2025-2026 Catalog 
    
    Apr 01, 2025  
2025-2026 Catalog

Information Systems A.S.


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Tennessee Transfer Pathways TBR Community Colleges to Tennessee Public Universities
Community College Area of Emphasis: Information Systems A.S. Degree

 

Graduates of this program should be able to:

  • Demonstrate the ability to apply critical thinking skills
  • Write clear, well-organized documents.
  • Communicate effectively in personal and professional situations.
  • Know how to locate, evaluate, and use information sources.
  • Understand basic math and scientific terms/concepts and procedures/processes.

Required: NSCC 1010 - First Year Experience 1 Credit


General Education Requirements


 

Communication - 9 Credits


 

Humanities and/or Fine Arts - 9 Credits


(at least one course in literature)

Social/Behavioral Sciences - 6 Credits


 

History - 6 Credits


 

Natural Sciences - 8 Credits


 

Mathematics - 3 Credits


 

General Education Total - 41 Credits


 

General Electives*** - 4 Credits


 

Area of Emphasis Total - 19 Credits**


 

Total - 61 Credits**


Note:


Additional course requirements: The Tennessee Board of Regents requires that students either demonstrate the appropriate skill levels in math, reading, and/or writing before enrolling in college-level courses or enroll in appropriate co-requisite experiences with college-level courses to develop competency in those skills while performing college-level work. ACT/SAT scores, classic ACCUPLACER test scores, next-generation ACCUPLACER test scores, or other relevant information determine whether a student needs to enroll in co-requisite courses in math, reading, and/or writing (English).

 

* This course is part of the general education core.

** Students who plan to transfer to the University of Tennessee must complete MATH 2050 - Calculus Based Prob/Stat .

*** Students who plan to transfer to Austin Peay State University, East Tennessee State University, and the University of Tennessee, Chattanooga must complete CISP 1010 , CISP 1020 , Computer Science I and II (Programming) instead of INFS 1010 , Computer Applications and electives. For these students, the total credits in the Area of Emphasis will be 20 credits and total degree credits will be 61.

 

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