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GEM Requirements

• This is a speech requirement; these courses prepare students to organize oral presentations to persuade, debate, argue, or inform in a clear, concise, and logical manner; emphasis must be on content and delivery; group and interpersonal communication courses are not acceptable.

Eligible UMGC Courses

• Foundations of Oral Communication(3 Credits, SPCH 100)

GEM Requirements

• This is an English composition requirement; applicable communication courses must satisfy the delivering institution's writing and composition requirement for graduation; business communication and technical writing courses are not acceptable; higher-level writing and composition courses may be applied as a program elective.

Eligible UMGC Courses

• Foundations of Writing and Communication(3 Credits, WRTG 111)
• Applied Writing and Communication(3 Credits, WRTG 112)
• Research Writing(3 Credits, WRTG 291)

GEM Requirements

• This is an intermediate algebra or a college-level mathematics course that satisfies the delivering institution's mathematics requirement for graduation; courses such as accounting, business mathematics, computer mathematics, statistics (taught outside the mathematics department), history of mathematics, and mathematics for elementary and secondary teachers are not applicable; three semester hours of mathematics are required for graduation; however, if an acceptable mathematics course is applied as a technical or program elective, a natural science course may be substituted for mathematics.

Eligible UMGC Courses

• Topics for Mathematical Literacy(3 Credits, MATH 105)
• College Algebra(3 Credits, MATH 107)
• Pre-Calculus(3 Credits, MATH 115)
• Calculus I(4 Credits, MATH 140)
• Introduction to Statistics(3 Credits, STAT 200)

GEM Requirements

• Courses from the following disciplines are acceptable: anthropology, archaeology, economics, geography, government, history, political science, psychology, and sociology designed to impart knowledge, develop skills, and identify goals concerning elements and institutions of human society.

Eligible UMGC Courses

• Introduction to Cultural Anthropology(3 Credits, ANTH 102)
• Introduction to Social Sciences(3 Credits, BEHS 210)
• Principles of Macroeconomics(3 Credits, ECON 201)
• Principles of Microeconomics(3 Credits, ECON 203)
• Introduction to Political Science(3 Credits, GVPT 100)
• American Government(3 Credits, GVPT 170)
• History of the United States Since 1865(3 Credits, HIST 157)
• Introduction to Psychology(3 Credits, PSYC 100)
• Introduction to Sociology(3 Credits, SOCY 100)

GEM Requirements

• Courses in fine arts (criticism, appreciation, or historical significance), foreign language, literature, philosophy, and religion are acceptable.

Eligible UMGC Courses

• Introduction to Fiction, Poetry, and Drama(3 Credits, ENGL 240)
• Elementary German I(3 Credits, GERM 111)
• Elementary Japanese I(3 Credits, JAPN 111)
• Music as Cultural Expression(3 Credits, MUSC 210)
• Introduction to Philosophy(3 Credits, PHIL 100)
• Practical Reasoning(3 Credits, PHIL 110)
• Introduction to Moral Philosophy and Ethical Reasoning(3 Credits, PHIL 140)
• Elementary Spanish I(3 Credits, SPAN 111)