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.

Fall

• Behavioral/Social Science - Select one approved course Credits: 3
• EDUC 1030 - ♦College and Lifelong Learning Credits: 3
• ENGL 1010 - ♦Composition I Credits: 3
• Humanities and/or Fine Arts - Select one approved course Credits: 3
• MATH 1910 - ♦Calculus I Credits: 4 *

Spring

• CHEM 1110 - ♦General Chemistry I Credits: 4
• ENGL 1020 - ♦Composition II Credits: 3
• Humanities and/or Fine Arts - Select one approved course Credits: 3
• MATH 1920 - ♦Calculus II Credits: 4
• SPCH 1010 - ♦Fundamentals of Speech Communication Credits: 3

• or other approved speech/communication course

Fall

• Circuits I - (Calculus Based) Credits: 4**
• History - Select one approved course Credits: 3
• MATH 2010 - ♦Linear Algebra Credits: 3

• or

• MATH 2050 - Calculus Based Probability and Statistics Credits: 3***
• MATH 2110 - ♦Calculus III Credits: 4
• PHYS 2110 - ♦Calculus-Based Physics I Credits: 4

Spring

• Behavioral/Social Science - Select one approved course Credits: 3
• ENGR 1120 - ♦Engineering Programming Credits: 3
• History - Select one approved course Credits: 3
• Literature - Select one approved course Credits: 3
• MATH 2120 - ♦Differential Equations Credits: 3
• PHYS 2120 - ♦Calculus-Based Physics II Credits: 4

Total Required Credit Hours: 70

Additional Information

* 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, MATH 1720.

**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.

***UT Knoxville accepts Northeast State’s MATH 2080 as an equivalent course for STAT 201 - Introduction to Statistics.

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