Fall 2026 Trine Course Catalog

Humanities and Social Sciences for Bachelor and Associate Degrees General Education Requirements

Eligible humanities and social science courses applied toward undergraduate general education requirements. 

Humanities

Humanities courses that meet the general education requirements at Trine University

ARC 293Architecture Appreciation

3

ART 253Art Appreciation

3

COM 203Media & Society

3

COM 233Intercultural Communication

3

COM 363Rhetoric and Persuasion

3

ENG 153Introduction to Literature

3

ENG 233Mythology

3

ENG 263Contemporary Themes in Literature

3

ENG 273Creative Writing

3

ENG 2013British Literature I

3

ENG 2023British Literature II

3

ENG 2113American Literature I

3

ENG 2513World Literature I

3

ENG 2523World Literature II

3

ENG 333Studies In Literature

3

ENG 363The English Language

3

ENG 423Drama

3

ENG 433Shakespeare & His Times

3

ENG 443Poetry

3

FLM 203Film Appreciation

3

HIS 253The Japanese People

3

HNR 211Honors Humanities Seminar

1

HNR 212Honors Humanities Seminar

2

HNR 311Honors Humanities Seminar

1

HNR 312Honors Humanities Seminar

2

HNR 313Honors Humanities Seminar

3

HNR 411Honors Humanities Seminar

1

HNR 413Honors Humanities Seminar

3

HUM 173Visual Storytelling

3

MUS 272Music Appreciation

2

PHL 203Introduction To Philosophy

3

PHL 213/SI 213Theories & Philosophies of Social Innovation

3

PHL 251Ancient Greece from the Persian Through Peloponnesian Wars

1

PHL 313Ethics

3

PHL 323Philosophy of Religion

3

PHL 333Art, Society & Technology

3

PHL 343Logic

3

SPN 103Spanish Conversation I (non-native speakers)

3

SPN 113Spanish Reading & Writing I

3

SPN 123Spanish II

3

SPN 203Spanish III

3

SPN 213Spanish IV

3

SPN 303Spanish Language

3

SPN 313Spanish Writing & Composition

3

SPN 323Spanish Culture

3

THE 103Introduction to Theatre

3

Social Sciences

Social Science courses that meet the general education requirements at Trine University

COM 123History of the Media

3

ECO 203Survey of Economics

3

ECO 213Microeconomics

3

ECO 223Macroeconomics

3

EDU 222Educational Psychology for the Elementary Teacher

2

EDU 232Educational Psychology for the Middle & Secondary School Teacher

2

EDU 273Issues in American Education

3

GEO 213Physical Geography

3

GEO 303Human Geography

3

GEO 313Geography of North America

3

GEO 323World Geography

3

HIS 103American History I

3

HIS 103American History I

3

HIS 203World Civilization I

3

HIS 213World Civilization II

3

HIS 251Ancient Greece from the Persian Through Peloponnesian Wars

1

HIS 263Indiana History

3

HIS 323The Contemporary World

3

HIS 343American Political Thought

3

HIS 353The Civil War & Reconstruction

3

HIS 363United States Foreign Policy

3

HIS 403American Constitutional Development

3

HIS 423The United States as a World Power

3

HIS 433The American Revolution

3

HNR 221Honors Social Science Seminar

1

HNR 222Honors Social Science Seminar

2

HNR 223Honors Social Science Seminar

3

HNR 322Honors Social Science Seminar

2

HNR 323Honors Social Science Seminar

3

HNR 421Honors Social Science Seminar

1

POLS 113Introduction to Government

3

POLS 313Comparative Governments

3

POLS 323The Contemporary World

3

POLS 333State & Local Government

3

POLS 343American Political Thought

3

POLS 363United States Foreign Policy

3

POLS 373Political Psychology

3

POLS 403American Constitutional Development

3

POLS 423The United States as a World Power

3

PSY 113Principles of Psychology

3

PSY 223Life Span Developmental Psychology

3

PSY 313Topics in Psychology

3

PSY 323Fundamentals of Psychopathology

3

PSY 333Psychology of Personality

3

PSY 343Social Psychology

3

PSY 353Child & Adolescent Psychology

3

PSY 373Political Psychology

3

PSY 383Forensic Psychology

3

PSY 3013Health Psychology

3

PSY 3023Cross-Cultural Psychology

3

PSY 403Human Sexuality

3

PSY 413The Psychology of Addiction

3

PSY 443Advanced Forensic Psychology

3

SI 213/PHL 213Theories & Philosophies of Social Innovation

3

SM 393Sport Psychology

3

SOC 103Principles of Sociology

3

SOC 313Topics in Sociology

3

SOC 323The Family

3

SOC 333Art, Society & Technology

3

SOC 343Social Psychology

3

WS 103Introduction to Womens Studies

3