This page includes information on the General Education requirements and the objectives for courses that fulfil those requirements at Arkansas Tech University. The General Education program begins with the blueprint of required courses that make up the Arkansas State Minimum Core. These classes are required for any degree issued by a four-year institution within the state. Universities can customize this core by offering courses aligned with these objectives. Below you will find information on the ATU General Education program, a listing of courses that are offered within the program, and objectives and alignments for each course.
ATU GENERAL EDUCATION PROGRAM: *
English – 6 hours
Mathematics – 3 hours
Science – 8 hours with labs
U.S. History or Government – 3 hours
Social Sciences, Fine Arts/Humanities, Speech Communication – 15 hours
*Aligns with the Arkansas Department of Higher Education state minimum general education core (https://static.ark.org/eeuploads/adhe/StateMinimumGenEdCore.pdf.pdf)
ATU GENERAL EDUCATION COURSES AND GOALS:
ATU GENERAL EDUCATION COURSE OBJECTIVES:
BIOL 1014: Introduction to Biological Science
CHEM 1113: Survey of Chemistry
CHEM 1111: Survey of Chemistry Lab
CHEM 2124 with CHEM 2120: General Chemistry I
CHEM 2134: General Chemistry II
ENVS 1004: Principles of Environmental Science
GEOL 1004: Essentials of Earth Science
PHSC 1053 with PHSC 1051: Astronomy and Observational Lab
PHYS 2014 and PHYS 2000: Algebra-Based Physics I
PHYS 2024 with PHYS 2010: Algebra-Based Physics II
HIST 1903: Survey of American History
HIST 2013: US History since 1877
AGBU 2063: Principles of Agriculture Macroeconomics
AGBU 2073: Principles of Agriculture Microeconomics
ANTH 1213: Introduction to Anthropology
ANTH 2003: Cultural Anthropology
ECON 2003: Principles of Economics I
ECON 2013: Principles of Economics II
ECON 2103: Honors Principles of Economics I
GEOG 2013: Regional Geography of the World
HIST 1503: World History to 1500
HIST 1513: World History since 1500
HIST 1543 Honors World History to 1500
ENGL 2003: Introduction to World Literature
ENGL 2013: Introduction to American Literature
ENGL 2023: Honors Introduction to World Literature
ENGL 2173: Introduction to Film
ENGL 2183: Honors Introduction to Film
JOUR 2173: Introduction to Film
MUS 2003: Introduction to Music
PHIL 2003: Introduction to Philosophy
PHIL 2043: Honors Introduction to Philosophy
PHIL 2053: Introduction to Critical Thinking
ATU GENERAL EDUCATION COURSE FACILITATORS: download document here
Departments can update course objectives for an existing general education course via this form.
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