General Ed Requirements 2024

International/Global Perspectives (credits: 6)

The most current listing of approved International Perspectives courses can be found here: https://www.registrar.iastate.edu/students/div-ip-guide/IntlPerspectives-current#C2

Students must choose at least one class from the IP list to fulfill the university requirement. Two courses taken from this list will fulfill both the International Perspectives and the Global Perspectives requirement.

In addition to the approved International Perspective list, students may apply one of the following toward a Global Perspective requirement. The following courses will not fulfill the International Perspective requirement but may fulfill a requirement in a second major in business: ACCT 4960, BUSAD 3010X, FIN 4800, MGMT 4140, MKT 4480, SCM 4660

Questions? Contact your academic advisor.

U.S. Cultures and Communities (credits: 3)

The most current listing of approved U.S. Cultures and Communities courses is at the following website: https://www.registrar.iastate.edu/students/div-ip-guide/usdiversity-courses

Courses from this area may also be used to fulfill 3 of the 9 credits required for the humanities and social sciences requirement if they appear on both approved lists.

Questions? Contact your academic advisor.

Humanities and Social Sciences: (credits: 9)

African American Studies (AF AM)
Agronomy (AGRON) 3420, 4500
American Indian Studies (AM IN)
American Sign Language (ASL) 1010, 1020, 2010, 2020, 2750, 3250
Anthropology (ANTHR) All courses except 2020, 3070, 4240, 4250, 4290, 4380, 4450
Apparel, Events, and Hospitality Management (AESHM) 3420
Apparel Merchandizing and Design (AMD) 1650, 2570, 3540, 3560, 3620, 4670
Arabic (ARABC) 1010, 1020, 2010, 2020, 3750
Architecture (ARCH) 2200, 2210, 2220, 3210, 3220, 4200, 4220, 4230, 4240, 4250, 4270, 4290
Art History (ART H) 2800, 2810, 2920, 2930, 3820, 3830, 3840, 3850, 3880, 3860, 3950, 3960, 4810, 4870, 4920, 4980
Chinese (CHIN) 1010, 1020, 2010, 2020, 2720, 3010, 3020, 3040, 3700, 3750, 3780, 4030C
Classical Studies (CL ST)
Communication Studies (COMST) 1010, 2100, 2110, 3010, 3100, 3110, 3130, 3140, 3170, 3250
Community and Regional Planning (CRP) 2010, 2910, 2930, 3250, 3760, 4290, 4350
Criminal Justice (C J) 2400, 2410, 2420, 3200, 3320, 3390, 3400, 3510, 3520, 4020, 4030, 4840
Dance (DANCE)
Design (DES) 2300
Design Studies (DSN S) 1830
Economics (ECON) 3130, 3200, 3210, 3760, 3800, 3850
Education (EDUC) 3330
English (ENGL) All courses except 0990, 1010, 1500, 1800, 2500, 3020, 3140
Environmental Studies (ENV S) 2200, 3200, 3340, 3420, 3450, 3550, 3800, 3820, 3830, 3840, 4420, 4500
Food Science and Human Nutrition (FS HN) 2200X
French (FRNCH) 1010, 1020, 2010, 2020, 2030X, 3010, 3020, 3040, 3200, 3260, 3400, 3700, 3780, 4760
German (GER) 1010, 1020, 2010, 2020, 3010, 3040, 3200, 3300, 3700, 3710, 3750, 3780, 4760
Graphic Design (ARTGR) 3870
History (HIST)
Human Development and Family Studies (HD FS) All courses except 2830
Interior Design (ARTID) 3550, 3560
International Studies (INTST) 2350, 2500X, 4300
Journalism and Mass Communications (JL MC) 1010, 1400X, 2400, 4010, 4610, 4640, 4740, 4760, 4770
Landscape Architecture (L A) 3710, 3730, 4780D
Liberal Arts and Sciences (LAS) 3500
Linguistics (LING) 1190, 3050, 3540, 4620
Leadership Studies (LD ST) 3010, 3220, 3330, 4880
Music (MUSIC) 1010, 1020, 1200, 3020, 3040, 3830, 3840, 4720, 4730, 4750, 4760
Naval Science (NS) 2120, 2200
Philosophy (PHIL) All courses except 2070 and 2300
Political Science (POL S) All courses except 3010, 4170, 4300
Psychology (PSYCH) 1010, 2300, 2500, 2800, 3120, 3130, 3140, 3150, 3160, 3180, 3200, 3330, 3350, 3460, 3470, 3500, 3600, 3800, 3810, 3830, 3860
Religious Studies (RELIG) All courses except 3400
Russian (RUS) 1010, 1020, 2010, 2020, 3010, 3040, 3140, 3700T, 3750, 3780
Sociology (SOC) 1340, 2190, 2200, 2300, 2350, 2410, 3100, 3250, 3270, 3280, 3300, 3310, 3320, 3340, 3400, 3450, 3480, 3500X, 3800, 3820, 4010, 4110, 4150, 4640, 4850
Spanish (SPAN) 1010, 1020, 2010, 2020, 3010, 3030, 3040, 3140, 3210, 3220, 3230, 3240, 3260, 3300, 3320, 3540, 3700, 3780X, 4400, 4410, 4450, 4620, 4630
Speech Communications (SP CM) 1100, 2160, 3220, 3230, 4120, 4160
Theatre (THTRE) 1060, 1100, 4650, 4660
US Latino/a Studies (US LS)
Women’s and Gender Studies (WGS) All courses except 3440
World Film Studies (W F S) 2780
World Languages and Cultures (WLC) 1190, 2700

Natural Science: (credits: 3)

(Labs are only required if a mandatory part of class registration.)

Agronomy (AGRON) 1200, 1810, 2060, 3200
Anthropology (ANTHR) 2020, 3070, 3190, 4240, 4280, 4380, 4450
Astronomy and Astrophysics (ASTRO) 1200, 1250L, 1500, 2500
Biochemistry, Biophysics and Molecular Biology (BBMB) 2210
Biology (BIOL) 1010, 1550, 1730, 2110, 2110L, 2120, 2120L, 2550, 2550L, 2560,
2560L, 3130 any advanced biology courses except 3070
Chemistry (CHEM)
Entomology (ENT) 2010, 2110, 3700, 3740
Environmental Science (ENSCI) 3240, 4790
Environmental Studies (ENV S) 1010, 1080, 1200, 1300, 1730, 2040, 3240
Food Science and Human Nutrition (FS HN) 1010, 1670
Genetics (GEN) 3130, 3200
Geology (GEOL) 1000, 1000L, 1010, 1020, 1020L, 1080, 2010, 3240, 4060, 4790
Meteorology (MTEOR) 2060, 3010, 3240, 4040
Microbiology (MICRO) 1010, 2010, 2010L, 3020, 3020L
Natural Resource Ecology and Management (NREM) 1200, 1300
Physics (PHYS) 1010, 1150, 1980, 2310, 2320, 3020
Psychology (PSYCH) 3100

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