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 ^*
• MATH 1530 - ♦Introductory Statistics Credits: 3
• PSYC 1030 - ♦Introduction to Psychology Credits: 3 ^**

Spring

• Behavioral/Social Sciences - Select one approved course Credits: 3 ^**
• ENGL 1020 - ♦English Composition II Credits: 3
• Communications Elective - Select one approved course Credits: 3 ^******
• General Elective - Select one approved course Credits: 3
• Psychology Elective - Select one approved course Credits: 3 ^***

Fall

• BIOL 1010 - ♦Introduction to Biology Credits: 4 ^****

• or

• BIOL 1110 - ♦General Biology I Credits: 4
• History - Select one approved course Credits: 3 ^*****
• Humanities/Fine Arts - Select one approved course Credits: 3
• Literature - Select one approved course Credits: 3
• Psychology Elective - Select one approved course Credits: 3 ^***

Spring

• Behavioral/Social Sciences - Select one approved course Credits: 3 ^**
• BIOL 1020 - ♦Diversity of Life Credits: 4 ^*****

• or

• BIOL 1120 - ♦General Biology II Credits: 4
• General Elective - Credits: 4
• History - Select one approved course 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.

^*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. Student who plan to transfer to ETSU should take PHIL 2640 .

^** Students intending to transfer to the University of Tennessee at Chattanooga or Austin Peay State University should complete social/behavioral science courses from two separate disciplines (e.g., SOCI 1010; ECON 2100, etc.); It is recommended that students take PSYC 1030 at the four-year and choose another approved social/behavioral gen ed course.

^*** Choose two of the following:

• PSYC 2110 - ♦Psychology of Adjustment   
• PSYC 2120 - ♦Social Psychology   
• PSYC 2130 - ♦Lifespan Development Psychology   

^**** Must be a natural science sequence.

^***** Students who intend to transfer to the University of Tennessee at Knoxville should take HIST 2310  and HIST 2320 .

^****** Students who intend to transfer to ETSU should take COMM 2055 .

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

Contact the Behavioral and Social Sciences division