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

• ECON 2100 - ♦Principles of Macroeconomics Credits: 3
• EDUC 1030 - ♦College and Lifelong Learning Credits: 3
• ENGL 1010 - ♦English Composition I Credits: 3
• Foreign Language - Select one approved course Credits: 3^*
• History - Select one approved course Credits: 3

Spring

• Communication - Select one approved course Credits: 3
• ECON 2200 - ♦Principles of Microeconomics Credits: 3
• ENGL 1020 - ♦English Composition II Credits: 3
• Foreign Language - One course of same language Credits: 3
• MATH 1530 - ♦Introductory Statistics Credits: 3 ^**

Fall

• General Elective - Credits: 3 ^****
• Humanities/Fine Arts - Select one approved course Credits: 3 ^****
• Literature - Select one approved course Credits: 3
• MATH 1830 - ♦Applied Calculus Credits: 3 ^***
• Natural Sciences - Select one approved course Credits: 4

Spring

• General Elective - Credits: 4
• History - Select one approved course Credits: 3
• Humanities/Fine Arts - Select one approved course Credits: 3
• Natural Sciences - Select one approved course Credits: 4

Total Credit Hours: 60

Transfer Requirements

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

* Students who plan to transfer to UTK will be required to demonstrate intermediate level competency in Foreign Language before graduating from UTK.

** MTSU and UTK should take MATH 1630 . Students transferring to UTC or UTM should take a college algebra course. UofM requires MATH 1710 or MATH 1830. APSU requires MATH 1710 only. TSU requires MATH 1830 only. ETSU and TTU requires MATH 1530. Johnson University- MATH 1130 or MATH 1530.

*** MATH 1830 , Applied Calculus is not required at UT Martin, or MTSU. MATH 1830 is prerequisite to MATH 2050 for UTK requirement..

**** Students who plan to transfer to UTK should take an Introduction to Ethics course as one of their humanities/fine arts courses or as an alternative guided elective and complete MATH 2050 , Calculus-based Probability and Statistics.

Additional Information Regarding Foreign Language

Requirements for a Bachelor of Arts Degree at universities include demonstrated competence 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

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