Credit Distribution

I. General Education Featured Courses (45 Credits)

TESU Featured Courses are listed as a guide. Other courses may satisfy the areas and can be viewed on our website under General Education Courses.  For more information see About Our General Education Program.  To plan your program please contact an academic advisor.

A. Intellectual and Practical Skills (15 Credits)

ENC-1010 Writing for Success3
ENC-1020 Writing for Success II3
COM-2090 Public Speaking3
MAT-1210 College Algebra3
SOS-1100 Fact, Fiction, or Fake? Information Literacy Today 3
For all TESU course options that will satisfy this area of the degree, go to Intellectual and Practical Skills.

B. Civic and Global Leadership (9 Credits)

SOC-1010 Our Changing World: An Introduction to Sociology3
ETH-2200 Leading the Way: A Path Towards Ethical Leadership3
POS-1100 American Government3
For additional TESU course options that will satisfy this area of the degree, go to Civic and Global Leadership.

C. Knowledge of Human Cultures (15 Credits)

SOC-2100 Marriage and the Family3
HIS-1130 American History I3
FIL-1100 Exploring American Cinema3

Select two featured courses from the list below:

SOC-2910 Criminology3
HIS-1140 American History II3
HIS-1210 Introduction to World History I3
HUM-1030 Introduction to the Humanities III: Music3
PHI-1300 Introduction to Critical Reasoning3
For additional TESU course options that will satisfy this area of the degree, go to Knowledge of Human Cultures.

D. Scientific Knowledge (6 Credits)

EAS-1010 General Earth Science3
BIO-2080 The Science of Nutrition3
For additional TESU course options that will satisfy this area of the degree, go to Scientific Knowledge.

II. Area of Study (45 Credits)

A. Required Courses (27 Credits)

PSY-1010 Introduction to Psychology3
PSY-3220 Research in Experimental Psychology3
PSY-3790 Social Psychology3
PSY-4000 History and Systems of Psychology3
PSY-3740 Physiological Psychology3
PSY-2110 Developmental Psychology3
PSY-3500 Abnormal Psychology3
STA-2010 Principles of Statistics3
SOS-4500 Ethics in the Social Sciences3

B. Social Psychology Elective (3 Credits)

Select one of the following courses:
PSY-2700 Psychology of Gender3
PSY-3520 Psychology of Personality3
-TRSFR REQ.Cross Cultural Psychology3
-TRSFR REQ.Psychology of Religion3

C. Psychology Electives (6 Credits)

PSY-3000 Thanatology: An Understanding of Death and Dying3
PSY-3600 Organizational Theory3

For other TESU course options go to Psychology Courses.


D. Social Science Electives (6 Credits)

-Social Sciences Electives6
Complete any 6 credits in the Social Science area.

E. Capstone (3 Credits)

LIB-4950 Liberal Arts Capstone3

III. Electives (30 Credits)

For TESU course options, go to Elective Courses.

TESU accepts credits in transfer from accredited institutions as well as non-collegiate providers. View information and resources on where you may find additional learning experiences.

Total Credit Hours: 120