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Division	Department	Course Title	AoK	GC	GC2

A&H	ART	ARTH 220: Renaissance Art and the Birth of Modernity	AP	ET	PI

A&H	ART	ARTH 233: Naturalism and Art in Seventeenth-century Europe	AP	ET

A&H	ART	ARTH 256: Contemporary Art Practices	AP	n/a

A&H	ART	ARTS 185: Contemporary Art in a Global Society	AP	WC

A&H	CMAL	CLAS 150: Greek and Latin Classics in Translation	RL	ET	PI

A&H	CMAL	EAST 250: Modern Chinese Fiction in Translation	RL	WC

A&H	CMAL	HEBRW 150: Modern Hebrew Literature in Translation	RL	WC

A&H	CMLIT	CMLIT 101W: Global Literatures I	RL	WC	PI

A&H	CMLIT	CMLIT 102W: Global Literatures II	RL	WC

A&H	DTD	DANC 150: Introduction to Dance	AP	WC

A&H	DTD	DRAM 1: Introduction to Drama and Theatre	AP	n/a

A&H	DTD	DRAM 100: Introduction to Acting	AP	n/a

A&H	DTD	DRAM 101: Introduction to Play and Performance	AP	n/a

A&H	DTD	DRAM 111: Introduction to Theatre Design	AP	n/a

A&H	DTD	DRAM 155: Theatrical Texts and Times	AP	n/a

A&H	ENGL	ENGL 151/151W: Works of English Literature	RL	ET

A&H	ENGL	ENGL 152/152W: Works of American Literature - A Course for non-majors	RL	US

A&H	ENGL	ENGL 161/161W: Introduction to the Narrative	RL	n/a

A&H	ENGL	ENGL 162/162W: Literature and Place	RL	n/a

A&H	ENGL	ENGL 165/165W: Introduction to Poetry	RL	n/a

A&H	ENGL	ENGL 251: British Literature Survey I	RL	ET	PI

A&H	ENGL	ENGL 253: American Literature Survey I	RL	US

A&H	ENGL	ENGL 255: Global Literatures in English	RL	WC

A&H	ELL	EURO 210: The Enlightenment	CV	ET

A&H	ELL	FREN 41/41W: Masterpieces of French Literature in Translation	RL	ET

A&H	ELL	FREN 45/45W: French Civilization	CV	ET

A&H	ELL	FREN 250: French Cinema	AP	ET

A&H	ELL	GERM 41/41W: Masterpieces of German Literature	RL	ET

A&H	ELL	GERM 250/250W: German Cinema	AP	ET

A&H	ELL	GRKMD 41/41W: Modern Greek Literature in Translation	RL	ET

A&H	ELL	GRKMD 250: Modern Greek Cinema	AP	ET

A&H	ELL	ITAL 41/41W: Masterpieces of Italian Literature in Translation	RL	ET

A&H	ELL	ITAL 45/45W: Italian Civilization	CV	ET

A&H	HLL	SPAN 41: Hispanic Literatures in Translation	RL	n/a

A&H	HLL	SPAN 45/45W: Hispanic Cultures (in English)	CV	WC

A&H	HLL	SPAN 47: Hispanic Film in English Translation	AP	n/a

A&H	HLL	SPAN 60: Hispanic Literatures in the United States	RL	US

A&H	LCD	LCD 100: Language in Context	CV	n/a

A&H	LCD	LCD 103: Multilingualism in the US	CV	US

A&H	LCD	LCD 144: Language and Social Diversity	SS	WC

A&H	MEDST	MEDST 143: History of Cinema I (1880-1930)	AP	n/a

A&H	MEDST	MEDST 144: History of Cinema II (1930-1970)	AP	n/a

A&H	MEDST	MEDST 146: History of Cinema III: 1970-Present	AP	n/a

A&H	MEDST	MEDST 240: Styles of Cinema	AP	n/a

A&H	MUSIC	MUSIC 1: Intro to Music	AP	ET

A&H	MUSIC	MUSIC 8: Studies in the Literature of Music	AP	n/a

MNS	BIOL	BIOL 11: Introduction to College Biology	NS+L	n/a

MNS	BIOL	BIOL 22: Introduction to Human Physiology	NS	n/a

MNS	BIOL	BIOL 24: Biology and Society	NS	n/a

MNS	BIOL	BIOL 25: Biological Evolution	NS	n/a

MNS	BIOL	BIOL 34: Genomics Research Experience I	NS+L	n/a

MNS	BIOL	BIOL 35: Genomics Research Experience II	NS+L	n/a

MNS	BIOL	BIOL 105: General Biology I -- Physiology and Cell Biology	NS+L	n/a

MNS	BIOL	BIOL 106: General Biology II -- Life-forms and Ecosystems	NS+L	n/a

MNS	CHEM	CHEM 16.1: Chemistry for the Consumer (Both 16.1 and 16.3 must be completed to receive any GenEd credit.)	NS+L	n/a

MNS	CHEM	CHEM 16.3: Chemistry in Modern Society (Both 16.1 and 16.3 must be completed to receive any GenEd credit.)	NS+L	n/a

MNS	SEES	GEOL 16: Earthquakes, Volcanoes, and Moving Continents	NS	n/a

MNS	FNES	FNES 163: General Nutrition	NS	n/a

MNS		MNSc 113: Contemporary Issues in Science	NS	n/a

MNS	PHYS	ASTR 1: General Astronomy	NS	n/a

MNS	PHYS	ASTR 2: General Astronomy with Laboratory	NS+L	n/a

MNS	PHYS	PHYS 1: Conceptual Physics	NS+L	n/a

MNS	PHYS	PHYS 5: Physics and the Future	NS	WC

MNS	PHYS	PHYS 7: Introduction to the Physics of Musical Sound	NS	n/a

MNS	PHYS	PHYS 103: Physics for Computer Science I	NS+L	n/a

MNS	PHYS	PHYS 121: General Physics I	NS+L	n/a

MNS	PHYS	PHYS 122: General Physics II	NS+L	n/a

MNS	PHYS	PHYS 145: Principles of Physics I	NS+L	n/a

MNS	PHYS	PHYS 146: Priniciples of Physics II	NS+L	n/a

MNS	PHYS	PHYS 204: Physics for Computer Science II	NS+L	n/a

MNS	PSYCH	PSYCH 101: General Psychology	NS	n/a

MNS	SEES	ENSCI 100: Our Planet in the 21st Century: Challenges to Humanity (Lab)	NS+L	US

MNS	SEES	GEOL 8: Oceanography	NS	n/a

MNS	SEES	GEOL 11: Meteorology	NS	n/a

MNS	SEES	GEOL 12: Natural Disasters	NS	n/a

MNS	SEES	GEOL 25: Natural Resources and the Environment	NS	n/a

MNS	SEES	GEOL 101: Physical Geology	NS+L	n/a

SOC	ACCTS	ACCT 261: Business Law I	CV	US

SOC	ANTH	ANTH 101: Introduction to Cultural Anthropology	SS	WC	PI

SOC	ANTH	ANTH 102: Introduction to Human Evolution	NS	n/a

SOC	ANTH	ANTH 103: Introduction to Archeology	SS	WC	PI

SOC	ANTH	ANTH 104: Language, Culture, and Society	CV	WC

SOC	HIST	HIST 229: Politics, Religion and Literature in Early Modern England and Ireland	RL	ET	PI

SOC	ECON	ECON 102: Introduction to Microecomics	SS	US

SOC	HIST	HIST 101/101W: Early Modern Europe 1500-1815	SS	ET	PI

SOC	HIST	HIST 102: Modern Europe, 1815-Present	SS	ET

SOC	HIST	HIST 103/103W: American History, 1607-1865	SS	US	PI

SOC	HIST	HIST 104/104W: United States History 1865-Present	SS	US

SOC	HIST	HIST 160: Global History: World VT	SS	WC

SOC	HIST	HIST 163: Social and Cultural History: United States VT	SS	US

SOC	HIST	HIST 164: Social and Cultural History: European VT	SS	ET	PI

SOC	HIST	HIST 166: History and Memory: Global VT	CV	WC

SOC	HIST	HIST 168: History and Memory: The United States VT	CV	US

SOC	HIST	HIST 169: History and Memory: Europe VT	CV	ET

SOC	HNRS	HSS 200: Social Sciences and Society	SS	ET

SOC	PHIL	PHIL 101: Introduction to Philosophy	CV	ET

SOC	PHIL	PHIL 104: Introduction to Ethics	CV	ET

SOC	PHIL	PHIL 116: Introduction to Philosophy of Religion	CV	ET

SOC	PHIL	PHIL 140: Ancient Greek Philosophy	CV	ET	PI

SOC	PSCI	PSCI 100: Introduction to American Politics	SS	US

SOC	PSCI	PSCI 101: Introduction to Political Science	SS	US

SOC	PSCI	PSCI 102: Contemporary Political Controversies	SS	n/a

SOC	PSCI	PSCI 103: Introduction to Comparative Politics	SS	WC

SOC	PSCI	PSCI 104: Introduction to International Politics	SS	WC

SOC	PSCI	PSCI 105: Introduction to Political Thought	CV	ET

SOC	SOC	SOC 101: Introduction to Sociology	SS	n/a

SOC	SOC	SOC 211: Ethnic and Race Relations	SS	US

SOC	SOC	SOC 212/212W: Sociological Analysis	SS	n/a

SOC	SOC	SOC 222: Social Welfare as a Social Institution	CV	US

SOC	URBST	URBST 101: Urban Poverty and Affluence	SS	US

SOC	URBST	URBST 103: Urban Diversity	SS	US

SOC	URBST	URBST 105: Urban Politics	SS	US

SPEC	ACE	ACE 4: Studies in Visual Arts and Music	AP	ET

SPEC	ACE	ACE 5W: Great Works of Literature	RL	n/a

SPEC	ACE	ACE 15: Social Science Seminar I	CV	ET	PI

SPEC	ACE	ACE 16: Social Science Seminar II	SS	n/a

SPEC	ITAST	ITAST 100: Italian Americans: An Interpretation of a People	CV	US

SPEC	HNRS	HNRS 125: The Arts in New York City: Seminar 1	AP	n/a

SPEC	HNRS	HNRS 126W: The Peopling of New York City: Seminar 2	SS	US

SPEC	HNRS	HNRS 225: Science and Technology in New York City	NS	US

SPEC	HNRS	HNRS 226: Shaping the Future of New York City	SS	US

EDUC	EECE	EDUC 105: Education in Goblal Times: Radical to Conservative Agendas	CV	WC

A&H	ELL	ITAL 250/250W: Italian Cinema. Reading Italy Through Film	AP	ET

SOC	SOC	SOC 215: Sociology of Education	SS	US

A&H	DTD	DANCE 151: Dance and Culture: Dancing Values	CV	n/a

SOC	ECON	ECON 100 Economics and Society	SS	US

SOC	ECON	ECON 101 Introduction to Macroeconomics	SS	US

SPEC	ENGL	AMST 110/110W - Introduction to American Society and Culture	CV	US

A&H	ART	ARTH 110: Survey of Ancient Art	AP	ET	PI

A&H	ENGL	ENGL 153/153W: Introduction to the Bible	CV	WC	PI

A&H	ENGL	ENGL 252: British Literature Survey II	RL	ET

A&H	HLL	SPAN 53: Don Quixote in Translation	RL	ET

MNS	PSYCH	PSYCH 103: Pleasure and Pain	NS	n/a

SOC	SOC	SOC 103: The Sociology of American Life	CV	US

A&H	MEDST	MEDST 101: Contemporary Media	CV	n/a

A&H	SPAN	SPAN 051: Hispanic-Jewish literature in Translation	RL	WC

A&H	ENG	HTH 102: Freshman Humanities Colloquium	RL	n/a

SOC	PSCI	PSCI 238: Contemporary Asia	SS	WC

SOC	URBST	URBST 107: Urban Communities: Local-Global Connections in Queens	SS	US

SOC	PSCI	PSCI 257: Western Europe in World Politics	SS	ET

SOC	PSCI	PSCI 234: Contemporary Western Europe	SS	ET

A&H	CMAL	MES 160: Classical Islamic Literature and Civilization	RL	WC	PI

A&H	DRAM	DRAM 207: Classical European Drama	AP	ET	PI

A&H	MUSIC	MUSIC 28: Introduction to World Music	AP	WC

SOC	PSCI	PSCI 210: American State and Local Government	SS	US

A&H	ELL	RUSS 244/244W: Russian Cinema	AP	ET

A&H	ELL	RUSS 155/155W: Keys to Russian Literature	RL	ET

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Abbreviations used in the table:

AoK: Core Areas of Knowledge and inquiry

RL: Reading Literature
CV: Cultures & Values
AP: Appreciating & Participating in the Arts
NS: Natural Sciences
NS+L: Natural Sciences with Lab
SS: Analyzing Social Structures

GC: Global Contexts

US: United States
ET: European Traditions
WC: World Cultures
PI: Pre-Industrial

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