General Education List of Courses to be Certified/Recertified
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| Course & Number | Course Name | Next Certification Date | Current General Education Category |
| ANTH 1000 | Mysteries of the Human Journey | 2020-21 | Behavioral & Social Sciences |
| ANTH 1100 / ANTH 1100L | Biological Anthropology | 2019-20 | Natural Science Lab |
| ANTH 1200 | Cultural Anthropology | 2021-22 | Non-Western |
| ANTH 1400 | Introduction to Archaeology | 2020-21 | Behavioral & Social Sciences |
| ART 1110 | Introduction to Art | 2021-22 | Visual & Performing Arts |
| ART 2140 | The History of Western Art from Prehistoric through Medieval | 2019-20 | Historical Understanding |
| ART 2140 | The History of Western Art from Prehistoric through Medieval | 2019-20 | Visual & Performing Arts |
| ART 2150 | The History of Western Art from Renaissance to the Present | 2019-20 | Historical Understanding |
| ART 2150 | The History of Western Art from Renaissance to the Present | 2019-20 | Visual & Performing Arts |
| ART 3010 | Art Structure | 2020-21 | Visual & Performing Arts |
| ASTR 1010 | Introduction to Astronomy: The Solar System | 2021-22 | Natural Science non-lab |
| ASTR 1010 & 1010L | Introduction to Astronomy: The Solar System & Lab | 2021-22 | Natural Science Lab |
| ASTR 1020 & 1020L | Introduction to Astronomy: Stars to Galaxies & Lab | 2021-22 | Natural Science Lab |
| BIOL 1100 | Conservation and Biodiversity | 2021-22 | Natural Science non-lab |
| BIOL 1110 & 1110L | Principles of Biology I & Lab | 2021-22 | Natural Science Lab |
| BIOL 1120 & 1120L | Principles of Biology II & Lab | 2019-20 | Natural Science Lab |
| BIOL 2100 & 2100L | Micro and Health & Lab | 2021-22 | Natural Science Lab |
| CHEM 1110 & 1110L | General Chemistry I and Lab | 2021-22 | Natural Science Lab |
| CHEM 1019 | Light and Life | 2020-21 | Natural Science Lab |
| CHEM 1120 & 1120L | General Chemistry II and Lab | 2021-22 | Natural Science Lab |
| CLAS 1200 | Legendary Rome: Epic Founders, Wicked Emperors, Saintly Martyrs | 2020-21 | Literature |
| CLAS 1200 | Legendary Rome: Epic Founders, Wicked Emperors, Saintly Martyrs | 2020-21 | Thought, Values & Belief |
| CLAS 3960 | Classical Mythology | 2020-21 | Literature |
| CLAS 3960 | Classical Mythology | 2020-21 | Thought, Values & Beliefs |
| COMM 2200 | Mass Media History | 2019-20 | Historical Understanding |
| COMM 2250 | Television and Pop Culture | 2021-22 | Visual & Performing Arts |
| COMM 3200 | Mass Communication Perspectives | 2018-19 | Behavioral & Social Sciences |
| COMM 3550 | Documentary I: History, Theory and Practice | 2019-20 | Thought, Values & Beliefs |
| COMM 3550 | Documentary I: History, Theory and Practice | 2019-20 | Visual & Performing Arts |
| CPSC 3610 | Ethical and Social Issues in Computing | 2020-21 | Thought, Values & Beliefs |
| CRMJ 1100 | Introduction to Criminal Justice System | 2021-22 | Behavioral & Social Sciences |
| CRMJ 2950 | Violence Against Women | 2021-22 | Behavioral & Social Sciences |
| ECON 1010 | Principles of Economics: Macroeconomics | 2018-19 | Behavioral & Social Sciences |
| ECON 1020 | Principles of Economics: Microeconomics | 2018-19 | Behavioral & Social Sciences |
| ENGL 1010 | Rhetoric & Composition I | 2021-22 | Rhetoric & Writing I |
| ENGL 1011 | Rhetoric & Composition with Writing Tutorial | 2021-22 | Rhetoric & Writing I |
| ENGL 1020 | Rhetoric & Composition II | 2021-22 | Rhetoric & Writing II |
| ENGL 1130 | Western Humanities I | 2021-22 | Literature |
| ENGL 1130 | Western Humanities I | 2018-19 | Thought, Values & Beliefs |
| ENGL 1150 | Western Humanities II | 2019-20 | Literature |
| ENGL 1150 | Western Humanities II | 2019-20 | Thought, Values & Beliefs |
| ENGL 1310 | Values in 20th Century American Fiction | 2021-22 | Literature |
| ENGL 1330 | Introduction to Literature | 2021-22 | Literature |
| ENGL 2060r | Topics in Literature | 2020-21 | Literature |
| ENGL 2070r | Topics in Rhetoric | 2020-21 | Literature |
| ENGL 2080r | Topics in Intellectual Inquiry | 2020-21 | Literature |
| ENGL 2080r | Topics in Intellectual Inquiry | 2020-21 | Thoughts, Values & Beliefs |
| ENGL 2210 | Survey of English Literature to 1800 | 2021-22 | Literature |
| ENGL 2220 | Survey of English Literature since 1800 | Decertified effective FA 2017 | Literature |
| ENGL 2410 | Western World Literature I | 2021-22 | Literature |
| ENGL 2420 | Western World Literature II | 2021-22 | Literature |
| ENGL 2510r | Popular Fiction | 2020-21 | Literature |
| ENGL 2520 | African-American Literature | 2021-22 | Literature |
| ENGL 2530r | Topics in Literature and War | 2020-21 | Literature |
| ENGL 2540 | The Romantic Experience | 2019-20 | Literature |
| ENGL 2700 | Creative Writing | 2019-20 | Literature |
| ENGL 2700 | Creative Writing | 2019-20 | Visual & Performing Arts |
| ENGL 3230 | African-American Slave Narrative Tradition | 2020-21 | Historical Understanding |
| ENGL 3230 | African-American Slave Narrative Tradition | 2020-21 | Literature |
| ENGL 3340 | Shakespeare: An Introduction | Decertified effective FA 2017 | Literature |
| ENGL 3560 | African Literature | 2019-20 | Literature |
| ENGL 3560 | African Literature | 2019-20 | Non-Western |
| ENGL 3210 | American Women Writers | 2018-19 | Literature |
| ENGR 2110 | Pollutions Controls | 2019-20 | Natural Science non-lab |
| ENGR 2220 | Probability and Stats for Engineering | 2019-20 | Statistics |
| ENGR 3010 | The Ethics of Contemporary and Emerging Technologies | 2021-22 | Thoughts, Values & Beliefs |
| ESC 1100 | Conservation and Biodiversity | 2021-22 | Natural Science non-lab |
| ESC 1500 & 1500L | Introduction to Environmental Problems I & Lab | 2020-21 | Natural Science Lab |
| ESC 1510 & 1510L | Introduction to Environmental Problems II & Lab | 2020-21 | Natural Science Lab |
| GEOG 1010 | Physical Geography | 2021-22 | Natural Science Lab |
| GEOG 1030 | World Geography | 2021-22 | Non-Western |
| GEOG 1040 | Cultural Geography | 2019-20 | Behavioral & Social Sciences |
| GEOL 1025 | Geology of the National Parks | 2019-20 | Natural Science non-lab |
| GEOL 1110 & 1110L | Physical Geology & Lab | 2019-20 | Natural Science Lab |
| GEOL 1120 & 1120L | Historical Geology & Lab | 2021-22 | Natural Science Lab |
| GEOL 1160 | Current Geological Perspectives on Earth | 2021-22 | Natural Science non-lab |
| GEOL 2250 | Oceanography | 2020-21 | Natural Science non-lab |
| GNSC 1150 | Science and Society | 2018-19 | Natural Science non-lab |
| GNSC 1110 & 1110L | The Physical Environment: Atoms to Galaxies & Lab | 2018-19 | Natural Science Lab |
| HHP 4010 | Measurement and Evaluation in Exercise Sci and Leisure Sports | 2018-19 | Statistics |
| HHP 4070 | Sociology & Psychology of Exercise Sci and Leisure Sports | 2021-22 | Behavioral & Social Sciences |
| HIST 1110 | World History from the Origins to 1400 | 2021-20 | Non-Western |
| HIST 1110 | World History from the Origins to 1400 | 2021-20 | History |
| HIST 1110 | World History from the Origins to 1400 | 2021-20 | Thoughts, Values & Beliefs |
| HIST 1120 | World History from 1400 to the Present | 2021-22 | Non-Western |
| HIST 1120 | World History from 1400 to the Present | 2021-22 | Historical Understanding |
| HIST 2010 | United States to 1865 | 2021-22 | Historical Understanding |
| HIST 2020 | United States since 1865 | 2021-22 | Historical Understanding |
| HIST 2030 | History of Tennessee | 2021-22 | Historical Understanding |
| HIST 2100 | Research & Writing in History | 2019-20 | Rhetoric & Writing II |
| HIST 2210 | Medieval Europe: c. 300 - 1500 | 2021-22 | Historical Understanding |
| HIST 2220 | Early Modern Europe: c. 1500 - 1800 | 2021-22 | Historical Understanding |
| HIST 2230 | Modern Europe: c. 1800 - present | 2021-22 | Historical Understanding |
| HIST 2410 | Colonial and Revolutionary America | 2021-22 | Historical Understanding |
| HIST 2420 | Early National and Antebellum America | 2021-22 | Historical Understanding |
| HIST 2430 | The Era of the Civil War and Reconstruction | 2021-22 | Historical Understanding |
| HIST 2440 | Gilded Age to Jazz Age | 2021-22 | Historical Understanding |
| HIST 2450 | Depression Era to Recent Times | 2021-22 | Historical Understanding |
| HIST 2460 | History of the American South | 2021-22 | Historical Understanding |
| HIST 2610 | History of Sub-Saharan Africa to c. 1800 | 2021-22 | Non-Western |
| HIST 2610 | History of Sub-Saharan Africa to c. 1800 | 2021-22 | Historical Understanding |
| HIST 2620 | History of Sub-Saharan Africa since 1800 | 2021-22 | Historical Understanding |
| HIST 2620 | History of Sub-Saharan Africa since 1800 | 2021-22 | Non-Western |
| HIST 2810 | East Asia in the Pre-Modern World | 2021-22 | Non-Western |
| HIST 2810 | East Asia in the Pre-Modern World | 2021-22 | Historical Understanding |
| HIST 2820 | East Asia and the Modern World | 2021-22 | Non-Western |
| HIST 2820 | East Asia and the Modern World | 2021-22 | Historical Understanding |
| HIST 2850 | Colonial Latin America | 2021-22 | Non-Western |
| HIST 2850 | Colonial Latin America | 2021-22 | Historical Understanding |
| HIST 2860 | Latin America from Independence to the Present | 2021-22 | Non-Western |
| HIST 2860 | Latin America from Independence to the Present | 2021-22 | Historical Understanding |
| HIST 2880 | History of the Modern Middle East | 2021-22 | Non-Western |
| HIST 2880 | History of the Modern Middle East | 2021-22 | Historical Understanding |
| HIST 3420 | Gender, Sex, Society | 2019-20 | Thought, Values & Beliefs |
| HUM 2300 | Contemporary Francophone African Cinema | 2019-20 | Non-Western |
| HUM 2300 | Contemporary Francophone African Cinema | 2019-20 | Thought, Values & Beliefs |
| HUM 2300 | Contemporary Francophone African Cinema | 2019-20 | Visual & Performing Arts |
| HUM 2520 | African-American Literature | 2021-22 | Literature |
| HUM 2540 | The Romantic Experience | 2019-20 | Literature |
| HUM 3110 | Music of the World | 2019-20 | Non-Western |
| HUM 3110 | Music of the World | 2019-20 | Visual & Performing Arts |
| HUM 3230 | African-American Slave Narrative Tradition | 2020-21 | Literature |
| HUM 3230 | African-American Slave Narrative Tradition | 2020-21 | Historical Understanding |
| IARC 1200 | Survey of Architecture | 2019-20 | Historical Understanding |
| INTS 1110 | The Science of Sustainability | 2021-22 | Natural Science Non-Lab |
| MATH 1010 | Math in Our Modern World | 2020-21 | Mathematics |
| MATH 1130 | College Algebra | 2021-22 | Mathematics |
| MATH 1710 | Precalculus I | 2020-21 | Mathematics |
| MATH 1830 | Calculus for Management, Life, and Social Sciences | 2018-19 | Mathematics |
| MATH 1950 | Calculus and Analytic Geometry | 2018-19 | Mathematics |
| MATH 2100 | Introductory Statistics | 2021-22 | Statistics |
| MATH 2160 | Mathematics for Elementary and Middle School Teachers II | 2019-20 | Mathematics |
| MATH 3100 | Applied Statistics | 2018-19 | Statistics |
| MATH 4140 | Mathematical Statistics | 2018-19 | Statistics |
| MGT 2110 | Statistical Methods for Business | 2021-22 | Statistics |
| MLNG 1050 | Knights of the Round Table in Film and Legend | 2020-21 | Literature |
| MLNG 1050 | Knights of the Round Table in Film and Legend | 2020-21 | Thought, Values & Beliefs |
| MLNG 1500 | World Cinema | 2020-21 | Visual & Performing Arts |
| MLNG 2300 | Contemporary Francophone African Cinema | 2019-20 | Non-Western |
| MLNG 2300 | Contemporary Francophone African Cinema | 2019-20 | Thought, Values & Beliefs |
| MLNG 2300 | Contemporary Francophone African Cinema | 2019-20 | Visual & Performing Arts |
| MLNG 3100 | Masterpieces in Germanic Translation | 2019-20 | Literature |
| MUS 1110 | Introduction to Music | 2021-22 | Visual & Performing Arts |
| MUS 3110 | Music of the World | 2019-20 | Non-Western |
| MUS 3110 | Music of the World | 2019-20 | Visual & Performing Arts |
| MUS 3130 | America's Musical Heritage | 2018-19 | Visual & Performing Arts |
| MUS 3170 | Survey of Jazz | 2021-22 | Visual & Performing Arts |
| MUS 3200 | African American Music: An Introduction | 2019-20 | Visual & Performing Arts |
| PHIL 1010 | Western Philosophical Traditions I | 2019-20 | Thought, Values & Beliefs |
| PHIL 1020 | Western Philosophical Traditions II | 2019-20 | Thought, Values & Beliefs |
| PHIL 1130 | Western Humanities I | 2018-19 | Historical Understanding |
| PHIL 1130 | Western Humanities I | 2018-19 | Thought, Values & Beliefs |
| PHIL 1150 | Western Humanities II | Decertified effective FA 2017 | Historical Understanding |
| PHIL 1150 | Western Humanities II | Decertified effective FA 2017 | Thought, Values & Beliefs |
| PHIL 1200 | World Philosophy | 2021-22 | Non-Western |
| PHIL 1200 | World Philosophy | 2021-22 | Thought, Values & Beliefs |
| PHIL 2010 | Introduction to Philosophy | 2018-19 | Thought, Values & Beliefs |
| PHIL 2120 | Introduction to Asian Philosophy | 2020-21 | Non-Western |
| PHIL 2120 | Introduction to Asian Philosophy | 2020-21 | Thought, Values & Beliefs |
| PHIL 2210 | Introduction to Ethics | 2019-20 | Thought, Values & Beliefs |
| PHIL 2250 | Biomedical Ethics | 2018-19 | Thought, Values & Beliefs |
| PHIL 2260 | Sports Ethics | 2021-22 | Thought, Values & Beliefs |
| PHIL 2310 | Existentialism | 2019-20 | Literature |
| PHIL 2310 | Existentialism | 2019-20 | Thought, Values & Beliefs |
| PHIL 2350 | Popular Culture, Religion and Philosophy | 2021-22 | Thought, Values & Beliefs |
| PHIL 3250 | Biomedical Ethics (renumbered PHIL 2250 FA 2016) | deactivated Fa 2016 | Thought, Values & Beliefs |
| PHIL 4250 | Ethics and the Professions | 2019-20 | Thought, Values & Beliefs |
| PHYS 1019 | Light and Life | 2020-21 | Natural Science Lab |
| PHYS 1030 & 1030L | General Physics: Mechanics and Heat & Lab | 2021-22 | Natural Science Lab |
| PHYS 1040 & 1040L | General Physics: Electromagnetism and Optics & Lab | 2021-22 | Natural Science Lab |
| PHYS 2300 & 2300L | Principles of Physics: Mechanics and Heat & Lab | 2021-22 | Natural Science Lab |
| PHYS 2310 & 2310L | Principles of Physics: Electricity and Magnetism | 2021-22 | Natural Science Lab |
| PSPS 1010 | American Politics | 2021-22 | Behavioral & Social Sciences |
| PSPS 1020 | World Politics | 2021-22 | Behavioral & Social Sciences |
| PSPS 1030 | Controversies in Public Policy | 2018-19 | Behavioral & Social Sciences |
| PSPS 1040 | Politics, Culture & Society: Non-Western Views | 2018-19 | Non-Western |
| PSPS 1040 | Politics, Culture & Society: Non-Western Views | 2018-19 | Thought, Values & Beliefs |
| PSPS 2030 | Introduction to Statistics for Public Administration and Nonprofit Management | 2021-22 | Statistics |
| PSPS 2700 | Comparative Government | 2020-21 | Non-Western |
| PSPS 3052 | Political Philosophy I | 2021-22 | Thought, Values & Beliefs |
| PSPS 3053 | Political Philosophy I | 2021-22 | Thought, Values & Beliefs |
| PSY 1010 | Introduction to Psychology | 2018-19 | Behavioral & Social Sciences |
| PSY 2010 | Research Method-Introductory Statistics in Psychology | 2019-20 | Statistics |
| PSY 2410 | Psychology of Individual Differences | 2021-22 | Behavioral & Social Sciences |
| REL 1030 | Introduction to the Study of Religion | 2020-21 | Thought, Values & Beliefs |
| REL 1100 | Introduction to Western Religions | 2019-20 | Historical Understanding |
| REL 1100 | Introduction to Western Religions | 2019-20 | Thought, Values & Beliefs |
| REL 2110 | Religions of the East | 2020-21 | Non-Western |
| REL 2110 | Religions of the East | 2020-21 | Thought, Values & Beliefs |
| REL 2120 | Introduction to Asian Philosophy | 2020-21 | Non-Western |
| REL 2120 | Introduction to Asian Philosophy | 2020-21 | Thought, Values & Beliefs |
| REL 2130 | A History of Judaism | 2018-19 | Thought, Values & Beliefs |
| REL 2140 | The History of Christianity | 2021-22 | Thought, Values & Beliefs |
| REL 2210 | Biblical Literature I: Old Testament | 2021-22 | Literature |
| REL 2210 | Biblical Literature I: Old Testament | 2021-22 | Thought, Values & Beliefs |
| REL 2220 | Biblical Literature II: New Testament | 2018-19 | Literature |
| REL 2220 | Biblical Literature II: New Testament | 2018-19 | Thought, Values & Beliefs |
| REL 2350 | Popular Culture, Religion and Philosophy | 2021-22 | Thought, Values & Beliefs |
| REL 2360 | Religion in American Life | 2018-19 | Thought, Values & Beliefs |
| REL 3200 | Religions of India | 2021-22 | Non-Western |
| REL 3200 | Religions of India | 2021-22 | Thought, Values & Beliefs |
| SOC 1250 | Sociology of Social Problems | 2021-22 | Behavioral & Social Sciences |
| SOC 1510 | Introduction to Sociology | Decertified effective FA 2018 | Behavioral & Social Sciences |
| SOC 2150 | Sociology of the Family | 2020-21 | Behavioral & Social Sciences |
| SOC 2500 | Social Statistics | 2021-22 | Statistics |
| SOCW 2050 | Introduction to Social Policy: A Child and Family Perspective | 2021-22 | Behavioral & Social Sciences |
| SOCW 2100 | Family Experience: Ethnicity, Race, Class and Gender | 2018-19 | Behavioral & Social Sciences |
| STEM 3010 | Perspectives on Science and Mathematics | Decertified effective FA 2017 | Thought, Values & Beliefs |
| THSP 1110 | Introduction to the Theater | 2020-21 | Visual & Performing Arts |
| THSP 1130 | Introduction to Dance | 2017-18 | Visual & Performing Arts |
| THSP 1150 | Theater: Introduction to Performance | Decertified effective FA 2018 | Visual & Performing Arts |
| THSP 2300 | Contemporary Francophone African Cinema | 2018-19 | Non-Western |
| THSP 2300 | Contemporary Francophone African Cinema | 2018-19 | Thought, Values & Beliefs |
| THSP 2300 | Contemporary Francophone African Cinema | 2018-19 | Visual & Performing Arts |
| THSP 2800 | Introduction to Film | 2018-19 | Visual & Performing Arts |
| UHON 1010 | Humanities I | 2018-19 | Literature |
| UHON 1010 | Humanities I | 2018-19 | Rhetoric & Writing I |
| UHON 1020 | Humanities II | 2020-21 | Rhetoric & Writing II |
| UHON 1020 | Humanities II | 2020-21 | Thought, Values & Beliefs |
| UHON 3510r | Topics in Historical Understanding | 2020-21 | Historical Understanding |
| UHON 3520r | Topics in Literature | 2020-21 | Literature |
| UHON 3530r | Topics in Thought, Values & Beliefs | 2020-21 | Thought, Values & Beliefs |
| UHON 3540r | Topics in Visual & Performing Arts | 2020-21 | Visual & Performing Arts |
| UHON 3550r | Topics in Behavioral & Social Sciences | 2020-21 | Behavioral & Social Sciences |
| UHON 3560r | Topics in Natural Science (Non-lab) | 2020-21 | Natural Science (Non-lab) |
| UHON 3565r | Topics in Natural Science (lab) | 2020-21 | Natural Science (Lab) |
| UHON 3570r | Topics in Mathematics | 2020-21 | Mathematics |
| UHON 3580r | Topics in Statistics | 2020-21 | Statistics |
| UHON 3590r | Topics in Non-Western Culture | 2020-21 | Non-Western |
| WSTU 2000 | Introduction to Women's Studies | 2018-19 | Behavioral & Social Sciences |
| WSTU 3210 | American Women Writers | 2018-19 | Literature |
| WSTU 3420 | Gender, Sex, Society | 2019-20 | Thought, Values & Beliefs |