George Mason University

Students take a synthesis course after completing at least 60 credits. These courses have, as a prerequisite or co-requisite, completion of the other general education requirements:

• ADJ 303 Experiencing the Criminal Justice System
• ANTH 400 Synthesis Seminar
• ARTH 394 The Museum
• AVT 497 Senior Project
• AVT 498 Senior Design Project
• BIOL 301 Biology and Society: Infectious Diseases and Society*
• BIOL 301 Biology and Society: HIV-AIDS*
• BIOL 301 Ethical and Political Dilemmas in Science*
  
• BIS 490 Bachelor of Individualized Study Project
• BINF 354 Foundations of Mathematical Biology
• CHSS 313 Mystery, Madness and Murder
• CEIE 490 Senior Design Project
• COMM 326 Rhetoric of Social Movements and Political Controversy
• COMM 362 Argument and Public Policy
• COMM 454 Free Speech and Ethics
• CONF 490 Integration
• CS 306 Synthesis of Ethics and Law for the Computing Professional
• CS 491 Great Principles of Information Technology
• DANC 490 Senior Dance Seminar
• ECE 447 Single Chip Microcomputers
• ECE 492 Senior Advanced Design Project I**
• ECE 493 Senior Advanced Design Project II**
  **(These courses must be taken in sequence.)**
• ECON 309 Economic Problems and Public Policies
• EDCI 490 Student Teaching in Education
• ENGL 325 Dimensions of Writing and Literature
• EOS 304 Population Dimension of Global Change
• EVPP 335 - People, Plants and Culture
• FRLN 385 Multilinguism, Identity and Power
• GEOG 304 Population Dimension of Global Change
• GEOL 420 Earth Science and Policy
• GOVT 490 Synthesis Seminar
• GOVT 491 Honors Seminar
• HIST 300 Introduction to the Historical Method
• HIST 499 Senior Seminar in History
• IT 492 Senior Design Project I
• LAS 499 Research Seminar in Latin American Studies
• MATH 400 History of Mathematics
• MUSI 490 Musical Communication in Context
• NCLC 308 American Landscapes in Fiction, Film and History
• NEUR 354 Foundations in Mathematical Biology
• NURS 465/HSCI 465 Professional Transition and Role Integration
• PHIL 309 Medicine and Human Value
• PHIL 343 Issues in Environmental Ethics
• PHIL 377 Darwin: Biology and Beyond
• PHIL 378 Reason, Science and Faith in the Modern Age
• RELI 490 Comparative Studies of Religions
• RUSS 353 Russian Civilization
• SOCI 377 Arts in Society
• SOCI 483 Sociology of Higher Education
• SOCW 323 Human Behavior in the Social Environment
• SOM 498 Captston Course: Advanced Business Model
• SYST 495 Senior Design Project II
• THR 440 Advanced Studies in Directing and Dramaturgy
• THR 496 Text in Production
• UNIV 342 The George Mason Debates in Current Affairs
• UNIV 442 Krasnow Seminar

* These courses not available for biology major credit