Complete one course in each of four core academic areas (Arts, Humanities, Natural Science, Social Science) plus one course designated as a Environmental Perspective (E) and one course designed as a Global Perspective (G). The Environmental and Global Perspective courses must be taken at Eckerd College. Courses with the "E" or "G" designations cannot be used to meet academic area requirements. No course may fulfill more than one general education requirement. Academic area courses are found in the following areas of study:

Arts

Creative Writing
Music
Visual Arts
Art History
Theater
Communication*
CR prefix courses**
IA prefix courses

*Except courses in oral communication.
**Except Resident Advisor Internship.

Humanities

American Studies
Ancient Studies
Classics
East Asian Humanities
Rhetoric*
History
Literature
Philosophy
Religious Studies
Women's & Gender 
Studies
Foreign Languages **
LT prefix courses

*200 level or above
**300 level or above

Natural Science

Biology
Chemistry
Physics
Marine Science
Computer Science *
Mathematics*
NA prefix courses
ES prefix courses**

*200 level or above
**As Designated

Social Science

Anthropology
Economics
Human Development
International Business
International Relations
Management
Political Science
Psychology
Sociology

Please note that courses which are good choices for meeting the academic area general education requirements will be designated by a letter after the course number (A-Arts, H-Humanities, N-Natural Science, S-Social Science). Those courses that require prerequisites in the same academic area are not designated with a letter, but can be used to fulfill the academic area.