General Education Courses Approved Courses for General Education Requirements B.S. and /or B.A. Degrees Fall Semester 2004 and After

Communication - 9 Hours Required:

These three courses are required for all majors for the 120 hour curriculum.

• ENGL 1010 - Freshman English I (3)
• ENGL 1020 - Freshman English II (3)
• COMM 2200 - Public Speaking (3)

Humanities and/or Fine Arts- (9-hours) required

*Of nine required hours, three hours must be one of listed sophomore literature courses.

• ART 1010 - Art Appreciation (3)
• ENGL 2110 - American Literature (3) *
• ENGL 2310 - World Literature (3) *
• ENGL 2012 - Literary Genres (3) *
• ENGL 2013 - Black Arts and Literature (3) *
• ENGL 2210 - Survey of English Literature I (3) *
• ENGL 2120 - American Literature (3) *
• ENGL 2320 - World Literature (3) *
• ENGL 2022 - Literary Genres (3) *
• ENGL 2023 - Black Arts and Literature (3) *
• ENGL 2230 - Survey of English Literature II (3) *
• HIST 1000 - Global Culture in History (3)
• MUSC 1010 - Music Appreciation (3)
• PHIL 1030 - Introduction to Philosophy: Moral Issues (3)
• RELS 2010 - Introduction to Religious Studies (3)
• THTR 1020 - Appreciation of Drama (3)
• AREN 2310 - Architectural History (3)

Social and Behavioral Sciences- (6-hours) required

• AFAS 2010 - Introduction to Africana Studies (3)
• ANTH 2300 - Introduction to Cultural Anthropology (3)
• ECON 2010 - Principles of Economics I (3)
• ECON 2020 - Principles of Economics II (3)
• GEOG 1010 - World Regional Geography I (3)
• GEOG 1020 - World Regional Geography II (3)
• HPSS 1510 - Health and Wellness (3)
• POLI 2010 - American National Government (3)
• POLI 1010 - Introduction to Political Sciences (3)
• PSYC 2010 - General Psychology (3)
• SOCI 2010 - Introduction to Sociology (3)
• WMST 2000 - Introduction to Women’s Studies (3)
• URBS 2010 - Introduction to Urban Studies (3) (effective, Fall 2011)

History- (6-hours) required

• HIST 2010 - American History I (3)
• HIST 2020 - American History II (3)
• HIST 2030 - History of Tennessee (3)
• HIST 2060 - World History I (3)
• HIST 2070 - World History II (3)
• HIST 2700 - The African American Experience (3) *

Natural Sciences- (8-hours) required

Natural Sciences- (8-hours) required (Continue)

• BIOL 1010, 1011 - Introductory Biology I and Laboratory (4)
• BIOL 1020, 1021 - Introductory Biology II and Laboratory (4)
• BIOL 1110, 1111 - General Biology I and Laboratory (4)
• BIOL 1120, 1121 - General Biology II and Laboratory (4)
• BIOL 2210, 2211 - Human Anatomy and Laboratory (4) *
• BIOL 2220, 2221 - Human Physiology and Laboratory (4) *
• CHEM 1030, 1031 - General Chemistry for Non-Science Majors I and Laboratory (4)
• CHEM 1040, 1041 - General Chemistry for Non-Science Majors II and Laboratory. (4)
• CHEM 1110, 1111 - General Chemistry I and Laboratory (4)
• CHEM 1120, 1121 - General Chemistry II and Laboratory (4)
• PHYS 1030 - Conceptual Physics (4)
• PHYS 2020 - College Physics II (3)
• PHYS 2021 - College Physics II Laboratory (1)
• PHYS 2110 - Calculus Based Physics I (3)
• PHYS 2111 - Calculus Based Physics I Laboratory (1)
• PHYS 2120 - Calculus Based Physics II (3)
• PHYS 2121 - Calculus Based Physics II Laboratory (1)

Mathematics- (3-hours required)

• MATH 1410 - Structure of the Number System I (3)
• MATH 1710 - Pre-Calculus Algebra (3)
• MATH 1720 - Precalculus Trigonometry (3)
• MATH 1730 - Precalculus Algebra and Trigonometry (3)
• MATH 1830 - Basic Calculus I (3)
• MATH 1910 - Calculus I (4)
• MATH 1920 - Calculus II (4)

Note:

Honors sections of the above referenced courses may also be used to meet General Education requirements. No course substitutions will be allowed in the approved general education core. 

For transfer students, equivalencies will be reviewed and applied to meet general education requirements as approved by the department.