In 2024-2025, the State Board of Education reviewed the courses offered for General Education at all State Universities and State Colleges and ultimately approved an updated list of General Education courses. This update reduced the number of courses approved for General Education significantly. Courses offered at the 3000-level or higher or otherwise deemed not to comply with Florida Statutes are no longer approved for General Education.
The reduction in General Education courses significantly reduced the options for College of Liberal Arts and Sciences students for the CLAS Basic Distribution Requirement. In addition, some courses were re-numbered to the 2000-level to retain their General Education, meaning they would not automatically count for CLAS Electives (3000-level or above, not in major).
CLAS will allow its students in catalog years 2025-2026 or earlier to continue to count specific courses toward the College requirements of Basic Distribution and CLAS Electives Outside Major, 3000 Level or Above.
Students entering UF (as a freshman) Summer B 2026 or later should refer to the Schedule of Courses for accurate General Education designations.
CLAS Basic Distribution Courses
CLAS majors under the 2025-2026 Catalog Year and earlier may apply six to seven (6-7) credits of courses on the lists below to their CLAS Distribution requirement and Natural Science Laboratory requirement, within the following guidelines:
- no more than 3 credits of Humanities,
- no more than 3 credits of Social and Behavioral Sciences, or
- no more than 6 credits of Biological or Physical Sciences, and
- 1 credit for Natural Science Laboratory.
- We will accept these courses until students under these complete their degrees.*
Biological Sciences
| Course Number | Course Title |
|---|---|
| ABE2062 | Biology for Engineers |
| AGG3501 | Environment, Food and Society |
| AGR3303 | Genetics |
| ANT3514C | Introduction to Biological Anthropology |
| ANT4525 | Human Osteology and Osteometry |
| ANT4586 | Human Evolution |
| APK2100C | Applied Human Anatomy with Laboratory |
| APK2105C | Applied Human Physiology with Laboratory |
| CBH3003 | Comparative Psychology |
| ENY3005 | Principles of Entomology |
| ENY3005L | Principles of Entomology Laboratory |
| EXP3104 | Sensory Processes |
| FOR3004 | Forests, Conservation and People |
| GEO3452 | Introduction to Medical Geography |
| NEM3002 | Principles of Nematology |
| ORH3513C | Environmental Plant Identification and Use |
| PCB3063 | Genetics |
| PLS3004C | Principles of Plant Science |
| PSB3002 | Physiological Psychology |
| PSB3340 | Behavioral Neuroscience |
Humanities
| Course Number | Course Title |
|---|---|
| ABT3500 | Arabic Culture |
| AEB4126 | Agricultural and Natural Resource Ethics |
| AFA3110 | Key Issues in African American and Black-Atlantic Thought |
| AFA3350 | Black Masculinity |
| AFH2000 | Africa in World History |
| AMH1094 | Fight for Your Rights |
| AMH3421 | Florida to 1845 |
| AMH3423 | Florida Since 1845 |
| AMH3460 | US Urban History |
| AMH3500 | US Labor History |
| AMH3511 | American Foreign Relations and Expansion Since 1914 |
| AMH3551 | Constitutional History of the United States to 1877 |
| AMH3552 | Constitutional History of the United States Since 1877 |
| AMH3562 | Women in Modern US |
| AMH4110 | Early America |
| AMH4130 | American Revolutionary Era, 1760-1789 |
| AMH4160 | The Early Republic, 1789-1848 |
| AMH4231 | US World War I to World War II |
| AMH4310 | American Revolutionary Era, 1760-1789 |
| AMH4571 | American Civil War and Reconstruction |
| AML2410 | Issues in American Literature and Culture |
| ANT1215 | Indigenous Values |
| ANT2149 | Lost Tribes and Sunken Continents |
| ANT3141 | Development of World Civilization |
| ANT3153 | North American Archaeology |
| ANT3164 | The Inca and Their Ancestors |
| ANT3930 | Junior Topics Class in Anthropology |
| ARA3510 | The Arab Woman |
| ARH2051 | Introduction to the Principles and History of Art 2 |
| ARH2500 | Non-Western Art |
| ARH2930 | Special Topics in Art History |
| ARH3555 | Late Imperial and Modern Chinese Art, 1907 – present |
| ARH3653 | Mesoamerican Art |
| ASH3442 | Modern Japan |
| AST3043 | History of Astronomy through Newton |
| BCN3012 | History of Construction |
| CHI3403 | Chinese Calligraphy |
| CHT3110 | Chinese Literary Heritage |
| CHT3123 | Pre-Mod Fiction Trans |
| CHT3124 | Modern Chinese Fiction in Translation |
| CHT3500 | Chinese Culture |
| CHT4111 | Dream of Red Chamber |
| CHW4130 | Readings Chinese Lit |
| CLA2521 | Classical Antiquity and Sustainability |
| CLA3111 | Athens in Topography and Monuments |
| CLA3114 | Greece Today and Yesterday |
| CLA3151 | Pompeii: An Archaeological Laboratory |
| CLA3160 | Ancient Egypt |
| CLA3433 | The Athenian Democracy |
| CLA3504 | Gender and Sexuality in Classical Antiquity |
| CLA3700 | Classical Archaeology |
| CLA3791 | The Ancient City: Greek Cities |
| CLA3811 | AI in Antiquity and Today |
| CLT3123 | Survey of Roman Literature |
| CLT3291 | Greek Drama |
| CLT3370 | Myths of the Greeks and Romans |
| CLT3371 | Religions of the Graeco-Roman World |
| CLT3510 | Ancient World in Film |
| CZT3564 | Modern Czech Culture and Society |
| DAN1391 | Dance, Race, Gender |
| EDF3514 | History of Education in the United States |
| EMA1004 | Materials Impact on Society |
| ENC1145 | Topics for Composition |
| ENG2300 | Film Analysis |
| EUH3033 | History of the Holocaust |
| EUH3202 | Early Modern Europe, 1500-1700 |
| EUH3206 | Twentieth-Century Europe |
| EUH3576 | Twentieth-Century Russia to 1953 |
| EUH4280 | History of the Second World War |
| EUS2001 | European Experience: a Humanities Perspective |
| EUS3140 | Culture in Crisis: the European Avant-Garde between the Wars |
| FRE3500 | France through the Ages |
| FRE3502 | Francophone Cultures |
| FRE3564 | Contem French Culture |
| FRT3520 | French Cinema |
| FRT3561 | Women in French Literature and/or Cinema |
| FRW3100 | Intro French Lit 1 |
| GET3200 | Lit of Knighthood |
| GRW2240 | New Testament Greek |
| HAT3564 | Haitian Culture/Soc |
| HBR3410 | Adv Modern Hebrew 1 |
| HUM2420 | African Humanities |
| HUM2424 | African Cultures and Literatures |
| IDS1114 | Ethics and the Public Sphere |
| IDS1307 | Writing Life: Fiction and You |
| IDS1468 | Why Tell Stories? |
| IDS1623 | The Anatomy of a Story |
| ITA2220 | Intermediate Italian 1 |
| ITA2221 | Intermediate Italian 2 |
| ITA3564 | Contemporary Italian Culture |
| JMT3500 | Jamaican Creole, Reggae, and Rastafari |
| JPN3410 | Advanced Japanese 1 |
| JPT1311 | The Anim(e)ted World |
| JPT3100 | Japanese Lit Heritage |
| JPT3120 | Mod Fiction Transla |
| JPT3300 | Samurai War Tales |
| JPT3500 | Japanese Culture |
| JPT4502 | Japanese Folklore |
| JPW4130 | Readings in Japanese Literature |
| LAH2020 | Introduction to Latin American History |
| LAH3100 | Emergence of Latin American Nations |
| LAH3130 | Colonial Latin America |
| LAH3300 | Contemporary Latin America |
| LAS2001 | Introduction to Latin American Studies |
| LIN1140 | Language and Emotion |
| LIT3374 | The Bible as Literature |
| LIT3383 | Women in Literature |
| LIT4194 | African Literature in English |
| LNW3320 | Roman Elegy and Lyric |
| MEM3300 | Castles and Cloisters |
| MEM3301 | Palaces and Cities: An Introduction to Early Modern Communities |
| MUH2501 | Introduction to World Musics |
| MUH3025 | Popular Music in the USA: From Ragtime to Hip-Hop and Beyond |
| MUH3211 | Music History Survey 1 |
| MUH4016 | History of Jazz |
| MUN2800 | World Music Ensemble |
| MUN3123 | Concert Band |
| MUN3143 | Wind Symphony |
| MUN3213 | University Orchestra |
| MUN3313 | University Choir |
| MUN3323 | Women’s Chorale |
| MUN3343 | University Chamber Singers |
| MUR3104 | Music and the Catholic Church |
| PGY2101C | Visual Literacy: Photography |
| PHI1322 | The Idea of Happiness |
| PHH3100 | Ancient Greek Philosophy |
| PHH3111 | Ancient Ethical and Political Thought |
| PHH3400 | Modern Philosophy |
| PHI1001 | Conflict of Ideas |
| PHI3300 | Theory of Knowledge |
| PHI3400 | Philosophy of Natural Science |
| PHI3420 | Philosophy of the Social Sciences |
| PHI3500 | Metaphysics |
| PHI3650 | Moral Philosophy |
| PHI3693 | Ethics of Communication |
| PHI3695 | Philosophy and Death |
| PHI3700 | Philosophy of Religion |
| PHM3123 | Feminist Philosophy |
| PHM3202 | Political Philosophy |
| PHP3786 | Existentialism |
| POR3500 | Luso-Brazilian Civilization |
| PRT1515 | Soccer Explains The World |
| REL1144 | Religious Extremism |
| REL2071 | Sustainability and Religion |
| REL2104 | Environmental Ethics |
| REL2121 | American Religious History |
| REL2315 | Religion in Asia |
| REL2362 | Introduction to Islam |
| REL3082 | Global Ethics |
| REL3098 | Religion Medicine and Healing |
| REL3099 | Spirituality and Health Care |
| REL3108 | Religion and Food |
| REL3136 | Global Religions in the United States |
| REL3160 | Religion and Science |
| REL3171 | Ethics in America |
| REL3336 | Religion in Modern India |
| REL3370 | Religions of Africa |
| REL3381 | Religion in Latin America |
| REL3492 | Religion Ethics and Nature |
| REL3938 | Special Topics in Religion |
| REL4092 | Ethics, Utopias, and Dystopias |
| REL4367 | The History of Islam in the Modern World |
| REL4393 | Islam in the Americas |
| RUT3441 | Tolstoy and Dostoevsky |
| RUT3442 | Themes from Russian Literature |
| RUT3452 | Russian Literature of the Twentieth Century |
| RUT3500 | Russian Cultural Heritage |
| RUT3503 | Violence and Terror in the Russian Experience |
| RUT3504 | Russia Today |
| RUT3514 | Russian Fairy Tales |
| RUT3600 | The Twentieth Century through Slavic Eyes |
| RUW3101 | Reading Russian Literature |
| SPN1320 | Comida y Conflicto |
| SPN3510 | Culture and Civilization of Spain |
| SPN3520 | Cult and Civ of Span Am |
| SPW3030 | Survey of Spanish-American Literature: From Discovery to Independence |
| SPW3031 | Survey of Spanish-American Literature: From Independence to Contemporary Times |
| SPW3101 | Introduction to Spanish Literature 2 |
| THE1431 | Autobiographical Lit & Perf |
| THE4111 | History of Theatre on Stage 2 |
| URP4000 | Preview of Urban and Regional Planning |
| VTT3500 | Vietnamese Culture |
| WST2611 | Humanities Perspectives on Gender and Sexuality |
| WST3015 | Interdisciplinary Perspectives in Women’s Studies |
| WST3335 | Women and Gender Analysis through American Film: 1950-Present |
Physical Sciences
| Course Number | Course Title |
|---|---|
| ALS3133 | Agricultural and Environmental Quality |
| AST3018 | Astronomy and Astrophysics 1 |
| AST3043 | History of Astronomy through Newton |
| CHM2047 | One-Semester General Chemistry |
| CHM2047L | One-Semester General Chemistry Laboratory |
| CHM2095L | Applied General Chemistry 1 Lab |
| EES3008 | Energy and Environment |
| EGN2020C | Engineering Design & Society |
| GEO3162C | Introduction to Quantitative Analysis for Geographers |
| GEO3250 | Climatology |
| GEO3341 | Extreme Floods |
| GLY1000 | Exploring the Geological Sciences |
| GLY2030C | Environmental and Engineering Geology |
| GLY2100C | Historical Geology |
| GLY2110 | Climate Change Science and Solutions |
| GLY3074 | Oceans and Global Climate Change |
| GLY3105C | Evolution of Earth and Life |
| GLY3163 | Geology American National Parks |
| GLY3882C | Hydrogeology and Human Affairs |
| IDS2334 | Chemistry in the Cocina Latina |
| PHY3101 | Introduction to Modern Physics |
| SWS3022 | Introduction to Soils in the Environment |
| SWS4231C | Soil, Water and Land Use |
Social & Behavioral Sciences
| Course Number | Course Title |
|---|---|
| AEB3103 | Principles of Food and Resource Economics |
| AEB3671 | Comparative World Agriculture |
| AEB4126 | Agricultural and Natural Resource Ethics |
| AEB4282 | International Humanitarian Assistance |
| AEB4283 | International Development Policy |
| AEC3073 | Intercultural Communication |
| AFA3303 | The Wire |
| AFA3915C | Mentoring At-Risk Youth |
| AFA3930 | Special Topics in African American Studies |
| AFA4135 | Theories of Black America |
| AFS2002 | The African Experience: An Introduction to African Studies |
| ANT2301 | Human Sexuality and Culture |
| ANT2410 | Cultural Anthropology |
| ANT2700 | Introduction to Applied Anthropology |
| ANT3241 | Anthropology of Religion |
| ANT3302 | Global Gender Issues |
| ANT3364 | Peoples and Cultures of China |
| ANT3420 | Consumer Culture |
| ANT3451 | Race and Racism |
| ANT3478 | Global Health Culture |
| ANT3620 | Language and Culture |
| ARA3510 | The Arab Woman |
| CCJ3024 | Adv Prin Crim Justice |
| CGS3063 | Computers and Modern Society |
| CHI3410 | Advanced Chinese 1 |
| CHI3411 | Advanced Chinese 2 |
| CJJ4010 | Juvenile Justice |
| CJL4110 | Criminal Law |
| CLP2001 | Personal Growth |
| CLP3144 | Abnormal Psychology |
| COM4706 | Language and Power |
| CPO3103 | Western European Politics |
| CPO3303 | Introduction to Latin American Politics |
| CPO3614 | Eastern European Politics |
| CPO3633 | Politics in Russia |
| DEP3053 | Developmental Psychology |
| EAB3002 | Principles of Behavior Analysis |
| EAB3764 | Applied Behavior Analysis |
| EDF2085 | Teaching Diverse Populations |
| EDF3210 | Educational Psychology |
| EDF3604 | Social Foundations of Education |
| EEX2000 | Impact of Disabilities: Home, Community and Workplace |
| EEX3093 | Exceptional People in School and Society |
| EUS2003 | European Experience: a Social Science Perspective |
| EXP3604 | Cognitive Psychology |
| FOR3202 | Society and Natural Resources |
| FRT3561 | Women in French Literature and/or Cinema |
| FYC3001 | Principles of Family, Youth and Community Sciences |
| GEA1000 | Geography for a Changing World |
| GEA3500 | Geography of Europe |
| GEO2410 | Social Geography |
| GEO2420 | People, Place, and Culture |
| GEO3430 | Population Geography |
| GEO3502 | Economic Geography |
| HAT3564 | Haitian Culture/Soc |
| INR3102 | The US and World Affairs |
| ISS2160 | Cultural Diversity in the United States |
| JPN3730 | Lang Japanese Society |
| JPN4850 | Structure of Japanese |
| LAS2001 | Introduction to Latin American Studies |
| LIN2614 | Language in the USA |
| LIN4600 | Survey of Sociolinguistics |
| LIN4656 | Gender and Language |
| POS2112 | American State and Local Government |
| PPE3003 | Psychology of Personality |
| REL2158 | Religion and Social Movements |
| REL3076 | Cults and New Religious Movements |
| REL3140 | Religion and Society |
| REL4141 | Religion and Social Change |
| REL4382 | Religion and Politics in Latin America |
| RTV3405 | Media and Society |
| SMT3100 | Knowing and Learning in Mathematics and Science Teaching |
| SOP3004 | Social Psychology |
| SPA2300 | Introduction to Interpersonal Communication |
| SPC4710 | Patterns of Intercultural Communication |
| SYD3410 | Urban Sociology |
| SYD3700 | Minorities in Am Soc |
| SYD4020 | Population |
| SYD4701 | Nationlsm/Ethnic Eur |
| SYD4800 | Sociology of Gender |
| SYD4808 | Reproduction/Gender |
| SYD4820 | Men and Masculinities |
| SYG2010 | Social Problems |
| SYG2430 | Marriage and Family |
| SYO4530 | Social Inequality |
| SYP3000 | Society and Individual |
| SYP3510 | Deviance |
| WST2322 | Introduction to Health Disparities |
| WST2612 | Social Science Perspectives on Gender and Sexuality |
| WST3015 | Interdisciplinary Perspectives in Women’s Studies |
| WST3415 | Transnational Feminism |
CLAS Natural Science Laboratory
| Course Number | Course Title |
|---|---|
| ANT3514C | Introduction to Biological Anthropology |
| APK2100C | Applied Human Anatomy with Laboratory |
| APK2105C | Applied Human Physiology with Laboratory |
| CHM2047L | One-Semester General Chemistry Laboratory |
| CHM2095L | Applied General Chemistry 1 Lab |
| EGN2020C | Engineering Design & Society |
| ENY3005L | Principles of Entomology Laboratory |
| GEO3162C | Introduction to Quantitative Analysis for Geographers |
| GLY2030C | Environmental and Engineering Geology |
| GLY2100C | Historical Geology |
| GLY3105C | Evolution of Earth and Life |
| GLY3882C | Hydrogeology and Human Affairs |
| ORH3513C | Environmental Plant Identification and Use |
| PLS3004C | Principles of Plant Science |
| SWS4231C | Soil, Water and Land Use |
| Any Psychology lab including PSY3213L |
*or leave UF for more than three semesters, breaking continuous enrollment and falling under a new Catalog Year when they return.
CLAS Electives Outside Major 3000 Level or Above
Courses on the list below may be substituted into the CLAS 3000 level Outside Elective Requirement for students entering UF 2025-2026 or earlier. The course cannot be counting towards the student’s major. Please see an academic advisor or email advising.ufl.edu to request for the update to be made to your audit.
| Course Number | Course Title |
|---|---|
| EDF 2110 | Human Growth and Development |
| ENC 2256 | Writing in the Disciplines |
| FNR 2062 | Forests for the Future |
| FOS 2040 | Introductory Food Science |
| GEA 2601 | Geography of Africa |
| GEB 2216 | Professional Writing in Business |
| GEB 2219 | Writing and Speaking in Business |
| GEO 2315 | Hungry Planet: Global Geographies of Food |
| HSC 2103 | Personal and Family Health |
| HSC 2621 | Trends in International Health |
| LIN 2011 | Introduction to Linguistics |
| NSC 2222 | Evolution of Warfare |
| NSC 2226C | Fundamentals of Maneuver Warfare |
| PHI 2631 | Ethics and Innovation |
| REL 2085 | Religion and Violence |
| REL 2334 | Religions of India |
| URP 2001 | Comparative Urbanization |
| PLS 2830 | World Herbs and Vegetables |