General Education Requirements

Communication 9 Hours

• ENGL 1113 - Composition I
• ENGL 1213 - Composition II
• COMM 1113 - Public Speaking

U.S. History 3 Hours

• HIST 1483 - U.S. History 1492 to the Civil War Era

• or

• HIST 1493 - U.S. History - Civil War Era to the Present

U.S. Government 3 Hours

• POLS 1113 - American Federal Government

Science 7 Hours

(One course must be a laboratory science (L)

• ASTR 1104 - General Astronomy
• BIOL 1114 - General Biology for Non-Majors (L)
• BIOL 1224 - Introduction to Biology for Majors (L)
• BIOL 1404 - General Botany (L)
• BIOL 1383 - Nutrition
• BIOL 1604 - Zoology (L)
• BIOL 1113 - Introduction to Environmental Science
• BIOL 2134 - Human Anatomy (L)
• BIOL 2154 - Human Physiology (L)
• BIOL 2164 - Microbiology (L)
• BIOL 2213 - Brain and Behavior
• BIOL 2313 - Principles of Ecology
• CHEM 1114 - Principles of Chemistry (L)
• CHEM 1315 - General Chemistry I (L)
• CHEM 1415 - General Chemistry II (L)
• CHEM 2145 - Organic Chemistry I (L)
• CHEM 2245 - Organic Chemistry II (L)
• GEOG 1014 - Geography (Physical) (L)
• GEOG 2013 - Meteorology
• GEOL 1014 - General Geology (Physical) (L)
• GEOL 1024 - General Geology (Historical) (L)
• GEOL 1113 - Introduction to Oceanography
• PHYS 1114 - General Physics I (L)
• PHYS 1214 - General Physics II (L)
• PHYS 2034 - Physics I with Calculus (L)
• PHYS 2124 - Physics II with Calculus (L)
• PHSC 1114 - General Physical Science (L,N)

Humanities 6 Hours

• ART 1053 - Art History Survey I (H)
• ART 1063 - Art History Survey II (H)
• ART 1113 - Art Appreciation (H)
• COMM 2053 - Intercultural Communication (H) (I) or BUSN 2053  
• ENGL 2413 - Introduction to Literature (H)
• ENGL 2543 - British Literature to 1800 (H)
• ENGL 2653 - British Literature from 1800 (H)
• ENGL 2773 - American Literature to 1865 (H)
• ENGL 2883 - American Literature from 1865 (H)
• ENGL 2893 - African American Literature (H)
• GEOG 1043 - Introduction to Cultural Geography (S,I,H)
• GEOG 2033 - World Regional Geography (S,I,H)
• HIST 1053 - Ancient and Medieval Western Civilization (H)
• HIST 1063 - Modern Western Civilization (H)
• HIST 1073 - Twentieth Century World History (H) (I)
• HIST 2333 - African-American History (H)
• HUMN 2113 - Humanities I: Prehistory through the Middle Ages (H)
• HUMN 2223 - Humanities II: Renaissance to the Early 20th Century (H)
• HUMN 2323 - Humanities III: Early 20th Century to the Present (H)
• HUMN 2333 - Humanities: Literature and Film (H)
• HUMN 2443 - Art of Film (H)
• HUMN 2553 - Introduction to American Humanities (H)
• HUMN 2613 - International Film (H,I)
• HUMN 2663 - Hollywood’s America (H)
• HUMN 2773 - American Popular Culture (H)
• HUMN 2883 - Cultural Identities and the Arts in America (H)
• MUSC 1113 - Music Appreciation (H)
• MUSC 1153 - American Popular Music (H)
• NAMS 2013 - Images of Indians in American Culture (H)
• NAMS 2113 - Native American Cultures (H)
• NAMS 2213 - Native American Spiritualities (H)
• NAMS 2313 - Native American Literature, Drama, and Film (H)
• NAMS 2343 - Native American History (H) or HIST 2343  
• PHIL 1113 - Introduction to Philosophy (H)
• PHIL 1133 - Philosophy in Literature (H)
• PHIL 1143 - Introduction to Ethics: Business Issues (H)
• PHIL 2133 - Introduction to Ethical Thinking (H)
• PHIL 2143 - Introduction to Social and Political Philosophy (H)
• PHIL 2163 - Introduction to the History and Philosophy of Science (H)
• PHIL 2263 - Medical Ethics (H) or SOCI 2263  
• RELG 1113 - Introduction to Religious Studies (H)
• RELG 1213 - Religions of the World: The Eastern Tradition (H) (I) or PHIL 1213  
• RELG 1223 - Religions of the World: The Western Tradition (H) or PHIL 1223  
• RELG 2113 - Christian Old Testament (H)
• RELG 2123 - Christian New Testament (H)
• RELG 2173 - Religion and Society (H) or SOCI 2173  
• RELG 2233 - Religion in America (H)
• SOCI 2123 - Introduction to Cultural Anthropology (H) (S)
• THEA 1093 - Introduction to Theatre (H)

Mathematics 3 Hours

• MATH 1473 - Quantitative Reasoning (A)
• MATH 1483 - Mathematics Functions and Their Uses (A)
• MATH 1513 - Precalculus I (A)
• MATH 1613 - Precalculus II (A)
• MATH 1715 - Precalculus I and II (A)
• MATH 2114 - Analytic Geometry and Calculus I (A)
• MATH 2124 - Analytic Geometry and Calculus II (A)
• MATH 2193 - Elementary Statistics
• MATH 2513 - Finite Mathematics
• MATH 2523 - Calculus for Business, Life, and Social Sciences

Required Electives 3 Hours

• Select three (3) credit hours from courses in Fine Arts (Art, Music, Theatre), Foreign Language, or Social Sciences. (Economics, Political Sciences, Psychology, Sociology, History, COMM 1113). 

Recommended Electives 3 Hours

• CSCI 1203 - Computer Concepts and Applications
• Or select three (3) credit hours from the list of Liberal Arts & Sciences Electives  .

• (To receive an Associate in Arts or Associate in Science degree from TCC, students must demonstrate computer proficiency, including basic knowledge of operating systems, word processing, and the ethical use of Internet research capabilities.  CSCI 1203 fulfills this requirement.)

Total Credit Hours: 37