General Education Core Curriculum Credential

Communications Courses (9 Credit Hours)

Three courses total: two courses in writing (with grade of "C" or better) and one course in oral communications.

Writing Sequence Courses

• ENGL 131 - First-Year English I 3 credit hours *C1 900

• ENGL 132 - First-Year English II 3 credit hours *C1 901R

Oral Communication Courses

• SPCH 131 - Public Speaking 3 credit hours *C2 900

• SPCH 145 - Public And Private Communication 3 credit hours *C2 900

Mathematics Courses (3-5 Credit Hours)

One course total: choose a course appropriate to your major. Check with your advisor to ensure the appropriate course is being selected.

• MATH 138 - General Education Mathematics 3 credit hours *M1 904

• MATH 145 - General Education Statistics 4 credit hours *M1 902

• MATH 152 - Math For Elementary Teachers II 3 credit hours *M1 903

• MATH 165 - Calculus for Busn & Social Science 4 credit hours *M1 900-B

• MATH 171 - Calculus And Analytic Geometry I 5 credit hours *M1 900-1

• MATH 172 - Calculus & Analytic Geometry II 5 credit hours *M1 900-2

• MATH 235 - Statistics 4 credit hours *M1 902

• MATH 271 - Calculus And Analytic Geometry III 4 credit hours *M1 900-3

Physical and Life Sciences Courses (7-8 Credit Hours)

Two courses total: one from the life sciences group and one from the physical sciences group. In addition, one of the courses must be a lab course.

Life Sciences Lab Courses

Students not majoring in Biology should choose from one of the following:

• BIOL 130 - Fundamentals Of Biological Science 4 credit hours *L1 900L

• BIOL 132 – Human Biology 4 credit hours *L1 904L

Students majoring in Biology may use one of the following courses from the IAI BIO 910 sequence to fulfill the GECC life sciences requirement:

• BIOL 131 - Biology: A Contemporary Approach 4 credit hours *L1 910L

• BIOL 134 - General Botany 4 credit hours *L1 910L

• BIOL 135 - General Zoology 4 credit hours *L1 910L

Life Sciences Non-Lab Courses

• BIOL 145 - Natural Resources & Environmental Sci 3 credit hours *L1 905

• BIOL 162 - Human Inheritance 3 credit hours *L1 906

• BIOL 164 - Microbes And Society 3 credit hours *L1 903

• BIOL 165 - Ecological Principles 3 credit hours *L1 905

• BIOL 173 - Evolutionary Theory 3 credit hours *L1 907

Physical Sciences Lab Courses

• CHEM 130 - Fund Of Gen, Organic & Biochemistry 4 credit hours *P1 903L

• CHEM 131 - Introduction To Chemistry I 4 credit hours *P1 902L

• CHEM 132 - Introduction To Chemistry II 4 credit hours *P1 904L

• CHEM 141 - General Chemistry I 5 credit hours *P1 902L

• PHSC 130 - General Physical Science 4 credit hours *P9 900L

• PHSC 131 - Physical Geography 4 credit hours *P1 909L

• PHYS 130 - Concepts Of Physics 4 credit hours *P1 901L

• PHYS 131 - Introduction To Physics I 4 credit hours *P1 900L

• PHYS 141 - General Physics I 5 credit hours *P2 900L

Physical Sciences Non-Lab Courses

• PHSC 135 - Environmental Geography 3 credit hours *P9 901

• PHSC 141 - Introduction To Astronomy 3 credit hours *P1 906

• PHSC 145 - Intro Geology & Physical Geography 3 credit hours *P1 907

Humanities and Fine Arts Courses (9-10 credit hours)

Three courses total: one course from the humanities group and one course from the fine arts group. The additional course is the student's choice or as directed by your advisor.

Humanities Western Culture Courses

• FREN 232 - Intermediate French II 4 credit hours *H1 900

• GERM 232 - Intermediate German II 4 credit hours *H1 900

• HIST 141 - African American History 3 credit hours *H2 909D †

• LITT 132 - Shakespeare's Comedies 3 credit hours *H3 905

• LITT 133 - Shakespeare's Histories 3 credit hours *H3 905

• LITT 134 - Shakespeare's Tragedies 3 credit hours *H3 905

• LITT 135 - Women In Literature 3 credit hours *H3 911D †

• LITT 136 - Mythology 3 credit hours *H9 901

• LITT 140 - Children's Literature 3 credit hours *H3 918

• LITT 144 - Eastern Mythology - Red Sky Heroes 3 credit hours *H9 901

• LITT 234 - Multicultural American Literature 3 credit hours *H3 910D †

• LITT 235 - American Literature I 3 credit hours *H3 914

• LITT 236 - American Literature II 3 credit hours *H3 915

• LITT 241 - British Literature I 3 credit hours *H3 912

• LITT 242 - British Literature II 3 credit hours *H3 913

• PHIL 131 - Introduction To Philosophy 3 credit hours *H4 900

• PHIL 231 - Fundamentals Of Logical Reasoning 3 credit hours *H4 906

• PHIL 240 - Contemporary Moral Problems (Ethics) 3 credit hours *H4 904

• SPAN 232 - Intermediate Spanish II 4 credit hours *H1 900

Humanities Non-Western Culture Courses

• HUMN 231 - Comparative Religion I 3 credit hours *H5 904N†

• LITT 233 - Literature Of Non-Western Cultures 3 credit hours *H3 908N†

• PHIL 132 - Eastern Philosophy 3 credit hours *H4 903N†

Fine Arts Western Culture Courses

• ART 130 - Introduction To The Visual Arts 3 credit hours *F2 900

• ART 140 - The Art Of Film 3 credit hours *F2 908

• ART 141 - History Of Art I 3 credit hours *F2 901

• ART 142 - History Of Art II 3 credit hours *F2 902

• ART 146 - Women In Art 3 credit hours *F2 907D †

• MUSI 130 - Appreciation Of Music 3 credit hours *F1 900

• MUSI 137 - Introduction To American Music 3 credit hours *F1 904

• MUSI 138 - Introduction To Music Literature 3 credit hours *F1 901

• MUSI 232 - Jazz In Multicultural America 3 credit hours *F1 905D †

Fine Arts Non-Western Culture Course

• ART 153 - Non-Western Art 3 credit hours *F2 903N †

• MUSI 134 - Non-Western Music 3 credit hours *F1 903N †

Interdisciplinary Humanities Courses (Courses in this category are considered a western culture humanities course.)

• HUMN 133 - History of Riverscapes 3 credit hours *H9 900

Interdisciplinary Humanities/Fine Arts Courses (courses in this category may be considered either western culture fine arts or western culture humanities)

• HUMN 131 - Introduction To Humanities I 3 credit hours *HF 902

• HUMN 132 - Introduction To Humanities II 3 credit hours *HF 903

† Satisfies Human Relations requirement

Social and Behavioral Sciences Courses (9 credit hours)

Three courses total: courses must be from at least two different disciplines (ANTH, ECON, GEOG, HIST, POLS, PSYC, SOCI, SOSC).

Social and Behavioral Sciences Western Culture Courses

• ANTH 231 - Introduction To Physical Anthropology 3 credit hours *S1 902

• ECON 131 - Introduction To Economics 3 credit hours *S3 900

• ECON 151 - Principles Of Macroeconomics 3 credit hours *S3 901

• ECON 152 - Principles Of Microeconomics 3 credit hours *S3 902

• GEOG 132 - Geography By World Regions 3 credit hours *S4 906

• HIST 131 - Western Civilization I 3 credit hours *S2 902

• HIST 132 - Western Civilization II 3 credit hours *S2 903

• HIST 231 - American Republic: Beginnings - 1877 3 credit hours *S2 900

• HIST 232 - American Nation: 1877 - Present 3 credit hours *S2 901

• POLS 131 - American Government 3 credit hours *S5 900

• POLS 132 - State And Local Government 3 credit hours *S5 902

• POLS 231 - International Relations 3 credit hours *S5 904

• POLS 235 - Comparative Political Institutions 3 credit hours *S5 905

• PSYC 131 - General Psychology 3 credit hours *S6 900

• PSYC 232 - Human Development 3 credit hours *S6 902

• PSYC 233 - Child Psychology 3 credit hours *S6 903

• PSYC 243 - Adolescent Psychology 3 credit hours *S6 904

• PSYC 253 - Adult Development And Aging 3 credit hours *S6 905

• PSYC 260 - Social Psychology 3 credit hours *S8 900

• SOCI 131 - Introduction to Sociology 3 credit hours *S7 900

• SOCI 132 - Social Problems 3 credit hours *S7 901

• SOCI 150 - Racial And Ethnic Relations 3 credit hours *S7 903D †

• SOCI 155 - Introduction To Sex And Gender 3 credit hours *S7 904D †

• SOCI 240 - Marriage And The Family 3 credit hours *S7 902

Social and Behavioral Sciences Non-Western Culture Courses

• ANTH 232 - Cultural Anthropology 3 credit hours *S1 901N †

• GEOG 205 - Human Geography 3 credit hours *S4 900N †

• HIST 135 - World History I 3 credit hours *S2 912N †

• HIST 136 - World History II 3 credit hours *S2 913N †

• HIST 138 - History Of Latin America 3 credit hours *S2 920N †

• HIST 171 - Middle East History 3 credit hours *S2 920N †

Social and Behavioral Sciences Interdisciplinary Courses (courses in this category are considered a western culture social and behavioral sciences course)

• SOSC 132 - The Science of Happiness 3 credit hours *S9 900

• SOSC 133 - River in Social Context 3 credit hours *S9 900

• SOSC 135 - Helping Skills for a Changing World 3 credit hours *S9 900

† Satisfies Human Relations requirement

Total credit hours required for the completion of the General Education Core Curriculum: 37