General Education List

General education courses are sufficiently broad in nature and scope to fulfill the intent of the general education requirements. The approved courses for general education are listed here for easy reference. Courses that are not approved for general education use will not be counted toward satisfying the general education requirements. Some programs recommend or require specific courses to fulfill general education requirements or may not require courses in all the categories below. Please check your program’s sequence of study for this information. Note: If a student changes his or her program of study, some general education courses may not be applicable to the new program of study. A student must consult the sequence of study for his or her new program of study to determine which general education courses are required or recommended.

Composition

English Composition I

EGL-1010 Composition I: Expository Writing 3 Credits ¹

English Composition II

Students may select only one of the following courses to meet the general education requirement for Composition II.

EGL-1020 Composition II: Writing About Literature 3 Credits
EGL-1100 Composition II: Writing About Issues and Ideas 3 Credits
EGL-1320 Composition II: Writing For Business 3 Credits
EGL-1340 Composition II: Writing About Technical Topics 3 Credits

Note:

¹ EGL-1010P , part of the Accelerated Learning Program, is equivalent to EGL-1010 and fulfills the General Education English Composition I requirement.

Humanities

Courses in this list fulfill General Education Humanities requirements listed in your program of study.
They also may fulfill General Education Social Science or Humanities requirements.

ART-1010 Introduction to Art 3 Credits
ART-2700 Art Survey I 3 Credits
ART-2710 Art Survey II 3 Credits
ART-2720 African-American Art 3 Credits
ART-2730 Integrated Arts 3 Credits
BMT-2750 Leadership Development 3 Credits
MUS-1010 Music Appreciation 3 Credits
MUS-2050 Survey of Music Literature 3 Credits
PHL-1010 Introduction to Philosophy: The Art of Questioning 3 Credits
PHL-1090 Introduction to Logic 3 Credits
PHL-1330 Ethics 3 Credits
PRF-1010 Introduction to the Theatre 3 Credits

Foreign Languages

ARB-1000 Arabic for Beginners 3 Credits
ARB-1010 Elementary Arabic 3 Credits
CHN-1000 Chinese for Beginners 3 Credits
CHN-1010 Elementary Chinese 3 Credits
FRN-1010 French for Beginners 3 Credits
FRN-1020 French for Advanced Beginners 3 Credits
FRN-2010 Intermediate French I 3 Credits
FRN-2020 Intermediate French II 3 Credits
FRN-2040 Advanced Conversation 3 Credits
SPN-1010 Spanish for Beginners 3 Credits
SPN-1020 Spanish for Advanced Beginners 3 Credits
SPN-2010 Intermediate Spanish I 3 Credits
SPN-2020 Intermediate Spanish II 3 Credits
SPN-2040 Advanced Conversation 3 Credits

Literature

Literature courses must be selected from among the following:

EGL-2010 British Literature from the Anglo-Saxon Period through the 18th Century 3 Credits
EGL-2030 British Literature of the 19th and 20th Centuries 3 Credits
EGL-2050 American Literature from the Beginnings to the Late 19th Century 3 Credits
EGL-2070 American Literature from the Late 19th Century to the Present 3 Credits
EGL-2090 World Literature from Ancient Times through the Middle Ages 3 Credits
EGL-2110 World Literature from the Renaissance to the Present 3 Credits
EGL-2120 Introduction to African Literature 3 Credits
EGL-2130 African-American Literature Pre-1800 to 1920 3 Credits
EGL-2140 African-American Literature from 1920 to the Present 3 Credits
EGL-2210 The Shakespeare Plays 3 Credits
EGL-2230 Children’s Literature 3 Credits
EGL-2250 Young Adult Literature 3 Credits
EGL-2320 Literature and Film 3 Credits
EGL-2370 Studies in Biblical Literature: the Old Testament 3 Credits
EGL-2390 Studies in Biblical Literature: the New Testament 3 Credits
EGL-2410 Mythology, Legend, and Folklore 3 Credits
EGL-2430 Survey of Science Fiction 3 Credits

Speech

Courses in this list fulfill General Education Speech requirements listed in your program of study.

COM-1010 Foundations of Communication 3 Credits
COM-1050 Group Communication and Leadership 3 Credits
COM-1090 Interpersonal Communication 3 Credits
COM-1110 Public Speaking 3 Credits

Information Technology

INT-1010 Introduction to Information Technology 3 Credits

Mathematics

Courses in this list fulfill General Education Math requirements listed in your program of study.

MAT-1050 Elements of Numbers and Operations 4 Credits
MAT-1120 Finite Mathematics 3 Credits
MAT-1130 Mathematical Ideas 3 Credits
MAT-1140 Introduction to Statistics 3 Credits
MAT-1150 Quantitative Modeling and Reasoning 4 Credits
MAT-1190 Probability 3 Credits
MAT-1250 Applied College Algebra 3 Credits
MAT-1340 Trigonometry with Applications to Technology 3 Credits
MAT-1350 Pre-Calculus I - College Algebra and Trigonometry 3 Credits
MAT-1360 Pre-Calculus II - Trigonometry and Analytic Geometry 4 Credits
MAT-1370 Pre-Calculus 5 Credits
MAT-2160 Applied Calculus I 3 Credits
MAT-2210 Statistics 3 Credits
MAT-2410 Calculus I 4 Credits
MAT-2420 Calculus II 4 Credits

Science

With Lab

Courses in this list fulfill General Education Science w/ Lab requirements in your program of study. Any of these courses may also be taken to fulfill General Education Science requirements.

BIO-1010 General Biology 4 Credits
BIO-1020 General Plant Biology 4 Credits
BIO-1080 Reproduction Biology 4 Credits
BIO-1100 Forensic Biology 4 Credits
BIO-1110 Environmental Biology 3 Credits (with BIO-1120 Environmental Biology Laboratory 1 Credit)
BIO-1130 Principles of Biology: Evolution, Ecology, and Behavior 4 Credits
BIO-1140 Principles of Biology: Cellular and Molecular Biology 4 Credits
BIO-2050 Human Anatomy and Physiology I 4 Credits
BIO-2060 Human Anatomy and Physiology II 4 Credits
CHM-1010 General Chemistry I 4 Credits
CHM-2000 General Chemistry for Engineering 4 Credits
GEO-1010 Physical Geography 3 Credits ¹ (with GEO-1020 Physical Geography Laboratory 1 Credit)
PHY-1010 Introductory Physics I 4 Credits
PHY-1570 Technical Physics for Engineering Technology 4 Credits
PSC-1010 Introduction to Astronomy 3 Credits (with PSC-1020 Introduction to Astronomy Laboratory 1 Credit)
PSC-1050 Introduction to Physical Geology 3 Credits (with PSC-1060 Physical Geology Laboratory 1 Credit)
PSC-1200 Exploring Chemistry and Physics Concepts 4 Credits
PSC-1210 Exploring Earth and Space Science Concepts 4 Credits

Without Lab

This list contains the selections for General Education Science No Lab requirements.

BIO-1110 Environmental Biology 3 Credits
GEO-1010 Physical Geography 3 Credits ¹
NTR-1010 Introductory Nutrition 3 Credits
NTR-1100 Introduction to Food Science 3 Credits
PHY-1030 General Physics I 3 Credits
PSC-1010 Introduction to Astronomy 3 Credits
PSC-1050 Introduction to Physical Geology 3 Credits

Note:

¹ GEO-1010 by itself can be used to fulfill either the Science or Social Science General Education requirement.

If taken with GEO-1020 , GEO-1010 can be used to fulfill the Science w/ Lab General Education requirement.

Social Sciences

Courses in this list fulfill General Education Social Science requirements in your program of study.

ANT-1010 Introductory Physical Anthropology 3 Credits
ANT-1030 Introductory Cultural Anthropology 3 Credits
ECN-1030 Principles of Macroeconomics 3 Credits
ECN-2040 Principles of Microeconomics 3 Credits
GEO-1000 Introduction to Geography as a Social Science 3 Credits
GEO-1010 Physical Geography 3 Credits ¹
POS-1000 Introduction to Politics 3 Credits
POS-1010 American National Government 3 Credits
POS-1020 State and Local Government 3 Credits
PSY-1010 General Psychology 3 Credits
PSY-2010 Personality and Adjustment 3 Credits
PSY-2030 Child Psychology 3 Credits
PSY-2040 Adolescent Psychology 3 Credits
PSY-2070 Human Growth and Development 3 Credits
PSY-2080 Abnormal Psychology 3 Credits
SOC-1010 Introduction to Sociology 3 Credits
SOC-2010 Social Problems 3 Credits
WMS-1010 Introduction to Women’s Studies 3 Credits

History

Courses in this list fulfill General Education History requirements listed in your program of study.

HST-1310 Ancient and Medieval History 3 Credits
HST-1320 Modern History 3 Credits
HST-1370 The World in the Twentieth Century 3 Credits
HST-1410 History of the United States to 1877 3 Credits
HST-1430 History of the United States since 1877 3 Credits
HST-1510 History of African Americans to 1877 3 Credits
HST-1530 History of African Americans since 1877 3 Credits
HST-2160 The Modern Middle East 3 Credits
HST-2230 History of Latin America and the Caribbean 3 Credits
HST-2470 African History 3 Credits

Note:

¹ GEO-1010 by itself can be used to fulfill either the Science or Social Science General Education requirement.

If taken with GEO-1020 , GEO-1010 can be used to fulfill the Science w/ Lab General Education requirement.