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.

General Courses

• Humanities and/or Fine Arts (at least one course in literature) - Credits: 9
• Social/Behavioral Sciences - Credits: 6
• History - Credits: 6
• Natural Sciences -: 8
• Mathematics -: 3
• SPCH 1010 Fundamentals of Speech or other approved speech/communication course -Credits: 3
• *ENGL 1010 - Composition I Credits: 3
• *ENGL 1020 - Composition II Credits: 3

Emphasis Courses

• Foreign Language (one year sequence in single foreign language) - Credits: 6
• Mass Communication Electives (two courses) - Credits: 6 +
• General Electives (outside Mass Communication) - Credits: 1

 

• *COMM 1010 - Introduction to Mass Communication Credits: 3
• *COMM 1020 - Media Writing Credits: 3

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  + Practicum courses are excluded as acceptable electives.

Total Credit Hours: 60

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