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.

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 - Credits: 6
• History - Credits: 6
• BIOL 1110 - ♦General Biology I (Majors) Credits: 4
• BIOL 1120 - ♦General Biology II (Majors) Credits: 4
• MATH 1710 - ♦Pre-Calculus I (Algebra) Credits: 3

• or higher

Emphasis Courses

• PSYC 1030 - ♦General Psychology Credits: 3
• MATH 1530 - ♦Probability and Statistics (Non-Calculus Based) Credits: 3
• Foreign Language (One year sequence in a single foreign language) - Credits: 6

 Choose Two of the Following:

• PSYC 2110 - ♦Psychology of Adjustment Credits: 3
• PSYC 2130 - ♦Life Span Psychology Credits: 3
• PSYC 2120 - ♦Social Psychology Credits: 3

Total Credit Hours: 62

Transfer Requirements

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

Additional Information Regarding Foreign Language

Requirements for a Bachelor of Arts Degree at universities include demonstrated competency in foreign language at the intermediate level. Community college students are encouraged to attain intermediate-level competency in foreign language before transferring.

Complete information regarding foreign language requirements at each university may be found on the transfer and articulation websites of the Tennessee Board of Regents and the University of Tennessee System. Community college students are encouraged to be familiar with foreign language requirements at the universities and, if applicable, complete the requirements before transferring.

Effective Fall 2012

For Further Information

Dr. Xiaoping Wang
Dean, Behavioral and Social Sciences Division
Telephone: 423.354.2552
xpwang@NortheastState.edu