Core Curriculum

Revised Fall 2000
Revised July 24th, 2001
Revised May 16, 2002
Revised March 3, 2004
Revised August 2014

The Core Curriculum at Sam Houston State University contains 42 semester credit hours, encompassing nine component areas. Each component area has a minimum credit hour requirement and a set of specific courses that may be used to satisfy the requirement. The chart below details the Sam Houston State University courses and their Texas Common Course Number (TCCN) equivalents that comprise SHSU’s core curriculum.

Core Curriculum

Core Curriculum 
Course Number TCCN (if appliable)
Component Area I: Communications 6 Hours Required
ENGL 1301 ENGL 1301
ENGL 1302 ENGL 1302
Component Area II: Mathematics 3 Hours Required
MATH 1314 MATH 2312
MATH 1316 MATH 1316
MATH 1324 MATH 1324
MATH 1332 MATH 1332
MATH 1384 MATH 1350
MATH 1410
MATH 1420 MATH 2413
PHIL 2352*
Component Area III: Life and Physical Science 8 Hours Required
BIOL 1401
BIOL 1408
BIOL 1411
BIOL 1413
BIOL 1436
BIOL 2401 BIOL 2401
CHEM 1406
CHEM 1407
CHEM 1411
CHEM 1412
GEOG 1401
GEOL 1403
GEOL 1404
GEOL 1405
GEOL 1436
ISCI 1436
PHYS 1403
PHYS 1404
Component Area IV: Language, Philosophy, and Culture 3 Hours Required
ARAB 2311 ARAB 2311
ARAB 2312 ARAB 2312
ENGL 2332
ENGL 2333
FOLG 2311 ARAB 2311/2312, FREN 2311/2312, GERM 2311/2312, SGNL 2311/2312, SPAN 2311/2312
FOLG 2312 ARAB 2312, FREN 2312, GERM 2312, SGNL 2312, SPAN 2312
FREN 2311 FREN 2311
FREN 2312 FREN 2312
GEOG 2355 GEOG 1303
GEOG 2356 GEOG 1303
GERM 2311 GERM 2311
GERM 2312 GERM 2312
HIST 2311 HIST 2311
HIST 2312 HIST 2312
MCOM 1330
MUSI 1379
PHIL 2306 PHIL 2306
PHIL 2361 PHIL 1301
SGNL 2311 SGNL 2311
SGNL 2312 SGNL 2312
SOCI 2319 SOCI 2319
SPAN 2311 SPAN 2311
SPAN 2312 SPAN 2312
Component Area V: Creative Arts 3 Hours Required
AGRI 2399 ARTS 1301
ARTS 1301 ARTS 1301
ARTS 1302
ARTS 1303 ARTS 1303
FACS 1360
FAMC 2301
MUSI 1301 MUSI 1301
MUSI 1306 MUSI 1306
MUSI 2348 MUSI 1308
MUSi 2364 MUSI 1310
Component Area VI: U.S. History 6 Hours Required
HIST 1301 HIST 1301
HIST 1302 HIST 1302
Component Area VII: Political Science / Government 6 Hours Required
POLS 2305
POLS 2306
Component Area VIII: Social and Behavioral Sciences 3 Hours Required
AGRI 2360 SOCI 1301
BESL 2301
COMS 2386 SPCH 1318
CRIJ 2361
ECON 2300 ECON 1301
ECON 2301 ECON 2301
ECON 2302 ECON 2302
GEOG 1321 GEOG 1300
HLTH 2383
PHIL 2303 PHIL 2303
PSYC 1301 PSYC 2301
SOCI 1301 SOCI 1301
SOCI 1306 SOCI 1306
Component Area IX: Component Area Option 4 Hours Required
3 Hours Required:
One additional course in component area 4 OR:
BUAD 2321
COMS 1361
COMS 2382
MCOM 1371
1 Hour Required:
ECON 1100
KINE 2115 PHED 1164
NGLI 1101
The 4th credit hour of MATH 1410
The 4th credit hour of MATH 1420

Core Curriculum Courses
AGRI 2360 Animals in Society
AGRI 2399 Floral Design
ARAB 2311 Intermediate Arabic I
ARAB 2312 Intermediate Arabic II
ARTS 1301 Introduction to Visual Arts
ARTS 1302 Exploring Contemporary Art
ARTS 1303 Survey I: Pre-Renaissance Art History
BESL 2301 Multicultural Influences on Learning
BIOL 1401 Environmental Science
BIOL 1408 Contemporary Biology
BIOL 1411 General Botany
BIOL 1413 General Zoology
BIOL 1436 Foundations of Science
BIOL 2401 Human Anatomy
BUAD 2321 Design & Presentation of Business Projects
CHEM 1406 Inorganic and Environmental Chemistry
CHEM 1407 Introductory Organic and Biochemistry
CHEM 1411 General Chemistry I
CHEM 1412 General Chemistry II
COMS 1361 Public Speaking
COMS 2382 Communication for Business and Professions
COMS 2386 Interpersonal Communication
CRIJ 2361 Introduction to the Criminal Justice System
ECON 1100 Economics of Social Problems
ECON 2300 Introduction to Economics
ECON 2301 Principles of Macroeconomics
ECON 2302 Principles of Microeconomics
ENGL 1301 Composition I
ENGL 1302 Composition II
ENGL 2332 World Literature I: Before 17th Century
ENGL 2333 World Literature II: 17th Century and Afterwards
FACS 1360 Basic Principles of Design
FAMC 2301 Creative Arts Seminar
FOLG 2311 Intermediate Foreign Language I
FOLG 2312 Intermediate Foreign Language II
FREN 2311 Intermediate French I
FREN 2312 Intermediate French II
GEOG 1321 People, Place and Environment: An Introduction to Geography
GEOG 1401 Weather and Climate
GEOG 2355 World Regional Geography: Europe, Asia, and Australia
GEOG 2356 World Regional Geography: Latin America, Africa, and South Asia
GEOL 1403 Physical Geology
GEOL 1404 Historical Geology
GEOL 1405 Geological Hazards and Resources
GEOL 1436 Foundations of Science
GERM 2311 Intermediate German I
GERM 2312 Intermediate German II
HIST 1301 American History to 1876
HIST 1302 American History from 1876
HIST 2311 World History from Dawn of Civlization through the Middle Ages
HIST 2312 World History from the Renaissance to the Age of Imperialism
HLTH 2383 Multicultural Health Issues
ISCI 1436 Foundations of Science
KINE 2115 Lifetime Health and Wellness
MATH 1414 Pre Calculus Algebra
MATH 1316 Plain Trigonometry
MATH 1324 Mathematics for Managerial Decision Making
MATH 1332 College Mathematics
MATH 1384 Introduction to the Foundations of Mathematics
MATH 1410  Elementary Functions
MATH 1420 Calculus
MCOM 1330 Analysis of Electronic Culture
MCOM 1371 Audio Production and Performance
MUSI 1301 Introduction to the Study of Music
MUSI 1306 Music Appreciation
MUSI 1379 Survey of World Music Cultures
MUSI 2348 Survey of Music Literature
MUSI 2364 History of Rock, Jazz, and Popular Music
NGLI 1101 Research in the Digital Age
PHIL 2303 Critical Thinking
PHIL 2306 Contemporary Moral Issues
PHIL 2352 Introduction to the Contemporary Logic
PHIl 2361 Introduction to Philosophy
PHYS 1403 Stars and Galaxies
PHYS 1404 Solar System Astronomy
POLS 2305 American Government
POLS 2306 Texas Government
PSYC 1301 Introduction to Psychology
SGNL 2311 Intermediate American Sign Language I
SGNL 2312 Intermediate American Sign Language II
SOCI 1301 Principles of Sociology
SOCI 1306 Social Problems
SOCI 2319 Introduction to Ethnic Studies
SPAN 2311 Intermediate Spanish I
SPAN 2312 Intermediate Spanish II

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