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General Education Requirement

Here is a General Education Requirements that will work for all degree plans for the Southern New Hampshire University (SNHU) as of approximately May of 2024. Please make sure that the suggestions are still valid before beginning to follow this plan.

Alt Courses

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

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?

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

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)

How the General Education Curriculum Works

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

Foundation Courses

18 credits are in the Foundation Courses section.

Cornerstone Social Justice (CSOJ)

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)

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)

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)

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)

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

21 credits are in the Exploration Courses section.

Ethical Though and Equity and Their Importance in Decision Making (EETH) 3cr

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)

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)

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)

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)

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, POL210	Microeconomics, Macroeconomics, Introduction to Psychology, Introduction to Sociology, U.S. Government

Electives

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

3 credits are in the Culmination section.

Culmination Experience (CLME) 3cr

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	Sophia	PHL316	Business Ethics Note: This course has 1 touchstone. It is recommended to fulfill all other General Education requirements first, esp. EETH, otherwise this course may be assigned elsewhere.
Any 300-400 course in HIS, LIT, IDS, PHL, POL, PSY, SCS, SOC, ENG	Study.com	HIS330, HIS340, LIT318	Civil War & Reconstruction, Historiography & Historical Methods, Non-Western Literature
Any 300-400 course in HIS, LIT, IDS, PHL, POL, PSY, SCS, SOC, ENG	Study.com	Find a course at this level	Various

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