CORE Curriculum
Georgia College, in cooperation with other institutions of the University System of Georgia, has adopted a Core Curriculum to allow the transfer of credit from one institution to another without penalty to the student. Each institution establishes the courses required to meet its Core requirements but will accept the completed Core requirements of another System institution. Listed in the online Undergraduate Catalog are the areas of distribution for the Core Curriculum with Georgia College’s approved courses for Areas A, B, C, D and E. (Courses not listed there are not approved for those areas.)
Credit Hours
In college, each class you take will be worth a certain number of credit hours. These “hours” are usually allocated based on how many hours of instruction the student receives each week. The average student will take 4 or 5 classes a semester, which means he or she will be taking 12 to 15 hours. A student may, however, take up to 18 hours. A student is considered a “full-time” student only if he or she is registered for at least 12 hours of class. “Full-time” status is often important to maintain scholarship eligibility, and insurance companies sometimes require students to be “full-time” in order to be covered under the parents’ insurance. These are two important issues to be careful about if you are decreasing the number of hours you are taking. Again, remember that you may only drop a course (outside of the initial five-day Drop/Add period) a total of five (5) times during your academic career at Georgia College.
Core Curriculum Checksheet (pdf) (Valid for students entering fall 2011 and beyond.)
CORE Curriculum Checksheet (pdf) (Valid for students entering prior to fall 2011.)
