Courses to Take the First Two Years

 

The courses required to graduate from MCG comprise a core curriculum divided into six categories (Areas A-F). The options for completing these prerequisites for transfer to MCG are listed below.

 
A. Essential Skills

9 semester hours
  • English Composition I (3 hours)
  • English Composition II [Literature based] (3 hours)
  • College Algebra, Mathematical Modeling, Trigonometry, Pre-calculus or Calculus (3 hours)
B. Institutional Options**

4–5 semester hours
  • Introduction to Computers
  • Critical Thinking
  • Creative Writing
  • Ethics
  • Health and Wellness
  • Statistics
  • Economics
  • Speech
  • Medical Terminology
  • Any approved guided elective from Area F
C. Humanities and Fine Arts**

6 semester hours
  • Ethics
  • Foreign Language
  • Speech, Oral Communications
  • Literature
  • Philosophy
  • Drama, Art or Music Appreciation
  • Logic
  • Electives in Humanities and Fine Arts
  • Religion
D. Science, Mathematics and Technology

10–11 semester hours
One four-hour laboratory science course, one three-hour non-laboratory science course and an additional three-hour course in science, mathematics or technology, or two four-hour laboratory science courses and an additional three-hour course in mathematics, science or technology.
E. Social Sciences**

12 semester hours
  • United States History
  • United States Government
  • Other History
  • Economics
  • Psychology
  • Sociology
  • Anthropology
  • Racial and Ethnic Minority Groups
  • Lower division electives in Psychology and Sociology
F. Courses Appropriate to the Major

18 semester hours
Anatomy and Physiology I and II w/labs 8 hours
Accounting 3 hours
Management Information Systems/Computer Application (with lab, including word processing and spreadsheets) 3-4 hours
Guided approved electives: Basic Computer Science, Accounting, Management, Biological or Social Science 3-4 hours
* If this is taken in another area of the core, the hours would be taken in additional guided electives.

** If a student planning to transfer to MCG from another school in the University System of Georgia has completed this area with courses taken there or at another institution from which MCG accepts transfer credit, MCG will accept the area as satisfied. A student planning to transfer from a school not in the University System of Georgia should choose from the list of courses.