COMMUNICATION/COMMUNICATION STUDIES (A1010O)

GENERAL EDUCATION CORE (44 Semester Hours Credit)
Forty-four semester hours of credit in General Education Core courses are required as outlined on the NCCCS Curriculum Standards for Associate in Arts degree programs. The General Education Core includes study in the areas of humanities and fine arts, social and behavioral sciences, natural sciences and mathematics, and English composition. Within the core, students receive opportunities to achieve competence in reading, writing, communicating, demonstrating mathematical skills, understanding science concepts, and using computers.

English Composition (6 SHC)

• ENG 111: Expository Writing and one of the following:
  • ENG 112: Argument-Based Research
  • ENG 114: Professional Research and Reporting

Humanities/Fine Arts (12 SHC)
Select four courses from at least three of the following discipline areas. At least one course must be a literature course.

• Art (ART 111, 114, 115)
• Foreign Languages (FRE 111, 112, 211, 212; SPA 111, 112, 211, 212)
• Interdisciplinary Humanities (HUM 110, 115, 120, 122, 130, 150, 160, 161, 211, 212, 220)
• Literature (ENG 131, 231, 232, 241, 242, 261, 262)
• Music (MUS 110, 113)
• Philosophy (PHI 215, 240)
• Religion (REL 110, 111, 112, 211, 212, 221)

Social/Behavioral Sciences (12 SHC)
Four courses from three discipline areas are required. At least one course must be a history course.

• The following course is required (3 SHC): PSY 150 (3 SHC)
• Anthropology (ANT 210, 220, 240)
• Economics (ECO 151, 251, 252)
• Geography (GEO 111, 112)
• History (HIS 111, 121, 122, 131, 132)
• Political Science (POL 120, 220)
• Psychology (237, 239, 241, 281)
• Sociology (SOC 210, 213, 220, 225)
• The following courses are recommended:
  SOC 210 Intro to Sociology (3 SHC) or SOC 225 Social Diversity (3 SHC)

Natural Sciences/Mathematics (14 SHC)

• Natural Sciences (8 SHC)
  Two courses, including accompanying laboratory work, from the biological and physical science disciplines are required.
  • Astronomy (AST 111 [class] and 111A [lab])
  • Biology (BIO 110, 111, 112, 120, 130, 140 [class] and 140A [lab])
  • Chemistry (CHM 151, 152)
  • Physics (PHY 110 [class] and 110A [lab], 151, 152, 251, 252)
• Mathematics (6 SHC)
  Select at least one course in introductory mathematics (college algebra, trigonometry, calculus, etc.). The second course may be a higher level mathematics course or may be selected from among other quantitative subjects, such as computer science (CIS) and statistics (MAT).
  • Mathematics (MAT 171 or 175; 172 or 175; 263; 271; 272; 273)
  • Other Quantitative Subjects (Statistics – MAT 151; Computer Science – CIS 110, 115)
  • The following course is recommended to meet the second mathematics requirement: CIS 110 Introduction to Computers (3 SHC)

OTHER REQUIRED HOURS (20-21 Semester Hours Credit)

• Academic Related (1 SHC): ACA 115  [Note: Beginning with the fall semester 2005, this course is required for new students to Sandhills.]
• Physical Education (2 SHC) activity courses are required at Sandhills Community College. Select two courses from the following activity courses (PED 110 is not an activity course.): PED 113, 117, 118, 120, 121, 122, 125, 127, 128, 129, 130, 135, 139, 142, 143, 145, 147, 152, 153, 154, 160, 162, 169, 170, 173, 174, 181, 186, 212, 215, 217, 260, 262
• The following courses are required (9 SHC):
  • COM 110 Introduction to Communication (3 SHC)
  • COM 120 Introduction to Interpersonal Communication (3 SHC)
  • COM 231 Public Speaking (3 SHC)
• 11 additional hours of approved college transfer courses are required.The following courses are recommended:
  • COM 130 Nonverbal Communication (3 SHC)
  • COM 140 Intro Intercultural Com (3 SHC)
  • COM 150 Intro. to Mass Communication (3 SHC)
  • COM 251 Debate I (3 SHC)
  • MAT 151 Statistics I (3 SHC) or MAT 155* Statistical Analysis (3 SHC)

Note: Students must meet the receiving university's foreign language requirement, if applicable, prior to or after transferring to the senior institution.

Total Semester Hours Credit (SHC) in Program: 64-65