General Education and Support for the Vision

2019 Programs

General Education and Vision Support courses are part of the curricula in 2019 programs.

These courses include basic contents and methodologies in certain knowledge areas, and their objective is to present a wide knowledge and reinforce the cognitive abilities and emotional learning opportunities for each student; they do not focus on skills, techniques and procedures specific to the student's professional career. These courses support the qualities of the Institution's Vision.

Tecnológico de Monterrey programs incorporate 15 mandatory credits and 15 variable credits creditable in different areas of knowledge with a specific formative purpose aligned to General Education and Vision Support purpose.

Variable courses options in different knowledge areas, with three academic credits each, shown in the following table:

Social and Behavioral Sciences Area (one course)

Student apply the analytical capacity and the critical sense to understand, as citizens of Mexico and the world, the complexity of human behavior based on the similarities and cultural differences that affect social groups and thus be able to promote changes for the well-being of the society.
Code Name
EC1020 Microeconomic Incentives and Macro Results
EH1010 Keys to Happiness for Human Flourishing
H1058 Anthropology of the Body
P1012 Technological Change and Social Development
P1013 Mexican Politics: Evolution and Challenges
RI1016 Gender, Society and Human Rights
RI1018 Geopolitics and Technological Changes: The Future Today
SD1019 Health and Wellbeing
EH1018 Infodemic and Post-Truth: Ideology, Algorithms and Social Networks

Humanities and Fine Arts Area (one course)

Student appreciate and analyze various artistic and cultural events in order to contribute to their understanding of the world and their social and personal reality.
Code Name
A1005 Art Appreciation
AT1005 Image Culture
EH1013 Cultural Heritage of Mexico
H1057 The myths that inhabit us: from Prometheus to Marvel
IM1003 Multidisciplinary Appreciation of Music
RI1017 Historical Milestones of the 20th and 21th Centuries
EH1017 Possible Futures: Utopias and Dystopias in Cinema and Literature
AV1010 Film Analysis: from Lumiere to Netflix
H2054 World Travelers: Narratives, Maps and Borders

Mathematics and Sciences Area (one course)

Student develops mathematical reasoning skills, as well as, understanding of the physical universe and the changing nature of science in order to apply them in solving problems.
Code Name
IB1005 Foundation of Biological Systems
IB1006 Biomimetics and Sustainability
DS1009 Ecological Processes for Human Development
MA1042 Mathematics and Data Science for Decision Making

Ethics and Citizenship Area (one course)

Student develops a vision of the main ethical dilemmas in the contemporary world as well as analysis tools to approach them in a critical and argued way.
Code Name
EC1019 Citizenship and Smart Cities
EH1011 Posthumanism, ethics and technology
EH1012 Ethics, sustainability and social responsibility
EH1014 Violence, Dignity, and Social Justice
EH1021 Ecofeminism and Environmental Humanities
H1059 Ethics and Psychology: From Self-Knowledge to Fullfillment
MB1002 Wellbeing and Sustainability
P1006 Global Citizenship: Diversity and Tolerance
P1014 Citizenship and Technology

Leadership, Entrepreneurship and Innovation Area (one course)

Student develops an awareness to strengthen their ability to implement innovative solutions to the challenges of their environment, to build collaboration to transform reality and thus contribute to the common good.
Code Name
AD2035 Introduction to Conscious Business
DL1023 Innovation and Creative Processes
EC1018 Anticorruption in Government, Firms, and Society
EH1019 Intercultural Leadership
EH1020 Inclusive Leadership and Diversity
EM1011 Entrepreneurship and Innovation
H1063 Argumentation, Debate, and the Art of Public Speaking
MB1001 Global Health Leadership

This list could be review by the teachers of the Tecnológico de Monterrey anytime, and could be modify without prior notice.
Last update of programs: March 21, 2023.