GED Electives (3 courses / 09 credits)
Students have to choose from the Elective and/or Optional courses listed below (courses below in each set are a sample of the offerings and not a complete listing; offerings will change from time to time and students have to choose from what is on offer at a given time).
If a student’s 4-year distribution chart indicates that in his/her current term, s/he is required to take a “GED elective” or an “Optional,” then s/he may choose a suitable course from the list below that does not conflict with his/her other required courses.
Arts and Humanities
Course Code | Course Title | Credit Hours |
GED 202 | History of Bangla Literature | 3 |
GED 206 | Introduction to Philosophy I | 3 |
GED 210 | Foreign Language | 3 |
GED 211 | Introduction to Photography | 3 |
GED 212 | Ethics | 3 |
GED 213 | Introduction to the History of Linguistic | 3 |
GED 216 | Introduction to Bengali Language and Literature | 3 |
GED 221 | Introduction to Drama | 3 |
GED 222 | Current and Contemporary Art Forum | 3 |
GED 224 | Film History | 3 |
GED 225 | Archaeology of Bangladesh | 3 |
GED 263 | Modern Bangla Literature (1) | 3 |
GED 302 | History of World Art and Architecture | 3 |
GED 303 | Introduction to Dance | 3 |
GED 308 | Introduction to Philosophy II | 3 |
GED 311 | Bangla for Print Media | 3 |
GED 312 | Bangla for Electronic Media | 3 |
GED 322 | Modern Bangla Literature (2) | 3 |
GED 323 | Logic | 3 |
GED 339 | Introduction to Music | 3 |
GED 401 | Imagining the Global Eighteenth Century Art | 3 |
GED 409 | Literature of Bangladesh | 3 |
GED 410 | Introduction to Performing Arts | 3 |
GED 411 | Objectivity and Its Loss | 3 |
GED 418 | South Asian Art and Architecture | 3 |
GED 429 | The Visual Culture of South Asian Women | 3 |
GED 438 | Origin and Development of Bangla Language | 3 |
GED 439 | Science Perceptions and Reality | 3 |
GED 451 | Qazi Nazrul Islam: Life and Works | 3 |
GED 452 | Rabindranath Tagore: Life and Works | 3 |
GED 461 | Religion | 3 |
ENG 105 | Introduction to Linguistics | 3 |
ENG 412 | Bestseller Fiction | 3 |
Social Sciences
Course Code | Course Title | Credit Hours |
GED 203 | Evolutionary theory and Human behavior | 3 |
GED 204 | Cultural Heritage of Bangladesh | 3 |
GED 205 | Introduction to Sustainable Development | 3 |
GED 207 | Principles of Economics | 3 |
GED 208 | Introduction to Sociology | 3 |
GED 210 | Introduction to Social Studies | 3 |
GED 215 | Introduction to Political Thought | 3 |
GED 223 | Global Political Economy | 3 |
GED 262 | Principles of Cultural Anthropology | 3 |
GED 301 | Development Studies | 3 |
GED 304 | Anthropology and Global Social Problems | 3 |
GED 305 | International Human Rights | 3 |
GED 309 | Classical Sociological Theory | 3 |
GED 324 | Experiencing the Past | 3 |
GED 325 | Economic Development and Social Change | 3 |
GED 334 | International Law | 3 |
GED 335 | Globalization and Social Conflict | 3 |
GED 338 | International Relations | 3 |
GED 340 | International Trade | 3 |
GED 356 | Urbanization and Ancient Cities | 3 |
GED 416 | Business Ethics and Leadership | 3 |
GED 417 | Global Migration and Citizenship | 3 |
GED 419 | Ethnic Identity and Nationalism | 3 |
GED 441 | Globalization | 3 |
GED 443 | Gender and Society | 3 |
GED 444 | Women Studies | 3 |
GED 453 | Living with Conflict | 3 |
GED 462 | Social Theory and Methods of Social Research | 3 |
GED 466 | Who Owns the Past? | 3 |
Science and Mathematics
Course Code | Course Title | Credit Hours |
GED 209 | Environmental Science | 3 |
GED 214 | Mathematics | 3 |
GED 231 | History and Methods of Science | 3 |
GED 233 | Introduction to Science Studies | 3 |
GED 234 | Introduction to Mind and Behaviour | 3 |
GED 232 | Introduction to Psychology | 3 |
GED 336 | Environmental Impact Assessment | 3 |