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The General Education Committee of the Purdue University North Central Faculty Senate reviews and maintains these lists of courses. Contact the Chair of the General Education Committee if you have questions about a specific course or category.

Categories within the 30-Credit Core Curriculum:

• Quantitative Reasoning
• Natural Sciences
• Technology
• Humanities
• Social Sciences

Categories within the Supplemental Core:

• Western Heritage
• U.S. Tradition
• Global Cultures
• Literature and the Arts
• Racial and Ethnic Diversity
• Gender Issues
• Social Ethics
• Individual and Society

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30-Credit Core Categories

Quantitative Reasoning Core Courses

(Note: * = Transfer Indiana-Listed Course)

CNIT 12700	Spreadsheet Applications
CNIT 26700	Introduction to C++ Language Programming
ECON 25100	Microeconomics*
ECON 25200	Macroeconomics*
PSY 20100	Introduction to Statistics in Psychology
SOC 38200	Introduction to Methods of Social Research
STAT 11300	Statistics and Society
STAT 30100	Elementary Statistical Methods
CGT 11000	Technical Graphics Communications
ENGR 18900	C++ Programming
IET 35200	Operations Management
MET 16200	Computational Analysis Tools in MET
MET 29900	Intro to Parametric Modeling

Natural Sciences Core Courses

(Note: * = Transfer Indiana-Listed Course, L = course includes laboratory)

ASTR 26300	Descr. Astronomy: Solar System L
ASTR 26400	Descr. Astronomy: Stars & Galaxies L
BIOL 11000	Fundamentals of Biology I* L
BIOL 22200	AIDS Online
BIOL 30300	Birds of NW Indiana L
BIOL 32400	Nat. Hist. of Great Smoky Mtns L
BIOL 32500	Nat. Hist. of NW Indiana L
CHM 10300	Chemistry & Society* L
CHM 11500	General Chemistry L
CHM 11600	General Chemistry L
CHM 11900	General Chemistry (Pre-Nursing)*L
EAS 10000	Planet Earth*
EAS 10400	Oceanography
EAS 11300	Introduction to Environmental Science
EAS 12000	Introduction To Geography
FN 30300	Essentials of Nutrition*

Technology Core Courses

BCM 10000	Intro to Construction
CGT 11000	Technical Graphics Communications
CNIT 10700	Computer Literacy
CNIT 12100	Microcomputer Database Applications
CNIT 12600	Website Development and Internet Technologies
CNIT 12800	Advanced Word Processing
CNIT 17500	Visual Programming
CNIT 17600	Information Technology Architectures
CNIT 18000	Introduction to Systems Development
CNIT 19000	CNIT Problem Solving
CNIT 22000	Programming I for Engineering and Scientists
CNIT 26700	Introduction to C++ Language Programming
CPET 29900	Technical Software for ECET & MET
ECET 10700	Intro to Circuit Analysis
ECET 15700	Electronics Circuit Analysis
ECET 10900	Digital Fundamentals
ECET 15900	Digital Applications
ECET 20900	Intro to Microcontrollers
ECET 21300	Survey of Electricity & Electronics
ENGR 18900	C++ Programming
IET 10400	Industrial Organization
IET 35200	Operations Management
MET 14100	Materials I
MET 29900	Intro to Parametric Modeling

Humanities Core Courses

(Note: * = Transfer Indiana-Listed Course)

COM 24000	Introduction to Oral Interpretation
ENGL 20100	The Nature of Literary Study
ENGL 20500	Introduction to Creative Writing*
ENGL 22100	Introduction to Shakespeare
ENGL 23100	Introduction to Literature*
ENGL 23500	Introduction to Drama
ENGL 23700	Introduction to Poetry*
ENGL 23800	Introduction to Fiction
ENGL 24000	Survey of British Literature I
ENGL 24100	Survey of British Literature II
ENGL 25700	Literature of Black America
ENGL 26600	World Literature I
ENGL 26700	World Literature II
ENGL 28600	The Movies
ENGL 35000	Survey of American Literature I*
ENGL 35100	Survey of American Literature II*
GBG 12700	Development of Business in the United States
GBG 25900	Law and Society
HIST 10200	Introduction to the Ancient World
HIST 10300	Introduction to the Medieval World
HIST 10400	Introduction to the Modern World
HIST 10500	Survey of Global History
HIST 15100	American History to 1877*
HIST 15200	United States Since 1877*
PHIL 11000	Introduction to Philosophy*
PHIL 11100	Ethics*
SPAN 23500	Spanish American Literature in Translation
SPAN 24100	Introduction to the Study of Hispanic Literature (taught in Spanish)
SPAN 33500	Literature of Spanish Speaking Peoples in the U. S. (in English, some knowledge of Spanish desirable)
THTR 20100	Theater Appreciation*
THTR 30800	History and Development of American Musical Theatre

Social Sciences Core Courses

(Note: * = Transfer Indiana-Listed Course)

ANTH 10000	Introduction to Anthropology
ANTH 10500	Cultural Anthropology
COM 20400	Critical Perspectives on Communication
COM 21200	Approaches to the Study of Interpersonal Communication*
COM 25000	Mass Communication and Society*
COM 32000	Small Group Discussion
COM 32400	Introduction to Organizational Communication
OLS 25200	Organizational Behavior
POL 10100	American Government and Politics*
POL 13000	Introduction to International Relations*
POL 14100	Governments of the World
PSY 12000	Elementary Psychology*
PSY 24000	Introduction to Social Psychology*
SOC 10000	Introductory Sociology*
SOC 22000	Social Problems*
SWRK 26100	Introduction to Social Work

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Supplemental Core Categories

Western Heritage

HIST 10200	Introduction to the Ancient World
HIST 10300	Introduction to the Medieval World
HIST 10400	Introduction to the Modern World
HIST 29000	Russia: Yesterday, Today, and Tomorrow
HIST 40300	Europe in the Reformation
HIST 40400	Kings and Philosophers: Europe, 1618-1789
HIST 40500	French Revolution and Napoleon
HIST 40600	Rebels and Romantics: Europe 1815-1870
ENGL 26200	Greek and Roman Classics in Translation
ENGL 26400	The Bible as Literature
PHIL 11000	Introduction to Philosophy
PHIL 20600	Philosophy of Religion
PHIL 30100	History of Ancient Philosophy
PHIL 30200	History of Medieval Philosophy
PHIL 30300	History of Modern Philosophy
PHIL 33100	Religions of the West
POL 35000	Foundations of Western Political Theory: Renaissance to Marx

U.S. Tradition

HIST 15100	American History to 1877
HIST 15200	American History since 1877
HIST 35001	Gettysburg: Three Days That Changed America
HIST 36700	Twentieth Century American History
HIST 36800	Episodes in American Religious History
HIST 37800	Early National America
HIST 38200	American Constitutional History
HIST 38600	History of American Foreign Relations
HIST 46000	American Colonial History
HIST 46100	The Revolutionary Era, 1763-1800
HIST 46400	Jacksonian American, 1815-1850
HIST 46500	The Civil War and Reconstruction, 1850-1877
HIST 46700	The Emergence of Modern America
HIST 46800	Recent American History
ENGL 25000	Great American Books
ENGL 35000	Survey of American Literature I
ENGL 35100	Survey of American Literature II
ENGL 38200	The American Novel
POL 10100	American Government and Politics
POL 23300	Introduction to the Study of the Law
GBG 12700	Development of Business in the U.S.

Global Cultures

ANTH 20500	Human Cultural Diversity
ASL 28000	American Deaf Community: Language, Culture, and Society
ENGL 26600	World Literature from the Beginning to 1700
ENGL 26700	World Literature from 1700 A.D. to the Present
ENGL 36600	Postcolonial Literatures
HIST 10500	Survey of Global History
HIST 27100	Latin American History to 1824
HIST 27200	Latin American History from 1824
HIST 30501	Latin American History Through Film
HIST 35201	Revolution and Revolutionaries in 20th and 21st-Century Latin America
HIST 36110	Environmental History of Latin America
HIST 36600	Hispanic Heritage of the United States
HIST 40100	Indigenous Traditions of Latin America
HIST 42500	Social and Ecological History of the Andes
IDIS 27200	Introduction to Latin American Society and Culture
PHIL 33000	Religions of the East
POL 13000	Introduction to International Relations
POL 14100	Governments of the World
POL 23200	Contemporary Crises in International Relations
SPAN 23500	Spanish American Literature in Translation
SPAN 28200	Introduction to Latin American Studies
POL 32300	Comparative Environmental Policy
POL 34500	Western European Democracies in the Post-Industrial Era
SOC 40300	Sociology of Developing Countries in Era of Globalization
SOC 40400	Sociology of the Environment
SOC 40500	Sociology of the Media
SOC 40600	Social Movements

Literature and the Arts

A&D 11300	Basic Drawing
A&D 25500	Art Appreciation
A&D 38300	Modern Art 20th Century
COM 24000	Introduction to Oral Interpretation
ENGL 20100	The Nature of Literary Study
ENGL 20500	Introduction to Creative Writing
ENGL 22100	Introduction to Shakespeare
ENGL 23000	Great Narrative Works
ENGL 23100	Introduction to Literature
ENGL 23200	Thematic Studies in Literature
ENGL 23500	Introduction to Drama
ENGL 23700	Introduction to Poetry
ENGL 23800	Introduction to Fiction
ENGL 23900	Introduction to Biography
ENGL 24000	Survey of the British Literature from the Beginnings Through the Neoclassical Period
ENGL 24100	Survey of the British Literature: From the Rise of Romanticism to the Modern Period
ENGL 25000	Great American Books
ENGL 25700	Literature of Black America
ENGL 26200	Greek and Roman Classics in Translation
ENGL 26400	The Bible As Literature
ENGL 26600	World Literature: From the Beginnings to 1700 A.D.
ENGL 26700	World Literature: From 1700 A.D. To The Present
ENGL 28600	The Movies
ENGL 31100	Identity in Ethnic American Women’s Literature
ENGL 31800	Graphic Narrative
ENGL 35000	Survey of American Literature from Its Beginnings to 1865
ENGL 35100	Survey of American Literature from 1865 to the Post-World War II Period
ENGL 35600	American Humor
ENGL 36000	Gender and Literature
ENGL 36600	Postcolonial Literature
ENGL 37300	Science Fiction and Fantasy
ENGL 37700	Major Modern Poetry
ENGL 37900	The Short Story
ENGL 38100	The British Novel
ENGL 38200	The American Novel
ENGL 38300	Modern Drama: Ibsen to the Absurdists
ENGL 40700	Introduction to Poetry Writing
ENGL 40900	Introduction to Fiction Writing
ENGL 41000	Introduction to Creative Nonfiction Writing
ENGL 41100	Studies in Major Authors
ENGL 44100	Chaucer’s Canterbury Tales
ENGL 44200	Shakespeare
ENGL 44400	Milton
ENGL 46900	Issues in Contemporary Criticism and Theory
SPAN 23500	Spanish American Literature in Translation
SPAN 24100	Introduction to the Study of Hispanic Literature
SPAN 33500	The Literature of Spanish-Speaking Peoples in the U.S.
ENGL 20500	Introduction to Creative Writing
ENGL 40700	Introduction to Poetry Writing
ENGL 40900	Introduction to Fiction Writing
ENGL 41000	Introduction to Creative Nonfiction Writing
MUS 25000	Music Appreciation
PHIL 27500	The Philosophy of Art
THTR 20100	Theatre Appreciation
THTR 30800	The History and Development of the American Musical Theatre
THTR 34800	Dramatic Performance in Context

Racial and Ethnic Diversity

ANTH 37900	Indians of North America
ENGL 25700	Literature of Black America
HIST 36600	Hispanic Heritage of the United States
HIST 40100	Indigenous Cultures of Latin America
HIST 46601	U. S. Immigration and Ethnicity
SOC 31000	Racial & Ethnic Diversity
SPAN 33500	The Literature of the Spanish-Speaking Peoples in the United States

Gender Issues

ANTH 23000	Gender Across Cultures
COM 37600	Communication and Gender
ENGL 31100	Identity in Ethnic American Women’s Literature
ENGL 36000	Gender in Literature
GBG 45000	Women in Business
HIST 36500	Women in America
IDIS 10600	Introduction to Gender Studies
PHIL 40800	Philosophy of Love and Friendship
PSY 23900	Psychology of Women
PSY 36500	Development of Gender Roles in Children
SOC 31501	Gender in Society
WOST 28000	Women’s Studies: An Introduction

Social Ethics

PHIL 11100	Ethics
PHIL 32500	Ethics and Public Health
PHIL 32700	Environmental Ethics
SOC 22000	Social Problems

Individual and Society

ANTH 10000	Introduction to Anthropology
COM 21200	Approaches to the Study of Interpersonal Communication
COM 25000	Mass Communication and Society
COM 32000	Small Group Discussion
COM 32400	Introduction to Organizational Communication
ECON 21000	Principles of Economics
ECON 25100	Microeconomics
ECON 25200	Macroeconomics
ENGL 22700	Elements of Linguistics
PHIL 24000	Social and Political Philosophy
PSY 12000	Elementary Psychology
PSY 20000	Introduction to Cognitive Psychology
PSY 23500	Child Psychology
PSY 24000	Introduction to Social Psychology
PSY 25000	Psychology of Adjustment
PSY 25100	Health Psychology
PSY 35000	Abnormal Psychology
SOC 10000	Introductory Sociology
SOC 34000	General Social Psychology
SOC 35000	Social Psychology of Marriage