The Core Curriculum at Sam Houston State University, effective with the 1999 Fall Semester, contains 45 semester credit hours. The reader should review the chart below for the six Component Areas and the required Semester Credit Hours as well as the SHSU Course Prefix and Course Number and the corresponding Texas Common Course Number. The reader will note that the Texas Common Course Number lists the four-letter prefix and four-digit number.
| Component Area 1—Communication | 6 Hours | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| English 164 and English 165 | ENGL 1301; 1302 | |||
| Component Area 2— Mathematics | 3 Hours | |||
| Mathematics 164 or Mathematics 170 | MATH 1332; 2312 | |||
| (Exceptions: When required by major, MTH 142, 163, 199 [MATH 2413; 1316; 1324] or a combination of MTH 184 and 185 [MATH 1335; 1336] are acceptable.) Note: Math 166 and Math 169 do not meet this requirement. | ||||
| Component Area 3—Natural Sciences 8 Hours | ||||
| Two courses with labs from two different departments. | Biology 134/114 | BIOL 1308/1108 | ||
| Biology 138/118 | BIOL 1306/1106 | |||
| Biology 139/119 | BIOL 1307/1107 | |||
| Biology 147 | BIOL 2406 | |||
| Chemistry 135/115 | CHEM 1305/1105 | |||
| Chemistry 136/116 | CHEM 1307/1107 | |||
| Chemistry 138/118 | CHEM 1311/1111 | |||
| Chemistry 139/119 | CHEM 1312/1112 | |||
| Geology 133/113 | GEOL 1303/1103 | |||
| Geology 134/114 | GEOL 1304/1104 | |||
| Geography 131 Lab 111 Required @ SHSU | GEOG 1301 | |||
| Physics 133/113 | PHYS 1311/1111 | |||
| Physics 135/115 | PHYS 1305/1105 | |||
| Physics 136/116 | PHYS 1307/1107 | |||
| Physics 138/118 | PHYS 1301/1101 | |||
| Physics 139/119 | PHYS 1302/1102 | |||
| Physics 141 | PHYS 2425 | |||
| Component Area 4—Humanities & Visual & Performing Arts | 9 Hours | |||
| 3 Hours from Visual & Performing Arts | Art 160, 161, 163, 260 | ARTS 1301; 1311; 1316; 1303 | ||
| Dance 131, 176 | DANC 2303; 1301 | |||
| Music 161, 264, 265 | MUSI 1301; 1310; 1306 | |||
| Theatre 160, 164, 166, 230, 231 | DRAM 1330; 1351; 1310; 1341; 2336 | |||
| 3 Hours from Literature | English 265, 275, 295 | ENGL 2331/2332; 2322/2323; 2326/2327 | ||
| 3 Hours from Cultural Studies | ||||
| BSL 236 | NO TCCN | |||
| Foreign Languages 263,264 | FREN, GERM, SPAN 2311/2312 | |||
| Geography 265, 266 | GEOG 1303 | |||
| History 265, 266 | HIST 2311; 2312 | |||
| Sociology 168 | SOCI 2319 | |||
| Component Area 5—Social and Behavioral Sciences | 15 Hours | History 163 and 164 | HIST 1301; 1302 | |
| Political Science 261 and 285 | GOVT 2301/2306; 2302/2305 | |||
| 3 Hours from | Economics 230, 233, 234 | ECON 1301; 2302; 2301 | ||
| Geography 161 | GEOG 1300 | |||
| Philosophy 261 | PHIL 1301 | |||
| Psychology 131, 289 | PSYC 2301; 2315 | |||
| Sociology 261, 264 | SOCI 1301; 1306 | |||
| Component Area 6—Institutionally Designated Option | 4 Hours | 1 Hour of Kinesiology 215 | PHED 1164 | |
| 3 Hours of computer literacy from | Computing Science 133, 143 | COSC 1300; 1401 | ||
| Management Information Systems 188 | BCIS 1301 | |||
| Approved substitute at SHSU | ||||
| Computing Science 138 | NO TCCN | |||
| Library Science 130 | NO TCCN | |||
| Or three hours or more of advanced computer literacy course | ||||
| TOTAL | 45 Hours | |||