2024-2025 Undergraduate Catalog

Approved GE Distribution Courses

Effective March 2022, students entering Kean as Freshmen or Transfers, must select all their remaining GE distribution courses from the following list. This applies to all students entering as of Fall 2002 and in all subsequent semesters. The following codes identify the distribution area in which a course may be used: GEHU Humanities; GESS Social Sciences; GESM Science and Mathematics.

 

GEHU Humanities
GESS Social Sciences
GESM Science and Mathematics
GEHPE Health and Physical Education

GEHU Humanities

Approved Courses

AH 1700ART FROM PREHISTORY THROUGH MIDDLE AGES

3

AH 1701HISTORY OF ART FROM THE RENAISSANCE TO THE MODERN WORLD

3

ASL 1101AMERICAN SIGN LANGUAGE I

3

ASL 1102BASIC AMERICAN SIGN LANGUAGE II

3

CHIN 1101BASIC CHINESE I

3

CHIN 1102BASIC CHINESE II

3

CHIN 2101INTERMEDIATE CHINESE I

3

CHIN 2102INTERMEDIATE CHINESE II

3

ENG 2403WORLD LITERATURE

3

FA 1000INTRODUCTION TO ART

3

FA 2950CREATIVE CONCEPTS IN ARTS AND CRAFTS

3

FREN 1101BASIC FRENCH I

3

FREN 1102BASIC FRENCH II

3

GE 1855FIRST YEAR SEMINAR

3

ID 1300INTRODUCTION TO WOMEN'S & GENDER STUDIES

3

ID 1451COLLEGE READING AND STUDY SKILLS

3

ID 1500CRITICAL READING & COMMUNITY

3

ID 3230UNDERSTANDING IMAGES:AN INTRODUCTION TO VISUAL STUDIES

3

MUS 1000MUSIC SURVEY

3

MUS 1050MUSIC FUNDAMENTALS

3

MUS 2220MUSIC IN WORLD CULTURE

3

PHIL 1100INTRODUCTION TO PHILOSOPHY

3

PHIL 2300INTRODUCTION TO ETHICS

3

PHIL 2505CRITICAL THINKING

3

PORT 1101BASIC PORTUGUESE I

3

PORT 1102BASIC PORTUGUESE II

3

REL 1700INTRODUCTION TO RELIGIONS OF THE WORLD

3

REL 2700EASTERN RELIGIONS

3

REL 2702WESTERN RELIGIONS: JUDAISM, CHRISTIANITY, ISLAM

3

SPAN 1101BASIC SPANISH I

3

SPAN 1102BASIC SPANISH II

3

THE 1000INTRODUCTION TO THEATRE

3

THE 1100ACTING I: THE ACTOR PREPARES

3

GESS Social Sciences

Approved Courses

ANTH 1800INTRODUCTION TO CULTURAL ANTHROPOLOGY

3

ANTH 1900INTRO TO ARCHEOLOGY

3

ANTH 2805FILMS OF THE AFRICAN WORLD EXPERIENCE

3

ECON 1000ECONOMIC ISSUES

3

ECON 1020PRINCIPLES OF ECONOMCS I

3

ECON 1021PRINCIPLES OF ECONOMCS II

3

ES 1010WORLD GEOGRAPHY

3

GS 2500INTRODUCTION TO GLOBAL STUDIES

3

HIST 1062WORLDS OF HISTORY: TRADITIONS AND ENCOUNTERS

3

ID 1350INTRODUCTION TO ENVIRONMENTAL ETHICS

3

ID 2415SMALL GROUP COMMUNICATION

3

PA 1001CIVIC ENGAGEMENT AND PUBLIC SERVICE

3

PS 1010INTRODUCTION TO POLITICS

3

PS 2100AMERICAN GOVERNMENT AND POLITICS

3

PS 2300INTRODUCTION TO COMPARATIVE POLITICS

3

PS 2400INTRODUCTION TO INTERNATIONAL RELATION

3

PS 2500RACE AND AMERICAN DEMOCRACY

3

PSY 1000GENERAL PSYCHOLOGY

3

SOC 1000INTRODUCTION TO SOCIOLOGY

3

SOC 2052METHODS OF SOCIAL RESEARCH

3

SOC 2100SOCIOLOGY OF THE FAMILY

3

SOC 2300AMERICAN ETHNIC & RACIAL GROUPS

3

SOC 2500INTRO TO GLOBAL STUDIES

3

GESM Science and Mathematics

Approved Courses

BIO 1000PRINCIPLES OF BIOLOGY

4

BIO 1300GENERAL BIOLOGY I: CELL BIOLOGY AND GENETICS

4

BIO 2402HUMAN PHYSIOLOGY AND ANATOMY

4

CHEM 1010PREPARATORY CHEMISTRY

4

CHEM 1030ESSENTIALS OF CHEMISTRY

4

CHEM 1083CHEMISTRY I

4

CHEM 1084CHEMISTRY II

4

CHEM 1200CHEMISTRY IN YOUR WORLD

3

CPS 1032MICROCOMPUTER APPLICATIONS

3

CPS 1231FUNDAMENTALS OF COMPUTER SCIENCE

4

ENV 1100FOUNDATIONS OF ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE

4

ES 1000OBSERVING THE EARTH

3

ES 1100INTRODUCTION TO ASTRONOMY

4

ES 1200INTRODUCTION TO GEOLOGY

4

ES 1300INTRODUCTION TO METEOROLOGY

4

FSC 1000INTRODUCTION TO FORENSIC SCIENCE

3

ID 1400COMPUTING IN MODERN SOCIETY

3

MATH 1000ALGEBRA FOR COLLEGE STUDENTS

3

MATH 1010FOUNDATIONS OF MATH

3

MATH 1016STATISTICS

3

MATH 1030PROBLEM SOLVING IN MATH

3

MATH 1044PRECALCULUS FOR BUSINESS

3

MATH 1054PRE-CALCULUS

3

PHYS 2091GENERAL PHYSICS I

4

PHYS 2092GENERAL PHYSICS II

4

PHYS 2095PHYSICS I

4

PHYS 2096PHYSICS II

4

SUST 1000INTRO TO SUSTAINABILITY SCIENCE

3