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2017-2018 Catalog

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2017-2018 Catalog [ARCHIVED CATALOG]

General Education Courses

The GRCC General Education Program is comprised of English Composition and Communications, Humanities, Social Sciences, and Natural Sciences and Mathematics. The courses that fall within the distribution groups are listed below:

General Education

English Composition and Communications

English Composition

EN 101 - English Composition-1 Credit Hours: 3
EN 102 - English Composition-2 Credit Hours: 3

Communications

COM 131 - Fundamentals of Public Speaking Credit Hours: 3
COM 135 - Interpersonal Communication Credit Hours: 3

Humanities

Art

AT 105 - History of Art Before 1400 Credit Hours: 3
AT 106 - History of Art Since 1400 Credit Hours: 3
AT 270 - History of Architecture Credit Hours: 3

English

EN 233 - Poetry Credit Hours: 3
EN 235 - Drama Credit Hours: 3
EN 242 - Popular Literature Credit Hours: 3
EN 247 - Creative Writing 1 Credit Hours: 3
EN 248 - Creative Writing II Credit Hours: 3
EN 251 - Multicultural American Literature for Children Credit Hours: 3
EN 252 - Shakespeare Credit Hours: 3
EN 270 - Multicultural Literature Credit Hours: 3
EN 271 - African-American Literature Credit Hours: 3
EN 272 - African American Literature II Credit Hours: 3

Foreign Language

Only one (1) Foreign Language course may be used as a Humanities General Education Elective.

ARA 101 - Introductory Arabic 1 Credit Hours: 4
ARA 102 - Introductory Arabic 2 Credit Hours: 4
CHI 101 - Introductory Chinese 1 Credit Hours: 4
CHI 102 - Introductory Chinese 2 Credit Hours: 4
FR 101 - Introductory French 1 Credit Hours: 4
FR 102 - Introductory French 2 Credit Hours: 4
FR 231 - Intermediate French 1 Credit Hours: 4
FR 232 - Intermediate French II Credit Hours: 4
GR 101 - Introductory German 1 Credit Hours: 4
GR 102 - Introductory German II Credit Hours: 4
GR 231 - Intermediate German I Credit Hours: 4
GR 232 - Intermediate German II Credit Hours: 4
SP 101 - Introductory Spanish 1 Credit Hours: 4
SP 102 - Introductory Spanish 2 Credit Hours: 4
SP 231 - Intermediate Spanish-1 Credit Hours: 4
SP 232 - Intermediate Spanish-2 Credit Hours: 4

History

For students who are in the 2016-2017 catalog year and after, a History course can now meet either a Humanities or Social Sciences requirement. Please note each History course can only count as either a Humanities or Social Science, not both.

HS 101 - Western Civilization to 1500 Credit Hours: 4
HS 102 - Western Civilization Since 1500 Credit Hours: 4
HS 120 - World History to 1500 CE Credit Hours: 3
HS 121 - World History since 1500 CE Credit Hours: 3
HS 215 - The Modern World Credit Hours: 3
HS 230 - The History of Latin America Credit Hours: 3
HS 249 - U.S. History Through Reconstruction Credit Hours: 3
HS 250 - US History From Reconstruction to the Present Credit Hours: 3
HS 251 - African-American History and Culture Credit Hours: 3
HS 290 - History of Russia and East Europe Credit Hours: 3

Humanities

HU 204 - Humanities and the Human Adventure I Credit Hours: 3
HU 205 - Humanities and the Human Adventure II Credit Hours: 3
HU 210 - The Art of Being Human Credit Hours: 3
HU 219 - Global Studies Through International Travel Credit Hours: 3
HU 220 - Global Studies through Domestic Travel Credit Hours: 3
HU 245 - Technology and Humanity Credit Hours: 3
HU 273 - Film Viewing and Construction - An Introduction to Film Credit Hours: 3
HU 274 - American Cinema Genres Credit Hours: 3
HU 281 - Exploring World Religions Credit Hours: 3

Music

MUS 110 - Appreciation of World and Western Music Credit Hours: 3
MUS 111 - Jazz In Contemporary America Credit Hours: 3
MUS 130 - American Popular Music Credit Hours: 3

Philosophy

PL 201 - Introduction to Philosophy Credit Hours: 3
PL 202 - Introduction to Logic Credit Hours: 3
PL 205 - Introduction to Ethics Credit Hours: 3
PL 207 - Contemporary Moral Choices Credit Hours: 3
PL 209 - Business Ethics Credit Hours: 3

Theater

TH 248 - Introduction to Theater Credit Hours: 3

Social Sciences

Select two (2) Social Sciences General Education Electives from two (2) different subject areas.

Political Science

PS 110 - American Government Credit Hours: 3
PS 200 - State and Local Politics Credit Hours: 3
PS 201 - Comparative Governments Credit Hours: 3
PS 202 - International Relations Credit Hours: 3
PS 215 - Asian Politics Credit Hours: 4

Anthropology

AN 201 - Introduction to Anthropology Credit Hours: 3
AN 205 - Introduction to Archaeology Credit Hours: 3
AN 210 - Introduction to Cultural Anthropology Credit Hours: 3
AN 280 - Native American Culture Credit Hours: 3

Economics

EC 251 - Principles of Macroeconomics Credit Hours: 3
EC 252 - Principles of Microeconomics Credit Hours: 3

Gender Studies

GST 200 - Introduction to Gender Studies Credit Hours: 3

Geography

GE 135 - World Regional Geography Credit Hours: 3
GE 210 - Cultural Geography Credit Hours: 3
GE 253 - Geography of the U.S. and Canada Credit Hours: 3
GE 281 - Immigration and Ethnicity in America Credit Hours: 3

History

For students who are in the 2016-2017 catalog year and after, a History course can now meet either a Humanities or Social Sciences requirement. Please note each History course can only count as either a Humanities or Social Science, not both.

HS 101 - Western Civilization to 1500 Credit Hours: 4
HS 102 - Western Civilization Since 1500 Credit Hours: 4
HS 120 - World History to 1500 CE Credit Hours: 3
HS 121 - World History since 1500 CE Credit Hours: 3
HS 215 - The Modern World Credit Hours: 3
HS 230 - The History of Latin America Credit Hours: 3
HS 249 - U.S. History Through Reconstruction Credit Hours: 3
HS 250 - US History From Reconstruction to the Present Credit Hours: 3
HS 251 - African-American History and Culture Credit Hours: 3
HS 290 - History of Russia and East Europe Credit Hours: 3

Psychology

PY 201 - General Psychology Credit Hours: 3

Sociology

SO 251 - Principles of Sociology Credit Hours: 3
SO 254 - Social Problems Credit Hours: 3
SO 260 - Race and Ethnicity Credit Hours: 3

Mathematics & Natural Science

Math

MA 108 - Trigonometry Credit Hours: 3
MA 110 - College Algebra Credit Hours: 4
MA 124 - Mathematics for Liberal Arts Students Credit Hours: 4
MA 127 - Finite Mathematics with Applications Credit Hours: 4
MA 129 - Survey of Calculus Credit Hours: 5
MA 131 - Precalculus Credit Hours: 5
MA 133 - Calculus with Analytic Geometry 1 Credit Hours: 5
MA 215 - Statistics Credit Hours: 4

Math (Does not meet MTA Requirement)

MA 107 - Intermediate Algebra Credit Hours: 4

Natural Science (with Lab)

Astronomy

AS 103 - Descriptive Astronomy Credit Hours: 4
AS 106 - The Solar System and Extra-Solar Planets Credit Hours: 4
AS 108 - Stars, Galaxies and Cosmology Credit Hours: 4

Biology

BI 101 - General Biology Credit Hours: 4
BI 117 - General Human Anatomy and Physiology Credit Hours: 4
BI 121 - Human Anatomy and Physiology 1 Credit Hours: 4
BI 151 - Introduction to Cells, Molecules and Genes Credit Hours: 4
BI 152 - Biological Diversity Credit Hours: 4

Chemistry

CHM 110 - Chemistry in the Modern World Credit Hours: 4
CHM 120 - Survey of General Chemistry Credit Hours: 5
CHM 130 - General Chemistry I Credit Hours: 4
CHM 131 - General Chemistry I Laboratory Credit Hours: 1
CHM 150 - Advanced General Chemistry I Credit Hours: 4
CHM 151 - Advanced General Chemistry I Laboratory Credit Hours: 1
CHM 210 - Inorganic, Organic, and Biochemistry Credit Hours: 4

Geography

GE 132 - Physical Geography Credit Hours: 4

Geology

GL 101 - Introduction to Geology Credit Hours: 4

Physics

PH 111 - Physics of Everyday Life Credit Hours: 4
PH 115 - Technical Physics Credit Hours: 4
PH 125 - College Physics 1 Credit Hours: 4
PH 245 - Calculus Physics 1 Credit Hours: 5

Physical Science

PC 101 - General Physical Science Credit Hours: 4

Natural Science (non-lab)

AS 102 - Introductory Astronomy Credit Hours: 3
BI 110 - Biology in Society Credit Hours: 3
BI 118 - Environmental Science Credit Hours: 3
CHM 100 - Basic Chemistry Credit Hours: 3
GL 106 - Environmental Geoscience Credit Hours: 3