General Education Courses
The University of New Mexico requires all undergraduate students to complete General Education requirements as part of earning any baccalaureate degree. Complementing the major, General Education provides a set of strategies: communication, critical thinking, information analysis, quantitative skills, and responsibility toward local and global communities. Students develop these strategies from different angles by taking one or more courses in each of the seven areas of the General Education curriculum: (1) communication, (2) mathematics and statistics, (3) physical and natural sciences, (4) social and behavioral sciences, (5) humanities, (6) second language, and (7) arts and design. The General Education curriculum consists of 31 credit hours of courses in the seven areas of study.
UNM offers an inventory of general education courses for Accelerated Online Program students in an 8-week format and are offered on a cyclical basis. Look for the courses in the current schedule of classes with a course comment that reads "Limited to accelerated online program students only." Below is a listing of the individual courses that fulfill a General Education requirement:
| Course Number* | Course Name | UNM General Education Area | Credit Hours |
ASTR 1115 | Introduction to Astronomy | Physical & Natural Sciences | 3 |
ASTR 1115L | Introduction to Astronomy Laboratory | Physical & Natural Sciences | 1 |
BIOL 1110 | General Biology | Physical & Natural Sciences | 3 |
| BIOL 1110L | General Biology Lab | Physical & Natural Sciences | 1 |
CCST 1110 | Introduction to Comparative Global and Ethnic Societies | Social & Behavioral Sciences | 3 |
CCST 2110** | Introduction to Chicana and Chicano Studies | Humanities | 3 |
COMM 1130 | Public Speaking | Communication | 3 |
ECON 2110 | Macroeconomic Principles | Social & Behavioral Sciences | 3 |
ECON 2120 | Microeconomic Principles | Social & Behavioral Sciences | 3 |
ENGL 1110 | Composition I | Communication | 3 |
ENGL 1120 | Composition II | Communication | 3 |
ENGL 2210 | Professional and Technical Communication | Communication | 3 |
GEOG 1160 | Home Planet: Land, Water, & Life | Physical & Natural Sciences | 3 |
GEOG 1160L | Home Planet Laboratory | Physical & Natural Sciences | 1 |
HIST 1150 | Western Civilization I | Humanities | 3 |
IADL 1110 | Introduction to Information Studies | Communication | 3 |
LING 2110 | Introduction to the Study of Language and Linguistics | Social & Behavioral Sciences | 3 |
MATH 1220 | College Algebra | Mathematics & Statistics | 3 |
MATH 1350 | Introduction to Statistics | Mathematics & Statistics | 3 |
MATH 1430 | Applications of Calculus I | Mathematics & Statistics | 3 |
MUSC 1120 | Music Appreciation: Rock & Roll | Arts & Design | 3 |
MUSC 1130 | Music Appreciation: Western Music | Arts & Design | 3 |
NATV 1150** | Introduction to Native American Studies | Humanities | 3 |
PHIL 1115 | Introduction to Philosophy | Humanities | 3 |
PHIL 1120 | Logic, Reasoning, and Critical Thinking | Communication | 3 |
PORT 1110 | Portuguese I | Second Language | 3 |
PSYC 1110 | Introduction to Psychology | Social & Behavioral Sciences | 3 |
RELG 2110 | Eastern Religions | Humanities | 3 |
SPAN 1110 | Spanish I | Second Language | 3 |
SPAN 2120 | Spanish IV | Second Language | 3 |
* Beginning with Fall 2019, UNM has implemented the State of New Mexico's Common Course Numbering (CCN). A full listing of UNM's general education courses can be found on the UNM General Education Website.
**Course also meets University's "U.S. and Global Diversity and Inclusion” 3-credit undergraduate degree requirement.
