Shawnee Community College General Education Courses Which Meet Southeast University Studies Requirements
Students who complete a transfer Associate Degree from Shawnee Community College have completed the lower level University Studies (general education) courses at Southeast Missouri State University. However, for the student who plans to transfer to Southeast without completing the Associate Degree, the following courses taken at Shawnee will meet University Studies requirements at Southeast.
ARTISTIC EXPRESSION (Choose ONE Course):
- ART 114 Art Appreciation
- ART 216 Photography I
- MUS 112 Fundamentals of Music
- MUS 115 Music Appreciation
- SPC 113 Creative Drama
LITERARY EXPRESSION (Choose ONE Course):
- ECE 222 Children's Literature (required for elementary, early & exceptional child education majors)
- FRN 212 French
- LIT 210 Introduction to Literature
- LIT 211 Introduction to Poetry
- LIT 212 Modern Fiction
- LIT 214 English Literature
- LIT 215 English Literature
- LIT 216 American Literature
- LIT 217 American Literature
- LIT 218 World Literature
- LIT 219 Contemporary Multicultural Literature
- LIT 220 Literature and Gender
- LIT 221 African American Literature
- PHI 215 Philosophy
- SPA 212 Spanish
- SPC 112 Oral Interpretation
ORAL EXPRESSION (Choose ONE Course):
- FRN 111 French
- FRN 112 French
- FRN 211 French
- SPA 111 Spanish
- SPA 112 Spanish
- SPA 211 Spanish
- SPC 111 Speech (required for all education & business administration majors)
- SPC 210 Interpersonal Communications
WRITTEN EXPRESSION (Choose ONE Course):
- ENG 112 English Composition
- [ENG 111 is equivalent to English Composition I (EN 100) at Southeast]
BEHAVIORAL SYSTEMS (Choose ONE Course):
- ECE 114 Child Growth and Development
- PHI 218 Introduction to Ethics and Values
- PSY 211 Introduction to Psychology
- PSY 218 Human Growth and Development (required for elementary, early, & exceptional child ed majors)
- PSY 217 Developmental Psychology: Lifespan
- (middle and secondary ed majors should wait and take the required psychology course at Southeast)
LIVING SYSTEMS (Choose ONE Course):
- BIO 111 Intro to Biology (elementary, early, exceptional child & middle ed majors should select this course)
- BIO 211 Environmental Biology
- BIO 213 Botany
- BIO 216 Survey of the Animal Kingdom
- FOS 116 Nutrition
LOGICAL SYSTEMS (Choose ONE Course):
- MAT 110 General Education Mathematics
- MAT 111 Math for Elementary Teachers I (required for elementary, early, exceptional child & middle ed majors)
- MAT 113 Quantitative Literacy
- MAT 115 Pre-calculus
- MAT 116 College Algebra
- MAT 117 Analytic Geometry and Calculus I
- MAT 210 Elementary Statistics
- MAT 215 Calculus for Business/Social Science
- PHI 216 Logic
- (business majors should choose MAT116 and a calculus course)
PHYSICAL SYSTEMS (Choose ONE Course):
- AST 111 Introduction to Astronomy
- CHE 114 *Inorganic Chemistry
- GEO 215 Introduction to Environmental Geology
- PHS 111 *Physical Science (Chemistry)
- PHS 112 *Physical Science (Physics)
- PHY 116 Introductory Physics I
- PHY 120 *Conceptual Physics
- PHY 216 *University Physics I
- *elementary, early, exceptional child & middle ed majors should select one of these five courses
DEVELOPMENT OF A MAJOR CIVILIZATION (Choose ONE Course):
- HIS 116 Western Civilization
- HIS 117 Western Civilization
- HIS 214 *History of the United States
- HIS 215 *History of the United States
- HIS 217 History of Eastern Civilizations
- HIS 241 History of Latin America
- *all education majors should select one of these two courses
ECONOMIC SYSTEMS (Choose ONE Course):
- ECO 211 *Economics (Macro)
- ECO 212 *Economics (Micro)
- *micro & macroeconomics are both required for business administration majors
POLITICAL SYSTEMS (Choose ONE Course):
- (A one hour Missouri Government course must be taken at Southeast in addition to the following course:)
- GOV 117 Introduction to American Government
SOCIAL SYSTEMS (Choose ONE Course):
- SOC 212 Sociology