TTU Undergraduate Catalog

All universities and community colleges in the Tennessee Board of Regents System (TBR) share a common set of Minimum Requirements for baccalaureate degrees or associate degrees designed for transfer. The Minimum Degree Requirements specify thirty-two semester credit hours in the following subject areas:

Subject Area	Semester Credit Hours Required
English Composition ENGL 1010 ENGL 1020	6
Humanities, including at least 3 semester credit hours in literature ART 1030 ART 2110 ART 2120 ART 3130 ART 3150 ART 3160 ART 4140 ENGL 2130 ENGL 2210 ENGL 2220 ENGL 2330 FREN 1010 FREN 1020 FREN 2010 FREN 2020 GERM 1010 GERM 1020 GERM 2010 GERM 2020 MUS 1030 MUS 1110 MUS 2030 MUS 3010 MUS 3020 PHIL 1030 PHIL 2100 PHIL 2250 RUSS 1010 RUSS 1020 RUSS 2010 RUSS 2020 SPAN 1010 SPAN 1020 SPAN 2010 SPAN 2020 THEA 1030 THEA 3000	9
History TBR Universities require American History, except in a limited number of majors exempted from the requirement. Students may substitute 3 semester credit hours of Tennessee History for the American History required. HIST 2010 HIST 2020 HIST 2030	6
Natural/Physical Sciences and Mathematics, to include one year of science and at least one course in mathematics ASTR 1010 ASTR 1020 BIOL 1010 BIOL 1020 BIOL 1110 BIOL 1120 BIOL 2010 BIOL 2020 BIOL 3200 BIOL 3230 CHEM 1010 CHEM 1020 CHEM 1110 CHEM 1120 CHEM 3005 CHEM 3010 CHEM 3020 GEOG 1010 GEOL 1040 GEOL 1050 PHYS 2010 PHYS 2020 PHYS 2110 PHYS 2111 PHYS 2120 PHYS 2121 MATH 1010 MATH 1410 MATH 1420 MATH 1530 MATH 1630 MATH 1710 MATH 1720 MATH 1730 MATH 1830 MATH 1910 MATH 1920 MATH 2010 MATH 2110 MATH 2120	9
Physical Education Activity Courses (to be taken as two one-semester credit hour courses) Institutions may substitute satisfactory participation in ROTC, marching band, or armed forces experiences for physical education activity courses. All PHED activity courses	2
Total	32

Every TBR institution incorporates the thirty-two semester hours listed above into its degree program requirements and accepts all courses designated as meeting these requirements at other TBR institutions. By ensuring the transferability of courses fulfilling the Minimum Degree Requirements, the TBR has eliminated unnecessary repetition of these courses by students transferring to institutions within the TBR System. Because each TBR institution has a unique mission and its own distinctive curriculum, an institution may require students to complete additional courses in the Minimum Degree subject areas and in other areas that may comprise an institutional General Education Program. Students planning to receive a bachelor of arts or associate of arts degree must demonstrate proficiency in a foreign language as prescribed in the institutional degree requirements.

Although the courses fulfilling the minimum degree requirements may vary in actual design among institutions, many contain similar content. These courses are identified by common course rubrics (prefixes) and numbers in all TBR institutions to facilitate transferability. The actual courses designated by each institution to fulfill the Minimum Degree Requirements, including courses that may not be a part of the common course prefix and numbering pattern, are denoted in catalogs by the u symbol. A complete matrix of courses that satisfy the Minimum Degree Requirements at all TBR institutions and an explanation of the common course rubric and numbering system are available on the TBR web page (www.tbr.state.tn.us).

Tennessee Board of Regents’ Minimum Degree Requirements and Transferability of Courses That Fulfill Minimum Degree Requirements

Tennessee Board of Regents’ Minimum Degree Requirements
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Transferability of Courses That Fulfill Minimum Degree Requirements