UNIVERSITY CORE CURRICULUM
Undergraduate Education Academic Advising Center: PC 249 (MMC), ACI 180 (BBC)
The University Core Curriculum requirements are for students admitted to FIU
beginning Fall 2003 as transfer students with less than an AA from a public FL school, or as Freshmen beginning Summer 2003.
SOCIAL INQUIRY (6 credits required – 3 credits from each area)
FIRST YEAR EXPERIENCE (1 course required)
Students with fewer than 30 transfer credits only
Foundations of Social Inquiry (one three-credit course)
High-school-earned college credit does not exempt FTIC students
____AMH 3560
The History of Women in the U.S. (3 cr)
from this requirement.
____ANT 2000
Introduction to Anthropology (3 cr)
____SLS 1501
First Year Experience (1 cr)
____CPO 2002
Introduction to Comparative Politics (3 cr)
____DEP 2000
Human Growth & Development (3 cr)
ENGLISH COMPOSITION (2 three-credit courses required)
____ECO 2013
Principles of Macroeconomics (3 cr)
These are all Gordon Rule Courses (must earn “C” or better).
____ECO 2023
Principles of Microeconomics (3 cr)
____ENC 1101
Writing and Rhetoric I (3 cr)
____GEO 2000
Introduction to Geography (3 cr)
____ENC 1102
Writing and Rhetoric II (3 cr)*
____IDS 3163
Global Supply Chains & Logistics (3 cr) - GL
____IDS 3301
The Culture of Capitalism and Global Justice - GL
HUMANITIES WITH WRITING (2 three-credit courses required, one
____INP 2002
Intro. Industrial/Organizational Psychology (3 cr)
of which must be historically-oriented)
____INR 2001
Introduction to International Relations (3 cr)
Prerequisites, ENC 1101 and ENC 1102. These are Gordon Rule courses
____INR 2002
Dynamics of World Politics (3 cr)
(must earn “C” or better).
____POS 2042
American Government (3 cr)
One course must be from the following list: (historically-oriented)
____POT 3302
Political Ideologies (3 cr)
____AFH 2000
African Civilizations (3 cr)* - GL
____PSY 2012
Introduction to Psychology (3 cr)
____AMH 2041
Origins of American Civilization (3 cr)*
____SOP 3004
Introductory Social Psychology (3 cr)
____AMH 2042
Modern American Civilization (3 cr)*
____SOP 3015
Social and Personality Development (3 cr)
____ARC 2701
History of Architecture 1 (3 cr)
____SPC 3210
Communication Theory (3 cr)
____EUH 2011
Western Civ.: Early European Civilization (3 cr)*
____SYG 2000
Introduction to Sociology (3 cr) - GL
____EUH 2021
Western Civ.: Medieval to Modern Europe (3 cr)*
____SYG 2010
Social Problems (3 cr) - GL
____EUH 2030
Western Civ.: Europe in the Modern Era (3 cr)*
____SYG 3002
Basic Ideas of Sociology (3 cr)
____HUM 3214
Ancient Classical Culture & Civilization (3 cr)*
Intro. to Global Gender & Women’s Studies (3 cr) - GL
___WST 3015
____HUM 3306
History of Ideas (3 cr)*
Societies and Identities (one three-credit course)
____LAH 2020
Latin American Civilization (3 cr)*
____AFA 2004
Black Popular Cultures: Global Dimensions (3 cr) - GL
____PHH 2063
Classics in Phil.: Intro. to the History of Phil. (3 cr)*
____ANT 3212
World Ethnographies (3 cr)* - GL
____POT 3013
Ancient & Medieval Political Theory (3 cr)*
____ANT 3241
Myth, Ritual and Mysticism (3 cr) - GL
____SPC 3230
Rhetorical Comm: A Theory of Civil Discourse (3cr)
____ANT 3451
Anthropology of Race & Ethnicity (3 cr)
____WOH 2001
World Civilization (3 cr)*
____ASN 3410
Intro to East Asia - GL
A second course may be selected from the following list:
____COM 3461
Intercultural/Interracial Communication (3 cr) - GL
____ENG 2012
Approaches to Literature (3 cr)*
____CPO 3103
Politics of Western Europe (3 cr)
____IDS 3309
How We Know What We Know (3 cr)* - GL
____CPO 3304
Politics of Latin America (3 cr)
____PHI 2010
Introduction to Philosophy (3 cr)*
____ECS 3003
Comparative Economic Systems (3 cr)*
____PHI 2600
Introduction to Ethics (3 cr)*
____ECS 3021
Women, Culture, and Economic Develop. (3 cr)* - GL
____REL 2011
Religion: Analysis and Interpretation (3 cr)* - GL
____EDF 3521
Education in History (3 cr)
____EGN 1033
Technology, Human and Society (3 cr) - GL
QUANTITATIVE REASONING (2 three-credit courses required, at
____EVR 1017
The Global Environment & Society (3 cr)
World Regional Geography (3 cr) – GL
least one of which must be in mathematics) These are all Gordon Rule
____GEA 2000
courses (must earn “C” or better).
Health Without Borders (3 cr) – GL
____IDS 3183
One course must be from the following mathematics list:
Int’l Nutr., Pub. Health and Eco. Devel. (3 cr) - GL
____IDS 3189
_ MAC 1114
Trigonometry (3 cr) Credit cannot be received for
____IDS 3315
Gaining Global Perspectives (3 cr) - GL
both MAC 1114 and Pre-calculus Algebra & Trigonometry/MAC 1147.*
____IDS 3333
Div. of Meaning: Language, Culture, and Gender - GL
____MAC 1147
Pre-calculus Algebra & Trigonometry (4 cr)*
____INR 3081
Contemporary International Problems (3 cr) - GL
____MAC 2233
Calculus for Business (3 cr)*
____LBS 3001
Introduction to Labor Studies (3 cr) - GL
____MAC 2311
Calculus I (4 cr)*
____REL 3308
Studies in World Religions (3 cr) - GL
____MAC 2312
Calculus II (4 cr)*
____SYD 3804
Sociology of Gender (3 cr)
____MAC 2313
Multivariable Calculus (4 cr)*
____SYP 3000
The Individual in Society (3 cr)
____MGF 1106
Finite Math (3 cr)
____WST 3641
LGBT and Beyond: Sexualities in Gl. Persp. (3 cr) - GL
____MGF 1107
Math of Social Choice and Decision Making (3 cr)
NATURAL SCIENCES (2 courses w/ lab required - 1 from each area)
____MTG 1204
Geometry for Education (3 cr)
Life Sciences (Lecture and Lab must be taken together)
A second course may be selected from the following list:
____BOT 1010 & BOT 1010L Introductory Botany (3,1 cr)
____STA 2023
Statistics for Business and Economics (3 cr)*
____BSC 1010 & BSC 1010L General Biology I (3,1 cr)
____STA 2122
Statistics for Behavioral & Social Sciences I (3 cr)*
____BSC 1011 & BSC 1011L General Biology II (3,1 cr)
____STA 3111
Statistics I (3 cr)*
____BSC 2023 & BSC 2023L Human Biology (3,1 cr)
____STA 3145
Statistics for the Health Professions (3cr)*
____CHS 3501 & CHS 3501L Survey of Forensic Science (3,1cr)
____COP 2210
Computer Programming I (4 cr)
____EVR 3013 & EVR 3013L Ecology of South Florida (3,1 cr)
____COP 2250
Programming in Java (3 cr)
____GLY 1101 & GLY 1101L History of Life (3,1cr)
____PHI 2100
Introduction to Logic (3cr)
____HUN 2000 & HUN 2000L Found. of Nutritional Sci. (3,1 cr)
____CGS 2518
Data Analysis (3cr)
____IDS 3214 & IDS 3214L
Coastal Env. from the Bay to the World (3,1 cr) - GL
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*These courses have pre-requisites; please check the catalog or with an advisor.
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