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The Commons represents Southern New Hampshire University's General Education program and the University's mission of supporting justice, equity, diversity, and citizenship—understood as the common good—in the core undergraduate academic experience. The Commons invites students to embrace, as their life’s work, the journey of learning for the purpose of building a more just and equitable society. The Commons seeks to give deeper meaning and value to the balance of a student’s academic pathway. It empowers them with the knowledge, tools, skills, and dispositions necessary to become effective critical and creative thinkers and decision makers capable of navigating the complexities of and positively contributing to contemporary, global society. Throughout The Commons, students will develop core skills necessary to navigate society, as well as those important for success in their major fields of study, personal lives, and professional paths. Students will learn how to communicate and collaborate in a variety of contexts, examine the influences of history and culture on contemporary issues and challenges, and explore the rich complexities of intercultural fluency. Students will employ theoretical and practical frameworks and will integrate and apply knowledge and skills from the arts and humanities; science, technology, and mathematics; and the social sciences through a variety of learning experiences. The interdisciplinary curriculum of The Commons engages students in the cultivation of equity and sustainability across various academic contexts and environments and serves to promote the development of a mindset aimed at a 21st-century citizenship grounded in service, creativity, and advocacy. ** Please refer to your Program Evaluation or your Academic Advisor for specific course information. **
The General Education: The Commons program contains 224 identified courses across 3 requirement categories. The prerequisite data currently includes 81 known course relationships.
Structured catalog requirement categories, credit thresholds, and nested course rules.
18 Total Credits
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21 Total Credits
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3 credit(s) from the following:
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6 credit(s) from the following type of course(s): EETH, ECCE, EHPS, ESMF, ESPE
3 Total Credits
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Known courses in this degree map with credits and prerequisite links from catalog data.
| Course | Title | Credits | Prerequisites |
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| IDS 405 | Civic Responsibility for Social Change | 3 |
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| IDS 410 | Problem Solving for Social Change | 3 |
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| BIO 360 | Global Nutrition: Challenges and Opportunities | 3 | None listed |
| BIO 431 | Invasive Biology | 3 | None listed |
| CIS 315 | Information System Requirements and Design | 3 | None listed |
| ECO 350 | Economics of Nonprofit Organizations | 3 | None listed |
| ENG 370 | Writing with Digital Media | 3 |
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| FAS 301 | Film and American Culture | 3 | None listed |
| FAS 302 | Gender and Film | 3 | None listed |
| FAS 335 | Romanticism to Impressionism | 3 | None listed |
| FAS 345 | Contemporary Art | 3 | None listed |
| FAS 370 | American Art | 3 | None listed |
| FAS 380 | Women, Art and Society | 3 | None listed |
| FAS 390 | Non-Western Art | 3 | None listed |
| HIS 301 | World History and Culture | 3 | None listed |
| HIS 308 | Case Studies in Revolution | 3 | None listed |
| HIS 309 | Dictators in the Modern Era | 3 | None listed |
| HIS 321 | The Ancient World of Greece and Rome | 3 | None listed |
| HIS 330 | Civil War and Reconstruction | 3 | None listed |
| HIS 332 | Colonial New England | 3 | None listed |
| HIS 338 | Young America | 3 | None listed |
| HIS 357 | American Slavery | 3 | None listed |
| JUS 341 | Restorative Justice | 3 | None listed |
| LIT 399 | Literature in the Digital Age | 3 |
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| MAT 434 | Statistical Learning and Classification | 3 |
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| MAT 435 | Mathematical Modeling: Construction and Validation | 3 |
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| MAT 440 | BIG Problems in Mathematics | 3 | None listed |
| MUS 376 | Music, Gender and Society | 3 |
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| OL 218 | Power of Questioning | 3 | None listed |
| PHL 305 | Animal Rights and Ethical Issues | 3 | None listed |
| PHL 315 | Philosophy of Love, Sex & Gender | 3 | None listed |
| SNHU 398 | Design Thinking and Learning Pedagogy Wolak Learning Fellows | 3 | None listed |
| SNHU 399 | Inquiry Scholars of SNHU | 3 | None listed |
| SNHU 400 | Advanced Design Thinking and Learning Fellows Pedagogy: Learning Fellows Edition | 3 |
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| SOC 324 | Sociology of Crime and Violence | 3 |
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| SOC 326 | Sociology of Deviant Behavior | 3 |
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| SOC 335 | Technology and Social Change | 3 | None listed |
| SPT 465 | Global Sport Business | 3 |
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| IDS 104 | Mindset and Growth for Lifelong Learning | 3 | None listed |
| IDS 105 | Cultural Awareness and Online Learning | 3 | None listed |
| FYS 101 | First Year Seminar | 3 | None listed |
| ENG 120 | College Composition I | 3 | None listed |
| ENG 130 | Foundations of Written Communication | 3 | None listed |
| MAT 126 | Mathematical Reasoning for Modern Problem-Solving | 3 | None listed |
| MAT 107 | Mathematical Knowledge for Teaching I | 3 |
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| MAT 108 | Mathematical Knowledge for Teaching II | 3 |
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| MAT 115 | Math and Society | 3 | None listed |
| MAT 135 | The Heart of Mathematics | 3 | None listed |
| MAT 142 | Precalculus with Limits | 3 | None listed |
| MAT 160 | Introduction to Game Theory | 3 | None listed |
| MAT 215 | Introduction to Mathematical Modeling | 3 | None listed |
| MAT 222 | Introduction to Combinatorics | 3 | None listed |
| MAT 225 | Calculus I: Single-Variable Calculus | 3 |
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| MAT 239 | Mathematics for Computing | 3 | None listed |
| MAT 240 | Applied Statistics | 3 | None listed |
| MAT 241 | Modern Statistics with Software | 3 | None listed |
| MAT 260 | Cryptology | 3 | None listed |
| MAT 275 | Calculus II: Integration and Series | 3 |
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| IDS 150 | Global Perspectives in Sustainability | 3 | None listed |
| BUS 208 | Sustainable Businesses | 3 | None listed |
| EG 110 | Engineering Ideas into Prototypes | 3 | None listed |
| ENV 219 | Environmental Issues | 3 | None listed |
| HIS 270 | American Environmental History | 3 | None listed |
| POL 322 | Stratagem: The Sustainable Development Simulation Game | 3 | None listed |
| SCI 219 | Environmental Issues | 3 | None listed |
| SCI 220 | Energy and Society | 3 | None listed |
| SPT 215 | Sports and Sustainability | 3 | None listed |
| SST 101 | Introduction to Sustainability | 3 | None listed |
| PHL 218 | Ethics in Global Society | 3 | None listed |
| PHL 260 | Ethical Decision-Making & Problem-Solving | 3 | None listed |
| EDU 203 | Professional Responsibility and Ethics in Teaching | 3 | None listed |
| ENG 300 | Brave New Words: Writing for a Better World | 3 |
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| ESPT 315 | Social, Ethical, and Legal Issues in Esports | 3 | None listed |
| GST 247 | Gender and Text | 3 |
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| HIS 249 | The Common Good | 3 | None listed |
| HON 202 | Interdisciplinary Studies II | 3 |
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| JUS 360 | Wrongful Convictions | 3 | None listed |
| LIT 235 | War Literature | 3 | None listed |
| LIT 247 | Gender and Text | 3 |
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| PHL 210 | Introduction to Philosophy | 3 | None listed |
| PHL 212 | Introduction to Ethics | 3 | None listed |
| PHL 220 | Death and the Meaning of Life | 3 | None listed |
| PHL 222 | Happiness and the Good Life | 3 | None listed |
| PHL 250 | Information Ethics | 3 | None listed |
| PHL 316 | Business Ethics | 3 | None listed |
| PHL 363 | Environmental Ethics | 3 | None listed |
| HUM 215 | Culture and Creativity | 3 | None listed |
| HUM 260 | Creative Expression in Cultural Context | 3 | None listed |
| COM 125 | Dissecting Pop Culture | 3 | None listed |
| COM 212 | Public Speaking | 3 | None listed |
| COM 244 | Digital Video Production: Level I | 3 | None listed |
| FAS 226 | Digital Photography | 3 | None listed |
| FAS 260 | History of Architecture | 3 | None listed |
| FAS 270 | Introduction to Film History | 3 | None listed |
| FAS 320 | History of Design | 3 | None listed |
| FAS 326 | History of Photography | 3 | None listed |
| HON 201 | Interdisciplinary Studies I | 3 | None listed |
| HUM 201 | Humanities: Ancient to Renaissance | 3 | None listed |
| HUM 202 | Humanities: Renaissance to the Present | 3 | None listed |
| LIT 229 | World Mythology | 3 |
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| LIT 231 | Nature Writers | 3 |
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| LIT 233 | Banned Books | 3 |
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| LIT 237 | Young Adult Literature | 3 | None listed |
| LIT 243 | Pop Fiction | 3 | None listed |
| LIT 250 | Introduction to Literary Studies | 3 |
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| LIT 328 | Multi-Ethnic Literature: Describing the Hyphen | 3 |
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| LIT 335 | Major Authors: American, British, or Global | 3 |
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| LIT 350 | The Black Literary Tradition | 3 |
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| MUS 223 | Appreciation and History of Music | 3 | None listed |
| MUS 270 | History of Jazz | 3 | None listed |
| MUS 272 | Film Music | 3 | None listed |
| MUS 274 | Video Game Music | 3 | None listed |
| MUS 276 | Women and Music | 3 | None listed |
| MUS 278 | American Popular Music: 1920-the present | 3 | None listed |
| HIS 217 | Diverse Historical Narratives | 3 | None listed |
| HIS 262 | Historical Literacy and Society | 3 | None listed |
| HIS 220 | Modern European History: 1890-Present | 3 | None listed |
| HIS 222 | War and Society: Antiquity to 1800 | 3 | None listed |
| HIS 223 | Modern War & Society | 3 | None listed |
| HIS 235 | Modern Russia | 3 | None listed |
| HIS 238 | Modern Germany: 1871 - Present | 3 | None listed |
| HIS 240 | World War I | 3 | None listed |
| HIS 241 | World War II | 3 | None listed |
| HIS 242 | The Cold War | 3 | None listed |
| HIS 245 | United States History since 1945 | 3 | None listed |
| HIS 254 | Civil Rights Movement | 3 | None listed |
| HIS 259 | Silk Roads and Samurai | 3 | None listed |
| HIS 260 | Modern China | 3 | None listed |
| HIS 264 | Modern Japan | 3 | None listed |
| JUS 395 | The Death Penalty | 3 | None listed |
| LIT 318 | World Literature | 3 |
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| LIT 360 | Early British Literature | 3 |
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| LIT 361 | Modern and Contemporary British Literature | 3 |
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| LIT 362 | Early American Literature | 3 |
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| LIT 363 | Modern American Literature | 3 |
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| PHL 323 | Ancient Philosophy | 3 | None listed |
| SCI 214 | STEM and the Scientific Mindset | 3 | None listed |
| SCI 260 | STEM Principles and Problem-Solving | 3 | None listed |
| BIO 101 | Principles of Biology | 3 | None listed |
| BIO 210 | Introduction to Anatomy and Physiology | 3 | None listed |
| BIO 210L | Anatomy and Physiology Lab | 1 |
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| BIO 215 | People, Places, and Plagues | 3 | None listed |
| BIO 302 | Field Ornithology | 3 | None listed |
| CHM 120 | General Chemistry I | 3 | None listed |
| CIS 135 | Interactive Scripting for Business Applications | 3 | None listed |
| CIS 209 | Introduction to Robotics Applications | 3 | None listed |
| CIS 213 | Humanoid Robots | 3 | None listed |
| CIS 214 | Technology and Art | 3 | None listed |
| CIS 252 | AI and Robotics in K-12 Education | 3 | None listed |
| CIS 255 | Applied Data Structure and Database | 3 | None listed |
| CIS 270 | Web Design & Construction | 3 | None listed |
| CIS 275 | Artificial Intelligence for Real-World Applications | 3 | None listed |
| CS 110 | Fundamentals of Programming | 3 | None listed |
| CS 113 | Introduction to Programming | 3 | None listed |
| CSM 199 | The Built Environment | 3 | None listed |
| EDU 255 | AI and Robotics in K-12 Education | 3 | None listed |
| EG 112 | Engineering Design II | 3 |
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| EG 361 | Introduction to Autonomous Robots | 3 |
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| EG 424 | Industrial Robots | 3 |
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| IT 140 | Introduction to Scripting | 3 | None listed |
| MAT 299 | Mathematical Proof and Problem Solving | 3 |
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| MAT 300 | Applied Statistics II: Regression Analysis | 3 |
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| PHL 214 | Formal Logic | 3 | None listed |
| PHY 101 | Principles of Physics | 3 | None listed |
| PHY 215 | Physics I | 3 |
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| SCI 218 | Natural Resources | 3 | None listed |
| SCS 215 | Social Sciences and the Human Experience | 3 | None listed |
| SCS 260 | Social Issues and Decision-Making | 3 | None listed |
| ATH 111 | Introduction to Cultural Anthropology | 3 | None listed |
| COM 220 | Intercultural Communication | 3 | None listed |
| DEV 106 | Learner Development | 3 | None listed |
| DEV 260 | Culturally Responsive Citizen | 3 | None listed |
| ECO 101 | Economics of Social Issues | 3 | None listed |
| ECO 201 | Microeconomics | 3 | None listed |
| ECO 202 | Macroeconomics | 3 |
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| ECO 314 | Labor Economics | 3 |
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| ECO 455 | Experiential International Economics | 3 | None listed |
| ENV 348 | Environmental Law, Politics, and Sustainable Development | 3 | None listed |
| FIN 250 | Personal Financial Planning | 3 | None listed |
| FIN 455 | Experiential International Finance | 3 | None listed |
| GST 100 | Introduction to Women's Studies | 3 | None listed |
| GST 335 | Gender and Sport | 3 |
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| HOS 220 | Geography of Global Cultures | 3 | None listed |
| JUS 101 | Introduction to Criminal Justice | 3 | None listed |
| JUS 305 | International Criminal Justice | 3 | None listed |
| JUS 309 | White Collar Crime | 3 | None listed |
| LIT 239 | Literature and the Mind | 3 | None listed |
| LIT 241 | Crime Literature | 3 | None listed |
| MKT 205 | Applied Marketing Strategies | 3 | None listed |
| MKT 225 | Digital Marketing | 3 | None listed |
| MKT 345 | Consumer Behavior | 3 |
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| OL 408 | Building Diverse and Inclusive Organizations | 3 | None listed |
| POL 210 | American Politics | 3 | None listed |
| POL 211 | International Relations | 3 | None listed |
| POL 213 | World Politics | 3 | None listed |
| POL 301 | U.S. Foreign Policy | 3 |
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| POL 306 | The American Legal Tradition | 3 |
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| POL 326 | World Legal Traditions | 3 |
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| POL 348 | Environmental Law, Politics, and Sustainable Development | 3 | None listed |
| POL 378 | The United Nations and Global Governance | 3 | None listed |
| PSY 108 | Introduction to Psychology | 3 | None listed |
| PSY 225 | Health Psychology | 3 |
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| PSY 302 | Conspiracy Theory: Causes, Consequences, and Responses | 3 |
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| PSY 328 | Theories of Personality | 3 |
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| PSY 355 | Theories of Social Psychology | 3 |
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| SNHU 200 | Intercultural Exploration | 3 | None listed |
| SNHU 397 | Global Inquiry Scholars of SNHU | 3 | None listed |
| SOC 112 | Introduction to Sociology | 3 | None listed |
| SOC 213 | Sociology of Social Problems | 3 |
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| SOC 214 | World Sociology | 3 |
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| SOC 302 | Conspiracy Theory: Causes, Consequences, and Responses | 3 |
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| SOC 317 | Sociology of the Family | 3 |
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| SOC 320 | Sociology of Gender | 3 |
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| SPED 106 | Children with Exceptionalities | 3 | None listed |
| SPT 333 | Sport, Society, and Ethics | 3 |
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| SPT 335 | Gender and Sport | 3 |
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| HUM 102 | Self, Society, and the Humanities | 3 | None listed |
| HUM 110A | Foundations in Humanities (Learning to Look) | 3 | None listed |
| HUM 110B | Foundations in Humanities (Exploring the Past) | 3 | None listed |
| HUM 110C | Foundations in Humanities (The Literary Imagination) | 3 | None listed |
| HUM 110D | Foundations in Humanities (Music and Meaning) | 3 | None listed |
| HUM 110E | Foundations in Humanities (Philosophical Reasoning) | 3 | None listed |
| ENG 190 | Research and Persuasion | 3 |
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| ENG 200 | Research and Composition | 3 |
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| MAT 210External | External Requirement | — | None listed |
| MAT 350External | Applied Linear Algebra | — | None listed |
| MAT 051External | External Requirement | — | None listed |
| MAT 140External | Precalculus | — | None listed |
| MAT 230External | Discrete Mathematics | — | None listed |
| MAT 243External | Applied Statistics for Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics (STEM) | — | None listed |