Below are courses that fit into each of the eight path opportunities embedded in our Gen Ed program. Each path has five or more courses available at all levels. As you work to fulfill your Gen Ed requirements, see what interests you and how you can personalize your General Education experience.
For more details about each course, visit the URI Course Catalog.
Climate Change
APG/BIO 282G – Sapiens: The Changing Nature of Hunan Evolution (A1, C2, G)
AST 108 – Introductory Astronomy: Stars & Galaxies (A1)
COM/SUS 315 – Environmental Dimensions of Communication (C1, D1)
COM 460 – Environmental Communication: Local and Global (B4, C1)
EEC 352G – Economics of Small Scale Renewable Energy (A2, G)
EGR 120G – Coastal Resilience (C1, G)
GEO 100G – Environmental Geology (A1, C2, G)
GEO 103 – Understanding the Earth (A1, B4)
GEO 305G – Global Climate Change (D1, G)
GWS 220 – Women and the Natural Science (A1, B4)
HPR 316 – Honors Seminar on Diversity & Inclusion (A3, C3)
MAF 100 – Human Use & Management of the Marine Environment (A2, C1)
MAF 312 – International Politics of the Ocean (C2, D1)
OCG 123G – Climate Change & the Ocean (A1, C2, G)
PLS 150 – Plants, People, and the Planet (A1)
PSC 116G – Introduction to International Politics (A2, C2, G)
SAF 400G – Reimagining Food Systems Through Agroecology (D1, G)
TMD 113 – Color Science (A1)
Entrepreneurship
EGR 105 – Foundations of Engineering I (A4)
EGR 106 – Foundations of Engineering II (A4)
HPR 344 – Honors Colloquium in Arts/Design & Writing (A4, B1)
INE 140G – The Power of Business (A2, G)
INE 304G – Social Entrepreneurship and Innovation (C1, G)
MGT 201 – Business Management: Building Better Business (C3)
TMD 240 – Development of Contemporary Fashion (A4, B1)
Social Justice
AAF/ENG 352 – Black Images in Film (A3, C3)
AFS/AVS/PLS 132G – Sustainable Agriculture, Food Systems, & Society (A2, G)
APG/BIO 282G – Sapiens: The Changing Nature of Hunan Evolution (A1, C2, G)
APG 325G – American Dilemma: Who “Owns” Native America? (A2, C3, G)
ART 252 – Introduction to Art History: Renaissance – Modern (A3)
CCJ 230 /SOC 230 – Crime and Delinquency (A2) –
CCJ 476 – Policy, Crime & Justice (B1, D1)
EEC 352G – Economics of Small Scale Renewable Energy (A2, G)
EDC 312 – The Psychology of Learning (A2, B4)
ENG 211 – Young Adult Novel (A3, C3)
ENG 333 – The Sensuous Sentence: Grammar for Grammarphobes (A3, B2)
ENG 352 – Black Images in Film (A3, C3)
ENG 385 – Women Writers (A3, B4)
GEO 100G – Environmental Geology (A1, C2, G)
GER 101 – Beginning German I (A3, C2)
GWS 383 – Gender & Sexuality in Latin America (A2, C2)
HIS 300 – Topics in History: History of the Andean & Amazonian World (A3, B1)
HIS 342 – US History from 1968-2001 (B1, C3)
HIS358 – Recent America in Film (B1, A3)
HIS 363 – Applied History and Policy (A3, B1)
HIS/MAF/GWS373 – Environmental Justice
HPR 316 – Honors Seminar on Diversity & Inclusion (A3, C3)
LAN 420 – Seminar Across Languages and Cultures (B4, D1)
LTI 350G – Bias: Interrogating the Archive (B4, D1, G)
MAF 100 – Human Use & Management of the Marine Environment (A2, C1)
MGT 201 – Business Management: Building Better Business (C3)
MUS/AAF 208 – History of Hip Hop in Black American Culture (A4, C1)
MUS 301 – Music as a Form of Social Protest (A4, C1)
NUT 212G – Public Health Nutrition (A2, C3, G)
PHL 110G – Love & Sex (A3, C3)
SAF 383 – Food Justice (A2, C3)
SAF 400G – Reimagining Food Systems Through Agroecology (D1, G)
SOC 100 – Introduction to Sociological Perspectives (A2)
SPA 321 – Spanish for Business and Technology( B2, D1)
THE 338G – Ethical Dilemmas in Contemporary Theatre (C1, D1, G)
TMD103G – Textile, Fashion, & Sustainability (C2, G)
TMD 240 – Development of Contemporary Fashion (A4, B1)
WRT 334 – Science Writing (B1, B2)
Sustainability
AFS 105G – Food from the Sea (A1, G)
AFS/AVS/PLS 132G – Sustainable Agriculture, Food Systems, & Society (A2, G)
APG/BIO 282G – Sapiens: The Changing Nature of Hunan Evolution (A1, C2, G)
COM/SUS 315 – Environmental Dimensions of Communication (C1, D1)
COM 460 – Environmental Communication: Local and Global (B4, C1)
CPL 202 – Introduction to Urban Geography: Understanding Cities (A1, C1)
EEC 352G – Economics of Small Scale Renewable Energy (A2, G)
EGR 105 – Foundations of Engineering I (A4)
EGR 106 – Foundations of Engineering II (A4)
EGR 120G – Coastal Resilience (C1, G)
GER 101 – Beginning German I (A3, C2)
GSW 220 – Women and the Natural Science (A1, B4)
HIS 363 – Applied History and Policy (A3, B1)
HPR 316 – Honors Seminar on Diversity & Inclusion (A3, C3)
MAF 100 – Human Use & Management of the Marine Environment (A2, C1)
MAF 312 – International Politics of the Ocean (C2, D1)
NUT 212G – Public Health Nutrition (A2, C3, G)
PLS 150 – Plants, People, and the Planet (A1)
PSC 116G – Introduction to International Politics (A2, C2, G)
SAF 383 – Food Justice (A2, C3)
SAF 400G- Reimagining Food Systems Through Agroecology (D1, G)
SPA 321 – Spanish for Business and Technology (B2, D1)
TMD 103G – Textiles, Fashion and Sustainability (C2, G)
TMD 113 – Color Science (A1)
TMD 240 – Development of Contemporary Fashion (A4, B1)
WRT 332 – Technical Writing (B1, B2)
Health & Wellness
HDF 130G – “This is Us”: Individual and Family Development (C3, G)
HDF 208 – Health and Wellness of the Young Child (A2)
HDF 318G – Health and Wealth (A2, B4, G)
HIS117 – History of Medicine (A3, B4)
HIS 119G – Vaccines & Society (A3, C1, G)
HIS 363 – Applied History and Policy (A3, B1)
HLT 313 – Interdisciplinary Approaches to Burnout (B4, D1)
KIN 123 – Foundation of Heath (A2, B4)
KIN 123H – Honors Section of Foundation of Health(A2, B4)
KIN 375G – Exercise is Medicine (A1, B4, G)
NUR/HDF 150 – Human Sexuality (A2, C3)
NUR 150H – Human Sexuality (A2, C3)
NUR/THN 270 – Loss Across the Lifespan (A2, B2)
NUR 383 – Aging and Health (C3, D1)
NUT 207 – General Nutrition (A1, B3)
PHL110G – Love and Sex (A3, C3, G)
PSY 103 – Towards Self-Understanding (A2, B1)
SOC 224 – Health, Illness, and Medical Care (A2, C3)
Big Data & Technology
APG/BIO 282G – Sapiens: The Changing Nature of Human Evolution (A1, C2, G)
ART/DSP 404 – Data Visualization and Infographic Design (A4, D1)
BIO 230G – Communicating Science Through Data Visualization (C1, G)
BPS/CHE 204G – Nanotechnology: It’s A Small World (A1, B4, G)
CSF 102G – Cyber Security Technology and Issues in a Global Society (B3, C2, G)
CSC 120G – The Impacts of Technology on American Society (A2, C3, G)
COM/ELE/MUS 369G – Technologies and Music (A1, G)
ELE 108G – Cyber Security (A1, G)
ELE 403G – Launching a Technology Startup (B2, D1, G)
GEO 200 – Field Based Geoscience Data Analysis (B3, B4)
LTI/DSP 110 – Introduction to Data Science (B3)
LTI 350G – Bias: Interrogating the Archive (B4, D1, G)
NRS/AFS 190 – Issues of Biotechnology (A1)
OCG 120G – The World of Robots (A1, B4, G)
OCG 250 – Global Ocean Data Science Analysis and Visualization (B3, B4)
PLS 190 – Issues of Biotechnology (A1)
PHY 111 – General Physics I (A1, B3)
Financial Responsibility
COM 243G – Advertising and Consumerism (A2, G)
ECN 201 – Principles of Economics: Microeconomics (A2)
ECN 202 – Principles of Economics: Macroeconomics (A2, C1)
HDF 205G – Money Skills for Life (A2, B4, G)
HDF 225 – Consumer in the Economy (A2, B4)
HDF 352G – Adulting in the 21st Century (A2, C3, G)
HDF 318G – Health and Wealth (A2, B4, G)
MTH 106 – Mathematics of Social Choice and Finance (A1, B3)
New England Studies
EEC 352G – Economics of Small-Scale Renewable Energy (A2, G)
GEO 210 – Landforms: Origins & Evolution (B2)
HIS 350 – Documenting Rhode Island (B2, C1)
HIS 350H – Honors Section of Documenting Rhode Island (B2, C1)
HIS 362 – History of Rhode Island (B4, C1)
HIS/APG 392G – The URI Campus: A Walk Through Time (A3, C3, G)
KIN 375G – Exercise is Medicine (A1, B4, G)
LTI 350G – Bias: Interrogating the Archive (B4, D1, G)
NES 400 – Special Topics in New England Studies (B4, D1)
OCG 103G – Impact of Global Change on Coastal New England (A1, C2, G)