SNHU !General Education Requirements Roadmap

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 June of 2023. 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

General Education Requirements (42cr total)

How the General Education Curriculum Works

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

First Year Seminar & Humanities Foundation (6cr)

This section is free electives so you can take whatever you want. The suggested courses are quick and easy.

Course Required	Course Provider	Course ID	Course Name
SNHU 107 (NOTE: students with 12 or more transfer credits may substitute a free elective)	Sophia	ENV101	Environmental Science or take whatever you want.
IDS 100 (NOTE: students with 12 or more transfer credits may substitute a free elective)	Sophia	GRA101	Visual Communications or take whatever you want.

English (6cr)

Select both courses.

Course Required	Course Provider	Course ID	Course Name
English	Sophia	ENG122	English Composition I ** You can submit all the touchstones at once except for touchstone #4 to speed things up
English	Sophia	ENG123	English Composition II

Mathematics (3cr)

Select 1 of the following. While it's possible other math courses may fit here, it makes the degree plans easier to figure out if statistics was placed here. Some degrees requires MAT243 which means you need both MAT240 & IT140 to satisfy the MAT243 requirement.

Course Required	Course Provider	Course ID	Course Name
Mathematics	Sophia	MAT240 or MAT243	Introduction to Statistics ** This will work for MAT243 if you also bring in IT140. (Sophia: Intro to Python Programming)

Fine Arts and Humanities (EFAH) (6cr)

Select 2 of the following

Course Required	Course Provider	Course ID	Course Name
Fine Arts and Humanities (EFAH)	Sophia	PHL111	Critical Thinking
Fine Arts and Humanities (EFAH)	Sophia	PHL212	Introduction to Ethics
Fine Arts and Humanities (EFAH)	Sophia	PHL230	Approaches to Studying Religions
Fine Arts and Humanities (EFAH)	Sophia	PHLELE	Ancient Greek Philosophers

Social and Behavioral Sciences (ESBS) (6cr)

Select 2 of the following

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

Course Required	Course Provider	Course ID	Course Name
Social and Behavioral Sciences (ESBS)	Sophia	ECO201	Macroeconomics
Social and Behavioral Sciences (ESBS)	Sophia	ECO202	Microeconomics
Social and Behavioral Sciences (ESBS)	Sophia	SOC112	Introduction to Sociology
Social and Behavioral Sciences (ESBS)	Sophia	PSY108	Introduction to Psychology

Science, Technology, and Mathematics (ESTM) (6cr)

Select 2 of the following

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

BA Information Technologies major requires Intro to Quantitative Analysis (MAT136) and Applied Statistics for Science MAT243.

Mathematics major requires Calculus (MAT225) and Discrete Mathematics (MAT230).

Course Required	Course Provider	Course ID	Course Name
Science, Technology, and Mathematics (ESTM)	Sophia	MAT136	College Algebra
Science, Technology, and Mathematics (ESTM)	CMS	MAT125	CMS Learn
Science, Technology, and Mathematics (ESTM)	Sophia	MAT140	Precalculus
Science, Technology, and Mathematics (ESTM)	Sophia	MAT225	Calculus
Science, Technology, and Mathematics (ESTM)	Study.com	MAT230	Discrete Mathematics

History (EHIS) (3cr)

Select 1 of the following

Course Required	Course Provider	Course ID	Course Name
History (EHIS)	Sophia	HIS113	U.S. History I
History (EHIS)	Sophia	HIS114	U.S. History II

General Education Electives (EGED) or History (EHIS) (3cr)

Select 1 of the following

Be sure if you select a history course that it doesn't overlap the with the previous section

Course Required	Course Provider	Course ID	Course Name
General Education Electives (EGED) or History (EHIS)	Sophia	HIS113	U.S. History I
General Education Electives (EGED) or History (EHIS)	Sophia	HIS114	U.S. History II
General Education Electives (EGED) or History (EHIS)	Sophia	FIN250	Personal Finance
General Education Electives (EGED) or History (EHIS)	Sophia	ENG220	Business Communication
General Education Electives (EGED) or History (EHIS)	Sophia	COM212	Public Speaking
General Education Electives (EGED) or History (EHIS)	Sophia	LSP111	Spanish I
General Education Electives (EGED) or History (EHIS)	Sophia	LSP112	Spanish II

Culmination/Integration (3cr)

Select 1 of the following

As far as I know, no alt credit course can transfer in here so you must take at SNHU.

Course Required	Course Provider	Course ID	Course Name
Culmination/Integration (3cr)	Must take SNHU

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