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University General Education Outcomes
Adopted 2012
Upon completion of the general education curriculum at Chicago State University, students
will:
- Demonstrate effective oral and written communication skills.
- Demonstrate an understanding of cultural diversity and interrelatedness as well as
human and environmental interaction.
- Demonstrate creative and critical thinking, analytical reasoning, and problem solving
skills.
- Apply the basic vocabularies, questions, and methods of the humanities, social sciences,
and natural sciences to the process of inquiry.
- Demonstrate an understanding of and engagement with the social dimensions of civic
life.
- Demonstrate an understanding of the interaction between science and technology, society,
and the environment.
A detailed description of the General Education Outcomes.
University General Education Requirements
Effective Fall 2020
Core Requirements (12 credits)
- English Composition (6 credits)
- Oral Communication (3 credits)
- Mathematics (3 credits)
General Requirements (24 credits)
- Humanities/Fine Arts (9 credits) must include one humanities course and one fine arts course
- Social Sciences (9 credits) at least two disciplines
- Natural Sciences (6 credits) one physical science (chemistry, geography, physical science, or physics) and one
biology; one must be a lab
(Total of 36 Credits; Gen Ed courses must come from the list of approved courses below)
Approved General Education Courses
Effective Fall 2020
Core Requirement Courses (12 total credit hours)
- English Composition Courses (6 credit hours required)
- ENG 1230, Writer’s Workshop I
- ENG 1270, Composition I
- ENG 1240, Writer’s Workshop II
- ENG 1280, Composition II
- HON 1200, Honors English Composition I (for students in the Honors College only)
- HON 1210, Honors English Composition II (for students in the Honors College only)
- Oral Communication Courses (3 credit hours required)
- CMAT 1130, Communication for Professionals
- CMAT 1140, Business Communication
- CMAT 2030, Basic Speech Communication
- ENG 2011, Oral Language & Literacy
- Mathematics Courses (3 credit hours required)
- HON 1320, Mathematical Modeling (for students in the Honors College only)
- MATH 1040, Math for Data Science I
- MATH 1080, Quantitative Literacy
- MATH 1200, College Algebra (or any 1000-level course with a number higher than Math
1200)
General Requirement Courses (21 credit hours required)
Humanities and Fine Arts Courses (9 total credit hours; 3 from Humanities & 3 from Fine Arts)
Humanities Courses
- AFL 1100, African Cultural Influences
- ENG 1260, Intro. to Literature
- ENG 2160, Survey of American Literature I
- ENG 2190, Survey of American Literature II
- ENG 2210, Intro. to African Literature
- ENG 2330, Readings in British Literature I
- ENG 2340, Readings in British Literature II
- ENG 2410, Third World Literature
- ENG 2440, Popular Literature
- ENG 2910, African American Literature
- ENG 2940, African American Literature II
- HON 1420, Human Search for Meaning (for students in the Honors College only)
- PHIL 1010, Intro. to Philosophy
- PHIL 1020, Intro. to Logic
- PHIL 1030, Critical Thinking
- PHIL 1040, Ethics
- PHIL 2710, Philosophical Issues of Race and Society
Fine Arts Courses
- ART 1100, Intro. to the Visual Arts
- ART 1200, Drawing I Lecture and Studio
- ART 2030, Body Notions: Feminist Approaches to the Body
- ART 2040, Hip Hop Aesthetics: Art for Social Change
- ART 2050, Intro to Sound Art Lecture and Studio (cross-listed with MUS 2050)
- ART 2101, Ancient Art
- ART 2102, Renaissance through Baroque Art
ART 2103, Modern Art
- ART 2105, African Art
- ART 2110, Intro. to Non-Western Art
- ART 2120, History of Photography
- ART 2140, Chicago Art Scene
- ART 2150, Survey of Women Artists
- ART 2401, Sculpture I Lecture and Studio
- ART 2455, Jewelry/Metalsmithing I Lecture and Studio
ART 2500, Fiber Arts I Lecture and Studio
- ART 2540, Weaving I Lecture and Studio
- ART 2570, Ceramics I Lecture and Studio
- ART 2600, Art for Pre-K through 8th Teachers
- CMAT 2040, Intro. to Theatre
- CMAT 2170, Survey of Global Cinema
- CMAT 2140, African American Theatre
- CMAT 2310, African American Cinema
- CMAT 2550, Acting I
- HON 2320, Arts and Cultures (for students in the Honors College only)
- MUS 1134, History & Appreciation of Music
- MUS 2050, Intro to Sound Art Lecture and Studio (cross-listed with ART 2050)
- MUS 2215, African American Music
- MUS 2216, Jazz & Pop Music History I
- MUS 2217, Jazz & Pop Music History II
- MUS 2285, World Music Cultures
- MUS 2286, Afro-Caribbean Music (no longer offered after 2019)
- MUS 2287, Latin American Music (no longer offered after 2019)
Natural Sciences Courses (6 credit hours required; one life science and one physical science; at least one
lab course required)
Life Science Courses
- BIOL 1070, Biological Sciences Survey I (Plant)
- BIOL 1080, Biological Sciences Survey II (Animal)
- BIOL 1300, Intro. to Urban Environmental Science
- BIOL 1701, Intro. to Biology (formerly BIOL 1710)
Physical Science Courses
- CHEM 1050, Introduction to General and Organic Chemistry
- CHEM 1400 & 1410 (formerly CHEM 1550), General Chemistry I
- GEOG 1400, Intro. to Physical Geography
- HON 2220, Science and the Natural World (for students in the Honors College only)
- PH S 1000, Science, Society, & Survival
- PH S 1080, Critical Thinking in Science & Technology
- PH S 1100, Practical Physics I
- PH S 1130, Practical Chemistry I
- PH S 1150, Basic Astronomy
- PHYS 2110, Physics I with Calculus
Social Sciences Courses (9 credit hours required; 2 separate disciplines)
- AFAM 1000, Intro. to African American Studies
- AFAM 1020, Cultural Diversity
- ANTH 1010, Intro to Anthropology
- ANTH 2010, Global Cultures
- ECON 1000, Issues in American Economy
- ECON 1010, Principles of Economics I (Macro)
- ECON 1020, Principles of Economics II (Micro)
- GEOG 1000, Societies & Environments
- GEOG 1100, Globalization and Diversity
- GEOG 2200, Geospatial Reasoning
- HIST 1200, The West & the World to 1500
- HIST 1210, The West & the World since 1500
- HIST 1300, US History, 1607-1877
- HIST 1310, US History since 1877
- H S 2200, Personal Health & Wellness
- HON 1520, Social and Historical Inquiry (for students in the Honors College only)
- HON 2420, Peoples and Values in Conflict (for students in the Honors College only)
- LIMS 1100, Literacy & Learning in the 21st Century
- POL 1010, American National Government
- PSYCH 1100, Intro. to Psychology
- PSYCH 2000, Lifespan Development
- PSYCH 2040, Psychology of Childhood and Adolescence
- SOC 1010, Intro. to Sociology
- SOC 1110, Social Problems
- SOC 1200, Race and Ethnicity
- SOC 1250, Diversity in US Society
- SOC/GEOG 1500, Principles and Practices of Food Justice
- SOC 2120, African Americans in Science and Society
- WS 2000, Intro. to Women’s Studies
General Education Approved Courses not in University General Education Requirements
NOTE: Embedded requirements (Diversity and Critical Thinking) and Foreign Languages
are included for those Colleges and Programs which require courses in these areas.
These are not required in the University General Education Requirements.
Diversity Courses
- AFAM 1000, Intro. to African American Studies
- AFAM 1020, Cultural Diversity
- ANTH 1010, Intro to Anthropology
- ANTH 2010, Global Cultures
- ART 2110, Intro. to Non-Western Art
- ART 2150, Survey of Women Artists
- CMAT 2170, Survey of Global Cinema
- CMAT 2140, African American Theatre
- CMAT 2310, African American Cinema
- ENG 2210, Intro. to African Literature
- ENG 2410, Third World Literature
- ENG 2910, African American Literature
- GEOG 1000, Societies & Environments
- GEOG 1100, Globalization and Diversity
- HIST 1200, The West & the World to 1500
- HIST 1210, The West & the World since 1500
- HIST 2840, Africa to 1800
- HIST 2850, Africa since 1800
- HON 1520, Social and Historical Inquiry (for students in the Honors College only)
- HON 2320, Arts and Cultures (for students in the Honors College only)
- MUS 2285, World Music Cultures
- MUS 2286, Afro-Caribbean Music (no longer offered after 2019)
- MUS 2287, Latin American Music (no longer offered after 2019)
- PHIL 2710, Philosophical Issues of Race & Society
- REC 2050, Exploring Leisure Alternatives
- SOC 1200, Race and Ethnicity
- SOC 1250, Diversity in US Society
- WS 2000, Intro. to Women’s Studies
Critical Thinking Courses
- ECON 1000, Issues in Economics
- ECON 1010, Principles of Economics I (Macroeconomics)
- GEOG 2200, Geospatial Reasoning
- HON 1320, Mathematical Modeling (for students in the Honors College only)
- HON 1420, Human Search for Meaning (for students in the Honors College only)
- HON 2420, Peoples and Values in Conflict (for students in the Honors College only)
- LIMS 1100, Literacy & Learning in the 21st Century
- PH S 1080, Critical Thinking in Science & Technology
- PHIL 1020, Intro. to Logic
- PHIL 1030, Critical Thinking
- PHYS 2110, Physics I with Calculus
- POL 1000, Critical Thinking in Politics and Law
Foreign Language Courses
- AFL/CHIN/FREN/GER/JPN/SPAN 1010 & 1020, Elementary (Language) 1 & 2
- FREN 1200 & 1210, Business French 1 & 2
- FREN/SPAN 2010 & 2020, Intermediate (Language) 1 & 2
NOTE: For the following majors Bilingual Elementary Education, Elementary and Middle
Level Education, and **Early Childhood: • MATH 1010 and MATH 1020 will be accepted
as mathematics courses • Biology 1510 will be accepted as a natural science biology
course • **ART 1100 and MUS 1134 will be accepted as fulfilling the Humanities and
Fine Arts requirements (ONLY for Early Childhood majors)
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University General Education Outcomes
Adopted 2012
Upon completion of the general education curriculum at Chicago State University, students
will:
- Demonstrate effective oral and written communication skills.
- Demonstrate an understanding of cultural diversity and interrelatedness as well as
human and environmental interaction.
- Demonstrate creative and critical thinking, analytical reasoning, and problem solving
skills.
- Apply the basic vocabularies, questions, and methods of the humanities, social sciences,
and natural sciences to the process of inquiry.
- Demonstrate an understanding of and engagement with the social dimensions of civic
life.
- Demonstrate an understanding of the interaction between science and technology, society,
and the environment.
A detailed description of the General Education Outcomes can be found here.
University General Education Requirements
Effective Fall 2017
Core Requirements (18 credits)
- English Composition (6 credits)
- Foreign Language (6 credits) in a single foreign language
- Oral Communication (3 credits)
- Mathematics (3 credits)
General Requirements (21 credits)
- Humanities/Fine Arts (6 credits) 3 credits humanities and 3 credits fine arts
- Social Sciences (9 credits) at least two disciplines
- Natural Sciences (6 credits) physical science and biology; one must be a lab
Embedded Requirements (no additional credits)
- Critical Thinking
- Diversity
(Gen Ed courses must come from a list of approved courses. Total of 39 credits)
Approved General Education Courses
Effective Fall 2017
Core Requirement Courses (18 total credit hours)
- English Composition Courses (6 credit hours required)
- ENG 1230, Writer’s Workshop I
- ENG 1270, Composition I
- ENG 1240, Writer’s Workshop II
- ENG 1280, Composition II
- Oral Communication Courses (3 credit hours required)
- CMAT 1130, Communication for Professionals
- CMAT 1140, Business Communication
- CMAT 2030, Basic Speech Communication
- ENG 2011, Oral Language and Literacy
- Foreign Language Courses (6 credit hours required from sequence in one language)
- AFL/CHIN/FREN/GER/JPN/SPAN 1010 & 1020, Elementary (Language) 1 & 2
- FREN 1200 & 1210, Business French 1 & 2
- FREN/SPAN 2010 & 2020, Intermediate (Language) 1 & 2
- Mathematics Courses (3 credit hours required)
- MATH 1200, College Algebra (and any other courses of a “higher” level than this one)
General Requirement Courses (21 credit hours required)
Humanities and Fine Arts Courses (6 total credit hours; 3 from Humanities and 3 from
Fine Arts)
Humanities Courses
- AFL 1100, African Cultural Influences
- ENG 1260, Intro. to Literature
- ENG 2160, Survey of American Literature I
- ENG 2190, Survey of American Literature II
- ENG 2210, Intro. to African Literature
- ENG 2330, Readings in British Literature I
- ENG 2340, Readings in British Literature II
- ENG 2410, Third World Literature
- ENG 2440, Popular Literature
- ENG 2910, African American Literature
- ENG 2940, African American Literature II
- PHIL 1010, Intro. to Philosophy
- PHIL 1020, Intro. to Logic
- PHIL 1030, Critical Thinking
- PHIL 1040, Ethics
- PHIL 2710, Philosophical Issues of Race and Society
Fine Arts Courses
- ART 1100, Intro. to the Visual Arts
- ART 1200, Drawing I Lecture and Studio
- ART 2030, Body Notions: Feminist Approaches to the Body
- ART 2040, Hip Hop Aesthetics: Art for Social Change
- ART 2050, Intro to Sound Art Lecture and Studio (cross-listed with MUS 2050)
- ART 2101, Ancient Art
- ART 2102, Renaissance through Baroque Art
- ART 2103, Modern Art
- ART 2105, African Art
- ART 2110, Intro. to Non-Western Art
- ART 2120, History of Photography
- ART 2140, Chicago Art Scene
- ART 2150, Survey of Women Artists
- ART 2401, Sculpture I Lecture and Studio
- ART 2455, Jewelry/Metalsmithing I Lecture and Studio
- ART 2500, Fiber Arts I Lecture and Studio
- ART 2540, Weaving I Lecture and Studio
- ART 2570, Ceramics I Lecture and Studio
- ART 2600, Art for Pre-K through 8th Teachers
- CMAT 2040, Intro. to Theatre
- CMAT 2071, Survey of Global Cinema (should be CMAT 2170, as listed in the catalog?)
- CMAT 2140, African American Theatre
- CMAT 2310, African American Cinema
- CMAT 2550, Acting I
- MUS 1134, History and Appreciation of Music
- MUS 2050, Intro to Sound Art Lecture and Studio (cross-listed with ART 2050)
- MUS 2215, African American Music
- MUS 2216, Jazz and Pop Music History I
- MUS 2217, Jazz and Pop Music History II
- MUS 2285, World Music Cultures
- MUS 2286, Afro-Caribbean Music
- MUS 2287, Latin American Music
Natural Sciences Courses (6 credit hours required; 1 lab course required)
- BIOL 1070, Biological Sciences Survey I (Plant)
- BIOL 1080, Biological Sciences Survey II (Animal)
- BIOL 1300, Intro. to Urban Environmental Science
- BIOL 1710, Intro. to Biology
- CHEM 1400 & 1410 (formerly CHEM 1550), General Chemistry I
- GEOG 1400, Intro. to Physical Geography
- PH S 1000, Science, Society, & Survival
- PH S 1080, Critical Thinking in Science & Technology
- PH S 1100, Practical Physics I
- PH S 1130, Practical Chemistry I
- PH S 1150, Basic Astronomy
- PHYS 2110, Physics I with Calculus
Social Sciences Courses (9 credit hours required; 2 separate disciplines)
- AFAM 1000, Intro. to African American Studies
- AFAM 1020, Cultural Diversity
- ANTH 1010, Intro to Anthropology
- ANTH 2010, Global Cultures
- ECON 1000, Issues in American Economy
- ECON 1010, Principles of Economics I (Macro)
- ECON 1020, Principles of Economics II (Micro)
- GEOG 1000, Societies & Environments
- GEOG 1100, Globalization and Diversity
- GEOG 2200, Geospatial Reasoning
- HIST 1200, The West & the World to 1500
- HIST 1210, The West & the World since 1500
- HIST 1300, US History, 1607-1877
- HIST 1310, US History since 1877
- H S 2200, Personal Health & Wellness
- LIMS 1100, Literacy & Learning in the 21st Century
- POL 1010, American National Government
- PSYCH 1100, Intro. to Psychology
- PSYCH 2000, Lifespan Development
- PSYCH 2040, Psychology of Childhood and Adolescence
- SOC 1010, Intro. to Sociology
- SOC 1110, Social Problems
- SOC 1200, Race and Ethnicity
- SOC 1250, Diversity in US Society
- SOC/GEOG 1500, Principles and Practices of Food Justice
- SOC 2120, African Americans in Science and Society
- WS 2000, Intro. to Women’s Studies
Embedded Requirements Courses (no additional credit hours required)
Diversity Courses
- AFAM 1000, Intro. to African American Studies
- AFAM 1020, Cultural Diversity
- ANTH 1010, Intro to Anthropology
- ANTH 2010, Global Cultures
- ART 2110, Intro. to Non-Western Art
- ART 2150, Survey of Women Artists
- CMAT 2071, Survey of Global Cinema (should be CMAT 2170, as listed in the catalog?)
- CMAT 2140, African American Theatre
- CMAT 2310, African American Cinema
- ENG 2210, Intro. to African Literature
- ENG 2410, Third World Literature
- ENG 2910, African American Literature
- GEOG 1000, Societies & Environments
- GEOG 1100, Globalization and Diversity
- HIST 1200, The West & the World to 1500
- HIST 1210, The West & the World since 1500
- HIST 2840, Africa to 1800
- HIST 2850, Africa since 1800
- MUS 2285, World Music Cultures
- MUS 2286, Afro-Caribbean Music
- MUS 2287, Latin American Music
- PHIL 2710, Philosophical Issues of Race & Society
- REC 2050, Exploring Leisure Alternatives
- SOC 1200, Race and Ethnicity
- SOC 1250, Diversity in US Society
- WS 2000, Intro. to Women’s Studies
- Critical Thinking Courses
- ECON 1000, Issues in Economics
- GEOG 2200, Geospatial Reasoning
- LIMS 1100, Literacy & Learning in the 21st Century
- PH S 1080, Critical Thinking in Science & Technology
- PHIL 1020, Intro. to Logic
- PHIL 1030, Critical Thinking
- PHYS 2110, Physics I with Calculus
- POL 1000, Critical Thinking in Politics and Law
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General Education Curriculum
All students who enroll for the Fall 2007 semester and after must meet the general
education requirements.
The general education curriculum consists of 36 credit hours including two components:
- Core requirements of 15 credit hours
- General requirements of 21 credit hours
Core Requirements (15 credit hours)
The core requirements, which include writing, computing, and reasoning, are enabling
skills students need to participate successfully in the intellectual life of the university
and pursue any degree successfully. Course work in these areas provides the fundamental
background essential to developing proficiency in individual majors. Courses that
teach these skills should be taken during the freshman year.
(6 hours) Composition: English 1230 or 1270 and English 1280.
(6 hours) Foreign Language: Two-semester sequence in a single foreign language. (AF
L 1100, FREN 2120, and RUS 1200 may not be used to satisfy the language requirement.)
(3) Mathematics.
General Requirements (21 credit hours)
The general requirements provide students with exposure to the content, tradition,
and methods of mathematics and the natural sciences, the social sciences, and the
humanities. They provide an appreciation of the complexity and interdependence of
these broad areas of knowledge, and they afford a familiarity with a common pool of
knowledge generally used to understand and used to approach problems in society.
(6) Humanities: At least 3 credit hours must be in the area of fine arts, chosen from
the following: art; music; English; communication, media arts, and theatre; philosophy;
or foreign language.
(6) Physical and Life Sciences: One course must have a lab, chosen from the following:
biology; chemistry; physics or physical science.
(9) Social Sciences: At least two disciplines, chosen from the following: African
American Studies; anthropology; economics; geography; history; political science;
psychology; or sociology.
Embedded General Education Requirements
Embedded requirements are requirements that can be satisfied at the same time other requirements
are satisfied. For example, Sociology 1250 fulfills both a social science requirement
and the diversity requirement.
(3) Critical Thinking*: At least 3 credit hours of critical thinking courses, chosen
from the following: ECON 1000, GEOG 1200, MATH 1010,MATH 1020, MATH 1200, MATH 1800,
PHIL 1020, PHIL 1030, PH S 1080, POL 1000.
(3) Diversity*: At least 3 credit hours of courses that fulfill the diversity requirement,
chosen from the following:
AFAM 1020, AF L 1100, ANTH 1010, ANTH 2010, ANTH 2160, ART 2110, ART 2150, ART 2122, ART
2150, CJ 2245, CMAT 2140, ENG 2210, ENG 2410, GEOG 1000, GEOG 1100, HIST 2200, HIST 2840,
HIST 2850, MUS 2285, MUS 2286, MUS 2287, PHIL 2710, PHIL 2730, REC 2050, SOC 1200,
SOC 1250, SOC 2230, WS 2000.
(3) Fine Arts: At least 3 credit hours in fine arts courses chosen from the list below:
Art: ART 1100, ART2101, ART 2102, ART 2105, ART 2110, ART 2120, ART 2130, ART 2140,
ART 2150.
English: ENG 1260, ENG 2160, ENG 2330, ENG 2340, ENG 2410, ENG 2440, ENG 2910, ENG
2940.
Theatre: CMAT 1750, CMAT 2040, CMAT 2140, CMAT 2310.
Music: MUS 1134, MUS 2215, MUS 2216, MUS 2217, MUS 2285.
* Lists of critical thinking and diversity courses are subject to change due to further
course approvals by the University General Education Committee.
Note: Lists are subject to change due to the addition of interdisciplinary courses
approved by the College of Arts and Sciences.
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