GENERAL EDUCATION REQUIREMENTS

In selecting courses, students are expected to follow the curriculum outline for their intended major. While general education courses other than those designed specifically for transfer may be used to meet portions of the general education requirements, principles published by the Commission on Colleges of the Southern Association of Colleges and Schools require that general education courses be general in nature and not “…narrowly focused on those skills, techniques, and procedures peculiar to a particular occupation or profession.”

Credits transferred into TCC from an accredited institution may be used to satisfy these requirements, but students should request a transcript evaluation to determine which courses may be applied. With careful planning, some general education courses may also meet prerequisites for courses in the major. Students are advised to consult a TCC advisor or counselor and appropriate transfer guides to ensure that selected courses will meet TCC’s and the intended transfer institution’s requirements.

The following list is provided as a guide to planning and is not intended to be a comprehensive summary of TCC courses that may be used to meet general education requirements in associate degree programs. For the purposes of transfer, the list includes courses most commonly accepted to meet core requirements at public four-year institutions. While transfer students who complete the associate’s degree can expect to have met the lower-level general education requirements, transcripts for transfer students who do not complete the associate’s degree will be reviewed by the receiving institution on a course-by-course basis. Not all courses listed below will meet core requirements at all four-year institutions, but students may receive elective credit.

College Composition: ENG 111, ENG 112

Speech/Communications: CST 100, CST 110

Humanities, Fine Arts, and Foreign Languages: ART 201, ART 202, CST 130,

CST 141, CST 142, CST 151, ENG 125, ENG 241, ENG 242, ENG 243, ENG 244, ENG 251, ENG 252, ENG 253, FRE 203, FRE 204, HUM 201, HUM 202, HUM 241, HUM 242,

HUM 256, HUM 259, HUM 260, MUS 121, MUS 122, MUS 221, MUS 222, PHI 101,

PHI 102, PHI 111, PHI 220, PHI 226, REL 200, REL 210, REL 215, REL 230, SPA 203,

SPA 204

Social and Behavioral Sciences: ECO 120, ECO 201, ECO 202, GEO 200, GEO 210, GEO 220, GEO 221, GEO 222, GEO 225, HIS 101, HIS 102, HIS 111, HIS 112, HIS 121, HIS 122, PLS 130, PLS 211, PLS 212, PLS 241, PLS 242, PSY 200, PSY 201, PSY 202, PSY 215, PSY 216, PSY 230, SOC 201, SOC 202, SOC 211, SOC 212, SOC 268, SSC 210

Natural Sciences: BIO 101, BIO 102, BIO 141, BIO 142, CHM 111, CHM 112, GOL 105,

GOL 106, GOL 110, GOL 111, GOL 112, NAS 125, NAS 130, NAS 131, NAS 132, PHY 201, PHY 202, PHY 241, PHY 242

Mathematics: MTH 115¹, MTH 116¹, MTH 152, MTH 157, MTH 158, MTH 163, MTH 166, MTH 173, MTH 240, MTH 270

Health and Physical Education²: DIT 125, HLT 100, HLT 106, HLT 110, HLT 116, HLT 121, HLT 122, HLT 130, HLT 138, HLT 200, HLT 204, HLT 215, HLT 226, PED (any activity course)

Student Development²: SDV 100, SDV 101, or SDV 108

¹ May be used in applied programs only
² VCCS/TCC requirements; generally not transferable or transferable as elective credit