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• MHL145 American Jazz and Popular Music OR
• MHL146 Survey of Broadway Musicals OR
• MHL153 Rock Music and Culture OR
• THE111 Introduction to Theatre OR
• THE220 Modern Drama
AND
1) Select one of the following EDU, ENH or HUM courses (3)
• EDU/ENH291 Children's Literature (Recommended) OR
• ENH110 Introduction to Literature OR
• ENH241 American Literature Before 1860 OR
• ENH242 American Literature After 1860 OR
• HUM250 Ideas and Values in the Humanities OR
• HUM251 Ideas and Values in the Humanities
6. Social-Behavioral Sciences [SB] . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6
Note that some of these courses also have Awareness Areas designations (see section 2 below) and can be
used to satisfy [G] and/or [H] requirement as well as [SB]. (AGEC designations are subject to change. See
AGEC matrix for each course's value(s) in the semester it is taken.)
1) Select one of the following US History/Government courses* (3)
These courses satisfy the United States Constitution requirement for state teacher certification.
• HIS103 United States History to 1865 OR
• POS110 American National Government OR
• GCU/POS113 United States and Arizona Social Studies
2) Select one of the following CFS, ECH, GCU, ECN, HIS or PSY courses (3)
• CFS205 Human Development OR
• ECH/CFS176 Child Development OR
• GCU121 World Geography I: Eastern Hemisphere OR
• GCU122 World Geography II: Western Hemisphere OR
• ECN211 Macroeconomic Principles OR
• ECN212 Microeconomic Principles OR
• HIS104 United States History 1865 to Present OR
• PSY101 Introduction to Psychology
7. Natural Sciences [SQ, SG] . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8
The lecture courses selected for Natural Sciences must include or be accompanied by the corresponding
laboratory course for a total of 4 credits each. At least four (4) credits must be designated as SQ. Eight (8)
credits of SG will not satisfy this requirement.
1) Life Sciences: Select four (4) credits of SQ in Biology (BIO) from the following courses. (4)
• BIO100 Biology Concepts
• BIO101 Introduction to Human Genetics for Non-Majors
• BIO102 Cells to Systems: An Introduction to Biology for Non-Majors
• BIO105 Environmental Biology
• BIO107 Introduction to Biotechnology
• BIO108 Plants and Society
• BIO156 Introductory Biology for Allied Health
• BIO156XT Introductory Biology for Allied Health
• BIO181 General Biology (Majors) I
• BIO241 Human Genetics AND
