General Studies Course Recommendations by Path

The best way to learn about your degree or certificate path is by meeting with your advisor. The course lists below are suggestions. If you are in the General Studies major, pick your path to see courses recommended for each of your four semesters.

Important notes:

All CCRI Associate degrees require General Education courses.
*Courses may require prerequisites, corequisites and/or testing. See course descriptions for details.
The course lists below do not replace advisement. For the best advice, meet with an advisor today!

Arts and Humanities

1st Semester
Course number	Course title	Credits
PATH 1010	First Year Experience Seminar for General Studies	3
ENGL 1010	Composition I*	3
MATH 1139 or MATH 1175	Math for Liberal Arts Students* Statistics for the Health and Social Sciences*	3 3
THEA 1090	Introduction to Theater	3
MUSC 1160	Introduction to Music	3
	Total	15

2nd Semester
Course number	Course title	Credits
ENGL1200,1250,1290,1040 or 2040	Literature elective	3
COMM 1010	Communication Fundamentals	3
ARTS 1510	Art History: Ancient to Medieval	3
Elective	Choose from list below	3
Elective	Choose from list below	3
	Total	15

3rd Semester
Course number	Course title	Credits
POLS/PSYC/SOCS	Social Science Elective	3
BIOL/ASTR/GEOL/OCEN/CHEM/PHYS	Lab Science Elective	4
ARAB/ASLG/CHIN/FREN/GERM/ITAL/ JAPN/PORT/RUSN/SPAN	Language Elective	3
Elective	Choose from list below.	3
Elective	Choose from list below.	3
	Total	16

4th Semester
Course number	Course title	Credits
POLS/PSYC/SOCS	Social Science Elective	3
HIST 1210 or 1220	History of the US to 1877 or History of the US from 1877	3
Elective	Choose from list below.	3
Elective	Choose from list below.	3
Elective	Choose from list below.	3
	Total	15

Recommended Electives for General Studies, Arts and Humanities Path

ARTS 1010
ARTS 1030
ARTS 1520
ENGL 1270
ENGL 1280
MUSC 1060
MUSC 1165
THEA 1080
THEA 1125
THEA 1140
THEA 1170

Business, Economics and Data Analytics

1st Semester
Course	Title	Credits
PATH 1010	First Year Experience Seminar for General Studies	3
ENGL 1010	Composition I*	3
MATH 2077	Quantitative Business Analysis I*	3
BUSN 1010	Introduction to Business	3
ACCT 1010	Financial Accounting	4
	Total	16

2nd Semester
Course	Title	Credits
ENGL 1410	Business Writing	3
ECON 2030	Principles of Microeconomics	3
MATH 2138	Quantitative Business Analysis II*	3
ENGL1200,1250,1290,1040 or 2040	Literature Elective	3
ACCT 1020	Managerial Accounting	4
	Total	16

3rd Semester
Course	Title	Credits
BIOL/ASTR/GEOL/OCEN/CHEM/PHYS	Lab Science Elective	4
BUSN 2050	Principles of Management	3
MATH 1240	Statistical Analysis I*	3
ECON 2040	Principles of Macroeconomics	3
Elective	Choose from list below.	3
	Total	16

4th Semester
Course	Title	Credits
ARAB/ASLG/CHIN/FREN/GERM/ITAL/ JAPN/PORT/RUSN/SPAN	Language Elective (Introductory level)	3
COMM 1010	Communication Fundamentals	3
BUSN 2060	Principles of Marketing	3
HIST 1210 or 1220	History of the US to 1877 or History of the US from 1877	3
Elective	Choose from list below.	3
	Total	15

Recommended Electives for General Studies, Business, Economics & Data Analytics Path

ACCT 2010
BUSN 1010
BUSN 1040
BUSN 1050
BUSN 1060
BUSN 1145
BUSN 1175
BUSN 2063
BUSN 2065
PSYC 1050

Communication, Media and Film

1st Semester
Course	Title	Credits
PATH 1010	First Year Experience Seminar for General Studies	3
ENGL 1010	Composition I*	3
MATH 1139 or MATH 1175	Math for Liberal Arts Students* Statistics for the Health and Social Sciences*	3 3
COMM 1005	Careers in Communication and Film	1
COMM 1010	Communication Fundamentals	3
HIST 1210 or HIST 1220	History of the US to 1877 or History of the US from 1877	3 3
	Total	16

2nd Semester
Course	Title	Credits
COMM 1100	Public Speaking	3
ENGL 1200	Introduction to Literature	3

COMM 1000	Foundations of Video/Audio Production	4
ENGL1210	Introduction to Film	3
POLS/PSYC/SOCS	Social Science Elective	3
	Total	16

3rd Semester
Course	Title	Credits
COMM 2000	Media Writing	3
FILM 2204	History of Film I	3

BIOL/ASTR/GEOL/OCEN/CHEM/PHYS	Lab Science Elective	4
POLS/PSYC/SOCS	Social Science Elective	3
Elective	Choose from list below.	3
	Total	16

4th Semester
Course	Title	Credits
COMM 1050	Mass Media Foundations	3
ENGL/ARTS/MUSC/THEA/language	Humanities Elective	3

Elective	Choose from list below.	3
Elective	Choose from list below.	3
Elective	Choose from list below.	3
	Total	15

Recommended Electives for General Studies, Communication, Media and Film Path

COMM 1000
COMM 1005
COMM 1110
COMM 1400
COMM 2025
COMM 2310
FILM 2204
FILM 2205
FILM 2210

Education, Government and Human Services: Education focus
transfer-minded exploratory courses

1st Semester
Course	Title	Credits
PATH 1010	First Year Experience Seminar for General Studies	3
ENGL 1010	Composition I*	3
MATH 1139 or MATH 1143	Math for Liberal Arts Students* Math for Elementary School Teachers I*	3 3
HMNS 1010	Introduction to Helping and Human Services	3
HMNS 2060	Foundations of Teaching and Learning	3
	Total	15

2nd Semester
Course	Title	Credits
HIST 1210 or HIST 1220	History of the US to 1877 or History of the US from 1877	3 3
PSYC 2010	General Psychology	4
ENGL 1040	World Literature to 16th Century	3
HMNS 2100	Child Growth and Development	3
COMM 1010	Communication Fundamentals	3
	Total	16

3rd Semester
Course	Title	Credits
SOCS 1010	General Sociology	3
ENGL/ARTS/MUSC/THEA/language	Humanities Elective	3
PSYC 2070	Educational Psychology	3
HMNS 1210	Field Experience and Seminar I	3
Elective	Choose from list below.	3
	Total	15

4th Semester
Course	Title	Credits
HMNS 2310	Field Experience and Seminar II	3
BIOL/ASTR/GEOL/OCEN/CHEM/PHYS	Lab Science Elective	4
Elective	Choose from list below.	3
Elective	Choose from list below.	3
Elective	Choose from list below.	3
	Total	16

Recommended Electives for General Studies for Education, Government and Human Services Path, with Education Focus

HMNS 2070
HMNS 2120
General Education electives

Education, Government and Human Services: Government focus
transfer-minded exploratory courses for first term

1st Semester
Course	Title	Credits
PATH 1010	First Year Experience Seminar for General Studies	3
ENGL 1010	Composition I*	3
MATH 1139 or MATH 1175	Math for Liberal Arts Students* Statistics for the Health and Social Sciences*	3 3
POLS 1000	Introduction to Government and Politics	3
LAWS 1000	Introduction to Law	3
	Total	15

2nd Semester
Course	Title	Credits
HIST 1210 or HIST 1220	History of the US to 1877 or History of the US from 1877	3 3
PSYC 2010	General Psychology	4
ENGL 1040 or 2040	World Literature to 16th Century or World Literature from 16th Century	3 3
SOCS 2300	Criminology	3
POLS 1010	American National Government	3
	Total	16

3rd Semester
Course	Title	Credits
POLS 2010	International Relations	3
ENGL/ARTS/MUSC/THEA/language	Humanities Elective	3
LAWS 1020	Criminal Procedures	3
SOCS 1010	General Sociology	3
Elective	Choose from list below.	3
	Total	15

4th Semester
Course	Title	Credits
PSYC 2030	Developmental Psychology	3
BIOL/ASTR/GEOL/OCEN/CHEM/PHYS	Lab Science Elective	3
COMM 1010	Communication Fundamentals	3
ENGL/ARTS/MUSC/THEA/language	Humanities Elective	3
Elective	Choose from list below.	3
	Total	15

Recommended electives for General Studies, Education, Government, and Human Services path, with Government focus

LAWS 2040
FIRE 1020
FIRE 1030
BUSN 1000
POLS 2040
POLS 2045
PSYC 2020
General Education electives

Education, Government and Human Services: Human Services focus
transfer-minded exploratory courses for first term

1st Semester
Course	Title	Credits
PATH 1010	First Year Experience Seminar for General Studies	3
ENGL 1010	Composition I*	3
MATH 1139 or MATH 1175	Math for Liberal Arts Students* Statistics for the Health and Social Sciences*	3 3
HMNS 1010	Introduction to Helping and Human Services	3
HMNS 2110	Introduction to Social Work	3
	Total	15

2nd Semester
Course	Title	Credits
HIST 1210 or HIST 1220	History of the US to 1877 or History of the US from 1877	3 3
ENGL 2040	World Literature to 16th Century	3
ENGL/ARTS/MUSC/THEA/language	Humanities Elective	3
SOCS 1010	General Sociology	3
PSYC 2010	General Psychology	4
	Total	16

3rd Semester
Course	Title	Credits
HMNS 2100	Child Growth and Development	3
ENGL/ARTS/MUSC/THEA/language	Humanities Elective	3
COMM 1010	Communication Fundamentals	3
Elective	Choose from list below.	3
Elective	Choose from list below.	3
	Total	15

4th Semester
Course	Title	Credits
PSYC 2030	Developmental Psychology	3
BIOL/ASTR/GEOL/OCEN/CHEM/PHYS	Lab Science Elective	3
Elective	Choose from the list below.	3
Elective	Choose from the list below.	3
Elective	Choose from the list below.	3
	Total	15

Recommended electives for General Studies, Education, Government and Human Services Path with Human Services focus

PSYC 2020
HMNS 2230
HMNS 2515
HMNS 2530
HMNS 2200
BIOL 1070
PSYC 2020
PSYC 2090
PSYC 2110
SOCS 2020
General Education electives

Environment and Sustainability

1st Semester
Course	Title	Credits
PATH 1010	First Year Experience Seminar for General Studies	3
ENGL 1010	Composition I*	3
MATH 1200 or MATH 2103 or MATH 2131	College Algebra* Applied Precalculus* Applied Calculus*	3 3 3
CHEM 1000	Chemistry of our Environment	4
BIOL 2420	Introduction to Soil Science	4
	Total	17

2nd Semester
Course	Title	Credits
COMM 1010	Communication Fundamentals	3
ENGL1200/1290/1040 or 2040	Literature Elective	3
BIOL 1001	Organismal Biology	4
HIST 1210 or HIST 1220	History of the US to 1877 or History of the US from 1877	3 3
Elective	Choose from list below	3
	Total	16

3rd Semester
Course	Title	Credits
BIOL 1002	Introductory Biology: Cellular	4
CHEM 1030	General Chemistry	5

POLS/PSYC/SOCS	Social Science Elective	3
ENGL/ARTS/MUSC/THEA/language	Humanities Elective	3
	Total	15

4th Semester
Course	Title	Credits
POLS/PSYC/SOCS	Social Science Elective	3
BIOL 1005	Biology in the Modern World	3
BIOL 1050	Humans in the Environment	3
Elective	Choose from the list below	3
Elective	Choose from the list below	3
	Total	15

Recommended Electives for General Studies, Environment and Sustainability Path

PHYS 1030
OCEN 1010/1030
GEOL 1010
GEOL 1050
MATH 1240
MATH 2141
ACCT 1010
BUSN 1010
BUSN 1145
BUSN 1165
BUSN 1185
COMI 1100

Health and Health Administration

1st Semester
Course	Title	Credits
PATH 1010	First Year Experience Seminar for General Studies	3
ENGL 1010	Composition I*	3
MATH 1175 or MATH 1139	Statistics for the Health and Social Sciences* Math for Liberal Arts Students*	3 3
BIOL 2201	Anatomy and Physiology I*	4
HEAL 1000	Introduction to Health Careers	3
	Total	16

2nd Semester
Course	Title	Credits
ENGL/ARTS/MUSC/THEA/language	Humanities Elective	3
ENGL1200/1290/1040 or 2040	Literature Elective	3
COMM 1010	Communication Fundamentals	3
BIOL 2202	Anatomy and Physiology II*	4
Elective	Choose from the list below	3
	Total	16

3rd Semester
Course	Title	Credits
POLS/PSYC/SOCS	Social Science Elective	3
Elective	Choose from the list below	3
Elective	Choose from the list below	3
BIOL 2210	Microbiology	4
HIST 1210 or HIST 1220	History of the US to 1877 or History of the US from 1877	3 3
	Total	16

4th Semester
Course	Title	Credits
POLS/PSYC/SOCS	Social Science Elective	3
CHEM 1030	General Chemistry	5

Elective	Choose from the list below	3
Elective	Choose from the list below	3
	Total	15

Recommended Electives for General Studies, Health and Health Administration Path

BIOL 1005
DENT 1000
RESP 1000
XRAY 1000
POLS 1010
SOCS 1010
General Education electives

STEM-Computer Studies exploratory focus
first-semester course recommendations

1st Semester
Course	Title	Credits
PATH 1010	First Year Experience Seminar for General Studies	3
ENGL 1010	Composition I*	3
MATH 1139	Math for Liberal Arts Students*	3
COMI 2037	Introduction to Cybersecurity	3
COMI 1150	Programming Concepts	3
	Total	15

2nd Semester
Course	Title	Credits
CNVT 1000	Computer Repair A+ Hardware	3
ENGL 1200	Introduction to Literature	3
COMP 1230	Systems Analysis and Design	3
COMM 1010	Communication Fundamentals	3
HIST 1210 or HIST 1220	History of the US to 1877 or History of the US from 1877	3 3
	Total	15

3rd Semester
Course	Title	Credits
COMI 2036	Intro to Computer Ethics	3
POLS/PSYC/SOCS	Social Science Elective	3
ENGL/ARTS/MUSC/THEA/language	Humanities Elective	3
Elective	Choose from list below.	3
Elective	Choose from list below.	3
	Total	15

4th Semester
Course	Title	Credits
ENGL/ARTS/MUSC/THEA/language	Humanities Elective	3
POLS/PSYC/SOCS	Social Sciences Elective	3
PHYS 1000	Physics of Everyday Life	4
Elective	Choose from list below.	3
Elective	Choose from list below.	3
	Total	16

Recommended Electives for General Studies, STEM Path with Computer Studies focus

COMI 1800 or 1840
COMI 2033
COMP 1200
PHYS 1030
Any 3-credit COMI/CNVT/COMP course
General Education electives

STEM-Engineering focus
transfer-minded exploratory courses for first term

1st Semester
Course	Title	Credits
PATH 1010	First Year Experience Seminar for General Studies	3
ENGL 1010	Composition I*	3
MATH 2141	Calculus I*	4
ECON 2030	Principles of Microeconomics*	3
ENGR 1020	Introduction to Engineering and Technology*	3
	Total	16

2nd Semester
Course	Title	Credits
CHEM 1030	General Chemistry I	5
ENGL 1200	Introduction to Literature	3
MATH 2142	Calculus II*	4
ENGL/ARTS/MUSC/THEA/language	Humanities Elective	3

	Total	15

3rd Semester
Course	Title	Credits
PHYS 1050	Physics for Technology	3
CHEM 1100	General Chemistry II	5
MATH 2243	Calculus III*	4
SOCS 1010	General Sociology	3

	Total	15

4th Semester
Course	Title	Credits
PHYS 1150 and PHYS 1151	University Physics with Lab	4
HIST 1210	History of US to 1877	3
MATH 2362	Advanced Engineering Math*	4
ENGL/ARTS/MUSC/THEA/language	Humanities Elective	3
Elective	Choose from list below.	3
	Total	17

Recommended Electives for General Studies, STEM Path with Engineering focus

BIOL 2480
CHMT 1120
ENGR 1030
ENGR 2150/2151
ENGR 2160
ENGR 2050
PHIL 2030

STEM-General Science focus
transfer-minded exploratory courses for first term

1st Semester
Course	Title	Credits
PATH 1010	First Year Experience Seminar for General Studies	3
ENGL 1010	Composition I*	3
MATH 2141	Calculus I*	4
COMI 1100	Intro to Computers	3
HIST 1210 or HIST 1220	History of the US to 1877 or History of the US from 1877	3 3
	Total	16

2nd Semester
Course	Title	Credits
COMI 1150	Programming Concepts	3
ENGL 1200	Introduction to Literature	3
MATH 2142	Calculus II*	4
CHEM 1030	General Chemistry I*	5

	Total	15

3rd Semester
Course	Title	Credits
ENGL/ARTS/MUSC/THEA/language	Humanities Elective	3
POLS/PSYC/SOCS	Social Science Elective	3
MATH 2243	Calculus III*	4
CHEM 1100	General Chemistry II*	5

	Total	15

4th Semester
Course	Title	Credits
POLS/PSYC/SOCS	Social Science Elective	3
ENGL/ARTS/MUSC/THEA/language	Humanities Elective	3
MATH 2362	Advanced Engineering Math*	4
ECON 2030	Principles of Microeconomics	3
Elective	Choose from list below.	3
	Total	16

Recommended Electives for General Studies, STEM Path, General STEM focus

COMI 2037
COMM 1010
PHYS 1030
ASTR 1010
OCEN 1010
BIOL 2480