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General Education:

2011-2012 Core Curriculum Courses

The purpose of general education courses is to expose students to a variety of the crucial building blocks needed in all fields of study. The following courses constitute the general education curriculum for the associate degree and for the bachelor's degree.

Within the first 60 credits (Associate Degree), students will take:


During the last 60 credits (Bachelor's Degree), students will take:

COURSE NUMBER NAME PREREQUISITE
English/Communications Core Area
COM 112 Effective Speech Communication (formerly COM 306)
COM 202 Intercultural Communication C or better in ENG 101
COM 345 Advanced Communication Skills Two ENG/COM courses, one must be ENG 101
ENG 101 English Composition All students are required to take ENG 101 and earn a C or better
ENG 202 Intro to Literature (formerly Literature for Composition) C or better in ENG 101
ENG 205 American Literature C or better in ENG 101
ENG 219 Essential Shakespeare C or better in ENG 101
ENG 330 Contemporary Literature (formerly ENG 207) C or better in ENG 101
Humanities/History Core Area
HUM 300 Great Thinkers
HUM 105 World Religions
HUM 107 Intro to Gender Issues
HUM 108 Intro to the African American Experience
HUM 225 Music and Art of the 20th Century
HIS 105 U.S. History I
HIS 106 U.S. History II
HIS 250 Global Cultures I
HIS 260 Global Cultures II
HIS 320 African Civilizations
Introduction to College Mathematics
MAT 101 Math for Business and Finance
MAT 102 College Algebra
MAT 105 Probability and Statistics
MAT 109 Business Statistics I
MAT 210 Business Statistics II C or better in MAT 109
MAT 213 Calculus I C or better in MAT 102
MAT 214 Calculus II C or better in MAT 213
MAT 230 Symbolic Logic (formerly MAT 106)
MAT 251 Discrete Math (formerly MAT 301) C or better in MAT 102
Science Core Area
SCI 220 The Physical World
SCI 240 Intro to Anatomy and Physiology
SCI 330 Environmental Science (formerly SCI 210)
Social Sciences Core Area
ECO 101 Macroeconomics
ECO 102 Microeconomics
ECO 340 International Economics C or better in ECO 101 and ECO 102; MAT 102, MAT 109, MAT 210 recommended
ECO 350 Managerial Economics C or better ECO 101 and ECO 102; MAT 102, MAT 109, MAT 210 recommended
PSC 101 Intro to American Government
PSC 255 Politics of Industrializing Countries
PSC 301 Comparative Government
PSY 101 Organization and the Individual
SOC 101 General Sociology
SOC 240 Sociology of Behavior and Illness (formerly SOC 102)
SPA 120 Introduction to Spanish This course may count as either ENG/COM or HUM/HIS.
Technology Core Area
BIS 101 Introduction to Word Processing and the Internet
BIS 109 Information Searching and Presentation
BIS 111 Application Software Fundamentals BIS 101 or BIS 109
BIS 201 Internet Concepts BIS 101 or BIS 109
MIS 110 Usability Principles and Interaction Design
MIS 205 Ethical Management of Information Technology ITN 100
MIS 404 Concepts in eBusiness BIS 101 or BIS 109
ITN 100 Introduction to Information Technology