General Education Core Requirements

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General Education Core Requirements

Basic Skills courses, including:
  • 6 hours of English composition I & II;
  • 3 hours of Public Speaking or Interpersonal Communication; and

    ENGL 101 Composition I
    ENGL 102 Composition II
    SPCH 151 Public Speaking or
    SPCH 153 Interpersonal Communication

    (ENGL 206 - Technical Writing may be substituted for ENGL 102 under certain AAS degrees)

3-8 hours of Mathematics and Natural and Physical Science courses from at least two disciplines (lecture with lab).
3 hours of college level mathematics; College Algebra and/or Statistics will be required of transfer students where University curriculum requires it.

Mathematics
MATH 105 College Algebra
MATH 108 Pre-Calculus Mathematics
MATH 112 Trigonometry
MATH 115 Statistics
MATH 120 Calculus I (Non-Engineering)
MATH 121 Calculus II (Non-Engineering)
MATH 122 Calculus and Analytic Geometry I
MATH 123 Calculus and Analytic Geometry II
MATH 224 Calculus and Analytic Geometry III
MATH 227 Differential Equations

Biology
BIOL 119 Life and The Environment with Lab
BIOL 121 General Biology
BIOL 125 Human Biology
BIOL 131 Environmental Science
BIOL 132 Environmental Science Lab
BIOL 141 Human Anatomy and Laboratory
BIOL 143 Human Anatomy and Physiology
BIOL 221 Plant Biology
BIOL 222 Plant Biology Laboratory
BIOL 231 Animal Biology
BIOL 232 Animal Biology Laboratory
BIOL 261 Microbiology
BIOL 262 Microbiology Laboratory
BIOL 268 Human Sexuality
BIOL 271 Physiology
BIOL 272 Physiology Laboratory

Chemistry
CHEM 101 Introduction to Forensic Science and Laboratory
CHEM 109 General Chemistry
CHEM 111 College Chemistry I and Lab
CHEM 112 College Chemistry II and Lab
CHEM 203 General Organic Chemistry
CHEM 211 Organic Chemistry I
CHEM 212 Organic Chemistry II
CHEM 213 Organic Chemistry I Lab
CHEM 214 Organic Chemistry II Lab

Physical Science
NASC 103 General Physical Science
NASC 107 Introduction to Astronomy
NASC 108 Introduction to Astronomy Lab
NASC 130 Introductory Physics
NASC 131 Introductory Physics Laboratory
NASC 175 Introduction to Meteorology and Lab
NASC 231 General Physics I
NASC 232 General Physics II
NASC 245 Engineering Physics I
NASC 246 Engineering Physics II
6 hours of Humanities courses from two of the following disciplines
  • Art*
  • Music*
  • Theater*
  • History
  • Philosophy
  • Literature
  • Modern Language
*Performance courses are excluded

Art
FNAR 101 Art Appreciation
FNAR 102 Art History I
FNAR 103 Art History II

Literature
ENGL 104 Introduction to Literature
ENGL 105 Early World Literature
ENGL 106 Modern World Literature
ENGL 107 Children's Literature
ENGL 108 Introduction to Poetry
ENGL 109 Introduction to Fiction
ENGL 132 Science Fiction
ENGL 133 Women in Literature
ENGL 135 World Mythology
ENGL 140 Detective Fiction
ENGL 210 Early American Literature
ENGL 211 Modern American Literature
ENGL 212 Drama as Literature: Early to Modern
ENGL 214 Afro-American Literature
ENGL 217 Early English Literature
ENGL 218 Modern English Literature
ENGL 220 American Indian Literature
ENGL 221 Latino Literature and Cultures

History
HIST 103 Modern Asia
HIST 104 United States to 1877
HIST 105 United States Since 1877
HIST 106 Black History
HIST 107 Modern Europe
HIST 108 Religion in America
HIST 109 The Bible as History
HIST 115 World Civilization I
HIST 116 World Civilization II
HIST 204 Western Civilization I
HIST 205 Western Civilization II
HIST 211 Contemporary Issues

Modern Language
LANG 101 French I
LANG 102 French II
LANG 121 German I
LANG 122 German II
LANG 141 Spanish I
LANG 142 Spanish II
LANG 161 Arabic I
LANG 162 Arabic II
LANG 203 French III
LANG 204 French IV
LANG 223 German III
LANG 224 German IV
LANG 243 Spanish III
LANG 244 Spanish IV

Music
MUSC 101 Music Appreciation

Philosophy
HUMN 101 Arts and Culture of the Early World
HUMN 102 Arts and Culture of the Modern World
HUMN 150/
WMSD 101/
Introduction to Women's Studies

HUMN151/
WMSD 102

Men & Masculinities
HUMN 152/
WMSD 103
Women in Religion
HUMN 207 Comparative World Religions
JOUR 175 Introduction to Mass Communications
PHIL 103 Introduction to Philosophy
PHIL 105 Logic
PHIL 206 Ethics

Theatre
HUMN 200 Foundations of Film and Theatre
THTR 101 Theater Appreciation
6 hours of Social and Behavioral Science courses from the following disciplines:
  • Sociology
  • Economics
  • Psychology
  • Geography
  • Political Science
  • Anthropology


Anthropology
ANTH 100 Anthropology
ANTH 106 Native American Indians
ANTH 105 Archaeology

Economics
ECON 201 Principles of Macroeconomics
ECON 202 Principles of Microeconomics
ECON 203 Introduction to Labor Studies (PACE)

Geography
GEOG 101 Introduction to Cultural Geography

Political Science
POSC 101 Introduction to Political Science
POSC 102 International Relations/Foreign Policy
POSC 111 American Government
POSC 112 State and Local Government

Psychology
PSYC 101 Psychology
PSYC 112 Psychology of Personal Adjustment
PSYC 115 The Grieving Process
PSYC 202 Child Development
PSYC 203 Human Development
PSYC 204 Personality
PSYC 214 Social Psychology

Sociology
SOSC 107 Sociology
SOSC 108 Sociology of the Family
SOSC 109 Diversity Studies
SOSC 134 Criminology
SOSC 207 Urban Sociology
SOSC 209 Social Problems