General Education Requirements
All associate degree programs 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.
These courses supplement and expand upon the knowledge and skills acquired in your major field courses to ensure you meet the definition of an “educated person” as set forth in NHTI’s Educated Person Statement of Philosophy.
The following list can help you determine which courses are appropriate to fulfill your general education requirements. In programs where a General Education elective is indicated, you can select a course from any of the categories. Credits are indicated in parentheses. All Visual Arts courses can meet Fine Arts requirement.
- COMM120C/ENGL120C – Communication (3)
- COMM120MC/ENGL120MC – Communication: Mindful (3)
- COMM125C/ENGL125C – Communication and the Literature of Science and Technology (3)
- COMM135C – Introduction to Media Studies (3)
- COMM227C – Professional Communication (3)
All literature courses listed plus the following:
- COMM120C/ENGL120C – Communication (3)
- COMM120MC/ENGL120MC – Communication: Mindful (3)
- ENGL125C/COMM125C – Communication and the Literature of Science and Technology (3)
- ENGL201C – English Composition (3)
- ENGL286C/TECP86C – Introduction to Linguistics (3)
All Visual Arts courses listed plus the following:
MUSC105C – Introduction to Music (3)
MUSC106C – The History of Jazz, Blues, and Rock and Roll (3)
MUSC107C – World Music (3)
MUSC150C – Introduction to Guitar (3)
MUSC155C – Vocal Production and Performance (3)
THTR101C – Acting I (3)
- ASL104C – American Sign Language for Beginners (3)
- ASL105C – Advanced American Sign Language (3)
- CHIN130C – Mandarin Chinese I (3)
- FREN121C – French I (3)
- FREN122C – French II (3)
- GERM115C – Elementary German I (3)
- SPAN111C – Elementary Spanish I (3)
- SPAN112C – Elementary Spanish II (3)
Any literature course or the following:
- GNDR105C – Gender, Power, and Privilege (3)
- HIST104C – Western Civilization: Antiquity to 1650 (3)
- HIST105C – Western Civilization: 1650 to Present (3)
- INDL101C – STEM in the First Year Experience (3)
- INDL120C – Global Public Health Issues (3)
- PHIL110C – Introduction to Philosophy (3)
- PHIL226AC – Comparative World Religions (3)
- PHIL242C – Contemporary Ethical Issues (3)
*Fine Arts, Language, Visual Arts, and English Literature courses can also be taken to meet the Humanities elective requirement. Contact your advisor for assistance with course selection.
- ENGL102C – Introduction to Literature (3)
- ENGL102MC – Introduction to Literature (3)
- ENGL110C/THTR 110C – Introduction to the Theatre (3)
- ENGL121C – Introduction to Film (3)
- COMM125C – Communication and the Literature of Science and Technology (3)
- ENGL150C – Introduction to Drama (3)
- ENGL160C – Introduction to Poetry (3)
- ENGL210C – British Literature I (3)
- ENGL211C – British Literature II (3)
- ENGL214C – American Literature Survey I: to 1865 (3)
- ENGL215C – American Literature Survey II: 1865 to the Present (3)
- ENGL221AC – Images of Light (3)
- ENGL221BC – Films of 1962 (3)
- ENGL221CC – American Independent Cinema (3)
- ENGL221DC – The Modern Classics (3)
- ENGL221EC – German Expressionism (3)
- ENGL221FC – American Cult Cinema (3)
- ENGL221GC – Darkness & Light: Film Noir (3)
- ENGL221HC – Alfred Hitchcock (3)
- ENGL221IC – Stanley Kubrick (3)
- ENGL240C – Cultural Identity through Young Adult Fiction (3)
- ENGL251C – Contemporary Drama (3)
- ENGL255C – Shakespeare (3)
- ENGL260C – The Novel (3)
- ENGL272C – Modern Short Fiction (3)
- ENGL285C – Literature, Technology and Culture (3)
- ENGL287C – Women in Literature (3)
- ENGL291AC – Comparative Issues and World Literature: Contemporary Latin American Literature (3)
- ENGL291BC – Comparative Issues and World Literature: Contemporary
- Spanish Literature (3)
- ENGL295AC – Creative Writing: Fiction (3)
- ENGL295BC – Creative Writing: Poetry (3)
- ENGL295CC – Creative Writing: Nonfiction (3)
- ENGL295DC – Playwriting (3)
- ENGL295EC – Creative Writing: Young Adult Fiction (3)
- MATH120C – Quantitative Reasoning (4)
- MATH120XC – Quantitative Reasoning (4)
- MATH124C – College Algebra (4)
- MATH124XC – College Algebra (4)
- MATH125C – Finite Mathematics (4)
- MATH130C – Geometry (4)
- MATH140C – Precalculus (4)
- MATH205C – Calculus I (4)
- MATH206C – Calculus II (4)
- MATH208C – Multivariable Calculus (4)
- MATH210C – Differential Equations (4)
- MATH215C – Mathematical Proofs (4)
- MATH220C – Elementary Linear Algebra (4)
- MATH251C – Statistics (4)
- MATH271C – Probability and Statistics for Engineers and Scientists (4)
- PHIL112C – Beginning Logic (3). This course satisfies a Math general education requirement for English and Liberal Arts majors only.
- AGRI110C – Sustainable Agriculture I
- BIOL111C – General Biology I (4)
- BIOL112C – General Biology II (4)
- BIOL115C – Introduction to Ecology (4)
- BIOL116C – Field Ornithology (4)
- BIOL117C – Introduction to Plant Biology (4)
- BIOL120C – Human Biology (4)
- BIOL122C – Basic Pathophysiology (3 – no lab)
- BIOL123C – The Biology of Human Reproduction (3 – no lab)
- BIOL125C – Human Genetics and Society (4)
- BIOL129C – Introduction to Sports Nutrition (3 – no lab)
- BIOL159C – Personal Nutrition (4)
- BIOL180C – Tropical Ecology and Conservation (4)
- BIOL195C – Anatomy and Physiology I (4)
- BIOL196C – Anatomy and Physiology II (4)
- BIOL202C – Microbiology (4)
- BIOL211C – Genetics (4)
- BIOL212C – Ecology (4)
- BIOL215C – Freshwater Ecology (4)
- BIOL222C – Pathophysiology (3 – no lab)
- BIOL229C – Nutrition in Exercise and Sports (3 – no lab)
- BIOL235C – Principles of Evolution (3 – no lab)
- BIOL239C – Public Health Nutrition (3 – no lab)
- BIOL259C – Normal and Therapeutic Nutrition (4 – no lab)
- BIOL260C – Cell Biology (4)
- BIOL279C – Life Cycle Nutrition (3 – no lab)
- CHEM103C – General Chemistry I (4)
- CHEM104C – General Chemistry II (4)
- CHEM105C – Chemistry (4)
- CHEM110C – Introduction to Biochemistry (4)
- CHEM115C – Brewing: The Science Behind Beer (4)
- CHEM120C – Introduction to Forensic Science (4)
- CHEM125C – Introduction to General, Organic, and Biochemistry (4)
- CHEM205C – Organic Chemistry (4)
- ENVS101C – Fundamentals of Environmental Science (4)
- ENVS220C – Introduction to Soil Science (4)
- ENVS250C – Agroecology (4)
- GEOL101C – Essentials of Geology 101 (4)
- PHYS133C – Physics I (Algebra-Based) (4)
- PHYS135C – Physics II (Algebra-Based) (4)
- PHYS231C – Physics I (Calculus-Based) (4)
- PHYS232C – Physics II (Calculus-Based) (4)
- PHYS233C – Physics III (Calculus-Based) (4)
- SCI104C – Astronomy and Space (4)
- SCI107C – Introduction to Meteorology (4)
- SCI110C – Alternative Energy Fundamentals (4)
- ANTH101C – Introduction to Anthropology (3)
- ANTH210C – Native American Studies I (3)
- ECON101C – Macroeconomics (3)
- ECON102C – Microeconomics (3)
- GEOG110C – Introduction to Cultural Geography (3)
- HIST120C – United States History: to 1870 (3)
- HIST121C – United States History: 1870 to present (3)
- HIST131C – World History I: to 1500 (3)
- HIST132C – World History II: 1500-present (3)
- HIST221C – New Hampshire History (3)
- INDL101C – STEM in the First Year Experience (3)
- INDL120C – Global Public Health Issues (3)
- POLS110C – American Government (3)
- POLS210C – State and Local Government (3)
- PSYC105C – Introduction to Psychology (3)
- PSYC205C – Crisis Intervention (3)
- PSYC209C – Educational Psychology (3)
- PSYC210C – Abnormal Psychology (3)
- PSYC220C – Human Growth and Development: The Life Span (3)
- PSYC225C – Social Psychology (3)
- PSYC226AC – Sport and Exercise Psychology (3)
- SOCI105C – Introduction to Sociology (3)
- SOCI180C – Environment and Society (3)
- SOCI214C – Race and Ethnic Relations (3)
- SOCI226AC – Service, Citizenship and Community (SRV) (3)
- SOCI240C – Marriage, Family and Personal Relationships (3)
- SOCI298C – Study Abroad Experience (3)
- VRTS101C – Introduction to Drawing (4)
- VRTS102C – Introduction to the Visual Arts (3)
- VRTS103C – Two-Dimensional Design (3)
- VRTS104C – Three-Dimensional Design (3)
- VRTS111C – Survey of Western Art History I (3)
- VRTS112C – Survey of Western Art History II (3)
- VRTS115C – History of Modern Art (3)
- VRTS120C – Introduction to Oil Painting (4)
- VRTS121C – Introduction to Watercolor (4)
- VRTS130C – Introduction to Photography (4)
- VRTS133C – Introduction to Figural Sculpture (4)
- VRTS135C – Introduction to Ceramics (4)
- VRTS140C – Digital Photography (3)
- VRTS193C – Introduction to Photoshop (3)
- VRTS195C – Introduction to Illustrator (3)
- VRTS201C – Drawing II (4)
- VRTS210C – Life Drawing (4)
- VRTS220C – Painting II (4)
- VRTS230C – Photography II (4)
- VRTS235C – Ceramics II (4)
