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Undergraduate Advising

Social Sciences, Humanities, and GenEd Requirements:

18 Hrs of Social Sciences and Humanities:

All ECE students need to take 18 hrs of Social Sciences and Humanities courses distributed as:

• 6 hours of Social and Behavioral Science electives (called Campus SS)
• 6 hours of Humanities and the Arts electives (called Campus Humanities)
• 6 more hours of electives (called "Other SSH"):
  • selected from the Campus GenEd lists linked above
  • or from the supplemental Engineering College list of SS and Humanities electives
    • can be taken Credit/NoCredit

These 18 hours can also be used to satisfy the additional Campus GenEd Requirements described next (see Helpful Hints below).

Additional GenEd Requirements:

• 1 Advanced Composition course (MUST be an Illinois course)
• Cultural Studies:
  • 1 Non-Western/U.S. Minority Culture course
  • 1 Western/Comparative Culture course
• Language:
  • Three years of a single foreign language studied in high school will meet this requirement.
  • Alternatively, you need to take a third-semester level foreign language course in college.
    • College language courses may be counted for Other SSH.
    • Go to 206 Engr. Hall to have your language credit verified.

GenEd courses (including Campus SS and Humanities) MUST be taken for a letter grade.

Helpful hints:

• Make your electives count twice (or even three times!) Example: History 140 counts as Campus Humanities, other SSH, Western Culture, and Advanced Composition --- see example checklists.
• In the URL's of course listings above readjust the "year" and "semester" values to find the latest links --- Example: replace "2008/Fall" by "2009/Spring" in the URL window after going to Humanities and the Arts listing.
• If you think you should have GenEd credit and don't, see the Deans in 206 Engr. Hall.
• Many Illinois community colleges have courses that will satisfy Campus GenEd credit. See the web site: https://uic.transfer.org/cas/.

• Composition I: Rhet 105 (alternatively Rhet 101+2; 103+4; 108; SpCom111+112; ESL 114+115) --- this is a required course in the freshman year.
• Natural Sciences and Technology and Quantitative Reasoning: Your required technical courses meet these requirements many times over.