General Education Courses

Connecting people, design, and the world we share.

No matter what you study at the University of Georgia, understanding how people shape and respond to their environments can enrich the way you think and work. The College of Environment + Design offers a range of general education courses that bring design thinking, cultural awareness, and a sense of place into focus. These classes, which fulfill Humanities and Arts, Social Sciences, and World Languages and Global Culture requirements, invite you to explore how natural and built landscapes tell stories about who we are and how we live.

Explore general education courses in design, culture, and the environment below.

Humanities + Arts

LAND 1500 | Design & the Environment

What is the relationship between the physical environment and design? This course looks at the “built environment” and its effects on humans and natural systems. View this course in Bulletin.

LAND 2510 | History of the Built Environment I: Landscape Architecture

Learn about the history of the world through the lens of landscape architecture, all the way from the ancient period to the twentieth century. View this course in Bulletin.

LAND 2520 | History of Built Environment II: Architecture

Learn the history of our world from the lens of architecture, spanning from ancient Egyptian and Mesopotamian architecture all the way to Post-modern architecture. View this course in Bulletin.

LAND 4580 | Landscapes in Literature, the Arts and Popular Culture

Examine the evolving attitudes toward nature, gardens and landscapes in literature, art and popular culture. View this course in Bulletin.

World Languages + Global Culture

LAND 2510 | History of the Built Environment I: Landscape Architecture

Learn about the history of the world through the lens of landscape architecture, all the way from the ancient period to the twentieth century. View this course in Bulletin.

LAND 2520 | History of Built Environment II: Architecture

Learn the history of our world from the lens of architecture, spanning from ancient Egyptian and Mesopotamian architecture all the way to Post-modern architecture. View this course in Bulletin.

HIPR 2072 | Intro to Global Cultural Heritage

What is global heritage? In this course, explore the theory and practice of cultural and natural heritage from a global perspective. View this course in Bulletin.

Social Sciences

LAND 2330 | Place, Society & Design

Investigate how the relationships between the physical environment, social structure, design and planning shape places. View this course in Bulletin.

HIPR 2000 | Intro to Historic Preservation

Intro to the history, theory and practice of historic preservation, exploring everything from the tangible tools of preservation to the way we think about the past today. View this course in Bulletin.