General Education and Support for the Vision

Prior to 2019

Versions 2011, 2012, 2013, 2016 and 2017 of the curricula incorporate a curricular area consistent with the Vision, aimed at promoting a humanistic education that develops critical thinking and an ethical sense of responsibility towards oneself and others, towards cultural diversity and the natural environment, in order to build an equitable, sustainable and democratic world through the development of skills and abilities that will allow the construction of knowledge from multiple perspectives.

The courses that make up the General Education curricular area and that serve to support the Vision of Tecnológico de Monterrey are structured as follows:

Area of Humanities and Fine Arts (at least three courses)

Learning objectives:
• Acquire a vision of the main ethical dilemmas in today’s world and the analysis tools necessary to address them critically and with well-supported arguments.
• Know, analyze and enjoy a variety of artistic expressions in order to understand the world and the social and personal reality.
Two ethics courses are required for all programs
Code Name Programs offered
H1018 Ethics, Self and Society All the programs
HS2006 Applied Ethics All the programs, except LCE, LNB,MC
MC3093/MC3096 Bioethics / Clinical Bioethics Exclusivo para LCE, LNB, MC
One humanities and fine arts course is required for all programs
Code Name Programs offered
AR1007 History of Architecture and the City I All the programs, mandatory for ARQ
CO1005 Media, Culture and Society All the programs
DL1009 Creatividad e innovación All the programs
H1031 Contemporary Art and Culture All the programs, obligatorio para LAD
H1032 Mexican Identity and Culture All the programs, obligatorio para LDI
H1036 Creative Writing All the programs
H1037 Film, Literature and Culture All the programs
H1039 Beliefs Systems and Globalization All the programs
H1041 Music and Society All the programs
H1044 Music Appreciation I All the programs
H1053 Art and Intercultural All the programs
H2003 Contemporary Art and Society All the programs
H2006 Contemporary Literature and Society All the programs
H2019 Contemporary World Literature All the programs

Area of Social and Behavioral Sciences (at least 2 courses)

Learning objectives:
• Apply analysis and critical thinking skills to understand, as citizens of Mexico and the world, the cultural differences that affect human behavior, and, in this way, be able to bring about change for social well-being.
• Develop entrepreneurship and innovation skills in order to detect business opportunities and create competitive companies that will contribute to the country’s progress. .
One citizenship course is mandatory for all programs
Code Name Programs offered
H2004 Citizenship: Social and Political Practice All the programs, mandatory for LHCS, LPL, LRI.
H2027 Social Responsibility and Citizenship All the programs
P2007 Society, Development and Citizenship in Mexico All the programs
P2012 Citizenship and Democracy All the programs
P3011 Civil Society and Citizen Participation All the programs, mandatory for LHCS, LPL, LRI

One entrepreneurship course is required for all programs
Code Name Programs offered
EM1006 Social Entrepreneurship All the programs
EM3004 Leadership for Entrepreneurial Development All the programs
ES3000 Microenterprise Planning for Social Development All the programs

Area of Natural Sciences and Mathematics (at least one course)

Learning objectives: Develop mathematical reasoning skills and apply them to problem solving.
Code Name Programs offered
MA1008 Statistics for Research in the Social Sciences All the programs, mandatory for Social Sciences programs (LCMD, LCS, LDP, LLE, LMI, LPM, LPL, LP, LPS, LRI)
MA1009 Mathematics for Design All the programs, mandatory for ARQ,LDI, LCMD11
MA1015/MA1016 Mathematics I All the programs, mandatory fo ARQ, LDI, LCMD, Basic Sciences of Medicine and Social Sciences programs
MD1015 Biostatistics All the programs, mandatory for Basic Sciences of Medicine (LNB, MC, MO)

To complete the 10 General Education courses, all students must earn credit for four additional courses from the following list:

Other courses in the area of humanities and fine arts

Code Name Programs offered
AR1010 History of Architecture and the City II All the programs, mandatory for ARQ
AR1013 Drawing All the programs, mandatory for ARQ, LDI, LAD
AT1001 Artistic Drawing All the programs, mandatory for LDI, LAD
H1026 Philosophy and Contemporary Thought All the programs, mandatory for all programs in the area of Social Sciences (except: LP, LPO)

Other courses in the area of social and behavioral sciences

Code Name Programs offered
CC1014 Psychology All the programs
CO1007 Communication, Signs, and Signification All the programs
CO2004 Qualitative Research Methods All the programs
D1023 Roman Law All the programs
EC1008 Enterprise Economics All the programs
EC1009 Macroeconomic Environment All the programs
EC1010 Economy to Business Creatio All the programs
H2033 Social Anthropology All the programs

Other courses in the area of natural sciences and mathematics

Code Name Programs offered
CO2003 Quantitative Social Research Methods All the programs
DS1003 Natural Sciences and Sustainable Development All the programs
F1002 Physics I All the programs
F1003 Physics II All the programs
F1005 Electricity and Magnetism All the programs
MA1006 Probability and Statistics All the programs
MA1017/MA1018 Mathematics II All the programs
MD1029 Chemical Foundations of Metabolism and Physiology All the programs
MD1030 Metabolism and Functional Biochemistry All the programs
MD1031 Cell Biology All the programs
Q1001 Chemistry All the programs

Vision support area (3 courses are required for all programs)

Learning objectives: Develop analytical, critical thinking and verbal expression skills in order to communicate ideas and knowledge in an orderly manner.
Code Name Programs offered
H1016 Foreign Language All the programs
H1040 Analysis and Verbal Expression All the programs
H2001 Verbal Expression in the Workplace All the programs
Last update of programs: May 4, 2017