We are committed to making sure you have the skills and knowledge to succeed in a career that may be characterized by many roles, often across multiple fields. UBalt's flexible general-education program encompasses Maryland requirements, as well as specific University of Baltimore requirements. You'll be engaged, challenged and offered opportunities to develop skills and competencies that will last a lifetime.
Our undergraduate curriculum includes 38 credits of general education in the following areas for all new students entering beginning fall 2022:
Students must complete one course from each of two different disciplines (discipline
is designated by course label, e.g. ARTS, HIST, or SPAN) .
ARTS 101 Music And Arts As Craft
ARTS 121 World Music
ARTS 201 The Arts In Society
ARTS 230 The Art Of Film
ARTS 240 The Baltimore Art World
ARTS 297 Topics In The Arts I
ARTS 304 Arts And Ideas
CMAT 130 Baltimore In The Media
CMAT 215 Introduction To Design
CMAT 216 History Of Graphic Design
CMAT 231 Decoding Media
CMAT 271 Interpreting Pop Culture
CMAT 297 Topics In Digital Communication
CMAT 333 Media Genres
ENGL 200 The Experience Of Literature
ENGL 211 Popular Writing
ENGL 215 Introduction To Creative Writing
ENGL 250 Exploring Literature
ENGL 297 Topics In English
ENGL 311 Wells Of The Past: Classical Foundations
ENGL 313 Worlds Beyond The West
ENGL 315 The Short Story
ENGL 316 Modern Poetry
ENGL 317 The Novel
ENGL 320 Contemporary Literature
ENGL 331 Popular Genres
ENGL 332 Literature And Film
ENGL 333 Media Genres
ENGL 334 Oral Interpretation Of Literature
ENGL 335 Children's Literature
ENGL 336 Young Adult Literature And Culture
ENGL 338 Modern Drama
ENGL 349 American Identities: Explorations In The Past And Present
ENGL 350 Topics In African-american Literature
ENGL 354 Love In Literature
ENGL 356 Literature And Law
ENGL 358 Tolkien: Master Of Fantasy
ENGL 360 Major Authors
ENGL 365 Shakespeare's Influence
ENGL 371 Women's Literary History
ENGL 372 Topics In Women's Literature
ENGL 374 Austen, The Brontes And Woolf: Rooms Of Their Own
ENGL 392 The Archaeology Of Language
GAME 150 Introduction To Game Design
HIST 101 World History To 1500
HIST 102 World History Since 1500
HIST 111 Early America
HIST 112 Modern America
HIST 121 World History Of Art To 1500
HIST 122 World History Of Art From 1500
HIST 123 World History Of Art
HIST 197 Conflicts In History
HIST 204 African American History To 1865
HIST 205 African American History Since 1865
HIST 240 Everyday Lives
HIST 250 Digital History
HIST 290 Great Issues In History
HIST 306 Popular Music In U.s. History
HIST 308 History Of American Business
HIST 314 War In Europe, 1914-1945
HIST 315 Europe Since 1945
HIST 316 Black Europe
HIST 321 America Since 1940
HIST 324 Modern China
HIST 350 History Of U.s. Foreign Relations
HIST 360 Darwin, Marx, Nietzsche And Freud
HIST 364 Civil Rights In U.s. History
HIST 381 American Cities
HIST 390 Film And History
PHIL 101 Introduction To Philosophy
PHIL 140 Contemporary Moral Issues
PHIL 150 Critical Thinking And Arguments
PHIL 250 Social And Political Philosophy
PHIL 280 Environmental Ethics
PHIL 317 Ancient Philosophy
PHIL 319 Modern Philosophy
PHIL 320 20th Century Philosophy
PHIL 322 God, Philosophy, And Religion
PHIL 419 The World's Religions In America
PHIL 490 Theories Of Justice
PHIL 496 International Law And Morality
SPAN 125 Introduction To Spanish I
SPAN 126 Introduction To Spanish Ii
SPAN 470 Spanish-- Independent Study
SPAN 497 Advanced Topics In Spanisht
Students must complete one course upper division ethics course.
IDIS 302 Ethical Issues In Business And Society
Students must complete one non-lab course.
BIOL 101 Humankind And The Biological World
CHEM 101 Chemistry And The Modern World
ENVS 175 Introduction To Ecology
ENVS 201 Environmental Sustainability
PHSC 101 Earth In Focus
Students must complete one lab course.
BIOL 111 Human Biology With Lab
BIOL 121 Fundamentals Of Biology With Lab
ENVS 221 Science Of The Environment
Students must take one course.
WRIT 101 College Composition
WRIT 101A College Composition
Students must take one upper division writing course.
WRIT 300 Composition And Research
Students must take one course.
MATH 111 College Algebra
MATH 113 Mathematics For Liberal Arts
MATH 115 Introductory Statistics
MATH 153 Introductory Statistics
MATH 163 College Algebra
Students must complete one course from each of two different disciplines (discipline
is designated by course label, e.g. ANTH, CRJU, or CSCE).
ANTH 110 Cultural Anthropology
ANTH 115 Human Origins
ANTH 295 Historical Archaeology
CNCM 101 American Conflict Since 1890
CNCM 102 Global Conflict
CRJU 200 Criminal Justice
CRJU 301 The Contemporary Criminal Justice System
CSCE 100 Urban Solutions
CSCE 200 Understanding Community
ECON 100 Economics Of Contemporary Issues
ECON 200 The Economic Way Of Thinking
ENTR 101 Imagination,creativity And Entrepreneurship
FSCS 201 How To Get Away With Murder
HSER 100 Introduction To Human Services
MGMT 101 Business In A Changing World
PPIA 201 American Government
PPIA 210 Intro To Global Affairs
PPIA 284 Politics In Comparative Perspective
PSYC 100 Introduction To Psychology
PSYC 205 Human Development
SOCI 100 Introduction To Sociology
Students may take or transfer any general education course(s) in the other listed
areas, including the following courses (minimum 7 credits).
CMAT 201 Communicating Effectively
CMAT 296 Topics In Speech Communication
CMAT 303 Oral Communication In Business
COSC 100 Introduction To Computer Technologies
IDIS 101 First Year Seminar: Introduction To University Learning
IDIS 301 World Cultures:
INSS 100 Computer Information Systems
INSS 300 Management Information Systems
The following courses are approved to meet UB's graduation requirements. Depending on the course, it may also count towards general education credits and/or credits in your major. Please consult with your adviser to be certain that you are meeting all graduation requirements to complete your degree program.
All General Education courses must be completed with a grade of C- or better, except WRIT300 and IDIS302, which must be completed with a grade of C or better. The passing grade for upper-division General Education courses is determined by the guidelines of the program under which it is offered.
Students who enter with fewer than 24 credits must complete IDIS 101: First-Year Seminar: Introduction to University Learning and INFO 110: Introduction to Information Literacy; and must participate in a First-Year Learning Community in the first semester.
For general education requirements prior to fall 2022 please see the Archived Academic Catalogs.