UNIVERSITY CATALOG: 2025-2026

The complete list of General Education courses is found below.

AFRS 246. Introduction to African-American Drama (3)

AFRS 280. Introduction to Creative Writing Skills and Techniques (3)

AFRS 351. The Black Aesthetic (3)

ANTH 232. Expressive Culture (3)

ART 100/L. Introduction to Art Processes and Lab (1/2)

ART 110. World Arts: The Western Tradition (3)

ART 114. World Arts: Asia (3)

ART 124A. Drawing I (3)

ART 140. Beginning Two-Dimensional Design (3)

ART 141. Beginning Three-Dimensional Design (3)

ART 305. Art and Mass Culture (3)

CHS 111. The Chicana/o and the Arts (3)

CHS 310. Regional Music of Mexico (3)

COMS 104. Literature in Performance (3)

COMS 305. Poetry in Performance (3)

CTVA 210. Television-Film Aesthetics (3)

CTVA 215. Cult Film and Television (3)

CTVA 309. Film as Literature (3)

CTVA 323. Screen Storytelling (3)

DANC 139A. Ballet I (1)

DANC 144A. Modern Dance I (1)

DANC 236/L. Introduction to Choreography and Lab (2/1)

DANC 380/L. Perspectives of Dance and Lab (2/1)

ENGL 208. Creative Writing (3)

FCS 111. Interior Design Matters (3)

FLIT 151. Introduction to Modern Chinese Culture and Literature (3)

FLIT 250. Traditional Culture of Japan (3)

HUM 101. Forms and Ideas in Humanities (3)

HUM 105. Cultural Eras in Humanities I (3)

HUM 106. Cultural Eras in Humanities II (3)

JS 300. Ancient and Medieval Jewish Arts and Literature (3)

KIN 139A. Ballet I (1)

KIN 144A. Modern Dance I (1)

KIN 236/L. Introduction to Choreography and Lab (2/1)

KIN 380/L. Perspectives of Dance and Lab (2/1)

LING 240. Language and Music (3)

MUS 105. Understanding Music (3)

MUS 106HH. Hip Hop Music (3)

MUS 107. Music Today (3)

MUS 108. Music in Film (3)

MUS 306. Introduction to Jazz (3)

PHIL 170. Philosophy and Popular Culture (3)

PHIL 314. Philosophy of Film and Literature (3)

TH 110. Introduction to Theatre: Text/Drama/Performance (3)

TH 111. Actors and Acting (3)

TH 310. Theatre in Performance (3)

TH 335. BIPOC Cultural Movements: U.S. Theatre Redefined (3)

TH 337. Asian Theatre and Popular Entertainment: Bollywood, Anime, K-Pop (3)

AAS 220. Survey of Asian American Literature (3)

AAS 321. Asian American Fiction (3)

AFRS 245. African American Literature Since 1930 (3)

AFRS 343. Film, Literature and Society in Africa (3)

AFRS 344. Literature of the Caribbean and African Experience (3)

AFRS 346. Black Women Writers (3)

AFRS 352. The Black Novel (3)

AIS 301. American Indians and Popular Culture (3)

AIS 318. American Indian Literature (3)

ANTH 222. Visions of the Sacred (3)

ANTH 326. Introduction to Folklore (3)

CAS 201. Survey of Central American Literature (3)

CHS 201. Survey of Mexican Literature in Translation (3)

CHS 350. Religions and Spiritualities in Chicana/o Communities (3)

CHS 351. Survey of Mexican Philosophical Thought (3)

CHS 380. Chicana/o Literature (3)

CHS 381. Contemporary Chicana Literature (3)

CHS 382. Literary Constructions of Chicanx Identity (3)

CLAS 315. Greek and Roman Mythology (3)

CTVA 215. Cult Film and Television (3)

DH 120. Introduction to Digital Humanities (3)

DH 320. Perspectives on Digital Humanities (3)

ENGL 105. Introduction to Popular Culture Studies (3)

ENGL 255. Introduction to Literature (3)

ENGL 258. British Literature from the Middle Ages to the Early Age of Empire (3)

ENGL 259. British Literature from the Age of Empire to the Present (3)

ENGL 275. Survey of U.S. Literature (3)

ENGL 300. Contemporary Literature (3)

ENGL 316. Shakespeare (3)

ENGL 318. American Indian Literature (3)

ENGL 322. Disability in Literature and Culture (3)

ENGL 333. Comics and Graphic Novels (3)

ENGL 364. The Short Story (3)

FLIT 151. Introduction to Modern Chinese Culture and Literature (3)

FLIT 331. Literary Masterpieces of Italian Humanism and Renaissance Literature (3)

FLIT 381. Aspects of the Italian-American Experience in Cinema, Literature, Philosophy and Music (3)

GWS 100. Introduction to Gender and Women’s Studies (3)

GWS 230. Women and Entertainment (3)

GWS 351. Gender, Race, Class and Sexuality (3)

HIST 150. Western Civilization to 1500 (3)

HIST 151. Western Civilization Since 1500 (3)

HIST 303. Themes in Western Civilization Before 1500 (3)

HIST 304. Themes in Western Civilization After 1500 (3)

HUM 101. Forms and Ideas in Humanities (3)

HUM 105. Cultural Eras in Humanities I (3)

HUM 106. Cultural Eras in Humanities II (3)

JS 100. Jewish Religion and Culture (3)

JS 255. Great Books of Jewish Culture (3)

JS 300. Ancient and Medieval Jewish Arts and Literature (3)

JS 333. The Jewish Graphic Novel (3)

LING 200. (How) Language Matters (3)

PHIL 140. Introduction to Buddhist Philosophy (3)

PHIL 150. Introduction to Philosophy (3)

PHIL 164. Ethics and Technology (3)

PHIL 165. Ethics for the 21st Century (3)

PHIL 170. Philosophy and Popular Culture (3)

PHIL 180. Human Nature and the Meaning of Life (3)

PHIL 201. Ancient Western Philosophy (3)

PHIL 202. Modern Philosophy (3)

PHIL 240. Environmental Ethics (3)

PHIL 250. Philosophy of Technology (3)

PHIL 260. Sexual Ethics (3)

PHIL 265. Medical Ethics (3)

PHIL 280. Philosophy of Sport and Games (3)

PHIL 314. Philosophy of Film and Literature (3)

PHIL 325. Philosophy of Biology (3)

PHIL 330. Philosophy of Science (3)

PHIL 332. Japanese Philosophy (3)

PHIL 337. Philosophy of Religion (3)

PHIL 349. Contemporary Social and Political Issues (3)

PHIL 353. Existentialism (3)

PHIL 354. Kierkegaard and Nietzsche (3)

QS 101. Introduction to Queer Studies (3)

QS 303. Transgender Studies (3)

RS 100. Introduction to Religion, Culture, and Society (3)

RS 101. The Bible (3)

RS 304. Gender in Religion (3)

RS 307. Religion in America (3)

RS 309. Religion and Spirituality in Los Angeles (3)

RS 310. Religion and Literature (3)

RS 350. Religion, Sex, and the Body (3)

RS 356. Contemporary Religious Thought (3)

RS 357. Atheism (3)

RS 361. Contemporary Ethical Issues (3)

RS 362. Race, Power, Religion (3)

RS 370. Religion and Environmental Justice (3)

SUST 240. Environmental Ethics (3)

TH 333. The American Musical (3)

AAS 210. History of Asians in America (3)

AAS 350. Asian American Personality and Mental Health (3)

AFRS 201. Economics of the African American Community I (3)

AFRS 220. Introduction to Black Psychology (3)

AFRS 221. Introduction to Black Sociology (3)

AFRS 304. Health and Wellness in Africana Communities (3)

AFRS 361. African American Politics (3)

AIS 222. Gender, Sexuality, and American Indian Communities (3)

ANTH 150. The Human Adventure: Introduction to Anthropology (3)

ANTH 151. Introduction to Biological Anthropology (3)

ANTH 152. Introduction to Cultural Anthropology (3)

ANTH 153. Temples, Tombs and Treasures? An Introduction to Archaeology (3)

ANTH 212. Anthropology of Sex (3)

ANTH 250. Archaeology of Warfare (3)

ANTH 262. Forensic Anthropology (3)

ANTH 302. Introduction to Applied Anthropology (3)

ANTH 305. Individual and Culture (3)

ANTH 319. World Prehistory (3)

ANTH 341. Bones: An Introduction to the Study of Human Remains (3)

CADV 150. Foundations of Child and Adolescent Development (3)

CADV 320. Parenting for Social Justice (3)

CAS 309. Ancient to Pre-Modern History of the Central American People (3)

CAS 310. Modern History of the Central American People (3)

CAS 368. Central American Revolutionary Movements (3)

CAS 369. Contemporary Social Movements in Central America (3)

CHS 261. Race, Racism and the Sciences (3)

CHS 331. Chicana/o Decolonizing Research Methods (3)

CHS 345. History of the Mexican Peoples (3)

CHS 346. History of the Chicana/Mexicana (3)

CHS 347. Indigenous Intellectual History (3)

CHS 361. Urbanization and the Chicana/o (3)

CHS 362. Contemporary Indigenous Migrations and Diasporas (3)

CHS 366. Women in Latin America (3)

CJS 101. Introduction to Criminology and Justice Studies (3)

CJS 338. Race, Ethnicity, and Justice (3)

COMS 312. Health Communication (3)

COMS 323. Group Communication (3)

ECON 101. Economics for Everyday Life (3)

ECON 160. Principles of Microeconomics (3)

ECON 161. Principles of Macroeconomics (3)

ECON 310. Price Theory and Applications (3)

ECON 311. Money, Banking and the Federal Reserve (3)

ECON 360. Environmental Economics (3)

FCS 141. Love and Sex (3)

FCS 253. Introduction to Fashion (3)

FCS 256. Global Fashion Production (3)

FCS 318. Environmental Psychology for Interior Design (3)

FCS 340. Marriage and Family Relations (3)

FCS 357. Apparel and Human Behavior (3)

FLIT 325. Social Issues in Modern China (3)

GEH 333HON. Interdisciplinary Inquiries: Ways of Knowing (3)

GEOG 107. People, Places, and Landscapes (3)

GEOG 150. World Geography: People, Places, and Globalization (3)

GEOG 170. Water Resources of California (3)

GEOG 301. Cultural Geography (3)

GEOG 321. United States (3)

GEOG 330. California (3)

GEOG 351. Cities, Space, and Power (3)

GEOG 370. Water, Society, and the Environment (3)

GWS 110. Women, Work, and Family (3)

GWS 220. Men, Masculinity and Patriarchy (3)

GWS 222. Gender, Sexuality, and American Indian Communities (3)

GWS 300. Women as Agents of Change (3)

GWS 320. Women and Urban Life/Urban Space (3)

GWS 340. Women, Gender and Global Development (3)

GWS 351. Gender, Race, Class and Sexuality (3)

GWS 370. Women and Violence (3)

HIST 110. World History to 1500 (3)

HIST 111. World History Since 1500 (3)

HIST 341. Modern Europe Since the French Revolution (3)

HIST 342. The World Since 1945 (3)

HIST 350. History of Women (3)

HIST 380. Los Angeles: Past, Present, Future (3)

HIST 389. Disability in American History and Law (3)

HSCI 132. History of Preventive Medicine and Public Health (3)

HSCI 345. Public Health Issues (3)

HSCI 369. Public Health Strategies in HIV and STI Prevention (3)

JOUR 365. News Literacy (3)

JS 318. Applied Jewish Ethics (3)

LING 230. Forbidden Language: Swearing and Taboo Language (3)

LING 309. Language and Social Interaction (3)

MKT 350. Consumer Information in the Digital Age (3)

PHIL 305. Business Ethics and Public Policy (3)

PHIL 324. Philosophy of Disability (3)

PHIL 391. Philosophy of Law (3)

POLS 156. Introduction to Comparative Politics (3)

POLS 225. Elements of International Relations (3)

POLS 310. Problems of Political Economy (3)

POLS 350. Great Questions in Politics (3)

POLS 380. Los Angeles: Past, Present, Future (3)

PSY 150. Introduction to Psychology (3)

PSY 312. Psychological Aspects of Parenthood (3)

PSY 352. Motivation (3)

PSY 365. Introduction to Gerontology (3)

RS 240. Approaches to the History of Religions (3)

RTM 301. Travel and Tourism (3)

SOC 150. Introductory Sociology (3)

SOC 200. Social Crises of Today (3)

SOC 305. Culture and Personality (3)

SOC 324. Sociology of Sex and Gender (3)

SUST 300. Interdisciplinary Perspectives on Sustainability (3)

URBS 150. Discover the City (3)

URBS 310. Growth and Sustainable Development of Cities (3)

URBS 380. Los Angeles: Past, Present, Future (3)

AAS 100. Introduction to Asian American Studies (3)

AAS 102. Introduction to Pacific Islands Studies (3)

AAS 340. Asian American Women (3)

AAS 345. Contemporary Issues in Asian American Studies (3)

AAS 360. Asian American Immigration–Global Perspective (3)

AAS 362. Asian Pacific Islander Desi American Experience (3)

AFRS 100. Introduction to Black Studies and Culture (3)

AFRS 226. Traditional African Cultures (3)

AFRS 300. Contemporary Issues in the African-American Community (3)

AFRS 320. The Black Personality (3)

AFRS 322. The Black Family (3)

AFRS 324. The Black Woman in Contemporary Times (3)

AFRS 325. The Black Man in Contemporary Times (3)

AFRS 366. Colonialism in Africa (3)

AIS 101. Introduction to American Indian Studies (3)

AIS 304. American Indian Law and Policy (3)

AIS 318. American Indian Literature (3)

AIS 333. American Indian Philosophy (3)

ANTH 108. Latin American Cultures (3)

ANTH 308. Gender and Culture (3)

ANTH 310. Language in Culture: Anthropological Linguistics (3)

ANTH 315. World Cultures and Societies (3)

ANTH 345. Anthropology of the Contemporary United States (3)

ARAB 101. Elementary Arabic I (4)

ARAB 102. Elementary Arabic II (4)

ARMN 101. Elementary Armenian I (3)

ARMN 102. Elementary Armenian II (3)

ARMN 310. Armenian Culture (3)

ARMN 360. Changing Roles of Armenian Women (3)

ART 112. World Arts: Africa, Oceania and the Americas (3)

ART 315. World Perspectives in Art History (3)

BLAW 391. Women and the Law (3)

CADV 320. Parenting for Social Justice (3)

CAS 100. Introduction to Central American Studies (3)

CAS 102. The Salvadoran Experience (3)

CAS 311. The Central American Diaspora (3)

CAS 365. Changing Roles of Central American Women (3)

CHIN 101. Elementary Mandarin Chinese I (4)

CHIN 102. Elementary Mandarin Chinese II (4)

CHS 100. Chicana/o Culture (3)

CHS 101. Spanish for Heritage Speakers I (3)

CHS 102. Spanish for Heritage Speakers II (3)

CHS 246. Contemporary Issues of the Chicana (3)

CHS 333. Language and Society: Chicanas/os and Other Language Minority Children (3)

CHS 364. World Migration and the Chicana/o (3)

CHS 365. Third World Women and the Chicana (3)

CLAS 101L. Elementary Latin I (3)

COMS 356. Intercultural Communication (3)

COMS 360. Communication, Gender, and Culture (3)

DANC 384. Historical and Cultural Aspects of Dance (3)

ENGL 311. African American Literature (3)

ENGL 318. American Indian Literature (3)

ENGL 371. Issues in Jewish-American Writing (3)

FLIT 150. Gateways to Western Civilization: Greece and Rome (3)

FLIT 370. Modern Japanese Culture (3)

FLIT 371. Modern Italian Culture (3)

FLIT 380. Cultural Development of Modern Russia and Eastern Europe (3)

FREN 101. Elementary French I (4)

FREN 102. Elementary French II (4)

GEOG 318. Europe (3)

GEOG 322. Latin America (3)

GEOG 324. China (3)

GEOG 326. Africa (3)

GEOG 334. Geography of Oceania (3)

GWS 100. Introduction to Gender and Women’s Studies (3)

GWS 110. Women, Work, and Family (3)

GWS 300. Women as Agents of Change (3)

GWS 351. Gender, Race, Class and Sexuality (3)

HEBR 101. Elementary Hebrew I (4)

HEBR 102. Elementary Hebrew II (4)

HIST 161. The History of Latin America from Pre-Columbian Times to Today (3)

HIST 185. Middle East from 600CE to the Present (3)

HIST 192. History of Modern East Asia (3)

HIST 210. A History of the Jewish People (3)

HIST 349A. American Women I (3)

HIST 349B. Women in American History Since 1848 (3)

HIST 369. Native Peoples and Cultures (3)

ITAL 101. Elementary Italian I (4)

ITAL 102. Elementary Italian II (4)

ITAL 201. Intermediate Italian I (3)

JAPN 101. Elementary Japanese I (4)

JAPN 102. Elementary Japanese II (4)

JAPN 201. Intermediate Japanese I (4)

JAPN 202. Intermediate Japanese II (4)

JAPN 204. Kanji II (3)

JOUR 371. Gender and Media (3)

JOUR 372. Diversity and the Media (3)

JS 210. History of the Jewish People (3)

JS 306. Sociology of Jewish Families and Communities (3)

JS 330. Women in the Jewish Experience (3)

JS 335. Jewish Identity in the U.S. (3)

JS 378. American Jewish Experience (3)

KIN 384. Historical and Cultural Aspects of Dance (3)

KIN 385. Women in Sport (3)

KOR 101. Elementary Korean I (4)

KOR 102. Elementary Korean II (4)

LING 250. Language(s) in California (3)

LING 325. Language, Gender, and Identity (3)

MEIS 100. Arabs and Muslims in the U.S. (3)

MSE 302. Women in Mathematics, Science and Engineering (3)

MUS 309. Traditional Music of the U.S. (3)

MUS 310. Understanding World Cultures Through Music (3)

PERS 101. Elementary Persian I (4)

PERS 102. Elementary Persian II (4)

PHIL 332. Japanese Philosophy (3)

PHIL 333. American Indian Philosophy (3)

PHIL 343. Indian Philosophy (3)

PHIL 344. Chinese Philosophy (3)

PHIL 348. Feminist Philosophy (3)

POLS 197. Racial and Ethnic Politics (3)

POLS 321. Comparative Political Ideologies (3)

POLS 332. Politics of Latin America (3)

QS 101. Introduction to Queer Studies (3)

QS 208. Issues in Queer Health (3)

QS 301. Perspectives in Queer Studies (3)

QS 303. Transgender Studies (3)

QS 304. Queering the Screen, Queering the Spectator (3)

RS 150. Exploring World Religions (3)

RS 306. American Religious Diversity (3)

RS 365. Islam (3)

RS 378. American Jewish Experience (3)

RS 380. Asian Religions: Communal Traditions and Transitions (3)

RS 385. Hinduism: Gods and Goddesses of India (3)

RS 390. Buddhism (3)

RTM 310/L. Adventure Recreation and Human Relations and Lab (2/1)

RTM 330. Women, Leisure and Ethnicity in the United States (3)

RUSS 101. Elementary Russian I (4)

RUSS 102. Elementary Russian II (4)

SOC 306. Sociology of Jewish Families and Communities (3)

SOC 307. Ethnic Diversity in America (3)

SOC 335. Jewish Identity in the U.S. (3)

SPAN 101. Elementary Spanish I (4)

SPAN 102. Elementary Spanish II (4)

SPAN 103. Elementary Written Spanish I (3)

SPAN 220A. Intermediate Spanish I (3)

SPAN 220B. Intermediate Spanish II (3)

SPED 200SL. Introduction to Disability Studies (3)

TH 325. World Drama and Performance (3)

TH 335. BIPOC Cultural Movements: U.S. Theatre Redefined (3)

URBS 350. Cities of the Developing World (3)