Core Curriculum

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Revised Fall 2000
Revised July 24th, 2001
Revised May 16, 2002
Revised March 3, 2004
Revised August 2014

The Core Curriculum at Sam Houston State University contains 42 semester credit hours, encompassing nine component areas. Each component area has a minimum credit hour requirement and a set of specific courses that may be used to satisfy the requirement. The chart below details the Sam Houston State University courses and their Texas Common Course Number (TCCN) equivalents that comprise SHSU’s core curriculum.

Core Curriculum

Component Area I: Communications

Course Number TCCN (if applicable)
Component Area I: Communications6 Hours Required
ENGL 1301ENGL 1301
ENGL 1302ENGL 1302

Component Area II: Mathematics

Course Number TCCN (if applicable)
Component Area II: Mathematics3 Hours Required
MATH 1314MATH 2312
MATH 1316MATH 1316
MATH 1324MATH 1324
MATH 1332MATH 1332
MATH 1384MATH 1350
MATH 1410
MATH 1420MATH 2413
PHIL 2352 1
1

Students with a documented learning disability and Department of Mathematics approval may use PHIL 2352 (Introduction to Contemporary Logic) to satisfy Component Area II: Mathematics.

Component Area III: Life and Physical Science

Course Number TCCN (if applicable)
Component Area III: Life and Physical Science8 Hours Required
BIOL 1401
BIOL 1408
BIOL 1411
BIOL 1413
BIOL 1436
BIOL 2401BIOL 2401
CHEM 1406
CHEM 1407
CHEM 1411
CHEM 1412
GEOG 1401
GEOL 1403
GEOL 1404
GEOL 1405
GEOL 1436
ISCI 1436
PHYS 1403
PHYS 1404

Component Area IV: Language, Philosophy, and Culture

Course Number TCCN (if applicable)
Component Area IV: Language, Philosophy, and Culture3 Hours Required
ARAB 2311ARAB 2311
ARAB 2312ARAB 2312
ENGL 2332
ENGL 2333
FOLG 2311ARAB 2311/ARAB 2312, FREN 2311/FREN 2312, GERM 2311/GERM 2312, SGNL 2311/SGNL 2312, SPAN 2311/SPAN 2312
FOLG 2312ARAB 2312, FREN 2312, GERM 2312, SGNL 2312, SPAN 2312
FREN 2311FREN 2311
FREN 2312FREN 2312
GEOG 2355GEOG 1303
GEOG 2356GEOG 1303
GERM 2311GERM 2311
GERM 2312
HIST 2311HIST 2311
HIST 2312HIST 2312
MCOM 1330
MUSI 1379
PHIL 1301PHIL 1301
PHIL 2306PHIL 2306
SGNL 2312SGNL 2312
SOCI 2319SOCI 2319
SPAN 2311SPAN 2311
SPAN 2312SPAN 2312

Component V: Creative Arts

Course Number TCCN (if applicable)
Component Area V: Creative Arts3 Hours Required
ARTS 1301ARTS 1301
ARTS 1302
ARTS 1303ARTS 1303
DANC 1372 (NEW Fall 2016)**Can only be used for degrees using 2016-2017 and 2017-2018 Catalogs.
FACS 1360
FAMC 2301
MCOM 2351 (NEW Fall 2016)**Can only be used for degrees using 2016-2017 and 2017-2018 Catalogs.
MUSI 1301MUSI 1301
MUSI 1306MUSI 1306
MUSI 2348MUSI 1308
MUSI 2364MUSI 1310
PLSC 2399ARTS 1301

Component Area VI: U.S. History

Course Number TCCN (if applicable)
Component Area VI: U.S. History6 Hours Required
HIST 1301HIST 1301
HIST 1302HIST 1302

Component Area VII: Political Science/Government

Course Number TCCN (if applicable)
Component Area VII: Political Science / Government6 Hours Required
POLS 2305
POLS 2306

Component Area VIII: Social and Behavioral Sciences

Course Number TCCN (if applicable)
Component Area VIII: Social and Behavioral Sciences3 Hours Required
ANSC 2360SOCI 1301
BESL 2301
COMS 2386SPCH 1318
CRIJ 2361
ECON 2300ECON 1301
ECON 2301ECON 2301
ECON 2302ECON 2302
GEOG 1321GEOG 1300
HLTH 2383
PHIL 2303PHIL 2303
PSYC 1301PSYC 2301
SOCI 1301SOCI 1301
SOCI 1306SOCI 1306

Component Area IX: Component Area Option

Course Number TCCN (if applicable)
Component Area IX: Component Area Option4 Hours Required
3 Hours Required:
One additional course in component area 4 OR:
BUAD 2321
COMS 1361
COMS 2382
MCOM 1371
1 Hour Required:
ECON 1100
KINE 2115PHED 1164
MCOM 1130 (NEW Fall 2016)**Can only be used for degrees using 2016-2017 and 2017-2018 Catalogs.
NGLI 1101
The 4th credit hour of MATH 1410
The 4th credit hour of MATH 1420