General Education Requirements

Note: All courses must be from the Approved Courses for General Education  courses for each category listed in the General Education section of this catalog.

Freshman Year: First Semester Credit Hours

• ENGL 1010 - ♦Composition I Credit Hours: 3
• BIOL 1110 - ♦General Biology I (Majors) Credit Hours: 4
• MATH 1530 - ♦Probability and Statistics (Non-Calculus Based) Credit Hours: 3
• CHEM 1110 - ♦General Chemistry I Credit Hours: 4

Freshman Year: Second Semester Credit Hours

• ENGL 1020 - ♦Composition II Credit Hours: 3
• BIOL 1120 - ♦General Biology II (Majors) Credit Hours: 4
• Fine Arts elective Credits: 3
• CHEM 1120 - ♦General Chemistry II Credit Hours: 4
• SPCH 1010 - ♦Fundamentals of Speech Communication Credit Hours: 3

• or

• SPCH 2300 - ♦Public Speaking Credit Hours: 3

Sophomore Year: First Semester Credit Hours

• Behavioral/Social Sciences elective Credits: 3
• Humanities/Fine Arts elective Credits: 3
• History - Select one approved history course Credits: 3
• CHEM 2010 - ♦Organic Chemistry I Credit Hours: 4

Sophomore Year: Second Semester Credit Hours

• CHEM 2020 - ♦Organic Chemistry II Credit Hours: 4
• History - Select one approved history course Credits: 3
• Behavioral/Social Science elective Credits: 3
• Literature course Credits: 3
• BIOL 1230 - ♦Introduction to Microbiology Credit Hours: 4

Total Credit Hours: 61

Additional Information

Note: Although BIOL 2010/2020 is not required for completion of the A.S. degree at Northeast State, it will be required for entrance into the Medical Technology Program at Lincoln Memorial University.

For Further Information

Dr. Carolyn McCracken
Dean, Science
Telephone: 423.354.2509
cgmccracken@NortheastState.edu