General Education Requirements
All Associate in Science and Associate in Arts degree programs offered at NHTI include a minimum number of credits in General Education courses distributed in accordance with the policy of the Community College System of New Hampshire as published at www.ccsnh.edu/documents/AcademicSectionsystempolicies-8-26-09.pdf. Courses fulfilling General Education requirements are designed to supplement and expand upon the knowledge and skills acquired in the student's major field courses to help ensure that graduates meet the definition of an “educated person” as set forth in NHTI's Educated Person Statement of Philosophy.
The following list is provided so that students can determine which courses are appropriate in fulfilling General Education requirements in the areas of Communications, Literature, Humanities/Fine Arts/Foreign Language, Mathematics, Science, and Social Science. In programs where a General Education Elective is indicated, courses may be selected from any of the categories. Credits are indicated in parentheses.
* Available in Honors format
** Service Learning is a component of this course
*** All Visual Arts course can meet Fine Arts requirement
EN 120 - Communications (3)*
EN 125 - Communication and the Literature of Science and Technology (3)*
FINE ARTS
DANC 101 - Dance Survey I (2)
DANC 102 - Dance Survey II (2)
FA 105 - Introduction to Music (3)
FA 106 - The History of Jazz, Blues and Rock and Roll (3)
FA 107 - World Music (3)
FA 140 - Introduction to Modern Dance (3)
FA 141 - Ballet Fundamentals (1)
FA 150 - Introduction to Guitar (3)
THTR 101 - Acting I (3)
FOREIGN LANGUAGE
FL 104 - American Sign Language for Beginners (3)
FL 105 - Advanced American Sign Language (3)
FL 110 - Elementary Japanese I (3)
FL 111 - Elementary Spanish I (3)
FL 112 - Elementary Spanish II (3)
FL 115 - Elementary German 1 (3)
FL 116 - Elementary German 2 (3)
FL 121 - French I (3)
FL 122 - French II (3)
HUMANITIES
All literature courses listed plus the following:
HI 104 - Western Civilization: Antiquity to 1650 (3)
HI 105 - Western Civilization: 1650 to Present (3)
IDS 120 - Global Public Health Issues (3)
PI 110 - Introduction to Philosophy (3)
PI 226A - Comparative World Religions (3)
PI 242 - Contemporary Ethical Issues (3)*
LITERATURE
EN 102 - Introduction to Literature (3)*
EN 121 - Introduction to Film (3)
EN 150 - Introduction to Drama (3)
EN 160 - Introduction to Poetry (3)
EN 210 - British Literature I (3)
EN 211 - British Literature II (3)
EN 214 - American Literature Survey I: to 1865 (3)
EN 215 - American Literature Survey II: 1865 to the Present (3)
EN 221 A - I Film Genres and Directors (3)
EN 251 - Contemporary Drama (3)
EN 255 - Shakespeare (3)
EN 260 The Novel (3)*
EN 272 - Modern Short Fiction (3)
EN 285 - Literature, Technology and Culture (3)
EN 287 - Women in Literature (3)
EN 291A - Comparative Issues and World Literature: Contemporary Latin American Literature (3)
EN 295A - Creative Writing: Fiction (3)*
EN 295B - Creative Writing: Poetry (3)
EN 295C - Creative Nonfiction (3)
MATHEMATICS
MT 120 - Topics in Applied College Mathematics (4)
MT 124 - College Algebra (4)*
MT 125 - Finite Mathematics (4)
MT 129 - Math for Allied Health (3)
MT 133 - Elementary Functions (4)
MT 134 - Pre-Calculus (4)
MT 205 - Calculus I (4)
MT 206 - Calculus II (4)
MT 210 - Differential Equations (4)
MT 251 - Statistics (4)
SCIENCE
BI 111 - General Biology I (4)
BI 112 - General Biology II (4)
BI 115 - Introduction to Ecology (4)
BI 116 - Field Ornithology (4)
BI 117 - Introduction to Plant Biology (4)
BI 120 - Human Biology (4)
BI 122 - Basic Pathophysiology (3 - no lab)
BI 123 - The Biology of Human Reproduction (3 - no lab)
BI 125 - Human Genetics and Society (4)
BI 159 - Personal Nutrition (4)
BI 195 - Anatomy and Physiology I (4)
BI 196 - Anatomy and Physiology II (4)
BI 202 - Microbiology (4)
BI 211 - Genetics (4)
BI 212 - Ecology (4)
BI 215 - Freshwater Ecology (4)
BI 222 - Pathophysiology (3 - no lab)
BI 229 - Nutrition in Exercise and Sports (3 - no lab)
BI 259 - Normal and Therapeutic Nutrition (4 - no lab)
BI 279 - Life Cycle Nutrition (3 - no lab)
CH 103 - General Chemistry I (4)
CH 104 - General Chemistry II (4)
CH 105 - Chemistry (4)
CH 110 - Introduction to Biochemistry (4)
CH 120 - Introduction to Forensic Science (4)
CH 205 - Organic Chemistry (4)
ENV 101 - Fundamentals of Environmental Science (4)
GEOL 101 - Essentials of Geology 101 (4)
PH 133 - Physics I: Mechanics, Heat (4)
PH 135 - Physics II: Light, Sound, Electricity (3)
SC 104 - Astronomy and Space (4)
SC 107 - Introduction to Meteorology (4)
SC 110 - Alternative Energy Fundamentals (4)
SOCIAL SCIENCE
AN 101 - Introduction to Anthropology (3)
AN 210 - Native American Studies I (3)
ED 104 - Foundations of Education (3)
EO 101 - Macroeconomics (3)
EO 102 - Microeconomics (3)
HI 120 - United States History: to 1870 (3)
HI 121 - United States History: 1870 to present (3)
HI 131 - World History I: to 1500 (3)
HI 132 - World History II: 1500-present (3)
HI 221 - New Hampshire History (3)
IDS 120 - Global Public Health Issues (3)
PS 110 - American Government (3)
PS 210 - State and Local Government (3)
PY 105 - Introduction to Psychology (3)*
PY 205 - Crisis Intervention (3)
PY 209 - Educational Psychology (3)
PY 210 - Abnormal Psychology (3)
PY 220 - Human Growth and Development: The Life Span (3)*
PY 225 - Social Psychology 3-0-3
PY 226A - Sport and Exercise Psychology (3)
SO 105 - Introduction to Sociology (3)*
SO 205 - The Individual and Society (3)
SO 214 - Race and Ethnic Relations (3)
SO 226A - Service, Citizenship and Community (SRV)** (3)
SO 240 - Marriage, Family and Personal Relationships (3)
SO 298 - Study Abroad Experience (3)
VISUAL ARTS ***
VRTS 101 - Introduction to Drawing (4)
VRTS 102 - Introduction to the Visual Arts (3)
VRTS 103 - Two-Dimensional Design (3)
VRTS 104 - Three-Dimensional Design (3)
VRTS 111 - Survey of Western Art History I (3)
VRTS 112 - Survey of Western Art History II (3)
VRTS 115 - History of Modern Art (3)
VRTS 120 - Introduction to Oil Painting (4)
VRTS 121 - Introduction to Watercolor (4)
VRTS 125A - Woodworking in the Hand Tool Tradition (4)
VRTS 126 - Introduction to Printmaking (4)
VRTS 130 - Introduction to Photography (4)
VRTS 133 - Introduction to Figural Sculpture (4)
VRTS 135 - Introduction to Ceramics (4)
VRTS 201 - Drawing II (4)
VRTS 210 - Life Drawing (4)
VRTS 220 - Painting II (4)
VRTS 230 - Photography II (4)
VRTS 235 - Ceramics II (4)
Revised: 24 Jan 2012