The General Education Program:

Courses that Fulfill Requirements in the Six Subject Categories

[Subject Categories and Required Hours] [Gen. Ed. Home]

The following courses fulfill general education requirements in six subject categories at Southwest Tennessee Community College. They also transfer to fulfill system-wide requirements at other Tennessee Board of Regents colleges and universities.
Communication
ENGL	1010	English Composition I	3
ENGL	1020	English Composition II	3
SPCH	1110	Public Speaking	3
SPCH	2010	Oral Communication	3
Humanities and/or Fine Arts*
ENGL	2110	American Literature I	3
ENGL	2120	American Literature II	3
ENGL	2130	Contemporary American Literature	3
ENGL	2210	British Literature I	3
ENGL	2220	British Literature II	3
ENGL	2310	World Literature I	3
ENGL	2320	World Literature II	3
ENGL	2650	African American Literature	3
ENGL	2340	World Fiction	3
ART	1030	Art Appreciation	3
MUS	1030	Music Appreciation	3
THEA	1030	Theater Appreciation	3
ENGL	1065	Introduction to Film	3
PHIL	1030	Introduction to Philosophy	3
ETHC	2030	Ethics	3
PHIL	2030	Values in the Modern World	3
*For the A.A. and A.S Degrees, one course in Humanities and/or Fine Arts must be in literature, designated with an ENGL 2000 or higher course identification.
Social/Behavioral Sciences
ANTH	2010	Cultural Anthropology	3
ECON	2010	Principles of Macroeconomics	3
ECON	2020	Principles of Microeconomics	3
GEOW	1030	World Geographic Regions	3
HPER	1570	Wellness Perspectives	3
POLI	2010	American National Government	3
SOCI	1010	Introduction to Sociology	3
SOCI	1020	Social Problems	3
SOCI	2040	The Family in Global Perspective	3
PSYC	1010	General Psychology I	3
PSYC	1020	General Psychology II	3
HIST	2030	African-American History	3
History*
HIST	1110	Survey of World Civilizations I	3
HIST	1120	Survey of World Civilizations II	3
HIST	2010	Survey of the United States to 1877	3
HIST	2020	Survey of the United States since 1877	3
*Students who plan to transfer to Tennessee Board of Regents (TBR) universities should take six hours of United States History. Students who plan to transfer to University of Tennessee System universities or to out-of-state or private universities should check requirements and take the appropriate courses.
Natural Sciences*
BIOL	1010	Introduction to Biology I	4
BIOL	1020	Introduction to Biology II	4
BIOL	1110	General Biology I	4
BIOL	1120	General Biology II	4
CHEM	1010	Introduction to Chemistry I	4
CHEM	1020	Introduction to Chemistry II	4
CHEM	1110	General Chemistry I	4
CHEM	1120	General Chemistry II	4
GEOG	1010	Physical Geography I	4
GEOG	1020	Physical Geography II	4
PHYS	1010	Introduction to Physics	4
PHYS	1030	Introduction to Astronomy (Lecture)	3
PHYS	1031	Introduction to Astronomy (Laboratory)	1
PHYS	2010	General Physics I	4
PHYS	2020	General Physics II	4
PHYS	2110	Physics for Science and Engineering I	4
PHYS	2120	Physics for Science and Engineering II	4
PSCI	1010	Physical Science I	4
PSCI	1020	Physical Science II	4
*Anatomy and Physiology I and II can serve as substitutes for the natural science requirement for nursing and allied health students.
Mathematics
MATH	1410	Foundation of Mathematics I*	3
MATH	1530	Statistics	3
MATH	1630	Finite Mathematics	3
MATH	1830	Elementary Calculus	4
MATH	1910	Calculus and Analytic Geometry I	4
*Foundations of Mathematics I fulfills the general education requirement only for students in programs that also require Foundations of Mathematics II.