| 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)
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| 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
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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
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D. Science, Mathematics and Technology |
10 - 11 semester hours |
| One four-hour laboratory science course
(chemistry is required), 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
(one chemistry course is required) and an additional three-hour course in science, mathematics 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
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| F. Courses Appropriate to the Major |
18 semester hours |
| Speech* |
3 hours* |
| Anatomy and Physiology I and II w/labs
(recommended) or other advanced sciences related to health professions |
8 hours |
| Psychology* |
3 hours* |
| Sociology* |
3 hours* |
Guided approved electives:
A course in Microbiology is strongly recommended, Statistics, Educational Psychology, Child Psychology, Health Psychology,
Consumer Behavior, Economics, Computer Science, Social Problems, Sociology of
Aging, Gerontology, Racial and Ethnic Minority Groups, Methods in Social
Research, Abnormal Psychology |
1-10 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.
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