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Flexible Common Core Courses

Course

Title

Area(s)

AFR 1130 

Africana Folklore

WCGI

AFR 1401

African Government

WCGI

AFR 1460 

Early African History

WCGI

AFR 1461 

Modern African History

WCGI

AFR 1462

Blacks in Science, Technology and Business

WCGI

AFR 1467 

Afro-Caribbean History

WCGI

AFR 2212 

Modern African Literature

WCGI

AFR 2222 

Current Caribbean Literature

WCGI

AFR 2402 

The Heritage of Imperialism

WCGI

AFR 2612 

African Philosophy and Religion

WCGI

ANTH 1101 

Introduction to Anthropology

WCGI

ANTH 1102

Comparative Religions

WCGI

ANTH 1103

Contemporary Women

WCGI

ARB 1101 

Elementary Arabic I

WCGI

ARB 1102

Elementary Arabic II

WCGI

ARB 2201

Intermediate Arabic I

WCGI

ARTH 1101 

History of Art: Prehistoric to Gothic

WCGI

ARTH 1102 

History of Art: Renaissance to Modern

WCGI

ARTH 1103 

Survey of Art History

WCGI

ARTH 1106

Modern Art

WCGI

ARTH 1108

The Arts of Asia: China, Japan, Korea, and India

WCGI

ARTH 1110

Arts of the Islamic World

WCGI

ARTH 2200

Art and Urban Culture in Modern China

WCGI

ARTH 3401

Italian Renaissance Art and Architecture

WCGI

CHN 1101

Elementary Chinese I

WCGI

CHN 1102

Elementary Chinese II

WCGI

CHN 2201

Intermediate Chinese I

WCGI

COM 2401

International Communication

WCGI

ECON 2505

Environmental Economics

WCGI

ENG 2100

English Literature I

WCGI

ENG 2101

English Literature II

WCGI

ENG 2160

Introduction to Women’s Studies

WCGI

ENG 2300

Great Works of Literature I

WCGI

ENG 2301

Great Works of Literature II

WCGI

FREN 1101

Elementary French I

WCGI

FREN 1102

Elementary French II

WCGI

FREN 2201

Intermediate French I

WCGI

HIS 1101

History of Western Civilization I

WCGI

HIS 1102

History of Western Civilization II

WCGI

HIS 1103

History of Western Civilization III

WCGI

HIS 1501

The Origins of Islamic Civilization

WCGI

HIS 1503

The Modern Middle East and North Africa

WCGI

HIS 2000

Modern World History

WCGI

HIS 3402

Topics in 20th Century World History 1945 to 2000

WCGI

LNG 1100

Language, Culture and Society

WCGI

MUS 1212

Introduction to World Music

WCGI

PHIL 2121

Chinese Philosophy

WCGI

LATS 1461 

Latin American History

WCGI

LATS 2202 

Latin American Literature

WCGI

LATS 2211 

Puerto Rican Literature

WCGI

SOC 3301

The Emerging Global Society

WCGI

SPA 1101

Elementary Spanish I

WCGI

SPA 1102

Elementary Spanish II

WCGI

SPA 1301

Spanish for Native/Heritage Speakers

WCGI

SPA 2201

Intermediate Spanish I

WCGI

SPA 2201HS

Spanish for Heritage Speakers

WCGI

SPA 2202

Intermediate Spanish II

WCGI

SPA 2202HS

Spanish Oral and Written Academic Communication for Heritage Speakers

WCGI

SPA 2203

Spanish for Health Professionals

WCGI

SPA 3301

3301 Survey of Early Spanish Literature

WCGI

SPA 3302

3302 Survey of Modern Spanish Literature

WCGI

Course

Title

Area(s)

AFR 1465 

Early African American History

USED

AFR 1466 

Modern African American History 

USED

AFR 1501

Seminar In Current Community Problems

USED

AFR 1502

Sociology Of Urban Poverty

USED

AFR 2201 

Early Black Writers

USED

AFR 2202 

Contemporary Black Literature

USED

AFR 3000 

Black New York

USED

ARCH 3522 

History of New York City Architecture

USED

ARTH 1104 

Art of the United States

USED

ECON 1101

Macroeconomics

USED

ECON 2403

Labor Management Relations

USED

ENG 2180

Studies in Identity and Orientation

USED

ENG 2190

Expressions of Identity

USED

ENG 2200

American Literature I

USED

ENG 2201

American Literature II

USED

ENG 2250

Asian American Literature and Culture

USED

GOV 1101

American Government

USED

GOV 1102

State & Local Government

USED

GOV 2401

US Constitutional Law

USED

GOV 2402

Public Policy

USED

HIS 1110

History of the United States to 1877

USED

HIS 1111

History of the United States Since 1865

USED

HIS 2405

History of Foodways in America

USED

HIS 3208

History of Immigration, Ethnicity and Nativism in the United States

USED

HIS 3209

History of Technology

USED

HIS 3310

Environmental History of North America

USED

LATS 2501 

Puerto Rican and Latin American

USED

SOC 1104

Race and Ethnic Relations

USED

Course

Title

Area(s)

AFR 2000

Blacks in Media: Race, Gender and Cultural Representations

IS

AFR 2250 

Black Women in Literature

IS

ARTH 2101 

Healing the Body: The Visual Culture of Medicine

IS

COM 1330

Public Speaking

IS

COM 1332

Introduction to Human Communication

IS

COM 1335

Group Communication

IS

COM 2402

Intercultural Communication

IS

COM 2403

Health Communication

IS

COM 3401

Business and Professional Communication

IS

ECON 1401

Microeconomics

IS

ECON 2301

Money and Banking

IS

ENG 1151

Introduction to Journalism

IS

ENG 1161

Language and Thinking

IS

ENG 1773

Weird Science: Interpreting and Redefining Humanity

IS

ENG 2000

Perspectives in Literature

IS

ENG 2150

Introduction to Women Writers

IS

ENG 2420

Science Fiction

IS

ENG 3401

Law Through Literature

IS

ENG 3403

One Major Writer

IS

ENG 3404

The Literature of Illness and Care

IS

LIB 1201

Research and Documentation in the Information Age

IS

PHIL 2101

Introduction to Philosophy

IS

PHIL 2102

Logical Thinking

IS

PHIL 2103

Ethics

IS

PHIL 2104

Ancient Philosophy

IS

PHIL 2106

Philosophy of Technology

IS

PHIL 2107

Philosophy and Women

IS

PHIL 2203

Health Care Ethics

IS

PHIL 3208

Political Philosophy

IS

PHIL 3211

Philosophy of Law

IS

PHIL 3212

Engineering Ethics

IS

PHIL 3400

Environmental Philosophy

IS

PSY 1101

Introduction to Psychology

IS

PSY 2300

Developmental Psychology

IS

PSY 2301

Child Psychology

IS

PSY 2302

Psychology Of Adolescent And Adulthood

IS

PSY 2303

Psychology of Aging

IS

PSY 2401

Social Psychology

IS

PSY 2402

Psychology of Personality

IS

PSY 2403

Abnormal Psychology

IS

PSY 2404

Personnel and Organizational Psychology

IS

PSY 3405

Health Psychology

IS

SOC 1101

Elements of Sociology

IS

SOC 1102

Urban Sociology

IS

SOC 1103

The Family

IS

SOC 2201

Sociology of Aging

IS

SOC 2401

Society, Technology and Self

IS

SOC 2403

Law and Society

IS

SOC 3302

Environmental Sociology

IS

SOC 3402

The Sociology of Social Problems

IS

Course

Title

Area(s)

AFR 1301

Introduction to African Art

CE 

AFR 1304

African American/ Caribbean Art

CE 

AFR 1311

African American/ Caribbean Music

CE 

AFR 1321 

Black Theater

CE 

AFR 1503

Hip Hop Worldview

CE 

AFR 2302 

African Art and Architecture of Africa

CE 

ARCH 2321 

History of 20th Century Architecture

CE 

ARTH 1100 

History and Appreciation of Photography

CE 

ARTH 1112

Introduction to Film

CE

ARTH 3311

The History of Graphic Design

CE 

COM 1340 

Oral Interpretation of Literature

CE 

ENG 1141

Creative Writing

CE 

ENG 2001 

Intro to Fiction

CE 

ENG 2002 

Intro to Literature II: Drama

CE 

ENG 2003 

Intro to Literature III: Poetry

CE 

ENG 2170

Introduction to Studies in Maleness and Manhood

CE

ENG 2400

Literature from Film

CE 

ENG 3402

Topics in Literature

CE 

ENG 3407

Gothic Literature and Visual Culture

CE 

MUS 1210

Musical Styles

CE 

MUS 1211

Music of Latin America

CE 

MUS 2206

Jazz

CE 

MUS 2207

20th Century Music

CE 

THE 2180

Introduction to the Theatre

CE 

THE 2280

History of the Theatre: Stages and Technology

CE 

THE 2380

Play Analysis and Aesthetics: Texts and Contexts

CE 

THE 3280

American Musical Theatre

CE 

Course

Title

Area(s)

BIO 1101*

Biology I

SW, LPS

BIO 1201*

Biology II

SW

BIO 2250*

Evolution

SW

BIO 2311*

Human Anatomy & Physiology I

SW, LPS

BIO 2312*

Human Anatomy & Physiology II

SW

BIO 3302*

Microbiology

SW

BIO 3350*

Bioinformatics I

SW

CHEM 1110*

General Chemistry I

SW, LPS

CHEM 1210*

General Chemistry II

SW, LPS

CST 1000

Foundations of Computing

SW

ESCI 1210

Environmental Science II

SW

GEOG 1101*

Elements of Physical Geography

SW

MAT 1272*

Statistics

SW, MQR

MAT 1280*

Quantitative Mathematics

SW

MAT 1315*

Technical Mathematics w/ Applications II

SW

MAT 1372*

Statistics with Probability

SW

MAT 1375*

Precalculus

SW, MQR

MAT 1475*

Calculus I

SW, MQR

MAT 1575*

Calculus II

SW, MQR

MAT 2440*

Discrete Structures and Algorithms I

SW

MAT 2540*

Discrete Structures and Algorithms II

SW

MAT 2572*

Probability and Mathematical Statistics I

SW

MAT 2580*

Intro to Linear Algebra

SW

MAT 2680*

Differential Equations

SW

PHYS 1111*

Principles of Science I

SW, LPS

PHYS 1112*

Principles of Science II

SW

PHYS 1117*

Astronomy I

SW, LPS

PHYS 1118*

Astronomy II: Stars, Galaxies, Cosmology

SW

PHYS 1433*

General Physics I: Algebra Based

SW, LPS

PHYS 1434*

General Physics II: Algebra Based

SW

PHYS 1441*

General Physics I: Calculus Based

SW, LPS

PHYS 1442*

General Physics II: Calculus Based

SW

PHYS 2443*

Physics 3.3

SW

PHYS 2605*

Intro to Laser Physics and Photonics

SW

PSY 3407

Psychology Of Visual Perception

SW


*Denotes a STEM course