General Program and Course Information
Academic programs are grouped into instructional divisions—Business Technologies, General Education and Learning Support, Health Technologies, Industrial Technologies, Nursing and Allied Health Technologies, and Public Service Technologies. Within instructional divisions, programs are identified as associate degree nursing, associate of applied science degree, diploma, or technical certificates of credit (TCC). Each program is a major area of concentration consisting of general core courses and/or occupationally related courses.
Program completion time will vary based on program choices and previous training. In addition, while all courses offered each semester are expected to be taught, a course that fails to have a sufficient number of enrollees may be dropped. When available, program courses may be completed at any GNTC campus (Catoosa, Floyd, Gordon, Polk, Walker, Whitfield Murray), as well as online through GNTC or through Georgia Online Learning & Development (GOLD).
Courses are offered in various formats: lecture, lecture/lab, clinical/internship-based, web-enhanced, hybrid, and on-line. Some, but not all, courses are offered in the evening hours. Students should be prepared to take courses in all formats during their program of study.
Some courses have identified prerequisites or co-requisites. These are located in the course descriptions section of this catalog. Students must score a “C” or better in prerequisite courses in order to advance to the next course level.
An increasing number of GNTC general core and occupational classes are available for online completion through GOLD. Online learning removes barriers of time and location that can prevent students from pursuing educational opportunities. To assist GNTC’s online students in their success, GNTC recommends that all students taking an online option perform the SmarterMeasure assessment and view the available online DEMO on GNTC’s home page and select the link “Blackboard.”
Degree Opportunities
In support of students who wish to pursue associate degrees, GNTC offers the associate of science in nursing (ASN), and associate of applied science (AAS) degrees. GNTC also has articulation agreements with other colleges for selected bachelor degrees.
Under an agreement with the University System of Georgia (USG), the Technical College System of Georgia (TCSG) courses in the table below will transfer to a USG college. Not all courses listed are offered by Georgia Northwestern Technical College.
Students wishing to have other courses transferred to a USG college, or are planning to transfer to a non-USG college, must contact the receiving college to determine if the courses will be accepted for transfer.
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TCSG Prefix & Number
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TCSG Course Title
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ARTS 1101
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Art Appreciation
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BIOL 1111
BIOL 1111L
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Biology I
Biology I Lab
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BIOL 1112
BIOL 1112L
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Biology II
Biology II Lab
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CHEM 1151
CHEM 1151L
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Survey of Inorganic Chemistry
Survey of Inorganic Chemistry Lab
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CHEM 1152
CHEM 1152L
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Survey of Organic Chemistry and Biochemistry
Survey of Organic Chemistry and Biochemistry Lab
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COMM 1100
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Human Communication
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ECON 1101
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Principles of Economics
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ECON 2105
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Macroeconomics
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ECON 2106
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Microeconomics
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ENGL 1101
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Composition and Rhetoric
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ENGL 1102
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Literature and Composition
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ENGL 2110
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World Literature
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ENGL 2130
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American Literature
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ENGL 2310
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English Literature from Beginnings to 1700
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HIST 1111
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World History I
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HIST 1112
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World History II
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HIST 2111**
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US History I
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HIST 2112**
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US History II
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HUMN 1101
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Introduction to Humanities
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MATH 1101
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Mathematical Modeling
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MATH 1103
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Quantitative Skills & Reasoning
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MATH 1111
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College Algebra
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MATH 1113
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Precalculus
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MATH 1127
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Introduction to Statistics
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MATH 1131
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Calculus I
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MUSC 1101
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Music Appreciation
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PHYS 1111
PHYS 1111L
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Introductory Physics I
Introductory Physics I Lab
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PHYS 1112
PHYS 1112L
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Introductory Physics II
Introductory Physics II Lab
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POLS 1101*
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American Government
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POLS 2401
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Global Issues
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PSYC 1101
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Introductory Psychology
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PSYC 2103
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Human Development
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SOCI 1101
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Introduction to Sociology
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SPAN 1101
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Introduction to Spanish Language and Culture I
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SPAN 1102
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Introduction to Spanish Language and Culture II
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SPCH 1101
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Public Speaking
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THEA 1101
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Theater Appreciation
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This table applies if the accepting USG institution offers a comparable course
*Satisfies US and GA Constitution legislative requirements
**Satisfies US and GA History legislative requirements