Courses can be used to meet more than one requirement across major, minor and general education requirements with a few restrictions. If the course meets a requirement in your major and can also meet a requirement in your minor, it will meet the requirement for both. However, the course will not count twice and may leave you short of minimum credits required for the program, resulting in the need for an additional elective. The primary restriction involves double-counting courses between general education and the major.
| General Education | For all Appalachian majors, only nine hours (sometimes 10 hours) in the major academic discipline may be double-counted in general education and the major. Courses that can be double-counted from the major can be viewed on the major / concentrations Programs of Study. For example, if you are a communication studies major, and the program of study indicates six three-credit courses that may count in general education, only three of those courses may double-count. |
| Major | If a major restricts double-counting courses in any way, it will be noted on the Programs of Study |
| Minor | Some minors do not allow sharing between the minor and General Education requirements. The minor Programs of Study will specify this information |