Recommended Courses from NCCS Schools
Recommended Core Curriculum for Transfer from any N.C. Community College to Salem College:
General Education Courses (Revised August 2004)
NOTE: Items in this listing are subject to change over time, so this document is not to be considered an indefinite or final guarantee of transferability.
Course numbers and title are from the Community College General Education Core Courses listing (1997). The course department and number in brackets [ ] represents the Salem equivalent. All of the community college courses are three semester hours credit, except as noted otherwise. Salem operates on a 4-1-4 calendar and a course credit system whereby each regular course is worth one course credit. A three-semester-hour or four-semester-hour course transferred in from a college on the semester system is equated to one course at Salem. Each Salem College degree requires a minimum of 36 courses, with approximately 14-17 of those courses required to satisfy Salem’s basic distribution requirements (i.e. general education requirements). A maximum of 20 courses towards the 36 minimum required may be brought in from a two-year college.
Traditional-age female students (ages 18-22) interested in transferring to Salem should also refer to the Salem College Catalog for information on January Term, physical education, and Salem Signature requirements. Men and women ages 23 and over may apply to the Fleer Center. Salem College offers the following undergraduate degrees: Bachelor of Arts ( B.A.), Bachelor of Science (B.S.), Bachelor of Music (B.M); and, in the Fleer Center, the Bachelor of Science in Business Administration (B.S.B.A). Students should refer to the Salem College Catalog for more information on specific requirements for degrees, majors, and minors.
English Composition (two or three courses: should be taken freshman year)
ENG 111 Expository Writing [ENGL 101]
and ENG 113 Literature-Based Research [ENGL 102]
or ENG 111, ENG112 Argument-Based Research, and one literature course will satisfy this area requirement
Modern Foreign Language (proficiency through the intermediate level; up to four courses depending on placement)
FRE, GER, or SPAN 211 AND 212 Intermediate I and II [FREN, GERM, SPAN 030]
Note: Italian and Russian would also be acceptable as long as the student completed the whole sequence
(through 212) before transferring, as Salem does not offer those languages.
History (two courses in a sequence, either Western Civilization or American History)
HIS 121 and 122 Western Civilizations I and II [HIST 101 and 102]
or HIS 131 and 132 American History I and II [HIST 105 and 106]
Note: Prospective Interior Design majors should take the American history sequence. Arts Management majors should take the Western Civ sequence.
Fine Arts (one course from the listing below)
ART 111 Art Appreciation [ART 000 Elective](Note: not applicable to art majors: see below)
ART 114 Art History Survey I [ARTH 121] (Note: Required for art and interior design majors)
ART 115 Art History Survey II [ARTH 122](also required for art and interior design majors)
DRA 111 Theatre Appreciation [ELEC 000 Elective]
DRA 112 Literature of the Theatre [ENGL 208]
MUS 110 Music Appreciation [MUSI 100]
Religion/Philosophy (one course from listing below)
Note: Business majors should wait and take Business Ethics [PHIL 124] at Salem to satisfy both the major
and the basic distribution requirement in this area.
PHI 210 History of Philosophy [PHIL 101]
PHI 221 Western Philosophy II [PHIL 208] (continued on next page)
PHI 240 Intro to Ethics [PHIL 122](Note: Required for communication majors)
REL 111 Eastern Religions [RELI 130]
REL 211 Old Testament [RELI 110]
REL 212 New Testament [RELI 111]
REL 221 Religion in America[RELI 240]
*Social Sciences (B.A. degree candidates choose two introductory-level courses from two different subject areas)
ANT 220 Cultural Anthropology [ANTH 110]
ECON 251 Principles of Microeconomics [ECON 120](Note: Required for business/accounting majors)
ECON 253 Principles of Macroeconomics [ECON 110] (also required for business/accounting majors)
POL 120 American Government [POLI 120]
POL 220 International Relations [POLI 110]
PSY 150 General Psychology [PSYC 010]
SOC 210 Intro to Sociology [SOCI 100]
*NOTE: Students in the following programs of study may substitute the history sequence listed earlier for the social sciences requirement: math, science and accounting majors pursuing the B.S. degree (as opposed to the B.A.); also adult students (ages 23 and over) enrolled in the B.S.B.A. degree program (majors in business and accounting).
** Mathematics and Science (two to three courses depending on the degree and major)
Candidates for the B.A. degree must take three courses: one math course; one lab science course; and a third course that can be another math course, another lab science course, a non-lab science course or a computer programming course.
- Recommended math courses (choose one, based on appropriate math placement and projected major; depending upon the student’s math placement, some review courses may be necessary before any of these can be taken):
MAT 140 Survey of Mathematics [MATH 000-BDR]
MAT 161 College Algebra [MATH 020]
MAT 162 College Trigonometry [MATH 025]
MAT 165 Finite Mathematics [MATH 060]
MAT 171 Precalculus Algebra [MATH 020]
MAT 172 Precalculus Trigonometry [MATH 025]
MAT 263 Brief Calculus [MATH 070]
MAT 271 Calculus I [MATH 100]
MAT 272 Calculus II [MATH 101]
- Recommended lab science courses (choose one):
BIO 110 Principles of Biology [BIOL 010] (non-majors) or BIO 111 General Biology I w/lab (4) [BIOL 100]
BIO 112 General Biology II w/lab (4) [BIOL 101]
CHM 131/131A Intro to Chemistry w/lab (4) (non-majors) [CHEM 050]
CHM 151 General Chemistry I (4) [CHEM 110]
CHM 152 General Chemistry II (4)[CHEM 120]
PHY 151 College Physics I (4) [PHYS 010]
PHY 152 College Physics II (4) [PHYS 020]
Note: Although Salem does not offer Astronomy or Geology, they can be accepted as a lab science elective to fulfill the basic distribution requirement. (Course must be taken with a lab in order to fulfill a lab science requirement; without the lab, it could count only towards a non-lab course requirement and the student would still need to take a lab science course.)
- For the third math/science course requirement, choose another math or science course from the above lists, or choose one of the following courses:
BIO 140 Environmental Biology (lab not required) [BIOL 050]
CIS 151 Intro to Programming and Logic [CPSC 000]
PHY 110 Conceptual Physics [PHSC 050]
