B. General Education Requirements for Degree Completion Program — B.A., B.F.A., B.S., or B.S.N. Degree
To enter the Degree Completion Program, Piedmont College must accept a minimum of 60 semester units of college level transfer credit from a regionally accredited college or university or nationally recognized examination credit (CLEP or similar). Students with fewer than 60 semester hours may appeal to the Dean for the School of Arts and Sciences to enter the Degree Completion Program.
Please note: majors may require or encourage specific courses within these general education categories. Please see the Curriculum Outline for the selected major.
*Students in business, education, and nursing/health sciences are exempt from these courses since their major delivers and assesses these outcomes (ethics).
| I. Communication |
9 hours |
| English Composition |
6 hours |
| Speech Communications |
3 hours |
| II. Humanities and Fine Arts |
12 hours |
| Humanities |
3 hours |
| Fine Arts |
3 hours |
| Modern Language |
6 hours |
| III. Social Sciences |
9 hours |
| History |
3 hours |
| American Government |
3 hours |
| Other social science |
3 hours |
| IV. Mathematics (beyond college algebra, except MATH 2010 and MATH 2020 |
3 hours |
| V. Natural Sciences |
4 hours |
| One corresponding or included lab course required |
4 hours |
| VI. Ethics* |
3 hours |
| Course with an ethics component |
3 hours |
| TOTAL |
40 hours |
*Students in business, education, and nursing/health sciences are exempt from these courses since their major delivers and assesses these outcomes (ethics).