Core Curriculum
ÃÈÃÃÉçÇø General Education Core – Academic Foundation & Credit Transfer
The General Education Core Curriculum at ÃÈÃÃÉçÇø (ÃÈÃÃÉçÇø) plays a vital role in equipping students with essential knowledge and competencies for college, careers, and lifelong learning. This 42-semester credit hour (SCH) program includes core courses in communication, mathematics, life and physical sciences, philosophy, creative arts, American history, political science, and social sciences.
Designed in alignment with the Texas Common Core Curriculum, this program ensures seamless credit transfer among public colleges, universities, and health-related institutions in Texas. ÃÈÃÃÉçÇø who complete the full 42-SCH curriculum can transfer as "core complete" without repeating courses. Those transferring before completion receive credit for successfully completed courses, although they may not fully satisfy another institution’s core requirements.
ÃÈÃÃÉçÇø's curriculum fosters critical thinking, diverse perspectives, and interdisciplinary connections through reading, writing, analysis, discussions, and hands-on learning—preparing students for academic and career success.
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Core Curriculum Objectives at ÃÈÃÃÉçÇø
The core curriculum at ÃÈÃÃÉçÇø aims to develop essential competencies in students:
- Critical Thinking Skills: Foster creative thinking, innovation, inquiry, and the ability to analyze, evaluate, and synthesize information.
- Communication Skills: Enhance the development, interpretation, and expression of ideas through written, oral, and visual communication.
- Empirical and Quantitative Skills: Improve the manipulation and analysis of numerical data or observable facts to draw informed conclusions.
- Teamwork: Cultivate the ability to consider different viewpoints and work effectively with others towards a shared goal.
- Personal Responsibility: Encourage connecting choices, actions, and consequences to ethical decision-making.
- Social Responsibility: Promote intercultural competence, civic responsibility, and effective engagement in regional, national, and global communities.
Code | Title | Hours |
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Communication 010 (6 hours) | ||
Freshman English I ENG 131 | 3 | |
Freshman English II ENG 132 | 3 | |
Mathematics 020 (3 hours) | ||
Select one of the following: | 3 | |
College Algebra MATH 133 | ||
MATH 1316 | Plane Trigonometry ()" | |
Math and Business and Econ I MATH 135 | ||
Contemporary Mathematics I MATH 132 | ||
Elementary Statistics MATH 231 | ||
Math and Bus for Econ Anal II MATH 138 | ||
Str & App of Numb Sys MATH 235 | ||
Funds of Geom, Stat & Pro MATH 236 | ||
Precalculus Math MATH 136 | ||
Calculus & Analytic Geometry I MATH 241 | ||
Life and Physical Sciences 030 (6 hours) | ||
Select six credits of the following (depending on MAJOR): | 6 | |
Survey of Life Science BIOL 143 | ||
Human Anat & Phys I BIOL 135 | ||
Human Anat & Phys II BIOL 136 | ||
Chemistry I CHEM 131 | ||
Chemistry II CHEM 132 | ||
Introduction To The Earth GEOL 131 | ||
College Physics I PHYS 237 | ||
College Physics II PHYS 238 | ||
Prin of Phys Sci PHYS 101 | ||
University Physics I PHYS 251 | ||
Language, Philosophy & Culture 040 (3 credits) | ||
Select one of the following: | ||
American Literature ENG 235 | ||
African-American Literature ENG 244 | ||
World Literature I ENG 230 | ||
World Literature II ENG 231 | ||
Introduction To Philosophy | ||
Creative Arts 050 (3 credits) | ||
Select one of the following: | ||
opics in Contemp Art & Culture (Topics In Contemporary Art & Culture) ART 135 | ||