#  Spring 2027- Concentration Gateway Courses 

 



##  Concentration Gateway Courses 

 Spring 2027 

 

 

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###    African and African American Studies  expand\_more  

- AFRAMER 11: Introduction to African Studies



 

 



###    Anthropology  expand\_more  

- ANTHRO 1821: Introduction to Medical Anthropology
- ANTHRO 1717: An Introduction to Economic Anthropology: Money, Markets and Meaning
- GENED 1178: Mexico and the Making of Global Cuisine



 

 



###    Applied Math  expand\_more  

Continue math

- APMTH 50: Introduction to Applied Mathematics



 

 



###    Art, Film, and Visual Studies  expand\_more  

- AFVS 20: Contemporary Painting Practice
- AFVS 40E: Introduction to Photography
- AFVS 41A: Introduction to Photography
- AFVS 60X: Approaching Narrative: Introduction to Fiction Filmmaking
- GENED 1072: Video Commune
- GENED 1156: Modern Art & Modernity



 

 



###    Astrophysics  expand\_more  

- ASTRON 16: Stellar and Planetary Astronomy
- Physics 15a: Introductory Mechanics and Relativity May take physics 15a either term



 

 



###    Biomedical Engineering  expand\_more  

- Continue math
- Physics



 

 



###    Chemical and Physical Biology  expand\_more  

- LS1B
- PHYSCI 11: Foundations and Frontiers of Modern Chemistry



 

 



###    Chemistry  expand\_more  

- PHYSCI 11: Foundations and Frontiers of Modern Chemistry

OR:

- CHEM 20: Organic Chemistry Math according to placement



 

 



###    Chemistry and Physics  expand\_more  

Physics

Math



 

 



###    Classics  expand\_more  

- CLS-STDY 97B: Introduction to the Ancient Roman World
- CLS-STDY 109: Ancient Myth and the Modern World
- CLSSTDY 52: Gender and Sexuality in Ancient Greece
- GENED 1131



 

 



###    Comparative Literature  expand\_more  

- COMPLIT 100Y: Contemporary Southeast Asia through Literature and Film
- COMPLIT 109: On Translation
- COMPLIT 112: Songmaking and the Idea of Lyric



 

 



###    Comparative Study of Religion  expand\_more  

- FYSEMR 73X: Economics of Religion
- FYSEMR 68O: What Is Sacrifice?



 

 



###    Computer Science  expand\_more  

- COMPSCI 50: Introduction to Computer Science
- COMPSCI 32: Computational Thinking and Problem Solving



 

 



###    Earth and Planetary Sciences  expand\_more  

- E-PSCI 50: The Fluid Earth: Oceans, Atmosphere, Climate, and Environment
- E-PSCI 56: The History and Evolution of Life on Earth
- GENED 1018: How to Build a Habitable Planet
- GENED 1158: Water and the Environment Math according to placement



 

 



###    East Asian Studies  expand\_more  

- EASTD 97AB: Introduction to the Study of East Asia: Issues and Methods;
- EASTD 141: East Asian Religions: Traditions and Transformations;
- GENED 1091: Classical Chinese Ethical and Political Theory;
- GENED 1042: Anime as Global Popular Culture;
- GENED 1205: The Power, Art, and Technology of Writing in East Asia



 

 



###    Economics  expand\_more  

- EC10a or EC10b
- ECON 50: Using Big Data to Solve Economic and Social Problems



 

 



###    Electrical Engineering  expand\_more  

- ECE 50: Introduction to Electrical Engineering
- Physics



 

 



###    Energy, Climate and Environment  expand\_more  

- ENCE 50: Gateway to Science and Engineering for Sustainable Solutions



 

 



###    Engineering Sciences (AB) (Biomedical Sciences and Engineering, Electrical and Computer, Mechanical and Materials, and Engineering Physics tracks)  expand\_more  

- Math
- CS 32, Physics



 

 



###    Engineering Sciences (SB) (Bioengineering, and Environmental Engineering tracks)  expand\_more  

- Math
- CS 32, Physics



 

 



###    English  expand\_more  

- English 20: Literary Forms; English 197y: Introduction to Dramatic Writing;
- English 97: Sophomore Tutorial, Literary Methods
- Humanities 10a/10b



 

 



###    Environmental Science and Engineering  expand\_more  

- PHYSCI 11: Foundations and Frontiers of Modern Chemistry
- Math



 

 



###    Environmental Science and Public Policy  expand\_more  

- EPS 50: The Fluid Earth: Oceans, Atmosphere, Climate and Environment
- GE 1158 Water and the Environment



 

 



###    Folklore and Mythology  expand\_more  

- FOLKMYTH 172: Quilts and Quiltmaking
- FOLKMYTH 141: Elves, Fairies and UFOs: Dangerous Encounters with Other Beings in Folklore



 

 



###    Germanic Languages and Literatures  expand\_more  

language study

- GER100 Intro to German Literature, History, and Thought; HUM10 A Humanities Colloquium
- GENED 1197 Grimm's Fairy Tales
- GENED 1208 What is Love?



 

 



###    Government  expand\_more  

- GOV 40: International Conflict and Cooperation



 

 



###    History  expand\_more  

- HIST 10: A History of the Present
- HIST 14: The First World War
- HIST 19: Fashion in American History
- HIST 25: Introduction to Native American and Indigenous Studies
- HIST 31: Japan's Samurai Revolution
- HIST 35: Byzantine Civilizations
- HIST 37: Modern Southeast Asia
- HIST 38: Modern China
- HIST 63: Afro-Indigenous Intersections in Early America
- HIST 64B: Introduction to American Legal History, Part 1
- HIST 69: International History
- HIST 70: The History of Sub-Saharan Africa to 1860
- GENED 1140: Borders
- GENED 1203: Why the Germans Embraced Hitler



 

 



###    History and Literature  expand\_more  

- HL 10: Introduction to Cultural Studies
- HISTLIT 90 seminar



 

 



###    History of Art & Architecture  expand\_more  

- HAA 12 World Cities
- HAA 13 Intro to Greek Art and Archaeology
- HAA 19 Arts & Africa through the Ages: an Introduction
- HAA 78 Contact and Exchange: Modern and Contemporary Architecture and Design in South Asia



 

 



###    History of Science  expand\_more  

- HISTSCI 101: Making the World: An Introduction to the History of Technology;
- GENED 1212: Healing the World;
- GENED 1213: Digital Democracy;
- GENED 1214: Solving Genuinely Hard Problems in Science



 

 



###    Human Developmental and Regenerative Biology  expand\_more  

- LS1B or LS 50B
- PHYSCI 11: Foundations and Frontiers of Modern Chemistry



 

 



###    Human Biology, Behavior, and Evolution  expand\_more  

- LS1B,
- LS2,
- HEB 80: Walking & Running,
- GENED 1027: Human Evolution, Human Health and Climate Change



 

 



###    Integrative Biology  expand\_more  

- LS1B



 

 



###    Materials Science & Mechanical Engineering  expand\_more  

- ES 51
- Math
- Physics



 

 



###    Mathematics  expand\_more  

- Math according to placement
- Math 101: Sets, groups, and analysis



 

 



###    Molecular and Cellular Biology  expand\_more  

- LS1B
- Math according to placement



 

 



###    Music  expand\_more  

- Music 2: Foundations of Tonal Music I
- MUSIC 51a: Analyzing Tonal Music 1



 

 



###    Near Eastern Languages and Civilizations  expand\_more  

- NEC 120: Jerusalem: A History, from Antiquity to the Present
- GENED 1123: Islam and Politics in the Modern Middle East
- GENED 1099: Pyramid Schemes: What Can Ancient Egyptian Civilization Teach Us?
- ARMENST 112: Beautiful and Sacred: Armenian Book Arts



 

 



###    Neuroscience  expand\_more  

- LS1B or LS50B
- COMPSCI 50: Introduction to Computer Science
- COMPSCI 32: Computational Thinking and Problem Solving



 

 



###    Philosophy  expand\_more  

- PHIL 29: Worlds, Times, and Lives: Philosophy through Science Fiction
- PHIL 8: Self and World: Early Modern Philosophy
- PHIL 23: The Good, Bad and Beautiful



 

 



###    Physics  expand\_more  

- Physics 15a: Introductory Mechanics and Relativity (through Math 1b req, 21a recommended)
- Math



 

 



###    Psychology  expand\_more  

- PSY 1: Intro to Psychological Science
- PSY 1900: Introduction to Statistics for the Behavioral Sciences



 

 



###    Romance Languges and Literatures  expand\_more  

- language study



 

 



###    Slavic Languages and Literatures  expand\_more  

- SLAV 97: Introduction to Slavic Literatures & Cultures
- SLAV 118: Reading Tolstoy's War and Peace
- SLAV 165: Poetics of Resistance: An Introduction to Ukrainian Literature
- SLAV 189 The Other Russia: Freedom and Resistance in the Arts



 

 



###    Social Studies  expand\_more  

 

 



###    Sociology  expand\_more  

- SOCIOL 1000: Introduction to Sociology
- SOCIOL 1024: Social Inequality
- SOCIOL 1058: Sex, Gender, and Sexuality



 

 



###    South Asian Studies  expand\_more  

- SAS 171: Constructions of Gender, Sexuality, and the Family in South Asian Cultures
- language study
- HAA 78 - Contact and Exchange: Modern and Contemporary Architecture and Design in South Asia
- HAA 184X - Indian Painting: History of Colors
- RELIGION 1063 - Loving God in a Tamil Way: the Lyric Poetry of the Vaishnava Saints



 

 



###    Statistics  expand\_more  

- STAT 100: Introduction to Statistics and Data Science



 

 



###    Theater, Dance, and Media  expand\_more  

- TDM 115: Acting Shakespeare
- TDM 141BD: Boston Goes Dancing
- TDM 154: Designing with Light



 

 



###    Women, Gender & Sexuality  expand\_more  

- FYSEMR 62R: LGBT Life Stories
- WOMGEN 1200WH: Women in African History
- WOMGEN 1243: Men to Boys- Masculinity in Film