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Nov 02, 2025
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2025-2026 Catalog
General Education Requirements
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BRCC’s General Education Requirements uphold the College’s mission “to be the preferred provider of talent in a global marketplace.” General Education coursework establishes a foundation of broad knowledge and skills for students to describe, evaluate, and appreciate their world. In addition, General Education coursework prepares students for meaningful, lifelong learning and supports programs designed to enhance personal growth, prepare students to transfer to a four-year institution, and prepare students in an applied program for entry into the workforce.
Below are the Core Competencies and General Education Learning Outcomes identified by BRCC Faculty for assessing the General Education components of BRCC programs of study.
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| Communication |
- Determine the meaning of words as they are used in context.
- Interpret others’ ideas in written and spoken form.
- Construct written and/or verbal arguments.
- Create compositions for specific contexts.
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| Critical Thinking |
- Use information to inquire and problem solve.
- Draw conclusions based on relevant criteria and standards.
- Examine issues by identifying and challenging assumptions.
- Organize observations on specific problems and issues.
- Evaluate solutions based on practical and/or ethical implications.
- Evaluate the relevance of arguments.
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| Diverse Perspectives |
- Analyze the interdependence of distinctive world-wide social, economic, geo-political, and cultural systems.
- Examine individual as well as others’ personal ethical systems and values within social institutions.
- Interpret historic, political, cultural, social, environmental, or economic factors that shape diverse groups and institutions.
- Interpret the human condition and cultures in works of art.
- Assess the impact social institutions have on individuals and cultures.
- Evaluate the impact the arts and humanities have on individuals and cultures.
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| Information Literacy |
- Adhere to guidelines for using information.
- Differentiate degrees of credibility, accuracy, and reliability of data.
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| Quantitative and Symbolic Reasoning |
- Use processes and models to solve quantitative problems.
- Interpret data presented graphically, symbolically, and numerically.
- Represent mathematical information numerically, symbolically, and visually, using graphs and charts.
- Reason by deduction, induction, and analogy.
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| Scientific Reasoning |
- Apply scientific concepts to explain the natural world.
- Apply scientific concepts to explain the physical world.
- Explain scientific concepts or conclusions through the interpretation of graphs, tables, or diagrams.
- Use scientific concepts to analyze environmental issues and civic responsibility.
- Engage the scientific method of inquiry, analysis, and problem solving.
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| Teamwork |
- Examine social responsibilities, ethics, and individual rights in a democratic society.
- Demonstrate skills needed to enhance professional and/or academic performance standards.
- Formulate responses to different points of view.
- Evaluate the impact of an individuals’ decision(s) on personal and/or professional goals.
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Standards and Requirements
In compliance with the Board of Regents’ Academic Affairs policy 2.16, Statewide General Education Requirements, associate degrees and two types of certificates (the certificate of applied science and the general studies certificate) require the completion of specific number of credit hours in General Education. Students should review and be aware of the General Education course requirements when deciding on a program of study. Because of their foundational nature in many degree programs, students should begin working on the General Education requirements starting in the first semester of attendance. Students must earn a grade of “D” or better in all General Education requirements and a “C” or better in ENGL 1013 (ENGL 101) and ENGL 1023 (ENGL 102), unless otherwise specified by the requirements of the degree/program of study. Students must earn a “C” or better in General Education courses that are prerequisites for other courses. Only those courses on the approved list may be used to satisfy General Education requirements.
In addition to the specific requirements set by the Board of Regents in Academic Affairs Policy 2.16, associate degrees must also meet the general education requirements of the Southern Association of Colleges and Schools Commission on Colleges (SACSCOC). Note in particular that the Board of Regents accepts courses in Foreign Language and Speech/Communications for the fulfillment of the Humanities requirement of an Associate of Applied Science (AAS) degree, but SACSCOC does not: only approved courses in English Literature, History, Humanities, and Philosophy will satisfy the requirements of both the Board of Regents and SACSCOC for AAS degrees (SACSCOC Core Requirement 9.3, General Education).
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Approved General Education Courses
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