CCRI General Education Core Curriculum (Worksheet)
Guidelines for Program Directors and Chairs
1. Minimum Credits: A minimum of 20 Credits distributed over the three domains of knowledge is
required to meet NEASC Standards. All eligible courses are 3-credit courses (minimum) but 4 and 5
credit courses may be required by a program. All course selections must be 1000 level or above
(Developmental courses may not be used to satisfy “core” requirements). The three domains of
knowledge are:
A. Humanities (1000 and above)
1. Art - ARTS
2. Chinese - CHIN
3. English - ENGL
4. French - FREN
5. German - GERM
6. Italian - ITAL
7. Japanese - JAPN
B. Math / Sciences (1000 and above)
1. Astronomy - ASTR
2. Biology - BIOL
3. Chemistry - CHEM
4. Geology - GEOL
C. Social Sciences (1000 and above)
1. Economics - ECON
2. Geography - GEOG
3. History - HIST
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Music - MUSC
Philosophy - PHIL
Portuguese - PORT
Russian - RUSN
Spanish - SPAN
Speech - SPCH
Theatre - THEA
5. Mathematics - MATH
6. Oceanography - OCEN
7. Physics PHYS
4. Political Science - POLS
5. Psychology - PSYC
6. Sociology - SOCS
2. Competency Rule: As a whole, the Gen. Ed. Course selections (below) must develop the competencies set forth
in CCRI’s definition of an “Educated Person”.
3. Distribution Rules: Select a minimum of 6 credits from any two of the “domains of knowledge” listed above.
Select a minimum of 3 credits from the remaining knowledge area. (Note that ENGL-1010 Composition 1 is
required of all programs offering the Associate Degree). Finally, add any remaining credits to any area of
knowledge to bring the total General Education Credits to the minimum of 20 credits.
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GENERAL EDUCATION CORE WORKSHEET
Department:
Program:
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Please fill in the courses you will be requiring in your program using the guidelines noted on page 1:
A. Humanities
Course Required
1. ENGL-1010 Composition 1 or ENGL-2100 Technical Writing
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Credits
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Total Credits
B. Math/Science
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Total Credits
C. Social Science
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Total Credits
D. Electives (from above domains)
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Total General Education Credits
Approved:
Department Chair/Director:
Division Dean:
General Education Committee Chair:
Curriculum Committee Chair:
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