General Education Course List

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Each Associate of Applied Science (AAS) degree contains a minimum of 15 semester credit hours (5 courses) of general education coursework, including a minimum of one course each in Humanities/Fine Arts, Social/Behavioral Sciences and Mathematics/Natural Science. General education courses are listed below with minimum requirements shown in parentheses.

Students should consult degree programs for specific general education requirements.

Communications

ENGL 1301 - Composition I 3 Hours
ENGL 1302 - Composition II 3 Hours
ENGL 2311 - Technical and Business Writing 3 Hours
SPCH 1311 - Introduction to Speech Communication 3 Hours
SPCH 1315 - Public Speaking 3 Hours
SPCH 1318 - Interpersonal Communication 3 Hours
SPCH 1321 - Business and Professional Communication 3 Hours

Humanities/Fine Arts (One Course Required)

ARTS 1301 - Art Appreciation 3 Hours
ARTS 1303 - Art History I 3 Hours
ARTS 1304 - Art History II 3 Hours
DRAM 1310 - Introduction to Theater 3 Hours
DRAM 2361 - History of Theatre I 3 Hours
DRAM 2362 - History of Theatre II 3 Hours
MUSI 1306 - Music Appreciation 3 Hours
MUSI 1308 - Survey of Music Literature 3 Hours
MUSI 1309 - Survey of Music Literature II 3 Hours
ENGL 2321 - British Literature (single-semester course) 3 Hours
ENGL 2322 - British Literature I 3 Hours
ENGL 2323 - British Literature II 3 Hours
ENGL 2326 - American Literature (single-semester course) 3 Hours
ENGL 2327 - American Literature I 3 Hours
ENGL 2328 - American Literature II 3 Hours
ENGL 2331 - World Literature (single-semester course) 3 Hours
ENGL 2332 - World Literature I 3 Hours
ENGL 2333 - World Literature II 3 Hours
HUMA 1301 - Introduction to Humanities I 3 Hours
HUMA 1302 - Introduction to Humanities II 3 Hours
PHIL 1301 - Introduction to Philosophy 3 Hours
PHIL 2306 - Ethics 3 Hours

Social/Behavioral Sciences (One Course Required)

ANTH 2302 - Introduction to Archeology 3 Hours
ANTH 2351 - Cultural Anthropology 3 Hours
ECON 2301 - Principles of Macroeconomics 3 Hours
ECON 2302 - Principles of Microeconomics 3 Hours
GEOG 1303 - World Regional Geography 3 Hours
GOVT 2305 - Federal Government 3 Hours
GOVT 2306 - Texas Government 3 Hours
HIST 1301 - United States History I 3 Hours
HIST 1302 - United States History II 3 Hours
HIST 2301 - Texas History 3 Hours
PSYC 2301 - Introduction to Psychology 3 Hours
SOCI 1301 - Introduction to Sociology 3 Hours
SOCI 1306 - Social Problems 3 Hours

Natural Science/Mathematics (One Course Required)

BIOL 1406 - Biology for Science Majors I 4 Hours
BIOL 1407 - Biology for Science Majors II 4 Hours
BIOL 1408 - Introduction to Biology I 4 Hours
BIOL 1409 - Introduction to Biology II 4 Hours
BIOL 2401 - Anatomy and Physiology I 4 Hours
BIOL 2402 - Anatomy and Physiology II 4 Hours
BIOL 2404 - Human Anatomy and Physiology (one semester) 4 Hours
CHEM 1405 - Introductory Chemistry 4 Hours
CHEM 1411 - General Inorganic Chemistry I 4 Hours
CHEM 1412 - General Inorganic Chemistry II 4 Hours
GEOL 1401 - Earth Sciences I 4 Hours
GEOL 1403 - Physical Geology 4 Hours
GEOL 1404 - Historical Geology 4 Hours
GEOL 1405 - Environmental Science 4 Hours
MATH 1314 - College Algebra 3 Hours
MATH 1316 - Trigonometry 3 Hours
MATH 1324 - Mathematics for Business & Social Sciences I 3 Hours
MATH 1342 - Statistics 3 Hours
MATH 1442 - Statistics 4 Hours
MATH 2412 - Pre-Calculus 4 Hours
MATH 2413 - Calculus I 4 Hours
PHYS 1401 - College Physics I 4 Hours
PHYS 1402 - College Physics II 4 Hours
PHYS 1403 - Stars and Galaxies 4 Hours
PHYS 1404 - Solar System 4 Hours
PHYS 1415 - Physical Science I 4 Hours
PHYS 2425 - University Physics I 4 Hours
PHYS 2426 - University Physics II 4 Hours

General Education Course List

Communications

Humanities/Fine Arts (One Course Required)

Social/Behavioral Sciences (One Course Required)

Natural Science/Mathematics (One Course Required)

Two additional courses required from any of the areas listed above