General Education Requirements

All Concord students must complete a minimum of 120 semester hours to be eligible to receive a baccalaureate degree, regardless of their field of specialization, and within this number, a minimum of 39-40 semester hours are prescribed and designated as the General Education Program. The General Education Program consists of some courses which are absolute requirements and others where students choose from distributed lists.

A. Written and Oral Communications (9 hours)

  • ENGL 101 Composition & Rhetoric I (3)
  • ENGL 102 Composition & Rhetoric II (3)
  • Select one course from List A:
    • BGEN 205 Fundamentals of Business Communication (3)
    • COMM 101 Fundamentals of Speech (3)

B. Literature and Humanities (6 hours)

LITERATURE – Select one course from List B1:

  • ENGL 203 World Literature I (3)
  • ENGL 204 World Literature II (3)

HISTORY and PHILOSOPHY – Select one course from List B2:

  • HIST 101 History of Civilization (3)
  • HIST 102 History of Civilization (3)
  • HIST 203 History of the United States (3)
  • HIST 204 History of the United States (3)
  • PHIL 101 Introduction to Philosophy (3)
  • PHIL 308 Logic (3)
  • PHIL 316 Ethics (3)
  • PHIL 361 Biomedical Ethics (3)

C. Fine Arts (3 hours)

Select one course from List C:

  • ART 101 Introduction to Visual Arts (3)
  • ART 103 Drawing I (3)
  • ART 105 Design I (3)
  • ART 106 Basic Computer Graphics (3)
  • ART 204 Painting I (3)
  • ART 205 Ceramics I (3)
  • ART 216 Photography I (3)
  • ART 303 Jewelry I (3)
  • ART 304 Water-Color Painting (3)
  • ART 308 Printmaking I (3)
  • MUS 101 Introduction to Music (3)
  • MUS 451 Collegiate Singers (1) *
  • MUS 453A Marching Band (1) *
  • THEA 102 Introduction to the Theatre (3)

* May be repeated for up to 3 hours of General Education credit.

D. Social and Behavioral Sciences (9 hours)

Select one course from three different categories in List D

Category 1 – Business and Professional Studies

  • BGEN 105 Introduction to Business (3)
  • ECON 203 Principles of Microeconomics (3)
  • ECON 204 Principles of Macroeconomics (3)
  • FIN 200 Personal Financial Planning (3)
  • HSP 100 Introduction to Recreation & Tourism Mgt. (3)
  • SOWK 161 Introduction to Social Work (3)

Category 2 – Geography

  • GEOG 101 Humans and the Environment (3)
  • GEOG 321 Cultural Anthropology (3)

Category 3 – Political Science

  • POSC 101 Introduction to Political Science (3)
  • POSC 104 American Federal Government (3)
  • POSC 202 State and Local Government (3)

Category 4 – Psychology

  • PSY 101 General Psychology (3)
  • PSY 200 Basic Learning (3)

Category 5 – Sociology

  • SOC 101 Introduction to Sociology (3)
  • SOC 201 Social Problems (3)
  • SOC 301 Sociology of Families (3)

E. Natural Sciences (7-8 hours)

Select one course from two different categories in List E

Category 1 – Biological Science

  • BIOL 101 Biology: Theme (4)
  • BIOL 102 Biology: Theme (3)
  • BIOL 121 Foundations of Biology I (4)
  • BIOL 122 Foundations of Biology II (4)

Category 2 – Earth and Space Science

  • GEOG 200 Digital Earth (3)
  • GEOL 101 Earth Processes, Resources & the Environ. (4)
  • GEOL 140 Geology & Envrnmntal Issues in Appalachia (3)
  • GEOL 150 Oceanography (3)
  • PHSC 104 Conc. Phys. Sci.: Earth/Space Sci. (4)
  • PHYS 105 Introductory Astronomy (4)

Category 3 – Physical Science

  • CHEM 100 Fundamentals of Chemistry (3)
  • CHEM 101/111 General Chemistry I with Lab (4)
  • PHSC 103 Conc. in Phys. Sci.: Physics/Chemistry (4)
  • PHYS 101 Introductory Physics (4)
  • PHYS 201 University Physics with Calculus, Pt. 1 (4)

F. Mathematics (3 hours)

Select one Mathematics course numbered 100 or higher

G. Physical Wellness (2 hours)

Select one or more courses from List G for a total of at least two hours

  • H ED 120 Personal Health (3)
  • H ED 304 Prin. of Nutrition & Weight Mgt. (2)
  • P ED 101M Personal Wellness (2)
  • P ED 117 Team Sports (3)
  • P ED 118 Individual Sports and Physical Activities (3)

Modern and Classical Language Option (6-hour substitution)

A two-semester sequence of courses in the same modern or classical language may be substituted for up to two General Education courses. Both courses in this two-course sequence must be passed before General Education credit may be awarded. Modern or classical language courses can be used to substitute for no more than ONE General Education course from each of the content areas labeled A-G above. No substitution is permitted for ENGL 101, ENGL 102, the Mathematics requirement, or the 4-hour Natural Science requirement.

Honors Course Substitution

Any student enrolled in the Honors Program may elect to substitute the 400-level capstone course for any General Education course not required for his or her program, except that there is no substitute permitted for ENGL 101, ENGL 102, the Mathematics requirement, or the 4-hour Natural Science requirement.

Archived General Education Requirements