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General Education Courses Offered 

See the Dean of Undergraduate Education site for lists of courses offered to fulfill the Requirement in Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion, the Jane Teranes Climate Change Education Requirement, and the Freshman, Senior, and Research Seminars offered each quarter.

These are GEs offered in the upcoming terms, listed by term, GE area, and GE theme. 

Spring Quarter 2026

Muir College Writing Program

MCWP 40, MCWP 40C, MCWP 50, MCWP 50R, MCWP 125

Math or Natural Sciences

  1. Math & Statistics Theme: BILD 5, COGS 14A, COGS 14B, HDS 60, MATH 3B, MATH 3C, MATH 10A, MATH 10B, MATH 10C, MATH 11, MATH 18, MATH 20A, MATH 20B, MATH 20C, MATH 31CH, MGT 3, POLI 30D, PSYC 60, PSYC 70, SOCI 60
  2. Biological Sciences Theme: ANTH 2, BILD 1, BILD 2, BILD 3, BILD 30, BILD 61, COGS 17
  3. Computing and Logic Theme: BILD 62, COGS 9, COGS 18, CSE 8A, CSE 11, CSE 12, ECE 15, ECON 5, LIGN 17, MAE 8, PHIL 10, PHIL 12, POLI 5D, USP 4
  4. Physical Sciences Theme: ASTR 2, ASTR 15, ASTR 18, CHEM 6A, CHEM 6B, CHEM 6C, ENVR 140, PHYS 1A, PHYS 1AL, PHYS 1B, PHYS 1BL, PHYS 1C, PHYS 1CL, PHYS 2A, PHYS 2B, PHYS 2C, PHYS 4B, SIO 1, SIO 10, SIO 25, SIO 35

Social Sciences

  1. Culture, Society, & Social Justice Theme: AAS 10, ANTH 1, ANTH 3, ANTH 10, ANTH 21, ANTH 23, ANTH 103, CGS 105, CGS 123, ETHN 3R, GLBH 20, SOCI 2, SOCI 10, SOCI 20, SOCI 30, SOCI 40
  2. Language and Communication Theme: COMM 10, COMM 30, COMM 80, LIGN 8, LIGN 101, LIGN 176, MGT 18
  3. Mind and Cognition Theme: COGS 1, COGS 10, COGS 11, COGS 13, HDS 1, PSYC 1, PSYC 3R, PSYC 7
  4. Government and Economics Theme: ECON 1, ECON 2, ECON 3, POLI 12D, POLI 13D, USP 2, USP 3, USP 5, USP 15, USP 25

Fine Arts 

  1. Music Theme: MUS 1C, MUS 2C, MUS 4, MUS 5R, MUS 6, MUS 7, MUS 8, MUS 9, MUS 11, MUS 14, MUS 15, MUS 17, MUS 19R, MUS 127, MUS 150
  2. Theatre, Dance, and Film Theme: TDAC 1, TDDM 5, TDDM 101, TDGE 1, TDGE 11, TDGE 25, TDGE 124, TDGE 125, TDGE 131R, TDHT 10, TDHT 23, TDHT 104, TDHT 109, TDMV 1, TDMV 2, TDMV3, TDM11, TDMV 20, TDPW 1, TDTR 10
  3. Visual Arts Theme: USP 6, VIS 3, VIS 10, VIS 21A, VIS 32, VIS 41, VIS 60, VIS 70N, VIS 84

Humanities

  1. Historical Narratives Theme: ETHN 112B, ETHN 131, GSS 20, GSS 21, GSS 27, HILD 2C, HILD 7C, HILD 12, HILD 30, HILD 43, HIUS 113, HIUS 136, HIUS 159, LATI 10, LATI 50
  2. Literary Narratives Theme: CGS 119, LTCS 119, LTEN 22, LTEN 26, LTEN 27, LTEN 185, LTWL 19C, LTWR 8A, LTWR 8C
  3. Philosophical Perspectives Theme: MGT 16, PHIL 1, PHIL 14, PHIL 27, PHIL 8, PHIL 35, PHIL 50, PHIL 51

Language Other than English

  1. American Sign Language: LISL 1A and  1AX, LISL 1C and  1CX, LISL 1D, LISL 1DX
  2. Arabic: LIAB 1C and LIAB 1CX
  3. Chinese (Cantonese): LIHL 118P, LIHL 138P
  4. Chinese (Mandarin): CHIN 169B, CHIN 182B
  5. Filipino: LIHL 112P, LIHL 132P
  6. French: LIFR 1A and  1AX, LIFR 1C and  1CX, LIFR 1D and  1DX, LTFR 2A, LTFR 2C, LTFR 115
  7. German: LIGM 1C and  1CX, LTGM 2C
  8. Greek (Ancient): LTGK 3
  9. Hebrew: JWSP 3
  10. Hindi: no courses offered this quarter.
  11. Italian: LIIT 1C, LIIT 1CX, LTIT 50
  12. Japanese: JAPN 10C, JAPN 20C, JAPN 130C, JAPN 140C, JAPN 150B
  13. Korean: LTKO 1C, LTKO 2C
  14. Latin: no courses offered this quarter
  15. Persian: LIHL 117P
  16. Portuguese: LIPO 1C and 001CX
  17. Russian: LTRU 1C, LTRU 104A
  18. Spanish: LISP 1C and  1CX, LISP 1D and  1DX, LTSP 2A, LTSP 2B, LTSP 2C
  19. Vietnamese: LIHL 114P

Summer Session, 2026

Summer Session 1, 2026

Math or Natural Sciences

  1. Math and Statistics Theme: COGS 14A, COGS 14B, HDS 60, MATH 3B, MATH 3C, MATH 4C, MATH 10A, MATH 10B, MATH 10C, MATH 18, MATH 20A, MATH 20B, MATH 20C, POLI 30R, PSYC 60, PSYC 70
  2. Biological Sciences Theme: ANTH 2, ANTH 43, ANTH 102, BILD 1, BILD 2, BILD 3, BILD 10, BILD 60GS, COGS 17
  3. Computing and Logic Theme: COGS 9, CSE 8A, ECE 15, ECON 5, MAE 8, PHIL 10, PHIL 12, POLI 5D, USP 4
  4. Physical Sciences Theme: CHEM 6A, CHEM 6B, CHEM 6C, CHEM 11, PHYS 1A and 1AL, PHYS 1B and 1BL, PHYS 1C and 1CL, PHYS 2A, PHYS 2B, SIO 40

Social Sciences

  1. Culture, Society, & Social Justice Theme: ANTH 1, ANTH 21, ANTH 23, ANTH 102, ANTH 103, CGS 21, ETHN 2R, GLBH 20
  2. Language and Communication Theme: DSGN 1, COMM 10, LIGN 8, LIGN 9GS, LIGN 101, LIGN 149GS
  3. Mind and Cognition Theme: COGS 2, COGS 11, MUS 20R, PSYC 1
  4. Government and Economics Theme: ECON 1, ECON 3, POLI 10R, POLI 12R, POLI 13R, USP 1

Fine Arts

  1. Music Theme: MUS 1A, MUS 4, MUS 5R, MUS 6, MUS 7, MUS 13, MUS 15, MUS 17
  2. Theatre, Dance, and Film Theme:  TDAC 1, TDGE 10, TDGE 11, TDGE 25, TDGE 124, TDGE 125, TDGE 127, TDGE 131R, TDHT 109, TDPW 1
  3. Visual Arts Theme: none

Humanities

  1. Historical Narratives Theme:  HILD 2A, HILD 7A, HILD 7B, HID 12, HILD 14, HILD 43, LATI 10
  2. Literary Narratives Theme: None
  3. Philosophical Perspectives Theme: PHIL 1, PHIL 13, PHIL 27 or POLI 27, PHIL 28 or POLI 28, PHIL 28GS, PHIL 51, PHIL 60, MGT 16

Language Other Than English

  1. French: LIFR 1D and 1DX
  2. Spanish: LTSP 123GS, LTSP 174GS

Summer Session 2, 2026

Math or Natural Sciences

  1. Mathematics and Statistics Theme: COGS 14A, COGS 14B, MATH 3C, MATH 4C, MATH 10A, MATH 10B, MATH 10C, MATH 18, MATH 20A,  MATH 20B, MATH 20C, POLI 30R,  PSYC 60
  2. Biological Sciences Theme : ANTH 42, BILD 1, BILD 2, BILD 3, BILD 20
  3. Computing and Logic Theme : COGS 3, COGS 9, CSE 8A, CSE 11, ECON 5, LIGN 17, MAE 8, PHIL 10, POLI 5D, PHYS 1A and 1AL, PHYS 1B and 1BL, PHYS 1C and 1CL,  PHYS 2C, SIO 40
  4. Physical Sciences Theme : CHEM 6A, CHEM 6B,  CHEM 6C, PHYS 1A and 1AL, PHYS 1B and 1BL, PHYS 1C and 1CL, PHYS 2B, PHYS 2C, SIO 10, SIO 30, SIO 35, SIO 45, SIO 46GS

Social Sciences

  1. Culture, Society, & Social Justice Theme : ANTH 10, ANTH 105, CGS 105, EDS 25, ENTH 3R
  2. Language and Communication Theme : COMM 10, COMM 20
  3. Mind and Cognition Theme : COGS 13, PSYC 1, PSYC 4, ENG 30
  4. Government and Economics Theme : ECON 1, ECON 138, POLI 11R, POLI 13R, USP 3

Fine Arts

  1. Music Theme : MUS 2A, MUS 4, MUS 5R, MUS 6, MUS 7, MUS 13, MUS 14, MUS 15, MUS 17
  2. Theatre, Dance, and Film Theme : TDAC 1, TDDE 1, TDGE 10, TDGE 11, TDGE 25,  TDGE 124, TDGE 125, TDHT 104, TDMV 1, TDPW 1
  3. Visual Arts Theme : VIS 11, VIS 41, VIS 84B

Humanities

  1. Historical Narratives Theme : ETHN 103A, GSS 22, HILD 2A, HILD 7B, HILD 7C, HILD 12, HILD 41, HIUS 103, HIUS 125
  2. Literary Narratives Theme : AWP 10
  3. Philosophical Perspectives Theme : PHIL 16, PHIL 24, PHIL 27 or POLI 27, PHIL 28 or POLI 28, Phil 50, PHIL 55, PHIL 165

Language Other Than English

  1. Spanish: LISP 1C and 1CL, LTSP 2A

Special Summer Session, 2026

  1. Muir Writing: MCWP 40R, MCWP 50R