College of Arts and Sciences
- African American and African Diaspora Studies
- Anthropology
- Biology
- Chemistry and Biochemistry
- Classical Studies
- Communication Studies
- Computer Science
- English
- Geography, Environment, and Sustainability
- Environment and Sustainability, B.A.
- Geography, B.A.
- Geography, Secondary Education, B.A.
- Geography, B.S.
- Climate Justice Undergraduate Minor
- Digital Earth Technologies Undergraduate Minor
- Environment Undergraduate Minor
- Geography Undergraduate Minor
- Sustainability Undergraduate Minor
- Geography Second Academic Concentration
- Applied Geography, M.A.
- Sustainability and Environment, M.S.
- Geography, Ph.D.
- Climate Justice, Post-Baccalaureate Certificate
- Conservation, Post-Baccalaureate Certificate
- Digital Earth Technologies, Post-Baccalaureate Certificate
- Environmental Humanities, Post-Baccalaureate Certificate
- Global Societies and Governance, Post-Baccalaureate Certificate
- Sustainability, Post-Baccalaureate Certificate
- History
- Informatics and Analytics
- Interior Architecture
- Languages, Literatures, and Cultures
- Languages, Literatures, and Cultures, B.A.
- Spanish, B.A.
- American Sign Language Undergraduate Minor
- Chinese Undergraduate Minor
- French and Francophone Studies Undergraduate Minor
- German Undergraduate Minor
- Russian Undergraduate Minor
- Spanish Undergraduate Minor
- Languages, Literatures, and Cultures Second Academic Concentration
- Languages, Literatures, and Cultures, M.A.
- Master of Arts in Teaching, M.A.T.
- Teacher Education, M.Ed.
- Advanced Spanish Language and Hispanic Cultural Studies, Post-Baccalaureate Certificate
- Liberal and Professional Studies
- Liberal and Interdisciplinary Studies, B.A.
- Professional Studies Online, B.S.
- African Studies Undergraduate Minor
- Archaeology Undergraduate Minor
- Asian Studies Undergraduate Minor
- European Studies Undergraduate Minor
- International and Global Studies Undergraduate Minor
- Latin American and Caribbean Studies Undergraduate Minor
- Russian Studies Undergraduate Minor
- Liberal and Interdisciplinary Studies, M.A.
- eLearning, Post-Baccalaureate Certificate
- Global Studies, Post-Baccalaureate Certificate
- Mathematics and Statistics
- Media Studies
- Philosophy
- Physics and Astronomy
- Political Science
- Psychology
- Religious Studies
- Sociology
- Women's, Gender, and Sexuality Studies
Communicating Ideas in Context (CIC)
In addition to developing the core competencies of UNC Greensboro’s Minerva’s Academic Curriculum (MAC) and the specialized knowledge within their field, College of Arts and Sciences majors will also complete the College of Arts and Sciences’ Communicating Ideas in Context (CIC) curriculum. Answering the important questions of our time and solving the serious problems that we face will require the cooperation and the collaboration of a diverse group of committed, thoughtful, and knowledgeable people. Such cooperation and collaboration are built on excellent communication skills.
The College of Arts and Sciences’ Communicating Ideas in Context (CIC) curriculum is designed to strengthen your communication skills by developing:
- your skill as a writer so that you can communicate effectively;
- your understanding of how and why different types of academic disciplines make sense of our world and the people within it, so that you can work successfully with diverse teams who approach tasks with different assumptions, perspectives, and values;
- and your ability to communicate multilingually, so that you can be an active, contributing partner in our global community.
CIC Requirements
1. Complete two (2) courses with a College Writing (CW) attribute.
2. Complete twelve (12) additional credit hours distributed across three (3) categories:
- CIC Humanities (6 credits)
- CIC Natural and Data Sciences (3 credits)
- CIC Social and Behavioral Sciences (3 credits)
3. Complete an additional language or culture requirement.
1. CIC College Writing Requirement
- In addition to the MAC Written Communication competency, students in the College of Arts and Sciences must complete 2 courses at the 200 level or above carrying the College Writing (CW) attribute. At least 1 of these courses must be in the student's major.
- Courses with a College Writing (CW) attribute can also be used to fulfill requirements for the student's majors and/or minors and the CIC Breadth of Knowledge requirement.
- Students who transfer 60 or more credits to UNC Greensboro are exempt from the CIC College Writing Requirement.
2. CIC Breadth of Knowledge Requirement
- In addition to the MAC, students must complete 12 additional credits distributed across three categories:
- CIC Humanities (6 credits)
- CIC Natural and Data Sciences (3 credits)
- CIC Social and Behavioral Sciences (3 credits)
- The categories of courses are defined by the following course prefixes/courses:
The 12 credits can be at any undergraduate level (100-499). Transfer credits that are not equivalent to specific UNC Greensboro courses can also be used to fulfill the Breadth of Knowledge requirements, as long as they are at the undergraduate level and include these course prefixes: ADS, AST, ATY, BIO, BLS, CCI, CHE, CSC, CST, ENG GES, HIS, IAR, IGS, LLC, MAT, MST, PHI, PHY, PSC, PSY, REL, SOC, SSC, STA, WGS.
Three of the 12 Breadth of Knowledge credits may also be used to fulfill requirements for the student's primary major (i.e., the 3 credits can be used to fulfill both a major requirement and a Breadth of Knowledge requirement).
Credits used to fulfill the College Writing requirement may also be used to fulfill the Breadth of Knowledge requirement.
However, 101-204 language courses used to fulfill the Additional-Language Requirement cannot be used to fulfill the Breadth of Knowledge requirement.
Students who transfer 60 or more credits to UNC Greensboro are exempt from the CIC Breadth of Knowledge requirement.
3. CIC Additional Language Proficiency Requirement*
Students are encouraged to take a placement test to determine what level they should start with the additional language. For both BA and BS students, the demonstration of proficiency of an additional language above the 204-level (either via placement test or successful completion of a 300-level language class) will satisfy this requirement.
- BA students (0-12 hours) - can be satisfied in one of two ways:
- Successfully complete a 203 course in an additional language and complete a 204 course in the same language.
- Successfully complete a 203 course in an additional language and complete a CIC Culture course.
- BS students (0-6 hours) - can be satisfied in one of three ways:
- 6 hours of additional language coursework related to a single language, between the 101-204 level, depending on their starting point in the language.
- 3 hours of additional language coursework, between the 101-204 level, depending on their starting point in the language, and a CIC Culture course.
- 6 hours of CIC Culture courses.
Code | Title | Credit Hours |
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CIC Culture Courses: | ||
Contemporary Africa | ||
The Making of the African Diaspora | ||
Reading Culture and Society | ||
Latin American Art and Archaeology | ||
Modern Asia through its Music | ||
Contemporary Asian Literature | ||
Women, War, and Terror | ||
The World of Alexander the Great | ||
Comparative Studies in World Epics | ||
Roman Republic 754 BC - 44 BC | ||
Major Figures in Chinese Literature | ||
Intercultural Communication | ||
Postcolonial Literatures | ||
Shakespeare: Later Plays | ||
German Culture: Advanced Intermediate-Topics in German Film | ||
Cities of the World | ||
World Economic Geography | ||
The Crusades | ||
Revolution and Reform in Modern Latin America | ||
The World at War, 1914-1918 | ||
The World at War, 1939-1945 | ||
Roman Republic 754 BC - 44 BC | ||
History of Spain | ||
Russian History to 1900 | ||
Russian History since 1900 | ||
Topics in the Near and Middle East | ||
Viet Nam: History, Culture, and Resistance | ||
The Modern Transformation of China: 1800 to Present Day | ||
West Africa during the Atlantic Slave Trade | ||
Latin America and Caribbean: Selected Topics | ||
Global Awareness and Intercultural Competence | ||
Current Issues in Japan | ||
Politics of Globalization | ||
Selected Topics in Comparative Politics: Russian Politics | ||
Early Christianity | ||
Topics in Jewish Thought | ||
Religions of Iran: Selected Topics | ||
Topics in Islam: Islamic Thought, Culture, and History | ||
Topics in Christian Thought | ||
Major Authors in Russian Literature | ||
Major Movements in Russian Literature and Culture | ||
Global Inequalities | ||
Global Society | ||
Race, Ethnicity, and Migration in a Global Context | ||
Postcolonial and Transnational Feminisms |
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- Students who transfer 60 or more credits to UNC Greensboro can satisfy this requirement by successfully completing a 102 level course. Students who transfer 90 or more credits to UNC Greensboro are exempt from this requirement.
- Students with fewer than 60 transfer credit hours who have previously completed an additional language through the 102 level, with a subsequent learning gap of five years or more (from the completion of the 102 equivalent), may apply to the College Appeals Committee for permission to use courses from the list of approved MAC Global Engagement and Intercultural Learning Competency courses as substitutions for the intermediate-level 203 and 204 language classes. These courses must be taken in addition to the courses taken to meet the MAC Global and Intercultural Competency requirement.
The CIC requirements are waived for students in:
- the Interior Architecture, B.F.A. program.
- the Integrated Professional Studies Online major.
The following modification of the CIC requirements apply to students in the Bachelor of Arts in Liberal and Interdisciplinary Studies program:
- Students who transfer in 60+ credit hours and do not have 101 and 102 of an additional language can complete 6 credit hours (or 3 credit hours if they have 101 credit) of MAC Global Engagement and Intercultural Learning courses to satisfy the additional language requirement.
- The breadth of knowledge requirement and the additional language requirement are waived for reactivated students and students who change their major from outside of CAS with 90 or more credits.
Second Majors
A student may take a second major in conjunction with the first major. This program requires a minimum of 27 credits in each of two approved majors. All requirements of each major must be met; hours from the second major can be applied toward the General Education requirements.
A student with a first major outside the College who chooses a second major in one of the College departments is required to complete all of the departmental requirements for the second major but need not satisfy the Communicating Ideas in Context requirements (CIC). Similarly, students who are seeking either a dual degree or a second degree are exempt from the Communicating Ideas in Context requirements (CIC). In the case of transfer students, at least 15 credits in each major must be taken at UNC Greensboro.