SNHU General Studies Degree Plan

General Studies Degree Plan (beta)

Here is a General Studies Degree plan for Southern New Hampshire University (SNHU) as of approximately January of 2022. Please make sure that the suggestions are still valid before beginning to follow this plan.

The alternative credit courses were handpicked using experience from previous students as to what courses will be the easiest and quickest courses to take. In places with multiple courses listed, the first course is assumed to be the fastest/easiest course to take.

Taking Alt Credit Courses Not on a Equivalency List

If you want to take courses from Study.com for example, it is best to get those courses approved before taking them. Contact the SNHU advisor to get courses approved.

Tips on Order in Which to Complete Courses

Start with Sophia.org, do English Composition first. Unfortunately, Sophia only allows 2 courses open at one time, so after you start English Comp, do a course that doesn't have any touchstones (written assignments). Once done with Sophia, start doing other alternative credit courses.

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. At that rate, it would take 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

Straighterline Equivalents

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

General Education Requirements

ID	Course	Credits	Course Provider	Course Name	SNHU Credit
ENG122	English Composition I	3	Sophia	English Composition I ** You can submit all the touchstones at once except for touchstone #4 to speed things up	3
ENG123	English Composition II	3	Sophia	English Composition II ** This class has 7 touchstones. Each paper has to be submitted one at a time & takes up to one week to be graded. Might be better if you can find another course to fit this requirement.	3
MAT240	Mathematics	3	Sophia	Introduction to Statistics	3
FAS201	Fine Arts and Humanities (EFAH)	3	Sophia	Art History I or Approaches to Studying Religions	3
FAS202	Fine Arts and Humanities (EFAH)	3	Sophia	Art History II	3
ECO201	Social and Behavioral Sciences (ESBS)	3	Sophia	Microeconomics or Intro to Psychology	3
ECO202	Social and Behavioral Sciences (ESBS)	3	Sophia	Macroeconomics	3
MAT136	Science, Technology, and Mathematics (ESTM)	3	Sophia	College Algebra	3
MAT125	Science, Technology, and Mathematics (ESTM)	3	CMS	CMS Learn	3
HIS113	History 100 (EHIS)	3	Sophia or SL	U.S. History I or Western Civilization I ** reported this works	3
HIS114	Applied History 200 (EHIS)	3	Sophia or SL	U.S. History II or Western Civilization II ** doesn't need to be 200 level, reported this works	3
GRA101	IDS 100 (NOTE: students with 12 or more transfer credits may substitute a free elective)	3	Sophia	Visual Communications or take whatever you want.	3
ENV101	SNHU 107 (NOTE: students with 12 or more transfer credits may substitute a free elective)	3	Sophia	Environmental Science or take whatever you want.	3
	Integration	3		** Must be done SNHU??
	Totals	42			39

Mayor Course & Concentration Courses

ID	Courses Students may take no more than two 100-level courses in any concentration.	Competency Units Value	Course Provider	Course Name	SNHU Credit
IND299	Strategies for Specialization Planning (major course)	3	SNHU	Must take at SNHU I believe.
	Pick 12 credit concentration	12		(match prefix of chosen concentration)
	Total	15			0

Free Electives

ID	Course	Competency Units Value	Course Provider	Course Name	SNHU Credit
	Pick whatever you want	63		Whatever	63
	Totals	63			63

Total Transfer Credit

ID	Course	Competency Units Value	Course Provider	Course Name	SNHU Credit **max Transfer 90 credits
	General Education Requirements	42			39
	Mayor Course & Concentration Courses	15			0
	Free Electives	63			63
	Total	120			102

*To copy this degree plan, hold down left mouse button, drag to select tables, then copy/paste (CTR+C/CTR+P) to Sheets or Excel.