Starting in the 2025-2026 academic year, the courses listed below will be incorporated into YSU's general education curriculum.
Courses on this list with honors designations also retain their general education status (e.g., CMST 1545H).
Writing 1
Writing 2
MATH 1510 College Algebra/MATH 1510C College Algebra with Co-Requisite Support OR MATH 1513 Algebra and Transcendental Function
MATH 1570 Applied Calculus 1 OR MATH 1571 Calculus 1/MATH 1571H Honors Calculus 1/MATH 1571E Calculus 1 Extended OR MATH 1581 Calculus for the Health Sciences 1/MATH 1581H Honors Calculus for the Health Sciences 1 OR MATH 1585H Honors Accelerated Calculus 1
MATH 2623 Quantitative Reasoning/MATH 2623H Honors Quantitative Reasoning/MATH 2623C Quantitative Reasoning with Co-Requisite Support OR MATH 2661 Mathematics for Elementary Teachers 1/MATH 2661C Mathematics for Elementary Teachers 1 with Co-Requisite Support
PHIL 2619 Intro to Logic
STAT 2601 Introductory Statistics OR STAT 2625 Statistical Literacy and Critical Reasoning/STAT 2625C Statistical Literacy and Critical Reasoning with Co-Requisite Support
AFST 2601 Intro Africana Studies 2
ART 1541 Survey of Art History 1
ART 1541H Honors Survey of Art History 1
ART 1542 Global Art Since 1400
ART 1542H Honors Survey of Art History 2
ART 1544 Survey of Art History: Body, Gender, and Self
ART 1591 Idea Development and Creativity in Cultural Context
ART 2648 Experience Art: Social and Behavioral
ENGL 1590 Introduction to Literature
ENGL 1590H Introduction to Literature
ENGL 2617 Women in Literature
ENGL 2617H Honors Women in Literature
ENGL 2618 Amer Literature and Diversity
ENGL 2618H Honors Amer Literature and Diversity
ENGL 2631 Mythology in Literature
ENGL 2631H Honors Mythology in Literature
ENGL 2665 Introduction to Film Study
ENGL 2665H Honors Intro to Film Study
ENTC 1510 History of Engineering
FLNG 2610 International Cinema
FLNG 2610H Honors International Cinema
HIST 1500 Discovering World History
HIST 1501 Discovering U.S. History
HIST 1511 World Civilization to 1500
HIST 1511H Honors World Civilization to 1500
HIST 1512 World Civilization since 1500
HIST 1512H Honors World Civilization since 1500
HIST 2605 Turning Points US History 1
HIST 2605H Honors Turning Points US History 1
HIST 2606 Turning Points US History 2
HIST 2606H Turning Points US History 2
JOUR 2603 Media Ethics Social Responsibility
JOUR 2605 Journalism as Literature
MUHL 2616 Survey of Jazz
MUHL 2616H Honors Survey of Jazz
MUHL 2617 Film Music
MUHL 2617H Honors Film Music
MUHL 2618 Rock n Roll to Rock
MUHL 2618H Honors Rock n Roll to Rock
MUHL 2621 Music Lit and Appreciation
MUHL 2622 Popular Music in America
MUHL 2624 Survey of Hip Hop
PHIL 1560 Introduction to Philosophy
PHIL 1561 Technology and Human Values
PHIL 1565 Critical Thinking
PHIL 2625 Intro to Professional Ethics
PHIL 2628 Business Ethics
REL 2601 Intro to World Religions
THTR 1512 Survey of Broadway: The American Musical
THTR 1560 Introduction to Theatre
THTR 1590 History of Motion Pictures
ASTR 1504 Descriptive Astronomy (and lab)
BIOL 1545 Allied Health Anatomy and Physiology (and lab)
BIOL 1551 Anatomy and Physiology 1 (and lab)
BIOL 2601 Gen Biol Molecules and Cells (and lab)
BIOL 2601H Honors Gen Biol Molecules and Cells
CHEM 1500 Chemistry in Modern Living (and lab)
CHEM 1510 Chem for Allied Health Science (and lab)
CHEM 1515 General Chemistry 1 (and lab)
ENST 1500 Intro to Environmental Science (and lab)
FSCI 1510 Survey of Forensic Science
GEOG 1503 Physical Geography (and lab)
GEOG 1503H Honors Physical Geography
GEOG 2630 Weather (and lab)
GEOG 2630H Honors Weather (and Lab)
GEOL 1500 Environmental Geology
GEOL 1504 The Dynamic Earth
GEOL1505 Physical Geology (and lab)
GEOL 1505H Honors Physical Geology (and lab)
GEOL 2602 Introduction to Oceanography
PHYS 1501 Fundamentals 1 (and lab)
PHYS 2608 Sound
PHYS 2610 General Physics 1 (and lab)
CMST 1545 Communication Foundations OR
CMST 1545H Honors Communication Foundations OR
CMST 1545CE Communication Foundations: Community Engaged OR
CMST 2620 Science Communication
AFST 2600 Intro Africana Studies 1
ALCS 1593 Aging and Society
ANTH 1500 Introduction to Anthropology
ANTH 1503 Rise and Fall of Civilizations
CMST 2600 Communication Theory
CMST 2610 Intercultural Communication
CRJS 1500 Introduction Criminal Justice
ECON 1503 Rich and Poor: Diversity and Disparity in the US Workplace
ECON 1503C CE Rich and Poor: Diversity and Disparity in the US Workplace
ECON 1503H Honors Rich and Poor: Diversity and Disparity in the US Workplace
ECON 1505 Intro to Personal Financial Literacy
ECON 1507 Artificial Intelligence in Society
ECON 2610 Principles 1: Microeconomics
ECON 2610H Honors Principles 1: Microeconomics
ECON 2630 Principles 2: Macroeconomics
ECON 2630H Honors Principles 2: Macoeconomics
ENGL 2651 Introduction to Language
FNUT 1551 Normal Nutrition
GEOG 2626 World Geography
GEOG 2626H Honors World Geography
GEOG 2640 Human Geography
GEOG 2640H Honors Human Geography
GIS 2611 Geospatial Foundations
GIS 2611H Honors Geospatial Foundations
MCOM 1595 Media Literacy and Culture
PHLT 1513 Introduction to Environmental Health and Safety
PHLT 1531 Fundamentals of Public Health
PHLT 1568 Healthy Lifestyles
PHLT 1568H Honors Healthy Lifestyles
PHLT 2692 Human Sexuality
POL 1560 American Government
POL 2660 International Relations
PSYC 1560 General Psychology
PSYC 1560H Honors General Psychology
PSYC 2600 Social Psychology
PSYC 2600H Honors Social Psychology
PSYC 2607 Psychology Intimate Relations
PSYC 2655 Child Development
PSYC 2692 Human Sexuality
SOC 1500 Introduction to Sociology
SOC 1500H Honors Introduction to Sociology
SOC 2601 Social Problems
SOC 2650 Human Trafficking
WMST 2601 Introduction Women Studies
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