General Education Courses

Below is a list of courses that may be used to meet specific general education requirements for various programs offered by TCC. Each program, including the Associate in Arts degree program and certain career programs, has unique requirements.

To learn exactly which general education courses, if any, are required by your program, review the requirements of that program. (To view the general education requirements for the Associate in Arts degree, click here .)

• Communications
• Humanities
• Mathematics
• Sciences
• History and Social Science

1. Communications

A. College Composition

• ENC1101 College Composition
   

B. Other

• 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

A. Humanities of the World

• HUM2210 Humanities I
   
• HUM2230 Humanities II
   

B. Humanities Abroad

• HUM2740 Humanities Abroad I
   
• HUM2741 Humanities Abroad II
   

C. Other

• ARH2050 Introduction to Art History and Art Criticism I
   
• ARH2051 Introduction to Art History and Art Criticism II
   
• ARH2500 Non-Western Art History
   
• AML2301 Major American Writers
   
• AML2600 African American Literature
   
• ENL2000 British Literature
   
• LIT2100 Masterpieces of World Literature
   
• THE2100 Introduction to Theatre History
   
• HUM2525 The American Music Tradition: Jazz
   
• HUM2529 The American Music Tradition: Popular Music
   
• MUH2011 Introduction to Music History
   
• MUH2120 World Music Cultures
   
• PHI2010 Philosophy
   
• PHI2100 Introductory Logic
   
• PHI2600 Ethics
   
• REL2200 Introduction to Biblical Studies
   
• REL2300 World Religions
   

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 Humanities course used to fulfill the general education requirement and must produce multiple writing assignments in each of the courses.

3. Mathematics

• MGF1106 Mathematics I for Liberal Arts
   
• MGF1107 Mathematics II for Liberal Arts
   
• STA2023 Introductory Statistics
   
• MAC1105 College Algebra
   
• STA2122 Introduction to Applied Statistics
   
• 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
   
• MAP2302 Differential Equations I
   

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. Sciences

A. Biological Sciences

• BSC1005 Introduction to Biological Sciences
   
• BSC1020 Introduction to Human Biological Sciences
   
• BSC1050 Environmental Systems
   
• BOT1000 Plant Science
   
• BSC2010 Biology for Science Majors I
   
• BSC2085 Anatomy and Physiology I
   
• MCB2004 General Microbiology
   

B. Earth Sciences

• ESC1000 Earth and Its Environment
   
• GLY1030 Environmental Geology
   
• GLY2010 Physical Geology
   
• GLY2160 Geology of National Parks
   
• MET1010 Meteorology
   
• OCE1001 Introductory Oceanography
   

C. Physical Sciences

• AST1002 Introduction to Astronomy
   
• CHM1020 Chemistry for General Education
   
• CHM1030 General Chemistry for Allied Health
   
• PHY1020 Energy and Its Environmental Effects
   
• PSC1121 Introduction to Physical Sciences
   
• CHM1045 General Chemistry I
   
• PHY1053 Elementary College Physics
   
• PHY2048 General Physics I
   

5. History and Social Science

 A. History

• EUH1000 Western Civilization I
   
• EUH1001 Western Civilization II
   
• WOH2012 History of Civilization I
   
• WOH2022 History of Civilization II
   
• AMH1041 American Experience I
   
• AMH1050 American Experience II
   
• AMH2010 History of the United States I
   
• AMH2020 History of the United States II
   

B. Social Science

• ANT2140 Introduction to Archaeology
   
• ANT2211 Peoples of the World
   
• ANT2410 Introduction to Cultural Anthropology
   
• ANT2511 Introduction to Physical Anthropology
   
• CHD2220 Child Development
   
• CHD2240 Adolescent Development
   
• CPO2001 Introduction to Comparative Politics
   
• DEP2004 Human Development: Birth to Senescence
   
• ECO2013 Principles of Economics: Macro
   
• ECO2023 Principles of Economics: Micro
   
• GEA2000 World Regional Geography
   
• GEO1400 Introduction to Human Geography
   
• INR2002 International Relations
   
• POS1041 National Government
   
• POS1112 State and Local Government
   
• POS2001 Introduction to Political Science
   
• PSY2012 General Psychology
   
• SOP2002 Social Psychology
   
• SOP2740 Psychology of Women
   
• SYG1000 Principles of Sociology
   
• SYG2010 Contemporary Social Problems
   
• SYG2230 Race and Minority Group Relations
   
• SYG2340 Human Sexuality
   
• SYG2361 Thanatology: Dying and Death
   
• SYG2430 Marriage and the Family
   

C. Personal Development

• HSC1100 Concepts of Positive Living
   
• HSC2200 Principles of Contemporary Health
   
• CLP1001 Psychology of Personal and Social Adjustment