General Education Requirements (Core Curriculum)

Core Area A1

Demonstrate the ability to:

• Recognize and identify appropriate topics for presentation in writing
• Synthesize and logically arrange written presentations
• Adapt written communication to specific purposes and audiences.

Core Area A2

• Students demonstrate a strong foundation in college-level mathematical concepts and principles.
• Students demonstrate the ability to apply symbolic representations to model and solve real-world problems.

Core Area B

Demonstrate the ability to:

• Adapt written and oral communication to specific rhetorical purposes and audiences.
• Identify, evaluate, and use information, language, or technology appropriate to a specific purpose.

Students must take one course from category 1, and any combination of courses to meet the total number of hours of 4 for science majors and 5 for non-science majors.

Core Area C

• Students will demonstrate knowledge of the foundational concepts of artistic, intellectual, or literary achievement, adapting written communication to specific purposes and audiences.
• Students will recognize and make informed judgements about the fine, literary, or performing arts from various cultures.

Core Area D

Demonstrate the ability to:

• Apply scientific reasoning and methods, mathematical principles, or appropriate information technologies to explain natural phenomena or situations that arise in the real world.
• Use appropriate scientific tools and instruments to acquire data, process information, and communicate results, adapting written communication to specific purposes and audiences.

The student should consult the specific requirements listed in the description of the degree program later in this catalog and work closely with an advisor to fulfill this area of the Core.

Core Area E

• Students will demonstrate the ability to understand the political, social, economic, or cultural dimensions of world and American history.
• Students will demonstrate that they have developed an understanding of the political and legal processes of the U.S. and Georgia, and an understanding of the terminology of political science and U.S. politics adapting written communication to specific purposes and audiences..
• Students will demonstrate knowledge of the fundamental concepts of a discipline examining the social world.

Core Area F

Note

Students whose native language is Spanish (both those from foreign countries as well as United States Ethnic Native Speakers of Spanish) who wish to use Spanish to meet degree requirements will be required to take SPAN 3102 if they do not exempt the requirement by taking the Departmental Placement test. In similar cases involving French or German, course substitution may be approved on an individual basis.

Any student who is capable of and authorized to begin studies at a sequentially higher course level than that required for the Core is exempted from the Core requirement by successful completion of the sequentially higher course. The student may or may not be awarded credit hours for the exempted course.