Academic Catalog

Appendix: Common Curriculum

Note: The Common Curriculum will replace the General Education Curriculum beginning with the 2025-26 academic year. Continuing students who entered the university prior to 2025-26 will be expected to complete the existing General Education Curriculum unless they elect to complete the Common Curriculum instead.

The Common Curriculum provides academic breadth with a set of intellectually rigorous and challenging courses that foster skills and attributes associated with leadership and global citizenship.

Every undergraduate student in a baccalaureate degree program in the University, on all campuses, must complete the Common Curriculum. The Common Curriculum requires students to complete six Topics of Inquiry and three Competencies.

The purpose of the Common Curriculum is to ensure that all University of Connecticut undergraduate students are experienced with different ways of knowing and many kinds of knowledge beyond career preparation, and that they enter society and their professions with a strong sense of moral, ethical, and social responsibility. It is vital to the accomplishment of the University’s mission that a balance between professional and general education be established and maintained in which each is complementary to and compatible with the other. A leader and global citizen needs to be able to communicate with and cultivate compassion with those outside their own majors, disciplines, professions, communities, and cultures and to make connections between their own knowledge and perspectives and those of others.

Topics of Inquiry

Students must pass at least three credits of coursework in each of six Topics of Inquiry (TOI)

Requirements

  1. At least three credits must be passed in each Topic of Inquiry (most courses fulfill two).
  2. Students must also satisfy a Focus requirement by successfully completing either three courses in a single Topic of Inquiry or three courses within a Theme.
  3. Topic of Inquiry courses may be counted toward the major.
  4. Including the Focus requirement, students must pass at least 21 credits of TOI courses.
  5. The 21 credits of TOI courses must be from at least six different subject areas as designated by subject code (e.g., ANTH). For cross-listed courses, students may count any subject code under which the course is offered toward this requirement regardless of the subject code under which they register for the course.
  6. Students must complete at least one laboratory course in TOI-6 (see TOI-6 for definition of laboratory class). This does not restrict courses outside TOI-6 from having laboratories, nor does it limit TOI-6 courses to be only laboratory courses.
  7. No more than six credits with the INTD prefix may be elected by any student to meet the Common Curriculum Requirements.

Topic of Inquiry Courses

All current General Education courses are being considered for transition to the Common Curriculum. At present, the following courses have been approved for these specific areas. Review is ongoing.

TOI-1: Creativity: Design, Expression, Innovation

AAAS 3375Indian Art and Popular Culture: Independence to the Present3
AFRA 3131African-American Theatre3
AFRA 3132African-American Women Playwrights, 1900 to the present3
AMST 2400City and Community in Film3
AMST 3570History and Theory of Digital Art3
ARE 2525Sustainability Policy and Management3
ART 1000Art Appreciation3
ART 3375Indian Art and Popular Culture: Independence to the Present3
ARTH 2230Curating Contemporary Art: Issues, Themes, Theories, and Practices3
ARTH 3570History and Theory of Digital Art3
CLCS 1101Classics of World Literature I3
CLCS 1102Classics of World Literature II3
CLCS 1110Introduction to Film Studies3
DMD 2020Design Thinking3
DMD 3570History and Theory of Digital Art3
DRAM 1101Introduction to the Theatre3
DRAM 1501Introduction to World Puppetry3
DRAM 1811Dance Appreciation3
DRAM 2150Devising Theatre for Social Justice I3
DRAM 3131African-American Theatre3
DRAM 3132African-American Women Playwrights, 1900 to the present3
ENGL 1401Horror3
ENGL 2055WEWriting, Rhetoric, and Environment3
ENGL 2405Drama3
ENGL 2408Modern Drama3
ENGL 2408WModern Drama3
ENGL 2409The Modern Novel3
ENGL 2413The Graphic Novel3
ENGL 2413WThe Graphic Novel3
ENGL 2614Writing with Algorithms3
EPSY 1450WMind, Body, Health3
EPSY 1830Critical and Creative Thinking in the Movies3
EPSY 2810Creativity: Debunking Myths and Enhancing Innovation3
FREN 1177Magicians, Witches, Wizards: Parallel Beliefs and Popular Culture in France3
GERM 1169Contemporary Germany in Europe3
HEJS 2201Diversity and Inclusion in Israeli Society: A Cinematic View3
HRTS 2150Devising Theatre for Social Justice I3
INDS 3375Indian Art and Popular Culture: Independence to the Present3
INTD 3260The Bible, the Holy Land, and History3
LAND 3230WESustainable Environmental Planning and Landscape Design3
MUSI 1003Popular Music and Diversity in American Society3
MUSI 1115Jazz Ensembles1
MUSI 1120Jazz Combos1
MUSI 3407WHistory of Jazz3
PHYS 1075QPhysics of Music4
POLS 3040Power, Politics and Art3
POLS 3610WAmerican Politics in Film3
URBN 1600Cities of Imagination3
URBN 2400City and Community in Film3
WGSS 2204Feminisms and the Arts3
WGSS 2217Women, Gender and Film3
WGSS 2217WWomen, Gender and Film3

TOI-2: Cultural Dimensions of Human Experiences

AAAS 1000Pathways to Asian American Studies3
AAAS 1001Pathways to Asian Studies3
AAAS 2201Introduction to Asian American Studies3
AAAS 2222Race, Gender, Sexuality, and the Power of Looking3
AAAS 2305Modern Japanese Literature3
AAAS 2866China and the West3
AAAS 2868Foreign Relations of China Since 19493
AAAS 2868WForeign Relations of China Since 19493
AAAS 3212Asian American Literature3
AAAS 3820History of Modern Chinese Political Thought3
AAAS 3830EEnvironmental History in East Asia3
AFRA 2222Race, Gender, Sexuality, and the Power of Looking3
AFRA 2753History of Modern Africa3
AFRA 3050WAfrican-American Art3
AFRA 3131African-American Theatre3
AFRA 3132African-American Women Playwrights, 1900 to the present3
AFRA 3152Race, Ethnicity, and Nationalism3
AFRA 3206Black Experience in the Americas3
AFRA 3213Eighteenth- and Nineteenth-Century African American Literature3
AFRA 3215Twentieth- and Twenty-First Century African American Literature3
AFRA 3215WTwentieth- and Twenty-First Century African American Literature3
AFRA 3217Studies in African American Literature and Culture3
AFRA 3564African American History Since 18653
AFRA 3619History of the Caribbean3
AFRA 3619WHistory of the Caribbean3
AFRA 3642African-American Politics3
AH 2330Italy's Mediterranean Food and Our Health3
AH 5330Italy’s Mediterranean Food and Our Health3
AMST 1201Introduction to American Studies3
AMST 1700Honors Core: American Landscapes3
AMST 2201Introduction to Asian American Studies3
AMST 2204Jewish Culture in American Film3
AMST 2276American Utopias and Dystopias3
AMST 2400City and Community in Film3
AMST 3542ENew England Environmental History3
ANTH 1000Peoples and Cultures of the World3
ANTH 1000WPeoples and Cultures of the World3
ANTH 2000Social Anthropology3
ANTH 2000WSocial Anthropology3
ANTH 3028Indigenous Rights and Aboriginal Australia3
ANTH 3028WIndigenous Rights and Aboriginal Australia3
ANTH 3150WMigration3
ANTH 3152Race, Ethnicity, and Nationalism3
ANTH 3230Propaganda, Disinformation, and Hate Speech3
ANTH 3902North American Prehistory3
ARAB 1751Traditional Arab Literatures, Cultures, and Civilizations3
ARAB 1771Modern Arabic Culture3
ARAB 3771Cinema in the Middle East and North Africa3
ARIS 1211Introduction to Islam3
ART 1000Art Appreciation3
ARTH 1128Global Perspectives on Western Art: Renaissance to the Present3
ARTH 1137Introduction to Art History: Prehistoric - 14th Century3
ARTH 1138Introduction to Art History: 15th Century - Present3
ARTH 1140Introduction to Asian Art3
ARTH 1141From Sun Gods to Lowriders: Introduction to Latin American Art3
ARTH 1162Introduction to Architecture3
ARTH 2222Race, Gender, Sexuality, and the Power of Looking3
ARTH 2230Curating Contemporary Art: Issues, Themes, Theories, and Practices3
ARTH 3050WAfrican-American Art3
ARTH 3575Human Rights, Digital Media, Visual Culture3
ARTH 3630Alternative Modernities: Visual Culture of Latin America3
ARTH 3630WAlternative Modernities: Visual Culture of Latin America3
ARTH 3640Mexican and Chicano Art from Muralism to La Raza3
ARTH 3640WMexican and Chicano Art from Muralism to La Raza3
CAMS 1101Greek Civilization3
CAMS 1102Roman Civilization3
CAMS 1103Classical Mythology3
CAMS 2020Pyramids, Pirates, and the Polis: The Ancient Mediterranean3
CAMS 3326Ancient Rome: Emperors and Barbarians3
CHIN 1121Traditional Chinese Culture3
CHIN 3230Language and Identity in Greater China3
CHIN 3230WLanguage and Identity in Greater China3
CHIN 3270Chinese Film3
CHIN 3280Networking in China3
CLCS 1101Classics of World Literature I3
CLCS 1110Introduction to Film Studies3
CLCS 2204Jewish Culture in American Film3
CLCS 2301Jewish Humor3
CLCS 2609Fascism and its Opponents3
COMM 1000The Process of Communication3
DRAM 1501Introduction to World Puppetry3
DRAM 1811Dance Appreciation3
DRAM 2203The Holocaust in Print, Theater, and Film3
DRAM 3131African-American Theatre3
DRAM 3132African-American Women Playwrights, 1900 to the present3
ENGL 1201Introduction to American Studies3
ENGL 1401Horror3
ENGL 2100British Literature I3
ENGL 2101British Literature II3
ENGL 2201American Literature to 18803
ENGL 2201WAmerican Literature to 18803
ENGL 2276American Utopias and Dystopias3
ENGL 2301Anglophone Literatures3
ENGL 2301WAnglophone Literatures3
ENGL 2305Modern Japanese Literature3
ENGL 2405Drama3
ENGL 2408Modern Drama3
ENGL 2408WModern Drama3
ENGL 2409The Modern Novel3
ENGL 2413The Graphic Novel3
ENGL 2413WThe Graphic Novel3
ENGL 2609Fascism and its Opponents3
ENGL 3212Asian American Literature3
ENGL 3213Eighteenth- and Nineteenth-Century African American Literature3
ENGL 3215Twentieth- and Twenty-First Century African American Literature3
ENGL 3215WTwentieth- and Twenty-First Century African American Literature3
ENGL 3217Studies in African American Literature and Culture3
ENGL 3220Jewish American Literature and Culture3
ENGL 3220WJewish American Literature and Culture3
EPSY 1100Introduction to Special Education3
FREN 1177Magicians, Witches, Wizards: Parallel Beliefs and Popular Culture in France3
FREN 3280Fiction and Nonfiction by French and Francophone Women3
GEOG 2000Globalization3
GERM 1140WGerman Literature in English3
GERM 1169Contemporary Germany in Europe3
HDFS 2001Diversity Issues in Human Development and Family Sciences3
HDFS 3141Developmental Approaches to Intergroup Relations and Victimization3
HDFS 3261Men and Masculinities3
HEJS 2104Modern Jewish Thought3
HEJS 2200Israel: History and Society3
HEJS 2203The Holocaust in Print, Theater, and Film3
HEJS 2204Jewish Culture in American Film3
HEJS 2301Jewish Humor3
HEJS 3301The Jewish Middle Ages3
HEJS 3401Jewish American Literature and Culture3
HEJS 3401WJewish American Literature and Culture3
HEJS 3419Jewish Responses to the Holocaust3
HIST 1100The Historian as Detective3
HIST 1100WThe Historian as Detective3
HIST 1201Modern World History3
HIST 1203Women in History3
HIST 1300Western Traditions Before 15003
HIST 1400Modern Western Traditions3
HIST 1503Introduction to American Studies3
HIST 1570Migrant Workers in Connecticut4
HIST 1801History of Asia in the World to 15003
HIST 1805Key Words in East Asian History and Culture3
HIST 2020Pyramids, Pirates, and the Polis: The Ancient Mediterranean3
HIST 2206History of Science3
HIST 2208Science, Technology, and Society3
HIST 2208WScience, Technology, and Society3
HIST 2210EHistory of the Ocean3
HIST 2507New England and the Caribbean Plantation Complex, 1650-19003
HIST 2753History of Modern Africa3
HIST 2866China and the West3
HIST 2868Foreign Relations of China Since 19493
HIST 2868WForeign Relations of China Since 19493
HIST 3206Black Experience in the Americas3
HIST 3326Ancient Rome: Emperors and Barbarians3
HIST 3419Jewish Responses to the Holocaust3
HIST 3519Contemporary America3
HIST 3540EEnvironmental History of the Americas3
HIST 3540WEEnvironmental History of the Americas3
HIST 3542ENew England Environmental History3
HIST 3564African American History Since 18653
HIST 3607Latin America in the Colonial Period3
HIST 3609Latin America in the National Period3
HIST 3619History of the Caribbean3
HIST 3619WHistory of the Caribbean3
HIST 3635History of Modern Mexico3
HIST 3660WHistory of Migration in Las Americas3
HIST 3674History of Latinos/as in the United States3
HIST 3820History of Modern Chinese Political Thought3
HIST 3830EEnvironmental History in East Asia3
HRTS 2100Human Rights and Social Change3
HRTS 2100WHuman Rights and Social Change3
HRTS 2170WBioethics and Human Rights in Cross-Cultural Perspective3
HRTS 2203The Holocaust in Print, Theater, and Film3
HRTS 3028Indigenous Rights and Aboriginal Australia3
HRTS 3028WIndigenous Rights and Aboriginal Australia3
HRTS 3230Propaganda, Disinformation, and Hate Speech3
HRTS 3575Human Rights, Digital Media, Visual Culture3
ILCS 1160Culture of Fascist Italy3
ILCS 1170Introducing Italy through Its Regions3
ILCS 3260WItalian Cinema3
INTD 3260The Bible, the Holy Land, and History3
JAPN 2305Modern Japanese Literature3
LLAS 1009Latino Literature, Culture, and Society3
LLAS 1009WLatino Literature, Culture, and Society3
LLAS 1570Migrant Workers in Connecticut4
LLAS 2507New England and the Caribbean Plantation Complex, 1650-19003
LLAS 3220History of Latinos/as in the United States3
LLAS 3270Latino Political Behavior3
LLAS 3607Latin America in the Colonial Period3
LLAS 3609Latin America in the National Period3
LLAS 3619History of the Caribbean3
LLAS 3619WHistory of the Caribbean3
LLAS 3635History of Modern Mexico3
LLAS 3660WHistory of Migration in Las Americas3
MAST 2210EHistory of the Ocean3
MAST 2507New England and the Caribbean Plantation Complex, 1650-19003
MUSI 1115Jazz Ensembles1
MUSI 1120Jazz Combos1
NURS 1175WThe End of Life: A Multicultural Interdisciplinary Experience3
NURS 2175Global Politics of Childbearing and Reproduction3
NUSC 1167Food, Culture and Society3
PHIL 1103Philosophical Classics3
PHIL 1105Philosophy and Religion3
PHIL 1106Non-western and Comparative Philosophy3
PHIL 1109Global Existentialism3
PHIL 2170WBioethics and Human Rights in Cross-Cultural Perspective3
POLS 1202Introduction to Comparative Politics3
POLS 2221Introduction to Government and Politics in the Middle East and North Africa3
POLS 2221WIntroduction to Government and Politics in the Middle East and North Africa3
POLS 2602WReligion and Politics in America3
POLS 3040Power, Politics and Art3
POLS 3250The Political Economy of East Asia3
POLS 3250WThe Political Economy of East Asia3
POLS 3642African-American Politics3
POLS 3662Latino Political Behavior3
SLHS 1150Introduction to Communication Disorders3
SLHS 1150WIntroduction to Communication Disorders3
SOCI 1701Society in Global Perspective3
SOCI 1701WSociety in Global Perspective3
SOCI 2509WSociology of Anti-Semitism3
SPAN 1008Christians, Muslims and Jews in Medieval Spain3
SPAN 1009Latino Literature, Culture, and Society3
SPAN 1009WLatino Literature, Culture, and Society3
SPAN 1010Contemporary Spanish Culture and Society through Film3
SPAN 1020Intersections of Art, Fashion, Film, and Music in Modern Spain3
SPAN 3250Film in Spain and Latin America3
SPAN 3267WThe Spanish-American Short Story3
SPSS 1150Agricultural Technology and Society3
SPSS 2100EEnvironmental Sustainability of Food Production in Developed Countries3
URBN 2400City and Community in Film3
WGSS 1121Women in History3
WGSS 2124Gender and Globalization3
WGSS 2217Women, Gender and Film3
WGSS 2217WWomen, Gender and Film3
WGSS 3253Gender Representations in U.S. Popular Culture3
WGSS 3253WGender Representations in U.S. Popular Culture3
WGSS 3718WFeminism and Science Fiction3

TOI-3: Diversity, Equity, and Social Justice

AAAS 1000Pathways to Asian American Studies3
AAAS 1001Pathways to Asian Studies3
AAAS 2201Introduction to Asian American Studies3
AAAS 2222Race, Gender, Sexuality, and the Power of Looking3
AAAS 2305Modern Japanese Literature3
AAAS 3212Asian American Literature3
AFRA 2222Race, Gender, Sexuality, and the Power of Looking3
AFRA 2753History of Modern Africa3
AFRA 3050WAfrican-American Art3
AFRA 3152Race, Ethnicity, and Nationalism3
AFRA 3206Black Experience in the Americas3
AFRA 3213Eighteenth- and Nineteenth-Century African American Literature3
AFRA 3215Twentieth- and Twenty-First Century African American Literature3
AFRA 3215WTwentieth- and Twenty-First Century African American Literature3
AFRA 3217Studies in African American Literature and Culture3
AFRA 3564African American History Since 18653
AFRA 3619History of the Caribbean3
AFRA 3619WHistory of the Caribbean3
AFRA 3642African-American Politics3
AMST 1201Introduction to American Studies3
AMST 2201Introduction to Asian American Studies3
AMST 2204Jewish Culture in American Film3
AMST 3570History and Theory of Digital Art3
ANTH 2000Social Anthropology3
ANTH 2000WSocial Anthropology3
ANTH 2200Race and Human Biological Diversity3
ANTH 3028Indigenous Rights and Aboriginal Australia3
ANTH 3028WIndigenous Rights and Aboriginal Australia3
ANTH 3030Peoples of the Pacific Islands3
ANTH 3150WMigration3
ANTH 3152Race, Ethnicity, and Nationalism3
ARAB 1751Traditional Arab Literatures, Cultures, and Civilizations3
ARAB 1771Modern Arabic Culture3
ARAB 3771Cinema in the Middle East and North Africa3
ARE 2525Sustainability Policy and Management3
ARTH 1141From Sun Gods to Lowriders: Introduction to Latin American Art3
ARTH 2222Race, Gender, Sexuality, and the Power of Looking3
ARTH 3050WAfrican-American Art3
ARTH 3570History and Theory of Digital Art3
ARTH 3575Human Rights, Digital Media, Visual Culture3
ARTH 3630Alternative Modernities: Visual Culture of Latin America3
ARTH 3630WAlternative Modernities: Visual Culture of Latin America3
CAMS 2020Pyramids, Pirates, and the Polis: The Ancient Mediterranean3
CHIN 3230Language and Identity in Greater China3
CHIN 3230WLanguage and Identity in Greater China3
CHIN 3270Chinese Film3
CHIN 3280Networking in China3
CLCS 1102Classics of World Literature II3
CLCS 2204Jewish Culture in American Film3
CLCS 2301Jewish Humor3
CLCS 2609Fascism and its Opponents3
DMD 3570History and Theory of Digital Art3
DRAM 2150Devising Theatre for Social Justice I3
DRAM 2203The Holocaust in Print, Theater, and Film3
DRAM 3130Women in Theatre: Gender Identity and Expression on the Stage3
DRAM 3133Latina/o Theatre3
EDCI 2100Power, Privilege, and Public Education3
EDLR 2001Contemporary Social Issues in Sport3
ENGL 1201Introduction to American Studies3
ENGL 2301Anglophone Literatures3
ENGL 2301WAnglophone Literatures3
ENGL 2305Modern Japanese Literature3
ENGL 2607Literature and Science3
ENGL 2609Fascism and its Opponents3
ENGL 3212Asian American Literature3
ENGL 3213Eighteenth- and Nineteenth-Century African American Literature3
ENGL 3215Twentieth- and Twenty-First Century African American Literature3
ENGL 3215WTwentieth- and Twenty-First Century African American Literature3
ENGL 3217Studies in African American Literature and Culture3
EPSY 1450WMind, Body, Health3
FREN 3272French Literary Theory3
FREN 3280Fiction and Nonfiction by French and Francophone Women3
HDFS 2001Diversity Issues in Human Development and Family Sciences3
HDFS 3141Developmental Approaches to Intergroup Relations and Victimization3
HDFS 3261Men and Masculinities3
HEJS 2104Modern Jewish Thought3
HEJS 2200Israel: History and Society3
HEJS 2201Diversity and Inclusion in Israeli Society: A Cinematic View3
HEJS 2203The Holocaust in Print, Theater, and Film3
HEJS 2204Jewish Culture in American Film3
HEJS 2301Jewish Humor3
HEJS 3301The Jewish Middle Ages3
HEJS 3419Jewish Responses to the Holocaust3
HIST 1203Women in History3
HIST 1501United States History to 18773
HIST 1501WUnited States History to 18773
HIST 1502U.S. History Since 18773
HIST 1502WU.S. History Since 18773
HIST 1503Introduction to American Studies3
HIST 1570Migrant Workers in Connecticut4
HIST 1805Key Words in East Asian History and Culture3
HIST 2020Pyramids, Pirates, and the Polis: The Ancient Mediterranean3
HIST 2222EGlobal Environmental History3
HIST 2753History of Modern Africa3
HIST 3206Black Experience in the Americas3
HIST 3419Jewish Responses to the Holocaust3
HIST 3519Contemporary America3
HIST 3564African American History Since 18653
HIST 3609Latin America in the National Period3
HIST 3619History of the Caribbean3
HIST 3619WHistory of the Caribbean3
HIST 3635History of Modern Mexico3
HIST 3660WHistory of Migration in Las Americas3
HIST 3674History of Latinos/as in the United States3
HRTS 1007Introduction to Human Rights3
HRTS 2100Human Rights and Social Change3
HRTS 2100WHuman Rights and Social Change3
HRTS 2150Devising Theatre for Social Justice I3
HRTS 2170WBioethics and Human Rights in Cross-Cultural Perspective3
HRTS 2203The Holocaust in Print, Theater, and Film3
HRTS 3028Indigenous Rights and Aboriginal Australia3
HRTS 3028WIndigenous Rights and Aboriginal Australia3
HRTS 3200WInternational Human Rights Law3
HRTS 3575Human Rights, Digital Media, Visual Culture3
JAPN 2305Modern Japanese Literature3
LLAS 1009Latino Literature, Culture, and Society3
LLAS 1009WLatino Literature, Culture, and Society3
LLAS 1570Migrant Workers in Connecticut4
LLAS 3220History of Latinos/as in the United States3
LLAS 3270Latino Political Behavior3
LLAS 3525Latino Sociology3
LLAS 3525WLatino Sociology3
LLAS 3609Latin America in the National Period3
LLAS 3619History of the Caribbean3
LLAS 3619WHistory of the Caribbean3
LLAS 3635History of Modern Mexico3
LLAS 3660WHistory of Migration in Las Americas3
MUSI 1003Popular Music and Diversity in American Society3
MUSI 3407WHistory of Jazz3
NRE 1235EEnvironmental Conservation3
NURS 1500Introduction to Correctional Health Care3
NURS 2100WFostering a Culture of Health through Health Equity and Interprofessional Collaboration3
PHIL 1107Philosophy and Gender3
PHIL 2170WBioethics and Human Rights in Cross-Cultural Perspective3
POLS 1207Introduction to Nonwestern Politics3
POLS 1402Introduction to International Relations3
POLS 1402WIntroduction to International Relations3
POLS 1602Introduction to American Politics3
POLS 1602WIntroduction to American Politics3
POLS 2221Introduction to Government and Politics in the Middle East and North Africa3
POLS 2221WIntroduction to Government and Politics in the Middle East and North Africa3
POLS 2602WReligion and Politics in America3
POLS 3250The Political Economy of East Asia3
POLS 3250WThe Political Economy of East Asia3
POLS 3603WQCongressional Apportionment and Redistricting3
POLS 3642African-American Politics3
POLS 3662Latino Political Behavior3
PP 1001Introduction to Public Policy3
SLHS 1150Introduction to Communication Disorders3
SLHS 1150WIntroduction to Communication Disorders3
SOCI 3525Latino Sociology3
SOCI 3525WLatino Sociology3
SOWK 3000The Social Work Profession and Practice3
SPAN 1009Latino Literature, Culture, and Society3
SPAN 1009WLatino Literature, Culture, and Society3
SPAN 1010Contemporary Spanish Culture and Society through Film3
SPAN 1020Intersections of Art, Fashion, Film, and Music in Modern Spain3
SPAN 3250Film in Spain and Latin America3
URBN 1300Exploring Your Community3
URBN 1300WExploring Your Community3
URBN 1400Site and Sound: Understanding Cities Through Popular Music3
URBN 1400WSite and Sound: Understanding Cities Through Popular Music3
URBN 1600Cities of Imagination3
WGSS 1105Gender and Sexuality in Everyday Life3
WGSS 1121Women in History3
WGSS 2204Feminisms and the Arts3
WGSS 2255LGBTQ Sexualities, Activism, and Globalization3
WGSS 2255WLGBTQ Sexualities, Activism, and Globalization3
WGSS 3255Sexual Citizenship3
WGSS 3255WSexual Citizenship3
WGSS 3718WFeminism and Science Fiction3

TOI-4: Environmental Literacy

AAAS 3830EEnvironmental History in East Asia3
AMST 1700Honors Core: American Landscapes3
AMST 3542ENew England Environmental History3
ANTH 3030Peoples of the Pacific Islands3
ARE 1110EPopulation, Food, and the Environment3
ARE 2250Energy Economics: Sustainable Transitions3
ARE 2434EEnvironmental and Resource Policy3
ARE 3305EEconomic Development, Environment, and Policy3
ARE 3437EMarine Fisheries Economics and Policy3
ARE 3438EClimate Economics3
ARE 4438EValuing the Environment3
ARE 4462EEnvironmental and Resource Economics3
EEB 2100EGlobal Change Ecology3
EEB 2208EIntroduction to Conservation Biology3
EEB 2222EPlants in a Changing World3
EEB 2244EGeneral Ecology4
EEB 2244WEGeneral Ecology4
ENGL 2055WEWriting, Rhetoric, and Environment3
ENGL 2635ELiterature and the Environment3
ENVE 1000EEnvironmental Sustainability3
ERTH 1000EThe Human Epoch: Living in the Anthropocene3
ERTH 1070Natural Disasters and Environmental Change3
ERTH 2310ECreating and Sustaining National Parks3
ERTH 2800Our Evolving Atmosphere3
EVST 1000EIntroduction to Environmental Studies3
GEOG 1070Natural Disasters and Environmental Change3
GEOG 1300EClimate, Weather, and the Environment3
GEOG 2300EIntroduction to Physical Geography3
GEOG 2310ECreating and Sustaining National Parks3
GEOG 3350EGlobal Change, Local Action: A Geography of Environmentalism3
GEOG 3410EHuman Modifications of Natural Environments3
HDFS 2142EExploring Conservation and Sustainability with Preschoolers3
HIST 2210EHistory of the Ocean3
HIST 2222EGlobal Environmental History3
HIST 3540EEnvironmental History of the Americas3
HIST 3540WEEnvironmental History of the Americas3
HIST 3542ENew England Environmental History3
HIST 3830EEnvironmental History in East Asia3
JOUR 3046EEnvironmental Journalism3
LAND 3230WESustainable Environmental Planning and Landscape Design3
MARN 1001EThe Sea Around Us3
MARN 1002EIntroduction to Oceanography3
MARN 1003EIntroduction to Oceanography with Laboratory4
MARN 2801WEMarine Sciences and Society3
MARN 3000EThe Oceans and Global Climate3
MAST 1001EThe Sea Around Us3
MAST 2210EHistory of the Ocean3
MAST 2300EMarine Environmental Policy3
MAST 2460EMaritime Politics3
NRE 1000EEnvironmental Science3
NRE 1235EEnvironmental Conservation3
NRE 2215EIntroduction to Water Resources3
NRE 2600EGlobal Sustainable Natural Resources3
NRE 3245EEnvironmental Law3
PATH 1100EOne Health: People, Animals, Plants, and the Environment3
PHIL 1108EEnvironmental Philosophy3
PHIL 3212EPhilosophy and Global Climate Change3
PHIL 3216EEnvironmental Ethics3
POLS 2460EMaritime Politics3
POLS 3208WEPolitics of Oil3
PSYC 3104EEnvironmental Psychology3
SPSS 1060The Great American Lawn: History, Culture, and Sustainability3
SPSS 2100EEnvironmental Sustainability of Food Production in Developed Countries3
SPSS 2500EPrinciples and Concepts of Agroecology3
URBN 3400EUrban Parks and Sustainability3

TOI-5: Individual Values and Social Institutions

AAAS 2866China and the West3
AAAS 2868Foreign Relations of China Since 19493
AAAS 2868WForeign Relations of China Since 19493
AAAS 3820History of Modern Chinese Political Thought3
AMST 2276American Utopias and Dystopias3
ANTH 1000Peoples and Cultures of the World3
ANTH 1000WPeoples and Cultures of the World3
ANTH 3230Propaganda, Disinformation, and Hate Speech3
ANTH 3902North American Prehistory3
ARE 1110EPopulation, Food, and the Environment3
ARE 1150Principles of Applied and Resource Economics3
ARE 2250Energy Economics: Sustainable Transitions3
ARTH 1128Global Perspectives on Western Art: Renaissance to the Present3
ARTH 1137Introduction to Art History: Prehistoric - 14th Century3
ARTH 1138Introduction to Art History: 15th Century - Present3
ARTH 1140Introduction to Asian Art3
ARTH 1162Introduction to Architecture3
ARTH 3640Mexican and Chicano Art from Muralism to La Raza3
ARTH 3640WMexican and Chicano Art from Muralism to La Raza3
CAMS 3326Ancient Rome: Emperors and Barbarians3
CHIN 1121Traditional Chinese Culture3
CHIN 3280Networking in China3
COMM 1000The Process of Communication3
DMD 2620Human Development, Digital Media, and Technology3
EDCI 1100If You Love It, Teach It3
EDCI 2100Power, Privilege, and Public Education3
ENGL 2276American Utopias and Dystopias3
ENGL 2411Popular Literature3
ENGL 2411WPopular Literature3
ENGL 2607Literature and Science3
ENGL 2635ELiterature and the Environment3
ENVE 1000EEnvironmental Sustainability3
EVST 1000EIntroduction to Environmental Studies3
FREN 3272French Literary Theory3
GEOG 2000Globalization3
HDFS 1060Close Relationships Across the Lifespan3
HDFS 1070Individual and Family Development3
HDFS 2620Human Development, Digital Media, and Technology3
HDFS 3540Child Welfare, Law and Social Policy3
HIST 1201Modern World History3
HIST 1300Western Traditions Before 15003
HIST 1400Modern Western Traditions3
HIST 1501United States History to 18773
HIST 1501WUnited States History to 18773
HIST 1502U.S. History Since 18773
HIST 1502WU.S. History Since 18773
HIST 1801History of Asia in the World to 15003
HIST 2206History of Science3
HIST 2208Science, Technology, and Society3
HIST 2208WScience, Technology, and Society3
HIST 2507New England and the Caribbean Plantation Complex, 1650-19003
HIST 2866China and the West3
HIST 2868Foreign Relations of China Since 19493
HIST 2868WForeign Relations of China Since 19493
HIST 3326Ancient Rome: Emperors and Barbarians3
HIST 3607Latin America in the Colonial Period3
HIST 3820History of Modern Chinese Political Thought3
HRTS 1007Introduction to Human Rights3
HRTS 3200WInternational Human Rights Law3
HRTS 3220WPhilosophical Foundations of Human Rights3
HRTS 3230Propaganda, Disinformation, and Hate Speech3
ILCS 1160Culture of Fascist Italy3
ILCS 1170Introducing Italy through Its Regions3
ILCS 3260WItalian Cinema3
LLAS 2507New England and the Caribbean Plantation Complex, 1650-19003
LLAS 3525Latino Sociology3
LLAS 3525WLatino Sociology3
LLAS 3607Latin America in the Colonial Period3
MAST 2300EMarine Environmental Policy3
MAST 2460EMaritime Politics3
MAST 2507New England and the Caribbean Plantation Complex, 1650-19003
NRE 2600EGlobal Sustainable Natural Resources3
PHIL 1101Problems of Philosophy3
PHIL 1103Philosophical Classics3
PHIL 1105Philosophy and Religion3
PHIL 1106Non-western and Comparative Philosophy3
PHIL 1107Philosophy and Gender3
PHIL 1109Global Existentialism3
PHIL 1175Ethical Issues in Health Care3
PHIL 2410Know Thyself3
PHIL 3216EEnvironmental Ethics3
PHIL 3220WPhilosophical Foundations of Human Rights3
POLS 1002Introduction to Political Theory3
POLS 1202Introduction to Comparative Politics3
POLS 1207Introduction to Nonwestern Politics3
POLS 1402Introduction to International Relations3
POLS 1402WIntroduction to International Relations3
POLS 1602Introduction to American Politics3
POLS 1602WIntroduction to American Politics3
POLS 2460EMaritime Politics3
POLS 3208WEPolitics of Oil3
POLS 3603WQCongressional Apportionment and Redistricting3
PP 1001Introduction to Public Policy3
SOCI 1701Society in Global Perspective3
SOCI 1701WSociety in Global Perspective3
SOCI 3525Latino Sociology3
SOCI 3525WLatino Sociology3
SOCI 3601Sociology of Gender3
SOCI 3601WSociology of Gender3
SOWK 3000The Social Work Profession and Practice3
SPAN 1008Christians, Muslims and Jews in Medieval Spain3
SPSS 1150Agricultural Technology and Society3
URBN 1300Exploring Your Community3
URBN 1300WExploring Your Community3
URBN 1400Site and Sound: Understanding Cities Through Popular Music3
URBN 1400WSite and Sound: Understanding Cities Through Popular Music3
URBN 3400EUrban Parks and Sustainability3
WGSS 1105Gender and Sexuality in Everyday Life3
WGSS 2124Gender and Globalization3
WGSS 2255LGBTQ Sexualities, Activism, and Globalization3
WGSS 2255WLGBTQ Sexualities, Activism, and Globalization3
WGSS 3253Gender Representations in U.S. Popular Culture3
WGSS 3253WGender Representations in U.S. Popular Culture3
WGSS 3255Sexual Citizenship3
WGSS 3255WSexual Citizenship3

TOI-6: Science and Empirical Inquiry

AH 1030Interdisciplinary Approach to Obesity Prevention3
ANSC 1645The Science of Food3
ANTH 2200Race and Human Biological Diversity3
COGS 2201Foundations of Cognitive Science3
EEB 2100EGlobal Change Ecology3
EEB 2202Evolution and Human Diversity3
EEB 2208EIntroduction to Conservation Biology3
EEB 2222EPlants in a Changing World3
EEB 2250Introduction to Plant Physiology3
ENGL 2614Writing with Algorithms3
ERTH 1000EThe Human Epoch: Living in the Anthropocene3
ERTH 1010Dinosaurs, Extinctions, and Environmental Catastrophes3
ERTH 1055Geoscience and the American Landscape3
ERTH 1070Natural Disasters and Environmental Change3
ERTH 2800Our Evolving Atmosphere3
GEOG 1070Natural Disasters and Environmental Change3
GEOG 1300EClimate, Weather, and the Environment3
GEOG 2300EIntroduction to Physical Geography3
GEOG 3410EHuman Modifications of Natural Environments3
KINS 2227Exercise Prescription3
MARN 1001EThe Sea Around Us3
MARN 1002EIntroduction to Oceanography3
MARN 1004Oceanography Laboratory1
MAST 1001EThe Sea Around Us3
NRE 1000EEnvironmental Science3
NRE 3146Climatology3
NUSC 1030Interdisciplinary Approach to Obesity Prevention3
NUSC 1165Fundamentals of Nutrition3
NUSC 1645The Science of Food3
PATH 1100EOne Health: People, Animals, Plants, and the Environment3
PSYC 1100General Psychology I3
SPSS 1060The Great American Lawn: History, Culture, and Sustainability3

TOI-6L: Science and Empirical Inquiry (Laboratory Courses)

ANTH 2600Microscopy in Applied Archaeobotany Research4
BIOL 1102Foundations of Biology4
BIOL 1103The Biology of Human Health and Disease4
BIOL 1108Principles of Biology II4
BIOL 1110Introduction to Botany4
CHEM 1122Chemical Principles and Applications4
CHEM 1124QFundamentals of General Chemistry I4
CHEM 1125QFundamentals of General Chemistry II3
CHEM 1126QFundamentals of General Chemistry III3
CHEM 1127QGeneral Chemistry I4
CHEM 1128QGeneral Chemistry II4
MARN 1003EIntroduction to Oceanography with Laboratory4
MCB 1200Virus Hunters4
MCB 1201Virus Hunting: Applied Bioinformatics4
MCB 2612Honors Core: Microbe Hunters - Crowdsourcing Antibiotic Discovery4
PHYS 1025QIntroductory Astronomy with Laboratory4
PHYS 1075QPhysics of Music4
PHYS 1201QGeneral Physics I4
PHYS 1402QGeneral Physics with Calculus II4
PHYS 1501QPhysics for Engineers I4
PHYS 1502QPhysics for Engineers II4
PHYS 1602QFundamentals of Physics II4

Competencies

The Common Curriculum requires students to complete competencies in quantitative skills, second language proficiency, and writing.

Quantitative (Q) Competency

All students must pass two Q courses, which may also satisfy Topic of Inquiry requirements. One Q course must be from Mathematics or Statistics. Students should discuss with their advisor how best to satisfy these requirements based on their background, prior course preparation and career aspirations. Students whose high school algebra needs strengthening should be encouraged to complete MATH 1011Q Introductory College Algebra and Mathematical Modeling, as preparation for other Q courses. To receive credit for MATH 1011Q Introductory College Algebra and Mathematical Modeling, it must be taken before successful completion of another Q course. In some cases, advisors may recommend postponing registration in a Q course until after the student has completed a semester of course work at the University.

Second Language Competency

Second Language competency is established by either:

  1. passing the third-year high school level course in a language other than English, or
  2. attaining a Seal of Bilteracy, or
  3. the second semester course in the first year sequence of college level study in a language other than English.

When the years of study have been split between high school and earlier grades, the requirement is met if the student has successfully completed the third year high school level course. With anything less than that, the student must pass the second semester course in the first year sequence of college level study in a single language.

Writing (W) Competency

All students must take either ENGL 1007 Seminar and Studio in Writing and Multimodal Composition or ENGL 1010 Seminar in Academic Writing or ENGL 1011 Seminar in Writing through Literature. Additionally, all students must take two writing-intensive (W) courses, which may also satisfy Topic of Inquiry requirements. One of these must be at the 2000-level and associated with the student’s major. Approved courses for each major are listed in their sections of this catalog. (Note: ENGL 1007 Seminar and Studio in Writing and Multimodal Composition or ENGL 1010 Seminar in Academic Writing or ENGL 1011 Seminar in Writing through Literature is a prerequisite to all writing-intensive courses).

Note on Additional Competencies

Two additional competencies – Information, Digital, and Media Literacy (IDML) and Dialogue - will be embedded in the curriculum.