General Education
GE Grid Worksheets
Use these fillable PDF files to plan out your general education requirements.
The General Education requirement promotes the intellectual growth of all undergraduates by ensuring that they acquire a breadth of knowledge that will enlarge their perspectives beyond the focus of a major and serve them well as participants in a knowledge-based society. It seeks to stimulate continued intellectual growth by providing students with knowledge not only of the content but also of the methodologies of different academic disciplines. It involves students in the learning process by its expectation of considerable writing and class participation. It encourages students to consider the relationships between disciplines.
For more information on the GE requirements, visit https://ge.ucdavis.edu/requirements.
The list below is not exhaustive and is included for your convenience to assist with schedule planning. There are many GEs offered by multiple different departments, and students are not required to choose only from this list. Be sure to check if any courses have prerequisites to enroll. Even some lower division GEs can have prerequisites.
Note that if a course is certified in more than one Topical Breadth area and/or more than one Core Literacy area, you may count the course units toward only ONE Topical Breadth area and only ONE Core Literacy area. For example, if a course carries credit for Arts and Humanities (AH), Social Science (SS), Domestic Diversity (DD), and Writing Experience (WE), you must choose either Arts and Humanities (AH) or Social Science (SS) and either Domestic Diversity (DD) or Writing Experience (WE).
Business Major GE Requirements
All business major students are required to complete the campus General Education requirement. Remember that AP/IB scores cannot be used to complete GE requirements.
Students in the business major will fulfill a significant portion of the General Education requirements by completing major coursework.
The business major does not cover the following GEs:
Topical Breadth
Arts & Humanities (AH): 12 units
Core Literacies
Writing Experience (WE): 6 units
Oral Literacy (OL) or additional Writing Experience (WE): 3 units
Domestic Diversity (DD): 3 units
World Cultures (WC): 3 units
GE Course Examples
| Course | Title | Units | Breadth | Core Literacies |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| AAS 010 | African-American Culture & Society | 4 | SS | ACGH, DD, WE |
| AAS 012 | Intro African Studies | 4 | AH, SS | WC, WE |
| AAS 018 | Intro Caribbean Studies | 4 | AH, SS | WC |
| AAS 152* | Black World Literature | 4 | AH | DD, WC, WE |
| AHI 001A | Ancient Mediterranean Art | 4 | AH | WC, VL |
| AMS 001C | American Lives | 4 | AH, SS | DD, WE, ACGH |
| AMS 010 | Introduction to American Studies | 4 | AH, SS | ACGH, DD, WE |
| AMS 025 | United States as a Business Culture | 4 | AH, SS | ACGH, DD, WE |
| AMS 030 | Images of America & Americans in Popular Culture | 4 | AH, SS | ACGH, DD, WE |
| ANT 002 | Cultural Anthropology | 4 | SS | DD, WE, WC |
| ANT 015 | Human Life Cycle | 5 | SE | SL, WC, WE |
| ANT 030 | Sexualities | 4 | AH, SS | DD, WC, ACGH |
| ANT 101* | Ecology, Nature, and Society | 4 | SS | WC, WE |
| ARE 115A* | Economic Development | 4 | SS | WC |
| ASA 001 | Historical Experience of Asian Americans | 4 | AH, SS | DD, WC, WE, VL, ACGH |
| ASA 004 | Asian American Cultural Studies | 4 | AH | DD, OL, WE, ACGH |
| CDM 001 | Intro to Film Studies | 4 | AH | WC, WE, VL |
| CHI 010 | Introduction to Chicana/o Studies | 4 | AH, SS | ACGH, DD, WE, OL |
| CHI 050 | Intro To Chicano Culture | 4 | AH | WC, DD, WE, ACGH |
| CHI 154* | Chicano Novel | 4 | AH | WC, WE, OL, DD, ACGH |
| CLA 001 | Ancient Near East & Early Greece: 3000-500 B.C.E. | 4 | AH | WC, WE |
| CLA 010 | Greek, Roman, & Near Eastern Mythology | 3 | AH | WC, VL |
| COM 005 | Fairy Tales, Fables, & Parables | 4 | AH | WC, WE |
| COM 006 | Myths & Legends | 4 | AH | WC, WE |
| COM 007 | Vampires & Other Horrors | 4 | AH | DD, OL, WC, WE, VL, ACGH |
| FMS 127* | Film Theory | 4 | AH | OL, WC, WE, VL |
| MUS 010 | Introduction to Music Literature | 4 | AH | VL, WC |
| RST 001B | Death & Afterlife | 4 | AH | OL, WC, WE, VL |
| RST 001F | Religion Today | 4 | AH | DD, WC, WE |
| RST 006 | Introduction to Health Sciences & the Humanities | 4 | AH, SS | ACGH, DD, WE |
*These are upper division courses. Students should generally not take these in their first year at UC Davis.