Common to transfer program degrees is a core curriculum in
(A) Essential Skills
(B) Institutional Options
(C) Humanities and Fine Arts
(D) Science, Mathematics, and Technology
(E) Social Sciences
(F) Courses Appropriate to the program of study
These courses are the prescribed freshman and sophomore requirements for the University System of Georgia baccalaureate (four-year) degrees. Some minor variations in the choice of acceptable courses exist from one senior institution to the next, depending upon major. Students are advised to obtain a catalog from the senior institution to which they plan to transfer and carefully select courses acceptable to that institution.
Students may not use any course to fulfill requirements in more than one core Area (A - F). If the same course is listed in more than one core curriculum area, the student completing the course to meet the requirements in one core area must take another course in the second core area to meet the requirements of the second core area. In other words, no course may be used more than one time in any program of study.
General Education Outcomes
Students who complete the core curriculum at GPC will be able to do the following:
- Communicate effectively through speaking, listening, reading, and writing
- Demonstrate effective problem solving and critical thinking skills
- Understand, interpret, and communicate quantitative data.
- Locate, organize, and analyze information through the use of a variety of computer applications
- Demonstrate an understanding of the importance of the arts and literature in the human experience
- Recognize and apply scientific inquiry in a variety of settings
- Identify, analyze, and evaluate global economic, political, historical, and geographic forces
- Identify and apply the basic concepts of wellness
- Apply the knowledge of personal, societal, and cultural development to living and working in a culturally diverse environment
Areas A - E for the following non-math-based majors:
Anthropology HistoryArt Homeland Security and Emergency Management
Business Administration Journalism/Professional Writing
Communication Music
Criminal Justice Philosophy
English Political Science
Film Psychology
Foreign Language Social Work
Foreign Language with a
Concentration in Business Sociology
General Studies Education (non-math/science based)
Health and Physical Education Theatre
Health Sciences with a conc.
in Information Administration
Core I Area A (Essential Skills) (a)
9-10 hours
Required:ENGL 1101 * English Composition I 3 hours
ENGL 1102* English Composition II 3 hours
Choose one course from the following:
MATH 1101 Intro to Mathematical Modeling 3 hoursMATH 1111 College Algebra 3 hours
MATH 1113 Pre-Calculus 4 hours
MATH 2431 Calculus I 4 hours
NOTES:
*Or Honors version
(a) All Area A courses require a grade of C or better.
Core I Area B (Institutional Options)
5 hours
Required course:COMM 1201* Public Speaking 3 hours
Choose 2-3 hours from the following:
ATEC 1201 Computer Concepts 1 hour
RSCH 1203 Research Strategies and Technology 1 hour
SURB 1105 (a) Survey of the Business Enterprise 3 hours
Foreign Language 1002 or higher (a, b) 3 hours
NOTES:
*Or Honors version
(a)
When taking these courses, the resulting extra credit hours in Area B may not transfer to a USG institution and may be not used in any other core area.
(b) Foreign language options include Arabic, Chinese, French, German, Italian, Japanese, Korean, Portuguese, Russian, or Spanish.Core I Area C (Humanities/Fine Arts)
6 hours
Choose one course from the following:ENGL 2111* World Literature I 3 hours
ENGL 2112* World Literature II 3 hours
ENGL 2121* British Literature I 3 hours
ENGL 2122* British Literature II 3 hours
ENGL 2131* American Literature I 3 hours
ENGL 2132* American Literature II 3 hours
Choose one course from the following:
ARTS 1301* Art Appreciation 3 hoursARTS 1690 Art History: Prehistory - Renaissance 3 hours
ARTS 1692 Art History: Baroque - 20th Century 3 hours
ARTS 1694 Art History: Arts of Africa, Oceania, and the Americas 3 hours
FILM 1010* Introduction to Film (formerly FILM 1301*) 3 hours
Foreign Language 1002* or higher (a) 3 hours
HUMN 1301 Humanities Through the Arts 3 hours
HUMN 1303 Aesthetic Expressions of Western Culture I 3 hours
HUMN 1305 Aesthetic Expressions of Western Culture II 3 hours
MUSC 1301* Music Appreciation 3 hours
MUSC 1303 Understanding Jazz 3 hours
PHIL 2010* Survey of Philosophical Thought 3 hours
PHIL 2020 Logic & Critical Thinking 3 hours
PHIL 2030 Introduction to Ethics 3 hours
RELI 1301* World Religions 3 hours
THEA 1301* Theatre Appreciation 3 hours
NOTES:
*Or Honors version
(a) Foreign language options include Arabic, Chinese, French, German, Italian, Japanese, Korean, Portuguese, Russian, or Spanish.
Core I Area D (Science, Mathematics, and Technology)
10 hours
Group I: Three-hour science course (a)
Choose one course from the following:ASTR 1010* (b) Astronomy of the Solar System 3 hours
ASTR 1020* (b) Stellar and Galactic Astronomy 3 hours
BIOL 1405 and BIOL 1405L (c) Human Biology and Disease 3 hours
ENVS 1401 (b) Environmental Science 3 hours
GEOL 1121* (b) Physical Geology 3 hours
GEOL 1122* (b) Historical Geology 3 hours
NOTES:
*Or Honors version
(b) These are non-laboratory courses.
(c) This is a 3-hour course with 2 hours lecture and 1 hour laboratory.
Group II. Three-hour science course and one hour laboratory
Choose one course from the following:ASTR 1010* and ASTR 1010L* Astronomy of the Solar System 4 hours
ASTR 1020* and ASTR 1020L* Stellar & Galactic Astronomy 4 hours
BIOL 1402 and BIOL 1402L Cell Biology & Genetics 4 hours
BIOL 1403 and BIOL 1403L Diversity in the Living World 4 hours
BIOL 1407 and BIOL 1407L Plants, People & the Environment 4 hours
CHEM 1151 and CHEM 1151L Survey of Chemistry I 4 hours
CHEM 1152 and CHEM 1152L Survey of Chemistry II 4 hours
GEOL 1121* and GEOL 1121L* Physical Geology 4 hours
GEOL 1122* and GEOL 1122L* Historical Geology 4 hours
PHYS 1111 and PHYS 1111L Introductory Physics I 4 hours
PHYS 1112 and PHYS 1112L Introductory Physics II 4 hours
PHYS 2211 and PHYS 2211L Principles of Physics I 4 hours
PHYS 2212 and PHYS 2212L Principles of Physics II 4 hours
NOTE:
*Or Honors version
Group III. Additional science, mathematics, or technology
Choose one course from the following:CSCI 1300 Introduction to Computer Science 3 hours
MATH 1113 Precalculus 4 hours
MATH 1431* Introduction to Statistics 3 hours
MATH 1433 Applied Calculus 3 hours
MATH 2420 Discrete Mathematics 3 hours
MATH 2431 Calculus I 4 hours
MATH 2432 Calculus II 4 hours
Any three-hour (or four-hour) science course from the list in Area D, Group I or Group II 3 hours
NOTE:
*Or Honors version
Core I Area E (Social Sciences)
12 hours
Required course:POLS 1101* American Government 3 hours
Choose one course from the following:
HIST 2111* United States History I 3 hoursHIST 2112* United States History II 3 hours
Choose one course from the following:
HIST 1111* A Survey of World History to Early Modern Times (1500) 3 hoursHIST 1112* A Survey of World History from Early Modern Times (1500) 3 hours
Choose one course from the following:
ANTH 1102* Introduction to Anthropology 3 hoursECON 2105* Principles of Macroeconomics 3 hours
GEOG 1101* Introduction to Human Geography 3 hours
PSYC 1101* Introduction to General Psychology 3 hours
SOCI 1101* Introduction to Sociology 3 hours
NOTE:
*Or Honors version
Additional requirements for all students in transfer programs
2-4 hours
Required course:PHED 1101 Choices for Life 1 hour
Choose one course from the following:
PHED 2006 First Aid, Safety, and CPR 3 hoursPHED 2022 Personal and Community Health 3 hours
PHED___ Activity Course 1 hour
