2024-2025 Catalog

Technical Specialist (TC31) Certificate

Campus Availability and Advisement:

Program Description:

The purpose of this certificate is to prepare students for positions in business that require technical proficiency to translate technical information to various audiences and in various formats using written and oral communication skills.

Required Courses

ENGL 1101Composition and Rhetoric

3

COMP 1000Introduction to Computer Literacy

3

Humanities/Fine Arts Electives (6 credits)

HUMN 1101Introduction to Humanities

3

MUSC 1101Music Appreciation

3

ENGL 2130American Literature

3

Social/Behavioral Science Electives (6 credits)

PSYC 1101Introductory Psychology

3

ECON 1101Principles of Economics

3

SOCI 1101Introduction to Sociology

3

POLS 1101American Government

3

HIST 1111World History I to 1500

3

HIST 1112World History II since 1500

3

HIST 2111U.S. History I to 1877

3

HIST 2112U.S. History II since 1865

3

Natural Sciences/Mathematics (3 credits)

MATH 1101Mathematical Modeling

3

MATH 1103Quantitative Skills and Reasoning

3

MATH 1111College Algebra

3

MATH 1112College Trigonometry

3

MATH 1113Precalculus

3

MATH 1131Calculus I

4

 

BIOL 1111Biology I

3

AND

BIOL 1111LBiology Lab I

1

 

CHEM 1151Survey of Inorganic Chemistry

3

AND

CHEM 1151LSurvey of Inorganic Chemistry Lab

1

 

CHEM 1211Chemistry I

3

AND

CHEM 1211LChemistry Lab I

1

 

PHYS 1110Conceptual Physics

3

AND

PHYS 1110LConceptual Physics Lab

1

General Education Core Electives (See Advisor) (6-12 credits)

Occupational Guided Electives (See Advisor) (9-12 credits)

(Note: Some classes may only be available on the Floyd and Walker County Campuses)

Total Credit Hours: 36 Minimum Credit Hours for Graduation