<p>No, the GE math typically only requires basic math and some algebra. You’ll need to look at each college’s offerings; some colleges require straight math (pre algebra+algebra depending on how well you do on a test) other colleges have special classes for Humanities majors, such as Geometry in Islamic Art or Demography.
Each class is different but typically your grade will be tests + projects or lab or research papers + homework. At small/private colleges, participation counts a lot (ie, whether you have interesting things to contribute to the discussion) but at large universities, since many classes have 40+ or even 100+ students, you can’t participate and the professor doesn’t know your name so you don’t get a participation grade, or only your TA (teaching assistant) would grade you for participation.
On the blog “the college solution”, there are very useful posts about the difference between a small university and a large one, etc. You should look at them.</p>