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General Education Requirements

General Education Requirements
Requirements
Transfer Among NM Higher Education Institutions
New Mexico Common Core Numbering System (NMCCNS)
Appeal Procedure

Beginning in 2005, and confirmed in the 2016 New Mexico legislative session, courses successfully completed at any New Mexico public institution recognized through a state approval process as general education at that institution are guaranteed to transfer to any other New Mexico two- or four-year public institution as general education coursework for non-teaching degrees and programs. Effective as of 2019, New Mexico requires a minimum of 30-31 hours of general education coursework for students to be designated as “General Education Complete” at any NM institution for all Associates of Arts, Associates of Science, or Bachelor’s degrees, taken from each of these areas:

•        Communications (6 hours)

•        Mathematics (3 hours, minimum)

•        Science with Lab (4 hours)

•        Social and Behavioral Science (3 hours)

•        Humanities (3 hours)

•        Creative and Fine Arts (3 hours)

•        “Flexible Nine”: A minimum of 9 credit hours

identified by each institution.

Associates of Applied Science (AAS) degrees are required to take a minimum of 15 hours of general education coursework. Required general education courses for a specific AAS degree may vary. Students must follow the degree plan in the catalog for their program of study. Any student with an AAS degree will be required to complete an additional 16 hours of General Education Requirements required for a Bachelor’s degree at another institution.

Students enrolling for first-year study who have not yet selected either an academic focus or the institution from which they wish to graduate are advised to take courses during the freshman year approved for General Education.

Transfer students designated as “General Education Complete” on the official transcript will not be required to fulfill General Education requirements at ENMU- Ruidoso. Transfer students who have not completed all of the requirements will need to complete any missing requirements at ENMU-Ruidoso.

Math & Science hours transferred to ENMU-Ruidoso from NMGEC curriculum can vary from 3 to 4 hours. 3 credit hours math & science courses are fully transferrable but may result in students not having the total requisite hours for credential completion.

The following is a list of NMHED approved courses at ENMU-Ruidoso: