GENERAL EDUCATION COURSES
FOR CONTINUING STUDENTS

This list contains approved GE courses for continuing students who have elected to complete the GE requirement in effect the year of their entrance to UC Davis. Please consult prior years' catalogs or the Deans' offices for the lists of courses approved in previous years. Please note that you cannot claim GE credit for a course you completed before it was an approved GE course.

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Civilization and Culture

Courses in this area present dominant intellectual traditions, achievements and socio-political institutions, and increase awareness of cultural diversity within the Western tradition and in other civilizations.

Lower Division

• American Studies 1B, 1E
• Art History 1A/1AG¹, 1B/1BG¹, 1C/1CG¹, 1D/1DG¹, 25/25G¹
• Chinese 11
• Classics 15, 17B, 17C, 20, 50
• Comparative Literature 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 12, 13, 14, 20, 25, 53B
• English 3, 4, 30A, 30B
• French 25
• German 47, 48, 50
• History 3, 4A, 4B, 4C, 8, 9A, 17A, 17B, 30, 72A, 72B
• History and Philosophy of Science 20
• Human Development 13
• Integrated Studies 2B⁴, 2D⁴, 3B⁴, 3C⁴, 8B⁴
• Italian 50
• Landscape Architecture 40
• Linguistics 1, 50
• Medieval Studies 20A, 20B, 20C
• Music 3A-3B², 10
• Native American Studies 5
• Philosophy 1, 11, 13, 14, 21, 22, 23, 24, 31, 32
• Political Science 4
• Religious Studies 3A, 3B, 3C, 21, 23, 40
• Russian 44
• Viticulture and Enology 3-3W¹

Upper Division

• Art History 178C
• Chinese 110
• Classics 140, 141, 143, 150
• Comparative Literature 120, 135, 138, 141, 144, 152, 153, 157, 159, 160A, 160B, 161A, 161B, 163, 164A, 164B, 164D, 166A, 166B, 168A, 168B, 169, 170
• Dramatic Art 156A, 156B, 156C
• Education 120
• English 118, 156, 162, 171A, 171B, 182, 184
• French 112, 113, 114
• German 110, 111A, 111E, 112A, 112B, 113, 114, 115A, 116, 117A, 117B, 117C, 118A, 118B, 118C, 118E, 119, 130, 140, 141
• History 138A, 138B, 139A, 140, 147A, 147B, 147C, 161A, 169A, 169B, 175A, 177A, 177B, 188A
• History and Philosophy of Science 130A, 130B, 131
• Humanities 110A
• Italian 140, 141, 142
• Landscape Architecture 140
• Medieval Studies 120A, 120D, 120E
• Music 105, 110A, 110B, 110C, 110D, 110E, 129
• Native American Studies 130A, 130B, 156, 181A, 181B, 181C
• Philosophy 101, 102, 104, 105, 107, 108, 151
• Religious Studies 141A, 141B, 141C, 142
• Rhetoric and Communication 110
• Russian 129, 130, 131, 143, 151, 166
• Spanish 149
• Veterinary Medicine 170

Contemporary Societies

Courses in this area create an awareness of critical economic, political and social problems of the contemporary world.

Lower Division

• Agricultural Economics 15
• American Studies 1A
• Anthropology 2, 4
• Applied Behavioral Sciences 2
• Chicana/Chicano Studies 40
• Economics 1A-1B²
• Environmental and Resource Sciences 10-10G¹
• Environmental Studies 10
• Geography 2-2G¹, 5-5G¹
• History 10, 72B
• Human Development 15
• Integrated Studies 3A⁴, 3D⁴, 3E⁴, 8C⁴
• International Agricultural Development 10
• Native American Studies 10, 55
• Political Science 1, 2
• Religious Studies 1, 2
• Sociology 2, 3, 4, 25
• Women's Studies 50

Upper Division

• African American and African Studies 100, 133
• Agricultural Economics 120, 141, 141M
• American Studies 120, 130
• Anthropology 101, 117, 124, 129, 130, 133, 134, 178
• Applied Behavioral Sciences 151, 153, 154
• Chicana/Chicano Studies 132
• Consumer Science 100
• Education 110
• Engineering 160
• Engineering: Applied Science 137
• Engineering: Civil and Environmental 160
• Environmental Studies 101, 133, 161, 166
• Geography 124, 155, 170, 171
• History 165, 188B
• Linguistics 163
• Native American Studies 115, 130C, 134, 180
• Philosophy 109, 118, 119
• Physics 137, 160
• Psychology 175, 177
• Russian 132
• Textiles and Clothing 107
• Veterinary Medicine 170
• Women's Studies 140

Nature and Environment

Courses in this area provide students with knowledge of major scientific ideas and discoveries and some perception of the methods, scope, power, limitations and appeal of science.

Lower Division

• Agricultural Systems and Environment 1
• Animal Science 1, 2, 42
• Anthropology 1, 15, 23
• Astronomy 10
• Atmospheric Sciences 10
• Avian Sciences 11, 13
• Biological Sciences 10
• Chemistry 2A-2B², 10
• Engineering: Civil and Environmental 30
• Engineering: Computer Science 15, 15AT
• Entomology 17
• Environmental and Resource Sciences 3-3G¹
• Environmental Studies 30-30G¹
• Food Science and Technology 2
• Geology 1, 3-3G¹, 32, 36, 43
• Human Development 19
• Hydrologic Science 21
• Integrated Studies 1A⁴, 1B⁴, 8A⁴
• Microbiology 20
• Molecular and Cellular Biology 10
• Nutrition 10-11³, 20
• Philosophy 31
• Physics 10
• Plant Biology 11, 12
• Pomology 10
• Science and Society 20
• Soil Science 10
• Statistics 10
• Viticulture and Enology 3-3W¹
• Wildlife, Fish and Conservation Biology 10

Upper Division

• Agricultural Systems and Environment 121
• Anthropology 152, 153
• Engineering 160
• Engineering: Applied Science 137
• Engineering: Computer Science 167
• Entomology 111, 119, 147, 153
• Environmental and Resource Sciences 121, 131
• Environmental Studies 116-116G¹
• Evolution and Ecology 121, 138
• Fiber and Polymer Science 110
• Geology 115N, 116-116G¹, 135-135G¹
• History and Philosophy of Science 130A, 130B, 131
• Hydrologic Science 100
• Landscape Architecture 155
• Philosophy 108
• Physics 137, 160
• Plant Biology 151
• Plant Pathology 140

¹These GE courses must be taken concurrently for General Education credit and will satisfy the requirement for one GE course.

²This is a two-course sequence of non-GE courses which will satisfy the requirement for one GE course.

³Nutrition 10 and 11 must both be completed to satisfy the requirement for one GE course. These courses may be taken concurrently, if offered, or sequentially (10 then 11).

⁴GE courses in Integrated Studies are open only to students in the Integrated Studies program.

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