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Academic Divisions for General Education

Highland CC courses approved for general education credit are shown below.

English Discipline Area — Bucket 1:

  • ENG 101 Composition I
  • ENG 102 Composition II: Literature and Research or ENG 103 Composition II: Rhetoric and Research

Communications Discipline Area — Bucket 2:

  • SP 101 Oral Communications
  • SP 105 Interpersonal Communication
  • SP 106 Public Speaking

Mathematics & Statistics Discipline Area — Bucket 3:

  • MAT 104 College Algebra
  • MAT 105 Trigonometry
  • MAT 106 Calculus I
  • MAT 107 General Calculus and Linear Algebra
  • MAT 108 Contemporary Math
  • MAT 203 Basic Statistics

Natural & Physical Sciences Discipline Area — Bucket 4:

  • BS 101 College Biology (L)
  • BS 104 Human Anatomy and BS 105 Physiology (L)
  • BS 107 Introduction to Environmental Science (L)
  • BS 201 General Zoology and BS 202 General Botany (L)
  • BS 203 Microbiology (L)
  • CHM 107 General Chemistry (L)
  • CHM 111 College Chemistry I (L)
  • CHM 112 College Chemistry II (L)
  • PS 101 College Physical Science (L)
  • PS 102 Concepts of Physics (L)
  • PS 104 Physical Geology (L)
  • PS 108 Astronomy (L)
  • PS 203 General Physics I (L)
  • PS 204 General Physics II (L)
  • PS 215 College Physics I (L)
  • PS 216 College Physics II (L)

Social & Behavioral Sciences Discipline Area — Bucket 5:

  • ANT 112 General Anthropology
  • BUS 203 Macroeconomics
  • BUS 204 Microeconomics
  • CJ 100 Introduction to Criminal Justice
  • CJ 201 Criminal Law
  • GEO 212 World Regional Geography
  • HMS 100 Fundamentals of Human Services
  • HMS 118 Ethics in Helping Professions
  • POL 100 United States Government
  • POL 101 Introduction to Political Science
  • POL 115 State and Local Government
  • PSY 101 General Psychology
  • PSY 202 Child Psychology
  • PSY 205 Human Growth and Development
  • PSY 206 Social Psychology
  • SOC 101 General Sociology
  • SOC 102 Marriage and Family
  • SOC 104 Introduction to Social Work
  • SOC 210 Social Problems

Arts & Humanities Discipline Area — Bucket 6:

  • A 101 Art Appreciation
  • A 112 Ceramics I
  • A 201 Art History Survey: Prehistoric to Medieval
  • A 202 Art History Survey: Renaissance-Contemporary
  • ENG 104 Introduction to Literature
  • ENG 202 American Literature: Pre-Colonial-Civil War
  • ENG 205 Old Testament Literature
  • ENG 208 Introduction to the Short Story
  • ENG 209 American Literature: Reconstruction-Present
  • ENG 210 World Literature: Beginnings to Renaissance
  • ENG 211 World Literature: Enlightenment to Present
  • ENG 212 British Literature: Middle Ages to 1800
  • ENG 213 British Literature: 1800 to Present
  • ENG 215 Diverse Voices in Literature
  • ENG 223 Creative Writing
  • HIS 101 United States History I to 1877
  • HIS 102 United States History II Since 1877
  • HIS 103 History of Western Civilization I
  • HIS 104 History of Western Civilization II
  • LG 101 Spanish I
  • LG 102 Spanish II
  • LG 201 Spanish III
  • M 103 Music History and Appreciation
  • M 146 Music Theatre History
  • M 162 Introduction to World Music
  • M 223 History of Jazz
  • MT 110 Introduction to Mass Communications
  • PHI 101 Introduction to Philosophy
  • PHI 102 Introduction to Ethics
  • PHI 103 Logic and Critical Thinking
  • PHI 105 Religions of the World
  • SP 103 Oral Interpretation
  • TH 105 Introduction to Dramatics
  • TH 108 History and Appreciation of Theatre Art
  • TH 109 Fundamental Style and Principles of Acting
  • TH 110 Acting I
  • TH 146 Musical Theatre History
  • TH 207 Acting III
  • TH 208 Film Appreciation

Institutionally Designated Area — Bucket 7:

  • BUS 130 Microcomputer Applications I: Word Processing, Spreadsheet, Database, Presentation (L)
  • CST 107 Introduction to Computers & Applications
  • MAT 110 Calculus II
  • MAT 201 Calculus III
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