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2024-2025 Catalog

  • Georgia Highlands College
  • History of the College
  • Mission, Goals, &​ Values
  • GHC Locations &​ Facilities
  • Official Notices
  • Academic Calendars
  • Admissions
    • Required High School Curriculum (RHSC)
    • Student Admission Classification
  • Tuition and Fees
    • Tuition Classification
  • Financial Aid
  • Academic Placement &​ Learning Support
  • Student Services &​ Campus Life
    • Academic Services
    • Campus Safety
    • Campus Services
    • Student Engagement
    • Student Support Services
  • Academic Information
    • Academic Progress and Renewal
    • Alternative Credit
    • General Academic Policies
    • Grade Policies
    • Graduation Requirements
    • Honors Program
    • Program of Study
    • Registration Policies
    • Withdrawal Policies
  • Core Curriculum
  • Degree Programs
    • Bachelor Degree Programs
      • Building Information Modeling Management, BS
      • Criminal Justice, BS (eMajor)
      • Dental Hygiene, BSDH
      • Environmental &​ Natural Resources, BS
      • Health Science, BS
      • Healthcare Management, BBA
      • Logistics and Supply Chain Management, BBA
      • Organizational Leadership, BS (eMajor)
      • RN-​BSN Online Program, BSN
    • Career Degree Programs
      • Dental Hygiene, ASDH
      • Human Services, ASHS
      • Nursing, ASN
    • Nexus Degree Program
      • Nexus Degree Supply Chain Management in Financial Technology
    • Transfer Degree Programs
      • Agriculture Pathway, A.S.
      • Art Pathway, A.A.
      • Biology Pathway, A.S.
      • Business Administration Pathway, A.S.
      • Chemistry Pathway, A.S.
      • Communication Pathway, A.A.
      • Computer Information Systems Pathway, A.S.
      • Computer Science Pathway, A.S.
      • Criminal Justice Pathway, A.A.
      • Engineering Pathway, A.S.
      • English Pathway, A.A.
      • Entrepreneurship Pathway, A.S.
      • Exercise Science Pathway, A.S.
      • Film and Digital Entertainment, A.A.
      • Financial Technology Pathway, A.S.
      • General Studies Pathway, A.S.
      • Geology Pathway, A.S.
      • Graphic Design Pathway, A.A.
      • Health Professions Pathway, A.S.
      • History Pathway, A.A.
      • Journalism Pathway, A.A.
      • Mathematics Pathway, A.S.
      • Political Science Pathway, A.A.
      • Psychology Pathway, A.A.
      • Recreation Administration Pathway, A.S.
      • Sociology Pathway, A.A.
      • Spanish Pathway, A.A.
      • Sport Management Pathway, A.S.
      • Teacher Education: Birth-​5 Years Pathway, A.S.
      • Teacher Education: Early Childhood Education Pathway, A.S.
      • Teacher Education: Middle Grades Education Pathway, A.S.
      • Teacher Education: Physical Education Pathway, A.S.
      • Teacher Education: Secondary Education Pathway, A.S.
      • Teacher Education: Special Education Pathway, A.S.
    • Minors
      • Healthcare Management Minor
      • Sport Management Minor
  • Course Descriptions
    • Accounting (ACCT)
    • Allied Health (AHSC)
    • Art (ARTS)
    • Astronomy (ASTR)
    • Biology (BIOL)
    • Building Info. Modeling Mgmt. (BIMM)
    • Business Administration (BUSA)
    • Chemistry (CHEM)
    • Communications (COMM)
    • Computer Science (CSCI)
    • Criminal Justice (CRJU)
    • Data Science (DATA)
    • Dental Hygiene (DHYG)
    • Economics (ECON)
    • Education (EDUC)
    • English (ENGL)
    • Enviromental Science (ENVS)
    • Environmental/​Natural Resource (EVNR)
    • Exercise Science (EXSC)
    • Film Studies (FILM)
    • Finance (FINA)
    • Financial Tech (FTA)
    • Geology (GEOL)
    • Georgia Film Academy (GFA)
    • Health Science (HSCI)
    • Healthcare Administration (HADM)
    • Healthcare Management (HCMT)
    • History (HIST)
    • Human Services (HMSV)
    • Humanities (HUMS)
    • Integrated Science (ISCI)
    • Journalism (JOUR)
    • Logistics/​Supply Chain Mgmt (LSCM)
    • Management (MGMT)
    • Marketing (MKTG)
    • Mathematics (MATH)
    • Music (MUSC)
    • Nursing (NURS)
    • Office Administration &​ Technology (OATC)
    • Organizational Leadership (ORGL)
    • Philosophy (PHIL)
    • Physical Education (PHED)
    • Physical Science (PHSC)
    • Physics (PHYS)
    • Political Science (POLS)
    • Psychology (PSYC)
    • Religion (RELI)
    • Science Elective (NSCI)
    • Social Justice (SJUS)
    • Sociology (SOCI)
    • Spanish (SPAN)
    • Special Topics: Humanities (GHHU)
    • Special Topics: Mathematics (GHMA)
    • Special Topics: Science (GHSC)
    • Special Topics: Social Science (GHSS)
    • Sports Management (SMGT)
    • Statistics (STAT)
    • Theater (THEA)
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A

  • Accounting (ACCT)
  • Allied Health (AHSC)
  • Art (ARTS)
  • Astronomy (ASTR)

B

  • Biology (BIOL)
  • Building Info. Modeling Mgmt. (BIMM)
  • Business Administration (BUSA)

C

  • Chemistry (CHEM)
  • Communications (COMM)
  • Computer Science (CSCI)
  • Criminal Justice (CRJU)

D

  • Data Science (DATA)
  • Dental Hygiene (DHYG)

E

  • Economics (ECON)
  • Education (EDUC)
  • English (ENGL)
  • Enviromental Science (ENVS)
  • Environmental/Natural Resource (EVNR)
  • Exercise Science (EXSC)

F

  • Film Studies (FILM)
  • Finance (FINA)
  • Financial Tech (FTA)

G

  • Geology (GEOL)
  • Georgia Film Academy (GFA)

H

  • Health Science (HSCI)
  • Healthcare Administration (HADM)
  • Healthcare Management (HCMT)
  • History (HIST)
  • Human Services (HMSV)
  • Humanities (HUMS)

I

  • Integrated Science (ISCI)

J

  • Journalism (JOUR)

L

  • Logistics/Supply Chain Mgmt (LSCM)

M

  • Management (MGMT)
  • Marketing (MKTG)
  • Mathematics (MATH)
  • Music (MUSC)

N

  • Nursing (NURS)

O

  • Office Administration & Technology (OATC)
  • Organizational Leadership (ORGL)

P

  • Philosophy (PHIL)
  • Physical Education (PHED)
  • Physical Science (PHSC)
  • Physics (PHYS)
  • Political Science (POLS)
  • Psychology (PSYC)

R

  • Religion (RELI)

S

  • Science Elective (NSCI)
  • Social Justice (SJUS)
  • Sociology (SOCI)
  • Spanish (SPAN)
  • Special Topics: Humanities (GHHU)
  • Special Topics: Mathematics (GHMA)
  • Special Topics: Science (GHSC)
  • Special Topics: Social Science (GHSS)
  • Sports Management (SMGT)
  • Statistics (STAT)

T

  • Theater (THEA)
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