The Catalog is the definitive record of currently approved courses at Mason. It is published annually. The list of courses below contains all Mason Core courses that have been approved, but may not be reflected in the 2019-2020 Catalog. Please refer to your catalog year for a complete list of approved courses.
Courses approved as of 04/02/20
Art
ARTH 104: Design in the 20th Century
ARTH 311: The Design of Cities
ARTH 343: The Art of Venice
ARTH 371: American Architecture and Material Culture
DANC 145 : Ballet I
ENGH 315: Folklore and Folklife
MUSI 106: Fundamentals of Rock, Blues and Jazz
Capstone
CDS 492: Capstone in Data Science
ECED 490: Internship in Early Childhood Education
EDSE 481: Internship: Professional Services
EDSE 482: Internship: General
EDSE 483: Internship: Adapted (Severe Disabilities)
EDSE 484: Internship: Blindness and Visual Impairments
ELED 490: Internship in Elementary Education
PHYS 410: Computational Physics Capstone
RHBS 455: Research in Rehabilitation Science
SEED 492: Internship: Secondary Education English
SEED 493: Internship: Secondary Education Math
SEED 494: Internship: Secondary Education Science
SEED 496: Internship: Secondary Education Computer Science
SOCI 416: Internship in Sociology I
Global Understanding
ENGR 398: Applied Engineering Abroad
GGS 101: Major World Regions
HIST 354: Modern China
Literature:
ELED 258: Children’s Literature for Teaching in Diverse Settings
HIST 334: American Scriptures
Natural Science with Lab:
ASTR 103 : Astronomy
ASTR 302: Found of Cosmological Thought
CHEM 271: General Chemistry for Engineers Lecture
CHEM 272: General Chemistry for Engineers Lab
Natural Science without Lab:
FRSC 101: Principles of Forensic Science
NEUR 101: Introduction to Neuroscience
Quantitative Reasoning:
CDS 292: Introduction to Social Network Analysis
EDRS 220: Introduction to Applied Quantitative Analysis
MATH 272: Mathematics for the Elementary School Teacher II
Social and Behavioral Science:
EDEP 350: Perspectives on Achievement Motivation
EDSE 203: Disability in American Culture
EDUC 200: Introduction to Education: Teaching, Learning, and Schools
HDFS 200: Individual and Family Development
SOCI 315: Contemporary Gender Relations
Courses Scheduled for Removal from the Mason Core Effective Catalog Year 2020-2021 (Fall 2020)*
Art
DANC 445 Ballet IV
ENGH 371 Television Studies
Capstone
BAS 491 Applied Sciences Capstone
BENG 493 RS:Senior Adv Design Projct II
ENGH 417 RS: Appalachian Folklore
Global Understanding
ECON 390 International Economics
FRLN 331 Topics in World Cinema
INTS 303 Intro to International Studies
INTS 314 Conflict, Trauma and Healing
RELI 212 Religions of Asia
Natural Science without lab
ANTH 135 Intro Biological Anthropology
Social/Behavioral Sciences
ANTH 135 Intro Biological Anthropology
EDUC 372 Human Development/Learning
Synthesis
ECON 309 Econ Problms and Publ Policies
*Students with catalog years 2019-2020 and earlier will not be impacted by the removal of these courses. Students with catalog years 2020-2021 and later will not see these courses listed under the Mason Core in the published catalog, since they will be removed. However, these courses are eligible for re-submission at their host department’s discretion.
Courses that are newly (or re-) approved will appear on this page at the time of approval. Newly approved courses not visible in the catalog will still be visible in Patriot Web. Students interested in finding an available Mason Core course to enroll in should opt to search by Mason Core attribute. As always, it is recommended that students speak with an advisor before registering.