Area 3: Approved GE Courses
Reminder: Access your Academic Requirements Report (ARR) to see your progress towards completing GE requirements. Continue to regularly connect with your academic advisor to plan your GE course selections. Plus, refer to the Schedule of Classes to see which courses are offered for a specific term.
The courses below are approved GE courses that fulfill categories in Lower-Division Area 3:
| Subject/ Number | Title | Cross-Listed Courses |
|---|---|---|
| AFRS 155 | African American Music | |
| AFRS 160 | Introduction to Africana Arts | |
| AFRS 255 | Introduction to Hip Hop | |
| AH 101 | Introduction to Visual Culture | |
| AH 111A | Foundation Art History: Prehistory-c. 1500, Middle East, North Africa, Europe | |
| AH 111B | Foundation Art History: c.1300-present, Europe and the United States | |
| AH 111C | Foundation Art History: Latin American Arts and Architecture | |
| AH 111D | Foundation Art History: Asia, Early Sacred Cultures | |
| AH 111E | Foundation Art History: Asia, Later Traditions | |
| AH 111F | Foundation Art History: Arts of Africa, Oceania, and Indigenous North America | |
| AH 111G | Foundation Art History: Arts of Islamic Regions | |
| AIS 222 | American Indian Museum Studies | |
| AMST 142 | Race and Hollywood | |
| ART 110 | Introduction to the Visual Arts | |
| ART 227 | History Of Animation | |
| CINE 101 | Understanding Film | |
| CWL 124 | Introduction to World Theatre and Drama | |
| CWL 205 | Digital Narrative and Culture | |
| CWL 213 | Visual Studies: Comics and Graphic Novels | |
| CWL 215 | From Cradle to Crypt: Representations of the Lifespan | |
| DANC 101 | Introduction to Modern Dance | |
| DANC 102 | Introduction to Ballet | |
| DANC 103 | Introduction to Jazz | |
| DANC 104 | Introduction to Tap | |
| DANC 106 | Introduction to African/African Diasporic Dance | |
| DANC 107 | Introduction to Street and Club Dances | |
| DANC 110 | Viewing Dance | |
| DANC 205 | Introduction to Dance History | |
| DESN 110 | Foundation Design History | |
| ENGL 204 | Introduction to Creative Writing: Creative Nonfiction | |
| ENGL 205 | Introduction to Creative Writing: Fiction | |
| ENGL 206 | Introduction to Creative Writing: Poetry | |
| FREN 240 | Paris Past and Present | |
| ITAL 240 | Florence Through the Ages | |
| MUS 190 | Listener Approach to Music | |
| MUS 191A | Western Art Music I: Antiquity to Beethoven | |
| MUS 191B | Western Art Music II: Beethoven to Present | |
| MUS 290 | Popular Music In America | |
| MUS 293 | History and Appreciation of Jazz | |
| PHIL 156 | Philosophy and Music | |
| PHIL 261 | Philosophy and Film | |
| THEA 113 | Introduction to Acting | |
| THEA 122 | Theatre for the 21st Century | |
| THEA 212 | How the World Talks |
| Subject/ Number | Title | Cross-Listed Courses | Effective Term |
|---|---|---|---|
| AAAS 100 | Asian Eats | ||
| AFRS 140 | Introduction to African American Literature | ||
| AFRS 170A | Elementary Swahili | ||
| ARAB 101A | Elementary Arabic 1 | ||
| ARAB 101B | Elementary Arabic 2 | ||
| ARAB 201A | Intermediate Arabic 1 | ||
| ARAB 201B | Intermediate Arabic 2 | ||
| ASLD 101 | American Sign Language 1 | ||
| ASLD 102 | American Sign Language 2 | ||
| ASLD 151 | Mexican Sign Language 1 | Spring 2026 | |
| ASLD 152 | Mexican Sign Language 2 | Spring 2026 | |
| CHIN 101 | Fundamentals of Chinese | ||
| CHIN 102 | Fundamentals of Chinese | ||
| CHIN 201 | Intermediate Chinese | ||
| CHIN 202 | Intermediate Chinese | ||
| CHLS 150 | Introduction to Chicano Literary Studies | ||
| CLSC 100 | The Classical World of Greece and Rome | ||
| CLSC 101 | Greek Mythology | ||
| CLSC 135 | Sex and Sexuality in the Ancient Mediterranean | ||
| CLSC 201 | Poets, Plays and Politics of Ancient Greece | ||
| CLSC 202 | Poets, Plays and Politics of Ancient Rome | ||
| CLSC 250 | Race and Ethnicity in the Ancient Mediterranean | ||
| CWL 100 | Introduction to World Literature | ||
| CWL 101 | Introduction To Comparative World Literature | ||
| CWL 104 | Literature & Culture of Middle East | ||
| CWL 115 | Introduction to Health Humanities | ||
| CWL 132 | World Mythology | ||
| CWL 205 | Digital Literature and Culture | ||
| CWL 206 | Science Fiction, Fantasy, and Horror | ||
| CWL 210 | Erotica, Love, Romance: Literary and Cultural Representation | ||
| CWL 213 | Visual Studies: Comics and Graphic Novels | ||
| CWL 215 | From Cradle to Crypt: Representations of the Lifespan | ||
| CWL 220 | The Imagination at Play | ||
| CWL 225 | Short Stories of the World | ||
| CWL 242 | The Bible as Literature | ENGL 242, R/ST 242 | |
| CWL 265 | Intro to Literary Theory | ||
| DANC 200 | Ballet History in Western Culture | ||
| ENGL 180 | Appreciation of Literature | ||
| ENGL 242 | The Bible as Literature | CWL 242, R/ST 242 | |
| ENGL 250A | Survey of English Literature | ||
| ENGL 250B | Survey of English Literature | ||
| ENGL 270A | Survey of American Literature | ||
| ENGL 270B | Survey of American Literature | ||
| FIL 101 | Fundamentals of Filipino | ||
| FIL 102 | Fundamentals of Filipino | ||
| FREN 100A | Fundamentals of French for Spanish Speakers | ||
| FREN 100B | Fundamentals of French for Spanish Speakers | ||
| FREN 101 | Fundamentals of French | ||
| FREN 101A | Fundamentals of French | ||
| FREN 101B | Fundamentals of French | ||
| FREN 200 | Intermediate French for Spanish Speakers | ||
| FREN 201 | Intermediate French | ||
| FREN 201A | Intermediate French | ||
| FREN 201B | Intermediate French | ||
| GERM 101A | Fundamentals of German | ||
| GERM 101B | Fundamentals of German | ||
| GERM 201A | Intermediate German | ||
| GERM 201B | Intermediate German | ||
| GK 101B | Introductory Greek | ||
| HEBW 101A | Fundamentals of Hebrew | ||
| HEBW 101B | Fundamentals of Hebrew | ||
| HIND 101 | Fundamentals of Hindi & Urdu Language & Culture I | ||
| HIND 102 | Fundamentals of Hindi & Urdu Language & Culture II | ||
| ITAL 100A | Fundamentals of Italian for Spanish Speakers | ||
| ITAL 100B | Fundamentals of Italian for Spanish Speakers | ||
| ITAL 101A | Fundamentals of Italian | ||
| ITAL 101B | Fundamentals of Italian | ||
| ITAL 200 | Intermediate Italian for Spanish Speakers | ||
| ITAL 201 | Intermediate Italian | ||
| ITAL 201A | Intermediate Italian | ||
| ITAL 201B | Intermediate Italian | ||
| JAPN 101 | Fundamentals of Japanese | ||
| JAPN 102 | Fundamentals of Japanese | ||
| JAPN 201 | Intermediate Japanese | ||
| JAPN 202 | Intermediate Japanese | ||
| KHMR 101 | Fundamentals of Khmer | ||
| KHMR 102 | Fundamentals of Khmer | ||
| KOR 101 | Fundamentals of Korean | ||
| KOR 102 | Fundamentals of Korean | ||
| KOR 201 | Intermediate Korean | ||
| KOR 202 | Intermediate Korean | ||
| LAT 101A | Introductory Latin | ||
| LAT 101B | Introductory Latin | ||
| PHIL 100 | Introduction To Philosophy | ||
| PHIL 101 | The Meaning Of Life | ||
| PHIL 160 | Ethics and Society | ||
| PHIL 203 | History of Early Western Philosophy | ||
| PHIL 204 | History of Modern Western Philosophy | ||
| R/ST 100 | The Religious Quest for Meaning | ||
| R/ST 101 | Religion at the Movies | ||
| R/ST 111 | Religion Games: Religion in the Public Square | ||
| R/ST 200 | Introduction to Early and Western Religions | ||
| R/ST 201 | Introduction to Asian Religions | ||
| R/ST 202 | Religion and Pop Culture | ||
| R/ST 208 | Religion and Sexual Ethics | ||
| R/ST 210 | Introduction to Bible | ||
| R/ST 230 | Heaven, Hell, and Other Afterlives | ||
| R/ST 240 | Love, Life, and the World | ||
| R/ST 242 | The Bible as Literature | CWL 242, ENGL 242 | |
| RGR 100A | Uptown/Downtown: The City as Text | ||
| RUSS 100 | Fundamentals of Russian | ||
| RUSS 200 | Intermediate Russian | ||
| SPAN 100 | Accelerated Elementary Spanish | ||
| SPAN 101A | Elementary Spanish 1 | Spring 2026 | |
| SPAN 101B | Elementary Spanish 2 | ||
| SPAN 200 | Accelerated Intermediate Spanish | ||
| SPAN 201A | Intermediate Spanish 1 | ||
| SPAN 201B | Intermediate Spanish 2 | ||
| SPAN 250 | Spanish for Bilinguals | ||
| THEA 221 | History of Theatre & Drama to 1600 | ||
| THEA 222 | History of Theatre & Drama Since 1660 | ||
| TRST 201 | Meaning in Transit: An Introduction to Translation Studies | ||
| VIET 111 | Accelerated Vietnamese forHeritage Students I | ||
| VIET 211 | Accelerated Vietnamese for Heritage Students II |
The courses below are approved GE courses that fulfill Upper-Division Area 3:
| Subject/ Number | Title | Cross-Listed Courses | Effective Term |
|---|---|---|---|
| A/ST 306 | Traditional Asia | ||
| A/ST 336 | Politics and Literature In Southeast Asia | ||
| AFRS 343A | African Literature | ||
| AFRS 346 | Africana Theatre | ||
| AFRS 353 | Religion of African Peoples | ||
| AFRS 400 | African American Social Thought | ||
| AFRS 415 | International Africana Children's Literature | ||
| AFRS 445 | Africana Women's Literary Tradition: Toni Morrison | ||
| AFRS 454 | Africana Womanism: An Intellectual History | ||
| AFRS 498 | Ancient Egyptian Ethical Thought | ||
| AH 432 | Introduction to Working in the Arts and Cultural Sector | ||
| AH 433 | Exhibition and Display Practices | ||
| AH 446 | Art History Methodologies and Writing | ||
| AH 453 | Arts of the African Diaspora | ||
| AH 454 | Contemporary Indigenous Arts In the US and American Territories | AIS 454 | |
| AIS 313 | American Indian Genders & Sexualities | WGSS 313 | |
| AIS 336 | Indigenous Philosophies of Sustainability | ||
| AIS 340 | American Indian Literature | ENGL 340 | |
| AIS 454 | Contemporary Indigenous Arts In the US and American Territories | AH 454 | |
| AMST 310 | Foodways in Contemporary America | ||
| AMST 350 | California Culture | ||
| ANTH 478 | Anthropology & Film | ||
| ART 311 | Writing about Visual Art | ||
| ART 333 | Global Art Scenes | ||
| ASAM 341 | Asian American/Chicano and Latino Cinema | CHLS 341 | |
| BLAW 400 | Business Ethics | PHIL 400 | |
| CHIN 370 | Chinese Literature in English Translation | ||
| CHLS 341 | Asian American/Chicano and Latino Cinema | ASAM 341 | |
| CHLS 370 | Chicana/o and Latina/o Literature | ||
| CHLS 411 | Archival Quest: Reclaiming Latinx Rhetorics | ||
| CHLS 450 | 1492 And Beyond | RGR 450 | |
| CINE 301 | Critical Debates in Film and Media | ||
| CINE 310 | The World and Culture Through Film | ||
| CINE 316 | Popular Culture and Media | ||
| CINE 318 | Theory of Fiction and Film | ENGL 318 | |
| CINE 346 | The European Cinema Of Communism, Fascism, and Resistance | RGR 346 | |
| CINE 380 | Documentary History & Theory | ||
| CLSC 300 | Pagan Culture | ||
| CLSC 310 | Greek World | HIST 310 | |
| CLSC 312 | The Roman World | HIST 312 | |
| CLSC 410 | Law & Literature In the Classical World | ||
| CLSC 420 | Classical Drama | ||
| CWL 300 | Representing the World: Literature and Culture in Contact and Conflict | ||
| CWL 305 | Science Fiction and Global Technologies | ||
| CWL 314 | The World Before 1492: Race, Gender, and Identity in the "Middle Ages" | ENGL 314 | |
| CWL 315 | Literature and Medicine | ||
| CWL 320 | Comic Spirit | ||
| CWL 324 | Theatre Today | THEA 324 | |
| CWL 344 | Literature of the Holocaust | ||
| CWL 350 | Global Literature in American Culture | ||
| CWL 405 | Global Fantasy | ||
| CWL 412 | Art & Literature | ||
| CWL 414 | Medieval World | ||
| CWL 415 | Ethnic Literature and Culture in America | ||
| CWL 430 | Dante | ITAL 430 | |
| CWL 440 | Latin American Literary Studies | ||
| CWL 451 | Film And Novel In Society | ||
| CWL 453 | Fairy Tales | ||
| DANC 342 | Global Cultures and Dance Traditions | ||
| DANC 373 | Nonverbal Communication: Interaction of Mind and Body | ||
| DANC 435 | Dance on Camera | ||
| DANC 442 | Dance and Social Identity in the U.S. | ||
| DESN 367 | History and Theory of Architecture | ||
| DESN 368 | History and Theory of Design | ||
| DESN 369 | History of Furniture and Decorative Arts | ||
| ENGL 300 | Advanced Composition | ||
| ENGL 314 | The World Before 1492: Race, Gender, and Identity in the "Middle Ages" | CWL 314 | |
| ENGL 318 | Theory of Fiction and Film | CINE 318 | |
| ENGL 340 | American Indian Literature | AIS 340 | |
| ENGL 363 | Shakespeare I | ||
| ENGL 366 | Queer Literature and Queer Reading | WGSS 366 | Spring 2026 |
| ENGL 370 | Chicana/O and Latina/O Literature | CHLS 370 | |
| ENGL 372 | Comedy In the United States | ||
| ENGL 375 | U.S. Ethnic Writers | ||
| ENGL 380 | Approaches to English Studies | ||
| ENGL 382 | Women and Literature | WGSS 382 | |
| ENGL 385 | The Short Story | ||
| ENGL 386 | Poetry | ||
| ENGL 387 | Comics and Graphic Narratives | ||
| ENGL 444 | Literature and Environment | ||
| ENGR 350 | Computers, Ethics and Society | ||
| FREN 440 | Modern French Culture and Society | ||
| GERM 380 | Contemporary Germany, Society, and Culture | ||
| GERM 397 | Marx, Nietzsche, Freud | ||
| GERM 415 | Survey of German Literature and Culture I | ||
| GERM 416 | Survey of German Literature and Culture II | ||
| H SC 407 | Health Equity & Social Justice in the US | ||
| HIST 303 | Rebels & Renegades | ||
| HIST 310 | Greek World | CLSC 310 | |
| HIST 312 | Roman World | CLSC 312 | |
| HIST 313 | Ancient Greece | ||
| HIST 407 | Japan and the United States in the 20th Century | ||
| HIST 465 | Seeing Latin America: Visual Culture and History in the Latin American World | ||
| ITAL 430 | Dante | CWL 430 | |
| JOUR 315 | Literary Journalism | ||
| MUS 363 | Music & the Visual Arts | ||
| MUS 364 | Music & the Temporal Arts | ||
| MUS 468 | Music & Film | ||
| MUS 490 | Introduction to Music Cultures | ||
| MUS 491 | Writing About Music | ||
| PHIL 306 | Philosophies of China and Japan | ||
| PHIL 307 | Philosophies Of India | ||
| PHIL 330 | Philosophy of Religion | ||
| PHIL 351 | Political Philosophy | ||
| PHIL 352 | Philosophy of Law | ||
| PHIL 360 | Environmental Ethics | ||
| PHIL 361 | Philosophy of Art | ||
| PHIL 363 | Ethical Theory | ||
| PHIL 381 | Philosophy of Science | ||
| PHIL 382 | Theory of Knowledge | ||
| PHIL 400 | Business Ethics | BLAW 400 | |
| PHIL 402 | Engineering Ethics | ||
| PHIL 403 | Medical Ethics | ||
| PHIL 405 | Philosophy of Literature | ||
| PHIL 451 | Liberty and Justice: Race, Ethnicity, and Gender in American Law | ||
| PHIL 482 | Introduction to Cognitive Science | ||
| R/ST 302 | Faith and Race in America | ||
| R/ST 303 | Queer Spirit | WGSS 303 | |
| R/ST 308 | Comparative Religious Ethics | ||
| R/ST 311 | Religion and Literature of the Hebrew Bible/Old Testament | ||
| R/ST 312 | Dead Sea Scrolls | ||
| R/ST 313A | Nahua Calendars, Corn and Language | ||
| R/ST 313B | Nahua Literature | ||
| R/ST 322 | New Testament & Earliest Christian Literature | ||
| R/ST 331 | A Journey through Islam | ||
| R/ST 337 | Muslim Mystics: Music, Poetry, and Dance | ||
| R/ST 341 | Buddhism | ||
| R/ST 344 | Religions of East Asia | ||
| R/ST 351 | Hinduism | ||
| R/ST 352 | Religions Of India | ||
| R/ST 353 | Religions of Southeast Asia | ||
| R/ST 362 | Religion and Psychology | ||
| R/ST 366 | Global Magic, Witchcraft, and the Body | ||
| R/ST 375 | Historical Jesus | ||
| R/ST 376 | Christian Origins | ||
| R/ST 383 | Christianity and Global Conflict | ||
| R/ST 391 | Religion and Science | ||
| R/ST 402 | Religion In America | ||
| R/ST 467 | Religion In Latin America Caribbean | ||
| R/ST 471 | Early Christianity and Society | ||
| RGR 346 | The European Cinema of Communism, Fascism, and Resistance | CINE 346 | |
| RGR 400 | Crime and Punishment | ||
| RGR 450 | 1492 and Beyond | CHLS 450 | |
| RUSS 310 | Russian Literature In English | ||
| RUSS 410 | Russian Civilization | ||
| THEA 323 | The Integration of Design and Performance | ||
| THEA 324 | Theatre Today | CWL 324 | |
| THEA 327 | Theatre, Protest, and Social Change | ||
| THEA 425 | Theatre and Cinema | ||
| WGSS 303 | Queer Spirit | R/ST 303 | |
| WGSS 313 | American Indian Genders & Sexualities | AIS 313 | |
| WGSS 318 | Fierce Struggle: U.S. Women of Color - History and Thought | ||
| WGSS 330 | Feminist Politics of Rage | ||
| WGSS 365 | Popular Culture: Seeing Sex and Gender | ||
| WGSS 366 | Queer Literature and Queer Reading | ENGL 366 | Spring 2026 |
| WGSS 382 | Women and Literature | ENGL 382 |
