General Education for BAS Degrees in IT
The BAS in Application Development and the BAS in Network Engineering both require 60 quarter credits of general education.
You may have completed some or all of the General Education requirements with your previous associate degree, bachelor degree, or college experience. We accept a wide range of classes, even subjects that are not in the RTC catalog.
All of the classes listed below are 5 credits.
Here are the requirements for your degree:
- 10 credits of communication
- ENGL& 101 (required for admission to your BAS program)
- ENGL& 102 or ENGL& 235 or another writing class with ENGL& 101 as the prerequisite
- 10 credits of humanities
- art, communication studies, dance, drama, film, history, humanities, literature, music, philosophy, speech, world languages
- 5 credits of transfer mathematics
- finite math, college algebra, statistics, precalculus, calculus
- 10 credits of social science
- anthropology, selected business classes, economics, geography, history, political science, psychology, social work, sociology
- 10 credits of natural science
- astronomy, biology, botany, chemistry, environmental science, geology, marine biology, nutrition, physics
- 15 additional credits from any General Education area
History classes (HIST and HIST&) may count for either humanities or social science credit.
Below are the General Education classes offered at RTC.
Communication
| Course ID | Course Name | Prerequisite |
|---|---|---|
| ENGL& 101 | English Composition | Placement |
| ENGL& 102 | Composition II | YES |
| ENGL& 235 | Technical Writing | YES |
Humanities
| Course ID | Course Name | Prerequisite |
|---|---|---|
| ART& 100 | Art Appreciation | NO |
| CMST& 101 | Introduction to Communication | NO |
| CMST& 220 | Public Speaking | NO |
| CMST& 240 | Intercultural Communication | NO |
| ENGL& 111 | Introduction to Literature | NO |
| HIST 110 * | Survey of American History | NO |
| HIST& 126 * | World Civilization | NO |
| HUM& 101 | Introduction to Humanities | NO |
| MUSC& 105 | Music Appreciation | NO |
| PHIL& 101 | Introduction to Philosophy | NO |
| SPAN& 121 | Spanish I | NO |
| SPAN& 122 | Spanish II | Yes or Placement |
Mathematics
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| Course ID | Course Name | Prerequisite |
|---|---|---|
| MATH& 107 | Math in Society | YES or Placement |
| MATH& 141 | Precalculus I - available with CMATH 141 corequisite | YES or Placement |
| MATH& 142 | Precalculus II | YES or Placement |
| MATH& 146 | Introduction to Statistics - available with CMATH 146 corequisite | YES or Placement |
| MATH& 148 | Business Calculus | YES or Placement |
| MATH& 151 | Calculus I | YES or Placement |
| MATH& 152 | Calculus II | Yes |
| MATH& 163 | Calculus 3 | Yes |
Social Sciences
| Course ID | Course Name | Prerequisite |
|---|---|---|
| ANTH& 106 | American Mosaic | NO |
| ANTH& 234 | Religion and Culture | NO |
| ANTH& 235 | Cross-Cultural Medicine | NO |
| BUS& 101 | Introduction to Business | NO |
| BUS& 201 | Business Law | NO |
| ECON& 201 | Microeconomics | NO |
| ECON& 202 | Macroeconomics | NO |
| HIST 110 * | Survey of American History | NO |
| HIST& 126 * | World Civilization | NO |
| POLS 150 | Contemporary World Issues | NO |
| POLS& 202 | American Government | NO |
| PSYC& 100 | General Psychology | NO |
| PSYC& 200 | Lifespan Psychology | NO |
| SOC& 101 | Introduction to Sociology | NO |
Natural Sciences
| Course ID | Course Name | Prerequisite |
|---|---|---|
| BIOL 105 | Introduction to Anatomy and Physiology | NO |
| BIOL& 100 | Survey of Biology | NO |
| BIOL& 160 | General Biology | NO |
| BIOL& 241 | Human Anatomy & Physiology I | YES |
| BIOL& 242 | Human Anatomy & Physiology II | YES |
| BIOL& 260 | Microbiology | YES |
| CHEM& 121 | Introduction to Chemistry | NO |
| CHEM& 131 | Introduction to Organic and Biological Chemistry | YES |
| ENVS& 100 | Survey of Environmental Science | NO |
| GEOL& 101 | Introduction to Physical Geology | NO |
| IT 101 | Fundamentals of Computing | NO |
| NUTR& 101 | Human Nutrition | NO |
| PHYS& 221 | Engineering Physics I | YES |