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General Education

The purpose of General Education at Southern Regional Technical College (SRTC) is to provide high quality educational courses in humanities/fine arts, social/behavioral sciences, natural science/ mathematics, and language arts/ communication through both distance and traditional delivery methods to help students develop individual skills and abilities that will enable them to 1) think critically; 2) communicate clearly and effectively in written form; and 3) apply the use of mathematics to solve common problems. SRTC students with associate degrees and diplomas are required to demonstrate to what extent he/she has mastered appropriate General Education competencies.

Learning Support

Courses numbered 0090 are classified as learning support. All courses are offered every term. They include:

MATH 0090 Learning Support Mathematics 1 credit/contact hour
ENGL 0090 Learning Support English 1 credit/contact hour
READ 0090 Learning Support Reading 3 credit/contact hour

Minimum admissions requirements are implemented for each standard degree, diploma, or certificate program. For provisionally admitted students learning support is provided through a co-requisite model. Students will register for the required ENGLISH and/or MATH courses paired with an additional 1 hour Learning Support class in which they will receive re-teaching, pre-teaching, homework/essay writing assistance. Pairing the English or Math course with a LS course will help the student find success in the ENGLISH and MATH courses required for their program of study.

Special Exception: Any student who is deficient in both English and Readng will enroll in the READ 0090 course. After successfully completing this course, they may move on to the co-requisite model for English with the gateway course.

Student Success (COLL 1500) Requirement: All students seeking a diploma or degree are required to complete a 3 semester-hour course in Student Success (COLL1500) during their first semester of enrollment. Students who already have an Associates Degree or higher are given exemption credit for the COLL 1500 course.

Diploma programs offered through the College also include a required component of 8 semester hours of Basic Skills courses providing background in one Language Arts/Communication course, one Social/Behavioral Sciences course, and one Natural Science/Mathematics course.

Diploma Level

Courses offered within the Basic Skills area for Diploma programs are:

  1. Language Arts/Communication
  • ENGL 1010 Fundamentals of English I
  1. Social/Behavioral Sciences Course
  • EMPL 1000 Interpersonal Relations and Professional Development
  • PSYC 1010 Basic Psychology
  1. Natural Science/Mathematics
  • MATH 1012 Foundations of Mathematics

The College offers a variety of General Education courses as enrollment warrants. Students should contact their academic advisor to inquire about course availability.

Degree Level

The College requires a minimum of 30 semester credit hours of General Education core courses for the Associate of Science (AS) degree.

The College requires a minimum of 15 semester credit hours of General Education core courses for the Associate of Applied Science (AAS) degree.

The College requires a minimum of 15 semester credit hours of General Education core courses for the Associate of Science in Nursing (ASN) degree.

A minimum of at least one course each from Area I (Language Arts/Communication), Area II (Social/Behavioral Sciences), Area III (Natural Science/Mathematics), and Area IV (Humanities/Fine Arts).

Courses offered for Degree programs are:

Area I: Language Arts/Communication

  • ENGL 1101 Composition and Rhetoric
  • ENGL 1102 Literature and Composition
  • SPCH 1101 Public Speaking

Area II: Social/Behavioral Sciences

  • ECON 2105 Macroeconomics
  • ECON 1101 Principles of Economics
  • ECON 2106 Microeconomics
  • HIST 1111 World History I
  • HIST 1112 World History II
  • HIST 2111 U.S. History I
  • HIST 2112 U.S. History II
  • POLS 1101 American Government
  • PSYC 1101 Introductory Psychology
  • SOCI 1101 Introduction to Sociology

Area III: Natural Sciences/Mathematics

  • BIOL 1111 Biology I
  • BIOL 1111L Biology Lab I
  • BIOL 1112 Biology II
  • BIOL 1112L Biology Lab II
  • CHEM 1151 Survey of Inorganic Chemistry
  • CHEM 1151L Survey of Inorganic Chemistry Lab I
  • CHEM 1152 Survey of Organic Chemistry and Biochemistry
  • CHEM 1152L Survey of Organic Chemistry and Biochemistry Lab 1
  • PHYC 1110 Conceptual Physics
  • PHYC 1110L Conceptual Physics Lab I
  • PHYS 1111 Introductory Physics I
  • PHYS 1111L Introductory Physics Lab I
  • PHYS 1112 Introductory Physics II
  • PHYS 1112L Introductory Physics Lab II
  • Mathematics Courses
  • MATH 1101 Mathematical Modeling
  • MATH 1103 Quantitative Skills and Reasoning
  • MATH 1111 College Algebra
  • MATH 1112 College Trigonometry
  • MATH 1113 Pre-Calculus
  • MATH 1127 Intro to Statistics
  • MATH 1131 Calculus I

Area IV: Humanities/Fine Arts

  • ARTS 1101 Art Appreciation
  • ENGL 2110 World Literature
  • ENGL 2130 American Literature
  • HUMN 1101 Introduction to Humanities
  • MUSC 1101 Music Appreciation

The College offers a variety of General Education courses as enrollment warrants. Students should contact their academic advisor to inquire about course availability.

Degree Works Plans are available to all students.

Degree Electives that do not count as General Education Core Electives include:

  • BIOL 2113 Anatomy and Physiology I
  • BIOL 2113L Anatomy and Physiology I Lab
  • BIOL 2114 Anatomy and Physiology II
  • BIOL 2114L Anatomy and Physiology II Lab
  • BIOL 2117 Introductory Microbiology
  • BIOL 2117L Introductory Microbiology Lab
  • PSYC 2103 Human Development
  • PSYC 2250 Abnormal Psychology