Breadth Requirements
Effective 2011 Fall Quarter
In order to graduate, students must complete campus breadth requirements as determined by the Executive Committee of the Bourns
College of Engineering. While the College may revise the list of Breadth requirements on an annual basis, student are allowed to
satisfy the requirements with any course that was on the approved list at the time the course was taken or was subsequently added.
Use the following pages to determine the courses that fulfill each area. Honors courses of all approved courses are also eligible. Use
the chart below to keep track of the breadth courses you have taken. Choose Breath courses in consultation with your Academic
Advisor.
ENGLISH COMPOSITION:
C or better is required to meet Graduation Requirement
Course
ENGL 001A or ENGL 01PA
Grade
_____
ENGL 001B
_____
ENGL 001C or Alternate: __________
_____
HUMANITIES: 3 courses total
1 course from each area
Area
A. World History
B. Fine Arts, Literature,
Philosophy or Religious
Studies
C. History of Science
(upper division-See
ABET DEPTH)
Course
___________
___________
___________
SOCIAL SCIENCES: 3 courses total
1 course from each area
Grade
_____
Course
___________
Grade
_____
B. Anthropology,
Psychology or Sociology ___________
_____
C. Additional Social
Science Course
(upper division-See
ABET DEPTH)
_____
_____
_____
ETHNICITY: 1 course
May be overlapped with
Humanities B or Social Sciences C
Course
_________________
Area
A. Economics or Political
Science
Grade
_____
___________
ABET DEPTH: 2 Upper Division (100-199) courses*
At least one in a subject completed at the lower division level.
May be overlapped with Humanities or Social Sciences.
Course
1. _________________
2. _________________
Grade
_____
_____
NATURAL SCIENCES: 4 courses total
Area
A. Biological Sciences (1 course)
Course
___________
Grade
_____
B. Physical Sciences (1 course)
___________
_____
C. Additional Natural Sciences Courses (2 courses)
1. _________
_____
Course
Grade
2. _________
_____
*To meet ABET standards for accreditation; BCOE requires that at least two Breadth courses must be upper division.
Updated 4/25/11. Subject to change without notice.
Effective until Spring 2013
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ENGLISH COMPOSITION: (UCR R6.1)
C or better is required to meet Graduation Requirement
Course
ENGL 001A
ENGL 001B
Units
4
4
Title
Beginning Composition
Intermediate Composition
ENGL 001C or Alternate*
4
Applied Intermediate Composition
Prerequisite
ELWR
C or better in ENGL 001A or
ENGL 01PA
C or better in ENGL 001B
* Please consult with your Academic Advisor regarding appropriate course selection. ENGR 180W Technical Communications is the
required course in place of ENGL 001C for Business Informatics, Computer Engineering, Computer Science, Electrical Engineering
and Materials Science and Engineering majors.
HUMANITIES: 3 courses total (UCR R6.3)
1 course from each area
A. ONE course in World History, chosen from:
Course
HIST 010
HIST 015
HIST 020
Units
4
4
4
Title
World History: Prehistory to 1500
World History: 1500 to 1900
World History: Twentieth Century
Prerequisite
B. ONE course in Fine Arts, Literature, Philosophy or Religious Studies, chosen from:
Course
AHS 007
AHS 008
AHS 015
AHS 017A
AHS 017B
AHS 017C
AHS 020/MCS 023
AHS 021/URST 021
AHS 027
AHS 134/HISE 134
AHS 178/URST 178
CLA 010A
Units
4
4
4
4
4
4
4
4
4
4
4
4
Title
World Art: Images, Issues and Ideas
Modern Western Visual Culture
Arts of Asia
History of Western Art: Prehistoric to Byzantine
History of Western Art: Medieval to Renaissance
History of Western Art: Baroque to Modern
Introduction to Media Art
Introduction to Architecture and Urbanism
Art of Pre-Columbian America
Art and Society: Patrons and Museums
The Modern City
Ancient Civilization: Early Greece and the
Mediterranean
Ancient Civilization: Classical Greece
Ancient Civilization: Rome
Classical Mythology
Mythology
CLA 010B
4
CLA 010C
4
CLA 040
4
CLA 112/CPLT 112/
4
RLST 117
CLA 114/CPLT 114
4
The Classical Tradition
CPAC 133/HISE 114
4
Ancient Writing and Literacy
CPLT 015
4
Language, Literature, and Culture
CPLT 017A, B, or C
5
Masterworks of World Literature
CPLT 029
4
The Arts: Approach, Comparison, and Culture
CPLT 110
4
Literary Analysis and Criticism
CPLT 180(E-Z)
4
Literature and Related Fields
CRWT 056
4
Introduction to Creative Writing
WRLT 170/ETST 170
4
Third World Literature
ENGL 012A
4
Introduction to Poetry
ENGL 012B
4
Introduction to Fiction
ENGL 012C
4
Introduction to Drama
ENGL 014
4
Major American Writers
ENGL 015
4
Modern Literature
ENGL 017
4
Shakespeare
ENGL 020A
5
Introduction to British Literary Tradition
ENGL 020B
5
Introduction to American Literary Traditions
Updated 4/25/11. Subject to change without notice.
Effective until Spring 2013
Prerequisite
Upper division standing
Upper division standing
Upper division standing
Upper division standing
Upper division standing
Upper division standing
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ENGL 101
ENGL 112
ETST 114
ETST 120
ETST 151
MUS 002
MUS 006/ANTH 006
4
4
4
4
4
4
4
MUS 008
MUS 014/ETST 014/URST
014
MUS 118
MUS 127/ANTH 176/
ETST 172/ DNCE 127
PHIL 001
PHIL 002
PHIL 003
PHIL 006
PHIL 007
PHIL 008
PHIL 030(E-Z)
PHIL 116
PHIL 124
4
4
4
4
4
4
4
4
4
4
4
Music, Politics and Social Movements
Music Cultures of Southeast Asia
(may fulfill either Humanities OR Social Science)
Introduction to Philosophy
Contemporary Moral Issues
Ethics and the Meaning of Life
Reason, Belief, and Truth
Introduction to Critical Thinking
Introduction to Logic
Introduction to the History of Philosophy
Business Ethics
Formal Logic
PHIL 130
PHIL 131
PHIL 132
PHIL 167
RLST 002
RLST 005
RLST 007
RLST 012/ETST 012
RLST 012W/ETST 012W
RLST 014
RLST 015
RLST 111
RLST 113
RLST 116
4
4
4
4
4
4
5
4
4
5
4
4
4
4
Theory of Knowledge
Twentieth Century Analytical Philosophy
Philosophy of Language
Biomedical Ethics
Introduction to Comparative Scripture
Introduction to Asian Religions
Introduction to Western Religions
Religious Myths and Rituals
Religious Myths and Rituals
Religion and Science
Death
Islam
Topics in Modern Islam
Religion and Violence
4
4
Critical Theory
History of the English Language
Contemporary Latina Writing in the US
Contemporary Native American Literature
Contemporary Asian American Literature
Introduction to Western Music
Introduction to World Music
(may fulfill either Humanities OR Social Science)
Popular Music Cultures of the US
Popular Music of the World
Upper division standing
Upper division standing
Upper division standing
Upper division standing
Upper division standing
Upper division standing
CS/MATH 011 or CS/EE
120A or CS 150 or PHIL
008
1 Course in Philosophy
1 Course in Philosophy
Upper division standing
Upper division standing
ENGL001B
Upper division standing
Upper division standing
Upper division standing
C. ONE course in History of Science chosen from:
Course
HIST 103
HIST 104
HIST 105
HIST 106
HIST 107
HIST 108/ENGR 108
HIST 109/ENGR 109
Units
4
4
4
4
4
4
4
PHIL 137
4
Title
History of Science from Antiquity to Copernicus
The Scientific Revolution
Science in the Modern World
Science in Triumph and Crisis
Disease and Society
Technology in Premodern Civilization
Technology in Modern Europe and America, 1700 to
Present
Philosophy of Science
Updated 4/25/11. Subject to change without notice.
Effective until Spring 2013
Prerequisite
Upper division standing
Upper division standing
Upper division standing
Upper division standing
Upper division standing
Upper division standing
Upper division standing
1 Course in Philosophy
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SOCIAL SCIENCES: 3 courses total (UCR R6.4)
1 course from each area
A. ONE course in Economics or Political Science, chosen from:
Course
ECON 002
ECON 003
ECON 006/ENSC 006
ECON 102
Units
5
5
4
5
Title
Introduction to Macroeconomics
Introduction to Microeconomics
Introduction to Environmental Economics
Intermediate Microeconomics
ECON 103
ECON 119
ECON 123/HISA 123
ECON 124
ECON 129
ECON 143A /ENSC 143A
5
4
4
4
4
4
Intermediate Macroeconomics
Law and Economics
American Economic History
World Economic History
Health Economics
Environmental Economics
ECON 155/WMST 155
ECON 178/BUS 178
ECON 181
POSC 010
POSC 015
POSC 020
POSC 110
POSC 111
POSC 112
POSC 119
POSC 126
4
4
4
5
5
5
4
4
4
4
4
POSC 127
POSC 135
POSC 154
4
4
4
POSC 182
POSC 186
5
5
Women’s Labor and The Economy
International Trade
Economic Development: Theory and Policy
American Politics
Comparative Politics
World Politics
The Origins of Political Ideas
Democracy and the Social Contract
Modern Political Theory
Political Thinkers in Depth
The Politics of International Trade, Finance and
Development
International Environmental Politics
Ethics and International Politics
The Government and Politics of the European
Community
Politics and Economic Policy
Regulation: A Political Perspective
Prerequisites
ECON 003 or 004 &
MATH 008B or 009A or 022
ECON 002 or 004
ECON 002 or 003 or 004
ECON 002 & 003; or 004
ECON 002 & 003; or 004
ECON 102 or ECON 104A
ECON 003 or 004 &
MATH022 or equivalent
ECON 003 or 004
ECON 102 or 104A
ECON 002 & 003; or 004
Upper division standing
Upper division standing
Upper division standing
Upper division standing
POSC 020
POSC 020
Upper division standing
Upper division standing
Upper division standing
Upper division standing
B. ONE course in Anthropology, Psychology or Sociology, chosen from:
Course
ANTH 001
ANTH 002
ANTH 003
ANTH 005
ANTH 006/MUS 006
Units
4
5
4
5
4
Title
Cultural Anthropology
Biological Anthropology
World Prehistory
Introduction to Archaeology
Introduction to World Music
(may fulfill either Humanities OR Social Science)
ANTH 012
4
Great Discoveries in Archaeology
ANTH 020
4
Culture, Health and Healing
ANTH 105/BUS 158
4
Organizations as Cultural Systems (SUMMER ONLY)
ANTH 109/WMST 109
4
Women, Politics and Social Movements:
Global Perspectives
ANTH 110
4
Prehistoric Agriculture
ANTH 122
4
Economic Anthropology
ANTH 124
4
Ritual and Religion
ANTH 125
4
Kinship Organization
ANTH 127
4
Political Anthropology
ANTH 129
4
Human Evolutionary Ecology
ANTH 132
4
Cultural Ecology
ANTH 160
4
Political Economy of Health
ANTH 162
4
Culture and Medicine
ANTH 163
4
Transnational and Global Communities
Updated 4/25/11. Subject to change without notice.
Effective until Spring 2013
Prerequisites
Upper division standing
Upper division standing
Upper division standing
ANTH 001 and ECON 001
ANTH 001
ANTH 001
ANTH 001
Upper division standing
Upper division standing
Upper division standing
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ANTH 173
ANTH 176/AST 127/DNCE
127/ ETST 172/MUS 127
PSYC 001
PSYC 002
PSYC 013
PYSC 110
4
4
4
4
4
4
Social Meaning of Space
Music Cultures of Southeast Asia
(may fulfill either Humanities OR Social Science)
Introductory Psychology
Introductory Psychology
Skepticism and Pseudoscience in Psychology
The Brain and Behavior
PSYC 142
PSYC 178
4
4
Industrial/Organizational Psychology
Health Psychology
PSYC 179
4
Health and Behavior Change
SOC 001
SOC 010/URST 010
SOC 002S
SOC 020
SOC 120
SOC 122
SOC 123
SOC 137
SOC 143/URST 143
SOC 150
SOC 151
SOC 156
SOC 157
SOC 160
SOC 169
4
4
4
4
4
5
4
4
5
4
4
4
4
5
4
Introduction to Sociology
The City: An Introduction
Sociological Foundations (formerly numbered SOC 15)
American Society
Human Social Institutions
Social Change
Human Societies
Population
Urban Sociology
The Sociology of Economic Organizations
Formal Organizations
Community
Social Networks
Sociology of Education
Modern Sociological Theory
SOC 176/BUS 176
SOC 181
SOC 182/URST 182
SOC 184
4
4
4
4
The Sociology of Work in Organizations
World-Systems and Globalizations
Urban Problems
Environmental Sociology
Upper division standing
Upper division standing
Priority given to PSYC majors
Priority given to PSYC majors
C- or better in ENGL 001A
C- or better in: BIOL 002 or
BIOL 003 or BIOL 005A
or BIOL 034
PSYC 002
HNPG 042K or PSYC 002 or
SOC 001
C- or better in: HNPG 042K
or PSYC 002 or PSYC 178
SOC 001 or 001H
SOC 001
SOC 001
SOC 001 or ANTH 001
SOC 001
SOC 001
Upper division standing
Upper division standing
SOC 001
SOC 001
Upper division standing
C or better in SOC 001;
Priority given to SOC
majors
SOC 001
SOC 001
Upper division standing
SOC 001
C. ONE additional course in Social Sciences chosen from Social Sciences A, Social Sciences B, Ethnicity (see
Ethnicity section) or Women Studies (listed below). To also satisfy the ABET requirement, choose an upper
division (100-199) course from the areas listed.
Course
WMST 001
WMST 010
WMST 100
WMST 109/ANTH 109
Units
4
5
4
4
WMST 161
4
Title
Gender and Sexuality
Women and Culture
Gender Theory
Women, Politics and Social Movements: Global
Perspectives
Gender and Science
Updated 4/25/11. Subject to change without notice.
Effective until Spring 2013
Prerequisites
Upper division standing
Upper division standing
WMST 001
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ETHNICITY: 1 courses (UCR R6.5)
May be overlapped with Humanities B or Social Sciences C
One of the following courses can be chosen to fulfill BOTH Ethnicity and the Humanities B requirement:
Course
ETST 012/RLST 012
ETST 012W/RLST 012W
ETST 014/MUS 014
ETST 114
ETST 120
ETST 151
ETST/WRLT 170
Units
4
4
4
4
4
4
4
Title
Religious Myths and Rituals
Religious Myths and Rituals
Popular Music of the World
Contemporary Latina Writing in the US
Contemporary Native American Literature
Contemporary Asian American Literature
Third World Literature
Prerequisites
ENGL 001B
Upper division standing
Upper division standing
Upper division standing
Upper division standing
One of the following courses can be chosen to fulfill BOTH Ethnicity and the Social Science C requirement:
Course
ETST 001
ETST 002
ETST 003
Units
4
4
4
ETST 005
4
ETST 007
4
ETST 102
ETST 106
ETST 109I
4
4
4
ETST 131
ETST 172/AST 127/ANTH
176/ DNCE 127MUS 127
4
4
Title
Introduction to the Study of Race and Ethnicity
Introduction to Chicano Studies in Comparative Perspective
Introduction to African American Studies in Comparative
Perspective
Introduction to Asian American Studies in Comparative
Perspective
Introduction to Native American Studies in Comparative
Perspective
The Political Economy of Race and Class
Theory in Asian American Studies
The Black Diaspora: Cultural, Political, and Historical
Connections
Race, Class, and Gender
Music Cultures of Southeast Asia
(may fulfill either Humanities OR Social Science)
Prerequisites
Upper division standing
Upper division standing
ETST 003; Upper division
Standing
Upper division standing
Upper division standing
NATURAL SCIENCES: 4 courses total (UCR R6.2)
A. One course, chosen from among:
Course
BIOL 002
BIOL 003
BIOL 005A & BIOL 05LA
Units
4
4
5
Title
Cellular Basis of Life
Organisms in Their Environment
Introduction to Cell and Molecular Biology
Prerequisites
BIOL 05LA (may be taken
concurrently); C- or better
in CHEM 001A & 01LA
B. One course, chosen from among:
Course
CHEM 001A & CHEM 01LA
Units Title
5
General Chemistry
CHEM 001B & CHEM 01LB
5
General Chemistry
CHEM 001C & CHEM 01LC
5
General Chemistry
PHYS 040A
5
General Physics
PHYS 040B
5
General Physics
PHYS 040C
5
General Physics
Prerequisites
C- or better in MATH 005 or
concurrent enrollment in
MATH 008B or 009A
C- or better in CHEM 001A &
01LA
C- or better in CHEM 001B &
01LB
C- or better in MATH 008B or
009A
MATH 9C (may be taken
concurrently); C- or better
in PHYS 040A
MATH 009C; C- or better in
PHYS 040B
C. Two additional courses, chosen from the Natural Sciences A or Natural Sciences B courses listed above.*
* Business Informatics students ONLY may also choose from the following to satisfy Natural Sciences C:
Course
Units Title
Prerequisites
GEO 001
4
The Earth’s Crust and Interior
ENSC 001
4
Intro to Environmental Sciences, Natural Resources
Updated 4/25/11. Subject to change without notice.
Effective until Spring 2013
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