November 24, 2009

TTU Home Outreach & Distance Education Bachelor of General Studies

See "Undergraduate Credit by Examination" for information on credit provided by test scores to meet these requirements. Students must take the specified number of hours in the areas listed below. With a few exceptions, courses from the areas of concentrations may be used to satisfy these requirements. Except for the multicultural requirement, a course may not be counted in two different areas of the general requirements nor may a course be counted in requirements for more than one area of concentration. Distance and off-campus students will need to check with their advisor for course availability.

Requirements	Semester Hours
English The 12 hours of English must consist of ENGL 1301 and 1302 and two sophomore literature courses from ENGL 2305, 2306, 2307, 2308, 2351, 2388, or 2391. However, ENGL 2311 or CLAS 1310 may be used as equivalents to fulfill 3 hours of this requirement.	12
Oral Communications Courses must be selected from the Core Curriculum options.	3
Foreign Language See Uniform Undergraduate Degree Requirements.	0-10
Mathematics and Logical Reasoning MATH 1300, 1320, 1321, 1330, 1331, 1351, 1352, 1420, 1430, 1550, 2300, 2345, 2350, 2360, 2370, or 2371. Only one of MATH 1300, 1320, and 1420 may apply. Only one of MATH 1330 and 1430 may apply. PHIL 2310 may be used to satisfy 3 hours of this requirement. The following courses may not be used to fulfill this requirement: AAEC 3401, IE 3341, MUTH 3303, PSY 3400, and SOC 3391.	6
Natural Science If 4 or more high school semesters of natural laboratory science (not including general, physical, or applied science) are accepted for admission, the requirement is 8 hours; if not, the requirement is 11 hours. Courses must be selected from the list of Core Curriculum options.	8-11
Technology and Applied Science Courses must be selected from the list of Core Curriculum options.	3
Individual or Group Behavior Courses must be selected from the list of Core Curriculum options.	6
American History Courses must be selected from the list of Core Curriculum options.	6
Political Science Students will enroll in POLS 1301 and normally in 2302. For more information, see the Department of Political Science. One course must be taken from a Texas college or university.	6
Humanities Courses must be selected from the list of Core Curriculum options.	6
Visual and Performing Arts Courses must be selected from the list of Core Curriculum options.	6
Multicultural Requirement 3 hours of coursework chosen from the Multicultural Requirement list of approved courses. This course may also be used to satisfy another general degree requirement listed above.	3