General Ed Requirements 2023

International/Global Perspectives (credits: 6)

The most current listing of approved International Perspectives courses can be found here: https://www.registrar.iastate.edu/students/div-ip-guide/IntlPerspectives-current#C2

Students must choose at least one class from the IP list to fulfill the university requirement. Two courses taken from this list will fulfill both the International Perspectives and the Global Perspectives requirement.

In addition to the approved International Perspective list, students may apply one of the following toward a Global Perspective requirement. The following courses will not fulfill the International Perspective requirement but may fulfill a requirement in a second major in business: ACCT 496, BUSAD 301X, FIN 480, MGMT 414, MKT 448, SCM 466

Questions? Contact your academic advisor.

U.S. Diversity (credits: 3)

The most current listing of approved U.S. Diversity courses is at the following website: https://www.registrar.iastate.edu/students/div-ip-guide/usdiversity-courses

Courses from this area may also be used to fulfill 3 of the 9 credits required for the humanities and social sciences requirement if they appear on both approved lists.

Questions? Contact your academic advisor.

Humanities and Social Sciences: (credits: 9)

African American Studies (AF AM)
Agronomy (AGRON) 342, 450
American Indian Studies (AM IN)
American Sign Language (ASL) 101, 102, 201, 202, 275, 325
Anthropology (ANTHR) All courses except 202, 307, 424, 425, 429, 438, 445
Apparel, Events, and Hospitality Management (AESHM) 342
Apparel Merchandizing and Design (AMD) 165, 257, 354, 356, 362, 467
Arabic (ARABC) 101, 102, 201, 202, 375
Architecture (ARCH) 220, 221, 222, 321, 322, 420, 422, 423, 424, 425, 427, 429
Art History (ART H) 280, 281, 292, 293, 382, 383, 384, 385, 388, 386, 395, 396, 481, 487, 492, 498
Chinese (CHIN) 101, 102, 201, 202, 272, 301, 302, 304, 370, 375, 378, 403C
Classical Studies (CL ST)
Communication Studies (COMST) 101, 210, 211, 301, 310, 311, 313, 314, 317, 325
Community and Regional Planning (CRP) 201, 291, 293, 325, 376, 429, 435
Criminal Justice (C J) 240, 241, 242, 320, 332, 339, 340, 351, 352, 402, 403, 484
Dance (DANCE)
Design (DES) 230
Design Studies (DSN S) 183
Economics (ECON) 313, 320, 321, 376, 380, 385
Education (EDUC) 333
English (ENGL) All courses except 099, 101, 150, 180, 250, 302, 314
Environmental Studies (ENV S) 220, 320, 334, 342, 345, 355, 380, 382, 383, 384, 442, 450
Food Science and Human Nutrition (FS HN) 220X
French (FRNCH) 101, 102, 201, 202, 203X, 301, 302, 304, 320, 326, 340, 370, 378, 476
German (GER) 101, 102, 201, 202, 301, 304, 320, 330, 370, 371, 375, 378, 476
Graphic Design (ARTGR) 387
History (HIST)
Human Development and Family Studies (HD FS) All courses except 283
Interior Design (ARTID) 355, 356
International Studies (INTST) 235, 250X, 430
Journalism and Mass Communications (JL MC) 101, 140X, 240, 401, 461, 464, 474, 476, 477
Landscape Architecture (L A) 371, 373, 478D
Liberal Arts and Sciences (LAS) 350
Linguistics (LING) 119, 305, 354, 462
Leadership Studies (LD ST) 301, 322, 333, 488
Music (MUSIC) 101, 102, 120, 302, 304, 383, 384, 472, 473, 475, 476
Naval Science (NS) 212, 220
Philosophy (PHIL) All courses except 207 and 230
Political Science (POL S) All courses except 301, 417, 430
Psychology (PSYCH) 101, 230, 250, 280, 312, 313, 314, 315, 316, 318, 320, 333, 335, 346, 347, 350, 360, 380, 381, 383, 386
Religious Studies (RELIG) All courses except 340
Russian (RUS) 101, 102, 201, 202, 301, 304, 314, 370T, 375, 378
Sociology (SOC) 134, 219, 220, 230, 235, 241, 310, 325, 327, 328, 330, 331, 332, 334, 340, 345, 348, 350X, 380, 382, 401, 411, 415, 464, 485
Spanish (SPAN) 101, 102, 201, 202, 301, 303, 304, 314, 321, 322, 323, 324, 326, 330, 332, 354, 370, 378X, 440, 441, 445, 462, 463
Speech Communications (SP CM) 110, 216, 322, 323, 412, 416
Theatre (THTRE) 106, 110, 465, 466
US Latino/a Studies (US LS)
Women’s and Gender Studies (WGS) All courses except 344
World Film Studies (W F S) 278
World Languages and Cultures (WLC) 119, 270

Natural Science: (credits: 3)

(Labs are only required if a mandatory part of class registration.)

Agronomy (AGRON) 120, 181, 206, 320
Anthropology (ANTHR) 202 307, 319, 424, 428, 438, 445
Astronomy and Astrophysics (ASTRO) 120, 125L, 150, 250
Biochemistry, Biophysics and Molecular Biology (BBMB) 221
Biology (BIOL) 101, 155, 173, 211, 211L, 212, 212L, 255, 255L, 256,
256L, 313 any advanced biology courses except 307
Chemistry (CHEM)
Entomology (ENT) 201, 211, 370, 374
Environmental Science (ENSCI) 324, 479
Environmental Studies (ENV S) 101, 108, 120, 130, 173, 204, 324
Food Science and Human Nutrition (FS HN) 101, 167
Genetics (GEN) 313, 320
Geology (GEOL) 100, 100L, 101, 102, 102L, 108, 201, 324, 406, 479
Meteorology (MTEOR) 206, 301, 324, 404
Microbiology (MICRO) 101, 201, 201L, 302, 302L
Natural Resource Ecology and Management (NREM) 120, 130
Physics (PHYS) 101, 115, 198, 231, 232, 302
Psychology (PSYCH) 310

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