General Education

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CEE majors typically need 32 Units with 12-20 units from Arts & Humanities and 12-20 units from Social Sciences. All Science and Engineering requirements are fulfilled by major classes. All GE courses can be lower division.

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ATTENTION INTERNATIONAL STUDENTS
International students must also fulfill the American History & Institutions Requirement (AHI) before graduation. This is typically NOT satisfied with American History courses in schools outside of the United States. Please see the following site for a list of UCD classes that satisfy the AHI Requirement.
AHI Requirement

Major Courses with Needed GE Credit

Note: These courses can be voluntarily taken to overlap with GE requirements typically missing for ECIV and EENV majors. GE requirements that are usually needed are marked with an asterisk*.

Subject	Title	Units	Topical Breadth	Core Literacies
ECI 40	Introduction to Environmental Engineering	4	SE, SS*
ECI 123	Urban Systems and Sustainability	4	SE, SS*	ACGH, DD, SL
ECI 137	Construction Principles & Project Management	4	SE, SS*	QL
ECI 155	Water Resources Engineering Planning	4	SE, SS*	QL, SL, WE*
ECI 163	Energy and Environmental Aspects of Transportation	4	SE, SS*
ECI 165	Transportation Policy	4	SE, SS*

Popular GEs - Topics for Engineering

Note: Most of these courses are Social Science topical breadth, not Arts & Humanities, and many lack core literacies.

Subject	Title	Units	Topical Breadth	Core Literacies
AMS 5	Technology in American Lives	4	AH or SS	WE
AMS 21	Objects and Everyday Life	4	AH	ACGH, DD, WE
AHI 25	Understanding Architecture	4	AH	DD, VL, WC
ARE 15	Population, Environment and World Agriculture	4	SS	WC, WE
ARE 18	Business Law	4	SS
ENG 10	The Science Behind the Technology in Our Lives	4	SS
ESP 1	Environmental Analysis	4	SS
ESP 10	Current Issues in the Environment	3	SS	WE
ESP 171	Urban & Regional Planning	4	SS	WE
HIS 2	Intro to History of Science	4	AH, SS	WC, WE
HYD 10	Water, Power, Society	3	SS
LDA 1	Introduction to Environmental Design	4	AH or SS	VL, WC, WE
LDA 2	Place, Culture and Community	4	SS	ACGH, VL, WC, WE
LDA 3	Sustainable Development: Theory and Practice	4	SS	ACGH, VL, WE
MGT 11A	Elementary Accounting	4	SS
MGT 11B	Elementary Accounting	4	SS
MGT 140	Marketing for Tech Enterprise	4	SS
MGT 150	Technology Management	4	SS
PHI 24	Introduction to Ethics	4	AH	WE
SAS 2	Feeding the Planet: Influences on the Global Food Supply	3	SS
SAS 4	Water in Popular Culture	3	SS
SAS 8	Water Quality at Risk	3	SS	WE
SAS 9	Crisis in the Environment	3	SS	WE
SAS 10	Water, Power, Society	3	SS
SAS 12	Plants and Society	4	SS	WE
SAS 25	Global Climate Change	3	SS	OL, VL, WC, WE

Other Popular GEs - General

Course descriptions and prerequisites can be found in the General Catalog: https://catalog.ucdavis.edu/departments-programs-degrees/#programsanddegreestext

Subject	Title	Units	Topical Breadth	Core Literacies
AAS 10	African-American Culture and Society	4	SS	ACGH, DD, WE
AAS 181	Hip Hop in Urban America	4	AH	DD, VL
AHI 1A	Ancient Mediterranean Art	4	AH	VL, WC
AHI 1B	Medieval and Renaissance Art	4	AH	VL, WC
AHI 1C	Baroque to Modern Art	4	AH	VL, WC
AMS 10	Introduction to American Studies	4	AH or SS	ACGH, DD, WE
ANT 2	Cultural Anthropology	4	SS	ACGH, DD, WC, WE
ASA 1	Historical Experience of Asian Americans	4	AH or SS	ACGH, DD, VL, WC, WE
CHI 10	Introduction to Chicana/o Studies	4	AH or SS	ACGH, DD, OL, WE
CHI 50	Chicana and Chicano Culture	4	AH	ACGH, DD, WC, WE
CHI 65	New Latin American Cinema	4	AH	VL, WC, WE
CLA 3	Rome and the Mediterranean	4	AH	WE, WC
CLA 10	Greek, Roman, and Near Eastern Mythology	3	AH	VL, WC
COM 6	Myths and Legends	4	AH	WC, WE
ECN 1A	Principles of Microeconomics	4	SS	ACGH, QL
ECN 1B	Principles of Macroeconomics	4	SS	ACGH, QL
FMS 1	Introduction to Film Studies	4	AH	OL, VL, WC, WE
FMS 45	Vampires and Other Horrors in Film and Media	4	AH	ACGH, DD, OL, VL, WC, WE
FST 10	Food Science, Folklore and Health	3	SS	SL VL, WC
HDE 12	Human Sexuality	3	SS	ACGH, DD
HIS 4A, B	History of Western Civilization	4	AH or SS	WC, WE
HIS 4C	History of Western Civilization	4	AH or SS	VL, WC, WE
HIS 7A, B, C	History of Latin America; A: to 1700; B: 1700-1900; C: 1900-present	4	AH or SS	WC, WE
HIS 9A, B	History of East Asian Civilization	4	AH or SS	WC, WE
HIS 17A, B	History of the United States	4	AH or SS	ACGH, DD, WE
HIS 111A, B, C	Ancient History	4	AH or SS	WC, WE
HUM 13	Witches: Myth and Historical Reality	4	AH	WC, WE
LIN 1	Introduction to Linguistics	4	AH or SS
MUS 10	Introduction to Musical Literature	4	AH	VL, WC
MUS 11	Musics of the World	4	AH	VL, WC
MUS 105	History and Analysis of Jazz	4	AH,	ACGH, DD, WE
MUS 106	History of Rock Music	4	AH	ACGH, VL, WE
NAS 10	Native American Experience	4	AH or SS	DD, WC, WE
PHE 120	Sport in American Society	3	SS
PHI 1	Introduction to Philosophy	4	AH	WE
PHI 13	Minds, Brains, and Computers	4	SS
PLS 006V	Flower Power: Art & Science of Flowers & Their Uses	2	AH, SE
POL 1	American National Government	4	SS	ACGH, WE
POL 3	International Relations	4	SS	WC, WE
PSC 1	General Psychology	4	SS
RST 10	Contemporary Ethical Issues	2	AH	WE
SAS 30	Mushrooms, Molds, and Society	3	SS
SOC 1	Introduction to Sociology	5	SS	ACGH, DD
WMS 50	Introduction to Critical Gender Studies	4	AH or SS	ACGH, DD, VL, WE