NMT General Degree
Requirements
for a Bachelor of
Science Degree
I)
Humanities and Social Sciences
- English (total 9 hours (6 hours if ENGL 111 is waived))
- ENGL 111* (3), 112 (3) College English
- * ENGL 111 is waived for students who have a high enough ACT
or SAT score
(see page 22). These students must take another course to replace the
three credit hours; however, that course does not have to be an English
course
- ENGL 341 (3) Technical Writing
- Humanities (6 hours from the following)
- English courses numbered ENGL 300, except ENGL 341
- Art History courses<>
- Music courses excluding performance ensembles<>
- Philosophy courses
- Social Sciences (9 hours from the following)
- History
- Economics
- Political Science
- Psychology
- Humanities and Social Science Elective (3 additional credit
hours from
the following)
- Courses chosen from the above list of Humanities or Social
Science courses (Sections I.B. and I.C. above);
- A foreign language course
Note: Electrical Engineering majors must
also satisfy a depth requirement in the humanities or social sciences.
See page 130.
II) Mathematics and Basic Sciences
- Basic mathematics, if necessary
- College algebra and
trigonometry, if necessary
- MATH 131 (4), 132 (4) Calculus
- PHYS 121 & 121L (5), 122 & 122L (5) General Physics
- (Physics
majors must take PHYS 131 & 131L (5), 132 & 132L (5). With the
permission of the major department, students may substitute the
sequence PHYS 131 & 131L (5), 132 & 132L (5).)
- CHEM 121 & 121L (4), 122 & 122L (4) General Chemistry
- (CHEM 121 may be replaced by CHEM 103 and 104.)
- A total of eight (8) credit hours in courses with associated
laboratories from the disciplines of
- Biology
- Earth Science
- Engineering
Note:
Students majoring in biology, Earth science, environmental science,
psychology, and any engineering discipline fulfill this portion of the
general degree requirements while fulfilling their major requirements.
Transfer
students are expected to meet these general requirements in principle
but are not required to present the exact duplicates of these courses.
Their transcripts will be evaluated by the Registrar.
Changes
in the educational program are made from time to time by action of the
Faculty Senate. Students in continuous residence are assured that care
will be taken to avoid unnecessary hardship caused by such changes.