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 Core General Education Requirements
 Breadth General Education Requirements
Breadth General Education Requirements
HUMANITIES (HU) AND CREATIVE ARTS (CA)

Select 9 credit hours from the courses listed below (with at least 3 credit hours from Humanities and at least 3 credit hours from Creative Arts) and earn a passing grade to fulfill this General Education requirement. Please note: some majors and minors require higher minimum grades.

HUMANITIES (HU) CREATIVE ARTS (CA)
Anthropology (ANTHRO)
2300 Language and Culture (3)
 
Art (ART)
  1115 Humanities on the Internet (3)*
 
Communication (COMM)
  1020 Principles of Public Speaking (3)
  1050 Intro to Interpersonal & Small Group Communication (3)
  1115 Humanities on the Internet (3)*
  2280 Mass Media & Society (3)
 
English (ENGL)
  1115 Humanities on the Internet (3)*
  2320 Introduction to Fiction (3)
  2330 Introduction to Drama (3)
  2340 Introduction to Poetry (3)
  2500 Introduction to Literature (3)
  2510 Masterpieces of Literature (3)
2710 Perspectives in Women’s Literature (3)
  3500 Studies in Shakespeare (3)
  3510 World Literature (3)
  3520 Literature of the Natural World (3)
  3750 Themes & Ideas in Literature (3)
 
Foreign Language (FRLANG)
  1851 Study Abroad (3) or
  2851 Study Abroad (3)
  2010 Foreign Language Second Year I (4)
  1115 Humanities on the Internet (3)*
  2700 Introduction to Foreign Literature in Translation (3)
 
Honors (HNRS)
  1530 Perspectives in the Humanities (3)
  2110 Intellectual Traditions: Great Ideas of the West in Classical & Medieval Eras (3)
  2120 Intellectual Traditions: Great Ideas of the West in the Modern Era (3)
2130 Intellectual Traditions: Great Ideas of the East (3)
 
Library Science (LIBSCI)
  1115 Humanities on the Internet (3)*
 
Music (MUSIC)
  1043 Music, the Arts & Civilizations (3)
 
Philosophy (PHILO)
  1010 Introduction to Philosophy (3)
  1120 Contemporary Moral Problems (3)
  1150 Critical Thinking (3)
 
Theatre (THEATR)
  1115 Humanities on the Internet (3)*

* If you want to take Humanities on the Internet, you may take only one of the following: Art 1115, COMM 1115, ENGL 1115, LIBSCI 1115 or THEATR 1115.

Art (ART)
  1010 Introduction to the Visual Arts (3)
  1030 Studio Art for the Non-Art Major (3)
  1090 Art & Architecture of the World: Paleolithic to AD 1000 (4)
  1100 Art & Architecture of the World: AD 1000 to Present (4)
 
Dance (DANCE)
1010 Introduction to Dance (3)
 
Honors (HNRS)
  1530 Perspectives in the Creative Arts (3)
 
Music (MUSIC)
  1013 Introduction to Music (3)
  1023 Evolution of Jazz (3)
  1033 Introduction to American Music (3)
1053 Music of World Cultures (3)
  1063 Music in Religion (3)
 
Theatre (THEATR)
  1013 Introduction to Theatre (3)
  1023 Introduction to Film Studies (3)
  1033 Introduction to Acting (3)
  1043 Introduction to American Musical Theatre (3)
   
   

 Course also fulfills Diversity requirement. For a complete list of Diversity courses, consult the Catalog or go to http://weber.edu/diversityrequirements.

 

SOCIAL SCIENCES (SS)

Select 6 credit hours from the courses listed below and earn a passing grade to fulfill this General Education requirement. Please note: some majors and minors require higher minimum grades.

Anthropology (ANTHRO)
1000 Introduction to Anthropology (3)
2000 Peoples & Cultures of the World (3)
  2100 Principles of Archaeology (3)
 
Child and Family Studies (CHFAM)
  1500 Human Development (3)
 
Criminal Justice (CJ)
 
1010 Criminal Justice (3)
 
Economics (ECON)
  1010 Economics as a Social Science (3)
  1100 Environmental Issues & Economic Policy (3)
  2010 Principles of Microeconomics (3)
  2020 Principles of Macroeconomics (3)
 
Geography (GEOGR)
1100 Places & Peoples of the World (3)
1520 Geography of the U.S. & Canada (3)
 
Gerontology (GERONT)
  1010 Introduction to Gerontology (3)
 
Health Promotion/Human Performance (HEALTH)
  1030 Healthy Lifestyles (3)
 
History (HIST)
  1010 World History to 1500 (3)
1020 World History Since 1500 (3)
 
Honors (HNRS)
  1520 Perspectives in the Social Sciences (3)
  2110 Intellectual Traditions: Great Ideas of the West in Classical & Medieval Eras (3)
  2120 Intellectual Traditions: Great Ideas of the West in the Modern Era (3)
2130 Intellectual Traditions: Great Ideas of the East (3)
Information Systems & Technologies (IS&T)
  1100 The Wired Society (3)
 
Political Science (POLSC)
  2100 Introduction to International Politics (3)
  2200 Introduction to Comparative Politics (3)
  2350 Introduction to Political Theory (3)
 
Psychology (PSYCH)
  1010 Introductory Psychology (3)
  2000 Interpersonal Relationships (3)
 
Social Work (SOCLWK)
  1010 Introduction to Generalist Social Work (3)
 
Sociology (SOCLGY)
 1010 Principles of Sociology (3)
 1020 Social Problems (3)
  1030 American Social Institutions: Past, Present, Future (3)
 
Women’s Studies (WS)
 1500 Introduction to Women’s Studies (3)

 Course also fulfills Diversity requirement. For a complete list of Diversity courses
consult the Catalog or go to http://weber.edu/diversityrequirements.

 

PHYSICAL SCIENCES (PS) AND LIFE SCIENCES (LS)

Select 9 credit hours from the courses listed below (with at least 3 credit hours from Physical Sciences and at least 3 credit hours from Life Sciences) and earn a passing grade to fulfill this General Education requirement. Please note: some majors and minors require higher minimum grades.

PHYSICAL SCIENCES (PS) LIFE SCIENCES (LS)
Chemistry (CHEM)
     1010 Introduction to Chemistry (3)
  1050 Introduction to General, Organic & Biochemistry (5)
  1110 Elementary Chemistry (5)
  1210 Principles of Chemistry (5)
  1360 Principles of Physical Science (3)*
   
Geography (GEOGR)†
  1010 Natural Environments of the Earth (3)
   
Geosciences (GEOSCI)†
  1030 Earthquakes & Volcanoes (3)
  1110 Dynamic Earth: Physical Geology (3)
  1130 Introduction to Meteorology (3)
  1350 Principles of Earth Science (3)
  1540 Environmental Geosciences (3)
  1600 Dinosaurs & the Fossil Record (3)
   
Honors (HNRS)
  1500 Perspectives in the Physical Sciences (3)
   
Physics (PHSX)
  1010 Introduction to Physics (3)
  1030 Introduction to Astronomy (3)
  1360 Principles of Physical Science (3)*
  2010 General Physics I (5)
  2210 Physics for Scientists & Engineers I (5)

* You may use only one Principles of Physical Science course to fulfill General Education requirements.

† Only one course from either GEOGR or GEOSCI may be used to fulfill the Physical
Sciences requirements.

Anthropology (ANTHRO)
 2200 Biological Anthropology (3)
 
Botany (BOTANY)
  1203 Plant Biology (3)
  1303 Plants in Human Affairs (3)
  1370 Principles of Life Science (3)*
  1403 Environment Appreciation (3-4)
 
 
Health Science (HTHSCI)
  1110 Biomedical Core Lecture/Lab (4)
 
Honors (HNRS)
  1510 Perspectives in the Life Sciences (3)
 
Microbiology (MICRO)
  1113 Introduction to Microbiology (3)
  1153 Elementary Public Health (3)
  1370 Principles of Life Science (3)*
  2054 Principles of Microbiology (4)
 
Nutrition (NUTRI)
  1020 Foundations in Nutrition (3)
 
Zoology (ZOOL)
  1010 Animal Biology (3)
  1020 Human Biology (3)
  1370 Principles of Life Science (3)*

 Course also fulfills Diversity requirement.

* You may use only one Principles of Life Science course to fulfill General Education requirements.

Courses selected to fulfill the breadth general education requirements must each be from a different program (e.g., have a different course abbreviation), with the exception of Honors.

 


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