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. Additional courses may be required to overcome deficiencies in English, mathematics, and reading.

General Courses

• EDUC 1030 - ♦College and Lifelong Learning Credits: 3
• ENGL 1010 - ♦Composition I Credits: 3
• ENGL 1020 - ♦Composition II Credits: 3
• SPCH 1010 - ♦Fundamentals of Speech Communication Credits: 3

• or other approved speech/communication course

• Humanities and/or Fine Arts (at least one course in literature) - Credits: 9
• Behavioral/Social Sciences - Select two approved courses Credits: 6
• History - Select two approved courses Credits: 6
• PHYS 2110 - ♦Calculus-Based Physics I Credits: 4
• PHYS 2120 - ♦Calculus-Based Physics II Credits: 4
• MATH 1910 - ♦Calculus I Credits: 4

• Students who are not prepared for calculus will also need some or all of the following courses based on placement testing: MATH 1100, MATH 1710, and MATH 1720.

Emphasis Courses

• CHEM 1110 - ♦General Chemistry I Credits: 4
• MATH 1920 - ♦Calculus II Credits: 4
• MATH 2110 - ♦Calculus III Credits: 4
• MATH 2010 - ♦Linear Algebra Credits: 3
• MATH 2120 - ♦Differential Equations Credits: 3
• Circuits I (Calculus Based) Credits: 4 *
• ENGR 1120 - ♦Engineering Programming Credits: 3

Total Required Credit Hours: 70

Additional Information

* This course is not offered at Northeast State. Students who want to graduate with this emphasis will need to take the course at another institution and transfer it in. Alternatively, students may graduate with an emphasis in pre-engineering: general. However, students should be aware that this course is a pre-requisite to most courses at the junior level in TBR or UT electrical engineering programs.

Students are encouraged to take two courses, Circuits II and Digital Design, before transferring to a university.

Courses in engineering technology do not fulfill any of the requirements for the Area of Emphasis in Electrical Engineering.

Although it is possible to complete the B.S. Degree in Electrical Engineering in four semesters after earning the associate’s degree, students typically need five or six semesters to complete requirements.

Transfer Requirements

Tennessee Transfer Path to UT/TBR four year universities in compliance with Complete College Tennessee Act of 2010.

For Further Information

Malissa Trent
Dean, Mathematics
Telephone: 423.354.2521
mbtrent@NortheastState.edu