Oct 17, 2025  
2021-2022 Catalog 
    
2021-2022 Catalog [ARCHIVED CATALOG]

About Idaho GEM Courses


General Education Matriculation (GEM) Courses in Idaho are courses that are accepted and transferable between all participating Idaho Higher Education Institutions. These courses will allow students greater flexibility should they ever transfer to another Idaho institution. A GEM course is a course that has been identified by an institution’s faculty as meeting the competency requirements for one of the six competency areas.

GEM courses are designated by a in this catalog.

Listed classes are subject to change in accordance with the Idaho State Board of Education.

The six GEM competency areas are:

  • Written Communication (GEM 1),
  • Oral Communication (GEM 2),
  • Mathematical Ways of Knowing (GEM 3),
  • Scientific Ways of Knowing (GEM 4),
  • Humanistic and Artistic Ways of Knowing (GEM 5),
  • Social and Behavioral Ways of Knowing (GEM 6).

GEM COURSES FOR 2021-2022

ANTH 101 - Physical Anthropology Credits: 3   
ANTH 102 - Cultural Anthropology Credits: 3 
ART 101 - Art History I Credits: 3 
ART 102 - Art History II Credits: 3   
BIOL 100 - Concepts of Biology Credits: 4 
BIOL 120 - Environmental Science Credits: 4 
BIOL 201 - Biology I Credits: 3 
BIOL 201L - Biology I Lab Credits: 1  
BIOL 227 - Human Anatomy & Physiology I Credits: 4 
BIOL 227L - Human Anatomy & Physiology I Lab Credits: 0 
BIOL 228 - Human Anatomy & Physiology II Credits: 4  
BIOL 228L - Human Anatomy & Physiology II Lab Credits: 0 
CHEM 100 - Concepts of Chemistry Credits: 4 
CHEM 101 - Introduction to Chemistry Credits: 4 
CHEM 101L - Introduction to Chemistry Lab Credits: 0 
CHEM 102 - Essentials of Organic & Biochemistry Credits: 4 
CHEM 102L - Essentials of Organic & Biochemistry Lab Credits: 0  
CHEM 111 - General Chemistry I with Lab Credits: 5 
COMM 101 - Fundamentals of Oral Communication Credits: 3 
CRJ 103 - Introduction to Law & Justice Credits: 3 
CUL 207 - Introduction to American Indian Literature Credits: 3 
ECON 201 - Principles of Macroeconomics Credits: 3 
ECON 202 - Principles of Microeconomics Credits: 3 
ENGL 101 - Writing & Rhetoric I Credits: 3 
ENGL 102 - Writing & Rhetoric II Credits: 3 
ENGL 175 - Literature & Ideas Credits: 3 
ENGL 215 - Survey of World Mythology Credits: 3 
GEOL 101 - Physical Geology Credits: 3  
GEOL 101L - Physical Geology Lab Credits: 1 
GEOL 102 - Historical Geology Credits: 3 
GEOL 102L - Historical Geology Lab Credits: 1 
HIST 101 - World History I Credits: 3 
HIST 102 - World History II Credits: 3 
HIST 111 - United States History I Credits: 3 
HIST 112 - United States History II Credits: 3 
HUM 101 - Introduction to Humanities I Credits: 3 
HUM 102 - Introduction to Humanities II Credits: 3 
MATH 123 - Math in Modern Society Credits: 3 
MATH 143 - College Algebra Credits: 3 
MATH 147 - College Algebra & Trigonometry Credits: 5 
MATH 153 - Statistical Reasoning Credits: 3 
MATH 170 - Calculus I Credits: 4 
MICR 111 - Introduction to Microbiology Credits: 3 
MICR 111L - Introduction to Microbiology Laboratory Credits: 1 
MICR 250 - General Microbiology Credits: 3 
MICR 250L - General Microbiology Lab Credits: 1 
MUSI 108 - Survey of Jazz & Pop Music Credits: 3 
NUTR 239 - Human Nutrition Credits: 3 
PHIL 101 - Introduction to Philosophy Credits: 3 
PHIL 103 - Introduction to Ethics Credits: 3  
PHYS 100 - Survey of Physics Credits: 3 
PHYS 100L - Survey of Physics Lab Credits: 1 
PHYS 101 - Introduction to Physics I Credits: 3 
PHYS 101L - Introduction to Physics I Lab Credits: 1 
PHYS 102 - Introduction to Physics II Credits: 3 
PHYS 102L - Introduction to Physics II Lab Credits: 1 
PHYS 111 - General Physics I Credits: 4 
PHYS 111L - General Physics I Lab Credits: 0 
PHYS 112 - General Physics II Credits: 4 
PHYS 112L - General Physics II Lab Credits: 0 
POLS 101 - American National Government Credits: 3 
POLS 102 - Introduction to Political Science Credits: 3 
PSYC 101 - Introduction to Psychology Credits: 3 
SOC 101 - Introduction to Sociology Credits: 3 
SOC 102 - Social Problems Credits: 3 
SPAN 101 - Elementary Spanish I Credits: 4 
SPAN 102 - Elementary Spanish II Credits: 4