Uniform Certificate of General Studies (UCGS) Electives

Block I - Written Communication

Code Title Credit Hours
ENG 111College Composition I3
ENG 112College Composition II3

Block II - Humanities/Art/Literature

Category: ART

Code Title Credit Hours
ART 100Art Appreciation3
ART 101History of Art: Prehistoric to Gothic3
ART 102History of Art: Renaissance to Modern3
CST 130Introduction to the Theatre3
CST 151Film Appreciation I3
MUS 121Music in Society3

Category: HUMANITIES

Code Title Credit Hours
HUM 210Introduction to Women and Gender Studies3
HUM 216Introduction to Non-Western Cultures3
HUM 220Introduction to African American Studies3
PHI 100Introduction to Philosophy3
PHI 220Ethics and Society3
REL 100Introduction To Study of Religion3
REL 230Religions of The World3

Category: LITERATURE 

Code Title Credit Hours
ENG 225Reading Literature: Culture and Ideas3
ENG 245British Literature3
ENG 246American Literature3
ENG 250Children's Literature3
ENG 255World Literature3
ENG 258African American Literature3
ENG 275Women in Literature3

Block III - Social and Behavioral Science

Code Title Credit Hours
ECO 150Economic Essentials: Theory and Application 13
ECO 201Principles of Macroeconomics 13
ECO 202Principles of Microeconomics 13
GEO 210People & Land: An Introduction to Cultural Geography3
GEO 220World Regional Geography3
PLS 135U.S. Government & Politics3
PLS 140Introduction to Comparative Politics3
PLS 241Introduction to International Relations3
PSY 200Principles of Psychology3
SOC 200Introduction to Sociology3
SOC 268Social Problems3

Block IV - Natural Sciences

Code Title Credit Hours
BIO 101General Biology I4
BIO 102General Biology II4
BIO 106Life Science4
CHM 101Introductory Chemistry I4
CHM 111General Chemistry I4
CHM 112General Chemistry II4
GOL 105Physical Geology4
GOL 110Earth Systems: An Environmental Geology Perspective4
PHY 100Elements of Physics4
PHY 201General College Physics I4
PHY 202General College Physics II4
PHY 241University Physics I4
PHY 242University Physics II4

Block V - Mathematics

Category: QUANTITATIVE/STATISTICS PATHWAY

Code Title Credit Hours
Quantitative/Statistics Pathway
MTH 154Quantitative Reasoning3
MTH 155Statistical Reasoning 23
MTH 245Statistics I 23

Category: CALCULUS PATHWAY

Code Title Credit Hours
MTH 161Precalculus I 33
MTH 162Precalculus II 33
MTH 167Precalculus with Trigonometry 35
MTH 261Applied Calculus I3
MTH 263Calculus I4
MTH 264Calculus II4

Block VI - History

Code Title Credit Hours
HIS 101Western Civilizations Pre-1600 CE3
HIS 102Western Civilizations Post 1600 CE3
HIS 111World Civilizations Pre-1500 CE3
HIS 112World Civilizations Post-1500 CE3
HIS 121United States History to 18773
HIS 122United States History Since 18653

Block VII - Specialized General Education Requirements

Code Title Credit Hours
Any course from Blocks II through VI
ART 121Drawing I3
ART 131Two-Dimensional Design3
ART 132Three-Dimensional Design3
ART 223Life Drawing3
CSC 110Principles of Computer Science3
CST 100Principles of Public Speaking3
CST 110Introduction to Human Communication3
ITE 152Introduction to Digital Literacy and Computer Applications3
World Language 43-4
1

Students may not receive credit toward graduation for both ECO 150 and ECO 201 or ECO 150 and ECO 202.

2

Students may not receive credit toward graduation for both MTH 155 and MTH 245.

3

Students may not receive credit toward graduation for both MTH 167 and MTH 161 or MTH 167 and MTH 162.

4

Any World Language 101, 102, 201, 202, including ASL.