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.

Learning Support

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

Fall

• EDUC 1030 - ♦College and Lifelong Learning Credits: 3
• ENGL 1010 - ♦English Composition I Credits: 3
• History - Select one approved course Credits: 3
• MATH 1530 - ♦Introductory Statistics Credits: 3
• COMM 2025 - ♦Fundamentals of Communication Credits: 3

• or other approved speech communication course

Spring

• ENGL 1020 - ♦English Composition II Credits: 3
• History - Select one approved course Credits: 3
• Humanities/Fine Arts - Select one approved course Credits: 3
• Natural Sciences - Select one approved course Credits: 4
• SOCI 1010 - ♦Introduction to Sociology Credits: 3

Fall

• Behavioral/Social Sciences - Select one approved course Credits: 3
• General Elective - Credits: 1
• Literature - Select one approved course Credits: 3
• Natural Sciences - Select one approved course Credits: 4
• SOCI 1040 - ♦Social Problems Credits: 3

Spring

• Behavioral/Social Sciences - Select one approved course Credits: 3
• General Elective - Credits: 6
• Humanities/Fine Arts - Select one approved course Credits: 3
• Sociology Elective* - Credits: 3

Total Credit Hours: 60

Transfer Requirements

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

*Universities will determine whether the sociology elective course counts toward requirements of the sociology major or as elective credit applied to the requirements of the baccalaureate degree.

Additional Information Regarding Foreign Language

At some universities, foreign language may be required in certain programs that lead to the Bachelor of Science Degree. Complete information regarding foreign language requirements at each university may be found in 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 2011

For Further Information

Dr. Xiaoping Wang 
Dean, Behavioral and Social Sciences
Telephone: (423) 354-2552
xpwang@northeaststate.edu