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
• Humanities and/or Fine Arts - Select one approved course Credits: 3
• Foreign Language (One-Year Sequence in a Single Foreign Language) - Credits: 3
• MATH 1530 - ♦Introductory Statistics Credits: 3

Spring

• ECON 2100 - ♦Principles of Macroeconomics Credits: 3
• ENGL 1020 - ♦English Composition II Credits: 3
• Foreign Language (One year sequence in a single foreign language) - Credits: 3
• World Perspective Elective - Credits: 3 *
• COMM 2025 - ♦Fundamentals of Communication Credits: 3

• or other approved speech/communication course

Fall

• Behavioral/Social Science - Select one approved course Credits: 3
• History - Select one approved course Credits: 3
• Literature - Select one approved course Credits: 3
• Natural Science - Select one approved course Credits: 4
• Electives - Credits: 3

Spring

• History - Select one approved course Credits: 3
• Humanities and/or Fine Arts - Select one approved course Credits: 3
• Natural Science - Select one approved course Credits: 4
• Electives - Credits: 1
• World Perspective Elective - Select one approved course Credits: 3 **

Total Credit Hours: 60

Additional Information

* Check the institution and program to which you intend to transfer for guidance when selecting this elective.

**University majors in International Affairs may need to be at or above the 2000 level competency of a foreign language to earn the Bachelor of Arts degree.

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 2011

For Further Information

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