The University Catalog is the definitive record of currently approved courses at George Mason. It is published annually. All courses approved for Mason Core during the 2024-2025 academic year are now reflected in the 2025-2026 catalog.
This page will be updated with newly approved Mason Core courses following each committee meeting during the 2025-2026 academic year. Courses within Mason Core that have a category designation removed by departmental request are listed below as well.
Newly Approved Courses for 2025-2026
Arts
ITAL 320: Italian Cinema
Global Contexts
ANTH 308: Peoples and Cultures of the Middle East
DANC 118: Global Dance Perspectives I
HIST 315: STEM and Society: A History
HIST 362: Modern Korean History
JAPA 310: Japanese Culture in a Global World
KORE 362: Modern Korean History
Mason Apex
COMM 457: Communicating Dissent: Revolutions and Social Movements
COS 411: Introduction to Science Policy
EVPP 425: RS: Ecological Sustainability
FRLN 485: Multilingualism, Identity, and Power
HIST 491: Honors Directed Research
KORE 470: Research in Korean Studies
RUSS 400: Contemporary Post-Soviet Life
SEED 478: Implementing Teacher Impact on Student Learning
Social and Behavioral Science
GOVT 203: Immigration Politics
GOVT 204: Lies, Misinformation, and Statistics
INTS 310: Violence, Gender, and Sexuality
KINE 110: Physical Activity and Wellness
WMST 320: Violence, Gender, and Sexuality
Writing Intensive
COMM 308: Writing for Public Relations and Strategic Communication
COMM 369: Multimedia Storytelling
COMM 380: Media Criticism
SEED 477: Studying Teacher Impact on Student Learning
Course Designation Removals
Courses removed from Mason Core by department request during the 2025-2026 academic year will be updated here.
Arts
DANC 161: Beginning Tap Dance
INTS 103 Human Creativity: Science and Art
MUSI 382: Piano Ensemble
Information Technology and Computing
INTS 203: Inquiry for Action: Facilitating Change
Just Societies
ARTH 315: Modern Architecture
ARTH 370: Arts of the United States
CEIE 100: Environmental Issues and Solutions Around the World
CRIM 405: Law and Justice around the World
ENGH 315: Folklore and Folklife
HIST 272: Survey of Latin American History
HIST 308: Nineteenth-Century Europe
HIST 316: History of Modern Architecture
HIST 329: Modern Russia and the Soviet Union
Literature
CLAS 380: Greek and Roman Novels
RUSS 327: 20th-Century Literature in Translation
Mason Apex
AVT 385: EcoArt
BIOL 379 RS: Ecological Sustainability
BINF 354: Foundations in Mathematical Biology
CHIN 355: Readings in Chinese Poetry and Poetics
EVPP 378 RS: Ecological Sustainability
FAVS 496: Screenwriting: Advanced Ethics of Film and Video
HIST 300: Introduction to Historical Method
FAVS 352: PHIL 309 Bioethics
PHIL 343: Topics in Environmental Philosophy
PHIL 379: Perspectives on Time
PROV 342: The George Mason Debates in Current Affairs
RUSS 353: Russian Civilization
SPAN 388: Introduction to Latina/o Studies
BIOL 140: Plants and People
CHEM 156: Introduction to Environmental Chemistry II
INTS 103 Human Creativity: Science and Art
Social and Behavioral Science
SOCI 371: The Individual and Society
UNIV 381: Foundations for Building a Just Society
INTS 438: Representations of Race
INTS 371: Food Systems and Policy
INTS 203: Inquiry for Action: Facilitating Change
Writing Intensive
FAVS 496: Screenwriting: Advanced Ethics of Film and Video
THR 482: Advanced Screenplay Workshop
Last Updated May 4, 2026