Rend Lake College General Education Courses
- Which Meet Southeast University Studies Requirements
Students who complete a transfer Associate Degree from Rend Lake 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 Rend Lake will meet University Studies requirements at Southeast.
ARTISTIC EXPRESSION (Choose ONE Course):
- ART 1101 Art Appreciation (elementary, early, & exceptional child ed majors should select this course)
- ART 1111 Photography I
- HUMT 1102 Humanities I
- HUMT 1103 Humanities II
- HUMT 1104 Introduction to Film
- HUMT 1105 The Humanities through the Arts
- MUSI 1100 Music Appreciation
- THEA 1101 Acting
- THEA 1106 Introduction to Theatre
LITERARY EXPRESSION (Choose ONE Course):
- ENGL 2101 Classical Literature
- ENGL 2102 Modern Literature
- ENGL 2104 The Short Story
- ENGL 2105 Introduction to Poetry
- ENGL 2107 Mythology
- ENGL 2109 British Literature (Beowulf - 1799)
- ENGL 2110 British Literature (1800 - Present)
- ENGL 2111 American Literature to 1865
- ENGL 2112 American Literature to Present
- ENGL 2113 Introduction to Drama
- PHIL 1101 Introduction to Philosophy
ORAL EXPRESSION (Choose ONE Course):
- FREN 1101 Elementary French I
- FREN 1102 Elementary French II
- FREN 2101 Modern French I
- GRMN 1101 Elementary German I
- GRMN 1102 Elementary German II
- GRMN 2101 Modern German I
- SPAN 1101 Elementary Spanish I
- SPAN 1102 Elementary Spanish II
- SPAN 2101 Modern Spanish I
- SPCH 1101 Principles of Effective Speaking (required for all education & business majors)
- SPCH 1104 Interpersonal Communication
WRITTEN EXPRESSION (Choose ONE Course):
- ENGL 1102 Rhetoric and Composition II
- [Engl 1101 is equivalent to English Composition I (EN 100) at Southeast]
BEHAVIORAL SYSTEMS (Choose ONE Course):
- ECE 1201 Child Development
- PHIL 2104 Ethics
- PSYC 2101 Introduction to Psychology
- PSYC 2102 Child Psychology (required for elementary, early & exceptional child ed majors)
- (middle and secondary ed majors should wait and take the required psychology course at Southeast)
LIVING SYSTEMS (Choose ONE Course):
- BIO 1100 *Biology for Non-Majors
- BIO 1101 *College Biology
- BIO 1102 Environmental Ecology
- BOT 1101 General Botany
- HEA 1103 Introduction to Nutriion
- ZOO 1101 General Zoology
- *elememtary, early, exceptional child & middle ed majors should select one of these two courses)
LOGICAL SYSTEMS (Choose ONE Course):
- MATH 1105 Basic Concepts of Statistics
- MATH 1107 Contemporary College Mathematics
- MATH 1108 College Algebra
- MATH 1110 College Algebra & Trigonometry
- MATH 1111 Statistics
- MATH 1121 Calculus & Analytic Geometry I
- MATH 1130 Algebraic & Arithmetic Systems (required for elementary., early, exceptional child & middle ed majors)
- MATH 2115 Calculus for Business
- PHIL 2101 Logic
- (business majors should choose MATH1108 and a calculus course)
PHYSICAL SYSTEMS (Choose ONE Course):
- CHE 1101 *General Chemistry I
- CHE 1103 *Inorganic Chemistry
- PHSC 1101 *Physical Science
- PHY 1101 *College Physics I
- PHY 1103 *University Physics I
- *elementary, early childhood, & exceptional child ed majors should select one of these five courses
DEVELOPMENT OF A MAJOR CIVILIZATION (Choose ONE Course):
- HIST 1101 Western Civilization
- HIST 1102 Western Civilization II
- HIST 2101 American History I
- HIST 2102 American History II
- HIST 2107 Latin American History
- (all education majors should select one of the American History courses
ECONOMIC SYSTEMS (Choose ONE Course):
- ECON 2101 Principles of Economics I
- ECON 2102 Principles of Economics II
- (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:)
- POLI 2101 American Government
SOCIAL SYSTEMS (Choose ONE Course):
- GEOG 1101 Introduction to Geography
- JOUR 1101 Mass Media in Modern Society
- PHIL 2103 World Religions
- PYED 1142 Sport and Modern Society
- SOCI 1101 Introduction to Sociology (elementary, early, & except child ed majors should select this course)