The 2019 version of the curricula incorporates a General Education curricular area and support for the Institutional Vision.

The courses that comprise this curricular area include foundational content and methodologies in specific fields of knowledge. Their purpose is to provide a broad educational foundation and strengthen students’ cognitive abilities and their opportunities for affective learning. These courses do not focus on the particular skills, techniques, or procedures associated with the students’ professional disciplines. Likewise, they are oriented toward reinforcing the attributes articulated in the Institution’s Vision.

At Tecnológico de Monterrey, the curricula integrate this curricular area through 15 mandatory credits and 15 elective credits, which may be earned through courses offered in diverse fields of knowledge. These courses pursue a specific formative purpose aligned with the objectives of General Education and with support for the Institutional Vision.

The course options available to fulfill both the 15 elective credits and the 15 mandatory credits for each academic program are presented in the following table, organized by field of knowledge.

Social and Behavioral Sciences Area (one course)

Student Learning Outcome (SLO):

Systemic thinking

The student analyzes problems with an integrated vision from inter and transdisciplinarity, conceiving reality as a set of interconnected systems.

Variable credits: students should choose a 3-credit course from the list below
Code	Name
D1030	From Rome to the World: Legal and Political Institutions
D1031	Taxes, Contracts, and Social Media: Your Legal Compass for the Real World
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

Mandatory credits: students must take all the courses from the list below, according with the program in which they are enrolled
Code	Name	CA	Mandatory courses per undergraduate program
EC1001B	Transformation of Contemporary Mexico	3	LEC, LRI, LTP, LED
RI1001B	Global Challenges	3	LEC, LRI, LTP, LED
SD1010	Emotional and Behavioral Development	1	MC, MO, LBC, LNB, LPS
TC1002B	Technological Tools for the Social Sciences	3	LEC, LRI, LTP, LED

 

Humanities and Fine Arts Area (one course)

Student Learning Outcome (SLO):

Understanding other codes

The student generates communicative messages or discourses in which he uses various non-linguistic codes (visual, sound, architectural, spatial, graphic, etc.) that take into account geopolitical and sociocultural contexts.

Variable credits: students should choose a 3-credit course from the list below
Code	Name
A1005	Art Appreciation
AT1005	Image Culture
AV1010	Film Analysis: from Lumiere to Netflix
EH1013	Cultural Heritage of Mexico
EH1017	Possible Futures: Utopias and Dystopias in Cinema and Literature
H1057	The myths that inhabit us: from Prometheus to Marvel
H2054	World Travelers: Narratives, Maps and Borders
IM1003	Multidisciplinary Appreciation of Music
RI1017	Historical Milestones of the 20th and 21th Centuries

Mandatory credits: students must take all the courses from the list below, according with the program in which they are enrolled.
Code	Name	CA	Mandatory courses per undergraduate program
EH1008	Cultural Imaginaries of Mexico	3	ARQ(ESC), LAD, LDI, LC, LEI, LLE, LPE, LTM
EH1009	Semiotics and Contemporary Narratologies	3	ARQ(ESC), LAD, LDI, LC, LEI, LLE, LPE, LTM

 

Mathematics and Natural Sciences Area (one course)

Student Learning Outcome (SLO):

Scientific thinking

The student solves real problems and questions from objective, valid, and reliable methodologies.

Variable credits: students should choose a 3-credit course from the list below
Code	Name
BE1001	Emerging Environmental Issues and Human Health
CO1010	Data Science and Cultural Analysis: Film, Literature and Music
DS1009	Ecological Processes for Human Development
EC1021	Economics and Personal Finance: Tools for Smart Decision Making
IB1005	Foundation of Biological Systems
IB1006	Biomimetics and Sustainability
MA1042	Mathematics and Data Science for Decision Making
MA1053	Strategic Mathematics for a Sustainable Future
P1015	Food crisis: biopolitics for survival

Mandatory credits: students must take all the courses from the list below, according with the program in which they are enrolled
Code	Name	CA	Mandatory courses per undergraduate program
AC1001B	Modeling of Physics: Statics	3	ARQ(AMC), IC(AMC)
AC1002	Mathematical Thinking	3	ARQ(AMC), IC(AMC)
AC1002B	Modeling of Physics: Dynamics	3	ARQ(AMC), IC(AMC)
AC1003	Analysis with Probability and Statistics	2	ARQ(AMC), IC(AMC)
AR1003B	Modeling of Physics in the Built Environment	6	LUB
BT1014	Foundation and Interpretation of Molecular Biology	1	IQ, IAG, IAL, IBT
CD1005	Statistics for business	1	LAE/BBA, LAF/BFI, LCPF, LDE, LDO, LEM, LIN, LIT
CV1007	Mathematics Based Reasoning	3	LUB
CV1011	Evaluation of the Environmental Impact of Territorial Projects	1	LUB
CV1012	Application of Numerical Methods to the Built Environment	2	LUB
CV1013	Analysis of Natural and Social Phenomena with Probability and Statistics	2	LUB
DS1008	Evaluation of Natural Capital and Sustainability Principles	1	IDS
F1001B	Engineering and Science Modeling	3	IQ, IAG, IAL, IBT, IDS, INA, ITC, IRS, ITD, IMD, IIS, IE, IMT, IID, IC(IIT), IM
F1004B	Computational Modeling of Movement	3	ITC
F1005B	Computational Modeling Applying Conservation Laws	3	IRS, ITD
F1006B	Modeling the Movement in Engineering	3	IM, IMD, IIS, IE, IMT, IID, IC(IIT)
F1008	Physical Experimentation and Statistical Thinking	1	IQ, IAG, IAL, IBT, IDS, INA, IFI, IDM, ITC, IRS, ITD, IM, IMD, IIS, IE, IMT, IID, IC(IIT)
F1008B	Modeling Movement in Science	3	INA, IFI, IDM
MA1022	Mathematical Thinking I	3	LEC, LRI, LTP, LED
MA1027	Mathematical Thinking	1	LAE/BBA, LAF/BFI, LCPF, LDE, LDO, LEM, LIN, LIT
MA1028	Mathematical Thinking I	2	IQ, IAG, IAL, IBT, IDS, INA, IFI, IDM, ITC, IRS, ITD, IM, IMD, IIS, IE, IMT, IID, IC(IIT)
MA1029	Intermediate Mathematical Modeling	2	IQ, IAG, IAL, IBT, IDS, INA, IFI, IDM, ITC, IRS, ITD, IM, IMD, IIS, IE, IMT, IID, IC(IIT)
MA1031	Statistic Analysis	1	IFI, IDM, ITC, IRS, ITD, IM, IMD, IIS, IE, IMT, IID, IC(IIT)
Q1019	Analysis of the Structure, Properties and Transformation of Matter	2	IQ, IAG, IAL, IBT, IDS
Q1021	Chemical Experimentation and Statistical Thinking I	1	IQ, IAG, IAL, IBT, IDS, INA, IFI, IM, IMD, IIS, IE, IMT, IID, IC(IIT)
Q1023	Chemical Experimentation and Statistical Thinking II	1	IQ, IAG, IAL, IBT, IDS, INA
SD1001B	Health Basics	3	MC, MO, LBC, LNB, LPS
SD1002B	Metabolismo y energía	3	MC, MO, LBC, LNB, LPS
SD1008	Human Reproduction	1	MC, MO, LBC, LNB, LPS
SD1009	Growth and Development	1	MC, MO, LBC, LNB, LPS
SD1016	Public Health and Biostatistics	1	MC, MO, LBC, LNB, LPS

 

Ethics and Citizenship Area (one course)

Student Learning Outcome (SLO):

Citizen commitment for social transformation

The student builds committed, sustainable, and supportive solutions to social problems and needs through strategies that strengthen democracy and the common good

Variable credits: students should choose a 3-credit course from the list below
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
H1070	Ethics and Psychology for a Good Living
MB1002	Wellbeing and Sustainability
P1006	Global Citizenship: Diversity and Tolerance
P1014	Citizenship and Technology
P1016	Technology, Citizenship, and Society

 

Leadership, Entrepreneurship and Innovation Area (one course)

Student Learning Outcome (SLO):

Innovation

The student generates innovative and valuable solutions to public problems through a cyclical process that incorporates validation and learning in positive and adverse situations.

Variable credits: students should choose a 3-credit course from the list below
Code	Name
AD2035	Introduction to Conscious Business
CC1024	Psychology: Social-Emotional Skills for Leaders
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

Mandatory credits: students must take all the courses from the list below, according with the program in which they are enrolled
Code	Name	CA	Mandatory courses per undergraduate program
AD1016	Business communication	1	LAE/BBA, LAF/BFI, LCPF, LDE, LDO, LEM, LIN, LIT
AR1002B	Exploration in the Habitat: From the Scale of the Element to the Territory	3	ARQ(AMC), IC(AMC)
DL1022	Methodologies of Creative Thinking	3	ARQ(ESC), LAD, LDI, LC, LEI, LLE, LPE, LTM
EC1002B	Entrepreneurship and Technology for Mexico's Transformation	3	LEC, LRI, LTP, LED
EH1001B	Creative Immersion and Experimentation	3	ARQ(ESC), LAD, LDI, LC, LEI, LLE, LPE, LTM
EM1001B	Creating Prototypes	3	LAE/BBA, LAF/BFI, LCPF, LDE, LDO, LEM, LIN, LIT
MA1001B	Statistical Modeling for Decision Making	3	IFI, IDM
MT1002B	Market Solutions	3	LAE/BBA, LAF/BFI, LCPF, LDE, LDO, LEM, LIN, LIT
NI1001B	Business Globalization	3	LAE/BBA, LAF/BFI, LCPF, LDE, LDO, LEM, LIN, LIT
NI1004	International Competitiveness and Business Opportunities	1	LAE/BBA, LAF/BFI, LCPF, LDE, LDO, LEM, LIN, LIT
SD1008B	Innovation in Public Health	3	MC, MO, LBC, LNB, LPS
SD1013	Management and Innovation in Health	1	MC, MO, LBC, LNB, LPS

 

Technological Skills Area

Student Learning Outcome (SLO):

Cutting-edge technologies

The student evaluates various technologies with an openness to the search and implementation of relevant alternatives in the transformation of professional practice.

Mandatory credits: students must take all the courses from the list below, according with the program in which they are enrolled
Code	Name	CA	Mandatory courses per undergraduate program
AC1001	Computational Logic	1	ARQ(AMC), IC(AMC)
CV1008	Resolution of Problems with Computational Logic	1	LUB
TC1027	Business Programming	1	LAE/BBA, LAF/BFI, LCPF, LDE, LDO, LEM, LIN, LIT
TC1028	Computational Thinking for Engineering	2	IQ, IAG, IAL, IBT, IDS, INA, IFI, IM, IMD, IIS, IE, IMT, IID,  IC(IIT)
TC1029	Computational Thinking and Programming	3	IDM, ITC, IRS, ITD

 

Logical and Empirical Thinking Area

Student Learning Outcome (SLO):

Critical thinking

The student evaluates the strength of reasoning based on the identification of fallacies and contradictions, which allow him or her to form a judgment in the face of a situation or problem

Mandatory credits: students must take all the courses from the list below, according with the program in which they are enrolled
Code	Name	CA	Mandatory courses per undergraduate program
CD1004	Decision Support Analysis	1	LAE/BBA, LAF/BFI, LCPF, LDE, LDO, LEM, LIN, LIT
CO1001B	Human Factors Research Methodologies	3	ARQ(ESC), LAD, LDI, LC, LEI, LLE, LPE, LTM
SD1014	Research Methods	1	MC, MO, LBC, LNB, LPS