General Education Requirements for the B.A. and B.S. Degrees (A&S)

Citizenship/Community

Courses that fulfill the citizenship/community requirement:

• CMM 430 - Communication Law in America 3 credit(s)
• IS 100W - Introduction to International Studies 3 credit(s)
• PHI 210 - Individual and Society 3 credit(s)
• POL 110 - Power and Politics in America 3 credit(s)
• POL 130 - International Relations 3 credit(s)
• POL 210 - Urban Politics 3 credit(s)
• POL 240 - Democratic Theory and Its Challengers 3 credit(s)
• POL 310 - Political Communication 3 credit(s)
• POL 312 - Campaigns, Elections, and Voting 3 credit(s)
• POL 342 - American Political Thought 3 credit(s)
• POL 343 - Late-Modern Political Theory 3 credit(s)
• POL 450 - Constitutional Law 3 credit(s)
• SOC 115 - Introduction to Social Welfare 3 credit(s)
• SOC 363 - Urban Sociology 3 credit(s)
• SOC 318 - Internships 3 credit(s)
• SOC 418W - Senior Practicum 4 credit(s)
• SOC 419 - Applied Research Internship 3 credit(s)

Notes: Citizenship/Community

Students majoring in a program with more than 58 credits required for the degree and students pursuing a double major may select one of the following AUC courses to fulfill the college’s citizenship/community requirement:

• AUCT 140 - Epidemics and AIDS 3–4 credit(s)

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• The list of approved citizenship/community courses may also  be found in the majors book or at www.hartford.edu/A_and_S/academic_services/files/pdfs/Majors_book/cmm_citizen.pdf.

Diversity

Courses that fulfill the diversity requirement:

• AFS 110 - The Study of the Black Experience 3 credit(s)
• AFS 111 - The Black Impact on Western Civilization 3 credit(s)
• ARA 110 - Elementary Arabic I 3 credit(s)
• ART 395 - Study/Travel 3 credit(s)
• CMM 330 - Gender and Sex in Pop Culture 3 credit(s)
• CMM 335 - Ethnic and Intercultural Communication 3 credit(s)
• ENG 217 - Survey of Postcolonial Writers 3 credit(s)
• ENG 218 - Survey of Minority Writers 3 credit(s)
• ENG 223 - Survey of African American Literature 3 credit(s)
• ENG 305 - African American Women Writers 3 credit(s)
• FR 110 - Elementary French I 3 credit(s)
• FR 111 - Elementary French II 3 credit(s)
• FR 210 - Intermediate French I 4 credit(s)
• FR 211 - Intermediate French II 4 credit(s)
• FR 300 - Introduction to French Culture 3 credit(s)
• GER 110 - Elementary German I 3 credit(s)
• GER 111 - Elementary German II 3 credit(s)
• GER 210 - Intermediate German I 4 credit(s)
• GER 211 - Intermediate German II 4 credit(s)
• GS 100 - Introduction to Gender Studies 3 credit(s)
• HIS 100 - Civilization since 1500: Making the World Modern 3 credit(s)
• HIS 131 - The United States since the Civil War Era 3 credit(s)
• HIS 212 - Traditions of China and Japan 3 credit(s)
• HIS 225 - African American History 3 credit(s)
• HIS 229 - The Holocaust 3 credit(s)
• HIS 233 - U.S.-China Relations 3 credit(s)
• HIS 235 - The Modern Middle East 3 credit(s)
• HIS 271 - Southeast Asia in the 20th Century 3 credit(s)
• HIS 336 - The Arabs and Israel 3 credit(s)
• HBR 113 - Hebrew Language I: Elementary Conversational Hebrew 3 credit(s)
• HBR 114 - Hebrew Language II: Elementary Conversational Hebrew 3 credit(s)
• HBR 115 - Hebrew Language III: Intermediate Conversational Hebrew 3 credit(s)
• HBR 116 - Hebrew Language IV: Intermediate Conversational Hebrew 3 credit(s)
• HBR 117 - Advanced Hebrew Conversation and Selected Readings 3 credit(s)
• HBR 118 - Advanced Hebrew Language, Culture, and Film 3 credit(s)
• ITA 110 - Elementary Italian I 3 credit(s)
• ITA 111 - Elementary Italian II 3 credit(s)
• ITA 210 - Intermediate Italian I 4 credit(s)
• ITA 211 - Intermediate Italian II 4 credit(s)
• ITA 300 - Introduction to Italian Culture 3 credit(s)
• JS 110 - Yiddish Language I 3 credit(s)
• JS 111 - Yiddish Language II 3 credit(s)
• JS 205 - Israel: History and Society 3 credit(s)
• JS 214 - Jewish History from the Exile to the Enlightenment 3 credit(s)
• JS 215 - Introduction to World Religions 3 credit(s)
• JS 216 - Modern Jewish History 3 credit(s)
• JS 218W - Jewish, Christian, and Islamic Ethics 3 credit(s)
• JS 228 - American-Jewish History 3 credit(s)
• JS 315 - Yiddish Literature in Translation I 3 credit(s)
• JS 324W - Modern European-Jewish Literature 3 credit(s)
• PHI 265 - Studies in Native American Philosophy 3 credit(s)
• PHI 280 - Introduction to Eastern Philosophy 3 credit(s)
• PHI 350 - Ethics of Gender and Sexuality 3 credit(s)
• PHI 383W - Gender, Knowledge, and Values 3 credit(s)
• POL 120 - Comparative Politics 3 credit(s)
• POL 213 - Race, Ethnicity, and Politics 3 credit(s)
• POL 222 - Politics of the Third World 3 credit(s)
• POL 317 - Gender, Power, and Politics 3 credit(s)
• POL 323 - Caribbean Politics 3 credit(s)
• POL 353W - Gender, Law, and Policy 3 credit(s)
• POL 421 - Political Violence 3 credit(s)
• PSY 248 - Psychology of Gender 3 credit(s)
• PSY 257 - Multicultural Issues in Psychology 3 credit(s)
• RPW 251W - Rhetorics of Gender Activism 3 credit(s)
• RPW 340W - Writing in Gender- Based Activist Organizations 3 credit(s)
• SOC 110 - Introduction to Sociology 3 credit(s)
• SOC 113 - Contemporary Social Issues 3 credit(s)
• SOC 130 - Cultural Anthropology 3 credit(s)
• SOC 225 - Women’s and Gay Rights Social Movements 3 credit(s)
• SOC 256 - The Black Family in American Society 3 credit(s)
• SOC 258 - The Caribbean American Family 3 credit(s)
• SOC 273 - International Organized Crime 3 credit(s)
• SOC 315 - Sociology of Gender and Sexuality 3 credit(s)
• SOC 382 - Race and Ethnic Relations 3 credit(s)
• SOC 460 - Social Inequality 3 credit(s)
• SPA 110 - Elementary Spanish I 3 credit(s)
• SPA 111 - Elementary Spanish II 3 credit(s)
• SPA 210 - Intermediate Spanish I 4 credit(s)
• SPA 211 - Intermediate Spanish II 4 credit(s)
• SPA 342 - Studies in Spanish/Hispanic Culture 3 credit(s)

Notes: (Diversity)

Students majoring in a program with more than 58 credits required for the degree and students pursuing a double major may select one of the following AUC courses to fulfill the college’s diversity requirement:

• AUCA 150 - Ethnic Roots and Urban Arts 3 credit(s)
• AUCC 110 - Hunger: Problems of Scarcity and Choice 3 credit(s)
• AUCC 120 - Literature and Films of Other Cultures 3 credit(s)
• AUCC 140 - Native American Cultures 3 credit(s)
• AUCC 150 - The Caribbean Mosaic 3 credit(s)
• AUCC 160 - Literature and Culture of Immigrant Groups in America 3 credit(s)
• AUCS 110 - Sources of Power 3 credit(s)
• AUCS 150 - Gender, Identity, and Society 3 credit(s)

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• The list of approved diversity courses may also be found in the majors book or at http://www.hartford.edu/a_and_s/academic_services/files/pdfs/Majors_book/diversity.pdf.

 

Mathematics (0 or 3 credits)

The college believes that students must demonstrate basic college-level mathematics skills by successfully completing any mathematics course (except M 118 ) taught by the A&S mathematics department.

Arts* (3 credits)

Select

• one course from art history, music, cinema, or drama.

Humanities* (9 credits)

Select

• three courses from three different disciplines from the following list: literature, foreign language, history, philosophy.

Laboratory Science (4 or 8 credits)

• Two 4-credit laboratory courses from biology, chemistry, physics, or SCI.
• One laboratory course may be a 4-credit, college-approved AUCT course.
• The list of approved courses may be found at www.hartford.edu/A_and_S/academic_services/gen_ed/approved_AUCT.aspx.

Social Science (6 credits)

Note(s):

*Students who are pursuing a double major and students in degree programs requiring more than 58 credits in the major may use an AUC course to fulfill one requirement among the arts and humanities within the exploration and breadth category.

Writing Courses (0 or 3 or 6 credits)

• RPW 110 - Rhetoric and Writing I 3 credit(s) (first year, second semester)
• RPW 210 - Foundations of Argument 3 credit(s) (second year, first semester)

Information Technology Literacy (0 or 3 credits)

Students must take one course from a list of approved courses in informational technology literacy. The list of approved courses is found in the majors book or at http://uhaweb.hartford.edu/artsci/gened. If approved by the major department, a course in this category may also count toward the major.

Courses that fulfill the information technology literacy requirement:

• CS 110 - Introduction to Computers 3 credit(s)
• CS 111 - Programming Foundations 3 credit(s)
• CS 114 - Fundamentals of Computing I 4 credit(s)
• MWD 110 - Foundations of Web Design and Development 4 credit(s)
• RPW 375 - Professional Editing 3 credit(s)

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• The list of approved courses may also be found in the majors book at http://www.hartford.edu/a_and_s/academic_services/files/pdfs/Majors_book/info_tech.pdf

Writing-Intensive Courses (0 or 3 credits)

In addition to RPW 110  and RPW 210 , students must take two writing-intensive courses, one of which must be taken in the major. Writing-intensive courses are indicated by a W following a course code (e.g., CMM 250W ).

A writing-intensive course is one in which students do some writing for most class meetings, in addition to the writing they do for examinations and term projects. The nature of the writing varies from course to course; it may include journals, laboratory reports, short essays, or substantial research projects. Besides covering the usual content, a writing-intensive course devotes class time to the writing process: planning, drafting, revising, or editing. While each discipline has its own research methods and distinctive scholarly style, writing-intensive courses stress the common denominators of academic discourse. Writing-intensive courses have met the guidelines approved by the faculty.