General Education Courses for Majors

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In addition to the approved lower and upper-division courses listed in the Catalog, the following courses also satisfy general education requirements. However, enrollment is typically restricted to students in specific majors. Students get appropriate GE credit for passing these courses even if they change out of the majors indicated below.

Please refer to all requirements for your major to confirm the GE courses that are recommended for or required for students in your major and catalog term. There may be other courses not listed here, especially if they need to be taken in addition to other major courses in order to fully satisfy GE areas.

Look up course lists: GE A3, GE B1, GE B2, GE B3, GE B4, GE C2, GE D, GE UD B, GE UD C, GE UD D

General Education Lower Division Courses

Block A3 - Critical Thinking and Composition

Multiple courses within the following majors combine to satisfy this area thus these courses will not be listed individually. GE A3 credit is not available for satisfying any single course in the major. The area will appear as ‘waived’ while students are in these majors but will need to be satisfied if they change to a different major.
Majors: Civil Engineering, Computer Science, Electrical Engineering, Mechanical Engineering.

Block B1 - Physical Science

CHEM 1010 - Fundamentals of Chemistry (4)
Majors: Nutritional Science, Nursing
CHEM 1040 - General Chemistry for Engineers (4)
Majors: Civil Engineering
CHEM 1100 - General Chemistry I (5)
Majors: Biology, Geography, Geology, Microbiology, Natural Science, Physics
GEOL 2520 - Historical Geology (4)
Majors: Natural Science
PHYS 1100 - Physics for the Life Sciences I (4)
Majors: Biology, Exercise Science, Microbiology, Natural Science
PHYS 1200 - Physics for the Life Sciences II (4)
Majors: Natural Science
PHYS 2100 - General Physics I: Mechanics (5)
Majors: Biochemistry, Chemistry, Mathematics, Natural Science, Physics, Computer Science, Electrical Engineering, Mechanical Engineering
PHYS 2200 - General Physics II: Electromagnetism and Circuits (5)
Majors: Natural Science

Block B2 - Biological Science

BIOL 1030 - Life Science (4)
Majors: Urban Learning and Integrated Teaching Options in Child Development, Liberal Studies, Chicana(o) and Latina(o) Studies
BIOL 1100 - Cellular Basis of Life (5)
Majors: Biochemistry, Biology, Mathematics, Microbiology, Natural Science, Physics
BIOL 1200 - Diversity of Life (5)
Majors: Natural Science
BIOL 2020 - Human Anatomy and Physiology II (4)
Majors: Nursing

Block B3 - Interdisciplinary Physical/Biological Science

CE 3840 - Environmental Engineering II (2)
Majors: Civil Engineering
CHEM 1040 - General Chemistry for Engineers (4) and
EE 3810 - Sensors, Data Acquisition, and Instrumentation with Applications in Biomedical Engineering (3)
Majors: Electrical Engineering
CHEM 1040 General Chemistry for Engineers (4) and
ME 3040 - Experimental Methods for Engineers (3)
Majors: Mechanical Engineering

B4 Mathematics and Quantitative Reasoning

ECON 2090 - Applied Business and Economic Statistics I (3)
Majors: Economics
MATH 1150 - Elements of Algebra and Statistics for Elementary and Middle School Teachers (3)
Majors: Urban Learning and Integrated Teaching Options in Child Development, Liberal Studies, Chicana(o) and Latina(o) Studies
MATH 2040 - Applied Calculus I (3)
Majors: Biology, Microbiology
MATH 2045 - Calculus for the Life Sciences (5)
Intended for life science majors.
MATH 2110 - Calculus I (4)
Majors: Biochemistry, Chemistry, Geography, Geology, Mathematics, Natural Science, Physics, Civil Engineering, Computer Science, Electrical Engineering, Mechanical Engineering

Block C2 - Humanities

CS 3801 - Societal and Ethical Issues in Computing (3)
Majors: Computer Science
ENGR 3010 - Ethics and Professionalism in Engineering (3)
Majors: Electrical Engineering, Mechanical Engineering

Block D - Social Sciences

CE 3000 - Economics for Engineers (also listed as EE 3000, ME 3000) (3)
Majors: Civil Engineering, Electrical Engineering, Mechanical Engineering
ECON 2010 - Principles of Economics I: Microeconomics (3)
Business Administration, Option in Computer Information Systems
ECON 2020 - Principles of Economics II: Macroeconomics (3)
Business Administration, Option in Computer Information Systems
EE 3000 - Economics for Engineers (also listed as CE 3000, ME 3000) (3)
Majors: Civil Engineering, Electrical Engineering, Mechanical Engineering
ME 3000 - Economics for Engineers (also listed as CE 3000, EE 3000) (3)
Majors: Civil Engineering, Electrical Engineering, Mechanical Engineering

General Education Upper Division Courses

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