Statement of Tennessee Board of Regents (TBR) General Education Policies
Effective Fall Semester 2004, each institution on the State University
and Community College System of Tennessee (The Tennessee Board of Regents
System) will share a common lower-division general education core curriculum
of forty-one (41) semester hours for the baccalaureate degrees and the
Associate of Arts and the Associate of Science degrees. Lower-division
means freshmen and sophomore courses. The course comprising the general
education curriculum are contained within the following subject categories:
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| Communication
Six hours of English Composition and three hours in English oral presentational communication are required |
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| Humanities / Fine Arts, including at least 3 semester credit hours in literature | 9 |
| Social/Behavioral Sciences | 6 |
| History
TBR Universities require American History, except in a limited number of majors exempted from the requirement. (See specific university catalogs concerning majors that are exempt.) Students who plan to transfer to TBR universities should take should take six hours of United States History (three hours of Tennessee History may substitute). Students who plan to transfer to University of Tennessee System universities or to out-of-state or private universities should check requirements and take appropriate courses. |
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| Natural Sciences | 8 |
| Mathematics | 3 |
| Total | 41 |
Identifying Courses Satisfying the Minimum Degree Requirements
Although the courses fulfilling the minimum degree requirements may vary in actual design among institutions, many contain similar content. These courses are identified by common course rubrics (prefixes) and numbers in all TBR institutions to facilitate transferability. The actual courses designated by each institution to fulfill the Minimum Degree Requirements, including courses that may not be a part of the common course prefix and numbering pattern, are denoted in catalogs by the w symbol. A complete matrix of courses that satisfy the Minimum Degree Requirements at all TBR institutions and an explanation of the common course rubric and numbering system are available on the TBR web page (www.tbr.state.tn.us).
Explanation of course description format: The official course
title appears in boldface type following the course number. The figures in
parentheses after the course title denote the number of semester hours of
credit for that course. If the credit is variable, to be determined by the
department, that fact is indicated by the minimum and maximum credit, as BIOL
4000 (2-4).
If the phrase "Same as . . ." and another course number appear in parentheses following the credit hours, the course is cross listed with a course in another department, and when offered by both departments, may be taken through either. If another course number in parenthesis follows the credit hours, it is the former number for the same course. Credit may not be received for both the former number and the current number of the same course.
For those courses including regular laboratory hours, the lecture/laboratory hour distribution is written in italics near the end of the course description. At the end of many course descriptions, prerequisites and/or corequisites are listed. Students are responsible for meeting the stated prerequisites prior to enrolling for the course.
A [G] at the end of the course description indicates that the course may be used to fulfill University General Education Program requirements. These requirements vary somewhat according to the particular degree program or major.
Courses are numbered according to the following system:
0001-0999 Courses for which the credit does not
apply toward minimum degree requirements or for which credit is restricted.
1000-1999 Courses primarily for freshmen
2000-2999 Courses primarily for sophomores
3000-3999 Courses primarily for juniors
4000-4999 Courses primarily for seniors and for
which graduate credit is not offered.
(There is sometimes a corresponding 6000 number
for which graduate credit is offered to graduate students who fulfill the
additional requirements for such credit.)
1000-2000 level courses are lower division courses, 3000-4000 level courses are upper division courses. Course numbers have no reference to the semester in which the courses are taught.
ELEMENTS OF COURSE DESCRIPTION
1ART 24002-36002.4Museum Operation. 5(3). 6(3050). 7(Same as ANTH 4002). 8Basic aspects of museum organization, management, exhibit planning and execution, and maintenance of collections and records. 9Two lecture/two laboratory hours per week. 10(F). 11PREREQUISITE: ART 3090. l2COREQUISITE: ART 4001. 13(S/U). 14[G].
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