General Education Checklist - TUG - with NCCCS Crosswalk
Refer to GWU 2025-2026 Academic Catalog for more information about TUG general education and graduation requirements.
Students complete requirements in Foundational Experience (left column) and Exploratory Experiences (right column).
Foundational Experiences do not count double in satisfying Exploratory Experiences requirements.
Gardner-Webb courses are cross-walked to their NCCCS counterparts in the columns to the right. See full list of transfer credit equivalencies.
Foundational Experience (31-32 hrs)
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NCCCS Equivalent
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Exploratory Experiences (12-21 hrs)
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NCCCS Equivalent
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Core (take all five)
RELI 300 Old Testament
RELI 301 New Testament
ENGL 101 Composition I
ENGL 102 Composition II
UNIV 111 University Life
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NCCCS
REL 211
REL 212
ENG 111
ENG 112
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Dimensions****
DIMS 111 Dimensions
DIMS 112 Dimensions
DIMS 113 Dimensions
DIMS 114 Dimensions
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Fine Arts (select one)
ARTS 225 Art Survey
MUSC 225 Music Survey
THEA 235 Theatre Survey
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NCCCS
ART 111
MUS 110
DRA 111
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Stewardship (select one)
HLED 221 Personal Health
PSYC 201 General Psychology
Additional Math (see Found Exp)
Additional Science (see Found Exp)
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NCCCS
HEA 110
PSY 150
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History (select one)
HIST 101 Western Civilization I
HIST 102 Western Civilization II
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NCCCS
HIS 111
HIS 112
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Global Community (select one)
RELI 245 Relig & Culture Global
SSCI 205 Global Understanding
Additional World Lang (see Found Exp)
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NCCCS
N/A
GEO 112
Any ASL, FRE, GER, SPN based on student's level of proficiency
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Mathematics (select one)**
MATH 105 Statistics/Probability
MATH 110 Finite Math
MATH 120 Math for Liberal Arts
MATH 150 Precalculus
MATH 151 Calculus I
MATH 152 Calculus II
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NCCCS
MAT 151
MAT 165
MAT 143
MAT 172, MAT 175
MAT 271
MAT 272
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Expression (select one)
BADM 325 Bus Comm Applcn
BKED 440 (Prof educ only)
COMM 233 Speech
EDUC 450 (Prof educ only)
ENGL 205 Creative Writing
ENGL 270 Rhetoric
RELI 354 Oral Comm Christian
THEA 150 Acting
Additional Fine Arts (see Found Exp)
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NCCCS
AIB 112, BAF 112, BUS 260
N/A
COM 231, 251; ENG 115
N/A
ENG 125, 126
N/A
N/A
N/A
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Physical Activity (select one)
PHED 141-165 Physical Wellness
MUSC 188 Marching Band
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NCCCS
DAN 121-124, PED 111-276
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Professional Readiness Experience
Successful completion of a Professional Readiness Experience (PRE)
is a graduation requirement for students. PREs are attributed to specific
courses predetermined by each department.
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Science (select one)
BIOL 101 Human Biology
BIOL 104 Environment
BIOL 111 General Biology
CHEM 103 Introductory Chemistry
CHEM 111 General Chemistry I
GEOL 101 Physical Geology
GEOL 102 Historical Geology
GEOL 105 Oceanography & Meteorology
GEOL 106 Environmental Geology
PHYS 103 Physics in Everyday Life
PHYS 104 Astronomy
PHYS 203 University Physics I
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NCCCS
BIO 163
BIO 140
BIO 111
CHM 115/121/131
CHM 135
GEL 111
GEL 113
N/A
GEL 230
PHY 121-145, 153
AST 151
PHY 251
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Human Exp (select one)
COMM 230 Tech & Amer
ECON 203 Princ of Econ I
ENGL 211 British Lit I
ENGL 212 British Lit II
ENGL 231 American Lit I
ENGL 232 American Lit II
ENGL 240 Survey of Lit
ENGL 251 World Lit I
ENGL 252 World Lit II
HIST 245 US History
POLS 202 American Govt
Additional History (see Found Exp)
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NCCCS
HUM 110
ECO 252
ENG 241
ENG 242
ENG 231
ENG 232
N/A
ENG 261
ENG 262
HIS 132, 163
POL 120
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World Languages (select one)***
FREN
GERM
GREK
HEBR
SGLG
SPAN (excluding SPAN 300)
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NCCCS
Any ASL, FRE, GER, SPN based on student's level of proficiency
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* Students must be enrolled in an English course, beginning with ENGL 101 until successful completion of ENGL 102.
** Some students, based on high school grades or SAT/ACT test scores, must complete the Math Pathway prior to enrolling in a college-level mathematics course.
*** Based on the student's level of proficiency. Placement Test Credit does not meet the requirement for World Language in the General Education. Please see the World Language Policy in the GWU Academic Catalog for more information.
**** Each student will be enrolled for a Dimensions course each semester for full-time enrollment or until a minimum of 4 semesters have been successfully completed.
Rev 5/25