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Additional GE Requirements: Global Issues and Human Diversity – GE Approved Courses

The following courses are approved to meet the General Education requirements indicated. Please note the following in reviewing these approved course lists:

  • Refer to the online schedule of classes to see which courses are being offered for a specific term and to double check which GE requirements the course satisfies during that term.
  • Be aware that the GE Category (A-F) requirements must each be satisfied by a unique course. The "Other GE Categories" column below may indicate additional categories a course is certified in but does not mean that the course will meet more than one category requirement for an individual student.
  • Additional General Education Requirements should be met by courses also meeting the GE Category requirements to minimize the number of units needed.
  • Comments are added to the course lists below to highlight changes in the approved active GE course lists. See Previous Courses to research courses that previously met GE requirements.
  • Students should regularly run their Academic Requirements Report on MyCSULB to monitor their completion of all degree requirements including General Education.

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Summer Schedule of ClassesSummer 2012
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Global Issues: Additional General Education Requirement

Global
Subject/Number
Flag
Title
Other GE Designations
GE Categories
Cross Listed Courses
A/ST 300I
TRADITIONAL ASIA
Capstone/Interdisciplinary
C3, D2
A/ST 306I
TRADITIONAL ASIA
Capstone/Interdisciplinary
C3, D2
A/ST 307I
MODERN ASIA
Capstone/Interdisciplinary
D2
A/ST 495I
CHINA HERITAGE
Capstone/Interdisciplinary
C3, D2
AFRS 154
INTRODUCTION TO AFRICANA WOMEN'S STUDIES
D2
AFRS 200
ANCIENT AFRICAN CIVILIZATIONS
D2
AFRS 201
HISTORY OF SLAVERY
D2
AFRS 343A
AFRICAN LITERATURE
C2a
AFRS 343B
CARIBBEAN LITERATURE
C2a
AFRS 346
AFRICANA THEATRE
C2a
AFRS 353I
RELIGION OF AFRICAN PEOPLES
Capstone/Interdisciplinary
C2b
AFRS 415
INTERNATIONAL BLACK CHILDREN'S LITERATURE
C2a
AFRS 454I
AFRICANA WOMANISM: AN INTELLECTURAL HISTORY
Capstone/Interdisciplinary
C2b, D2
AFRS 498I
ANCIENT EGYPTIAN ETHICAL THOUGHT
Capstone/Interdisciplinary
C2b
ANTH 120
INTRODUCTION CULTURAL ANTHROPOLOGY
D2
ANTH 307I
MODERNIZATION IN GLOBAL PERSPECTIVE
Capstone/Interdisciplinary
D2
ANTH 314
GLOBAL ETHNOGRAPHY
D2
ANTH 353
HEALTH AND HEALING
E
ANTH 412I
CULTURE AND COMMUNICATION
Capstone/Interdisciplinary
D2
ART 375
ART & SOCIAL ACTION: A GLOBAL PERSPECTIVE
Capstone/Service Learning
D2
SOC 375
CAFF 228
HOUSING IN GLOBAL PERSPECTIVE
D2
CHLS 450I
CONSEQUENCES OF THE ENCOUNTER: THE AMERICAS, EUROPE, AND AFRICA
Capstone/Interdisciplinary
C2a, D2
RGR 450I
CLSC 300I
PAGAN CULTURE
Capstone/Interdisciplinary
C2a, C2b
CWL 103
INTRODUCTION TO COMPARATIVE ASIAN LITERATURE AND CULTURE
C2a
CWL 104
LIT & CULTURE OF THE MIDDLE EAST
C2a
CWL 124
INTRO TO WORLD THEATRE-DRAMA
Explorations
C1, C3
CWL 320I
COMIC SPIRIT
Capstone/Interdisciplinary
C2a
ECON 306I
ENVRN ISSUES OF WORLD ECONOMY
Capstone/Interdisciplinary
D2
ECON 366
INTRO TO DEVELOPMENT ECONOMICS
Capstone/Advanced Skills
D2
ECON 372
INTERNATIONAL ECONOMICS
D2
ENGL 359
POSTCOLONIAL LITERATURE
C1
ENGR 302I
ENERGY & ENVIRON GLOBAL PERSPECT
Capstone/Interdisciplinary
B1bNL, D2
ENGR 370I
ASTRONAUTICS & SPACE
Capstone/Interdisciplinary
B1bNL
ENGR 392
New Fall 2012
WATER: PEOPLE, POLITICS, AND PROCESSES
Explorations
E
I/ST 350
FEA 346I
THE EUROPEAN CINEMA OF COMMUNISM, FASCISM, AND RESISTANCE
Capstone/Interdisciplinary
C2a, D2
HIST 346I, RGR 346I
FMD 450
CULTURAL PERSPECTIVES OF DRESS
D2
GEOG 100
WORLD REGIONAL GEOGRAPHY
D2
GEOG 160
INTRODUCTION HUMAN GEOGRAPHY
D2
GEOG 308I
AFRICA SOUTH OF SAHARA
Capstone/Interdisciplinary
D2
GEOG 309I
MIDDLE EAST & NORTH AFRICA
Capstone/Interdisciplinary
D2
GEOG 313I
SOUTHEAST ASIA
Capstone/Interdisciplinary
D2
GEOG 314I
SOUTH ASIA
Capstone/Interdisciplinary
D2
GEOG 315I
EAST ASIA
Capstone/Interdisciplinary
D2
GEOG 316
EUROPE
D2
GEOG 319I
INTERNATIONAL DEVELOPMENT
Capstone/Interdisciplinary
D2
I/ST 319I
GEOG 355I
INTERNATIONAL ENVIRON ISSUES
Capstone/Interdisciplinary
D2
I/ST 355I
GEOG 357I
New Spring 2012
Sacred Geographies
Capstone/Interdisciplinary
D2, E
GEOL 300I
EARTH SYSTEMS & GLOBAL CHANGE
Capstone/Interdisciplinary
H SC 420I
INTERNATIONAL HEALTH
Capstone/Interdisciplinary
D2
HCA 417I
TECHNOLOGY, ETHICS & SOCIETY
Capstone/Interdisciplinary
D2
HCA 422I
GLOBAL ISSUES HEALTH SERVICES
Capstone/Interdisciplinary
D2
HCA 457I
WORKING AROUND THE WORLD
Capstone/Interdisciplinary
D2
HFHM 274
GLOBAL ISSUES IN HOTEL & RESTAURANT MANAGEMENT
D2
HIST 131
EARLY WESTERN CIVILIZATION
D2
HIST 132
MODERN WESTERN CIVILIZATION
D2
HIST 141
JEWISH CIVILIZATION
D2
HIST 211
WORLD HISTORY: ORIGINS TO 1500
D2
HIST 212
WORLD SINCE 1500
D2
HIST 337
EUROPE-19TH CENTURY
D2
HIST 339
EUROPE 1890-1945
D2
HIST 341A
FOUNDATIONS OF RUSSIA
D2
HIST 341B
MODERN RUSSIA
D2
HIST 346I
THE EUROPEAN CINEMA OF COMMUNISM, FASCISM, AND RESISTANCE
Capstone/Interdisciplinary
C2a, D2
FEA 346I, RGR 346I
HIST 347
TRADITION & CRISIS: JEWS OF EASTERN EUROPE
D2
HIST 364
LATIN AMERICA NATIONS
D2
HIST 385I
New Spring 2012
INDIA AND SOUTH ASIA
Capstone/Interdisciplinary
D2
HIST 407I
JAPAN & THE U.S. IN THE 20TH CENTURY
Capstone/Interdisciplinary
C2a, D2
HIST 464I
LATIN AMERICAN ENVIRONMENTAL HISTORY
Capstone/Interdisciplinary
D2
I/ST 200
INTRODUCTION TO INTERNATIONAL STUDIES
D2
I/ST 317I
PROBLEMS INT'L SOCIAL CONFLICT
Capstone/Interdisciplinary
D2
SOC 317I
I/ST 318I
CASES INT'L SOCIAL CONFLICT
Capstone/Interdisciplinary
D2
SOC 318I
I/ST 319I
INTERNATIONAL DEVELOPMENT
Capstone/Interdisciplinary
D2
GEOG 319I
I/ST 320I
MIGRATION & MODERNITY
Capstone/Interdisciplinary
D2
I/ST 350
New Fall 2012
WATER: PEOPLE, POLITICS, AND PROCESSES
Explorations
E
ENGR 392
I/ST 355I
INTERNATIONAL ENVIRONMENTAL ISSUES
Capstone/Interdisciplinary
D2
GEOG 355I
JOUR 312I
GLOBAL NEWS MEDIA
Capstone/Interdisciplinary
D2
LING 101
INTRO TO THE WORLD'S LANGUAGES
D2
MUS 490
INTRODUCTION TO MUSIC CULTURES
C1
PHIL 306
PHILOSOPHY CHINA-JAPAN
C2b
POSC 215
ISSUES OF COMPARATIVE POLITICS
D2
POSC 218
GLOBAL POLITICS
D2
POSC 220
ISSUES IN GLOBAL POLITICS
D2
POSC 353
GOVT & POLITICS WESTERN EUROPE
D2
POSC 371
INTRO TO INTERNATIONAL POLITICS
D2
POSC 388I
CYBERSPACE CITIZENSHIP
Capstone/Interdisciplinary
D2
POSC 450
COMPARATIVE POLITICAL MOVEMENT
Capstone/Service Learning
D2
POSC 461I
POLITICS OF DEVELOPMENT
Capstone/Interdisciplinary
D2
POSC 482
AMERICAN FOREIGN POLICY
D2
POSC 494I
POLITICS OF FUTURE
Capstone/Interdisciplinary
D2
R/ST 308
COMPARATIVE RELIGIOUS ETHICS
C2b
R/ST 331I
ISLAMIC RELIGION AND CULTURE
Capstone/Interdisciplinary
C2b
R/ST 341I
BUDDHISM
Capstone/Interdisciplinary
C2b
R/ST 352
RELIGION OF INDIA
C2b
R/ST 383I
CHRISTIANITY AND GLOBAL ETHICS
Capstone/ Interdisciplinary
C2b, D2
R/ST 467I
RELIGION IN LATIN AMERICA CARIBBEAN
Capstone/Interdisciplinary
C2b, D2
RGR 314I
INTRODUCTION TO CONTEMPORARY EUROPE
Capstone/Interdisciplinary
D2
RGR 315I
CONTEMPORARY EUROPEAN SOCIETY
Capstone/ Interdisciplinary
D2
RGR 346I
THE EUROPEAN CINEMA OF COMMUNISM, FASCISM, AND RESISTANCE
Capstone/Interdisciplinary
C2a, D2
FEA 346I, HIST 346I
RGR 400I
New Spring 2012
CRIME AND PUNISHMENT
Capstone/Interdisciplinary
C2c
RGR 450I
CONSEQUENCES OF THE ENCOUNTER: THE AMERICAS, EUROPE, AND AFRICA
Capstone/Interdisciplinary
C2a, D2
CHLS 450I
SOC 317I
PROBLEMS INT'L SOCIAL CONFLICT
Capstone/Interdisciplinary
D2
I/ST 317I
SOC 318I
CASES INT'L SOCIAL CONFLICT
Capstone/Interdisciplinary
D2
I/ST 318I
SOC 350
INTERNATIONAL POPULATION PROBLEMS
D2
SOC 375
ART & SOCIAL ACTION: A GLOBAL PERSPECTIVE
Capstone/Service Learning
D2
ART 375
WGSS 401I
BODIES & BORDERS: FEMINISM AND GLOBALIZATION
Capstone/Interdisciplinary
D2
WGSS 424
WOMEN & ENVIRONMENTAL JUSTICE
D2

Human Diversity in the United States of America: Additional General Education Requirement

It is the goal of the faculty to foster respect for human diversity in the United States of America (USA) courses by introducing students to the life experiences of people with whom they are less familiar to promote the understanding of diversity and encourage tolerance and acceptance of others. In addition, the course content recognizes the significant influence of diverse populations and cultures with the United States of America and to bring attention to these influences and the nature of these cultures.

Human Diversity
Subject/Number
Flag
Title
Other GE Designations
GE Categories
Cross Listed Courses
AFRS 319
ETHNIC EXPERIENCE IN US
D2
CHLS 319: AIS 319; ASAM 319; WGSS 319
AIS 319
ETHNIC EXPERIENCE IN US
D2
CHLS 319; AFRS 319; WGSS 319; ASAM 319
AIS 485
New Fall 2012
AMERICAN INDIANS AND THE LAW
Advanced Skills; Capstone/Writing Intesive
ANTH 315
HUMAN VARIATION
E
ANTH 329
CULTURAL DIVERSITY IN CALIFORNIA
D2
ASAM 120
ASIAN AMERICAN HISTORY
D2
ASAM 200
ASIAN AMERICAN INTER-ETHNIC RELATIONS
D2
ASAM 319
ETHNIC EXPERIENCE IN US
D2
AFRS 319: CHLS 319: AIS 319; WGSS 319
ASAM 335I
ASIAN AND LATIN IMMIGRANT SINCE WWII
Capstone/Interdisciplinary
D2
CHLS 335I
ASAM 341
ASIAN AMERICAN/CHICANO LATINO CINEMA
C1
CHLS 341
ASAM 350
New Spring 2012
Environmental Justice
D2
C/LA 230
HOME IN COMPARATIVE PERSPECTIVE
D2, E
CAFF 321I
FAMILY & CONSUMER RESOURCE MGMT
Capstone/Interdisciplinary
D2, E
CDFS 319I
FAMILY STRESS & COPING
Capstone/Interdisciplinary
D2, E
CHLS 319
ETHNIC EXPERIENCE IN US
D2
AFRS 319; AIS 319 ASAM 319; WGSS 319
CHLS 335I
ASIAN & LATINO IMMIGRANT SINCE WWII
Capstone/Interdisciplinary
D2
ASAM 335I
CHLS 341
ASIAN AMERICAN/CHICANO LATINO CINEMA
C1
ASAM 341
CHLS 350
LATINO POPULATION IN THE U.S.
D2
SOC 340
CWL 315I
LITERATURE AND MEDICINE
Capstone/Interdisciplinary
C2a, D2
CWL 350
GLOBAL LIT IN AMERICAN CULTURE
C2a
CWL 415I
ETHNIC LIT & CULTURE IN AMER
Capstone/Interdisciplinary
C2a
ENGL 372I
COMEDY IN THE UNITED STATES
Capstone/Interdisciplinary
C2a
ENGL 375
AMERICAN ETHNIC WRITERS
C2a
GEOG 120
GEOG OF HUMAN DIVERSITY IN THE US
D2
GERN 400I
PERSPECTIVES ON GERONTOLOGY
Capstone/Interdisciplinary
D2, E
H SC 425I
HUMAN SEXUALITY & SEX EDUCATION
Capstone/Interdisciplinary
E
HCA 202
HEALTH CARE IN AMERICA
D2
HDEV 357I
APPROACH ADULTHOOD THROUGH AGING
Capstone/Interdisciplinary
D2, E
HIST 474I
THE HISTORY AND CULTURE OF AMERICAN CITIES
Capstone/Interdisciplinary
D2
KIN 338I
WOMEN IN SPORT
Capstone/Interdisciplinary
D2, E
MUS 393
JAZZ-AMERICAN MUSIC
C1
NRSG 481I
PARENTING
Capstone/Interdisciplinary
D2, E
PHIL 451I
RACE, ENTHNICITY, GENDER, AMER LAW
Capstone/Interdisciplinary
C2b
PHIL 461I
DIVERSITY IN CRITICISM & ANALYSIS ARTS
Capstone/Interdisciplinary
C2b
POSC 323
RACIAL & ETHNIC POLITICS - US
D2
PSY 350I
PSY CONTEMPORARY OF SOCIAL ISSUES
Capstone/Interdisciplinary
D2
PSY 351
SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY
D2
PSY 361
CHILD & ADOLESCENT DEVELOPMENT
D2
PSY 375
COMMUNITY PSYCHOLOGY
Capstone/Service Learning
D2
R/ST 302I
AMERICAN RELIGIOUS DIVERSITY
Capstone/Interdisciplinary
C2a, C2b
REC 220
UNIVERSALITY OF PLAY
E
REC 340I
LEISURE IN CONTEMPORARY SOCIETY
Capstone/Interdisciplinary
E
SOC 340
THE LATINO POPULATION IN THE UNITED STATES
D2
CHLS 350
SOC 346
RACE, GENDER & CLASS
D2
SOC 466
AIDS & SOCIETY
D2, E
UHP 401
New Fall 2012
THE HISTORY OF LOS ANGELES: THE INVENTION OF A CITY
Explorations
D2
UNIV 300I
SPECIAL TOPICS IN CIVIL ENGAGEMENT IN AMERICAN SOCIETY
Capstone/Interdisciplinary; Capstone/Service Learning
D2
WGSS 307I
US WOMEN ECON-MONEY SEX POWER
Capstone/Interdisciplinary
D2
WGSS 318I
U.S. WOMEN OF COLOR
Capstone/Interdisciplinary
C2a, D2
WGSS 319
THE ETHNIC EXPERIENCE IN THE US
D2
CHLS 319; AIS 319; ASAM 319; AFRS 319
WGSS 365I
POPULAR CULTURE: WOMEN, GENDER & SEXUALITY
Capstone/Interdisciplinary
C3, D2