UConn General Education Requirements

College of Liberal Arts and Sciences 2009 General Education Requirements

PLEASE NOTE

THIS IS A REPRESENTATIVE (NOT COMPREHENSIVE) LISTING OF COURSES AVAILABLE ACROSS THE CONNECTICUT COMMUNITY COLLEGE SYSTEM THAT WILL MEET REQUIREMENTS AS SHOWN

COMPETENCIES

Language

Required: Third year high school-level course in a single foreign language or college-level foreign language through the intermediate level.

Expository Writing

Required:
a. ENGL 110 or ENGL 111
b. Three “W” courses (to be completed once enrolled at UConn)

Community College	Title	UCONN	Credits
ENG*101 & 102	Comp & Lit & Comp	ENGL 1010	6
ENG*101 & 103	Comp & Comp II	ENGL 1010	6
ENG*101 & 110	Comp & Intro to Lit	ENGL 1010	6

Quantitative Reasoning

Required: Three “Q” courses, at least one of which is Mathematics or Statistics

Community College	Title	UCONN	Credits
MAT* 141	Number Systems	MATH Q	3
MAT* 142	Math for Nat Sci	MATH Q	3
MAT* 146	Math for Lib Arts	MATH 1030Q	3
MAT* 152	Finite Math	MATH Q	3
MAT* 158	Funct, Graphs, Matr	MATH 1070Q	3
MAT* 165	Elem Stat w/Comp	STAT 1000QC	4
MAT* 167	Princ of Statistics	STAT Q	3
MAT* 168	Elem Stat & Prob	STAT Q	4
MAT* 172	College Algebra	MATH Q	3
MAT* 173	College Alg w/ Tech	MATH Q	3
MAT* 175	College Alg & Trig	MATH Q	3
MAT* 186	Precalculus	MATH 1060Q	4
MAT* 187	Precalculus Math	MATH 1060Q	3
MAT* 230	App Calculus w/Mod	MATH 1071Q	3
MAT* 232	Applied Calculus	MATH 1110Q	3
MAT* 250	Calculus I w/ Lab	MATH 1131Q	5
MAT* 254	Calculus I	MATH 1131Q	4
MAT* 256	Calculus II	MATH 1132Q	4
MAT* 268	Calculus III	MATH 2110Q	4
CHE* 121	General Chem I	CHEM 1127Q	4
CHE* 122	General Chem II	CHEM 1128Q	4
PHY* 110	Introductory Physics	PHYS 1010Q	4
PHY* 121	General Physics I	PHYS 1201Q	4
PHY* 122	General Physics II	PHYS 1202Q	4

II) CONTENT AREAS

Arts & Humanities - Content Area One

(BA degree requires five courses, at least one from each of areas A-D. BS degree requires four courses, one from each of areas A-D. No two courses may be from the same academic discipline.)

A) Arts:

Community College	Title	UCONN	Credits
ART* 100	Art Appreciation	ART 1000	3
ART* 101	Rrt History I	ARTH 1137	3
ART* 102	Art History II	ARTH 1138	3
THR* 101	Intro to Theatre	DRAM 1101	3
COM* 154	Film Study & Apprec	DRAM 1110	3
MUS* 101	Music Hist & Apprec	MUSI 1001	3
ARC* 102	Architecture of World	ARTH 1162	3

B) Literature:

Community College	Title	UCONN	Credits
ENG* 114	Children’s Literature	ENGL/Lit	3
ENG* 211	Short Story	ENGL/Lit	3
ENG* 213	Poetry	ENGL/Lit	3
ENG* 221, 222	American Lit I & II	ENGL/Lit	3
ENG* 231, 232	British Lit I & II	ENGL/Lit	3
ENG* 233	Shakespeare	ENGL/Lit	3
ENG* 241, 242	World Lit I & II	ENGL/Lit	3
ENG* 245	Early European Lit	ENGL 1101	3
ENG* 246	Modern European Lit	ENGL 1103	3
ENG* 247	Latin American Lit	ENGL/Lit	3
ENG* 251	African American Lit	ENGL/Lit	3
ENG* 253	Hispanic American Lit	ENGL/Lit	3
ENG* 262	Women in Literature	ENGL/Lit	3

C) History:

Community College	Title	UCONN	Credits
HIS* 1O1	Western Civ I	HIST 1300	3
HIS* 102	Western Civ II	HIST 1400	3
HIS* 201	U.S. History I	HIST 1501	3
HIS* 202	U.S. History II	HIST 1502	3
HIS* 121	World Civ I	HIST/World	3
HIS* 122	World Civ II	HIST/World	3
HIS* 123	Contemp Issues	HIST/World	3
HIS* 215	History of Women	HIST 1203	3
HIS* 218	African-Amer History	HIST/U.S.	3

D) Philosophical/Ethical Analysis

Community College	Title	UCONN	Credits
PHL* 101	Intro Philosophy	PHIL 1101	3
PHL* 111	Ethics	PHIL 1104	3
PHL* 131	Logic	PHIL 1102	3
PHL* 150	Phil of Religion	PHIL 1105	3

E) World Cultures

No transfer courses currently satisfy this requirement.

Social Sciences - Content Area Two

(For the BA or BS degree, choose two courses from two different academic units)

Community College	Title	UCONN	Credits
ANT* 101	Intro Anthropology	ANTH 1006	3
ANT* 105	Intro Cultural Anth	ANTH 1000	3
ECN* 101	Princ Macroeconomics	ECON 1202	3
ECN* 102	Princ Microeconomics	ECON 1201	3
GEO* 101	Intro Geography	GEOG 1000	3
GEO* 111	World Regional Geog	GEOG 1700	3
POL* 103	Intl Relations	POLS 1402	3
POL* 111	American Government	POLS 1602	3
PSY* 112	General Psych II	PSYC 1101	3
SOC* 101	Princ Sociology	SOCI 1001	3
SOC* 103	Social Problems	SOCI 1251	3
SOC* 220	Racial & Ethnic Divers	SOCI 1501	3

Science and Technology – Content Area Three

A) BA degree requires two courses from two different academic units, at least one of which must be a laboratory course.

Laboratory Courses:

Community College	Title	UCONN	Credits
BIO* 105	Intro to Biology	BIOL 1102	4
BIO* 121	General Biology I	BIOL 1107	4
BIO* 122	General Biology II	BIOL 1108	4
BIO* 155	General Botany	BIOL 1110	4
CHE* 111	Concepts of Chem	CHEM 1122	4
CHE* 121	General Chem I	CHEM 1127Q	4
CHE* 122	General Chem II	CHEM 1128Q	4
PHY* 110	Introductory Physics	PHYS 1010Q	4
PHY* 121	General Physics I	PHYS 1201Q	4
PHY* 122	General Physics II	PHYS 1202Q	4

Non-Laboratory Courses:
BIO* 175	Intro Marine Science	MARN 1001	3
OCE* 101	Intro Oceanography	MARN 1002	3
EVS* 100	Intro Environ Science	NRME 1000	3

B) BS degree requires each of the three following sequences:

Community College	Title	UCONN	Credits
CHE* 121 & 122	General Chem I & II	CHEM 1127Q & 1128Q	8
MAT* 254 & 256	Calculus I & II	MATH 1131Q & 1132Q	8
PHY* 221 & 222	Calculus-Based Physics I & II	PHYS 1501Q & 1502Q	8

PLUS one course from the following:

BIO* 121	General Biology I	BIOL 1107	4
BIO* 122	General Biology II	BIOL 1108	4
BIO* 155	General Botany	BIOL 1110	4

Diversity and Multiculturalism – Content Area Four

(For the BA and BS degree, choose two courses. One course must cover an international area of study. NOTE: one course taken here may also be used to fulfill another course in Content Areas One, Two, or Three.)

Community College	Title	UCONN	Credits Area of Study
ANT* 105	Intro Cultural Anth	ANTH 1000	3	International
GEO* 111	World Regional Geography	GEOG 1700	3	International
POL* 103	Intl Relations	POLS 1402	3	International
ANT* 101	Intro Anthropology	ANTH 1006	3	International
POL* 102	Comparative Politics	POLS 1202	3	International
SOC* 220	Racial & Ethnic Diversity	SOCI 1501	3	USA
HIS* 215	History of Women	HIST 1203	3	USA