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General Education Program:

The following courses are designated as Ways of Knowing classes to fulfill General Education Requirements.  A complete overview of the General Education program can be found in the university catalog at http://www.aurora.edu/catalog/ug04-06/policies/index.htm.

Approved General Education Ways of Knowing Courses (includes 3000 level courses):

Knowing ourselves and others - Group A (Select at least one course from Group A)

  • ECN2010 Foundations of Microeconomics - 3 hrs
  • ECN2020 Foundations of Macroeconomics - 3 hrs
  • COM1500 Human Communication/Public Speaking - 3 hrs
  • PSY1100 General Psychology - 4 hrs
  • PSY3250 Lifespan Development - 4 hrs
  • PSY3350 Child and Adolescent Psychology - 4 hrs
  • PSY3360 Adult Development and Aging - 4 hrs
  • SBS1100 Introduction to the Social Sciences - 4 hrs
  • SOC1100 Principles of Sociology - 4 hrs
  • SOC2150 Cultural Anthropology - 3 hrs
  • SOC3350 Race, Ethnicity, and Power - 4 hrs
  • SOC3480 Globalization and Social Change - 4 hrs
  • SOC4500 Human Rights and Social Justice - 4 hrs
  • SWK1100 Careers in Social Work - 4 hrs
  • SWK2050 Drugs and Human Behavior - 4 hrs
  • SWK2100 Social Work in American Society - 4 hrs
  • SWK2150 Violence in America - 4 hrs

Knowing ourselves and others - Group B (Select at least one course from Group B)

  • CRJ1010 Criminal Justice System - 3 hrs
  • CRJ2300 Criminology - 3 hrs
  • HIS1200 American History I - 4 hrs
  • HIS1210 American History II - 4 hrs
  • HIS2500 Western Civilization I - 4 hrs
  • HIS2550 Western Civilization II - 4 hrs
  • HIS2600 Western Civilization III - 4 hrs
  • HIS3100 The African American Experience - 4 hrs
  • HIS3200 American History since the 60's - 4 hrs
  • HMS2050 Contemporary Issues in Human Services - 4 hrs
  • PSC1100 Politics, Society, and Culture - 4 hrs
  • PSC2110 U. S. Government - 4 hrs
  • REC1760 Leisure and Society - 4 hrs
  • REL2060 Exploring Religion - 4 hrs
  • REL2080 Exploring Islam - 4 hrs
  • REL3150 A Queer Thing: Homosexuality and World Religion - 4 hrs
  • SPN2120 Elementary Spanish - 4 hrs

Observation of the Natural World (Select at least two courses)

  • BIO1060 Human Biology - 4 hrs
  • BIO1210 Biology of Cells - 4 hrs
  • BIO2200 Humans and the Environment - 4 hrs
  • BIO3080 Nutrition and Health Promotion - 4 hrs
  • BIO3260 Botany - 4 hrs
  • CHM1200 Principles of Chemistry - 4 hrs
  • NSM1150 Science Foundations - 4 hrs
  • NSM1200 Astronomy - 3 hrs
  • NSM1300 Earth Science - 4 hrs

Aesthetic & Philosophical Expression Group A (Select at least one course from Group A)

  • BUS1010 Introduction to Business and Ethical Dimensions - 2 hrs
  • COM4000 Critical and Theoretical Perspectives in Communication - 3 hrs
  • PHL1100 Problems in Philosophy - 4 hrs
  • PHL1200 Logic - 3 hrs
  • PHL2100 Ethics - 4 hrs
  • PHL/REL3100 Philosophy of Religion - 3 hrs
  • PHL3150 Professional Ethics - 4 hrs
  • PHL3250 History of Philosophy I, Ancient and Medieval - 3 hrs
  • PHL3400 From Plato to Prozac: What is the Good Life - 2 or 4 hrs
  • PHL3500 Philosophy of Love and Sex - 2 or 4 hrs
  • REL1050 Introduction to World Religions - 3 hrs
  • REL3050 Religion and the Movies - 2 hrs

Aesthetic & Philosophical Expression B (Select at least one course from Group B)

  • ART1000 Art Appreciation - 3 hrs
  • ART/COM2670 Introduction to Photography - 3 hrs
  • COM1600 Television and Visual Literacy - 3 hrs
  • COM2300 Introduction to American Film - 3 hrs
  • COM2800 Mass Communication and American Culture - 3 hrs
  • COM3500 Cross Cultural Communication - 3 hrs
  • ENG1060 Introduction to Literary Study - 4 hrs
  • ENG2200 Novel - 2 or 4 hrs
  • ENG2220 Drama - 2 or 4 hrs
  • ENG2240 Poetry - 2 or 4 hrs
  • ENG3320 American Literature, Puritanism to 1865 - 4 hrs
  • ENG3350 American Literature, 1965-Present - 4 hrs
  • ENG3400 British Literature, Anglo Saxon to Renaissance - 4 hrs
  • ENG3420 British Literature, Renaissance to Romantics - 4 hrs
  • ENG3440 British Literature, Romantics to the Present - 4 hrs
  • HUM2100 The Arts and Human Experience - 4 hrs
  • MUS1500 Music Appreciation - 4 hrs
  • MUS2500 American Music - 4 hrs

 

 

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