living History, Muslims in America, New Media Culture, Race, Religion, and Popular Culture in America, Sex, Race,and Science, Sport/Gender, Technology, Culture & Society, The Color Line, The Other Great Depression - Honors, Virtual Reality, Women and Health inAmerica, Zora Neale Hurston, Understanding the NFL, Social Issues Immigration, Spanish American Literature in Translation, Theories of Global Studies,Electr Music & Pop Cult, New Media,Data Viz For Societal Problems,The 1960’s Rock to Revolution, North African Lit & Culture, AsAm Popular Culture,Global Hist Theory & Practice, Afro-Asia Pol & Cul Alli, Perspectives on America, Post Soul Black Lit Post 1960, Sports & PopularFeminisms, Sports & Popular Feminisms, Contmp Issue ASAM: Disney
  • Credits: 3.00
  • Credits: 3.00
  • Credits: 3.00

Anthropology (ANTH)


Asian American Studies (ASAM)


Agricultural Sciences, Education, & Communication (ASEC)


Chinese (CHNS)


Comparative Literature (CMPL)


English (ENGL)


French (FR)


Food Science (FS)


Film and Video Studies (FVS)


  • Credits: 1.00 to 4.00 Films of Martin Scorcese, Jewish Cinema, Mafia and The Movies, Terrorism & The Movies, Cinematic Shakespeare, Feminist Prsp on Film & Camera, Post-Soviet Russian Cinema, Spirit of Ital Comedy

German (GER)


Global Studies Liberal Arts (GSLA)


Human Development and Family Sciences (HDFS)


History (HIST)


Honors (HONR)


Interdisciplinary Studies (IDIS)


  • Credits: 1.00 to 4.00 Arab Women Writers, Arabic Culture, British Literature, Cultural Encounters, Cultural Orphans in Latin America, Evolutn of Bible Revol Effcts, Gender & Medieval Religion, Ghosts in Global Culture, Intro to Islamic Civ & Cul, Jewish Cinema, Milton, Muslim Women in History, Muslims in America, Myth, Legend, & Folklore, Myths & Legends: Elves to Elvis, Race & Religion in the US, Religion & Violence, The Icelandic Saga, Two Koreas: Pol Econ Rivalry, Women Writers in Translat, Intro to Global Urban Envrnmnt, German Literature in Translation
  • Credits: 3.00 Seventeenth Century Lit, The Continental Novel, Bible & Early Inerpret

Information & Library Science (ILS)


Japanese (JPNS)


Jewish Studies (JWST)


Korean (KOR)


Latina & Latino Studies (LALS)


Languages and Cultures (LC)


Medieval & Renaissance Studies (MARS)


Music History & Theory (MUS)


Organizational Behavior & Human Resources (OBHR)


Philosophy (PHIL)


Pharmacy Practice (PHPR)


Political Science (POL)


Psychological Sciences (PSY)


Portuguese (PTGS)


Russian (RUSS)


Sociology (SOC)


Spanish (SPAN)


Women, Gender, & Sexuality Studies (WGSS)