Presentation College General Education Program - Associate Degree Programs

Educational Philosophy and Purpose

In recognition of our diverse, rapidly changing world, Presentation College's general education program prepares undergraduate students for responsible citizenship, ethical leadership, and careers or further education.

GENERAL EDUCATION REQUIREMENTS FOR THE BACCALAUREATE DEGREE: 44 Credits 

Foundational Series: 13–16 credits

• Communication Skills (9 cr)
• EN 113/EN 114 College Composition I (3 cr)
• EN 133: College Composition II (3 cr)
• CT 233: Communication Skills I: Interpersonal Communication (3 cr)
• Science and Quantitative Reasoning (4-7 cr)
• MinimumcompetencyonACT/SATforplacementintoMA153orMA 243 ORcompletionofintermediatealgebracourse (3 cr)
• Natural Science Lecture and Laboratory (4 cr)*
• Critical Inquiry and Information Literacy (3 cr)
• GE 150: Critical Inquiry and Information (3cr)

Intellect and Inquiry Series: 3 credits

• Social Responsibility and Civic Engagement—lower level (3 cr)

Lantern Series: 8 credits

• Theological and Ethical Education (6 cr)
• RS 123: The Christian Tradition (3 cr)
• RS 293: Christian Ethics (3 cr)
• Personal Health and Wellbeing (1 cr)
• GE 148: Personal Health and Wellbeing (1 cr)
• College Experience (1 cr)
• GE 111: The College Experience (1 cr)

*Laboratory Science (Natural Sciences): Presentation College considers the Natural Science disciplines to include the following: biology, earth sciences, nutrition, physics, chemistry, environmental science, and astronomy, and the following courses: EXSC 373: Exercise Physiology, EXSC 393: Kinesiology, EXSC 403: Clinical Exercise Physiology, and EXSC 3082: Introduction to Biomechanics. However, fulfillment of the Natural Science requirement requires both a lecture course and a laboratory course; thus, a student taking a natural science course (like EXSC 393) that does not include a laboratory component will still need to take a laboratory course to complete this requirement.

Natural Science disciplines do not include the various applied sciences.