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TCC Catalog 2017-18 
    
TCC Catalog 2017-18 [ARCHIVED CATALOG]

General Education Core Courses


Below is a list of courses that may be used to meet specific General Education Core requirements for various programs offered by TCC. In each academic area, the list includes courses that are part of the State Core and other courses that are part of the TCC Core.

Each program has unique requirements. Most Associate in Science degree programs require students to take several General Education State Core courses, while a few also require General Education TCC Core courses.

To learn which General Education courses, if any, are required by a specific program, review the requirements of that program. (To view the General Education requirements for the Associate in Arts degree, click here .)


1. Communications

Area A. Communications State Core

Area B. Communications TCC Core

Note: To satisfy the requirement of State Board of Education Rule 6A-10.030, students must earn a grade of “C” or better in any Communications course used to fulfill the general education requirement and must produce multiple writing assignments in each of the courses.


2. Humanities

Area A. Humanities State Core

Area B. Humanities TCC Core

Note: Students must produce multiple writing assignments and earn a grade of C or better in any Humanities course used to satisfy the writing requirement of State Board of Education Rule 6A-10.030.


3. Mathematics

Area A. Mathematics State Core

Note: Any student who successfully completes a Mathematics course for which one of the Mathematics State Core courses is an immediate prerequisite shall be considered to have completed the Mathematics State Core requirement.

Area B. Mathematics TCC Core

Note: To satisfy the requirement of State Board of Education Rule 6A-10.030, students must earn a grade of “C” or better in any Mathematics course used to fulfill the general education requirement.


4. Natural Sciences

Area A. Natural Sciences State Core

Group 1. Biological Sciences

Group 2. Physical Sciences

Group 3. Earth Sciences

Note: Any student who successfully completes a Natural Sciences course for which one of the Natural Sciences State Core courses is an immediate prerequisite shall be considered to have completed the Natural Sciences State Core requirement.

Area B. Natural Sciences TCC Core

Group 1. Biological Sciences

Group 2. Physical Sciences

Group 3. Earth Sciences


5. Social Sciences

Area A. Social Sciences State Core

Area B. Social Sciences TCC Core

Group 1

Group 2

Group 3

Note: Students must produce multiple writing assignments and earn a grade of C or better in any Social Science course used to satisfy the writing requirement of State Board of Education Rule 6A-10.030.