Courses approved for GLOBE Gen Ed Areas

The following courses have been reviewed by the GLOBE Committee and received permanent approval for their general education attributes, starting in spring semester, 2024.

Please note that these are the SUNY Gen Ed aligned elements of Geneseo's GLOBE curriculum, which should be complete in a student's first sixty credits. Transfer students who enter the college with an AA or AS from a SUNY school do not need to take any further general education.

Creativity and Innovation

• AMST        201 - Topics in American Studies
• ANTH         229 - Ethnography and Film
• ANTH         337 - Art and Material Culture
• ARTH         100 – Topics in Art, Visual Culture, or Museum Studies (subtitle)
• ARTH         160 - African American Art History Survey
• ARTH         171 - History of Western Art: Prehistoric through Gothic
• ARTH         172 - History of Western Art: Renaissance through Rococo
• ARTH         173 - History of Western Art: Neoclassicism to Contemporary
• ARTH         174 - Visual Culture Today
• ARTH         200 - Art and Religion in the West: Classical, Jewish, Christian, Muslim, Asatru (400-1100)
• ARTH         203 - Renaissance Europe: Rebirth of Classical Culture
• ARTH         278 - 19th Century European Art from the French Revolution to the Post Impressionists
• ARTH         287 - Avant-Garde Modernism (1900-1950)
• BLKS         225 - Black Cinema
• COMN       267 - Visual Communication
• DANC        100 - Introduction to Dance
• DANC        222 - Dance History as a 20th Century Art
• ENGL         101 - Topics in Literature: (subtitle)
• ENGL         111 - Diversity, Pluralism and Power in American Literature and Culture:(subtitle)
• ENGL         112 - World Cultures and Values in Literature and Culture
• ENGL         113 - Contemporary Global Challenges in Literature and Culture
• ENGL         114 - Sustainability & Literature
• ENGL         280 - Yeats Summer School in Ireland
• FMST         100 - Introduction to Film Studies
• HUMN        220 - Western Humanities I
• HUMN        221 - Western Humanities II
• HUMN        222 - Black Humanities
• MUSC        100 - Understanding Music: (subtitle)
• MUSC        102 - Introduction to Music technology
• MUSC        120 - Introduction to Music History
• MUSC        160 - Choral Organizations
• MUSC        165 -Instrumental Organizations
• MUSC        222 - History of American Musical Theatre
• MUSC        231 - Introduction to Ethnomusicology
• MUSC        232 - Folk Music in America
• MUSC        271 - Musical Theatre Production
• MUSC        272 - Musical Theatre Collaboration: (subtitle)
• MUSC        291 - Music and Ideas
• PASC         105 - Performance as Social Change I
• PASC         205 - Performance as Social Change II
• PHIL           225 - Philosophy of the Arts
• PHYS         230 - Digital Electronics
• THEA         100 - Introduction to the Theatre
• THEA         130 - Introduction to Technical Theatre
• THEA         140 - Play Analysis for the Theatre
• THEA         202 - History of Theatre to the 17th Century
• THEA         203 - History of the Theatre Since the 17th Century
• THEA         260 - Theatre Practicum
• THEA         342 - Scene Design I

Contemporary Global Challenges

• ANTH         100 - Introduction to Cultural Anthropology
• ANTH         313 - Global Health Issues
• ANTH         319 – Cross-Cultural Politics of Reproduction
• ANTH         322 - Anthropology of Borderlands
• ANTH         326 - Race, Racism and Antiracism in the Americas
• BIOL          203 - Principles of Ecology
• BLKS         200 - Introduction to Black Studies
• ECON        112 - Introductory Macroeconomics
• ECON        240 - Introduction to Environmental Economics
• ECON        340 - Environmental Economics
• ECON        346 - Health Economics
• ECON        355 - Economic Development and Growth
• ECON        356 - Women and the Economy
• ENGL         113 - Contemporary Global Challenges in Literature and Culture: (subtitle)
• ENGL         280 - Yeats Summer School in Ireland
• FREN         213 - Intermediate Grammar, Culture, and Communication
• GEOG        102 - Human Geography
• GEOG        111/112 - Physical Geography
• GEOG        123 - The Developing World
• GEOG        125 - Digital Earth
• GERM        213 - Intermediate Grammar, Culture, and Communications
• GSCI          120/121 - Our Geological Environment/ Our Geological Environment Laboratory
• GSCI          130/131 - Geological History of Life/ Geological History of Life Laboratory
• GSCI          140/141 - Environmental Science/ Environmental Science Laboratory
• GSCI          150/151 - The Geology of Climate Change and Energy/ The Geology of Climate Change and Energy Laboratory
• GSCI          160/161 - Physical Geology/ Physical Geology Laboratory
• GSCI          200 - Environmental Geology
• HIST          163 - African American History to 1877
• HIST          204 - U.S. SInce 1945
• HIST          243 - Europe in the Age of Revolution
• HIST         244 - Europe in the Shadow of War
• HIST         250 - Work and Workers in America
• HIST         263 - The Civil War and Reconstruction Era: 1830-1890
• HIST         264 - United States Immigration History
• HIST         267 - Women and U.S. Social Movements
• HIST         270 - History of Latin America to 1825
• HIST         271 - History of Latin America Since 1789
• HIST         272 - Pacific Worlds, 1500 to Present
• HIST         275 - Global History of Sexual Science
• HIST         281 - History of East Asia to 1800
• HIST         282 - History of Modern East Asia
• HIST         284 - Studies in Global History: (subtitle)
• HIST          287 - Modern Africa
• HIST          292 - The Modern Islamic World: 1800 to the Present
• INTD         115 - World Cultures: (subtitle)
• INTD         116 - Diversity & Power: (subtitle)
• PHIL          201 - Environmental Ethics
• PHIL          237 - Ethical Issues in Business
• PLSC         120 - Comparative Politics
• PLSC         140 - International Politics
• PLSC         344 - Climate Change Leadership and Politics
• PLSC         350 - Democratization
• PLSC         361 - Women and Politics
• PSYC         278 - Psychology of Happiness
• SOCL         102 - Introduction to Social Problems and Public Policy
• SOCL         105 - Introduction to Global Social Change
• SPAN         213 - Intermediate Grammar, Culture and Communication
• SUST         124 - Sustainability & Environmental Issues

Diversity, Pluralism, and Power

• AMST        200 - Race, Prisons and Policing
• AMST        201 - Topics in American Studies: (subtitle)
• ANTH         100 - Introduction to Cultural Anthropology
• ANTH         120 - Language and Culture
• ANTH         226 - Anthropology of Latin America and the Caribbean
• ANTH         229 - Ethnography and Film
• ANTH         231 - Language and Gender
• ANTH         235 - Ancient Civilization
• ANTH         318 - Gender and Sexuality in Latin America
• ANTH         319 – Cross-Cultural Politics of Reproduction
• ANTH         322 - Anthropology of Borderlands
• ANTH         326 - Race, Racism and Antiracism in the Americas
• ARTH         160 - African American Art History Survey
• BLKS         200 - Introduction to Black Studies
• BLKS         220 - Black Lives Matter: (subtitle)
• ECON        356 - Women and the Economy
• ENGL         111 - Diversity, Pluralism and Power in American Literature and Culture:(subtitle)
• HIST         161 - Issues in American History: (subtitle)
• HIST          163 - African American History to 1877
• HIST          164 - African American History from 1877
• HIST          204 - U.S. Since 1945
• HIST         249 - Studies in American History: (subtitle)
• HIST         250 - Work and Workers in America
• HIST         261 - Native American History
• HIST         262 - American Indian Law and Public Policy
• HIST         263 - The Civil War and Reconstruction Era: 1830-1890
• HIST          264 - United States Immigration History
• HIST          266 - Civil Rights Movement in America
• HIST          267 - Women and U.S. Social Movements
• HUMN        222 - Black Humanities
• INTD          116 - Diversity & power: (subtitle)
• INTD          203 - Social Foundations of Education in the United States
• MUSC        222 - History of American Musical Theatre
• PASC         105 - Performance as Social Change I
• PASC         205 - Performance as Social Change II
• PHIL          130 - Ethics
• PHIL          204 - Feminist Philosophy
• PHIL          208 - Philosophy of Race
• PHIL          210 - Philosophy and Social Justice Topics (subtitle)
• PHIL           236 - Medicine and Morality
• PLSC         110 - American Politics
• PLSC         361 - Women and Politics
• PSYC         236 - Human Sexual Behavior
• PSYC         240 - Psychology and Social Justice
• PSYC         308 - Psychology of Women
• PSYC         350 - Social Psychology
• PSYC         385 - Cross-Cultural Psychology
• SOCL         100 - Introduction to Sociology
• SOCL         102 - Introduction to Social Problems and Public Policy
• WGST         100 - Introduction to Women’s and Gender Studies
• WGST        201 - Historical and Political Topics: (subtitle)
• WGST        202 - Topics in Representation in the Humanities and Arts: (subtitle)
• WGST        203 - Topics in Gender in the Social World: (subtitle)
• WGST        205 - Topics in Gender, Sexuality, Queer Studies: (subtitle)
• WGST        230 - Introduction to Queer Studies
• WGST        231 - Language and Gender
• WGST        310 - Race, Class and Gender
• WGST        318 - Gender and Sexuality in Latin America

Sustainability

• ANTH         120 - Language and Culture
• ANTH         313 - Global Health Issues
• ECON        240 - Introduction to Environmental Economics
• ECON        340 - Environmental Economics
• ENGL         114 - Sustainability & Literature: (Subtitle)
• GEOG        111/112 - Physical Geography/ Physical Geography laboratory
• GEOG        125 - Digital Earth
• GSCI          120/121 - Our Geological Environment/ Our Geological Environment Laboratory
• GSCI          140/141 - Environmental Science/ Environmental Science Laboratory
• GSCI          150/151 - The Geology of Climate Change and Energy/ The Geology of Climate Change and Energy Laboratory
• GSCI          160/161 - Physical Geology/ Physical Geology Laboratory
• GSCI          200  - Environmental Geology
• PHIL          201 - Environmental Ethics
• PHYS         104 - Sustainable Energy
• PLSC         344 - Climate Change Leadership and Politics
• PSYC         275 - Environmental Psychology
• SOCL         218 - Sociology of Environmental Issues
• SUST         124 - Sustainability & Environmental Issues
• THEA         130 - Introduction to Technical Theatre

World Cultures and values

• ANTH         101 - Exploration of Human Diversity
• ANTH         208 - Classics of Ethnography
• ANTH         215 - Ancient Civilizations of the Old World
• ANTH         226 - Anthropology of Latin America and the Caribbean
• ANTH         235 - Ancient Civilizations of Mesoamerica and the Andes
• ANTH         318 - Gender and Sexuality in Latin America
• ANTH         337 - Art and Material Culture
• ARTH         100 - Topics in Art, Visual Culture, or Museum Studies (subtitle)
• ARTH         171 - History of Western Art: Prehistoric through Gothic
• ARTH         172 - History of Western Art: Renaissance through Rococo
• ARTH         173 - History of Western Art: Neoclassicism to Contemporary
• ARTH         174 - Visual Culture Today
• ARTH         200 - Art and Religion in the West: Classical, Jewish, Christian, Muslim, Astru (400-1100)
• ARTH         203 - Renaissance Europe: Rebirth of Classical Culture
• ARTH         278 - 19th Century European Art from the French Revolution to the Post Impressionists
• ARTH         287 - Avant-Garde Modernism (1900-1950)
• DANC        100 - Introduction to Dance
• ENGL         112 - World Cultures and Values in Literature and Culture: (subtitle)
• GEOG        102 - Human Geography
• GEOG        123 - The Developing World
• HIST         112 - History Matters: (subtitle)
• HIST         261 - Native American History
• HIST         262 - American Indian Law and Public Policy
• HIST         270 - History of Latin America to 1825
• HIST         271 - History of Latin America since 1789
• HIST         272 - Pacific Worlds, 1500 to Present
• HIST         275 - Global History of Sexual Science
• HIST         281 - History of East Asia to 1800
• HIST         282 - History of Modern East Asia
• HIST         284 - Studies in Global History: (subtitle)
• HIST         287 - Modern Africa
• HIST         291 - The Islamic World: 600-1800
• HIST         292 - The Modern Islamic World: 1800’s to the Present
• INTD         115 - World Cultures: (Subtitle)
• MUSC        123 - Music of the World’s Peoples
• MUSC        160 - Choral Organizations
• MUSC        231 - Introduction to Ethnomusicology
• PHIL         202 - World Religions and Contemporary Issues
• PHIL         215 - Eastern Philosophy
• PHIL         315 - Chinese Philosophy
• PLSC         120 - Comparative Politics
• PLSC         350 - Democratization
• PSYC         385 - Cross Cultural Psychology
• SOCL         100 - Introduction to Sociology
• SOCL         105 - Introduction to Global Social Change
• THEA         100 - Introduction to the Theatre
• THEA         202 - History of Theatre to the 17th Century
• WGST         318 – Gender and Sexuality in Latin America

Arts

• BLKS         225 - Black Cinema
• COMN       267 - Visual Communication
• DANC        100 - Introduction to Dance
• DANC        222 - Dance History as a 20th Century Art
• DANC        265 - Dance Ensemble
• FMST         100 - Introduction to Film Studies
• MUSC        100 - Understanding Music: (subtitle)
• MUSC        102 - Introduction to Music Technology
• MUSC        120 - Introduction to Music History
• MUSC        123 - Music of the World’s Peoples
• MUSC        160 - Choral Organizations
• MUSC        165 - Instrumental Organizations
• MUSC        222 - History of American Musical Theatre
• MUSC        231 - Introduction to Ethnomusicology
• MUSC        232 - Folk Music in America
• MUSC        271 - Musical Theatre Production
• MUSC        272 - Musical Theatre Collaboration: (subtitle)
• MUSC        291 - Music and Ideas
• PASC         105 - Performance as Social Change I
• PASC         205 - Performance as Social Change II
• THEA         100 - Introduction to the Theatre
• THEA         130 - Introduction to Technical Theatre
• THEA         140 - Play Analysis for the Theatre
• THEA         202 - History of Theatre to the 17th Century
• THEA         203 - History of the Theatre Since the 17th Century
• THEA         260 - Theatre Practicum
• THEA         342 - Scene Design I

Communication - written and oral

INTD/WRTG 105   Writing Seminar (subtitle)

Global Languages

Students must complete a language through the 102 level

• ARBC        101 - Elementary Arabic I
• ARBC        102 - Elementary Arabic II
• CHIN         101 - Elementary Chinese I
• CHIN         102 - Elementary Chinese II
• FREN         101 - Elementary French I
• FREN         102 - Elementary French II
• GERM        101 - Elementary German I
• GERM        102 - Elementary German II
• JAPN         101 - Elementary Japanese I
• JAPN         102 - Elementary Japanese II
• LATN         101 -Elementary Latin I
• LATN         102 - Elementary Latin II
• RUSS        101 - Elementary Russian I
• RUSS        102 - Elementary Russian II
• SPAN         101 - Elementary Spanish I
• SPAN         102 - Elementary Spanish II

Humanities

• ENGL         101 - Topics In Literature: (subtitle)
• ENGL         111 - Diversity, Pluralism and Power in American Literature and Culture: (subtitle)
• ENGL         112 - Wold Cultures and Values in Literature and Culture: (subtitle)
• ENGL         113 - Contemporary Global Challenges in Literature and Culture: (subtitle)
• ENGL         114 - Sustainability & Literature: (subtitle)
• ENGL         280 - Yeats Summer School in Ireland
• FREN         213 - Intermediate Grammar, Culture and Communication
• GERM        213 - Intermediate Grammar, Culture and Communication
• HIST          112 - History Matters: (subtitle)
• HIST          161 - Issues in American History: (subtitle)
• HIST          163 - African American History to 1877
• HIST          164 - African American History from 1877
• HIST          204 - U.S. Since 1945
• HIST         240 - Studies in European History: (subtitle)
• HIST          243 - Europe in the Age of Revolution
• HIST          244 - Europe in the Shadow of War
• HIST          249 - Studies in American History: (subtitle)
• HIST          250 - Work and Workers in America
• HIST          261 - Native American History
• HIST          262 - American Indian Law and Public Policy
• HIST          263 - The Civil War and Reconstruction Era: 1830-1890
• HIST          264 - United States Immigration History
• HIST          266 - Civil Rights Movement in America
• HIST          267 - Women and U.S. Social Movements
• HIST          262 - American Indian Law and Public Policy
• HIST          270 - History of Latin America to 1825
• HIST          271 - History of Latin America since 1789
• HIST          272 - Pacific Worlds, 1500 to Present
• HIST          275 - Global History of Sexual Science
• HIST         281 - History of East Asia to 1800
• HIST          282 - History of Modern East Asia
• HIST          284 - Studies in Global History: (subtitle)
• HIST          287 - Modern Africa
• HIST          291 - The Islamic World: 600-1800
• HIST          292 - The Modern Islamic World: 1800’s to the Present
• HUMN        220 - Western Humanities I
• HUMN        221 - Western Humanities II
• HUMN        222 - Black Humanities
• PHIL          100 - Introduction to Philosophy
• PHIL         130 - Ethics
• PHIL          201 - Environmental Ethics
• PHIL         202 - World Religions & Contemporary Issues
• PHIL         204 - Feminist Philosophy
• PHIL         208 - Philosophy of Race
• PHIL         210 – Philosophy and Social Justice Topics (subtitle)
• PHIL          215 - Eastern Philosophy
• PHIL          218 - Philosophy of Religion
• PHIL          225 - Philosophy of the Arts
• PHIL          236 - Medicine and Morality
• PHIL          237 - Ethical Issues in Business
• PHIL          315 - Chinese Philosophy
• SPAN         213 - Intermediate Grammar, Culture and Communication
• WGST          201 - Historical and Political Topics: (subtitle)
• WGST          202 - Topics in Representation in the Humanities and Arts: (subtitle)
• WGST          205 - Topics in Gender, Sexuality, Queer Studies: (subtitle)
• WGST          230 - Introduction to Queer Studies
• WGST          310 - Race, Class and Gender

Mathematics and Quantitative Reasoning

• BIOL         350 - Foundations of Biostatistics
• ECON        205 - Business and Economic Statistics
• GEOG        125 - Digital Earth
• GEOG         278 - Statistics in Geography
• MATH        104 - Mathematical Ideas
• MATH        113 - Finite Mathematics for Society
• MATH        141 - Mathematical Concepts for Elementary Education II
• MATH        160 - Media Statistics
• MATH        213 - Applied Calculus
• MATH        221 - Calculus I
• MATH        237 - Introduction to Discrete Mathematics
• MATH        242 -  Elements of Probability and Statistics
• MATH        262 - Applied Statistics
• PHIL          111 - Introduction to Logic
• PHYS         230 - Digital Electronics
• PLSC         251 - Modern Political Analysis
• PSYC         250 - Introduction to Behavioral Statistics
• SOCL         211 - Statistics for Social Research

Scientific Reasoning, lecture and lab

• ASTR         105/106 - The Solar System/ The Solar System Laboratory
• ASTR         110/111 - Stars and Galaxies/ Stars and galaxies Laboratory
• BIOL          105/106 Human Biology
• BIOL          117 - General Biology : Cells, Genetics and Evolution
• BIOL          118 - General Biology Laboratory I
• BIOL          119 - General Biology: Diversity, Physiology, Ecology
• BIOL          120 - General Biology Laboratory II
• CHEM        104/105 - Chemistry and Society/ Chemistry and Society Laboratory
• CHEM        116/119 - Chemistry I/ Introductory Chemistry Lab
• CHEM        118 - Chemistry II
• CHEM        129 - Introduction to laboratory Research in Chemistry
• GEOG        111/112 - Physical Geography/ Physical Geography Laboratory
• GSCI          120/121 - Our Geological Environment/ Our Geological Environment Laboratory
• GSCI          140/141 - Environmental Science/ Environmental Science Laboratory
• GSCI          150/151 - The Geology of Climate Change and Energy/ The Geology of Climate Change and Energy Laboratory
• GSCI          160/161 - Physical Geology/ Physical Geology Laboratory
• GSCI          180 – Geology of the Solar System
• GSCI          200 - Environmental Geology
• PHYS         102/103 - Science of Sound/ Science of Sound Laboratory
• PHYS         104 - Sustainable Energy
• PHYS         106/107 - The Nature of Light and Color/ The Nature of Light and Color Laboratory
• PHYS         113/114 - General Physics I/ Physics I Lab
• PHYS         123/124 - Analytics Physics I/ Analytics Physics I Laboratory

Social Sciences

• ANTH 100 Intro to Cultural Anthropology
• ANTH 101 Exploration of Human Diversity
• ANTH 120 Language and Culture
• ANTH 208 Classics of Ethnography
• ANTH 215 Ancient Civilizations of the Old World
• ANTH 226 Anthropology of Latin America and the Caribbean
• ANTH 229 Ethnography and Film
• ANTH 231 Language and Gender
• ANTH 235 Ancient Civilizations of Mesoamerica and the Andes
• ANTH 313 Global Health Issues
• ANTH 316 Human Ecology
• ANTH 318 Gender and Sexuality in Latin America
• ANTH 319 Cross Cultural Politics of Reproduction
• ANTH 322 Anthopology of Borderlands
• ANTH 326 Race, Racism, and Antiracism in the Americas
• ANTH 337 Art and Material Culture
• COMN 100 - Introduction to Communication
• COMN 209 - Organizational and Small Group Communication
• ECON 110 - Introductory Microeconomics
• ECON 112 - Introductory Macroeconomics
• ECON 240 - Introduction to Environmental Economics
• ECON 340 - Environmental Economics
• ECON 346 - Health Economics
• ECON        355 - Economic Development and Growth
• ECON        356 - Women in the Economy
• GEOG        102 - Human Geography
• GEOG        123 - The Developing World
• PLSC         110 - American Politics
• PLSC         120 - Comparative Politics
• PLSC         140 - International Politics
• PLSC         344 - Climate Change Leadership and Politics
• PLSC         350 - Democratization
• PLSC         361 - Women and Politics
• PSYC         100 - Introduction to Psychology
• PSYC         215 - Child Development
• PSYC         216 - Adolescent Development
• PSYC         236 - Human Sexual Behavior
• PSYC         240 - Psychology and Social Justice
• PSYC         275 - Environmental Psychology
• PSYC         278 - Psychology of Happiness
• PSYC         308 - Psychology of Women
• PSYC         350 - Social Psychology
• PSYC         385 - Cross-Cultural Psychology
• SOCL         100 - Introduction to Sociology
• SOCL         102 - Introduction to Social Problems and Public Policy
• SOCL         105 - Introduction to Global Social Change
• SOCL         218 - Sociology of Environmental Issues
• SUST         124 - Sustainability & Environmental Issues
• WGST        203 - Introduction to Queer Studies
• WGST        231 – Language and Gender
• WGST        318 – Gender and Sexuality in Latin America