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
| Core Curriculum |
|---|
| Course Number |
TCCN (if appliable) |
| Component Area I: Communications |
6 Hours Required |
| ENGL 1301 |
ENGL 1301 |
| ENGL 1302 |
ENGL 1302 |
| Component Area II: Mathematics |
3 Hours Required |
| MATH 1314 |
MATH 2312 |
| MATH 1316 |
MATH 1316 |
| MATH 1324 |
MATH 1324 |
| MATH 1332 |
MATH 1332 |
| MATH 1384 |
MATH 1350 |
| MATH 1410 |
|
| MATH 1420 |
MATH 2413 |
| PHIL 2352* |
|
| Component Area III: Life and Physical Science |
8 Hours Required |
| BIOL 1401 |
|
| BIOL 1408 |
|
| BIOL 1411 |
|
| BIOL 1413 |
|
| BIOL 1436 |
|
| BIOL 2401 |
BIOL 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 |
3 Hours Required |
| ARAB 2311 |
ARAB 2311 |
| ARAB 2312 |
ARAB 2312 |
| ENGL 2332 |
|
| ENGL 2333 |
|
| FOLG 2311 |
ARAB 2311/2312, FREN 2311/2312, GERM 2311/2312, SGNL 2311/2312, SPAN 2311/2312 |
| FOLG 2312 |
ARAB 2312, FREN 2312, GERM 2312, SGNL 2312, SPAN 2312 |
| FREN 2311 |
FREN 2311 |
| FREN 2312 |
FREN 2312 |
| GEOG 2355 |
GEOG 1303 |
| GEOG 2356 |
GEOG 1303 |
| GERM 2311 |
GERM 2311 |
| GERM 2312 |
GERM 2312 |
| HIST 2311 |
HIST 2311 |
| HIST 2312 |
HIST 2312 |
| MCOM 1330 |
|
| MUSI 1379 |
|
| PHIL 2306 |
PHIL 2306 |
| PHIL 2361 |
PHIL 1301 |
| SGNL 2311 |
SGNL 2311 |
| SGNL 2312 |
SGNL 2312 |
| SOCI 2319 |
SOCI 2319 |
| SPAN 2311 |
SPAN 2311 |
| SPAN 2312 |
SPAN 2312 |
| Component Area V: Creative Arts |
3 Hours Required |
| AGRI 2399 |
ARTS 1301 |
| ARTS 1301 |
ARTS 1301 |
| ARTS 1302 |
|
| ARTS 1303 |
ARTS 1303 |
| FACS 1360 |
|
| FAMC 2301 |
|
| MUSI 1301 |
MUSI 1301 |
| MUSI 1306 |
MUSI 1306 |
| MUSI 2348 |
MUSI 1308 |
| MUSi 2364 |
MUSI 1310 |
| Component Area VI: U.S. History |
6 Hours Required |
| HIST 1301 |
HIST 1301 |
| HIST 1302 |
HIST 1302 |
| Component Area VII: Political Science / Government |
6 Hours Required |
| POLS 2305 |
|
| POLS 2306 |
|
| Component Area VIII: Social and Behavioral Sciences |
3 Hours Required |
| AGRI 2360 |
SOCI 1301 |
| BESL 2301 |
|
| COMS 2386 |
SPCH 1318 |
| CRIJ 2361 |
|
| ECON 2300 |
ECON 1301 |
| ECON 2301 |
ECON 2301 |
| ECON 2302 |
ECON 2302 |
| GEOG 1321 |
GEOG 1300 |
| HLTH 2383 |
|
| PHIL 2303 |
PHIL 2303 |
| PSYC 1301 |
PSYC 2301 |
| SOCI 1301 |
SOCI 1301 |
| SOCI 1306 |
SOCI 1306 |
| Component Area IX: Component Area Option |
4 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 2115 |
PHED 1164 |
| NGLI 1101 |
|
| The 4th credit hour of MATH 1410 |
|
| The 4th credit hour of MATH 1420 |
|
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