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2025-2026 Undergraduate Catalog
General Education Requirements for 2021-2022 or earlier
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University General Education Requirements for students graduating no later than Summer 2027 using an academic catalog from 2021-2022 or earlier.
These students should consult with their advisor regarding the 6-year catalog rule.
Statement of Purpose. General education provides students with the foundation for successful academic study, for lifelong learning, and for carrying out the duties of local, national, and global citizenship. The university’s general education curriculum is designed to help students better understand themselves, human cultures and societies, and the natural world, and to contribute to their personal enrichment while enrolled and after graduation.
The general education program focuses on “Building Basic Skills” and on “Developing Broadened Perspectives”:
Building Basic Skills: Because the hallmark of the educated person is the ability to think independently, students must be trained to acquire, evaluate, and use information and to apply it in their written, oral, and mathematical expression. They must write clearly, speak convincingly, and solve problems using logical and critical reasoning.
Developing Broadened Perspectives: General education should help students develop habits of self-examination in the context of their relationship to family, community, local and global societies, and the natural world. To this end, general education should help foster a commitment to respecting the diversity of personal and cultural values. Students should be able to explain their own values and beliefs, as well as to understand the histories and cultures behind those values. Students should study the historical traditions and artistic works of other cultures, both within and outside the United States, and the fundamental principles and chief discoveries of the scientific disciplines. They should strengthen their sensitivity to cultural diversity by studying the dynamic nature of a multicultural world through interdisciplinary perspectives or by learning other languages.
The design of the University of Tennessee’s general education program enables students to move among colleges within the university or to move to another institution of higher learning. Although general education provides students with the foundational skills required for college study, those skills are specific neither to UT nor to a particular major or career path.
Requirements and Outcomes. The general education requirements and the student learning outcomes expected for each area are listed below. (See Notes).
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A. For Building Basic Skills
I. Communicating through Writing (WC)
(3 courses including ENGL 101* and ENGL 102* or equivalent plus an approved writing-intensive course) Good writing skills enable students to create and share ideas, investigate and describe values, and record and explain discoveries – all skills that are necessary not only for professional success but also for personal fulfillment. Students must be able to write correctly, and they must be able to locate relevant information, evaluate its usefulness and quality, and incorporate it logically and ethically to support ideas and claims. Courses in this area are expected to produce the following outcomes for students: - Students will demonstrate the ability to write clearly and correctly, employing the conventions of standard American English.
- Students will demonstrate the ability to write effectively for different audiences and purposes, shaping content, organization, and style to correspond with appropriate disciplinary expectations and rhetorical contexts.
- Students will demonstrate the ability to locate and use relevant, credible evidence to support ideas.
- Students will demonstrate the ability to cite and document sources in keeping with appropriate disciplinary conventions.
Students may satisfy the first-year composition requirement in one of two ways: - By completing 6 hours in English writing courses according to one of the following 4 sequences:
- ENGL 101* and ENGL 102*
- ENGL 118* and ENGL 102* . Students who earn a B or better in ENGL 118* may complete their first-year composition requirement with ENGL 102* , a sophomore-level course in the English department, or ENGL 355* . The sophomore course, if designated AH, may also be used toward the Arts and Humanities General Education requirement. Eligibility for ENGL 118* will be determined by ACT or SAT scores.
- ENGL 131* and ENGL 132* . Placement in ENGL 131* or ENGL 132* will be determined by TOEFL (or equivalent standardized test) scores.
- ENGL 198* and ENGL 298* (for Chancellor’s Honors Program students only)
- By earning credit for ENGL 101* through a College Board Advanced Placement Test and completing one additional course from the following:
- ENGL 102* or ENGL 290. Eligibility for ENGL 290 will be determined by ACT or SAT scores.
Upon completion of ENGL 101* and ENGL 102* or their equivalent, students must take one other approved WC course. The WC course can be within the student’s major or an elective. Approved Communicating Through Writing (WC) Courses Aerospace Engineering
AE 449* - Aerospace Engineering Laboratory Agricultural Leadership, Education and Communications
ALEC 440* - Writing for Professional Careers in Industry and Academia Anthropology
ANTH 309* - Advanced Principles of Biological Anthropology
ANTH 321* - Anthropology of South Asia
ANTH 423* - Feminist Anthropology Arab
ARAB 321* - The Israeli-Palestinian Conflict in Literature, Film, and Popular Culture Architecture
ARCH 213 - Modern Architecture: Histories and Theories
ARCH 227 - Honors: Modern Architecture Histories and Theories Art History
ARTH 402* - Seminar in Art History II Biochemistry and Cellular and Molecular Biology
BCMB 409* - Perspectives in Biochemistry and Cellular and Molecular Biology Biomedical Engineering
BME 449* - Biomedical Engineering Laboratory Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering
CBE 415* - Advanced Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering Laboratory Chemistry
CHEM 449* - Advanced Synthesis Laboratory
CHEM 459* - Advanced Measurement and Spectroscopy Laboratory Child and Family Studies
HDFS 405* - Development of Professional Skills Cinema Studies
CNST 312* - Popular Culture and American Politics Civil Engineering
CE 205* - Technical Writing and Professionalism in Civil and Environmental Engineering Classics
CLAS 299* - Research Practicum in Classics Computer Science
COSC 402* - Senior Design Practicum Ecology and Evolutionary Biology
EEB 205* - Theory and Methods in Ecology and Evolutionary Biology †
EEB 305* - Evolution and Society
EEB 409 - Perspectives in Ecology and Evolutionary Biology
EEB 425* - Communicating the Science of Climate Change Biology
EEB 451* - Research Ethics Electrical and Computer Engineering
ECE 402* - Senior Design Practicum Engineering Fundamentals
IES 437* - Honors: Interdisciplinary Senior Design I English
ENGL 206* - Introduction to Shakespeare
ENGL 207* - Honors: British Literature
ENGL 208* - Honors: British Literature II
ENGL 209* - Introduction to Jane Austen
ENGL 237* - Honors: American Literature, Beginnings to the Civil War
ENGL 238* - Honors: American Literature, Civil War to the Present
ENGL 247* - Honors: Introduction to Poetry
ENGL 248* - Honors: Introduction to Drama
ENGL 251* - Introduction to Poetry
ENGL 252* - Introduction to Drama
ENGL 253* - Introduction to Fiction
ENGL 254* - Themes in Literature
ENGL 255* - Public Writing
ENGL 257* - Honors: Public Writing
ENGL 258* - Honors: Introduction to Fiction
ENGL 261
ENGL 263* - Introduction to Creative Writing
ENGL 277 - Honors: Introduction to Creative Writing
ENGL 295* - Writing in the Workplace
ENGL 355* - Rhetoric and Writing
ENGL 357* - Honors: Rhetoric and Writing
ENGL 360* - Technical and Professional Writing
ENGL 376* - Colloquium in Literature
ENGL 377 - Honors: Colloquium in Literature
ENGL 398* - Junior-Senior Honors Seminar
ENGL 455* - Persuasive Writing
ENGL 494* - Cultural Rhetorics Forestry
FORS 321* - Wildland Recreation
FORS 327* - Honors: Wildland Recreation Forestry, Wildlife and Fisheries
SNR 312 - Principles of Silviculture German
GERM 363* - Contemporary German Cultures
GERM 370* - Witches: Myth, Reality, and Representation History
HIST 408* - Honors: Senior Paper
HIST 499* - Senior Research Seminar Haslam Scholars Program
HSP 287* Industrial Engineering
IE 250*
IE 350 - Service in Industrial Engineering
IE 422* - Industrial Engineering Design II Information Sciences
INSC 450* - Writing About Science and Medicine Interior Architecture
IARC 211* - History of Interior Design, Furnishings, and the Decorative Arts
IARC 217* - Honors: History of Interior Design, Furnishings, and the Decorative Arts Journalism and Electronic Media
JMED 200* - Multimedia Writing
JMED 414* - Magazine and Feature Writing
JMED 444* - Journalism as Literature
JMED 450* - Writing about Science and Medicine
JMED 451* - Environmental Writing
JMED 456 - Science Writing as Literature Judaic Studies
JST 322* - Medieval Philosophy
JST 413* - Seminar in Early Judaism Materials Science and Engineering
MSE 304* - Principles of Materials Laboratory II
MSE 405 - X-ray Diffraction Mathematics Education
MEDU 432* - Knowing and Learning in Mathematics and Science Mechanical Engineering
ME 449* - Mechanical Engineering Laboratory Medieval and Renaissance Studies
MRST 322* - Medieval Philosophy Military Science and Leadership
MLSL 303* - Leadership in Military History Music Education
MUED 430 - Music Methods for High School Musicology
MUCO 210* - History of Western Music, Ancient to the Baroque
MUCO 330* - Music, Gender, and Sexuality
MUCO 380* - Music in World Cultures Nuclear Engineering
NE 401* - Radiological Engineering Laboratory
NE 402 - Nuclear Engineering Laboratory
NE 427 - Honors: Nuclear Research Reactor Laboratory Nursing
NURS 371R* - Introduction to Evidence-Based Practice
NURS 378R* - Honors: Nursing Research
NURS 494* - Capstone Course for the Registered Nurse Philosophy
PHIL 252* - Contemporary Moral Problems
PHIL 320* - Ancient Western Philosophy
PHIL 322* - Medieval Philosophy
PHIL 324* - 17th- and 18th-Century Philosophy
PHIL 326* - Topics in 19th- and 20th-Century Philosophy
PHIL 327* - Honors: Ancient Western Philosophy
PHIL 328* - Honors: 17th- and 18th-Century Philosophy
PHIL 340* - Ethical Theory
PHIL 345* - Bioethics
PHIL 346* - Environmental Ethics
PHIL 347* - Honors: Ethical Theory
PHIL 348* - Honors: Environmental Ethics
PHIL 382* - Philosophy of Feminism
PHIL 390* - Philosophical Foundations of Democracy
PHIL 391* - Social and Political Philosophy Plant Sciences
PLSC 410* - Nursery Management and Production
PLSC 491* - International Study: Design Thinking Through The Lens of Gardens and Culture Political Science
POLS 311* - Contemporary Issues in American Public Policy
POLS 312* - Popular Culture and American Politics
POLS 430* - United States Constitutional Law: Sources of Power and Restraint
POLS 431* - United States Constitutional Law: Civil Rights and Liberties
POLS 472* - Conflict Processes Psychology
PSYC 400* - Advanced Cognitive Psychology
PSYC 415 - Psychology of Religion
PSYC 434* - Psychology of Gender
PSYC 481* - Intimate Partner Violence
PSYC 485* - Special Topics in Psychology Religious Studies
REST 413* - Seminar in Early Judaism
REST 423* - Seminar in Early Christianity
REST 479* - Seminar in East Asian Religions Retail and Consumer Sciences
RMM 391* - Leadership in Retailing Russian
RUSS 221* - Rebels, Dreamers, and Fools: The Outcast in 19th Century Russian Literature
RUSS 222* - Heaven or Hell: Utopias and Dystopias in 20th-Century Russian Literature
RUSS 321*
RUSS 322* - Dostoevsky, Terror, and Pan-Slavic Utopia
RUSS 421* - Tolstoy and the Quest for the Good Life Science Education
SCED 432* - Knowing and Learning in Mathematics and Science Social Work
SOWK 314 - Human Behavior in the Social Environment
SOWK 317 - Honors: Human Behavior in the Social Environment
SOWK 460* - Integrative Seminar
SOWK 467R* - Honors: Integrative Seminar Sociology
SOCI 260* - Introduction to the Study of Environmental Issues
SOCI 455* - Law and Society
SOCI 495 - Social Justice and Community Engagement Special Education
SPED 416* - Effective Instruction for Students with Learning Disabilities and Other Academic Difficulties Theatre
THEA 300* - Play Analysis University Honors
UNHO 258*
UNHO 268*
UNHO 278* Women, Gender, and Sexuality
WGS 330* - Music, Gender, and Sexuality
WGS 370* - Gender and Globalization
WGS 382* - Philosophy of Feminism
WGS 434* - Psychology of Gender II. Communicating Orally (OC) (1 course)
Good oral communications skills enable students to interact successfully with others, share ideas, and present and explain discoveries – all skills that are necessary not only for professional success but also for personal fulfillment. Students should be able to speak in an informative and/or convincing manner to other individuals and to groups, both small and large. Students should be able to locate relevant information, evaluate its usefulness and quality, and incorporate the information logically and ethically in oral communication. Courses in this area are expected to produce the following outcomes for students: - Students will demonstrate the ability to speak clearly and effectively.
- Students will demonstrate the ability to locate and use relevant, credible evidence to support ideas.
- Students will demonstrate the ability to present oral information effectively to different audiences, shaping message, organization, language choices, and delivery techniques to correspond with purpose and rhetorical context.
This requirement may be completed by either of the following: - Taking Communication Studies (CMST) - CMST 210* or CMST 240* (or honors equivalents, CMST 217* or CMST 247* ).
or - Taking a course with an OC designation.
Approved Communicating Orally (OC) Courses Aerospace Engineering
AE 210 - Professional Topics Agricultural Leadership, Education and Communications
ALEC 240* - Effective Oral Communication Animal Science
ANSC 260* - Equine and Food Animal Evaluation Art Design/Graphic
ARTD 452 - Graphic Design Capstone Biochemistry and Cellular and Molecular Biology
BCMB 455* - Scientific Communication Biosystems Engineering
BSE 404* - Engineering Project Management Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering
CBE 320* - Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering Laboratory
CBE 488* - Honors: Design Internship in Green Engineering
CBE 490* - Process Design and Economic Analysis Chemistry
CHEM 406 - Senior Seminar Child and Family Studies
HDFS 405* - Development of Professional Skills Civil Engineering
CE 205* - Technical Writing and Professionalism in Civil and Environmental Engineering Computer Science
COSC 402* - Senior Design Practicum Design
COAD 130* - Basic Design Thinking and Innovation Electrical and Computer Engineering
ECE 402* - Senior Design Practicum Engineering Fundamentals
IES 437* - Honors: Interdisciplinary Senior Design I Environmental and Soil Sciences
ESS 301* - Professional Development Graphic Design
GRDS 472* - Graphic Design Capstone Industrial Engineering
IE 422* - Industrial Engineering Design II Materials Science and Engineering
MSE 489* - Materials Design Mechanical Engineering
ME 210 - Professional Topics Microbiology
MICR 495* - Senior Seminar: Perspectives in Microbiology Nuclear Engineering
NE 400 - Senior Seminar Nursing
NURS 454 - Leadership II for the Accelerated Student
NURS 455* - Nursing Leadership and Management Dimensions Philosophy
PHIL 244* - Professional Responsibility Physics
PHYS 451* - A Survey of Contemporary Physics B. For Developing Broadened Perspectives
I. Arts and Humanities (AH) (2 courses)
“What does it mean to be human?” In attempting to answer this question, people have produced—and continue to produce—culturally and historically significant works. The study and critical interpretation of such works and their creators not only enriches students’ lives but also helps students understand their own and others’ answers to this enduring question. Courses in this area are expected to produce the following outcomes for students: - Students will demonstrate the ability to identify and describe prominent works, figures, and/or schools of thought in the arts and humanities.
- Students will demonstrate the ability to describe the cultural and historical significance of prominent works, figures, and/or schools of thought in the arts and humanities.
- Students will demonstrate the ability to critically interpret prominent works or accomplishments in artistic and humanistic fields.
This requirement is satisfied by taking two courses from the approved AH list. Approved Arts and Humanities (AH) Courses Africana Studies
AFST 160 - Art of Africa, Oceania, and Pre-Columbian America
AFST 225* - Introduction to African Literature
AFST 226* - Introduction to Caribbean Literature
AFST 233* - Major Black Writers Anthropology
ANTH 436* - Cities and Sanctuaries of the Greek and Roman World
ANTH 442* - Archaeology of the Prehistoric Aegean
ANTH 443* - Archaeology and Art of Ancient Greece
ANTH 444* - Archaeology and Art of Ancient Italy and Rome Arab
ARAB 251* - Whole New Worlds: Fantasy, Sci-Fi, and Dystopia in the Middle East Architecture
ARCH 111
ARCH 117
ARCH 211* - History and Theory of Architecture I
ARCH 212* - History and Theory of Architecture II
ARCH 217* - Honors: History and Theory of Architecture I
ARCH 218* - Honors: History and Theory of Architecture II Art History
ARTH 162 - Art of Africa, Oceania, and Pre-Columbian America
ARTH 167 - Honors: Art of Africa, Oceania, and Pre-Columbian America
ARTH 172* - Western Art: Ancient through Medieval
ARTH 173* - Western Art: Renaissance to Contemporary
ARTH 177 - Honors Western Art: Ancient through Medieval
ARTH 178* - Honors Western Art: Renaissance to Contemporary
ARTH 183* - Asian Art
ARTH 187 - Honors: Asian Art Cinema Studies
CNST 281* - Introduction to Film Studies
CNST 323* - German Film Survey Classics
CLAS 221*
CLAS 222*
CLAS 232* - Archaeology and Art of Ancient Greece and Rome
CLAS 253* - Greek and Roman Literature in English Translation
CLAS 254* - Greek and Roman Epic in English Translation
CLAS 255* - Greek and Roman Drama in English Translation
CLAS 256* - The Ancient World Reimagined
CLAS 352* - Latin Poetry
CLAS 436* - Cities and Sanctuaries of the Greek and Roman World
CLAS 439* - Pompeii
CLAS 442* - Archaeology of the Prehistoric Aegean
CLAS 443* - Archaeology and Art of Ancient Greece
CLAS 444* - Archaeology and Art of Ancient Italy and Rome
CLAS 445* - Ancient and Medieval Seafaring English
ENGL 201* - British Literature
ENGL 202*
ENGL 206* - Introduction to Shakespeare
ENGL 207* - Honors: British Literature
ENGL 208*
ENGL 209* - Introduction to Jane Austen
ENGL 221* - World Literature
ENGL 222*
ENGL 225* - Introduction to African Literature
ENGL 226* - Introduction to Caribbean Literature
ENGL 231* - American Literature, Beginnings to the Civil War
ENGL 232* - American Literature, Civil War to the Present
ENGL 233* - Major Black Writers
ENGL 237* - Honors: American Literature, Beginnings to the Civil War
ENGL 238* - Honors: American Literature, Civil War to the Present
ENGL 247* - Honors: Introduction to Poetry
ENGL 248* - Honors: Introduction to Drama
ENGL 251* - Introduction to Poetry
ENGL 252* - Introduction to Drama
ENGL 253* - Introduction to Fiction
ENGL 254* - Themes in Literature
ENGL 258* - Honors: Introduction to Fiction
ENGL 281* - Introduction to Film Studies
ENGL 340* - Science Fiction and Fantasy
ENGL 389* - Literature of the English Bible German
GERM 323* - German Film Survey
GERM 370* - Witches: Myth, Reality, and Representation Graphic Design
GRDS 150* - The Idea of Design Haslam Scholars Program
HSP 287* History - Asia
HIAS 394* - Chinese Intellectual History: Early Times History - Europe
HIEU 321* - New Testament and Christian Origins
HIEU 425* - The City of Rome: Antiquity Judaic Studies
JST 321* - New Testament and Christian Origins Middle East Studies
MEST 225* - Judaism, Christianity, Islam Musicology
MUCO 110* - Introduction to Music in Western Culture
MUCO 115* - Music in the United States
MUCO 120* - History of Rock
MUCO 125* - Jazz in American Culture
MUCO 210* - History of Western Music, Ancient to the Baroque
MUCO 220* - History of Western Music, Classical to the Present
MUCO 290* - Soundscapes: Exploring Music in a Changing World Music Theory
MUTH 305* - Italian Musical Styles Philosophy
PHIL 101* - Introduction to Philosophy
PHIL 107* - Honors: Introduction to Philosophy
PHIL 200* - Special Topics
PHIL 244* - Professional Responsibility
PHIL 252* - Contemporary Moral Problems Religious Studies
REST 202* - Religion and Film
REST 225* - Judaism, Christianity, Islam
REST 227* - Honors: Judaism, Christianity, Islam
REST 280* - Religions of Asia
REST 306* - Contemporary Christian Thought
REST 321* - New Testament and Christian Origins
REST 354* - Popular Religion in the United States
REST 389* - Literature of the English Bible Russian
RUSS 221* - Rebels, Dreamers, and Fools: The Outcast in 19th Century Russian Literature
RUSS 222* - Heaven or Hell: Utopias and Dystopias in 20th-Century Russian Literature Theatre
THEA 100* - Introduction to Theatre
THEA 107* - Honors: Introduction to Theatre University Honors
UNHO 257*
UNHO 258* III. Natural Sciences (NS) (2 courses)
Over time, advances in science and technology have shaped our understanding of the world and our place in it. All students should be familiar with the fundamental principles and chief discoveries of one or more scientific disciplines, the role and relevance of science in contemporary society, and should be able to use scientific knowledge and methods to answer questions about natural phenomena and analyze contemporary issues. Courses in this area are expected to produce the following outcomes for students: - Students will demonstrate the ability to describe fundamental principles and chief discoveries through appropriate use of the basic vocabulary of a course’s discipline.
- Students will demonstrate the ability to identify the scientific dimensions of contemporary issues.
- Students will demonstrate the ability to use experimental techniques to answer questions and test hypotheses.
This requirement is satisfied by taking two courses from the approved NS list. At least one of the courses must have a laboratory. Approved Natural Sciences (NS) Courses († Non-Lab Courses) Anthropology
ANTH 110* - Introduction to Biological Anthropology †
ANTH 117* - Honors: Introduction to Biological Anthropology † Astronomy
ASTR 151* - A Journey through the Solar System Lecture †
ASTR 152* - Stars, Galaxies, and Cosmology Lecture †
ASTR 153* - A Journey through the Solar System Lab
ASTR 154* - Stars, Galaxies, and Cosmology Lab
ASTR 217* - Honors: Introductory Astronomy
ASTR 218* - Honors: Introductory Astronomy *NOTE: Students may take ASTR 151* -ASTR 153* or ASTR 152* -ASTR 154* for natural science with lab credit. Biology
BIOL 101* - Introduction to Biology: Cells, Genetics, and Physiology
BIOL 102* - Introduction to Biology: Biodiversity and Ecology
BIOL 105* - Parasites, Pathogens, and Pandemics: Infectious Disease and Society †
BIOL 106* - The Living City †
BIOL 113* - Introductory Plant Biology I †
BIOL 114* - Introductory Plant Biology II †
BIOL 115* - Introductory Plant Biology Laboratory (Lab if taken with BIOL 113* or BIOL 114* .)
BIOL 150* - Organismal and Ecological Biology †
BIOL 158* - Honors: Organismal and Ecological Biology †
BIOL 159* - Skills of Biological Investigation
BIOL 160* - Cellular and Molecular Biology †
BIOL 167* - Honors: Skills of Biological Investigation
BIOL 168* - Honors: Cellular and Molecular Biology † *NOTE: Students may take BIOL 150* -BIOL 159* , BIOL 160* -BIOL 159* , BIOL 158* -BIOL 167* , or BIOL 168* -BIOL 159* for natural science with lab credit. Chemistry
CHEM 102* - Principles of Chemistry
CHEM 103* - Principles of Chemistry Laboratory
CHEM 112* - Introduction to Organic and Biochemistry
CHEM 113* - Introduction to Organic and Biochemistry Laboratory
CHEM 122* - General Chemistry I
CHEM 123* - General Chemistry I Laboratory
CHEM 132* - General Chemistry II
CHEM 133* - General Chemistry II Laboratory
CHEM 128* - Honors: General Chemistry I
CHEM 138* - Honors: General Chemistry II Ecology and Evolutionary Biology
EEB 205* - Theory and Methods in Ecology and Evolutionary Biology † Engineering Fundamentals
EF 151* - Physics for Engineers I
EF 152* - Physics for Engineers II
EF 157* - Honors: Physics for Engineers I
EF 158* - Honors: Physics for Engineers II Entomology and Plant Pathology
EPP 201* - Ecological and Societal Impacts of Insects and Plant Diseases †
EPP 210* - Bugs: Bizarre, Beautiful, and Beneficial † Environmental and Soil Sciences
ESS 110* - Energy for the World † Forestry, Wildlife and Fisheries
SNR 250* - Conservation † Geography
GEOG 131* - Weather, Climate, and Climate Change
GEOG 132* - Landscapes and Environmental Change
GEOG 137* - Honors: Weather, Climate, and Climate Change
GEOG 204* - Understanding Climate Change †
GEOG 200* - Environmental Issues in National Parks †
GEOG 331* - Natural Hazards † Geology
EEPS 100* - Earth, Environment, and People †
EEPS 101* - The Dynamic Earth
EEPS 102* - Earth, Life, and Time
EEPS 103* - The Earth’s Environments
EEPS 104* - Exploring the Planets
EEPS 107* - Honors: The Dynamic Earth
EEPS 108* - Honors: Earth, Life, and Time
EEPS 201* - Biodiversity: Past, Present, and Future †
EEPS 202* - Earth as an Ecosystem: Modern Problems and Solutions †
EEPS 202S* - Earth as an Ecosystem: Modern Problems and Solutions †
EEPS 203* - Geology of National Parks †
EEPS 205* - Age of the Dinosaurs †
EEPS 207* - Honors: Age of the Dinosaurs †
EEPS 208* - Honors: Earth as an Ecosystem: Modern Problems and Solutions * †
EEPS 210* - Astrobiology: Life, the Universe, and Everything † Microbiology
MICR 210* - Allied Health Microbiology Nutrition
NUTR 100* - Introductory Nutrition † Physics
PHYS 101* - How Things Work I †
PHYS 102* - How Things Work II †
PHYS 135* - Introduction to Physics for Physical Science and Mathematics Majors I
PHYS 136* - Introduction to Physics for Physical Science and Mathematics Majors II
PHYS 137* - Honors: Fundamentals of Physics for Physics Majors I
PHYS 138* - Honors: Fundamentals of Physics for Physics Majors II
PHYS 161* - Elements of Physics for Architects and Interior Design Students †
PHYS 221* - Elements of Physics I
PHYS 222* - Elements of Physics II
PHYS 231* - Fundamentals of Physics: Electricity and Magnetism
PHYS 232* - Fundamentals of Physics: Wave Motion, Optics, and Modern Physics Plant Sciences
PLSC 250* - World Food and Fiber Plant Production † IV. Social Sciences (SS) (2 courses)
Why do people – individually and collectively – do what they do? Answering this question allows us to better understand ourselves, make better decisions, and promote the health and success of individuals and groups. The ability to answer this question requires gaining knowledge about individual and group behavior and political and social systems, as well as understanding the methods by which social scientists collect, create, and evaluate such knowledge. Courses in this area are expected to produce the following outcomes for students: - Students will identify and critique claims about human behavior and the dynamics of individual, political, and social issues.
- Students will demonstrate knowledge of appropriate and ethical methods, technologies, and data that social scientists use to investigate and describe the human condition.
This requirement is satisfied by taking two courses from the approved SS list. Approved Social Sciences (SS) Courses Africana Studies
AFST 201* - Introduction to African American Society and Culture, 1619-1860
AFST 202* - Introduction to African American Society and Culture, 1860-Present Agricultural and Resource Economics
AREC 201* - Economics of the Global Food and Fiber System
AREC 270* - Economic Perspectives on Natural Resource and Environmental Issues Agriculture and Natural Resources
AGNR 180* - Global Dynamics: Food, Biodiversity, and the Environment Anthropology
ANTH 120* - Introduction to World Archaeology
ANTH 127* - Honors: Introduction to World Archaeology
ANTH 130* - Cultural Anthropology
ANTH 137* - Honors: Cultural Anthropology Baker Center for Public Policy
HBS 101* - Solving Public Problems Child and Family Studies
HDFS 210* - Human Development
HDFS 220* - Marriage and Family: Roles and Relationships Economics
ECON 201* - Introductory Economics: A Survey Course
ECON 207* - Honors: Introductory Economics
ECON 211* - Principles of Microeconomics
ECON 213* - Principles of Macroeconomics
ECON 217* - Honors: Principles of Microeconomics
ECON 218* - Honors: Principles of Macroeconomics Educational Psychology
EDPY 210* - Psychoeducational Issues in Human Development Geography
GEOG 101* - World Geography
GEOG 111* - Our Digital Earth
GEOG 121* - Sustainable Human Geographies
GEOG 373* - Cultural Geography of Latin America and the Caribbean Global Studies
GLBS 250* - Introduction to Global Studies Interior Architecture
IARC 200* - Human-Environment Relations
IARC 207* - Honors: Human-Environment Relations Latin American and Caribbean Studies
LAC 373* - Cultural Geography of Latin America and the Caribbean Political Science
POLS 101* - United States Government and Politics
POLS 102* - Introduction to Political Science
POLS 107* - Honors: United States Government and Politics
POLS 453* - Europe in Transition: The Political Transformation of a Continent Psychology
PSYC 110* - General Psychology
PSYC 117* - Honors: General Psychology Public Health
PUBH 201* - Introduction to Public Health Religious Studies
REST 232* - Religion and Society in Global Perspective
REST 233* - Religion and Society in North America Social Work
SOWK 250* - Introduction to Social Welfare Sociology
SOCI 110* - Social Problems and Social Justice
SOCI 120* - Introduction to Sociology
SOCI 127* - Honors: Introduction to Sociology
SOCI 225* - Introduction to Critical Race and Ethnic Studies
SOCI 232* - Religion and Society in Global Perspective
SOCI 250* - Introduction to Global Studies
SOCI 260* - Introduction to the Study of Environmental Issues
SOCI 344* - Political Sociology
SOCI 345* - Social Movements
SOCI 350* - Criminology
SOCI 353* - Criminal Justice
SOCI 360* - Environment and Resources
SOCI 363* - Food, Agriculture, and Society
SOCI 453* - Gender and Crime University Honors
UNHO 267* - Honors: Special Topics in the Social Sciences
UNHO 268* - Honors: Special Topics in the Social Sciences Women, Gender, and Sexuality
WGS 200* - Introduction to Women, Gender, and Sexuality
WGS 453* - Gender and Crime Notes
- Some courses on the various General Education course lists may have prerequisites. Students are responsible for meeting all course prerequisites.
- A student’s college/program may require specific General Education courses.
- General Education courses must be taken for a letter grade (i.e., A-F) rather than Satisfactory/No Credit (unless this is the only way the course is offered).
- The Office of Disability Services (ODS) is committed to providing equal opportunities for students with disabilities at the University of Tennessee. Appropriate accommodations will be made to enable persons with disabilities to satisfy the General Education requirements. Students with documented disabilities should contact the Office of Disability Services for assistance with appropriate accommodations at (865) 974-6087 or ods@tennessee.edu.
- Subcommittees of the Undergraduate Council General Education Committee are charged with management of the courses to be included on the General Education course lists for the Basic Skills and Broadened Perspectives areas.
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