Carolina Core is the University of South Carolina's general education requirements for every degree program. The table below lists the Carolina Core requirements that must be fulfilled for this major. Each requirement is followed by the USC courses that fulfill the requirement, as well as the technical college courses that you may have taken that are considered equivalent to the USC course, and therefore also fulfill the Carolina Core requirement.
This list does not include every technical college course that is available for transfer to USC. You are not required to take all courses listed prior to transferring. Rather, it is a guide for you and your advisors.1 Courses must be passed with a grade of a C or higher in order to be considered for transfer credit, and you must have a GPA of 3.252 and a C or higher in a course equivalent to USC's MATH 122 or MATH 141 to be considered for admission. Admission to the Moore School of Business is competitive. Meeting minimum criteria does not guarantee admission. Applications are only considered for entry in the fall term.
SC Technical College courses listed in bold below will satisfy the non-business portion of the internationalization requirement.
| Carolina Core Requirement | USC Course(s) | Technical College Course Equivalent(s) |
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| Writing (CMW) (6 hours) Effective, Engaged and Persuasive Communications |
ENGL 101 and 102 |
ENG 101 and 102 |
| Spoken Component (CMS) (3 hours) Effective, Engaged, and Persuasive Communication |
SPCH 140 | SPC 205 |
| Historical Thinking (GHS) (3 hours) Global Citizenship and Multicultural Understanding |
HIST 101, 102, 104, 105, 106, 109, 111, or 112 | HIS 101, 102, 106, 107, 108, 109, 201, or 202 |
| Foreign Language (GFL) Global Citizenship and Multicultural Understanding |
Demonstration of proficiency in one foreign language equivalent to the completion
of USC's 109 and 110; or USC's 121 level. If student places out of foreign language, they must take an additional approved electives to fill these hours towards graduation. |
Two courses in the same Foreign Language selected from:
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| Social Sciences (GSS) (3 hours) Global Citizenship and Multicultural Understanding |
One course from:
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One course from:
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Analytical Reasoning and Problem Solving (ARP) (6 hours)* |
MATH 122 or MATH 141 |
MAT 130 or MAT 140 |
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STAT 206 |
BUS 240 |
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| Scientific Literacy (SCI) (7 hours) | Two courses (must include one laboratory course) selected from:
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Two courses (must include one laboratory course) selected from:
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| Fine Arts (AIU) (3 hours) Aesthetic and Interpretive Understanding |
One course from:
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One course from:
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| Values, Ethics and Social Responsibility (VSR) (3 hours) | PHI 211, POLI 201 | PHI 110, 115, 251, or PSC 201 |
| Lower Division Business Courses | ACCT 225 and 226 | ACC 101 and 102 |
| MGMT 250 | BUS 130 or ENG 165 | |
| MGSC 290 | CPT 170 | |
| ECON 221 and 222 | ECO 210 and 211 |
1 Technical students must meet all requirements for admission to USC and must be accepted through the Office of Undergraduate Admissions. Consult the University Bulletin for specific entrance requirements. Nothing in the foregoing supersedes any University, college, departmental, or programmatic regulation or policy.
2 GPA minimum is currently under review and is subject to change.
International Requirement
Nine (9) credits of internationally-based courses are required. At least three (3) credits must be a Business or Economics course at the 300 or higher level, usually taken during the Junior/Senior year(s). The remaining six (6) credits can come from two non-Business areas including two 200 or above foreign language courses in the same language.