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General Education Requirement[edit | edit source]

Here is a General Education Requirements that will work for all degree plans for the Southern New Hampshire University (SNHU) as of approximately August of 2023. Please make sure that the suggestions are still valid before beginning to follow this plan.

Alt Courses[edit | edit source]

The alternative credit courses were handpicked using experience from previous students regarding which courses will be the easiest and quickest to take.

Tips on Order in Which to Complete Courses[edit | edit source]

Start with Sophia.org. Unfortunately, Sophia only allows two courses to be open at one time, so only complete one course at a time that has touchstones (written assignments). Once done with Sophia, move on to Study.com.

How Long Will It Take To Complete This Degree Once I Finish All the Alterative Credits?[edit | edit source]

Full time is 2 courses per 2 month term at SNHU and max of 3 courses per term once you done a couple of terms. At that rate, it would take 8 to 10 months to do 30 credits worth of courses.

Source of Credit[edit | edit source]

This degree plan was made using this source to map out all the alternative credits.

Sophia Equivalents

CLEP, DSST, AP Exams Equivalents and other Alt credit equivalents

SNHU General Ed Requirements

General Education Requirements (42cr total)[edit | edit source]

How the General Education Curriculum Works

Go through and find a course that will meet each learning requirement.

Foundation Courses[edit | edit source]

18 credits are in the Foundation Courses section.

Cornerstone Social Justice (CSOJ)[edit | edit source]

3 credits required. Take any course from the required prefixes. The suggested courses are quick and easy.

Course

Required

Course

Provider

Course

ID

Course Name
SST, ENV, 100-400 level - this must be a direct equate, not an elective (example: ENV-101 can satisfy this but not ENV-ELE) Sophia ENV101 Environmental Science

Cornerstone Humanities (CHUM)[edit | edit source]

3 credits required. Take any course from the required prefixes. The suggested courses are quick and easy.

Course

Required

Course

Provider

Course

ID

Course Name
SST, ENV, ENG, FAS, HIS, HUM, LIT, MUS, PHL Sophia FAS201 Art History I

Cornerstone English (CENG)[edit | edit source]

6 credits required. Take any course from the required prefixes. The suggested courses are quick and easy.

Course

Required

Course

Provider

Course

ID

Course Name
ENG 130 & ENG 190; most English comp 1 & 2’s will fill this, including on Sophia Sophia ENG130 English Composition I
ENG 130 & ENG 190; most English comp 1 & 2’s will fill this, including on Sophia Sophia ENG190 English Composition II

Cornerstone Math (CMAT)[edit | edit source]

3 credits required. Take any course from the required prefixes.

It makes the degree plans easier to figure out if statistics was placed here since a lot of degrees require stats.

Some degrees requires MAT243 which means you need both MAT240 & IT140 to satisfy the MAT243 requirement.

Course

Required

Course

Provider

Course

ID

Course Name
any 100-200 level MAT course. Sophia MAT240

or MAT243

Introduction to Statistics

** This will work for MAT243 if you also bring in IT140. (Sophia: Intro to Python Programming)

Cornerstone Sustainability (CSST)[edit | edit source]

3 credits required. Take any course from the required prefixes. The suggested courses are quick and easy.

Course

Required

Course

Provider

Course

ID

Course Name
SST, ENV, ENG, FAS, HIS, HUM, LIT, MUS, PHL Sophia HIS113, PHL111, PHL230 United States History I, Critical Thinking, Approaches to Studying Religions

Exploration Courses 21 Credits[edit | edit source]

21 credits are in the Exploration Courses section.

Ethical Though and Equity and Their Importance in Decision Making (EETH) 3cr[edit | edit source]

Take any course from the required prefixes. The suggested courses are quick and easy.

Course

Required

Course

Provider

Course

ID

Course Name
Any ETH/PHL course Sophia PHL212 Introduction to Ethics

Creative and Critical Expression Across Diverse Social, Cultural, and Historical Contexts (ECCE)[edit | edit source]

3 credits required. Take any course from the required prefixes. The suggested courses are quick and easy.

Course

Required

Course

Provider

Course

ID

Course Name
ENG, COM, FAS, HUM, LIT, MUS, LAR, LAS, LFR, LSP, LAN Sophia FAS202 Art History II

Historical Perspectives as Expressed and Lived by Various Past and/or Present Societies (EHPS)[edit | edit source]

3 credits required. Take any course from the required prefixes. The suggested courses are quick and easy.

Course

Required

Course

Provider

Course

ID

Course Name
CIV, HIS Sophia HIS114 United States History II

Scientific and Mathematical Fluencies and Their Importance in Evaluating Problems and Creating Solutions (ESMF)[edit | edit source]

3 credits required. Take any course from the required prefixes. The suggested courses are quick and easy.

Applied Statistics for Science MAT243 requirement means you must take Introduction to Python Programming (IT140)

Computer Science major requires Precalculus with limits (MAT142) and Calculus (MAT225).

Data Analytics (BS) major requires College Algebra (MAT136) and Precalculus (MAT140).

Information Technologies (BA) major requires any 2 courses from ESMF.

Mathematics major requires Calculus (MAT225), Discrete Mathematics (MAT230), and Applied Statistics for Science MAT243.

Note: If you take extra courses here due to degree requirements, then you would end up taking less electives since those courses would fill electives.

Course

Required

Course

Provider

Course

ID

Course Name
BIO, CHM, CIS, CS, EG, ENV, GAM, GEO, GRA, IT, MAT, PHY, SCI Sophia GRA205 Visual Communications
BIO, CHM, CIS, CS, EG, ENV, GAM, GEO, GRA, IT, MAT, PHY, SCI Sophia IT200 Introduction to Information Technology
BIO, CHM, CIS, CS, EG, ENV, GAM, GEO, GRA, IT, MAT, PHY, SCI Sophia IT270 Introduction to Web Development
BIO, CHM, CIS, CS, EG, ENV, GAM, GEO, GRA, IT, MAT, PHY, SCI Sophia BIO210 Human Biology
BIO, CHM, CIS, CS, EG, ENV, GAM, GEO, GRA, IT, MAT, PHY, SCI Sophia IT140 Introduction to Python Programming

Note: Take if MAT243 required

BIO, CHM, CIS, CS, EG, ENV, GAM, GEO, GRA, IT, MAT, PHY, SCI Sophia MAT136 College Algebra
BIO, CHM, CIS, CS, EG, ENV, GAM, GEO, GRA, IT, MAT, PHY, SCI Sophia MAT142 Precalculus
BIO, CHM, CIS, CS, EG, ENV, GAM, GEO, GRA, IT, MAT, PHY, SCI Sophia MAT225 Calculus I
BIO, CHM, CIS, CS, EG, ENV, GAM, GEO, GRA, IT, MAT, PHY, SCI Study.com MAT230 Discrete Mathematics

Roles of Social, Political, Psychological, and Economic Contexts in Shaping the Self in Society (ESPE)[edit | edit source]

3 credits required. Take any course from the required prefixes. The suggested courses are quick and easy.

Business Administration or any degree with a business core requires Macroeconomics and Microeconomics.

Course

Required

Course

Provider

Course

ID

Course Name
ATH, CJ, ECO, HSE, JUS, POL, PSY, SCS, SOC Sophia ECO201, ECO202, PSY108, SOC112 Microeconomics, Macroeconomics, Introduction to Psychology, Introduction to Sociology

Electives[edit | edit source]

6 credits required. Take any course from the required prefixes. The suggested courses are quick and easy.

If you had to take extra courses due to degree requirements for other sections, then you need less total electives since technically those courses can go here.

For example business degrees require both microeconomics and macroeconomics. So 3cr of microeconomics goes in ESPE section and 3cr of microeconomics can go in electives. Leaving you with one course to take for electives.

Course

Required

Course

Provider

Course

ID

Course Name
Pick from any of the five Exploration categories EETH, ECCE, EHPS, ESMF, ESPE Art History I/II, Ethics, Intro IT, Intro Web, Visual Communications, Environmental Science, Human Biology

Note: These courses are the easiest with no touchstones. Pick these if you didn't already use them for another section. Or pick whatever you want.

Pick from any of the five Exploration categories EETH, ECCE, EHPS, ESMF, ESPE Art History I/II, Ethics, Intro IT, Intro Web, Visual Communications, Environmental Science, Human Biology

Note: These courses are the easiest with no touchstones. Pick these if you didn't already use them for another section. Or pick whatever you want.

Culmination[edit | edit source]

3 credits are in the Culmination section.

Culmination Experience (CLME) 3cr[edit | edit source]

3 credits required. Take any course from the required prefixes. The suggested courses are quick and easy.

Course

Required

Course

Provider

Course

ID

Course Name
Any 300-400 course in HIS, LIT, IDS, PHL, POL, PSY, SCS, SOC, ENG Study.com Pick course


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