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 the General Education Adviser or Dean of General Education ([email protected]). Course descriptions can be found at http://catalog.aua.am/.
Some courses might not be open to all majors as a General Education course. Check with your program chair. Italics indicates a course in the major with General Education seats (these courses cannot be applied as General Education courses to students in the respective major).
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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
| Subject 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 Technique | 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 | 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 | 285 | Genocide Studies and Human Rights Seminar | 2,4 |
| CHSS | 286 | Comparative Genocide | 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 | 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 toES 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 | 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 | 1,3 |
| EC | 236 | Survey and Polling Methodology (Through Fall 2018) | 4 |
| EC | 237 | Filmmaking 1 | 1,4 |
| EC | 238 | Media & Society | 1,4,5,6 |
| EC | 240 | Creative Writing | 1 |
| EC | 243 | 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 |