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 .)

• Communications
• Humanities
• Mathematics
• Natural Sciences
• Social Sciences

1. Communications

Area A. Communications State Core

• ENC1101 College Composition  

Area B. Communications TCC Core

• ENC1102 Argument and Persuasion
    
• ENC1141 Writing about Literature
    
• MMC1100 Writing for Mass Communication
    

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

• ARH2000 Art Appreciation  
• HUM2020 Introduction to the Humanities  
• LIT2000 Introduction to Literature  
• MUL2010 Music Appreciation  
• PHI2010 Philosophy  
• THE2000 Theatre Appreciation  

Area B. Humanities TCC Core

• ARH2050 Art History: Prehistory through Gothic  
• ARH2051 Art History: Renaissance through Contemporary  
• ARH2500 Non-Western Art History  
• AML2301 Major American Writers  
• AML2600 African American Literature  
• ENL2000 British Literature  
• HUM2210 Humanities of the World: Prehistory through Sixteenth Century  
• HUM2230 Humanities of the World: Sixteenth Century through Contemporary  
• HUM2525 The American Music Tradition: Jazz  
• HUM2529 The American Music Tradition: Popular Music  
• HUM2741 Humanities Abroad  
• LIT2100 Masterpieces of World Literature  
• MUH2011 Introduction to Music History  
• MUH2120 World Music Cultures  
• PHI2100 Introductory Logic  
• PHI2600 Ethics  
• REL2210 Introduction to the Old Testament   
• REL2240 Introduction to the New Testament   
• REL2300 World Religions  
• THE2100 Introduction to Theatre History  

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

3. Mathematics

Area A. Mathematics State Core

• MAC1105 College Algebra  
• MAC2311 Calculus with Analytic Geometry I  
• MGF1106 Mathematics I for Liberal Arts  
• MGF1107 Mathematics II for Liberal Arts  
• STA2023 Introductory Statistics  

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

• MAC1105 College Algebra  
• MAC1114 Precalculus Trigonometry  
• MAC1140 Precalculus Algebra  
• MAC1147 Precalculus Algebra and Trigonometry  
• MAC2233 Calculus for Management  
• MAC2311 Calculus with Analytic Geometry I  
• MAC2312 Calculus with Analytic Geometry II  
• MAC2313 Calculus with Analytic Geometry III  
• MGF1106 Mathematics I for Liberal Arts  
• MGF1107 Mathematics II for Liberal Arts  
• MAP2302 Differential Equations I  
• STA2023 Introductory Statistics  
• STA2122 Introduction to Applied Statistics  

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

• BSC1005 Introduction to Biological Sciences  
• BSC2010 Biology for Science Majors I  
• BSC2085 Anatomy and Physiology I  
• AST1002 Introduction to Astronomy  
• CHM1020 Chemistry for General Education  
• CHM1045 General Chemistry I  
• PHY1020 Energy and Its Environmental Effects  
• PHY1053 Elementary College Physics  
• PHY2048 General Physics I  
• ESC1000 Earth and Its Environment  
• EVR1001 Introduction to Environmental 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

• BSC1020 Introduction to Human Biological Sciences  
• BSC2010 Biology for Science Majors I  
• BSC2085 Anatomy and Physiology I  
• BOT1000 Plant Science  
• MCB2004 General Microbiology  
• CHM1030 General Chemistry for Allied Health  
• CHM1045 General Chemistry I  
• PHY1053 Elementary College Physics  
• PHY2048 General Physics I  
• PSC1121 Introduction to Physical Sciences  
• GLY1030 Environmental Geology  
• GLY2010 Physical Geology  
• GLY2160 Geology of National Parks  
• MET1010 Meteorology  
• OCE1001 Introductory Oceanography  

5. Social Sciences

Area A. Social Sciences State Core

• PSY2012 General Psychology  
• SYG1000 Principles of Sociology  
• ANT2000 Introduction to Anthropology  
• POS1041 National Government  
• AMH2020 History of the United States II  
• ECO2013 Principles of Economics: Macro  

Area B. Social Sciences TCC Core

Group 1

• AMH2010 History of the United States I  
• AMH2091 African-American History   
• ANT2140 Introduction to Archaeology  
• ANT2211 Peoples of the World  
• ANT2410 Introduction to Cultural Anthropology  
• ANT2511 Introduction to Physical Anthropology  
• CHD2220 Child Development: From Conception through Adolescence  
• CHD2240 Adolescent Development  
• CLP1001 Psychology of Personal and Social Adjustment  
• CPO2001 Introduction to Comparative Politics  
• DEP2004 Human Development: Birth to Senescence  
• ECO2023 Principles of Economics: Micro  
• EUH1000 Western Civilization I  
• EUH1001 Western Civilization II  
• GEA2000 World Regional Geography  
• GEO1400 Introduction to Human Geography  
• HSC1100 Concepts of Positive Living  
• HSC2200 Principles of Contemporary Health  
• INR2002 International Relations  
• POS1112 State and Local Government  
• POS2001 Introduction to Political Science  
• SOP2002 Social Psychology  
• SOP2740 Psychology of Women  
• SYG2010 Contemporary Social Problems  
• SYG2230 Race and Minority Group Relations  
• SYG2340 Human Sexuality  
• SYG2361 Thanatology: Dying and Death  
• SYG2430 Marriage and the Family  
• WOH2012 History of Civilization I  
• WOH2022 History of Civilization II  

Group 2

• POS1041 National Government   
• AMH2020 History of the United States II  

Group 3

• SLS1510 College Success  
• SLS2261 Dynamics of Student Leadership Development    

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