General Education Courses

All associate degree and diploma programs include specified general education courses. Associate of Applied Science degree programs require at least 15 credits and Associate of Science degree programs require at least 30 credits of general education college-level courses and all programs require at least 3 credits from each of the following areas: English, humanities/fine arts, social/behavioral sciences, and natural sciences/ mathematics. Diploma programs require a minimum of 8 credit hours in English, mathematics, and interpersonal relations and professional development.

Area I - Language Arts/Communication

ENGL 1101 - Composition and Rhetoric Credit hours: 3
ENGL 1102 - Literature and Composition Credit hours: 3
COMM 1100 - Human Communication Credit hours: 3
SPCH 1101 - Public Speaking Credit hours: 3

Area II - Social/Behavioral Sciences

ECON 1101 - Principles of Economics Credit hours: 3
ECON 2105 - Principles of Macroeconomics Credit hours: 3
ECON 2106 - Principles of Microeconomics Credit hours: 3
HIST 1111 - World History I Credit hours: 3
HIST 1112 - World History II Credit hours: 3
HIST 2111 - U. S. History I Credit hours: 3
HIST 2112 - U. S. History II Credit hours: 3
POLS 1101 - American Government Credit hours: 3
POLS 2401 - Global Issues Credit hours: 3
PSYC 1101 - Introductory Psychology Credit hours: 3
SOCI 1101 - Introduction to Sociology Credit hours: 3

Area III - Natural Sciences/Mathematics

MATH 1111 - College Algebra Credit hours: 3
MATH 1103 - Quantitative Skills and Reasoning Credit hours: 3
BIOL 1111 - Biology I Credit hours: 3
BIOL 1111L - Biology Lab I Credit hours: 1
BIOL 1112 - Biology II Credit hours: 3
BIOL 1112L - Biology II Lab Credit hours: 1
BIOL 2107 - Biological Principles I Credit hours: 3
BIOL 2107L - Biological Principles Lab I Credit hours: 1
CHEM 1151 - Survey of Inorganic Chemistry Credit hours: 3
CHEM 1151L - Survey of Inorganic Chemistry Lab Credit hours: 1
CHEM 1152 - Survey of Organic Chemistry and Biochemistry Credit hours: 3
CHEM 1152L - Survey of Organic Chemistry and Biochemistry Lab Credit hours: 1
CHEM 1211 - Chemistry I Credit hours: 3
CHEM 1211L - Chemistry Lab I Credit hours: 1
CHEM 1212 - Chemistry II Credit hours: 3
CHEM 1212L - Chemistry Lab II Credit hours: 1
PHSC 1111 - Physical Science I Credit hours: 3
PHYS 1110 - Conceptual Physics Credit hours: 3
PHYS 1110L - Conceptual Physics Lab Credit hours: 1
PHYS 1111 - Introductory Physics I Credit hours: 3
PHYS 1111L - Introductory Physics Lab I Credit hours: 1
MATH 1112 - College Trigonometry Credit hours: 3
MATH 1113 - Precalculus Credit hours: 3
MATH 1127 - Introduction to Statistics Credit hours: 3
MATH 1131 - Calculus I Credit hours: 4
MATH 1132 - Calculus II Credit hours: 4

Area IV - Humanities/Fine Arts

ARTS 1101 - Art Appreciation Credit hours: 3
ENGL 2110 - World Literature Credit hours: 3
ENGL 2130 - American Literature Credit hours: 3
HUMN 1101 - Introduction to Humanities Credit hours: 3
MUSC 1101 - Music Appreciation Credit hours: 3
THEA 1101 - Theater Appreciation Credit hours: 3

General Education Elective:

To meet the minimum required 15 semester credit hours in General Core Courses, an additional 3 semester credit hours must be taken from Area I, Area II, Area III, or Area IV.