Core Curriculum Transfer_CORE 42_General Education Courses

A minimum of 42 general education (Gen Ed) hours must be selected according to the following guidelines. The Three Rivers College CORE 42 block of general education (Gen Ed) credit is consistent with the statewide general education transfer curriculum and is part of the Associate of Arts degree. Students must select course offerings from each general education component indicated below and meet the minimum hours required in each component.

I. Written and Oral Communication (total hours: 9)

  1. ENGL 111 College Writing (3cr)
  2. ENGL 112 Advanced College Writing (3cr)
  3. SCOM 110 Public Speaking (3cr)

II. Fine Arts and Humanities (total 9 hours)

Required to be from two different disciplines

A. Fine Arts: (One course from the following)

  1. ARTS 123 History and Appreciation of Art (3cr)
  2. MUSC 123 History and Appreciation of Music (3cr)
  3. THEA 120 History and Appreciation of Theatre (3cr)

B. Humanities: (Two courses from the following)

  1. ENGL 221 World Literature to 1600 (3cr)
  2. ENGL 222 World Literature since 1600 (3cr)
  3. ENGL 231 English Literature to 1798 (3cr)
  4. ENGL 232 English Literature since 1798 (3cr)
  5. ENGL 241 American Literature to 1870 (3cr)
  6. ENGL 242 American Literature since 1870 (3cr)
  7. MUSC 221 Music Literature I (3cr)
  8. MUSC 222 Music Literature II (3cr)
  9. PHIL 200 Introduction to Philosophy (3cr)
  10. PHIL 233 Ethics (3cr)
  11. PHIL 243 Religions of the World (3cr)
  12. SPAN 101 Elementary Spanish I (3cr)
  13. SPAN 102 Elementary Spanish II (3cr)

III. Life and Physical Sciences (minimum total hours: 7)

Two courses required, one from life sciences and one from physical sciences; one of the two courses must have a laboratory component.

A. Life Science

  1. BIOL 100 Survey of Biological Principles (3cr)
  2. BIOL 102 Environmental Science* (4cr)
  3. BIOL 231 Anatomy and Physiology I* (4cr)
  4. BIOL 232 Anatomy and Physiology II* (4cr)

B. Physical Science

  1. CHEM 111 Introductory Chemistry* (4cr)
  2. CHEM 121 General Chemistry I* (4cr)
  3. PHYS 100 Survey of Physics (3cr)
  4. PHYS 101 Physical Science * (4cr)
  5. PHYS 211 General Physics I* (5cr)

*Laboratory Component

IV. Mathematics (total hours: 3) (One course from the following)

  1. MATH 161 Mathematical Reasoning and Modeling (3cr)
  2. MATH 163 College Algebra for Calculus (3cr)

V. Social and Behavioral Sciences (total hours: 9)

A. Government:

  1. GOVT 121 National and State Government (3cr)

B. Social Sciences: (Two courses from the following)

  1. ECON 211 Principles of Macroeconomics (3cr)
  2. ECON 212 Principles of Microeconomics (3cr)
  3. HIST 111 American History to 1877 (3cr)
  4. HIST 112 American History since 1877 (3cr)
  5. HIST 121 World Civilization to the Renaissance (3cr)
  6. HIST 122 World Civilization since the Renaissance (3cr)
  7. PSYC 111 General Psychology (3cr)
  8. PSYC 243 Human Development Across the Life Span (3cr)
  9. SOCI 111 General Sociology (3cr)

VI. Other (3-5 additional hours from courses listed above)