General Education Requirements
Students who enroll in a degree program at Carroll Community College will complete a core of courses referred to as General Education. These courses will range from 20 credits to 36 credits depending on the program of study.
This course distribution is intended to ensure that students have mastered fundamental skills and have demonstrated a familiarity with a core knowledge considered basic to all college-level work. These General Education courses are transferable to all two and four year public institutions (and many private institutions) in Maryland and are guaranteed so in the Maryland State Transfer Policies. View the policies here.
**It is strongly recommended that all students complete both a mathematics and English course within their first 12 credit hours. To ensure maximum success, mathematics and English courses should be taken during consecutive terms until the sequence is completed. All students must have begun their English and mathematics sequences by completion of their first 24 credit hours or registration will be blocked until the student meets with an academic advisor to see if exemption from this policy is in order.
English Composition and Literature
OR
One 200-level English Course; Select from:
Biological and Physical Science
Select two courses from two different disciplines (GEOG counts as GEOSC):
- BIOL-100, General Biology
- BIOL-101, Fundamentals of Biology 1
- BIOL-105, Human Biology
- BIOL-210, Human Anatomy and Physiology 1
- CHEM-101, Introductory Chemistry
- CHEM-105, Principles of General Chemistry 1
- ENV-105, Introductory Environmental Science
- GEOSC-100, Earth and Space Science
- GEOSC-105, Introduction to Oceanography
- GEOSC-110 or GEOG-110, Physical Geography
- GEOSC-201, Meteorology
- PHSC-100, General Physical Science
- PHYS-101, Fundamentals of Physics 1
Fine and Performing Arts
Select one:
Health and Wellness
Select one:
Humanities
Select one:
- SPAN-102, Elementary Spanish 2
- ENGL-201, Literature of the Western World I
- ENGL-202, Literature of the Western World 2
- ENGL-210, American Literature 1
- ENGL-211, American Literature 2
- FREN-102, Elementary French 2
- HIST-101, Western Civilization 1
- HIST-102, Western Civilization 2
- HIST-105, History of the United States to 1876
- HIST-106, History of the United States from 1876
- HIST-130, Latin American History
- PHIL-101, Introduction to Philosophy
Mathematics
Select one:
Social and Behavioral Science
Select two from two different disciplines:
- ANTH-101, Introduction to Cultural Anthropology
- ANTH-201, Anthropology of American Culture
- CRIM-101, Introduction to Criminal Justice System
- CRIM-105, Criminology
- ECON-102, Principles of Macro Economics
- GEOG-105, Human Geography
- GEOG-201, Regional Geography and Global Awareness
- POLS-101, American Government
- PSYC-101, General Psychology
- SOC-101, Introduction to Sociology
Speech
Select one: