STUDENTS:

If you have taken a course at another institution that you believe is the same as one of these courses, please consult your academic advisor. Courses taken at Tennessee Board of Regents (TBR) community colleges and universities are likely to count toward general education. See the list of TBR courses by institution. Courses from other colleges and universities may also count for these requirements.

A. Communication (9 hours)

ENGL 1010 (1101)
English Composition: Expository writing, emphasizing content, organization, and style.

ENGL 1020 (1102)
English Composition and Analysis: Expository writing, including library work and documented papers.

[All candidates for graduation at the University of Memphis are required to complete English 1010 and 1020, or their equivalents, with a grade of “C” or better. Before enrolling in English 1010, a student must have either (1) an ACT English score of 19 or above, or (2) an SAT verbal score of 460 or above, or (3) a satisfactory completion of a placement test administered by the University of Memphis Testing Center. Those who do not meet the requirements above, must successfully complete DSPW 0800 with a grade of “C” or better before proceeding to English 1010. English 1010 and 1020 must be taken in sequence; no credit will be allowed for English 1020 until 1010 has been completed successfully.]

COMM 2381
Oral Communication - Basic oral communication, includes speaking, critical listening, and decision-making.

B.Mathematics (3 hours)

MATH 1420 (1182)
Foundations of Mathematics II (3)

MATH 1530 (1601)
Introduction to Statistical Reasoning and Application (3)

MATH 1710 (1211)
College Algebra (3) - Analysis of functions, partial fractions, equations, and applications.

MATH 1730 (1213)
College Algebra and Trigonometry (4) - Exponents, radicals, quatradatic functions, laws of sines and cosines.

MATH 1830 (1312)
Elementary Calculus (3) - An introductory course to calculus.

MATH 1910 (1321)
Calculus I (4) - Calculus for the following majors: math, computer science, science, and engineering.

MATH 2000
Experiences in Mathematics (3) - Introduction to contemporary mathematics and its application to various areas of modern life.

C. Humanities (9 hours)

ENGL 2201
Literary Heritage: Major literary texts exemplifying narrative, lyric and dramatic modes of discourse.

ENGL 2202
Literary Heritage: African-American Emphasis

Plus two of the following courses

ART 1030 (1101)
Introduction to Art - Fundamental principles of visual artistic expression as the basis for understanding Western and non-Western traditions.

CLAS 2481
Mythology - Thematic study of ancient myths.

COMM 1851
Introduction to Film - Film as a cultural, artistic, and social phenomenon.

DANC 1151
Introduction to Dance - Dance as an expressive art form, a symbolic language, and an integral aspect of world cultures.

HIST 1110 (1301)
Development of World Civilization I - Traces civilization from ancient times to circa 1500.

HIST 1120 (1302)
Development of World Civilization II - Forms of civilization from 1500 to the present.

JDST 2850
Religions of Abraham: Judaism, Christianity, Islam - Religious traditions arising from ancient Near East.

MUS 1030 (MUHL 1101)
Music Appreciation - Music of various Western and non-Western cultures.

MUS 1040
Music in America - Music history, sources and current styles of American music.

PHIL 1101
Classical Issues in Philosophy - Introduction to philosophical thought, focusing on its emergence in the Classical period.

PHIL 1102
Values and the Modern World - The nature, development, and criticism of major philosophies of values.

POLS 1101
Introduction to Ancient Political Thought - Fundamental questions of ancient political thought.

POLS 1102
Introduction to Modern Political Thought - Fundamental questions of modern political thought.

THEA 1030 (1551)
Introduction to Theatre - Experiential, conceptual, historical, and cultural study of theatre.

UNIV 3580
Hebrew and Greek Legacy - Interdisciplinary examination of major traditions of ancient Hebraic and Greek cultures.

UNIV 3581
Faith, Reason and Imagination - Interdisciplinary examination of the religious, rationalist, and aesthetic viewpoints as distinctive ways of understanding.

D. American History (6 hours)

HIST 2010 (2601)
The United States to 1877. United States from discovery to end of political reconstruction.

HIST 2020 (2602)
The United States Since 1877

One of the following may be substituted for HIST 2010 OR HIST 2020:

ANTH 3282
Cultural History of American Communities

HIST 2030
History of Tennessee

HIST 3863
Social and Intellectual History of the United States

HIST 3881
African-American History

HIST 4851
History of Women in America

POLS 4212
Constitutional Law: The Origins and Evolution of Civil Liberties in the United States

POLS 4405
Origin and Development of American Political Thought

SOCI 3422
Racial and Ethnic Minorities

E. Social /Behavioral Sciences (6 hours)

ANTH 1100
Human Origins and Variations - Origins of humans and human society, behavior, and culture.

ANTH 1200
Cultural Anthropology - Origins and development of human culture throughout the world.

CSED 2101
The Family in Global Perspective - Interdisciplinary overview of the family as a primary, global, social institution.

ECON 2110
Introduction to Macroeconomics - Nature and functions of the national economy in a global context.

ECON 2120
Introduction to Microeconomics - Operations of the market economy at the individual and firm level.

ESCI 1301 (GEOG 1301)
Survey of World Regions - Survey of economic, cultural, and physical traits characteristic of developing and industrialized nations.

ESCI 1401 (GEOG 1401)
Introduction to Cultural Geography - Geographical aspects of human behavior.

POLS 1100
American Government - Origins, structures, and processes of the American system of government.

POLS 1301
Governments of the World - Comparisons of political issues and systems in a variety of European, Asian, and African countries.

POLS 1501
International Relations - Conflict, competition, and cooperation among global factors in the world arena.

PSYC 1200
General Psychology - Introduction to social aspects of psychology as a science of behavior.

PSYC 3510
Deviance: Its Role in History and Culture - Defamation and glorification of concepts of deviance across cultures.

SOCI 1111
Introduction to Sociology - Concepts and methods of sociology, social structure, and social institutions.

SOCI 2100
Sociology of International Development - Social change in an increasingly interdependent world.

UNIV 2304
Gender and Society - Interdisciplinary study of gender as a social experience among different racial, ethnic, class, and cross-cultural groups.

F. Natural Science: (8 hours)

BIOL 1010/1011 (1071/1072)
Introduction to Biology I/Lab

BIOL 1020/1021 (1081/1082)
Introduction to Biology II/Lab - A study of the biosphere and the structure, and functions of its plants and animals.

BIOL 1110/1111 (1151/1152)
General Biology I/Lab

BIOL 1120/1121 (1161/1162)
General Biology II/Lab - Unifying principles of biology: Cell structure, cell function, heredity, origin and development of life.

CHEM 1010/1011 (1101)
Intro to Chemistry I: General/Inorganic

CHEM 1020/1021 (1102)
Intro to Chemistry II: Organic/Biochemistry - Fundamental laws of chemistry and their impact on modern society.

CHEM 1110/1111 (1131/1121)
General Chemistry I/General Chemistry I Lab

CHEM 1120/1121 (1132/1122)
General Chemistry II/General Chemistry II Lab

ESCI 1010 (GEOG 1001/1011, 1010/1011, ESCI 1010/1011)
Weather and Climate with Lab included

ESCI 1020 (GEOG 1002/1022, 1020/1021, ESCI 1020/1021)
Landforms with Lab included- The Earth and its atmosphere, including climate, oceans, landscapes, environmental hazards.

ESCI 1040 (GEOL 1101, 1040)
Physical Geology

ESCI 1050 (GEOL 1102, 1050)
Historical Geology

ESCI 1103 (GEOL 1103)
Environmental Geology - Processes that operate within, on and impact the surface of the Earth.

PHYS 1010/1001
Introduction to Physics/Lab

PHYS 1020/1002
Survey of Astronomy/Lab - Physics and astronomy for non-technical students; natural laws of motion, heat, sound, light, heavenly bodies.

PHYS 2110/2111 (2510/2003)
Physics I for Science and Engineering - Calculus/ Physics I Lab

PHYS 2120/2121 (2520/2004)
Physics II for Science and Engineering – Calculus/ Physics II Lab