GEP Foundations of American Democracy
Note: This requirement applies to students matriculating Fall 2025 and later.
Requirement聽(1 course, 0 additional credit hours)
- Choose one course from the university-approved GEP Foundations of American Democracy course list.
- Courses on additional GEP course lists that satisfy this co-requisite will have an 鈥淔AD鈥� co-requisite indicator next to the course.
- Special Note:聽 If a student changes a General Education course except for HES courses from a letter grade to credit-only (S/U), then the course will not satisfy the GEP requirements.聽 Consult your academic advisor if you have questions.
Double-counting
- A course taken to satisfy another GEP category may also be used to satisfy this co-requisite if the course also exists on the university-approved GEP co-requisite course list.
Rationale
Pursuant to , it is beneficial for NC State Students to form a firm foundation in American Democracy and the documents and philosophies that shaped its history and legacy.
Category Objectives
- Evaluate key concepts, principles, arguments, and contexts in founding documents of the American republic, including the United States Constitution, the Declaration of Independence, and a representative selection of the Federalist Papers
- Evaluate key milestones in progress and challenges in the effort to form 鈥渁 more perfect Union,鈥� including the arguments and contexts surrounding the Gettysburg Address, the Emancipation Proclamation, and the Letter from Birmingham Jail, as well as other texts that reflect the breadth of American experiences.
| Code | Title | Hours | Counts towards |
|---|---|---|---|
| 础贵厂听248 | Survey of African-American Literature | 3 | HUM |
| 颁翱惭听371 | Great Speakers and Speeches in American Democracy | 3 | HUM |
| 贰狈骋听248 | Survey of African-American Literature | 3 | HUM |
| 贰狈骋听265 | American Literature I | 3 | HUM |
| 贵础顿听295 | Foundations of American Democracy Special Topics | 1-3 | |
| 贬滨听253 | Early U.S. History | 3 | HUM |
| 贬滨听254 | Modern U.S. History | 3 | HUM |
| 贬滨听337 | Spy vs. Spy: Cold War Intelligence History | 3 | HUM |
| 贬滨听345 | American Popular Culture | 3 | HUM |
| 贬滨听350 | American Military History | 3 | HUM |
| 贬滨听351 | U.S. Naval History | 3 | HUM |
| 贬滨听380 | U.S. Nonprofits, Civil Society, and Democracy | 3 | HUM |
| 贬滨听382 | History of Capitalism in America | 3 | HUM, IP |
| 滨顿厂听205 | Critical Thinking in American Life: Engaging Across Difference | 3 | HUM |
| 笔贬滨听208 | Philosophical Foundations of Democracy | 3 | HUM |
| 笔贬滨听212 | Ethical Problems in the Law | 3 | HUM, IP |
| 笔贬滨听308 | History of Social and Political Philosophy | 3 | HUM |
| 笔厂听201 | American Politics and Government | 3 | SS |
| 笔厂听208 | Gateway to Philosophy, Politics, and Economics (PPE) | 3 | HUM, SS |
| 笔厂听303 | Race in U.S. Politics | 3 | SS |
| 笔厂听362 | American Political Thought | 3 | HUM |
| 笔厂驰听326 | Psychology of American Democracy | 3 | |
| 搁贰尝听250 | Religion, Freedom, and American Democracy | 3 | IP |
| 厂翱颁听212 | Race in America | 3 | SS |
| 厂翱颁听370 | The Justice System in Action | 3 | SS |
| 奥尝听333 | Transpacific America: Asians and Asian Americans in the Making of American Democracy | 3 | |
| 奥尝颁尝听222 | Ancient Roots of American Democracy | 3 | HUM |