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SJSU Studies

Formerly Advanced GE
Students must complete 12 units of SJSU Studies courses.

Areas R, S, and V.

9 units
Complete one 3-unit course from each category.

Earth & Environment (R)
Courses in Earth and Environment will cultivate a student’s knowledge of the scientific study of the physical universe and its life forms. Students will understand and appreciate the interrelationship of science and human beings to each other.
ANTH 160Recon Lost Civs
ASTR 101Modern Astronomy
BIOL 101Origins of Life
BIOL 110Biodiversity
COMM/ENVS/GEOL/HUM/METR 168/168W**Global Climate Change
ENGR 100W*Engr Reports
*For approved majors only
ENVS 152Envir Global Distr
GEOL 103Earth Systems
GEOL 105Gen Oceanography
GEOL 107Prehistoric Life
GEOL/ENVS 111Geol and Envir
GEOL 112Earthquakes Volcan
LING 123Sound Comm
METR 112Globl Climate Chng
METR/ENVS 113Atmos Pollution
NUFS 115Issues in Food Tox
NUFS 139Science & Hunger
NUFS/KIN 163Phys Fit + Nutrit
PHIL 160Phil of Science
PHYS/ART 123Physics Animation
PHYS/MUSC 166Physics of Music
UNVS 109Climate Solutions
Self, Society & Equality in the U.S. (S)
In these courses, students will study the interrelationships of individuals, racial groups, and cultural groups to understand and appreciate issues of diversity, equality, and structured inequality in the U.S., its institutions, and its cultures.
AAS 175Asian Am Comm
AAS 185Multi Persp Am Soc
AMS/HUM 169Amer Dream
ANTH/BIOL/HS 140Human Sexuality
CA/ENGL/MUSC/TA 172Arts in US Society
CHAD 102Dev of Self in Soc
COMM/ENVS/GEOL/HUM/METR 168/168W**Global Climate Change
COMM 174Intercult Comm
EDSE 103Disability & Society
EDUC/APSC/COMM/ENGR/HA/SCI 157Comm Action & Serv
ENGL 169Ethnicity in Amer Lit
ENGL 174Lit, Self, Society
GEOG/SOCS/ANTH/HIST/POLS 138US Hist Soc Sci Pers
GERO/HS/SCWK/SOCI 107Aging and Society
HIST 188Hist Women in US
HPRF/HS/NUFS/NURS/OCTH 135Hlth Multiculture
HRTM 111Leis Cult & Ident
JS 132Race Gender Inequality & Law
JS 136Famly & Comm Violence
KIN 101Sport in America
KIN/HS 169Divrsty/Stress/Hlth
LING 129Cult/Lg/Ethn/in US
MAS 130Chicna/o Amer Soc
MAS 160Gender and Sexuality
MUSC 120Worlds of Jazz
PHIL/BUS2/JS 186Prof + Bus Ethics
POLS 120US Law and Society
PSYC 191Psych of Prejudice
RELS 162Relig Controversy
RELS/HUM 191Relig in America
RTVF 110Elec Media & Cult
SOCI 162Race/Ethnic Rels
URBP 101The City
WOMS 101Study of Women
Culture, Civilization & Global Understanding (V)
In these courses, students should receive an appreciation for human expression in cultures outside the U.S. and an understanding of how that expression has developed over time. Additionally, students should understand how traditions of cultures outside the U.S. have influenced American culture and society.
AMS/ENVS/HUM 159Nat & World Culture
ANTH/ASIA 115Global Culture
ANTH 146Culture & Conflict
ARTH 193AWorlds Art/Culture
ARTH/ASIA 193BEast West in Art
CA/ENGL/MUSC/TA 173Cont World Arts
CHAD 106Concepts of Child
CHIN/ASIA 140Chin Cul & Pol Lit
COMM/ENVS/GEOL/HUM/METR 168/168W**Global Climate Change
DANC 102Dance in Wrld Cult
ENGL 117Film, Lit, Culture
ENGL 123AGlobal-Lit-Americas
ENGL 123BGlobal-Lit-Africa
ENGL 123CGlobal-Lit-Oceania
ENGL 123DGlobal-Lit-Asia
ENGL/JWSS 126Holocaust Literature
FREN 102BFrncphone Lit & Cine
GEOG 112Nat Cult Terr Disp
GEOG/SOCS/ANTH/HIST/ 139Wrl Hist Soc Sci Pers
HIST 153Hist Women Europe
HIST 15520th Century World
HUM/ANTH/ASIA/RELS 114Legacy of Asia
HUM 128Twentieth Century
JS 116HR and Justice
LING/ASIA 122English World Lang
MUSC 117Mus Cul Latin Am
NUFS 144Food Culture
PHIL/ASIA/RELS 104Asian Philosophy
PHIL 110Sci Tech & Hum Val
PHIL 133Ethics in Science
PHIL 134Computers, Ethics, Society
POLS 150War and Peace
RELS/ANTH 122Magic Science Reli
RELS/ANTH/MDES 145Mideast Tradition
RTVF 188Alternative Cinema
SPAN 102BHisp Amer Culture
TA/ENGL 127Contemp Theatre
TECH/CMPE/ENGR/AE/ME 198Technology & Civil
UNVS 109Climate Solutions
WOMS 102Global Study of Women

** Successful completion of this year-long course satisfies Areas R,S,V & Z.

Written Communication II

3 units
All students must satisfy Area Z by

In written communication II courses, students will develop advanced proficiency in college-level writing and appropriate contemporary research strategies and methodologies to communicate effectively to both specialized and general audiences.

Written Communication II (Z)
AFAM 100W
ANTH 100W
ART 100W
ARTH 100W
BIOL 100W
CA 100W
CHAD 100W
CHEM 100W
COMM 100W
COMM/ENVS/GEOL/HUM/METR 168/168W**Global Climate Change
CS 100W
ECON 100W
ENGL 100W
ENGL 100WB
ENGR 100W
ENVS 100W
FORL 100W
GEOG 100W
GEOL 100W
HIST 100W
HUM/AMS/RELS 100W
HPRF/HS/NURS/NUFS/OCTH 100W
HRTM 100W
JS 100W
KIN 100W
LLD 100W
LLD 100WB
MATH 100W
MCOM 100W
METR 100W
MUSC 100W
POLS 100W
PSYC 100W
SCWK 100W
SOCI 100W
SOCS 100W
TA 100W

** Successful completion of this year-long course satisfies Areas R, S, V & Z.

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