Figure: 19 TAC §4.28(b)

Chart I - Institutions must select 36 semester credit hours of the core curriculum according to the parameters described below:
Component Area Required Semester Credit Hours
010** Communication
(Englishrhetoric/composition)		 6
020** Mathematics
(the first college-level math course a student completes, including but not limited to introductory statistics, logic, college algebra, or any more advanced math course for which the student is qualified upon enrollment)		 3
030** Natural Sciences 6
Humanities & Visual and Performing Arts Must include:
050** Visual/Performing Arts
040** Other (literature, philosophy, modern or
classical language/literature and cultural studies*)		 6

(3)
(3)
Social/Behavioral Sciences Must include:
060** U.S. History (legislatively mandated)
070** Political Science (legislatively mandated)
080** Social/Behavioral Science		 15
(6)
(6)
(3)
Total Minimum Requirements 36

* Humanities application of language skills includes a study of literature in the original language, and/or the cultural studies related to a modern or classical language.

** Identifying numbers recommended by the Texas Association of Collegiate Registrars and Admissions Officers (TACRAO) for use on students transcripts, in order to indicate courses utilized to satisfy core curriculum component area requirements. Student transcripts should also indicate whether a student has completed the core curriculum satisfactorily.


Chart II - To complete the required 42-semester-credit-hour core curriculum, institutions
shall select an additional 6 semester credit hours from one or more of the following:
Component Area Possible Additional Semester Credit
Hours (6 Minimum)
011*** Communication
(composition, speech, modern language
communication skills*)		 Up to 6
021*** Mathematics (the second college-level math course a student completes, including but not limited to finite math, statistics, calculus, or above) Up to 3
031*** Natural Sciences Up to 3
041*** Humanities (literature, philosophy, modern or classical language/literature and cultural studies**) &
051*** Visual and Performing Arts		 Up to 3
081*** Social and Behavioral Sciences Up to 3
090*** Institutionally Designated Option (may
include additional semester credit hours in the
categories listed above, computer literacy,
health/wellness, kinesiology, capstone or
interdisciplinary courses, etc.		 Up to 6
Total Additional Hours 6

* Communication application of a modern language means the basic proficiency skills acquired during
introductory courses and including a working competency in grammar, writing, speaking, and
listening/comprehension in a foreign language.

** Humanities application of language skills includes a study of literature in the original language, and/or
the cultural studies related to a modern or classical language.

*** Identifying numbers recommended by the Texas Association of Collegiate Registrars and Admissions
Officers (TACRAO) for use on students transcripts, in order to indicate courses utilized to satisfy core
curriculum component area requirements. Student transcripts should also indicate whether a student has
completed the core curriculum satisfactorily.