U.S. Diversity (USD) and International Perspectives (IP) designations reflected on this list are based on the online 2023-24 Catalog as of February 22, 2023.
General Education Approved Course List
Students should develop an understanding of human cultural heritage and history, and an appreciation of reasoning and the aesthetic value of human creativity.
| African American Studies (AF AM) | 201USD, 310IP, 311IP, 334USD, 347, 350, 353USD, 354USD, 469XUSD, 473USD |
| American Indian Studies (AM IN) | 201USD, 205USD, 210USD, 225USD, 240USD, 310, 311USD, 312USD, 313USD, 315, 324USD, 346USD, 426 |
| American Sign Language (ASL) | 325 |
| Anthropology (ANTHR) | 210USD, 225USD, 315, 321, 324USD, 369IP, 376AIP, 376BIP, 376CIP, 389 |
| Apparel, Events, and Hospitality Management (AESHM) | 342 |
| Apparel, Merchandising, and Design (A M D) | 257, 354IP, 356 |
| Arabic (ARABC) | 371XIP, 375IP |
| Architecture (ARCH) | 220, 221IP, 321USD, 322IP, 420, 422IP, 423IP, 424, 425, 426, 427IP, 429 |
| Art History (ART H) | 280IP, 281IP, 292, 293, 382IP, 383, 384IP, 385, 386USD, 388, 395USD, 396, 487, 489, 494, 498 |
| Biology (BIOL) | 307 |
| Chinese (CHIN) | 304IP, 370IP, 372IP, 375IP, 378IP, 403IP |
| Classical Studies (CL ST) | 273IP, 275IP, 310, 350, 353IP, 367, 368IP, 369IP, 370XIP, 372IP, 373IP, 374IP, 376AIP, 376BIP, 376CIP, 383, 384IP, 385IP, 402, 403, 410, 430, 480 |
| Criminal Justice Studies (C J) | 325, 332, 339USD |
| Dance (DANCE) | 270IP, 360 |
| Design Studies (DSN S) | 183 |
| Education (EDUC) | 347 |
| English (ENGL) | 120, 201, 207, 214, 222X, 225, 226, 227, 228, 237, 240USD, 245X, 260, 275, 310, 330, 335, 339, 345, 346USD, 347, 349, 350, 352, 353IP, 354IP, 355, 360, 362, 364, 370IP, 373, 375IP, 376AIP, 376BIP, 377X, 389IP, 393, 395IP, 396, 420, 422 |
| Environmental Studies (ENV S) | 334, 355, 362, 363 |
| French (FRNCH) | 304IP, 320IP, 326IP, 340IP, 370IP, 370FIP, 375IP, 378IP, 440IP, 476IP |
| German (GER) | 304IP, 320IP, 330IP, 370IP, 370GIP, 371IP, 375IP, 378IP, 476IP |
| Graphic Design (ARTGR) | 387IP |
| History (HIST) | 201IP, 202IP, 207IP, 211IP, 212, 221, 222, 255IP, 271, 280IP, 281IP, 284IP, 304, 307, 310IP, 311IP, 318, 320, 322XIP, 325, 327IP, 331, 336IP, 337IP, 339IP, 340, 341IP, 345X, 350XIP, 353USD, 354USD, 357, 362, 363, 364, 365, 366, 367, 370, 371USD, 372USD, 374IP, 380USD, 382, 383IP, 384IP, 385IP, 386USD, 387, 389IP, 390IP, 391, 396A, 396B, 396C, 402, 403, 405, 406, 407, 410IP, 414, 419, 420, 421IP, 422IP, 423, 424, 427, 428, 429, 431IP, 435IP, 441, 442IP, 449, 450, 451, 453, 454, 455, 457USD, 458, 459, 460, 461, 465, 468, 469XUSD, 473USD, 479, 481, 482, 488, 489, 496A, 496B, 496C |
| Human Development and Family Studies (HD FS) | 240USD |
| Interior Design (ARTID) | 355IP, 356IP |
| International Studies (INTST) | 395B |
| Journalism and Mass Communication (JL MC) | 140XUSD, 461, 464 |
| Landscape Architecture (L A) | 371, 373IP, 478D |
| Liberal Arts and Sciences (LAS) | 350B |
| Linguistics (LING) | 119IP, 120, 351IP, 354IP, 420, 422, 462, 463IP |
| Music (MUSIC) | 101, 102IP, 120, 224, 225, 234, 235, 302, 304, 383IP, 384IP, 472USD, 473, 475, 476 |
| Natural Resource Ecology and Management (NREM) | 313USD |
| Naval Science (N S) | 212 |
| Philosophy (PHIL) | 201, 206, 230, 235USD, 310, 314, 315, 316, 318, 320, 330, 331, 332, 334, 335, 336, 338, 339USD, 340, 343, 350, 363, 364, 366, 380, 382, 389, 410, 430, 435, 450, 465, 466, 485 |
| Political Science (POL S) | 235, 325, 333USD, 339USD, 387, 430, 431, 435 |
| Portugese (PORT) | 375IP |
| Psychology (PSYCH) | 348 |
| Religious Studies (RELIG) | 205IP, 210USD, 215, 242IP, 243, 321, 322, 325, 328, 332, 334USD, 336IP, 339, 348, 349IP, 350, 352IP, 358IP, 359IP, 360, 361X, 367, 368IP, 380, 389, 475 |
| Russian (RUS) | 304IP, 314IP, 370IP, 370AIP, 370BIP, 370RIP, 375IP, 378IP |
| Spanish (SPAN) | 195IP, 295IP, 302IP, 304IP, 305USD, 314IP, 321IP, 322IP, 323IP, 324IP, 325, 326IP, 327XIP, 330IP, 332IP, 351IP, 354IP, 370SIP, 377X, 378IP, 440IP, 441IP, 445IP, 462, 463IP |
| Speech Communication (SP CM) | 216USD, 275, 350 |
| Theatre (THTRE) | 106, 110, 465, 466 |
| U.S. Latino/a Studies (US LS) | 211USD, 305USD, 325, 351IP, 371USD, 372USD, 377X, 473USD |
| Women in Science and Engineering (WISE) | 307 |
| Women’s and Gender Studies (WGS) | 201USD, 210, 301IP, 307, 336IP, 338, 339, 345, 350, 352, 370FIP, 370GIP, 370RIP, 370SIP, 374IP, 380USD, 386USD, 387, 422, 457USD, 494 |
| World Film Studies (W F S) | 278IP |
| World Languages and Cultures (WLC) | 119IP, 205IP, 210USD, 270IP, 352IP, 358IP, 359IP, 370AIP, 370BIP, 370CIP, 371XIP |
Students should appreciate mathematics as a valuable tool of the sciences and as an intrinsically important way of thinking.
| Computer Science (COM S) | 107, 207, 227 |
| Linguistics (LING) | 207 |
| Mathematics (MATH) | 104, 105, 140, 143, 145, 150, 151, 160, 163X, 164X, 165, 166, 201, 265, 266, 267 |
| Philosophy (PHIL) | 207 |
| Statistics (STAT) | 101, 104, 201, 226 |
Students should experience science as a rational search for understanding the structure and behavior of the natural world.
| Agronomy (AGRON) | 120, 140IP, 160IP, 181, 182, 206, 240X, 320, 404, 405, 406IP, 452 |
| Anthropology (ANTHR) | 202, 307, 317, 319, 328, 424, 445 |
| Astronomy and Astrophysics (ASTRO) | 102, 103, 120, 150, 250 |
| Biochemistry, Biophysics, and Molecular Biology (BBMB) | 120, 120L, 121, 221 |
| Biology (BIOL) | 101, 155, 173, 204, 211, 211L, 212, 212L, 255, 255L, 256, 256L, 344, 350, 357 |
| Chemistry (CHEM) | 160, 163, 163L, 167, 167L, 177, 177L, 178, 178L, 201, 201L, 211, 211L, 231, 231L |
| Entomology (ENT) | 201, 211, 214, 240X, 370, 374IP |
| Environmental Science (ENSCI) | 324, 404, 405, 406IP, 452, 479 |
| Environmental Studies (ENV S) | 101, 108, 111, 120, 130, 140IP, 160IP, 173, 204, 324, 404 |
| Food Science and Human Nutrition (FS HN) | 101, 120, 120L, 167 |
| Genetics (GEN) | 320 |
| Geology (GEOL) | 100, 100L, 101, 102, 102L, 103, 105, 108, 111, 140IP, 160IP, 201, 324, 406, 452, 479 |
| International Studies (INTST) | 395D |
| Iowa Lakeside Laboratory (IA LL) | 312, 326, 367 |
| Meteorology (MTEOR) | 107, 140IP, 160IP, 206, 301, 324, 404, 405, 406IP |
| Microbiology (MICRO) | 101, 201, 201L, 302, 302L, 374IP |
| Natural Resource Ecology and Management (NREM) | 120, 130 |
| Physics (PHYS) | 101, 115, 115L, 131, 131L, 132, 132L, 231, 231L, 232, 232L, 241, 242, 302 |
| Psychology (PSYCH) | 310 |
| Women’s and Gender Studies (WGS) | 344 |
Students should develop an appreciation of the principal methods of studying human behavior and an understanding of the structure and functioning of institutions.
| Advertising (ADVRT) | 230 |
| African American Studies (AF AM) | 327, 330USD, 335USD, 355IP |
| Agronomy (AGRON) | 342IP, 450 |
| Air Force and Aerospace Studies (AFAS) | 341, 342 |
| American Indian Studies (AM IN) | 320, 322USD, 327XUSD, 332A, 332B, 332C, 332D |
| Anthropology (ANTHR) | 201IP, 220IP, 230IP, 306IP, 308, 309IP, 310IP, 313IP, 320, 322USD, 323AIP, 323BIP, 323CIP, 323DIP, 323EIP, 332A, 332B, 332C, 332D, 336IP, 340IP, 342IP, 354IP, 355IP, 411IP, 431, 450 |
| Apparel, Merchandising, and Design (A M D) | 165USD, 362IP, 467 |
| Classical Studies (CL ST) | 394IP, 395IP |
| Communication Studies (COMST) | 101, 210USD, 211, 218, 301, 310IP, 311, 314, 317, 325, 450B |
| Community and Regional Planning (C R P) | 201, 291IP, 293, 325, 376, 429, 435 |
| Criminal Justice Studies (C J) | 240, 241, 242, 315X, 320, 335USD, 340, 351, 352, 354, 402, 403, 470, 484 |
| Design (DES) | 230 |
| Economics (ECON) | 101, 102, 103X, 301, 302, 313, 320IP, 321USD, 344, 353, 355IP, 376, 380, 385IP, 387IP |
| Education (EDUC) | 333 |
| English (ENGL) | 319 |
| Environmental Studies (ENV S) | 220IP, 283, 293, 320, 336X, 342IP, 345IP, 380, 382IP, 450 |
| Food Science and Human Nutrition (FS HN) | 342IP |
| Gerontology (GERON) | 377 |
| Global Resource Systems (GLOBE) | 220IP, 222XIP, 385IP |
| Human Development and Family Studies (HD FS) | 102, 239USD, 276USD, 369, 377 |
| International Studies (INTST) | 235IP, 250IP, 395E, 430IP |
| Iowa Lakeside Laboratory (IA LL) | 427 |
| Journalism and Mass Communication (JL MC) | 101, 240, 260, 401, 462, 474IP, 476IP, 477USD |
| Leadership Studies (LD ST) | 301, 322USD, 333USD, 488 |
| Liberal Arts and Sciences (LAS) | 350D |
| Linguistics (LING) | 309IP, 319, 395IP |
| Materials Engineering (MAT E) | 220IP |
| Mechanical Engineering (M E) | 220IP |
| Naval Science (N S) | 220 |
| Political Science (POL S) | 101, 111, 121IP, 125IP, 222XIP, 232X, 261, 262, 271, 283, 305, 306, 308X, 310, 318, 319, 320, 334, 335, 336X, 337X, 338XIP, 340IP, 342IP, 343IP, 344, 346IP, 348IP, 349IP, 350IP, 353USD, 354IP, 355IP, 356, 357, 358, 359, 360, 361, 363, 364, 370, 379XIP, 381, 385USD, 404X, 405X, 409, 410X, 417, 419, 420, 421, 422, 425X, 443, 452IP, 453, 475, 477, 480, 487 |
| Psychology (PSYCH) | 101, 221X, 230, 250, 280, 312, 313, 314, 315, 316, 318, 320, 333, 335, 346USD, 347USD, 349X, 350, 360, 380, 383, 386 |
| Public Relations (P R) | 220 |
| Religious Studies (RELIG) | 277USD, 340IP, 370 |
| Sociology (SOC) | 134, 219, 220IP, 230, 235USD, 241, 277USD, 305, 310, 325, 327, 328, 330USD, 331USD, 332, 334, 340, 345IP, 348IP, 350USD, 380, 382IP, 401, 411IP, 415, 464 |
| Speech Communication (SP CM) | 110, 417 |
| U.S. Latino/a Studies (US LS) | 323AIP, 323BIP, 323CIP, 323DIP, 323EIP, 343IP, 347USD |
| Women’s and Gender Studies (WGS) | 203USD, 205USD, 320, 321USD, 325, 327, 328, 333USD, 342IP, 346USD, 349X, 385USD, 435, 488 |