The faculty members associated with the Undergraduate College are drawn from the academic departments of the university, where they continue to teach courses and carry out research in their own disciplines. This course introduces students to the development of world civilizations from prehistory to the present. The perspective of the course is global. Its focus is on the origins and development, geographical context, and interactions of world cultures. All sections of the course share common goals.
Different sections focus on different themes and perspectives.
UGC111-112 is usually completed before UGC211. This course focuses on the changing nature of American society, examining the rich diversity of cultural experiences in America and issues associated with that diversity. Their experiences will be approached through a number of traditional academic disciplines. UGC302 and 303 focus upon selected great discoveries of science, presenting a particular body of scientific facts and concepts and connecting them with the process of science, related history and philosophy, and the interdependence of science and technology. The courses emphasize the central ideas that set the framework for a discipline and its great discoveries.