GENERAL EDUCATION CORE (44 Semester Hours Credit)

If a student is following an Associate of Science Degree path, the Transfer Core Diploma course options are listed below. These course options are the General Education Core for the Associate in Science Degree. Any student who successfully completes (with a C or better) the entire 44-hour core under the Comprehensive Articulation Agreement will be able to transfer all 44 hours as a block to any UNC institution. This 44-hour core will fulfill the lower-division general education requirements of the receiving UNC institution even if specific course requirements at the institution are different. Upon successful completion of the 44-hour core, a student will be awarded the Transfer Core Diploma. Earning this diploma makes transferring to the UNC system and to many private 4-year institutions easy and seamless.

English Composition (6 SHC)
ENG 111 and one of the following: ENG 112, ENG 113, ENG 114

Humanities/Fine Arts (9 SHC)
Nine semester hours from three of the following discipline areas are required. At least one course must be a literature course. One 3 SHC speech/communication course may be substituted for one 3 SHC humanities/fine arts course except literature.

• Art (ART 111, 114, 115)
• Drama (DRA 111)
• Foreign Languages (FRE 111, 112, 211, 212; SPA 111, 112, 211, 212)
• Interdisciplinary Humanities (HUM 110, 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)
• Speech/Communication (COM 110, 120, 231)

Social/Behavioral Sciences (9 SHC)
Nine semester hours from three of the following discipline areas are required. At least one course must be a history course.

• Anthropology (ANT 210, 220, 221, 240)
• Economics (ECO 151, 251, 252)
• Geography (GEO 111)
• History (HIS 111, 112, 121, 122, 131, 132)
• Political Science (POL 120, 220)
• Psychology (PSY 150, 237, 241, 281)
• Sociology (SOC 210, 213, 220, 225)

Natural Sciences and Mathematics (20 SHC):

Natural Sciences (8 SHC minimum): Select a minimum of a two-course sequence, including accompanying laboratory work, from among the biological and physical science disciplines.

• Biology (BIO 111 and one of the following: 112, 120, or 130
• Chemistry (CHM 151, 152)
• Physics (PHY 151 and 152 or 251 and 252)

Mathematics (6 SHC minimum): Select at least one 200-level course and one other course from the following courses. One course in mathematics at the precalculus algebra level or above is required; the other course(s) may be higher level mathematics or may be selected from among other quantitative subjects, such as computer science and statistics.

• Mathematics (MAT171 or 175; 172 or 175; 263; 271; 272; 273)
• Other Quantitative Subjects (Statistics– MAT 151; Computer Science– CIS 110, 115)

Other Science and Mathematics (6 SHC minimum): Select an additional 6 SHC from Natural Science/Mathematics general education transfer courses.

Updated October 19, 2009