GEAC-Approved PLAS Courses

he table below lists courses on Perspectives in the Liberal Arts and Sciences (PLAS) approved by the General Education Advisory Committee (GEAC), during the period of January 2008 through October 2009, and recommended to the Undergraduate Curriculum Committee as fulfilling criteria for PLAS courses

The course titles link to proposal materials, as approved by GEAC. Clicking on the table headers re-sorts the data. Abbreviations are explained below the table.

Note on QR Extended Requirement: The table includes courses designed to fulfill the Quantitative Reasoning (QR) Extended Requirement. As requested by the UCC, GEAC did not evaluate whether these courses meet that requirement. The UCC will make recommendations about the QR requirement for those courses.

AoK	CoE	ExtR	Course Title	Credits
SS	ET	n/a	HIST 102: Modern Europe, 1815-Present	3
SS	ET	PI	HIST 101: Early Modern Europe 1500-1815	3
SS	ET	PI	HIST 164: Social and Cultural History: European VT	3
SS	n/a	QR	PSCI 102: Contemporary Political Controversies	3
SS	n/a	n/a	SOC 101: Introduction to Sociology	3
SS	n/a	n/a	SOC 212: Sociological Analysis	3
SS	US	QR	PSCI 100: Introduction to American Politics	3
SS	US	n/a	HIST 104: United States History 1865-Present	3
SS	US	n/a	HIST 163: Social and Cultural History: United States VT	3
SS	US	n/a	HNRS 126W: The Peopling of New York City: Seminar 2	3
SS	US	n/a	HNRS 226: Shaping the Future of New York City	3
SS	US	n/a	PSCI 101: Introduction to Political Science	3
SS	US	n/a	URBST 101: Urban Poverty and Affluence	3
SS	US	n/a	URBST 103: Urban Diversity	3
SS	US	n/a	URBST 105: Urban Politics	3
SS	US	PI	HIST 103: American History, 1607-1865	3
SS	WC	QR	PSCI 103: Introduction to Comparative Politics	3
SS	WC	QR	PSCI 104: Introduction to International Politics	3
SS	WC	n/a	HIST 160: Global History: World VT	3
SS	WC	n/a	LCD 144: Language and Social Diversity	3
SS	WC	PI	ANTH 101: Introduction to Cultural Anthropology	3
SS	WC	PI	ANTH 103: Introduction to Archaeology	3
AP	ET	n/a	ARTH 233: Naturalism and Art in Seventeenth-century Europe	3
AP	ET	n/a	FREN 250: French Cinema	3
AP	ET	n/a	GERM 250/250W: German Cinema	3
AP	ET	n/a	GRKMD 250: Modern Greek Cinema	3
AP	ET	n/a	MUSIC 001: Music Appreciation	3
AP	ET	PI	ARTH 220: Renaissance Art and the Birth of Modernity	3
AP	n/a	n/a	ARTH 256: Contemporary Art Practices	3
AP	n/a	n/a	DRAM 001: Introduction to Drama and Theatre	3
AP	n/a	n/a	DRAM 100: Introduction to Acting	3
AP	n/a	n/a	DRAM 101: Introduction to Play and Performance	3
AP	n/a	n/a	DRAM 111: Introduction to Theatre Design	3
AP	n/a	n/a	HNRS 125W: The Arts in New York City: Seminar 1	3
AP	n/a	n/a	MUSIC 008: The Politics of Music	3
AP	WC	n/a	ARTS 185: Contemporary Art in a Global Society	3
AP	WC	n/a	DANC 150: Introduction to Dance	3
CV	ET	n/a	ITAL 045: Italian Civilization	3
CV	ET	n/a	PHIL 101: Introduction to Philosophy	3
CV	ET	n/a	PHIL 104: Introduction to Ethics	3
CV	ET	n/a	PHIL 116: Introduction to Philosophy of Religion	3
CV	ET	n/a	PSCI 105: Introduction to Political Thought	3
CV	ET	PI	EURO 210: The Enlightenment	3
CV	ET	PI	PHIL 140: Ancient Greek Philosophy	3
CV	n/a	n/a	LCD 100: Language in Context	3
CV	US	QR	ACCT 261: Business Law I	3
CV	US	n/a	HIST 168: History and memory: The United States VT	3
CV	US	n/a	LCD 103: Multilingualism in the US	3
CV	US	n/a	SOC 222: Social Welfare as a Social Institution	3
CV	WC	n/a	ANTH 104: Language, Culture, and Society	3
CV	WC	n/a	HIST 166: History and Memory VT	3
CV	WC	n/a	SPAN 045/045W: Hispanic Cultures (in English)	3
NS	n/a	QR	GEOL 025 Natural Resources and the Environment	3
NS	n/a	n/a	ANTH 102: Introduction to Human Evolution	3
NS	n/a	n/a	ASTR 001: General Astronomy	3
NS	n/a	n/a	BIOL 022: Introduction to Human Physiology	3
NS	n/a	n/a	BIOL 024: Biology and Society	3
NS	n/a	n/a	BIOL 025: Biological Evolution	3
NS	n/a	n/a	FNES 163: General Nutrition	3
NS	n/a	n/a	GEOL 008: Oceanography	3
NS	n/a	n/a	GEOL 012: Natural Disasters	3
NS	n/a	n/a	PHYS 007: Introduction to the Physics of Musical Sound	3
NS	n/a	n/a	PSYCH 101: General Psychology	4
NS	US	n/a	HNRS 225: Science and Technology in New York City	3
NS+L	n/a	QR	PHYS 103: Physics for Computer Science I	4
NS+L	n/a	QR	PHYS 121: General Physics I	4
NS+L	n/a	QR	PHYS 122: General Physics II	4
NS+L	n/a	QR	PHYS 145: Principles of Physics I	4
NS+L	n/a	QR	PHYS 146: Principles of Physics II	4
NS+L	n/a	QR	PHYS 204: Physics for Computer Science II	4
NS+L	n/a	n/a	ASTR 002: General Astronomy with Laboratory	4
NS+L	n/a	n/a	BIOL 011: Introduction to College Biology	4
NS+L	n/a	n/a	BIOL 034: Genomics Research Experience I	3
NS+L	n/a	n/a	BIOL 035: Genomics Research Experience II	3
NS+L	n/a	n/a	BIOL 105: General Biology I -- Physiology and Cell Biology	4
NS+L	n/a	n/a	BIOL 106: General Biology II -- Life-forms and Ecosystems	4
NS+L	n/a	n/a	GEOL 101: Physical Geology	4
NS+L	n/a	n/a	PHYS 001: Conceptual Physics	4
NS+L	US	QR	ENSCI 100: Our Planet in the 21st Century: Challenges to Humanity	4
RL	ET	n/a	FREN 041: Masterpieces of French Literature in Translation	3
RL	ET	n/a	GERM 041/041W: Masterpieces of German Literature	3
RL	ET	n/a	GRKMD 041/041W: Modern Greek Literature in Translation	3
RL	ET	n/a	ITAL 041: Masterpieces of Italian Literature in Translation	3
RL	ET	PI	CLAS 150: Greek and Latin Classics in Translation	3
RL	n/a	n/a	ENGL 161/161W: Introduction to Narrative	3
RL	n/a	n/a	ENGL 162/162W: Literature and Place	3
RL	n/a	n/a	ENGL 165/165W: Introduction to Poetry	3
RL	n/a	n/a	SPAN 041: Hispanic Literatures in Translation	3
RL	WC	n/a	CMLIT 102W: Global Literatures II	3
RL	WC	n/a	EAST 250: Modern Chinese Fiction in Translation	3
RL	WC	n/a	HEBRW 150: Modern Hebrew Literature in Translation	3
RL	WC	PI	CMLIT 101W: Global Literatures I	3

Abbreviations used in the table. (For details on these categories, please see the overview page on PLAS courses.)

AOK: Area of Knowledge and inquiry

RL: Reading Literature
CV: Cultures & Values
AP: Appreciating & Participating in the Arts
NS: Natural Sciences
NS-L: Natural Sciences (Lab)
SS: Social Sciences

COE: Context of Experience

n/a: No context of experience
US: United States
ET: European Traditions
WC: World Cultures

ExtR: Extended Requirement

n/a: none
PI: Pre-Industrial Civilization
QR: Quantitative Reasoning

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