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of Science Degrees
Tennessee Board of Regents' Common Lower-Division
General Education Core Curriculum
Effective Fall Semester 2004, each institution in the State
University and Community College System of Tennessee (the
Tennessee Board of Regents System) will share a common lower-division
general education core curriculum of forty-
one (41) semester hours for baccalaureate degrees and the
Associate of Arts and the Associate of Science degrees.
Lower-division means freshman and sophomore courses. The
courses comprising the general education curriculum are
contained within the following subject categories:
Baccalaureate Degrees and Associate of Arts and Associate
of Science Degrees*
Communication 9 hours**
Humanities and/or Fine Arts 9 hours (At least one course
must be in literature.)
Social/Behavioral Sciences 6 hours
History 6 hours ***
Natural Sciences 8 hours
Mathematics 3 hours
TOTAL 41 hours
*Foreign language courses are an additional requirement
for the Associate of Arts (A.A.) and Bachelor of Arts (B.A.)
degrees. The B.A. degree requires proficiency in a foreign
language equivalent to completion of two years of college-
level work. The A.A. degree requires proficiency in a foreign
language equivalent to completion of one year of college-
level work.
**Six hours of English Composition and three hours in English
oral presentational communication are required.
***Students who plan to transfer to Tennessee Board of Regents
(TBR) universities should take six hours of United
States History (three hours of Tennessee History may substitute).
Students who plan to transfer to University of
Tennessee System universities or to out-of-state or private
universities should check requirements and take the
appropriate courses.
Although the courses designated by TBR institutions to fulfill
the requirements of the general education subject
categories vary, transfer of the courses is assured through
the following means:
· Upon completion of an A.A. or A.S. degree, the requirements
of the lower-division general education core will be
complete and accepted by a TBR university in the transfer
process.
· If an A.A. or A.S. is not obtained, transfer of general
education courses will be based upon fulfillment of
complete subject categories. (Example: If all eight hours
in the category of Natural Sciences are complete, then
this"block" of the general education core is complete.)
When a subject category is incomplete, course-by-course
evaluation will be conducted. The provision of block fulfillment
pertains also to students who transfer among
TBR universities.
· Institutional/departmental requirements of the grade of
"C" will be honored. Even if credit is granted
for a
course, any specific requirements for the grade of "C"
by the receiving institution will be enforced.
· In certain majors, specific courses must be taken also
in general education. It is important that students and
advisors be aware of any major requirements that must be
fulfilled under lower-division general education.
Courses designated to fulfill general education requirements
by Volunteer State Community College are published on
page 78 of this Catalog. Although the courses fulfilling
the common lower-division general education core curriculum
may vary in actual design among institutions, many contain
similar content. The actual courses designated by each
institution to fulfill the common lower-division general
core, including courses that may not be a part of the common
course prefix and numbering patterns, are denoted in the
catalogs by the symbol. A complete listing of the courses
fulfilling general education requirements for all system
institutions is available on the TBR website
(www.tbr.state.tn.us) under Transfer and Articulation Information.
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