General Studies at SHESC

Social and Behavioral Sciences (3 credit hours)

Courses in social sciences and behavioral sciences expose students to the systematic investigation of human institutions, relationships, social structures, behavior, emotions, communication and health. 

Available classes: 
 

ASB 300 Food and Culture
B Session (7/2 - 8/12)
ASU Online and iCourse
 

ASB 462 Medical Anthropology: Culture and Health
B Session (7/2 - 8/12)
ASU Online and iCourse

Global Communities, Societies and Individuals (3 credit hours)

Courses in the Global Communities, Societies and Individuals knowledge area explore the world from multiple vantage points. They consider historical, ongoing or transforming global issues across multiple scales and types of human experiences. 

Available classes: 

ASB 100 Introduction to Global Health
B Session (7/2 - 8/12)
ASU Online and iCourse


ASB 102 Introduction to Cultural Anthropology
B Session (7/2 - 8/12)
ASU Online and iCourse


ASB 210 Human Sexuality: Anthropological Perspectives
B Session (7/2 - 8/12)
ASU Online and iCourse

ASB 322 Peoples of Latin America
B Session (7/2 - 8/12)
ASU Online and iCourse

ASB 353 Death and Dying in Cross-Cultural Perspective
B Session (7/2 - 8/12)
ASU Online and iCourse
 

ASB 357 Society, Drugs and Health
B Session (7/2 - 8/12)
ASU Online and iCourse
 

Humanities, Arts and Design (6 credit hours - 2 courses)

The humanities explore questions of human existence and meaning, the nature of thinking and knowing, and moral and aesthetic experience. Humanities reflect on values of all kinds and seek to make the human mind more analytical, contemplative and expansive. 

Available classes: 

ASB 222 Buried Cities and Lost Tribes
B Session (7/2 - 8/12)
ASU Online and iCourse


ASB 301 Global History of Health
B Session (7/2 - 8/12)
ASU Online and iCourse


ASB 333 Frauds, Myths and Mysteries
B Session (7/2 - 8/12)
ASU Online and iCourse

ASB 383 Religion and Sports
B Session (7/2 - 8/12)
ASU Online and iCourse

ASB 353 Death and Dying in Cross-Cultural Perspective
B Session (7/2 - 8/12)
ASU Online and iCourse

CIVI: Governance and Civic Engagement (3 credit hours)

Courses in the Governance and Civic Engagement category explore ways in which humans confront the dilemmas and opportunities of community life and develop skills of civic communication.

No classes available for Summer B session

SUST: Sustainability (3 credit hours)

The Sustainability requirement provides students with an interdisciplinary understanding of socio-ecological systems in relation to global challenges and opportunities. The learning objectives emphasize systems thinking, where human and non-human systems are understood as intimately connected, with human actions affecting all life on a planet with limits and boundaries.

Available classes:

ASB 327 Disaster!
B Session (7/2 - 8/12)
ASU Online and iCourse

 

SB: Social-behavioral Sciences (6 credit hours)

The social-behavioral sciences provide scientific methods of inquiry and empirical knowledge about human behavior, within society and individually. The forms of study may be cultural, economic, geographic, historical, linguistic, political, psychological or social.

Available classes: 

ASB 100 Introduction to Global Health
B Session (7/2 - 8/12)
ASU Online and iCourse
 

ASB 102 Introduction to Cultural Anthropology
B Session (7/2 - 8/12)
ASU Online and iCourse


ASB 210 Human Sexuality: Anthropological Perspectives
B Session (7/2 - 8/12)
ASU Online and iCourse
 

ASB 301 Global History of Health
B Session (7/2 - 8/12)
ASU Online and iCourse
 

ASB 357 Society, Drugs and Health
B Session (7/2 - 8/12)
ASU Online and iCourse

ASB 462 Medical Anthropology: Culture and Health
B Session (7/2 - 8/12)
ASU Online and iCourse
 

HU: Humanities, Arts and Design (6 credit hours)

Courses in the humanities are devoted to the productions of human thought and imagination, particularly in philosophical, historical, religious and artistic traditions.

Available classes: 

ASB 333 Frauds, Myths and Mysteries
B Session (7/2 - 8/12)
ASU Online and iCourse


ASB 353 Death and Dying in Cross-Cultural Perspective
B Session (7/2 - 8/12)
ASU Online and iCourse


ASB 383 Religion and Sports
B Session (7/2 - 8/12)
ASU Online and iCourse

SG: Natural Sciences (4 credit hours)

Natural Sciences areas of study include anthropology, astronomy, biology, biochemistry, chemistry, experimental psychology, geology, microbiology, physical geography, physics and plant biology. (SG): These laboratory courses cover aspects of scientific inquiry that lend themselves to more qualitative or descriptive discussions of science.

Available classes: 

ASM 275 Forensic Anthropology
B Session (7/2 - 8/12)
ASU Online and iCourse

L: Literacy and Critical Inquiry (3 credit hours)

Literacy is competence in written and oral discourse. Critical inquiry is the gathering, interpretation and evaluation of evidence. The Literacy and Critical Inquiry requirement helps students sustain and extend their ability to reason critically and communicate clearly through language.

Available classes: 

ASB 316 Money and Culture
B Session (7/2 - 8/12)
ASU Online and iCourse
 

ASB 322 Peoples of Latin America
B Session (7/2 - 8/12)
ASU Online and iCourse

G: Global Awareness

The objective of the Global Awareness (G) requirement is to help students recognize the need for an understanding of the values, elements and social processes of cultures other than those of the U.S. This area consists of courses that recognize other contemporary cultures and the relationship of the American cultural system to generic human goals and welfare.

Available classes:  

ASB 102 Introduction to Cultural Anthropology
B Session (7/2 - 8/12)
ASU Online and iCourse


ASB 222 Buried Cities and Lost Tribes
B Session (7/2 - 8/12)
ASU Online and iCourse
 

ASB 301 Global History of Health
B Session (7/2 - 8/12)
ASU Online and iCourse
 

ASB 322 Peoples of Latin America
B Session (7/2 - 8/12)
ASU Online and iCourse

ASB 333 Frauds, Myths and Mysteries
B Session (7/2 - 8/12)
ASU Online and iCourse

ASB 353 Death and Dying in Cross-Cultural Perspective
B Session (7/2 - 8/12)
ASU Online and iCourse
 

ASB 100 Introduction to Global Health
B Session (7/2 - 8/12)
ASU Online and iCourse


ASB 210 Human Sexuality: Anthropological Perspectives
B Session (7/2 - 8/12)
ASU Online and iCourse

C: Cultural Diversity in the United States

The objective of the Cultural Diversity in the United States (C) requirement is to promote awareness and appreciation of cultural diversity within the contemporary U.S. This is accomplished through the study of the cultural, social or scientific contributions of women and minority groups, examination of their experiences in the U.S., or exploration of successful or unsuccessful interactions between and among cultural groups.

Available classes: 

ASB 300 Food and Culture
B Session (7/2 - 8/12)
ASU Online and iCourse


ASB 462 Medical Anthropology: Culture and Health
B Session (7/2 - 8/12)
ASU Online and iCourse


ASB 327 Disaster!
B Session (7/2 - 8/12)
ASU Online and iCourse

H: Historical Awareness

The objective of the Historical Awareness (H) requirement is to help students develop knowledge of the past, which can be useful in shaping the present and future. History is present in languages, art, music, literature, philosophy, religion and the natural sciences, as well as in the social science traditionally called history.
 

Available classes: 

ASB 222 Buried Cities and Lost Tribes
B Session (7/2 - 8/12)
ASU Online and iCourse
 

ASB 301 Global History of Health
B Session (7/2 - 8/12)
ASU Online and iCourse