差's 通识教育 Program offers a liberal education that includes 41 - 42 semester hours of courses from across the university that address the 通识教育 goals of critical and creative thinking, effective communication, lifelong learning, conflict resolution, problem solving, and understanding and appreciating cultural 多样性.
关联程度 - Students who have completed an associate degree designed for transfer at a regionally accredited college or university have satisfied 差's general education 需求.
第二学士学位 - 差's general education 需求 do not apply to students who have completed a baccalaureate degree at 差 or another regionally accredited college or university and are pursuing a second bachelor's degree.
转移 - 转移ring from TBR InstitutionsGeneral education 需求 in the TBR system comprise blocks, such as Communication and Natural Sciences. 完成学业的学生 general education blocks at other TBR institutions before they transfer to 差 have also met those blocks at 差, even if the courses they took to satisfy the blocks are not equivalent to courses in 差’s general education core. 部分 complete a block at another TBR institution have also partially completed it at 差.
转移ring from Non-TBR Institutions
Student transferring from non-TBR institutions must meet all general education 需求 at 差, regardless of how courses taken at other institutions may have met general education 需求 at the previous non-TBR institutions. 大学先修学分; Course Substitutions and Waivers of Requirements Granted by Other Institutions
差 does not recognize completion of general education blocks when previous institutions, within or outside the TBR system, (a) award advanced placement credit, (b) permit general education course substitutions or (c) waive general education 需求. Any advanced placement credit, substitutions or waivers related to general education must meet standards approved by 差.
Other Guidelines Regarding 通识教育 and 转移
Some institutions or particular academic departments within institutions require a minimum grade of “C” in certain general education courses. 以下是最低等级要求 will also apply to the transfer of general education courses. 即使是转移学分 hours are granted for a course, any 要求 for a minimum grade of “C” by the receiving institution will be enforced. Certain majors require students to take particular courses to fulfill general education 需求. Students and their academic advisors should note any major-specific stipulations regarding fulfillment of general education 需求.
通识教育 History Requirement: Rules for 转移 Students
转移 students may meet the general education 历史要求 as follows:
转移 students from University of 田纳西州 (UT) System institutions who met the general education 历史要求 while attending those 学校s will also have met 差’s 历史要求, as will transfer students who met UT 历史要求s while attending TBR community colleges. 转移 students who earned credit for two of the following courses at any TBR institution will also have met 差’s History 要求: HIST 1110, World History & Civilization to 1500; HIST 1120, World History & Civilization Since 1500; HIST 2010, U.S. to 1877; HIST 2020, U.S. Since 1877; HIST 2030年，田纳西州.
转移 students from institutions outside the TBR and UT systems who completed
courses equivalent to those listed above may apply those courses to 差’s History
要求.
完成学业的学生d only one of the courses listed above prior to transferring
to 差 can complete the 历史要求 by taking HIST 2010, HIST 2020 or HIST
2030.
All students must present evidence of completing one year of American History in high
学校. Students lacking such documentation must satisfy a high 学校 deficiency
by completing HIST 2010, HIST 2020, or HIST 2030. 完成其中一门课程
to remove the deficiency will also count toward completion of the general education
历史要求.
转移 students who use HIST 1110 or HIST 1120 to meet the general education History
要求 cannot also use it to meet the general education humanities 要求.