B. General Education Requirements for Degree Completion Program — B.A., B.F.A., B.S., or B.S.N. Degree
Undergraduate degree completion programs are available to adult learners/non-traditional students.
- Eligibility requirements include high school diploma or equivalency, at least three years out of high school and transferable 30 hours of college credit.
- Non-traditional students who have completed AS or AA degree completed are eligible for the programs as well and are deemed to have completed the general education requirement at Piedmont University. This exemption does not apply to any other associate degrees (e.g. AAs, AAT).
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 (3 hours or more, beyond college algebra, except MATH 1600 and MATH 1700) |
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).