Nontechnical Breadth Requirements

A.  First-Year Course Requirements

38-101  EUREKA!:  Discovery and Its Impact
76-10³ÝÌý First-Year Writing Course
99-101  Computing @ Carnegie Mellon

B.  Science and Society Course Requirements

38-304 Reading and Writing Science or choose to take one of the preapproved electives

C.  Engage courses

38-110  ENGAGE in Service
38-220  ENGAGE in the Arts
38-230  ENGAGE in Wellness: Looking Inward
38-330  ENGAGE in Wellness: Looking Outward
38-430  ENGAGE in Wellness: Looking Forward

D.  Cultural/Global Understanding Course Requirement

Below are examples of courses that can fulfill the requirement and a more . Any student who finds an appropriate Â鶹¹ÙÍø course which is not on the list and might fulfill this requirement can contact Kevin Hunter to see if the course can be added to the list. Study abroad and transfer courses will be considered for this category. However, this requirement cannot be fulfilled with AP, IB, or Cambridge credit. Students must complete 9 units of this requirement.

19-291  Special Topics: Environmental Systems on a Changing Planet
57-173  Survey of Western Music History
57-209  The Beatles
57-306  World Music
66-213  The American Railroad: Decline and Renaissance in the Age of Deregulation
70-342  Managing Across Cultures
76-217 Literature & Culture of the 20th and 21st Century
76-221  Books You Should Have Read By Now
76-232  Introduction to African American Literature
76-239  Introduction to Film Studies
76-241  Introduction to Gender Studies
76-386  Language & Culture
79-104  Global Histories
79-145  Genocide and Weapons of Mass Destruction (beginning Fall 21)
79-189  History of Democracy: Thinking Beyond the Self (beginning Fall 21)
79-201  Introduction to Anthropology
79-202  Flesh and Spirit: Early Modern Europe, 1400-1750
79-203  The Other Europe: The Habsburgs, Communism, & Central/Eastern Europe, 1740-1990
79-205  20th & 21st Century Europe
79-208  Witchcraft and Witch-Hunting
79-210  Identity, Nationhood, and State
79-211  Modern Southeast Asia: Colonialism, Capitalism, and Cultural Exchange
79-214  Paris in Revolt: History, Literature, and Film
79-216  Genghis Khan and the Mongol Empire
79-217  The War in Vietnam
79-219  Modern Cuba: A Travel Guide for Millennials, 1898 to the Present
79-220  Screening Mexico: Mexican Cinema, 1898 to Present
79-222  Between Revolutions: The Development of Modern Latin America
79-222  China and the Second World War
79-223  Mexico: From the Aztec Empire to the Drug War
79-227  Modern Africa: The Slave Trade to the End of Apartheid
79-229  Origins of the Arab-Israeli Conflict, 1880-1948
79-230  Arab-Israeli Conflict Since 1948
79-231  American Civil Rights Movement: From Garveyism to Black Power
79-232  Arabian Peninsula Environmental History
79-233  The United States and the Middle East since 1945
79-234 Technology and Society
79-235  Caribbean Cultures
79-240  Development of American Culture
79-241  African American History: Africa to the Civil War
79-242  African American History: Reconstruction to the Present
79-244  Women in American History
79-245  Capitalism and Individualism in American Culture
79-250  Voting Rights: An Unexpected History
79-255  Irish History
79-257  Germany and the Second World War
79-261  The Last Emperors: Chinese History and Society, 1600-1900
79-262  Modern China: From the Birth of Mao ... to Now
79-263  Mao and the Chinese Cultural Revolution
79-264  Tibet and China: History and Propaganda
79-265  Russian History: From the First to the Last Tsar
79-266  Russian History: From Communism to Capitalism
79-267  The Soviet Union in World War II: Military, Political, and Social History
79-275  Introduction to Global Studies
79-280  Coffee and Capitalism
79-283  Hungry World: Food and Famine in Global Perspective
79-284  Modern War: Geopolitical Conflict in Historical Perspective
79-307  Religion and Politics in the Middle East
79-328  Photographers and Photography Since World War II
79-343  Education, Democracy, and Civil Rights
79-345  Roots of Rock & Roll
79-349  The Holocaust in Historical Perspective
79-350  Early Christianity
79-358  Nazi Ghettos: From Spatial Segregation to Killing Zones
79-375  Science & Religion
79-377  Food, Culture, and Power: A History of Eating
80-100  Introduction to Philosophy
80-101  Dangerous Ideas in Science and Society
80-250  Ancient Philosophy
80-251  Modern Philosophy
80-253  Continental Philosophy
80-254  Analytic Philosophy
80-255  Pragmatism
80-276  Philosophy of Religion
82-xxx  Any course from Modern Languages
84-380  Grand Strategy in the United States
85-350  Psychology of Prejudice
85-352  Evolutionary Psychology
99-3xx  Any of the "Country Today" courses

E.  Nontechnical Elective Requirements

To fulfill this requirement, students must complete a minimum of four nontechnical courses totaling at least 36 units. These courses should be from the College of Fine Arts, the Tepper School of Business and/or Dietrich College. Lists of exceptions can be found in the links below. A maximum of 18 units may be fulfilled with AP, IB, and Cambridge credit.

Certain courses offered in academic units other than CFA, DC and Tepper are considered non-technical and may be taken to fulfill Arts, Humanities, Social Sciences, and Business Course Requirements.  The following courses may be used to satisfy those requirements.  Again, this list is not presumed to be exhaustive.  Students who would like to petition to add a course to the list can contact Kevin Hunter.

Computer Science
05-392  Interaction Design Overview
15-221  Technical Communication for Computer Scientists

MCS Interdisciplinary
38-132 DC Grand Challenge First-Year Seminar: Health in Unhealthy Times

Public Policy & Management
90-717  Writing for Public Policy
90-718  Strategic Presentation Skills
90-733  Urban Development
90-765  Cities, Technology and the Environment
90-767  Welfare Policy
90-778  Media and Public Policy Making
90-810  Population and Policy
90-818  Health Care Quality & Performance Improvement
90-828  Energy, Climate Change, and Economic Growth in the 21st Century
90-847  Grand Corruption and Rule of Law

Â鶹¹ÙÍø-Wide Studies
99-241 Revolutions of Circularity
99-421  Faces of Wo/Men

The intent of the Nontechnical Breadth Requirements is to provide breadth in background and exposure to non-technical areas.  For this reason, certain technical courses from these colleges are excluded.  These courses are listed below, though this list is not presumed to be exhaustive.  New courses will undoubtedly be offered which are not currently listed.  Students who have concerns about whether or not a course can fulfill the requirement can contact Kevin Hunter.

The following courses are considered to be technical courses and may not be used to fulfill the Nontechnical Breadth Requirement:

Statistics
36-011  AP Statistics
36-200  Reasoning with Data
36-201  Statistical Reasoning and Practice
36-202  Statistics & Data Science Methods
36-207  Probability and Statistics for Business Applications
36-208  Regression Analysis
36-217  Probability Theory and Random Processes
36-225  Introduction to Probability Theory
36-226  Introduction to Statistical Inference
36-247  Statistics for Lab Sciences
36-295  Independent Study
36-303  Sampling, Survey and Society
36-309  Experimental Design for Behavioral & Social Sciences
36-315  Statistical Graphics and Visualization
36-401  Modern Regression
36-402  Advanced Methods Data Mining
36-410  Introduction to Probability Modeling
36-461  Special Topics in Statistics
36-462  Special Topics in Statistics
36-625  Probability and Mathematical Statistics I

MCS Interdisciplinary
38-012  AP Environmental Science

Architecture
48-215  Materials and Assembly
48-217  Structures
48-315  Environment I:  Climate & Energy
48-400  Advanced Synthesis Options Studio I
48-410  Advanced Synthesis Options Studio II
48-412  Environment II:  Mechanical Systems
48-500  Advanced Synthesis Options Studio III
48-510  Advanced Synthesis Options Studio IV
48-752  Zero Energy Housing

Design
51-341  How Things Are Made
51-401  Senior Design Lab

Art
60-223  IDeATe Portal:  Introduction to Physical Computing

College of Fine Arts
62-150  IDeATe Portal:  Introduction to Media Synthesis and Analysis

Business Administration
70-110  Business Computing
70-122  Introduction to Accounting
70-207  Probability and Statistics for Business Applications
70-208  Regression Analysis
70-371  Operations Management
70-391  Finance
70-428  Financial Statement Analysis
70-451  Management Information Systems
70-453  Business Technology for Consulting
70-460  Mathematical Models for Consulting
70-461  Real Time Decisions with Resource Planning Systems
70-465  Technology Strategy
70-471  Supply Chain Management
70-492  Investment Analysis
70-495  Corporate Finance
70-497  Derivative Securities

Economics
73-252  Advanced Microeconomic Theory
73-253  Advanced Macroeconomic Theory
73-265  Economics and Data Science
73-372  International Money and Finance


Philosophy
80-110  Nature Mathematical Reasoning
80-210  Logic and Proofs
80-211  Logic and Mathematical Inquiry
80-223  Causality and Probability
80-305  Choices, Decisions, and Games
80-310  Formal Logic
80-311  Undecidability and Incompleteness
80-314  Causal Discovery, Statistics, and Machine Learning
80-315  Modal Logic
80-316 Causation Probability & AI 
80-317  Introduction to Ramsey Theory
80-405  Game Theory
80-411  Proof Theory
80-413  Category Theory
80-511  Thesis Seminar
80-513  Seminar of Philosophy of Mathematics
80-514  Categorical Logic
80-516  Causality and Learning

Psychology
85-111  Self-Paced Lisp Lab
85-213  Human Information Processing and Artificial Intelligence
85-219  Biological Foundations of Behavior
85-310  Research Methods in Cognitive Psychology

Social & Decision Sciences
88-198  Research Training:  Social and Decision Sciences
88-223  Decision Analysis
88-251  Empirical Research Methods