Northern’s General Education Common Core Offerings

For purposes of selecting appropriate courses to meet Northern’s Associate of Arts and/or Associate of Science and Northern’s baccalaureate degree requirements for the General Education Common Core, you will select courses from each area shown.

Northern New Mexico College’s general education requirements reflect the values of the college and its faculty. The purpose of these courses is to help you achieve a foundation of knowledge that broadens and enriches your abilities to communicate, to think critically, to problem solve, and to broaden your world view regarding global awareness, human values, and social consciousness.

These selections call for you to develop written and oral communication skills, problem solving skills, scientific, historical, cultural, and ethical thinking. Northern has added courses to the state-wide transfer common core which present you with a greater choice of electives. If you will be transferring these courses to another college/university, you may be required to verify acceptance of such courses at the transferring institutions.

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(Note that a course cannot count in two areas. Courses marked with an asterisk can be used for either one of the Areas I-VI or for one of the Flexible Nine Courses but not for both requirements.  For example, ENGL 2310  cannot count for Area VI and for the Literature Requirement.)