Category A Courses
Revised 10/23/2025
Communicating With and About the World
Below is a list of courses that have been approved by the General Education Program and Assessment Committee and UCC. Students and faculty can search for specific course offerings each semester using the New MyKU system.
| Subject | Number | Title | Category |
| COMP | 100 | Effective Composition | A1 |
| COMP | 101 | Writing History | A1 |
| COMP | 204 | Writing with Research in the Physical Sciences | A2 |
| COMP | 200 | Research and Composition | A2/A4 |
| COMP | 201 | Intro to Research and Writing in History and Social Studies | A2/A4 |
| COMP | 202 | Analytical Writing | A2/A4 |
| COMP | 203 | Intro to Research and Writing about Society and Culture | A2/A4 |
| ARED | 210 | Learning in the Visual Arts: Childhood | A3/A4 |
| COMM | 10 | Fundamentals of Oral Communication | A3/A4 |
| COMM | 103 | Introduction to Acting | A3/A4 |
| COMM | 201 | Storytelling | A3/A4 |
| COMM | 215 | Small Group Communication | A3/A4 |
| GERM | 103 | Intermediate German III | A3/A4 |
| GERM | 104 | Intermediate German IV | A3/A4 |
| MUSC | 116 | Finding Your Voice | A3/A4 |
| SPAN | 103 | Intermediate Spanish III | A3/A4 |
| SPAN | 104 | Intermediate Spanish IV | A3/A4 |
| THEA | 31 | Introduction to Acting | A3/A4 |
| ANTH | 131 | New World Archaeology | A4 |
| ANTH | 236 | Writing Culture: Ethnographic Research Methods | A4 |
| ANTH/SOCI | 232 | Marriage and the Family in Cross-Cultural Context | A4 |
| ARCR | 300 | Visual Culture: Critical Practice | A4 |
| COMM | 105 | Business and Professional Presentations | A4 |
| ENGL | 108 | Poetry and Poetics | A4 |
| ENGL | 123 | American Writers and the Environment | A4 |
| ENGL | 126 | American Sports and Contemporary Texts | A4 |
| ENGL | 171 | Friendships in Western Cultural Texts | A4 |
| ENGL | 248 | Living Literacy | A4 |
| ENGL/PRWR | 223 | Games and Literature | A4 |
| HIST | 204 | History of Gender Dynamics in Africa | A4 |
| HIST | 254 | History of China and Japan Since 1800 | A4 |
| HIST | 268 | Serial Killers in Modern American History | A4 |
| PHIL | 105 | Medieval Philosophy | A4 |
| PHIL | 116 | Ancient Philosophy | A4 |
| PHIL | 121 | Modern Philosophy | A4 |
| PHIL | 130 | Asian Philosophy | A4 |
| PHIL | 136 | Kant to Hegel | A4 |
| PHIL | 170 | Philosophy of Religion | A4 |
| PHIL | 202 | Two Philosophers | A4 |
| PHIL | 210 | Medical Ethics | A4 |
| PHIL | 235 | Topics in Moral Theory | A4 |
| PHIL | 240 | Philosophy of the Social Sciences | A4 |
| PHIL | 241 | Philosophy of the Mind | A4 |
| PHIL | 249 | Interpretation of the Quran | A4 |
| POLI | 101 | Social Research Design and Writing | A4 |
| POLI | 140 | Law and Society | A4 |
| POLI | 227 | The Causes of War | A4 |
| PRST | 232 | Practical Leadership | A4 |
| PRWR | 205 | Scientific Writing | A4 |
| PRWR | 207 | Writing for the Workplace | A4 |
| PRWR | 214 | Magazine Writing | A4 |
| PRWR | 315 | Arts and Entertainment Writing | A4 |
| PRWR | 325 | Travel Writing | A4 |
| PRWR | 108 | Introduction to Creative Writing | A4 |
| SCED | 240 | The Writing Scientist | A4 |
| SCED | 250 | Scientific Storytelling | A4 |
| SOCI | 120 | Marriage and the Family | A4 |
| SOCI | 207 | Families and Social Class | A4 |
| SOCI | 247 | Environmental Sociology | A4 |
| SPEE | 316 | Literacy Development and Instruction in Core and Intervention Areas | A4 |