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General Education Core
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General Education Course List

For completion of associate degree programs, the component of general education courses must constitute a minimum of 15 semester hours drawn from and include at least one course from each of the following areas: humanities/fine arts, social/behavioral sciences, and natural sciences/mathematics. The courses must be designed to ensure breadth of knowledge and must not be narrowly focused on those skills, techniques, and procedures peculiar to a particular occupation or profession. These 15 hours must be taken from the following list of general education courses.

Written Communications (English)

ENGL 1301 English Composition I
ENGL 1302 English Composition II

Oral Communications

SPCH 1311 Intro to Speech Communication
SPCH 1315 Fundamentals of Public Speaking
SPCH 1318 Interpersonal Communication
SPCH 1321 Business and Professional Speaking

Computational Skills (Mathematics)

MATH 1314 College Algebra
MATH 1316 Trigonometry
MATH 1324 Math for Business and Economics
MATH 1332 College Mathematics
MATH 1333 Mathematics for Measurement
MATH 1342 Elementary Statistics
MATH 1425 Business Calculus and Applications I
MATH 2318 Linear Algebra
MATH 2412 Precalculus: Functions and Graphs
MATH 2413 Calculus I
MATH 2414 Calculus II

Natural Sciences

BIOL 1309 Life on Earth
BIOL 1406 Cellular and Molecular Biology
BIOL 1407 Structure and Function of Organisms
BIOL 1408 Unity of Life
BIOL 1409 Diversity of Life
BIOL 1411 General Botany
BIOL 1413 General Zoology
BIOL 1424 Native Plants
BIOL 2106 Environmental Biology, Lab
BIOL 2206 Environmental Biology, Lecture
BIOL 2304 Human Anatomy, Lecture
BIOL 2101 Human Anatomy, Lab
BIOL 2305 Human Physiology, Lecture
BIOL 2102 Human Physiology, Lab
BIOL 2306 The Living Planet
BIOL 2420 Intro to Microbiology
BIOL 2421 Microbiology
CHEM 1405 Introduction to Chemistry
CHEM 1411 General Chemistry I
CHEM 1412 General Chemistry II
CHEM 2423 Organic Chemistry I
CHEM 2425 Organic Chemistry II
ENVR 1301 Introduction to Environmental Science
ENVR 1302 Issues in Environmental Science
GEOL 1301 Natural Hazards and Disasters
GEOL 1305 Environmental Geology
GEOL 1405 Applied Environmental Geology
GEOL 1445 Introduction to Oceanography
GEOL 1403 Physical Geology
GEOL 1404 Historical Geology
ASTR 1303 Stellar Astronomy
ASTR 1304 Solar System Astronomy
ASTR 1403 Stellar Astronomy Lab
PHYS 1401 General Physics I
PHYS 1402 General Physics II
PHYS 1405 Conceptual Physics I
PHYS 1407 Conceptual Physics II
PHYS 2425 Engineering Physics I
PHYS 2426 Engineering Physics II

Humanities/Fine Arts

ARAB 1511 Arabic I
ARAB 1512 Arabic II
ARAB 2311 Arabic III
ARAB 2312 Arabic IV
ARTS 1301 Introduction to the Visual Arts
ARTS 1303 Art History I
ARTS 1304 Art History II
CHIN 1511 Chinese I
CHIN 1512 Chinese II
CHIN 2311 Chinese III
CHIN 2312 Chinese IV
COMM 1335 Intro to Radio and Television
DANC 2303 History and Appreciation of Dance
DRAM 1310 Introduction to the Theatre
DRAM 2366 Film Appreciation
ENGL 2322 British Literature I
ENGL 2323 British Literature II
ENGL 2327 American Literature I
ENGL 2328 American Literature II
ENGL 2332 World Literature I
ENGL 2333 World Literature II
ENGL 2342 Introduction to Literature I
ENGL 2343 Introduction to Literature II
FREN 1511 French I
FREN 1512 French II
FREN 2311 French III
FREN 2312 French IV
GERM 1511 German I
GERM 1512 German II
GERM 2311 German III
GERM 2312 German IV
HUMA 1301 Introduction to Humanities
JAPN 1511 Japanese I
JAPN 1512 Japanese II
JAPN 2311 Japanese III
JAPN 2312 Japanese IV
LATI 1511 Latin I
LATI 1512 Latin II
LATI 2311 Latin III
LATI 2312 Latin IV
MUSI 1301 Music Fundamentals
MUSI 1306 Music Appreciation
PHIL 1301 Introduction to Philosophy
PHIL 2303 Logic
PHIL 2306 Ethics
RUSS 1511 Russian I
RUSS 1512 Russian II
RUSS 2311 Russian III
RUSS 2312 Russian IV
SPAN 1511 Spanish I
SPAN 1512 Spanish II
SPAN 2311 Spanish III
SPAN 2312 Spanish IV

Social and Behavioral Sciences

ANTH 2301 Physical Anthropology
ANTH 2351 Cultural Anthropology
ANTH 2302 Introduction to Archaeology
ECON 2302 Principles of Microeconomics
ECON 2301 Principles of Macroeconomics
GEOG 1301 Physical Geography
GEOG 1302 Cultural Geography
GOVT 2305 American Government
GOVT 2306 Texas State and Local Government
HIST 1301 U.S. History I
HIST 1302 U.S. History II
HIST 2301 Texas History
HIST 2327 Mexican-American History I
HIST 2328 Mexican-American History II
HIST 2381 U.S. History I: African-American
PSYC 2301 Introduction to Psychology
SOCI 1301 Introduction to Sociology
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