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2025-2027 Catalog

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GECC Certificate

Degree Requirements

Fine Arts

GECC students must take 9 hours of Humanities and Fine Arts.  The student must take 1 Humanities requirement, 1 Fine Arts requirement, and 1 from either Humanities or Fine Arts.
Course NumberCourse TitleCredits
ARTS 105Theatre Appreciation

3
ARTS 111Art History I

3
ARTS 112Art History II

3
ARTS 115Art Appreciation

3
HUMN 101Introduction to Humanities

3
LITR 105Introduction to Film

3
MUSI 115Music Appreciation

3
MUSI 120Introduction to American Music

3
MUSI 124Music History I

3
MUSI 125Music History II

3
MUSI 126Non-Western Music

3
 

Humanities

GECC students must take 9 hours of Humanities and Fine Arts.  The student must take 1 Humanities requirement, 1 Fine Arts requirement, and 1 from either Humanities or Fine Arts.
Course NumberCourse TitleCredits
HUMN 101Introduction to Humanities

3
HUMN 103Fantasy and Mythology

3
LITR 101Introduction to Poetry

3
LITR 102Introduction to Drama

3
LITR 103Introduction to Fiction

3
LITR 104Afro-American Literature

3
LITR 106Women in Literature

3
LITR 109The Bible As Literature

3
LITR 111Non-Western Literature

3
LITR 113American Literature I

3
LITR 114American Literature II

3
LITR 121Chief English Writers I

3
LITR 122Chief English Writers II

3
LITR 131Introduction to Shakespeare

3
PHIL 101Introduction to Philosophy

3
PHIL 102Logic

3
PHIL 103Ethics

3
PHIL 104World Religions

3
SPAN 104Intermediate Spanish II

4
 

Communications

GECC students must take 9 hours (two English and one Speech) of Communication courses.
Course NumberCourse TitleCredits
ENGL 101Rhetoric and Composition I

3
ENGL 102Rhetoric and Composition II

3
SPCH 101Oral Communication

3
SPCH 102Public Speaking

3

Science

GECC students must take 7-8 hours of Science.

Course NumberCourse TitleCredits
BIOL 100Life Science I

4
BIOL 100LLife Science I Laboratory

0
BIOL 101Human Biology

4
BIOL 101LHuman Biology Laboratory

0
BIOL 102Principles of Biology

4
BIOL 102LPrinciples of Biology Laboratory

0
BIOL 103Principles of Biology II

4
BIOL 104Animals & Society

4
BIOL 104LZoology Laboratory

0
BIOL 105Introduction to Environment

3
BIOL 106Microbes and Society

3
BIOL 006Microbes and Society Lab

1
CHEM 100Intro to Chemistry

4
CHEM 100LIntro Chemistry Lab

0
CHEM 101General Chemistry I

4
CHEM 101LChemistry I Laboratory

0
CHEM 105Introduction to Forensic Chemistry

4
CHEM 105LIntroduction to Forensic Chemistry Lab

0
PHYS 100Physics & Society

3
PHYS 101Physics-Mechanics/Heat

5
PHYS 102Physics-Wave Motion/Electricity/Optics

5
PHYS 106Physics-Mechanics

4
PHYS 106LPhysics-Mechanics Lab

0
PHYS 141Physical Science I

4
PHYS 141LPhysical Science I Laboratory

0
PHYS 142Physical Science II

4
PHYS 142LPhysical Science II Labortatory

0
PHYS 143Astronomy (introduction)

3

Social Science

GECC students must take 9 hours of Social Sciences.
Course NumberCourse TitleCredits
ANTH 103Anthropology

3
ANTH 107Cultural Anthropology

3
CECN 102Microeconomic Principles

3
CECN 103Macroeconomic Principles

3
GEOG 134World Regional Geography

3
HIST 111Western Civilization I

3
HIST 112Western Civilization II

3
HIST 122Modern Latin America

3
HIST 151U.S. History to 1865

3
HIST 152U.S. History Since 1865

3
POLI 130Principles of Political Scien

3
POLI 150American Government

3
POLI 160International Relations

3
POLI 231State and Local Government

3
POLI 238Comparative Government

3
POLI 240Non-Western Comparative Gov.

3
PSYC 100Introduction to Psychology

3
PSYC 101Child Development

3
PSYC 210Psychology of Human Developme

3
PSYC 240Social Psychology

3
PSYC 260Social Psychology of Aging

3
SOCY 100Introduction to Sociology

3
SOCY 225Race and Ethnic Relations

3

Mathematics

GECC students must take 3-6 hours of Mathematics.
Course NumberCourse TitleCredits
MATH 115Survey of Statistics

3
MATH 116Mathematics in Society

3
MATH 119Mathematics of Elementary Education II

3
MATH 120Calculus & Analytic Geometry I

5
MATH 125Business Calculus

4
MATH 130Calculus & Analytic Geometry II

5
MATH 135Finite Math

3
MATH 140Calculus & Analytic Geometry III

3
MATH 161Statistics

3

Total Credit Hours: 37-41