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
• Foreign Language (One year sequence in a single foreign language) - Credits: 3
• MATH 1530 - ♦Introductory Statistics Credits: 3

• or higher

• POLS 1030 - ♦American Government Credits: 3

Spring

• Behavioral/Social Science - Select one approved course Credits: 3 ^*
• Communication - Select one approved course Credits: 3
• ENGL 1020 - ♦English Composition II Credits: 3
• Foreign Language (One year sequence in a single foreign language) - Credits: 3
• Humanities and/or Fine Arts - Select one approved course Credits: 3 ^**

Fall

• History - Select one approved course Credits: 3 ^***
• Humanities and/or Fine Arts - Select one approved course Credits: 3
• Literature - Select one approved course Credits: 3
• Political Science Elective - Select one approved course Credits: 3
• Natural Science - Select one approved course Credits: 4 ^****

Spring

• Behavioral/Social Science - Select one approved course Credits: 3
• General Electives - Credits: 4
• History - Select one approved course Credits: 3 ^***
• Natural Science - 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 intend to transfer to Tennessee Technological University (TTU) should take SOCI 1010 . 

^** Students who intend to transfer to the University of Memphis should take at least one fine arts under the Humanities & Fine Arts general education requirement.

^*** Students who intend to transfer to the University of Tennessee at Knoxville (UTK) should take HIST 2310   and HIST 2320  . The University of Tennessee at Chattanooga requires one History course to be a U.S. History. 

^**** Students who intend to transfer to UTK should take an 8 hour natural science sequence.

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

Contact the Behavioral and Social Sciences division