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 1700	ART FROM PREHISTORY THROUGH MIDDLE AGES	3
AH 1701	HISTORY OF ART FROM THE RENAISSANCE TO THE MODERN WORLD	3
ASL 1101	AMERICAN SIGN LANGUAGE I	3
ASL 1102	BASIC AMERICAN SIGN LANGUAGE II	3
CHIN 1101	BASIC CHINESE I	3
CHIN 1102	BASIC CHINESE II	3
CHIN 2101	INTERMEDIATE CHINESE I	3
CHIN 2102	INTERMEDIATE CHINESE II	3
ENG 2403	WORLD LITERATURE	3
FA 1000	INTRODUCTION TO ART	3
FA 2950	CREATIVE CONCEPTS IN ARTS AND CRAFTS	3
FREN 1101	BASIC FRENCH I	3
FREN 1102	BASIC FRENCH II	3
GE 1855	FIRST YEAR SEMINAR	3
ID 1451	COLLEGE READING AND STUDY SKILLS	3
ID 1500	CRITICAL READING & COMMUNITY	3
ID 3230	UNDERSTANDING IMAGES:AN INTRODUCTION TO VISUAL STUDIES	3
MUS 1000	MUSIC SURVEY	3
MUS 1050	MUSIC FUNDAMENTALS	3
MUS 2220	MUSIC IN WORLD CULTURE	3
PHIL 1100	INTRODUCTION TO PHILOSOPHY	3
PHIL 2300	INTRODUCTION TO ETHICS	3
PHIL 2505	CRITICAL THINKING	3
PORT 1101	BASIC PORTUGUESE I	3
PORT 1102	BASIC PORTUGUESE II	3
REL 1700	INTRODUCTION TO RELIGIONS OF THE WORLD	3
REL 2700	EASTERN RELIGIONS	3
REL 2702	WESTERN RELIGIONS: JUDAISM, CHRISTIANITY, ISLAM	3
SPAN 1101	BASIC SPANISH I	3
SPAN 1102	BASIC SPANISH II	3
THE 1000	INTRODUCTION TO THEATRE	3
THE 1100	ACTING I: THE ACTOR PREPARES	3

GESS Social Sciences

Approved Courses

ANTH 1800	INTRODUCTION TO CULTURAL ANTHROPOLOGY	3
ANTH 1900	INTRO TO ARCHEOLOGY	3
ANTH 2805	FILMS OF THE AFRICAN WORLD EXPERIENCE	3
ECON 1000	ECONOMIC ISSUES	3
ECON 1020	PRINCIPLES OF ECONOMCS I	3
ECON 1021	PRINCIPLES OF ECONOMCS II	3
ES 1010	WORLD GEOGRAPHY	3
GS 2500/SOC 2500	INTRODUCTION TO GLOBAL STUDIES	3
HIST 1062	WORLDS OF HISTORY: TRADITIONS AND ENCOUNTERS	3
ID 1350	INTRODUCTION TO ENVIRONMENTAL ETHICS	3
ID 2415	SMALL GROUP COMMUNICATION	3
PA 1001	CIVIC ENGAGEMENT AND PUBLIC SERVICE	3
PS 1010	INTRODUCTION TO POLITICS	3
PS 2100	AMERICAN GOVERNMENT AND POLITICS	3
PS 2300	INTRODUCTION TO COMPARATIVE POLITICS	3
PS 2400	INTRODUCTION TO INTERNATIONAL RELATION	3
PSY 1000	GENERAL PSYCHOLOGY	3
SOC 1000	INTRODUCTION TO SOCIOLOGY	3
SOC 2052	METHODS OF SOCIAL RESEARCH	3
SOC 2100	SOCIOLOGY OF THE FAMILY	3
SOC 2300	AMERICAN ETHNIC & RACIAL GROUPS	3
SOC 2500	INTRO TO GLOBAL STUDIES	3

GESM Science and Mathematics

Approved Courses

BIO 1000	PRINCIPLES OF BIOLOGY	4
BIO 1300	GENERAL BIOLOGY I: CELL BIOLOGY AND GENETICS	4
BIO 2402	HUMAN PHYSIOLOGY AND ANATOMY	4
CHEM 1010	PREPARATORY CHEMISTRY	4
CHEM 1030	ESSENTIALS OF CHEMISTRY	4
CHEM 1083	CHEMISTRY I	4
CHEM 1084	CHEMISTRY II	4
CHEM 1200	CHEMISTRY IN YOUR WORLD	3
CPS 1032	MICROCOMPUTER APPLICATIONS	3
CPS 1231	FUNDAMENTALS OF COMPUTER SCIENCE	4
ENV 1100	FOUNDATIONS OF ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE	4
ES 1000	OBSERVING THE EARTH	3
ES 1100	INTRODUCTION TO ASTRONOMY	4
ES 1200	INTRODUCTION TO GEOLOGY	4
ES 1300	INTRODUCTION TO METEOROLOGY	4
FSC 1000	INTRODUCTION TO FORENSIC SCIENCE	3
ID 1400	COMPUTING IN MODERN SOCIETY	3
MATH 1000	ALGEBRA FOR COLLEGE STUDENTS	3
MATH 1010	FOUNDATIONS OF MATH	3
MATH 1016	STATISTICS	3
MATH 1030	PROBLEM SOLVING IN MATH	3
MATH 1044	PRECALCULUS FOR BUSINESS	3
MATH 1054	PRE-CALCULUS	3
PHYS 2091	GENERAL PHYSICS I	4
PHYS 2092	GENERAL PHYSICS II	4
PHYS 2095	PHYSICS I	4
PHYS 2096	PHYSICS II	4
SUST 1000	INTRO TO SUSTAINABILITY SCIENCE	3