Areas of Inquiry: Natural Sciences; Social and Historical Analysis; Arts and HumanitiesStudents must take two degree credit-bearing courses and meet both HST and SCL, as follows:

Historical Analysis [HST] (3 credits)

Students take one degree credit-bearing course (at least 3 credits) and meet at least one goal.

  • Explain the development of some aspect of a society or culture over time.
  • Employ historical reasoning to study human endeavors, using appropriate assumptions, methods, evidence, and arguments.

Social Analysis [SCL] (3 credits)

Students must take one degree credit-bearing course that meets one or both of these goals

  • Understand different theories about human culture, social identity, economic entities, political systems, and other forms of social organization.
  • Employ tools of social scientific reasoning to study particular questions or situations, using appropriate assumptions, methods, evidence, and arguments.

SAS Core courses taught each semester are available to view in the Schedule of Classes. After selecting a semester, New Brunswick, and Undergraduate and hitting "Continue", choose the tab on the left labeled "Core Code". The dropdown list will show each of the SAS Core codes. After selecting one of the options, courses will appear from all departments that fulfill that SAS Core goal.

Historical Analysis [HST] 

Students take one degree credit-bearing course (at least 3 credits) and meet at least one goal.

  • Explain the development of some aspect of a society or culture over time, including the history of ideas or history of science.
  • Employ historical reasoning to study human endeavors.
Course # Course Title Credits Core Codes
 
AMESALL: African, Middles Eastern, and South Asian Languages and Literature
01:013:111 The Bible in Aramaic 3 HST, AHp
01:013:120 Literary Egypt: The World of Naguib Mahfouz 3 HST
01:013:130 Comics in the Middle East 3 HST
01:013:217 African Immigrant Literature 3 CCD, HST
01:013:220 Introduction to the Qur’an 3 HST
01:013:308 Minorities of the Middle East 3 CCD, HST
African Studies
01:016:220 Ancient Africa  3 HST or SCL
01:016:222 Modern Africa  3 HST or SCL
01:016:224 Women and Gender in African History  3 HST or SCL
Africana Studies
01:014:205 Islamic Civilization 3 HST or SCL
01:014:265 Afro-Brazilian History 3 HST
01:014:370 The Afro-Atlantic Diaspora 3 HST
American Studies
01:050:223 Learning from the Past: Early America and the 21st Century 3 CCD, HST
01:050:253 Asian American History 3 HST
01:050:272 American Food, Past and Present  3 HST
01:050:344 Islam in/and America 3 HST
Anthropology
01:070:102 Introduction to Human Evolution 4 NS, HST
01:070:105 Introduction to Archaeology 4 HST
01:070:112 World Prehistory 3 HST
01:070:238 Anthropology of Europe 3 SCL
01:070:243 Anthropology of Africa 3 HST or SCL
01:070:283 French Gastronomy and Global Food Culture 3 CCO, HST
Art History
01:082:105 Introduction to Art History (pre-history to 1400)  3 HST, AHp
01:082:106 Introduction to Art History (1400 to the present)  3 HST, AHp
01:082:118 Looking at Twenty First-Century World History 3 CCO, HST
01:082:214 Renaissance Art in Europe 3 HST, AHp
01:082:277 Art and Medicine 3 HST, AHp
Asian Studies
01:098:241 East Asian Civilizations: Premodern Era 3 HST or SCL, WCr or WCd
01:098:250 Global East Asia 4 CCO, HST or SCL
01:098:252 Southeast Asia and the World 3 HST or SCL
Chinese
01:165:215
(was 01:165:125)
Introduction to Chinese Civilization 3 HST, AHp
01:165:220 Chinese Classics and Thought: Confucianism, Daoism, and Buddhism 3 HST, AHo
Classics
01:190:205 Greek Civilization 3 HST, AHo or AHp
01:190:206 Roman Civilization 3 HST, AHo or AHp
01:190:211 Greek and Roman Religion 3 HST, AHo
01:190:213 Science and Technology in Ancient Greece and Rome 3 HST
01:190:214 Sexuality in Ancient Greece and Rome 3 HST, AHp
01:190:215 Introduction to Classical Archaeology 3 HST, AHp
01:190:309 Greek and Roman Athletics 3 HST
Comparative Literature
01:195:282 Music, Culture, and Memory in the French Speaking World 3 HST, AHr
01:195:374 Marx, Nietzsche, Freud 3 HST, AHo
French
01:420:282 Music, Culture, and Memory in the French Speaking World 3 HST, AHr
01:420:283 French Gastronomy and Global Food Culture 3 CCO, HST
Geography
01:450:103 Human Geography: Space, Place and Location 3 HST or SCL
01:450:205 World Cultural Regions 3 HST or SCL
01:450:211 Environment, Society, and Social Justice 3 HST or SCL
01:450:336 Latin America 3 HST
German
01:470:371 Marx, Nietzsche, Freud 3 HST, AHo
Greek
01:489:205 History of the Byzantine Empire 3 HST
01:489:207 Byzantine Civilization 3 HST
History
01:506:101 World History I 3 HST
01:506:102 World History II 3 HST
01:506:115 World War II in World History 3 HST
01:506:151 History and the News 3 CCO, HST
01:506:203 Histories of the Pacific  3 HST
01:506:210 Sex and Power 3 HST
01:506:215 The Modern Girl 3 HST
01:506:216 Law and History 3 CCD, HST
01:506:218 Terrorism 3 CCO, HST
01:506:220 Piracy: A Global History 3 HST
01:506:233 History of the Future 3 CCO, HST
01:506:226 Contemporary Challenges in International Health 3 CCO, HST
01:506:249 Climate Politics: A Deep History 3 CCO, HST
01:506:247 The Seas around Us: Ocean History in Global Perspective 3 HST
01:506:250 Science, Collecting, and Power 3 CCO, HST
01:506:251 History of Science and Society  3 HST
01:506:255 Science, Nature, and Empire 3 CCO, HST
01:506:260 Wars, Wayfarers and the Wall: A History of the U.S.-Mexican Border 3 CCO, HST
01:506:271 Jewish History I: Ancient and Medieval formerly Jewish History: Ancient and Medieval  3 HST
01:506:272 Jewish History II: Modern formely Jewish History: Modern 3 HST
01:506:325 Living on the Edge: Human Societies in Extreme Environments 3 HST
01:508:110 Political Islam 3 CCO, HST
01:508:201 Islamic Civilization  3 HST or SCL
01:508:205 History of the Modern Middle East  3 HST or SCL
01:508:208 Jewish-Muslim Relations: History and Culture 3 HST
01:508:209 Jerusalem Contested: A City's History from Jewish, Christian, and Muslim Perspectives 3 HST
01:508:212 Israeli-Palestinian Conflict 3 CCD, HST
01:508:220 Ancient Africa  3 HST or SCL
01:508:222 Modern Africa  3 HST or SCL
01:508:224 Women and Gender in African History 3 HST or SCL
01:508:226 War and Violence in Africa   CCD, HST
01:508:230 The Making of Modern India and Pakistan 3 HST
01:508:240 Classical Asia 3 HST
01:508:242 Modern East Asia  3 HST
01:508:246 History of Chinese Civilization 3 HST
01:508:250 Southeast Asia and the World 3 HST or SCL
01:508:262 Modern Latin America 3 HST
01:508:265 Afro-Brazilian History 3 HST
01:508:271 History of the Caribbean to 1898 3 HST or SCL
01:508:272 History of the Caribbean since 1898  3 HST or SCL
01:508:280 Native American History I 3 HST
01:508:282 Modern Native American History 3 HST or SCL
01:508:367 The Afro-Latin American Experience 3 HST
01:508:381 Ancient Kingdoms: A History of the Aztecs, Incas and Mayas 3 HST
01:510:101 Development of Europe I 3 HST
01:510:102 Development of Europe II 3 HST
01:510:205 History of the Byzantine Empire 3 HST
01:510:207 Byzantine Civilization 3 HST
01:510:224 Europe: Gender, Sex, and Society 3 HST or SCL
01:510:232 Fashion & Design in Europe: Between the West and the World 3 HST
01:510:245 The Arts of Power: Ritual, Myth, and Propaganda 4 HST or SCL
01:510:248 The Last Climate Crisis: Histories of the “Little Ice Age”, c.1300-1800 3 HST
01:510:253 History of Witchcraft and Magic  3 HST
01:510:261 History of the Holocaust  3 HST
01:510:263 Between Nazism and Communism 3 HST
01:510:268 Fascism 3 CCO, HST
01:510:269 Antisemitism 3 CCD, HST
01:510:330 The Spanish Civil War 3 HST, WCD
01:510:313 Muslims, Christians, and Jews in Medieval Spain 3 HST, WCD
01:512:103 Development of the United States I 3 HST
01:512:104 Development of the United States II 3 HST
01:512:111 Race, Place, and Space in American History  3 HST
01:512:205 The American Presidency 3 HST
01:512:216 Famous Trials 3 CCD, HST
01:512:221 Abortion: The Collision of History, Law, Religion, Medicine, and Human Rights in the 20th and 21st Centuries 3 CCD, HST
01:512:229 History of Medical Ethics 3 HST
01:512:231 American Jewish History 3 HST
01:512:235 Accidents and Disasters in the U.S. and the World 3 HST
01:512:237 Data & American Society: From Almanacs to Algorithms 3 CCO, HST
01:512:238 History of Homelessness: Unhoused Populations in US History 3 CCD, HST
01:512:250 Natives and Newcomers: Immigration and Migration in U.S. History 3 CCD, HST
01:512:253 Asian American History 3 HST
01:512:260 American Slavery 3 HST
01:512:262 African American History to 1877 3 HST
01:512:263 African-American History, 1877 to Present 3 HST
01:512:267 History of Black Travel and Migration 3 CCD, HST
01:512:268 Plantation to White House 3 CCD, HST or SCL
01:512:310 New Jersey History 3 HST
01:512:363 African American Women's History 3 HST
01:512:342 Policing in Black Communities: From Slavery to Mass Incarceration 3 CCD, HST
Jewish Studies
01:563:146 The Bible in Aramaic 3 HST, AHp
01:563:201 Jewish History I: Ancient and Medieval formerly Jewish History: Ancient and Medieval  3 HST
01:563:202 Jewish History II: Modern formely Jewish History: Modern 3 HST
01:563:205 History of the Modern Middle East 3 HST or SCL
01:563:206 Introduction to the Bible II: Prophets and Poetry 3 HST, AHp
01:563:208 Jewish-Muslim Relations: History and Culture 3 HST
01:563:220 Introduction to the Bible I: Torah and Prose (formerly Hebrew Bible) 3 HST, AHp
01:563:223 New Testament 3 HST
01:563:231 American Jewish History 3 HST
01:563:261 History of the Holocaust  3 HST
01:563:269 Antisemitism 3 CCD, HST
01:563:270 Between Nazism and Communism 3 HST
01:563:280 Jerusalem Contested: A City's History from Jewish, Christian, and Muslim Perspectives 3 HST
01:563:282 Israeli-Palestinian Conflict 3 CCD, HST
01:563:307 Muslims, Christians, and Jews in Medieval Spain 3 HST, WCD
Korean
01:574:210 Introduction to Korean Culture, History and Society 3 HST, WCr
Latin American Studies
01:590:101 Latin America: An Introduction  3 CCD, HST or SCL
01:590:262 Modern Latin America 3 HST
01:590:265 Afro-Brazilian History 3 HST
01:590:367 The Afro-Latin American Experience 3 HST
01:590:381 Ancient Kingdoms: A History of the Aztecs, Incas and Mayas 3 HST
Latino and Caribbean Studies
01:595:204 History of the Caribbean to 1898  3 HST or SCL
01:595:205 History of the Caribbean since 1898  3 HST or SCL
01:595:367 The Afro-Latin American Experience 3 HST
Middle Eastern Studies
01:685:110 Political Islam: Present and Past 3 CCO, HST
01:685:130 Comics in the Middle East 3 HST
01:685:201 Islamic Civilization  3 HST or SCL
01:685:203 History of the Modern Middle East 3 HST or SCL
01:685:205 History of the Byzantine Empire 3 HST
01:685:207 Byzantine Civilization 3 HST
01:685:208 Jewish History: Ancient and Medieval formerly Jewish Society & Culture I: From Antiquity to the Middle Ages  3 HST
01:685:226
(was 01:685:326)
Islam 3 HST, AHo
01:685:280 Jerusalem Contested: A City's History from Jewish, Christian, and Muslim Perspectives 3 HST
01:685:282 Israeli-Palestinian Conflict 3 CCD, HST
01:685:306 Minorities of the Middle East 3 CCD, HST
01:685:336 History and Cultures of Iran 3 HST
01:685:359 Women and Politics in the Middle East 3 HST or SCL
Philosophy
01:730:344 Marx, Nietzsche, Freud 3 HST, AHo
01:730:368 Hindu Philosophy 3 HST, AHo or AHp
01:730:369 Buddhist Philosophy 3 HST, AHo
Political Science
01:790:103 Comparative Politics  3 HST or SCL
01:790:106 Law and Politics  3 HST or SCL
01:790:120 Inequality 3 CCO, SCL
01:790:359 Women and Politics in the Middle East 3 HST or SCL
Psychology
01:830:123 Soul Beliefs: Causes and Consequences 4 CCO, HST
Religion
01:840:123 The Bible in Aramaic 3 HST, AHp
01:840:125 Political Islam: Present and Past 3 CCO, HST
01:840:201 Introduction to the Bible: Torah and Prose (formerly Hebrew Bible) 3 HST, AHp
01:840:202 New Testament 3 HST
01:840:206 Introduction to the Bible II: Prophets and Poetry 3 HST, AHp
01:840:211 Religion in Asia 3 HST, AHo or AHp
01:840:212 Religions of the Western World 3 HST or SCL, AHo
01:840:220 Abortion: The Collision of History, Law, Religion, Medicine, and Human Rights in the 20th and 21st Centuries 3 CCD, HST
01:840:222 The Question of God in Modern Culture 3 HST, AHo
01:840:213 Christianity: Origins, History, Contemporary Issues 3 HST
01:840:226
(was 01:840:326)
Islam 3 HST, AHo
01:840:229 Introduction to the Qur’an 3 HST
01:840:305 Apocalypse: Religious Movements and the End of Time 3 HST, WCr or WCd
01:840:306 Minorities of the Middle East 3 CCD, HST
01:840:314 The Origins of Western Morality 3 HST, WCr or WCd
01:840:316 Evangelicalism in the U.S. 3 HST, WCr or WCd
01:840:319 Religion in American History 3 HST, WCr or WCd
01:840:368 Hindu Philosophy  3 HST, AHo or AHp
01:840:369 Buddhist Philosophy 3 HST, AHo
01:840:370 Buddhism, Society, and Politics in Southeast Asia 3 HST, WCr or WCd
01:840:373 Islam in/and America 3 HST
01:840:380 Religious Healing in the U.S. 3 HST, WCr or WCd
Women's, Gender and Sexuality Studies
01:988:224 Women and Gender in African History  3 HST or SCL
01:988:260 The Modern Girl 3 HST
Landscape Architecture
11:550:101 Landscape Studies 3 HST, AHp
11:550:250 History of Landscape Architecture 3 HST
Labor Studies
37:575:201 U.S. Labor and Work before the end of Reconstruction 3 HST or SCL, WCr or WCd
37:575:202 History of Labor and Work in the U.S. 1880 to 1945 3 HST or SCL, WCr or WCd

Social Analysis [SCL] 

Students take one degree credit-bearing course (at least 3 credits) and meet at least one goal.

  • Understand different theories about human culture, social identity, economic entities, political systems, and other forms of social organization.
  • Apply concepts about human and social behavior to particular questions or situations.
Course # Course Title Credits Core Codes
 
African Studies
01:016:220 Ancient Africa  3 HST or SCL
01:016:222 Modern Africa  3 HST or SCL
01:016:224 Women and Gender in African History  3 HST or SCL
Africana Studies
01:014:205 Islamic Civilization  3 HST or SCL
American Studies
01:050:228 The Contemporary American 3 SCL, AHp
01:050:271 Immigrant States: Jersey's Global Routes 3 CCD, SCL
Anthropology
01:070:101 Introduction to Cultural Anthropology 4 SCL
01:070:238 Anthropology of Europe 3 SCL
01:070:243 Anthropology of Africa 3 HST or SCL
Asian Studies
01:098:241 East Asian Civilizations: Premodern Era 3 HST or SCL, WCr or WCd
01:098:250 Global East Asia 4 CCO, HST or SCL
01:098:252 Southeast Asia and the World 3 HST or SCL
Criminal Justice
01:202:201 Introduction to Criminal Justice 3 SCL
Economics
01:220:102 Introduction to Microeconomics  3 SCL
01:220:120 Inequality 3 CCO, SCL
Geography
01:450:103 Human Geography: Space, Place and Location  3 HST or SCL
01:450:205 World Cultural Regions  3 HST or SCL
01:450:211 Environment and Society 3 HST or SCL
01:450:214 Conservation 3 CCO, SCL
01:450:240 Cities  3 HST or SCL
01:450:241 The City: Introduction to Urban Geography 3 SCL
01:450:250 Cities 4 CCO, SCL
History
01:506:114 World Civilizations: Europe, Africa, and America  3 HST or SCL
01:508:201 Islamic Civilization  3 HST or SCL
01:508:205 History of the Modern Middle East  3 HST or SCL
01:508:211 Modern Israeli Culture 3 SCL
01:508:220 Ancient Africa  3 HST or SCL
01:508:222 Modern Africa  3 HST or SCL
01:508:224 Women and Gender in African History 3 HST or SCL
01:508:250 Southeast Asia and the World 3 HST or SCL
01:508:271 History of the Caribbean to 1898 3 HST or SCL
01:508:272 History of the Caribbean since 1898  3 HST or SCL
01:508:282 Native American History II 3 HST or SCL
01:510:224 Europe: Gender, Sex, and Society 3 HST or SCL
01:510:245 The Arts of Power: Ritual, Myth, and Propaganda 4 HST or SCL
01:512:268 Plantation to White House 3 CCD, HST or SCL
Interdisciplinary Studies
01:556:271 Immigrant States: Jersey's Global Routes 3 CCD, SCL
Jewish Studies
01:563:205 History of the Modern Middle East 3 HST or SCL
01:563:281 Modern Israeli Culture 3 SCL
01:563:350 Introduction to the Modern Middle East  3 CCO, SCL
Latin American Studie
01:590:101 Latin America: An Introduction  3 CCD, HST or SCL
01:590:298 Latinos and Migration 3 SCL
Latino and Caribbean Studies
01:595:204 History of the Caribbean to 1898  3 HST or SCL
01:595:205 History of the Caribbean since 1898  3 HST or SCL
01:595:224
Immigration and Society
3 CCO, SCL
01:595:298 Latinos and Migration 3 SCL
01:595:333 Caribbean Religion 3 CCO, SCL, WCr
Middle Eastern Studies
01:685:100 Introduction to the Modern Middle East 3 CCO, SCL
01:685:201 Islamic Civilization 3 HST or SCL
01:685:203 History of the Modern Middle East 3 HST or SCL
01:685:208 Jewish History: Ancient and Medieval 2 HST
01:685:281 Modern Israeli Culture 3 SCL
01:685:305 The Modern Middle East  3 HST or SCL
01:685:350 Introduction to the Modern Middle East  3 CCO, SCL
01:685:359 Women and Politics in the Middle East 3 HST or SCL
Organizational Leadership
01:713:202 Introduction to Organizational Leadership 3 SCL
Political Science
01:790:101 Nature of Politics  3 SCL
01:790:102 Introduction to International Relations  3 SCL
01:790:103 Comparative Politics  3 HST or SCL
01:790:104 American Government 3 SCL
01:790:106 Law and Politics  3 HST or SCL
01:790:359 Women and Politics in the Middle East 3 HST or SCL
Psychology
01:830:101 General Psychology  3 SCL
Religion
01:840:118 Sports & Religion 3 SCL
01:840:212 Religions of the Western World 3 HST or SCL, AHo
Sociology
01:920:101 Introduction to Sociology 3 SCL
01:920:103 Sociological Analysis of Social Problems 3 CCD, SCL
01:920:108 Minority Groups in American Society 3 CCD, SCL
01:920:205 Mass Communication in Modern Society 3 SCL
01:920:210 Sociology of Medicine and Health Care 3 SCL
01:920:215 Six Great Reads: Explorations in Sociology 3 CCD, SCL
01:920:222 Criminology 3 SCL
01:920:225 Immigration and Society 3 CCO, SCL
01:920:240 Normality and Abnormality 4 CCO, SCL
01:920:273 War: Critical Perspectives 3 CC, SCL
Women's, Gender and Sexuality Studies
01:988:224 Women and Gender in African History  3 HST or SCL
01:988:270 War: Critical Perspectives 3 CCO, SCL
01:988:309 Working Women in American Society 3 CCD, SCL
Communication and Information
04:189:101 Introduction to Communication and Information Systems and Processing 3 SCL, AHo or AHq
04:189:102 Introduction to Media 3 HST
Planning and Public Policy
10:762:101 Introduction to Planning, Policy, and Health 3 SCL
10:762:210
(was 10:762:305)
Principles of Public Policy 3 SCL, WCd
10:762:233 The Urban World 3 SCL
Policy, Health, and Administration
10:775:101 Introduction to Planning, Policy, and Health 3 SCL
Public Health
10:832:101 Introduction to Planning, Policy, and Health 3 SCL
10:832:201
(was 10:832:232)
Principles of Public Health 3 SCL, QQ
10:832:242 Principles of Health and Wellness 3 SCL
10:832:252 Health and Social Justice 3 CCD, SCL
Public Policy
10:833:210
(was 10:833:305)
Principles of Public Policy 3 SCL, WCd
Public Administration and Management
10:843:210 Principles of Public Policy 3 SCL, WCd
Environmental and Business Economics
11:373:101 Economics, People, and the Environment 3 CCO, SCL
11:373:121 Principles and Applications of Microeconomics 3 SCL
11:373:122 Principles and Applications of Macroeconomics 3 SCL
11:373:201 Corporate Citizenship and Social Responsibility 3 SCL
11:373:362 Natural Resource Economics 3 SCL
Environmental Planning and Design
11:573:202
(was 11:372:202)
Environmental Issues in the United States 3 CCO, SCL
Environmental Policies, Institutions and Behavior
11:374:101 Introduction to Human Ecology 3 CCO, SCL
11:374:115 Water and Society 3 CCO, SCL
11:374:175 Energy and Society 3 CCO, SCL
11:374:279 Politics of Environmental Issues 3 CCO, SCL
Labor Studies
37:575:100 Introduction to Labor Studies & Employment Relations 3 SCL
37:575:110 Work, Society, and the Quality of Life 3 CCO, SCL
37:575:201 U.S. Labor and Work before the end of Reconstruction 3 HST or SCL, WCr or WCd
37:575:202 History of Labor and Work in the U.S. 1880 to 1945 3 HST or SCL, WCr or WCd
37:575:215 Youth and Work 3 CCD, SCL
37:575:230 People, Work, and Organizations 3 SCL
37:575:303 Black Workers in American Society  3 CCD, SCL
37:575:309 Working Women in American Society 3 CCD, SCL