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General Education Curriculum

The General Education Curriculum or GEC requirements for all students at the Ohio State University consist of a minimum of 110 quarter hours, some of which are to be taken in the junior and senior years. Columbus State and Ohio State faculty and administrators have worked together since 1986 to facilitate the smooth transfer of courses between the two institutions. In cases where Columbus State courses do not have direct equivalencies at Ohio State, Columbus State courses are submitted directly to the Ohio State Curriculum Committee for approval before they are included in the transfer guides. Once approved these courses are included in the GEC lists distributed to college and department offices at Ohio State as approved courses which satisfy Ohio State GEC requirements. These courses are designated as "special" or SPL in the transfer guides.

To further demonstrate the strong collaboration between the colleges, in January 1997, the presidents of Ohio State and Columbus State publicly signed a renewed agreement which guarantees admission of Columbus State Associate of Arts and Associate of Science graduates to The Ohio State University with the same privileges and rights as students who began their careers at Ohio State. The document also offers students the opportunity to transfer to Ohio State prior to completion of the associate's degree and have equivalent Ohio State courses applied to the Columbus State degree. Such an agreement is called a "dual enrollment" agreement.

General Education Curriculum (GEC) Requirements

Writing and Related Skills
Three courses required, the third of which is to be taken in the student's major at Ohio State.

Quantitative and Logical Skills
One course required at a minimum level of College Algebra.. Higher levels of proficiency required for some colleges and majors.

Data Analysis
One statistics course required as specified by the college and/or major.

Natural Sciences
A Minimum of 20 hours of laboratory science from both Biological and Physical Sciences. There may be additional requirements for science and science based professions. Columbus State students who take NSCI 101, 102, 103 and an approved course from the biological sciences can fulfill this requirement at Columbus State.

Social Sciences
Fifteen hours are required from three areas: Individuals and Groups, Organizations and Politics, and Human, Natural, and Economic Resources. A maximum of five hours is permitted from the area of your Ohio State major, but these hours may not be counted in your major.

Arts and Humanities
Twenty five hours are required, including a 10 hour historical sequence, five hours in Literature, five hours in Visual/Performing Arts, and five hours in any approved Humanities discipline. Columbus State students who complete the HUM 111, 112, and 113 sequence fulfill Ohio State's international issues/non-western or global requirement, the History requirement, and the Visual/Performing Arts requirement, and is the preferred sequence for most students. Students who complete the HUM 111, 151, and 152 sequence fulfill the History requirement, and the Visual/Performing Arts requirement. Students may fulfill the Literature requirement and the other Arts and Humanities requirements from the listed Columbus State electives.

Foreign Languages
All colleges at Ohio State have an International Experience requirement which may be fulfilled by completing a foreign language course at the Intermediate II or 104 level. Some colleges have not been enforcing this requirement but still list it in their degree programs and may choose to enforce it at any time. Students with limited foreign language study are strongly encouraged to take a minimum of language study through the Elementary II or 102 level while at Columbus State.

Social Diversity
All students are required to take at least one course to fulfill the social diversity in the United States requirement. By choosing from ENGL 250, 251, 252, 253 or from SSCI 101 or 103, the social diversity requirement can be satisfied, as well as the Writing and Related Skills "second course" requirement, and the Social Science's Individuals and Groups requirement.

Individual College Requirements

International Issues
All students are required to complete two international issues courses, one of which must be a non-western or global course. The other course must be another non-western or global course, or a western (non-US) course. For example, the SSCI 104 course satisfies both the non-western or global requirement and the Social Science's Human, Natural, and Economic Resources requirment. Completing the HUM 111, 112, and 113 sequence satisfies both the non-western or global requirement, and the Arts and Humanitites Visual/Performing arts course work.

The Colleges of the Arts and Sciences
The Colleges of the Arts and Sciences, consisting of the College of the Arts, the School of Music, the School of Journalism & Communication, the College of Biological Sciences, the College of Social & Behavioral Sciences, the College of Humanities, and the College of Mathematics & Physical Sciences, strictly enforce the General Education Curriculum requirements, including up to 20 hours of foreign language study.

Bachelor of Science Degrees at Ohio State require a minimum of mathematics through the level of MATH 152, Calculus and Analytical Geometry II, and 25 hours of Biological and Physical Sciences.

The School of Journalism & Communication requires the completion of historical sequence History 151 and History 152, which can be fulfilled by taking Columbus State's HUM 151 and HUM 152.

Social and Behavioral Sciences disciplines require a Data Analysis course from within the major area at Ohio State.

The College of Business
The College of Business is a selective admissions college at Ohio State. Because of the competitive nature of admissions to the college, Columbus State students are encouraged to follow the Core curriculum at Columbus State and use their elective courses to fulfill additional admissions requirements to the College of Business. The additional requirements for admissions are:

Mathematics - MATH 130, 131, 132 and 233
Economics - ECON 200 and 240
Accounting - ACCT 106 and 107

The College of Engineering
The College of Engineering is a selective admissions college at the Ohio State. Students pursuing this track should begin their mathematics and physical sciences studies at Columbus State as soon as possible. A pre-engineering advisor from the mathematics or physics faculty at Columbus State should be contacted for advice about which courses to select.

The College of Education
The College of Education at Ohio State is a graduate program only. Students interested in pursuing a career in education should choose a major area of concentration and follow the Associate of Arts or Associate of Science degree programs. Students wishing to enter elementary education have the option of taking MATH 105 and MATH 106, Mathematics for Elementary Teachers, to fulfill their mathematics requirements at Columbus State.

Other Colleges and Majors
The School of Allied Medical Professions in the College of Medicine is a limited enrollment and highly selective admissions college at Ohio State. While transfer guides are available for students wishing to pursue these programs of study, students should first consult with a counselor before registering.

Students interested in transferring to The College of Nursing at Ohio State should follow the Columbus State Associate of Arts to Ohio State College of Nursing Transfer Guide, which is similar to the pre-nursing program at Columbus State. Students interested in pursuing majors housed in the College of Human Ecology should follow the core curriculum at Columbus State, selecting electives from the Social and Behavioral Sciences. Students interested in Pre-medicine, Dentistry, Optometry, Pharmacy, Agriculture or Natural Resources should follow the Associate of Science Degree Program, consulting college bulletins from those colleges for advice on electives. Students interested in Prelaw should follow the Associate of Arts Degree Program, selecting electives from history and political science.