For students who entered spring 2019 or earlier [CCD]/[CCO] courses will fulfill Contemporary Challenges [CC].
Students must take two degree credit-bearing courses that meet one or more of these goals.
- Analyze the degree to which forms of human difference shape a person's experiences of and perspectives on contemporary issues.
- Analyze a contemporary global issue from a multidisciplinary perspective.
- Analyze the relationship that science and technology have to a contemporary social issue.
- Analyze contemporary issues of social justice.
The Contemporary Challenges Learning Goals must be fulfilled by taking classes at Rutgers-New Brunswick; transfer and AP courses are not certified to meet these learning goals.
SAS Core courses taught each semester are available to view in the Schedule of Classes. After selecting a semester, New Brunswick, and Undergraduate and hitting "Continue", choose the tab on the left labeled "Core Code". The dropdown list will show each of the SAS Core codes. After selecting one of the options, courses will appear from all departments that fulfill that SAS Core goal.
| Course # | Course Title | Credits | Core Codes |
| African, Middle Eastern, and South Asian Languages and Literatures | |||
| 01:013:204 | Introduction to Discourse Analysis | 3 | CCD, SCL |
| 01:013:205 | Cultural Forces in International Politics | 3 | CCD |
| 01:013:285 | Language and Globalization | 3 | CCO or CCD |
| 01:013:305 | Languages in Peril (formerly African, Middle Eastern, and South Asian Languages in Peril) | 3 | CCO, ITR |
| 01:013:307 | Introduction to Postcolonial Literatures and Theories | 3 | CCO or CCD, AHo or AHp |
| American Studies | |||
| 01:050:102 | Introduction to Race and Ethnicity in America | 3 | CCD |
| 01:050:210 | The American Dream | 4 | CCD, AHp |
| 01:050:223 | Learning from the Past: Early America and the 21st Century | 3 | CCD, HST |
| 01:050:316 | Twenty-First Century Writing | 3 | CCO, AHp |
| Anthropology | |||
| 01:070:111 | Extinction | 4 | CCD or CCD, NS |
| 01:070:223 | Anthropology of Latin America | 3 | CCD |
| 01:070:225 | Gender in Global Perspective | 3 | CCD |
| 01:070:242 | Anthropology of the Middle East | 3 | CCD |
| 01:070:248 | Anthropology of China | 3 | CCD |
| 01:070:283 | French Gastronomy and Global Food Culture | 3 | CCO, HST |
| 01:070:303 | Wealth and Culture | 3 | CCD |
| 01:070:324 | Globalization, Sex, and Families | 3 | CCO |
| 01:070:372 | Body Politics (formerly Anthropology of the Body) |
3 | CC |
| Art History | |||
| 01:082:101 | Building the Future: An Introduction to Architecture | 3 | CCO, Ahp |
| 01:082:118 | Looking at Twenty First-Century World History | 3 | CCO, HST |
| Asian Studies | |||
| 01:098:250 | Global East Asia | 4 | CCO, HST or SCL |
| 01:098:255 | Heroism | 3 | CCO, AHp |
| Biochemistry | |||
| 11:115:100 | Molecules of Life: Biochemistry for Everyone | 3 | CCO, NS |
| Biological Sciences | |||
| 01:119:150 | Biology, Society, and Biomedical Issues | 3 | CCO, NS |
| 01:119:154 | Genetics, Law, and Social Policy | 3 | CCO, NS |
| 01:119:155 | Human Genetics | 3 | CCO, NS |
| 01:119:156 | Genetics, Evolution and Human Health | 3 | CCO, NS |
| 01:119:160 | Biology, Society, and Ecological Issues | 3 | CCO, NS |
| Chemistry | |||
| 01:160:127 | Impact of Chemistry | 3 | CCO, NS |
| Cinema Studies | |||
| 01:175:321 | World Cinema II | 3 | CCD, AHp |
| Cognitive Science | |||
| 01:185:253 | Human Nature and Human Diversity | 4 | CCD or CCO, AHo |
| Communication and Information | |||
| 04:189:103 | Information Technology and Informatics | 3 | CCO, ITR |
| 04:189:353 | Digital Technology and Disruptive Change | 3 | CCO, ITR |
| Communication | |||
| 04:192:346 | Intercultural Communication | 3 | CC, WCr or WCd |
| 04:192:354 | Communication and Technology | 3 | CCO, WCd |
| 04:192:380 | Public Speaking | 3 | CC, WCr, ITR |
| 04:192:432 | Communication, Technology, and Society | 3 | CCO |
| 04:192:446 | Communication and Social Change | 3 | CCD, WCd |
| 04:192:478 | Family Communication | 3 | CC, WCd |
| Comparative Literature | |||
| 01:195:220 | The Global Ecological Imagination | 3 | CCD, Aho |
| 01:195:270 | Past Today | 3 | CCO or CCD, AHo or AHp |
| 01:195:272 | Russia: Between Empire and Nation | CCO | |
| 01:195:307 | Introduction to Postcolonial Literatures and Theories | 3 | CCO or CCD, AHo or AHp |
| 01:195:321 | World Cinema II | 3 | CCD, AHp |
| Computer Science | |||
| 01:198:142 | Data 101 | 3 | CCO, QQ or QR, ITR |
| 01:198:143 | Data 101 | 3 | CCO, QQ or QR, ITR |
| 01:198:405 | Seminar in Computers and Society | 3 | CCO, WCd |
| East Asian Languages and Area Studies | |||
| 01:214:245 | Global East Asia |
3 | CCO, HST or SCL, WCd |
| Ecology, Evolution and Natural Resources | |||
| 11:216:115 | Evolution of Sex & Gender in Animals | 3 | CCO, NS |
| 11:216:317 | Conservation Ecology | 3 | CCO, WCd |
| Economics | |||
| 01:220:120 | Inequality | 3 | CCO, SCL |
| Education | |||
| 05:300:350 | Education and Computers | 3 | CCO |
| English | |||
| 01:354:205 | Cinema Today | 4 | CCO, AHp |
| 01:354:321 | World Cinema II | 3 | CCO, AHp |
| 01:358:205 | The Coming Apocalypse | 4 | CCO, AHp |
| 01:358:275 | The Cultural History of Now | 3 | CCO, AHp |
| Environmental and Business Economics | |||
| 11:373:101 | Economics, People, and the Environment | 3 | CCO, SCL |
| 11:373:431 (was 11:015:431) |
International Trade Policy | 3 | CCO |
| Environmental Planning and Design |
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| 11:573:202 (was 11:372:202) |
Environmental Issues in the United States | 3 | CCO, SCL |
| Environmental Policies, Institutions and Behavior | |||
| 11:374:101 | Introduction to Human Ecology | 3 | CCO, SCL |
| 11:374:115 | Water and Society | 3 | CCO, SCL |
| 11:374:175 | Energy and Society | 3 | CCO, SCL |
| 11:374:279 | Politics of Environmental Issues | 3 | CC, SCL |
| Environmental Science | |||
| 11:375:101 | Introduction to Environmental Science | 3 | CCO, NS |
| 11:375:197 | Environmental Science Literacy | 3 | CCO, ITR |
| Environmental Studies | |||
| 01:381:101 | Introduction to Environmental Studies | 3 | CCO |
| European Studies | |||
| 01:360:320 | Politics and Social Policy: Lessons from Europe | 3 | CCO |
| Food Science | |||
| 11:400:107 | Food: From Field to Table | 3 | CCO |
| French | |||
| 01:420:251 | France and the World - the World in France (Taught in English) |
3 | CCO, AHp |
| 01:420:271 | Francophilia: Literature and Sexuality in Modern France | 3 | CCD, WCd |
| 01:420:283 | French Gastronomy and Global Food Culture | 3 | CCO, HST |
| Genetics | |||
| 01:447:354 | Social, Legal and Ethical Implications of the New Genetics | 3 | CCO |
| 01:447:384 | Genetic Analysis I | 4 | CCO |
| Geography | |||
| 01:450:101 | Earth Systems | 3 | CCO, NS |
| 01:450:102 | Transforming the Global Environment | 3 | CCO, NS |
| 01:450:208 | Maps, Power, and the Digital World | 3 | CCO |
| 01:450:214 | Conservation | 4 | CCO, SCL |
| 01:450:250 | Cities | 4 | CCO, SCL |
| 01:450:341 | South Asia | 3 | CCO |
| 01:450:363 | Geography of Development | 3 | CCO |
| 01:450:370 | Climate Change and Society | 3 | CCO, ITR |
| Geological Sciences | |||
| 01:460:110 | Sea Change: The Rise and Fall of Sea Level and the Jersey Shore | 3 | CCO, NS |
| 01:460:120 | Introduction to Oceanography | 3 | CC, NS |
| 01:460:203 | Building and Maintaining a Habitable Planet | 3 | CCO, NS |
| 01:460:204 | The Water Planet | 3 | CCO, NS |
| 01:460:207 | Oil and Gold: The Good, The Bad, and The Ugly | 3 | CCO, NS |
| 01:460:222 | Planet Mars, the Next Frontier | 3 | CCO, NS |
| 01:460:224 | Geology of the Moons and Planets | 3 | CCO, NS |
| German | |||
| 01:470:369 | Remembering the Holocaust | 3 | CCD |
| History | |||
| 01:506:118 | Looking at Twenty First-Century World History | 3 | CCO, HST |
| 01:506:151 | History and the News | 3 | CCO, HST |
| 01:506:227 | Health, Culture and Society | 2 | CCD or CCO |
| 01:506:260 | Wars, Wayfarers and the Wall: A History of the U.S.-Mexican Border | 3 | CCO, HST |
| 01:508:110 | Political Islam: Present and Past | 3 | CCO, HST |
| 01:508:209 | Jerusalem Contested: A City's History from Jewish, Christian, and Muslim Perspectives | 3 | CC, HST |
| 01:508:226 | War and Violence in Africa | 3 | CCD, HST |
| 01:510:370 | Remembering the Holocaust | 3 | CCD |
| 01:512:216 | Famous Trials | 3 | CCD, HST |
| 01:512:250 | Natives and Newcomers: Immigration and Migration in U.S. History | 3 | CCD, HST |
| 01:512:268 | Plantation to White House | 3 | CCD, HST or SCL |
| Information Technology and Informatics | |||
| 04:547:111 | The Internet and the Information Environment: A Quantitative Approach | 3 | CCO, QR, ITR |
| 04:547:220 | Retrieving and Evaluating Electronic Information | 3 | CCO, ITR |
| 04:547:340 | Gender and Technology | 3 | CCD, SCL, WCd |
| Interdisciplinary Studies | |||
| 01:556:143 | Energy and Climate Change | 3 | CCO, NS |
| 01:556:271 | Immigrant States: Jersey's Global Routes | 3 | CCD, SCL |
| International and Global Studies | |||
| 01:558:101 | Global Awareness: An Introduction to International and Global Studies | 3 | CCD |
| Japanese | |||
| 01:565:215 | A-Bomb Literature and Film in Japan | 3 | CCO, AHp |
| Jewish Studies | |||
| 01:563:100 | Introduction to the Modern Middle East | 3 | CCO, HST or SCL, AHo |
| 01:563:280 | Jerusalem Contested: A City's History from Jewish, Christian, and Muslim Perspectives | 3 | HST |
| 01:563:360 | Remembering the Holocaust | 3 | CCD |
| Journalism and Media Studies | |||
| 04:567:215 | Gender, Race, and Class in the Media | 3 | CCD |
| 04:567:330 | Exploring New Media (no longer offered - NOT equivalent to Exploring New Media 04:567:211, which is not on the Core) |
3 | CC |
| Labor Studies | |||
| 37:575:110 | Work, Society, and the Quality of Life | 3 | CCO, SCL |
| 37:575:215 | Youth and Work | 3 | CCD, SCL |
| 37:575:301 | Labor Movements and Democracy (formerly Comparative Labor Movements) |
3 | CCO |
| 37:575:302 | Comparative Social and Labor Legislation | 3 | CCO |
| 37:575:303 | Black Workers in American Society | 3 | CCD, SCL |
| 37:575:307 | Latino Workers in the U.S. | 3 | CCD |
| 37:575:309 | Working Women in American Society | 3 | CCD, SCL |
| 37:575:320 | Immigrant Workers and Their Rights | 3 | CC |
| 37:575:357 | Social Movements, Social Change and Work | 3 | CCD |
| 37:575:359 | Organizing for Social Change | 3 | CCD |
| 37:575:363 | Labor and the Global Economy | 3 | CCD |
| 37:575:364 | Diversity in the Workplace | 3 | CCD |
| Landscape Architecture | |||
| 11:550:230 | Environmental Design Analysis | 3 | CCO, AHp |
| 11:550:271 | Agriculture and the Landscape | 3 | CCD |
| Latin American Studies | |||
| 01:590:101 | Latin America: An Introduction | 3 | CCD, HST or SCL |
| Latino and Caribbean Studies | |||
| 01:595:100 | Introduction to Caribbean Studies | 3 | CCO |
| 01:595:101 | Introduction to Latino Studies | 3 | CCD |
| 01:595:202 | Color-Lines and Borderlands | 4 | CCD, Aho |
| 01:595:271 | Immigrant States: Jersey's Global Routes | 3 | CC, SCL |
| 01:595:333 | Caribbean Religion | 3 | CCO, SCL, WCr |
| Marine and Coastal Sciences | |||
| 11:628:120 | Introduction to Oceanography | 3 | CC, NS |
| 11:628:204 | The Water Planet | 3 | CCO, NS |
| 11:628:221 | Human Interactions with the Coastal Ocean | 3 | CCO, NS |
| Microbiology | |||
| 11:680:101 | Living in the Microbial World | 3 | CCO, NS |
| 11:680:103 | Microbiology of Agricultural Products in New Jersey | 3 | CCO, NS |
| Middle Eastern Studies | |||
| 01:685:100 | Introduction to the Modern Middle East | 3 | CCO, HST or SCL, AHo |
| 01:685:110 | Political Islam: Present and Past | 3 | CCO, HST |
| 01:685:280 | Jerusalem Contested: A City's History from Jewish, Christian, and Muslim Perspectives | 3 | CC, HST |
| 01:685:306 | Multiple Identities of the Middle East | 3 | CCD, HST |
| Molecular Biology and Biochemistry | |||
| 01:694:414 | Harnessing Solar Energy | 3 | CC |
| Music | |||
| 07:700:292 | Musics of the World (formerly Introduction to World Music) |
3 | CCD, AHp |
| Nutritional Sciences | |||
| 11:709:255 | Nutrition and Health | 3 | CCO, NS |
| Organizational Leadership | |||
| 01:713:308 | Leadership in a Diverse Workplace | 3 | CCD |
| Philosophy | |||
| 01:730:252 | Eating Right: The Ethics of Food Choices and Food Policy | 4 | CC, AHo, WCd |
| 01:730:253 | Human Nature and Human Diversity | 4 | CCO or CCD AHo |
| Physics | |||
| 01:750:140 | The Greenhouse Effect | 3 | CCO, NS |
| Political Science | |||
| 01:790:120 | Inequality | 3 | CCO, SCL |
| 01:790:313 | Political Economy of East Asia | 3 | CCO |
| 01:790:318 | Comparative Public Policy | 3 | CCO |
| 01:790:320 | Politics and Social Policy: Lessons from Europe | 3 | CCO |
| 01:790:333 | Race, Ethnicity, and Politics | 3 | CCD |
| Psychology | |||
| 01:830:123 | Soul Beliefs: Causes and Consequences | 4 | CCO, HST |
| Public Health | |||
| 10:832:252 | Health and Social Justice | 3 | CCD, SCL |
| Religion | |||
| 01:840:101 | Gods, Myths, and Religions in a Secular Age | 3 | CCO, AHo |
| 01:840:105 | Religions Now: 21st Century Controversies | 4 | CCD, AHo |
| 01:840:125 | Political Islam: Present and Past | 2 | CCO, HST |
| 01:840:333 | Caribbean Religion | 3 | CCO, SCL, WCr |
| Russian | |||
| 01:860:272 | Russia: Between Empire and Nation | 3 | CCO, AHp |
| Sexualities Studies | |||
| 01:888:290 | Introduction to Critical Sexualities Studies | 3 | CCD |
| 01:888:291 | Francophilia: Literature and Sexuality in Modern France | 3 | CCD, WCd |
| Sociology | |||
| 01:920:101 | Introduction to Sociology | 3 | CC, SCL |
| 01:920:103 | Sociological Analysis of Social Problems | 3 | CCD, SCL |
| 01:920:108 | Minority Groups in American Society | 3 | CCD, SCL |
| 01:920:226 | Health, Culture and Society | 3 | CCD or CCO |
| 01:920:240 | Normality and Abnormality | 4 | CCO, SCL, WCd |
| 01:920:273 | War: Critical Perspectives | 3 | CCO, SCL |
| Spanish | |||
| 01:940:363 | Bilingualism in the Spanish-Speaking World | 3 | CCO |
| 01:940:418 | The Spanish Language in Social Contexts | 3 | CC |
| 01:940:450 | Spanish-American Theater | 3 | CCD |
| 01:940:462 | Environment and Literature in Hispanic Culture | 3 | CCO |
| Statistics | |||
| 01:960:142 | Data 101 | 3 | CCO, QQ or QR, ITR |
| Study Abroad | |||
| 01:xxx:xxx | Study Abroad Program - Full Time 12cr or more in a Fall or Spring term, or 6cr or more in a Summer term |
xx | CC |
| Theater Arts | |||
| 07:965:370 | Global Theater I | 3 | CC, AHo |
| Women's and Gender Studies | |||
| 01:988:101 | Introduction to Gender, Race, and Sexuality (formerly Women, Culture, and Society) | 3 | CCD or CCO |
| 01:988:130 | Knowledge and Power: Issues in Women's Leadership | 3 | CCD or CCO |
| 01:988:235 | Dynamics of Class, Race, and Sex | 3 | CCD or CCO |
| 01:988:270 | War: Critical Perspectives | 3 | CCO, SCL |
| 01:988:309 | Working Women in American Society | 3 | CCD, SCL |
| 01:988:317 | Gender and Consumption | 3 | CCD or CCO |
| 01:988:337 | Globalization, Sex, and Families | 3 | CCO |
