Savannah:General Education Degree Courses

A.A.S. Degree General Education Core

Savannah Technical College offers the Associate of Applied Science (A.A.S.) degrees in workforce related areas. All A.A.S. degree programs require completion of general core courses in the major academic areas:

AREA I Language Arts/Communication
AREA II Social/Behavior Science
AREA III Natural Sciences/Mathematics and
AREA IV Humanities/Fine Arts

The chart below displays the minimum number of required semester credit hours in each area and the courses that meet those requirements. The A.A.S. degree requires a minimum of 15 general education core semester hours.

A. General Education Core Courses Area I-Language Arts /Communications - Minimum 3 Semester Credit Hours. Successful completion of ENGL1101 (Composition and rhetoric) is required. In addition, a general education degree core elective may be taken from the other listed courses.
Course	Course Title	Credit Hours
ENG1101	Composition and Rhetoric	3
(required) ENGL1102 SPCH1101	Literature and Composition Public Speaking	3 3
AREA II - Social/Behavioral Science - Minimum 3 Semester Credit Hours. Successful completion of a Social Science/Behavioral Science course is required. Course may be taken from the following list.
Course	Course Title	Credit Hours
ECON1101 ECON2105 ECON2106 HIST1111	Principles of Economics Macroeconomics Microeconomics World History I	3 3 3 3
HIST1112	World History II	3
HIST2111	U.S. History I	3
HIST2112	U.S. History II	3
POLS1101	American Government	3
PSYC1101	Introductory Psychology	3
SOCI1101	Introduction to Sociology	3
Area III - Natural Sciences/Mathematics - Minimum 3 Semester Credit Hours. Successful completion of MATH 1100 or MATH1101 or MATH1111 is required. In addition, a general education degree core elective may be taken from the other listed courses.
Course	Course Name	Credit Hours
BIOL1111	Biology I	3
BIOL1111L	Biology Lab I	1
BIOL1112	Biology II	3
BIOL1112L	Biology Lab II	1
CHEM1151	Survey of Inorganic Chemistry	3
CHEM1151L	Survey of Inorganic Chemistry Lab	1
CHEM1152	Survey of Organic Chemistry & Biochemistry	3
CHEM1152L	Survey of Organic Chemistry & Biochemistry Lab	1
CHEM1211	Chemistry I	3
CHEM1211L	Chemistry Lab I	1
CHEM1212	Chemistry II	3
CHEM1212L	Chemistry Lab II	1
MATH1100	Quantitative Skills and Reasoning	3
MATH1101	Mathematical Modeling	3
MATH1111	College Algebra	3
MATH1112	College Trigonometry	3
MATH1113	Pre-Calculus	3
MATH1127	Introduction to Statistics	3
MATH1131	Calculus	3
MATH1132	Calculus II	3
PHSC1111	Physical Science	3
PHYS1110	Conceptual Physics	3
PHYS1110L	Conceptual Physics Lab	3
PHYS1111	Introductory Physics	3
PHYS1111L	Introductory Physics Lab I	1
PHYS1112	Introductory Physics II	3
PHYS1112L	Introductory Physics Lab II	1
AREA IV - Humanities/Fine Arts - Minimum 3 Semester Credit Hours. Successful completion of a Humanities/Fine Arts courses is required. Course may be taken from the following list.
Course	Course Title	Credit Hours
ARTS1101	Art Appreciation	3
ENGL2130	American Literature	3
HUMN1101	Introduction to Humanities	3
MUSC1101	Music Appreciation	3
Additional General Education Core Requirements: To meet the minimum required 15 semester credit hours in General Core Courses an additional 3 semester credit hours must be selected from a course in Area I, Area II, Area III,or Area IV. B. Non-General Education Requirement for Associate Degrees (This course is not included in the 15 semester General Education Core Requirement) COMP1000 Introduction to Computers		3

C. Degree Courses( but not considered general education)

Course

Course Title

Credit
Hours

BIOL2113                   Anatomy and Physiology I                                                       3

BIOL2113L                 Anatomy and Physiology I Lab                                                  1

BIOL2114                   Anatomy and Physiology II                                                      3

BIOL2114L                 Anatomy and Physiology II Lab                                                1

BIOL2117                   Introductory Microbiology                                                        3

BIOL2117L                 Introductory Microbiology Lab                                                  1

ENGL1105                  Technical Communications                                                       3

PSYC1150                  Industrial/Organizational Psychology                                         3

PSYC2103                 Human Development                                                                3

PSYC2250                 Abnormal Development                                                            3







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