Core Transfer Curriculum

Weatherford College Core Transfer Curriculum

CORE TRANSFER CURRICULUM

Total semester hours required for graduation: 60

All public colleges and universities in Texas must accept transfer credit for successfully completed courses identified by the Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board (THECB)
as the Core Transfer Curriculum in a particular major for an associates or bachelors degree.
No institution shall be required to accept in transfer more credit hours than in the granting insitution’s approved Core Transfer Curriculum. In accordance with these requirements, Weatherford College has established for its students a 44 semester credit hour core curri-
culum with these objectives:

to enhance communication and critical thinking skills;
to develop skills and knowledge in math and the sciences adequate to meet today’s demands;
to promote both cultural awareness and multicultural awareness;
to enhance awareness of the importance of wellness; and
to foster civic responsibility.

Once a student has successfully completed the 44 semester credit hour core curriculum at Weatherford College, that block of courses may be transferred to any other public institution
of higher education and must be substituted for the receiving institution’s core curriculum. Students will receive academic credit for each of the courses transferred and may only be required to take additional core courses for the purposes of meeting the requirements of
a large core curriculum adopted at the receiving institution and approved by the THECB.

Students should visit with an advisor to select courses above the core curriculum that will transfer to the senior institution to which they plan to transfer. No university shall be re-
quired to accept in transfer toward a degree, more than sixty-six (66) semester credit hours
of academic credits earned by a student in a community college. Universities, however, may choose to accept additional credit hours.

In any major for which there is no coordinating board-approved transfer curriculum, no institution is required to accept in transfer more lower division course credit in the major applicable to a baccalaureate degree than the institution allows their non-transfer students in that major. A university may deny the transfer of credit in courses with a grade of “D” as applicable to a student’s field of study courses, core curriculum courses, or major if it denies credit in those same courses with a grade of “D” to its native students.

COMPONENT AREA		Required Semester Credit Hours
WRITTEN COMMUNICATION		6
	ENGL 1301 Freshman College English I ENGL 1302 Freshman College English II ENGL 2311 Technical Writing
MATHEMATICS (logic, college-level algebra equivalent, or above)		3
	One course from the following: MATH 1314 College Algebra MATH 1324 Pre-Calculus for Business & Economic Analysis MATH 1332 Contemporary Mathematics
NATURAL SCIENCE		8
	Two courses from the following: BIOL 1406 Principles of Biology for Majors BIOL 1407 Principles of Biology for Majors BIOL 1411 General Botany BIOL 1413 General Zoology BIOL 2401 Human Anatomy and Physiology BIOL 2402 Human Anatomy and Physiology BIOL 2406 Environmental Biology (Non-majors) BIOL 2421 Microbiology CHEM 1411 General Chemistry I CHEM 1412 General Chemistry II GEOL 1403 Physical Geology GEOL 1404 Historical Geology GEOL 1447 Meteorology PHYS 1401 College Physics I PHYS 1402 College Physics II PHYS 1415 Physical Science I PHYS 1417 Physical Science II PHYS 1404 Solar System PHYS 1403 Stars and Galaxies PHYS 2425 University Physics I PHYS 2426 University Physics II
VISUAL /PERFORMING ARTS		3
	One course from the following: ARTS 1301 Art Appreciation ARTS 1303 Art History Survey ARTS 1304 Art History Survey COMM 1307 Introduction to Mass Communication DRAM 1310 Introduction to Theatre HUMA 1315 Fine Arts Appreciation MUSI 1300 Foundations in Music MUSI 1306 Music Appreciation MUSI 1310 American Music
HUMANITIES		3
	One course from the following: ENGL 2321, 2322 or 2323 Survey of English Literature ENGL 2326, 2327 or 2328 Studies in American Literature ENGL 2331, 2332 or 2333 World Masterpieces ENGL 2341 Forms of Literature FREN 2311 or 2312 Intermediate French HIST 2311 or 2312 History of Western Civilization HUMA 1301 Introduction to the Humanities I HUMA 1302 Introduction to the Humanities II PHIL 1301 Introduction to Philosophy PHIL 2306 Philosophy of Ethics PHIL 2321 Philosophy of Religion SPAN 2311 or 2312 Intermediate Spanish
U.S. HISTORY		6
	HIST 1301 U.S. History I HIST 1302 U.S. History II
POLITICAL SCIENCE		6
	GOVT 2301 Principles and Institutions of the American and Texas Systems of Government GOVT 2302 Functions of the Institutions of American Government
SOCIAL/BEHAVIORAL SCIENCE		3
	One course from the following: ANTH 2351 Cultural Anthropolgy ECON 2301 Principles of Economics - Macro ECON 2302 Principles of Economics - Micro PSYC 2301 Introduction to Psychology PSYC 2302 Applied Psychology PSYC 2314 Life Span Growth and Development PSYC 2315 Psychology of Adjustment SOCI 1301 Introduction to Sociology
VERBAL COMMUNICATION (Institutional Option)		3
	One course from the following: SPCH 1311 Fundamentals of Speech SPCH 1315 Public Speaking SPCH 1321 Business and Professional Speaking
KINESIOLOGY (Institutional Option)		3
	Select a 3-hour component from the following: KINE Any course number in the ranges 1100-1150 and 2100-2150 may be used to fulfill the physical education requirement KINE 1338 Concepts of Fitness and Wellness (3) indicates the number of credit hours for this course.
TOTAL SEMESTER CREDIT HOURS		44
ADDITIONAL ELECTIVES REQUIRED FOR A WEATHERFORD COLLEGE ASSOCIATE’S DEGREE		16

Core Transfer Curriculum

Weatherford College Core Transfer Curriculum

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