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Here are the College courses that double-count for spring 2020

Double Count

As students in the College of Arts and Sciences begin assessing their academic load for the spring of 2020, many will look to find courses that "double-count," or fulfill two separate College requirements: both a sector requirement and a foundational approach.

Here's a comprehensive guide to the courses that double-count, based on data from Penn's College Requirements page. Remember that advance course registration ends on Nov. 10.

Be sure to check the policies governing double-counting before committing to a course.

Course Name Course Code Sector Foundation
0 1000 YRS MUSICAL LISTENG MUSC030 III: Arts and Letters Cross Cultural Analysis
1 AFR HIST BEFORE 1800 AFRC075
HIST075
II: History and Tradition Cross Cultural Analysis
2 AFRO AMER HIST 1876-PRES AFRC177
HIST177
II: History and Tradition Cultural Diversity in the U.S.
3 AMERICAN ORIGINS HIST108 II: History and Tradition Cultural Diversity in the U.S.
4 ANCIENT ROME HIST027
CLST027
ANCH027
II: History and Tradition Cross Cultural Analysis
5 CHINESE FICTION & DRAMA EALC122 III: Arts and Letters Cross Cultural Analysis
6 CONTEMPOR FICT/FILM-JPAN GSWS257
COML256
CIMS151
EALC151
III: Arts and Letters Cross Cultural Analysis
7 EARTH THROUGH TIME GEOL125 VI: Physical World Quantitative Data Analysis
8 FRANCOPHONE LIT AND FILM FREN233 III: Arts and Letters Cross Cultural Analysis
9 FRANCOPHONE LITERATURE AND FILM FREN233 III: Arts and Letters Cross Cultural Analysis
10 FREN HIST/CLTR 1789-1945 FREN227 IV: Humanities and Social Science Cross Cultural Analysis
11 FREN LIT: INDIV/SOCIETY COML219
FREN232
III: Arts and Letters Cross Cultural Analysis
12 GEN.PHYS.:EM,OPTICS,MODP PHYS102 VI: Physical World Quantitative Data Analysis
13 GEN.PHYS:MECH,HEAT,SOUND PHYS101 VI: Physical World Quantitative Data Analysis
14 GENDER & SOCIETY GSWS002 I: Society Cultural Diversity in the U.S.
15 GENERAL PHYSICS: ELECTROMAGNETISM, OPTICS, AND MODERN PHYSICS PHYS102 VI: Physical World Quantitative Data Analysis
16 GREEK & ROMAN MYTHOLOGY COML108
CLST100
III: Arts and Letters Cross Cultural Analysis
17 HANDSCHRIFT-HYPERTEXT GRMN301 III: Arts and Letters Cross Cultural Analysis
18 HINDU MYTHOLOGY COML006
RELS066
SAST006
III: Arts and Letters Cross Cultural Analysis
19 HONORS PHYSICS II: ELECTROMAGNETISM AND RADIATION PHYS171 VI: Physical World Quantitative Data Analysis
20 HOW EARTH WORKS ENVS100 VI: Physical World Quantitative Data Analysis
21 IDEAS IN MATHEMATICS MATH170 VII: Natural Sciences and Math Formal Reasoning & Analysis
22 INTRO LITERARY ANALYSIS SPAN223 III: Arts and Letters Cross Cultural Analysis
23 INTRO TO JAPANESE CIVIL EALC002 II: History and Tradition Cross Cultural Analysis
24 INTRO TO MIDDLE EAST NELC102
HIST023
II: History and Tradition Cross Cultural Analysis
25 INTRO TO SOCIOLING LING102 I: Society Quantitative Data Analysis
26 INTRO TO SOCIOLOGY SOCI001 I: Society Cultural Diversity in the U.S.
27 INTRODUCTION TO CULTURAL ANTHROPOLOGY ANTH002 I: Society Cross Cultural Analysis
28 INTRODUCTION TO ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE ENVS100 VI: Physical World Quantitative Data Analysis
29 INTRODUCTION TO FOLKLORE COML101
RELS108
NELC181
FOLK101
IV: Humanities and Social Science Cross Cultural Analysis
30 INTRODUCTION TO SOCIOLOGY SOCI001
AFRC002
I: Society Cultural Diversity in the U.S.
31 ITALIAN HIST ON SCREEN ITAL204
CIMS206
COML206
III: Arts and Letters Cross Cultural Analysis
32 LAND OF THE PHARAOHS NELC062
AFRC062
II: History and Tradition Cross Cultural Analysis
33 MAKING OF MODERN WORLD HIST001 II: History and Tradition Cross Cultural Analysis
34 MASTERPIECES OF 20TH CENTURY RUSSIAN LITERATURE REES155 III: Arts and Letters Cross Cultural Analysis
35 MASTERPIECES-ITALIAN LITERATURE: IN LOVE AND WAR ITAL203 III: Arts and Letters Cross Cultural Analysis
36 MDRN WRLD-CLTRL BKGND ANTH004 IV: Humanities and Social Science Cross Cultural Analysis
37 MOD HEB LIT & FILM TRANS: THE HOLOCAUST IN ISRAELI LITERATURE AND FILM CIMS159
NELC159
JWST154
COML282
III: Arts and Letters Cross Cultural Analysis
38 MOD LATIN AMER 1808-PRES HIST071
LALS071
II: History and Tradition Cross Cultural Analysis
39 MOD MIDEAST LIT IN TRANS COML212
NELC201
III: Arts and Letters Cross Cultural Analysis
40 OCEANOGRAPHY GEOL130 VI: Physical World Quantitative Data Analysis
41 OCEANOGRAPHY: OCEANS & CLIMATE GEOL130 VI: Physical World Quantitative Data Analysis
42 ONLINE COURSE: MUSIC OF AFRICA AFRC053
MUSC051
III: Arts and Letters Cross Cultural Analysis
43 PRINCIPLES I PHYS150 VI: Physical World Quantitative Data Analysis
44 PRINCIPLES II PHYS151 VI: Physical World Quantitative Data Analysis
45 SEM MODERN HEBREW LIT: ISRAELI IDENTITY 1948-2020 JWST359
NELC359
COML359
III: Arts and Letters Cross Cultural Analysis
46 SOLARSYSTEM EXOPLANETS ASTR006 VII: Natural Sciences and Math Quantitative Data Analysis
47 SURVEY OF THE UNIVERSE ASTR001 VI: Physical World Quantitative Data Analysis
48 TEXTS AND CONTEXTS SPAN219 IV: Humanities and Social Science Cross Cultural Analysis
49 THE CITY IN SOUTH ASIA URBS122
ANTH107
SAST002
I: Society Cross Cultural Analysis
50 THE IMMIGRANT CITY SOCI270
LALS273
URBS270
I: Society Cultural Diversity in the U.S.
51 THEMES JEWISH TRADITION: REWRITING THE BIBLE: NOTIONS OF CANON, INTERPRETATION, AND THE BIBLE NELC252
RELS129
JWST100
II: History and Tradition Cross Cultural Analysis
52 WORLD ART: 1400 TO NOW: INTRODUCTION TO WESTERN ART, 1400-PRESENT ARTH102
VLST232
III: Arts and Letters Cross Cultural Analysis
53 WORLD FILM HIST '45-PRES CIMS102
COML124
ARTH109
ENGL092
III: Arts and Letters Cross Cultural Analysis
54 WORLD FILM HIST TO 1945 COML123
ENGL091
CIMS101
ARTH108
III: Arts and Letters Cross Cultural Analysis
55 WORLD MUSICS & CULTURES MUSC050
AFRC050
FOLK022
ANTH022
III: Arts and Letters Cross Cultural Analysis