Interdisciplinary General Education

Offered by: College of Education and Integrative Studies, Liberal Studies Department

First Year Second/Third Year

How IGE fulfills GE Requirements

The Interdisciplinary General Education pathway (IGE) is a small learning community that offers an innovative GE pathway within the University GE Program where students can satisfy up to 21 units of University GE requirements. The IGE curriculum provides an integrated, interdisciplinary, discussion-based approach to learning about the humanities, social sciences, and arts, preparing students to lead socially responsible, productive, and satisfying lives in a changing diverse world.

Active-learning classes develop core professional skills and intellectual versatility across a breadth of areas. The more courses students take in IGE, the richer their experience. While students are encouraged to take as many courses that they would like, each individual course is designed to welcome all students regardless of whether they’ve taken an IGE course before.

The IGE pathway has the following common Learning Outcomes:

• Effective Communication
• Critical Thinking
• Historical, Social, and Multicultural Understanding
• Understanding and Appreciation of Aesthetic Experiences
• Articulation of Values
• Information Literacy
• Integrative Learning

IGE Pathway: 21 units

First Year:

• IGE 1100 Who Am I?: Understanding Ourselves, Our Communities, and Our Worlds (3) [GE 3B]  
• IGE 1200 Faith, Passion, and Power: The Saga of the Ancient and Medieval Worlds (3) [GE 1A or 3B]  
• IGE 2600 Digital Culture, Race, and Ethnicity (3) [GE 6]  

Second/Third Year:

• IGE 2150 A Sustainable Tomorrow: From Industrialization to Ethical Environmentalism (3) [GE 3B or 4A]  
• IGE 2250 The Stranger: Encountering Difference and Creating Coexistence (3) [GE 3B or 4A]  
• IGE 2350 Rival Empires: Representation and Resistance (3) [GE 3A]  
• IGE 3100 Interdisciplinary Perspectives: Capstone Seminar (3) [GE 3C or 4C]   

Additional Upper Division IGE Courses

May be taken by any qualified student; does not need other IGE courses as prerequisites.

• IGE 3200 Mad Scientists and Aliens: Science and Technology in Popular Culture (3) [GE 3C]   
• IGE 3300 Demons, the Undead, and the Monstrous Other (3) [GE 3C]  
• IGE 3400 Peoples and Cultures of Central Asia: Life along the Silk Road (3) [GE 4C]  
• IGE 3500 The Creative Process: Innovation and Transformation (3) [GE 3C or 4C]  
• IGE 3600 UFOs, Illuminati, and Other Conspiracy Theories (3) [GE 4C]  

Fulfilling GE Requirements:

GE Area	Courses
1A	IGE 1100  and IGE 1200  Category II students are eligible to enroll in IGE 1100  (Fall) and IGE 1200  (Spring) as a two-course sequence to fulfill GE Area 1A. Students who choose this sequence will also satisfy GE Area 3B. Category III and IV students need to enroll in English composition courses in the 1A GE course list. Students with incoming 1A credit (Category I) can take either IGE 1100  or IGE 1200  for 3B credit.
3A	IGE 2350
3B	IGE 1100 , IGE 1200 , IGE 2150 , or IGE 2250
3C	IGE 3100  (3C or 4C; cannot double count for both 3C and 4C)
4A	IGE 2150  or IGE 2250  Also satisfy American Institutions Part A
4C	IGE 3100  (3C or 4C; cannot double count for both 3C and 4C)
6	IGE 2600