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 TSC. In each academic area, the list includes courses that are part of the State Core and other courses that are part of the TSC 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 TSC 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  
• ENC1101C College Composition with Corequisites  

Area B. Communications TSC Core

Group 1

• ENC1102 English Composition II
      

         Group 2

• ​SPC2608 Public Speaking  

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 TSC Core

• ARH2050 Art History: Prehistory through Gothic  
• ARH2051 Art History: Renaissance through Contemporary  
• ARH2500 Art of the World  
• HUM2210 Humanities of the World: Prehistory through Sixteenth Century  
• HUM2220 Humanities of the World: Sixteenth Century through Contemporary  
• PHI2100 Introductory Logic  
• PHI2600 Ethics  
• REL2300 World Religions   

Note: Students must produce multiple writing assignments and earn a grade of C or better in any Humanities TSC 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  
• MAC1105C College Algebra with Corequisites  
• MAC2311 Calculus with Analytic Geometry I  
• MGF1130 Mathematical Thinking   
• 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 TSC Core

• MAC1105 College Algebra  
• MAC1105C College Algebra with Corequisites  
• MAC1114 Precalculus Trigonometry  
• MAC1140 Precalculus Algebra   
• MAC2233 Calculus for Management  
• MAC2311 Calculus with Analytic Geometry I  
• MAC2312 Calculus with Analytic Geometry II  
• MAC2313 Calculus with Analytic Geometry III  
• MAP2302 Differential Equations I  
• MGF1131 Mathematics in Context  
• STA2023 Introductory 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

• AST1002 Introduction to Astronomy  
• BSC1005 Introduction to Biological Sciences  
• BSC2010 Biology for Science Majors I  
• BSC2085 Anatomy and Physiology I  
• CHM1020 Chemistry for General Education  
• CHM1045 General Chemistry I  
• ESC1000 Earth and Its Environment  
• EVR1001 Introduction to Environmental Sciences  
• GLY2010 Introduction to Geology  
• OCE1001 Introductory Oceanography  
• PHY1020 Fundamentals of Physics  
• PHY2048 General Physics I  
• PHY2053 College Physics I  

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 TSC Core

• BSC1020 Introduction to Human Biological Sciences  
• BSC2010 Biology for Science Majors I  
• BSC2085 Anatomy and Physiology I  
• CHM1032 General Chemistry for Allied Health  
• CHM1045 General Chemistry I  
• GLY2010 Introduction to Geology  
• MET1010 Meteorology  
• OCE1001 Introductory Oceanography  
• PHY2048 General Physics I  
• PHY2053 College Physics I  

5. Social Sciences

Area A. Social Sciences State Core

Group 1

• ANT2000 Introduction to Anthropology  
• ECO2013 Principles of Economics: Macro  
• PSY2012 General Psychology  

Group 2  

• AMH2010 History of the United States I  
• AMH2020 History of the United States II  
• POS1041 National Government  

Area B. Social Sciences TSC Core

• ANT2140 Introduction to Archaeology    
• DEP2004 Human Development: Birth to Senescence  
• ECO2023 Principles of Economics: Micro  
• EUH1000 Western Civilization I  
• EUH1001 Western Civilization II  
• GEA2000 World Regional Geography    
• INR2002 International Relations  
• POS1112 State and Local Government  
• SYG1000 Principles of Sociology    
• SYG2010 Contemporary Social Problems  
• WOH2012 History of Civilization I  
• WOH2022 History of Civilization II  

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.