Below are the General Education themes and some clusters. Your major at completion of your degree determines general Education requirements. For more information, please contact General Education ([email protected]). Course descriptions can be found at http://catalog.aua.am/.
Courses required in a student’s major (regardless of the track) cannot be used to satisfy Gen Ed requirement. Some courses might not be open to some majors to fulfill a General Education requirement. Check with your program chair.
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Theme # 1. The World of Human Symbols includes some courses dealing with: Art, Literature, Music, Film, Cinema, Culture, Design, Drama, Linguistics, Media, Communications, Rhetoric, Logic, Great Books, Negotiation, Discourse Analysis, |
Theme # 4. Society and Culture includes some courses dealing with: Law, Political Science, Political Philosophy, Sociology, Culture, Economics, Media, Communications, Development Policy, Regional Politics/International Relations, Negotiation |
Theme # 7. The Living World includes some courses dealing with: Environmental/Climate, Biology, Health, Food, Water, and supporting fields, such as Engineering, Math, Chemistry, Physics, Statistics and Data & Information Science, Critical Thinking, Geography |
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Theme # 2. The Diversity of Human Experience in Time and Space, includes some courses dealing with: History, Archeology, Political Science, Culture, Geography, Regional Politics/International Relations, Religion |
Theme # 5. Economics & Finance includes some courses dealing with: Economics, Business, Personal Finance, Trade, Development Policy, Innovation/ Entrepreneurship, Political Science |
Theme # 8. The Physical World includes some courses dealing with: Environmental/Climate, Physics, Chemistry, Engineering, Disasters, Water, Energy, and supporting fields, such as Math, Chemistry, Physics, Biology, Statistics and Data & Information Science, Critical Thinking |
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Theme # 3. Beliefs and Thought includes some courses dealing with: Religion, Philosophy, Political Philosophy, Rhetoric, Logic, Critical Thinking, Ethics, Literature, Psychology, Culture, Discourse Analysis, Statistics for Humanities |
Theme # 6. Individual & Society includes some courses dealing with: Psychology and related fields, such as Critical Thinking, Education, Ethics, Social Psychology, Sociology, Media, Communications |
Theme # 9. The Built World includes some courses dealing with: Technology, Design, Engineering, Critical Thinking, Innovation, Entrepreneurship, Energy, Environmental/Climate and supporting fields, such as Math, Chemistry, Physics, Biology, Statistics and Data |
How to form a General Education Cluster
Courses required in a student’s major (regardless of the track) cannot be used to satisfy Gen Ed requirement. Some courses might not be open to some majors to fulfill a General Education requirement. Check with your program chair.
| Sub Code |
Course Number | Course Title | Themes | |
| BUS | 101 | Introduction to Business | 4,5 | |
| BUS | 105 | Foundations of Management | 5 | |
| BUS | 109 | Business Math. (Not open to CS, DS, ES majors) | 7,8,9 | |
| BUS | 110 | Applied Statistics (Not open to CS, DS, ES majors) | 7,8,9 | |
| BUS | 112 | Social, Legal & Ethical Environment of Business | 3, 6 | |
| BUS | 209 | Business Math II | 7,8,9 | |
| BUS | 218 | Financial Inclusion and Sustainable Development | 4,5 | |
| BUS | 224 | Introduction to Econometrics | 4,5 | |
| BUS | 288 | Business Analytics | 4, 5, 7, 8, 9 | |
| CBE | 102 | Introduction to Personal Finance (Not open to BAB majors as General Education) | 5 | |
| CHSS | 101 | Eastern Armenian Language 1 | 1 | |
| CHSS | 102 | Eastern Armenian Language 2 | 1 | |
| CHSS | 108 | Contemporary Issues in American Education | 1,2,3,6 | |
| CHSS | 110 | Introduction to Philosophy | 3,6 | |
| CHSS | 111 | Introduction to Ethics | 3,6 | |
| CHSS | 112 | Introduction to Logic & Rhetoric | 1,3 | |
| CHSS | 114 | Introduction to Religion | 2,3,6 | |
| CHSS | 125 | History of the Middle East | 2,4 | |
| CHSS | 127 | World Civilizations 1 | 2,4 | |
| CHSS | 128 | History of the Modern World | 2,4 | |
| CHSS | 129 | Global Perspectives and Site Stories | 2,4 | |
| CHSS | 130 | Introduction to Art | 1 | |
| CHSS | 135 | Acting Techniques (Previously EC 215) | 1 | |
| CHSS | 140 | Music Appreciation | 1 | |
| CHSS | 141 | Understanding the XXth century through Music | 1,2 | |
| CHSS | 142 | Music Theory | 1 | |
| CHSS | 151 | Introduction to French Language & Culture | 1,2,4 | |
| CHSS | 152 | Introduction to Korean Language & Culture | 1,2,4 | |
| CHSS | 153 | Introduction to Japanese Language & Culture | 1,2,4 | |
| CHSS | 154 | Armenian Society and Culture (Previously Armenian Language & Culture (through 2017)) | 1,2,4 | |
| CHSS | 155 | Introduction to Russian Language & Culture | 1,2,4 | |
| CHSS | 156 | Introduction to Latin Language & Culture | 1,2,4 | |
| CHSS | 157 | Introduction to Italian Language & Culture | 1,2,4 | |
| CHSS | 158 | Introduction to Turkish Language & Culture | 1,2,4 | |
| CHSS | 159 | Introduction to Chinese Language & Culture | 1,2,4 | |
| CHSS | 160 | Introduction to Arabic Language & Arab Culture | 1,2,4 | |
| CHSS | 170 | Religion in America | 1,2,3,4,6 | |
| CHSS | 180 | Introduction to Psychology | 3,6 | |
| CHSS | 181 | Introduction to Sociology | 4,6 | |
| CHSS | 183 | Statistics for Humanities and Social Sciences (Not open to BAB, CS, DS, or ES majors) | 3,5,7,8,9 | |
| CHSS | 184 | Social Psychology | 3,4,6 | |
| CHSS | 185 | Understanding Genocide | 2,4 | |
| CHSS | 186 | World Regional Geography | 2,4 | |
| CHSS | 187 | The Armenian Genocide | 2,4 | |
| CHSS | 188 | The Holocaust | 2,4 | |
| CHSS | 189 | Gender Perspectives | 2,3,4 | |
| CHSS | 190 | Armenian Heritage & Culture | 1,2,4 | |
| CHSS | 192 | Introduction to Classical Cultures | 1,2,4 | |
| CHSS | 194 | Introduction to Cultural Anthropology | 2,4 | |
| CHSS | 195 | Introduction to Archaeology | 2,4 | |
| CHSS | 196 | Archaeological Excavation Practice | 2,4 | |
| CHSS | 201 | Comparative Education | 3,6 | |
| CHSS | 202 | Perspectives in Education | 3,6 | |
| CHSS | 203 | Philosophy of Mind | 3,6 | |
| CHSS | 204 | Bioethics | 3,4 | |
| CHSS | 205 | Learning, activism, and social movements | 2,4,6 | |
| CHSS | 206 | Lens on Armenia: Photojournalism in Yerevan | 1,4 | |
| CHSS | 210 | Philosophy, Politics and Economics Seminar | 3,4,5 | |
| CHSS | 211 | Great Books | 1,2,3 | |
| CHSS | 212 | Epistemology & Philosophy of Science | 3,7,8,9 | |
| CHSS | 213 | Symbolic Logic | 1,3 | |
| CHSS | 215 | Survey and Polling | 4,8 | |
| CHSS | 220 | The Study of History | 2,4 | |
| CHSS | 221 | Ancient Near East: History and Civilizations | 2,4 | |
| CHSS | 222 | Soviet Armenia | 2,4 | |
| CHSS | 225 | The Modern Middle East: Peoples, States and Societies | 2,4 | |
| CHSS | 230 | Asian Art | 1,2 | |
| CHSS | 231 | Armenian Visual Traditions: Illuminated Manuscripts | 1,2 | |
| CHSS | 232 | Topics in Western Art History | 1,2 | |
| CHSS | 233 | Creative Productions | 1,2 | |
| CHSS | 234 | Cultural Policy and Arts Management | 1,2,4,5 | |
| CHSS | 235 | Women/Gender and the Visual Arts | 1,2,4,6 | |
| CHSS | 236 | Baroque Era | 1,2 | |
| CHSS | 237 | 20th Century Art | 1,2,6 | |
| CHSS | 238 | Psychology of Gender | 2,4,6 | |
| CHSS | 239 | The Age of Enlightenment | 1,2 | |
| CHSS | 240 | Music and Literature | 1 | |
| CHSS | 241 | Armenian Music | 1,2,3 | |
| CHSS | 250 | Professional Communication in Armenian | 1,5 | |
| CHSS | 251 | Topics in Cinema | 1,2,4 | |
| CHSS | 255 | Russian Professional Communication | 1,2,5 | |
| CHSS | 256 | Latin Language & Literature | 1,2 | |
| CHSS | 261 | Armenian Literature in Perspective | 1,2 | |
| CHSS | 262 | Russian Language and Literature | 1,2 | |
| CHSS | 272 | Comparative Religion | 1,2,3,4,6 | |
| CHSS | 280 | Clinical Psychology | 3,6 | |
| CHSS | 281 | Human Development & Personality | 3,6,7 | |
| CHSS | 282 | Trade | 4,5 | |
| CHSS | 283 | Trust | 4,6 | |
| CHSS | 285 | Genocide Studies and Human Rights Seminar | 2,4 | |
| CHSS | 286 | Comparative Genocide | 2,4 | |
| CHSS | 288 | Modern Turkey | 2,4 | |
| CHSS | 290 | Cultural Geography | 2,4 | |
| CHSS | 291 | Modernism | 1,2,4 | |
| CHSS | 292 | Gender & Social Change | 2,4 | |
| CHSS | 294 | Advanced Studies in Gender | 2,4,6 | |
| CHSS | 295 | Special Topics in the Arts | 1, 2, 3 (or as documented in the course schedule for a particular offering) | |
| CHSS | 295 | Special Topics in the Arts: Finding Voice | 1,2,3 | |
| CHSS | 296 | Special Topics in Social Sciences | 4, 5, 6 (or as documented in the course schedule for a particular offering) | |
| CHSS | 296 | Special Topics in Social Sciences: Trust | 4,5,6 | |
| CHSS | 296 | Special Topics in Social Sciences: Russia, the West and the Rest | 2,4 | |
| CHSS | 296 | Special Topics in Social Sciences: Gender and Genocide | 2,4 | |
| CHSS | 297 | Research Projects in Gender Studies | 2,3,4 | |
| CHSS | 298 | Independent Study | As determined as offering | |
| CS | 100 | Calculus 1 (Not open to BAB majors as General Education) | 7, 8, 9 | |
| CS | 101 | Calculus 2 | 7, 8, 9 | |
| CS | 102 | Calculus 3 | 7,8,9 | |
| CS | 104 | Linear Algebra | 7,8,9 | |
| CS | 110 | Introduction to Computer Science | 7,8,9 | |
| CS | 111 | Discrete Math | 7,8,9 | |
| CSE | 111 | The Scientific Method & Critical Thinking | 3,6,7,8,9 | |
| CSE | 112 | Mathematical Thinking (Not open to CS, DS, ES majors) | 7,8,9 | |
| CSE | 120 | Introduction to the World of Programming (Not open to CS, DS, ES majors) | 7,8,9 | |
| CSE | 130 | Technology Marketing | 5,9 | |
| CSE | 131 | Industrial Technologies | 5,8,9 | |
| CSE | 141 | Understanding Data (Not open to DS majors) | 7,8,9 | |
| CSE | 145 | Geographic Information Systems | 7,8,9 | |
| CSE | 150 | Cybersecurity Essentials (Not open to CS majors) | 4,8,9 | |
| CSE | 151 | Introduction to Energy Sources | 8,9 | |
| CSE | 162 | Introduction to Bioscience | 7,8,9 | |
| CSE | 165 | Introduction to Chemistry (Not open to ES majors or to DS majors in the Bioinformatics track) | 7,8,9 | |
| CSE | 171 | Conceptual Physics. (Not open to CS, DS, ES majors) | 7,8,9 | |
| CSE | 175 | Relativity | 8 | |
| CSE | 181 | Creativity and Technological Innovation | 5,9 | |
| CSE | 190 | Engineering for non-Engineers (Not open to ES majors) | 7,8,9 | |
| CSE | 210 | Historical Development of Mathematical Ideas | 3,7,8,9 | |
| CSE | 220 | Tomorrow’s Technologies | 7,8,9 | |
| CSE | 221 | Nanotechnology | 7,8,9 | |
| CSE | 230 | Music and Technology | 1,4,9 | |
| CSE | 241 | Data Mining (Not open to DS majors) | 7,8,9 | |
| CSE | 262 | Quantitative Biology | 7,8,9 | |
| CSE | 263 | Human Physiology | 7 | |
| CSE | 264 | Human Brain | 3,6,7 | |
| CSE | 265 | Genetics: The Code Broken | 3,6,7,8,9 | |
| CSE | 270 | Sports Analytics (Not open to DS majors as General Education) | 7,8,9 | |
| CSE | 271 | Number Statistics and the Environment | 7,8,9 | |
| CSE | 281 | Design Thinking | 8, 9 | |
| CSE | 285 | How things work | 7,8,9 | |
| CSE | 290 | Start-up Culture | 5,7,8,9 | |
| CSE | 291 | Introduction to Product Design | 1,9 | |
| CSE | 292 | Building a Learning Organization | 3,5,6,9 | |
| EC | 103 | Introduction to Language and Culture | 1,2,4 | |
| EC | 104 | Introduction to Communications | 1,4 | |
| EC | 105 | Structure of English | 1 | |
| EC | 120 | American Literature 1 | 1 | |
| EC | 121 | English Literature 1 | 1 | |
| EC | 122 | World Literature 1 | 1,2 | |
| EC | 130 | Introduction to Journalism | 1,4 | |
| EC | 140 | Expository Writing | 1 | |
| EC | 141 | Persuasive Writing | 1 | |
| EC | 151 | Consecutive & Simultaneous Interpreting | 1 | |
| EC | 200 | Discourse Analysis | 1 | |
| EC | 220 | American Literature 2 | 1 | |
| EC | 221 | English Literature 2 | 1 | |
| EC | 222 | World Literature 2 | 1,2 | |
| EC | 227 | Modern Poetry (No longer offered) | 1,3 | |
| EC | 231 | Public Speaking | 1 | |
| EC | 232 | Public Relations | 1,4,5 | |
| EC | 233 | Professional Communications | 1,5 | |
| EC | 234 | Advertising | 1,4,5 | |
| EC | 235 | Communications Ethics (No longer offered) | 1,3 | |
| EC | 236 | Survey and Polling Methodology (No longer offered) | 4 | |
| EC | 237 | Filmmaking 1 | 1,4 | |
| EC | 238 | Media & Society | 1,4,5,6 | |
| EC | 240 | Creative Writing | 1 | |
| EC | 243 | Creative Non-Fiction (Previously Practice of Art of Non-Fiction) | 1 | |
| EC | 244 | Writing for Media | 1,4 | |
| EC | 245 | Writing for Tourism, Culture and Country Promotion | 1,4 | |
| EC | 246 | Business Journalism | 1,5 | |
| EC | 250 | Introduction to Translation | 1 | |
| EC | 253 | Literary Translation | 1 | |
| EC | 260 | Negotiation | 1,4 | |
| EC | 261 | World Media | 1,2,4 | |
| EC | 262 | Film and Video Editing (previously titled Filmmaking 2) | 1,4 | |
| EC | 263 | Opinion Making in the Age of New Media | 1,4,6 | |
| EC | 268 | Photography | 1 | |
| EC | 269 | Visual Communication | 1 | |
| EC | 280 | Oral History: Collecting Life Stories | 2,4,6 | |
| ECON | 101 | Introduction to Economics (Not open to BAB majors) | 4,5 | |
| ECON | 121 | Principles of Microeconomics | 4,5 | |
| ECON | 122 | Principles of Macroeconomics | 4,5 | |
| ECON | 201 | Economics and Public Policy | 4,5 | |
| ENGS | 123 | Electricity and Magnetism | 7,8,9 | |
| ENGS | 131 | Chemistry | 7,8,9 | |
| ENV | 101 | Introduction to Environmental Sciences | 7,8,9 | |
| ENV | 105 | Numbers, Responsibility and the Environment | 4,7,8,9 | |
| ENV | 110 | Climate Change | 4,7,8,9 | |
| ENV | 120 | Sustainable Food Systems (Previously Food) | 7,9 | |
| ENV | 130 | Plants and Society | 4,7 | |
| ENV | 140 | Waste in Circular Economy (Previously Solid and Hazardous Waste) | 8,9 | |
| ENV | 150 | Basics of Sustainable Energy (Not open to ES students as General Education) | 4,7,8,9 | |
| ENV | 170 | Chemistry in Everyday Life (Not open to ES majors or to DS majors in the Bioinformatics track) | 7,8,9 | |
| ENV | 201 | Environmental Field Studies | 4,7,8,9 | |
| ENV | 202 | Projects in Environmental Sciences | 4,7,8,9 | |
| ENV | 203 | Environmental Monitoring | 4,7,8,9 | |
| ENV | 204 | Environmental Decision Tools | 4,7,8,9 | |
| ENV | 210 | Disasters | 7,8,9 | |
| ENV | 211 | Sustainable Cities | 4,7,8,9 | |
| ENV | 212 | Mining | 4,7,8,9 | |
| ENV | 230 | Water | 7,8 | |
| ENV | 250 | Biodiversity: Conservation and Restoration | 7 | |
| ENV | 251 | Forests | 4,7,9 | |
| ENV | 290 | Special Topics in Environment Sciences | 7,8,9 (or as documented in the course schedule for a particular offering) | |
| EPIC | 231 | Translations: Design and Fabrication | 1,9 | |
| FND | 101 | Freshman Seminar 1 | Foundation | |
| FND | 102 | Freshman Seminar 2 | Foundation | |
| FND | 103 | Armenian Language & Literature 1 | Foundation | |
| FND | 104 | Armenian Language & Literature 2 | Foundation | |
| FND | 221 | Armenian History 1 | Foundation | |
| FND | 222 | Armenian History 2 | Foundation | |
| LAW | 101 | Law in Everyday Life | 4 | |
| LAW | 110 | Introduction to Armenian Justice System | 4 | |
| LAW | 142 | Introduction to Human Rights | 4 | |
| LAW | 160 | Law & Justice in Popular Culture | 3,4 | |
| LAW | 201 | Armenian Constitution | 4 | |
| LAW | 202 | Legal Anthropology | 2,4 | |
| LAW | 262 | Public Advocacy | 1,4 | |
| PG | 104 | Comparative Politics | 4 | |
| PG | 221 | Special Topics in Politics and Governance | 4 (or as documented in the course schedule for a particular offering) | |
| PH | 101 | Basics of Healthy Lifestyle | 7 | |
| PH | 201 | Global Health | 4,7 | |
| PH | 202 | Causes, Treatment and Prevention of Cancer | 4,7 | |
| PH | 203 | Human Nutrition and Health | 6,7 | |
| PSIA | 101 | Introduction to Political Science (Not open to PG majors) | 4 | |
| PSIA | 102 | Introduction to US Government | 4 | |
| PSIA | 103 | Introduction to Armenian Government | 4 | |
| PSIA | 201 | Political Philosophy | 2,3,4 | |
| PSIA | 205 | International Relations | 4 | |
| PSIA | 271 | Religion & Politics | 1,2,3,4,6 | |
| PSIA | 272 | Geopolitics of Asia | 2,4,5 | |
| PSIA | 273 | Geopolitics of Europe | 2,4,5 | |
| PSIA | 281 | Development Policy | 4,5 | |
| PSIA | 282 | Survey of Regional Politics | 2,4,5 | |