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 ^**

• or higher

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
• World Perspective Elective - Select one approved course Credits: 3 ^***

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

* Students who plan to transfer to the University of Memphis must complete at least one fine arts under the Humanities & Fine Arts general education requirement.

^** Students who plan to transfer to the University of Tennessee at Knoxville (UTK) should take MATH 1710  or higher.

^*** Choose from the following:

• ECON 2100 - ♦Principles of Macroeconomics  Credits: 3
• ECON 2200 - ♦Principles of Microeconomics  Credits: 3
• GEOG 2010 - ♦World Regional Geography  Credits: 3
• HIST 2320 - ♦Modern World History  Credits: 3
• PHIL 2200 - ♦Introduction to World Religions  Credits: 3
• POLS 2050 - ♦Comparative World Politics  Credits: 3

^**** Students planning to transfer to UTK should take HIST 2010   and HIST 2320  .

^***** Students planning to transfer to UTK should complete an 8-hour natural science lab sequence.

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

Contact the Behavioral and Social Sciences division