B. General Education Requirements for Degree Completion Program — B.A., B.F.A., B.S., or B.S.N. Degree
- Any transfer student with a minimum of 30 credit hours of acceptable transfer work from accredited institutions qualifies for the degree completion program at Piedmont College.
- Students who have an associate of arts (AA), associate of science (AS), or a bachelor’s degree from a regionally accredited institution are exempt from the general education requirements for bachelor’s degree programs at Piedmont College. This exemption does not apply to any other associate degrees (e.g. AAS, AAT).
Please note: majors may require or encourage specific courses within these general education categories. Please see the Curriculum Outline for the selected major.
*Students in business, education, and nursing/health sciences are exempt from these courses since their major delivers and assesses these outcomes (ethics).
| I. Communication |
9 hours |
| English Composition |
6 hours |
| Speech Communications |
3 hours |
| II. Humanities and Fine Arts |
12 hours |
| Humanities |
3 hours |
| Fine Arts |
3 hours |
| Modern Language |
6 hours |
| III. Social Sciences |
9 hours |
| History |
3 hours |
| American Government |
3 hours |
| Other social science |
3 hours |
| IV. Mathematics (beyond college algebra, except MATH 2010 and MATH 2020 |
3 hours |
| V. Natural Sciences |
4 hours |
| One corresponding or included lab course required |
4 hours |
| VI. Ethics* |
3 hours |
| Course with an ethics component |
3 hours |
| TOTAL |
40 hours |
*Students in business, education, and nursing/health sciences are exempt from these courses since their major delivers and assesses these outcomes (ethics).