General Education Requirements

General Education Courses at UAF eCampus

General Education Requirements (GERs) are courses that are required for baccalaureate, associate of arts and associate of science degrees at the University of Alaska Fairbanks. Connect with your advisor to determine which GERs you need for your degree plan.

Learn more about GERs at UAF.

Note: Not all courses are offered every semester.

  • ANS F101 – Intro to Alaska Native Studies (3)
  • ANS F111X – History of Colonization in Alaska: The Indigenous Response (3)
  • ANS F113X – Alaska Natives, Indigenous Peoples and International Laws (1)
  • ANS F202X – Aesthetic Appreciation of Alaska Native Performance (3)
  • ANS F242X – Indigenous Cultures of Alaska (3)
  • ANS F315 – Tribal People and Development (3)
  • ANS F350 – Cross-cultural Communication: Alaska Perspectives (3)
  • ANS/ANTH/ART F365 – Alaska Native Art History (3)
  • ANTH F242 – Native Cultures of Alaska (3)
  • ANTH F383 – Athabascan Peoples of Alaska & Adjacent Canada (3)
  • BA F391 – Alaska Native Corporations: A Historical & Comtemp. Perspective (3)
  • ECON F111X – The Economy of Rural Alaska (3)
  • HIST F110X – History of Alaska Natives from Contact to the Present (3)
  • HSEM F461 – Human Security in Alaska (3)
  • JUST F340 – Rural Justice in Alaska (3)
  • RD F265 – Perspectives on Subsistence in Alaska (3)
  • RD F430 – Indigenous Econ. Devlp. & Entrepreneurship (3)
  • TM F101 – Intro to Tribal Govt. in Alaska (3)
  • COJO F121X – Introduction to Interpersonal Communication (3)
  • COJO F131X – Fundamentals of Oral Communication: Group Context (3)
  • COJO F141X – Fundamentals of Oral Communication: Public Context (3)
  • WRTG F111X – Introduction to Academic Writing (3)
  • WRTG F211X – Academic Writing About Literature (3)
  • WRTG F212X – Writing and the Professions (3)
  • WRTG F213X – Academic Writing About the Social and Natural Sciences (3)
  • WRTG F214X – Arguing Across Contexts (3)
  • COJO F101X – Media and Culture (3)
  • ENGL F200X – World Literature (3)
  • ENGL F270X – Introduction to Creative Writing (3)
  • FREN F101X – Elementary French I (4)
  • FREN F102X – Elementary French II (5)
  • GER F101X – Elementary German I (5)
  • GER F102X – Elementary German II (5)
  • LAT F101X – Beginning Latin I (3)
  • LAT F102X – Beginning Latin II (3)
  • PHIL F102X – Introduction to Philosophy (3)
  • PHIL F104X – Logic and Reasoning (3)
  • SPAN F101X – Elementary Spanish I (4)
  • SPAN F102X – Elementary Spanish II (5)
  • MATH F113X – Concepts and Contemporary Applications of Mathematics (3)
  • MATH F122X  – Precalculus for Business and Economics (3)
  • MATH F151X  – College Algebra for Calculus (4)
  • MATH F152X  – Trigonometry (3)
  • MATH F156X – Precalculus (4)
  • MATH F230X – Essential Calculus with Applications (3)
  • MATH F251X  – Calculus I (4)
  • MATH F252X  – Calculus II (4)
  • MATH F253X  – Calculus III (4)
  • STAT F200X  – Elementary Probability and Statistics (3)
  • ANS F202X – Aesthetic Appreciation of Alaska Native Performance (3)
  • ART F105X – Beginning Drawing (3)
  • ART F200X – Explorations in Art (3)
  • ART F261X – History of World Art I (3)
  • ART F262X – History of World Art II (3)
  • ENGL/FLPA/COJO F217X – Introduction to the Study of Film (3)
  • FLPA/COJO F105X – History of the Cinema (3)
  • FLPA F200X – Discovering Stage & Screen (3)
  • FLPA F215X – Dramatic Literature and History (3)
  • MUS F103X – Music Fundamentals (3)
  • MUS F125X – Enjoying Jazz (3)
  • MUS F200X – Explorations in Music (3)
  • BA F323X – Business Ethics (3)
  • COJO F300X – Communicating Ethics (3)
  • JUST F300X – Ethics and Justice (3)
  • PHIL F322X – Ethics (3)
  • PS F300X – Ethics and Society (3)
  • LS F101X – Library Information and Research (1)
  • ATM F101X – Weather and Climate of Alaska (4)
  • BIOL F103X & F103L – Biology and Society (4)
  • BIOL F111X & F111L – Human Anatomy & Physiology I (4)
  • BIOL F112X & F112L – Human Anatomy and Physiology II (4)
  • BIOL F115X & F115L – Fundamentals of Biology I (4)
  • BIOL F116X & F116L – Fundamentals of Biology II (4)
  • CHEM F100X – Chemistry in Complex Systems (4)
  • CHEM F103X & F103L – Introduction to General Chemistry (4)
  • CHEM F104X & F104L – Introduction to Organic Chemistry and Biochemistry (4)
  • CHEM F105X & F105L – General Chemistry I (4)
  • CHEM F106X & F106L – General Chemistry II (4)
  • GEOG F111X – Earth & Environment: Elements of Physical Geography (4)
  • GEOS F120X & F120L – Glaciers, Earthquakes & Volcanoes (4)
  • MSL F111X & F111L – The Oceans (4)
  • PHYS F102X – Energy and Society (4)
  • PHYS F123X & F123L – College Physics I (4)
  • ACCT F261X – Principles of Financial Accounting (3)
  • ANS F242X – Indigenous Cultures of Alaska (3)
  • ANTH F100X – Individual, Society and Culture (3)
  • ANTH F101X – Intro to Anthropology (3)
  • ANTH F221X – Fundamentals of Biological Anthropology (3)
  • BA F151X – Introduction to Business (3)
  • BA F254X – Personal Finance (3)
  • BA/SPRT F281X – Introduction to Sport Management (3)
  • ECE F104X – Child Development I: Prenatal, Infants and Toddlers (3)
  • ECE F107X – Devlpmnt II: Preschool & Primary (3)
  • ECE F210X – Child Guidance (3)
  • ECE F229X – Foundations in Nutrition and Physical Wellness (3)
  • ECON F101X – Principles of Economics I: Microeconomics (3)
  • ECON F102X – Introduction to Economics II: Macroeconomics (3)
  • ECON F111X – The Economy of Rural Alaska (3)
  • ECON F235X – Introduction to Natural Resource Economics (3)
  • GEOG F101X – Expedition Earth: Introduction to Geography (3)
  • HIST F100X – Modern World History (3)
  • HIST F102X – Western Civilization Since 1500 (3)
  • HIST F110X – History of Alaska Natives from Contact to the Present (3)
  • HIST F122X – East Asian Civilization (3)
  • HIST F132X – History of the U.S. (3)
  • JUST F110X – Introduction to Justice (3)
  • JUST F125X – Introduction to Addictive Processes (3)
  • JUST F251X – Criminology (3)
  • PS F100X – Political Economy (3)
  • PS F101X – Introduction to American Government and Politics (3)
  • PS F201X – Comparative Politics (3)
  • PS F221X – International Politics (3)
  • PSY F101X – Introduction to Psychology (3)
  • SOC F101X – Introduction to Sociology (3)
  • SWK F103X – Introduction to Social Work (3)
  • WGS F201X – Intro to Women’s Gender and Sexuality Studies (3)