General Education Requirements for Associate of Science Degree

For associate of science programs, students are required to complete a minimum of 15 credits in the general education subject areas of: Communications; Humanities, Mathematics, Social Sciences; and Natural Sciences (F.A.C. 6A-10.024). Appropriate competencies in college-level communication and computational skills have been included in program specific courses for those programs not requiring general education coursework related to those skills. Three (3) credits of the required (6) credits of mathematics can be met with applied logic, statistics and any other computation coursework outside of the School of Mathematics (F.A.C. 6A-10.030).

Complete program descriptions and requirements are listed in this catalog. For information about a particular AS degree or certificate program, contact an academic advisor or the School’s chairperson or assistant chair.  Based on credits previously earned, students planning to continue on to a baccalaureate program may need to complete additional requirements, which may include foreign language, civic literacy, cultural/global, or communication/computational skills courses.

Each course used to satisfy general education courses must be completed with a grade of ‘C’ or higher.

General Education Core – 15 credits

Courses meeting the general education requirement are distributed in the following subject areas:

I. Communication

ENC1101

Introduction to Composition

3

ENC1102

Writing with Research

3

SPC2608

Oral Communications/Research/Presentation Skills

3

ENC1101,ENC1102: Satisfies the College-Level Communication and Computational Skills Administrative Rule requirement in writing.

 

II. Mathematics

Note: Higher-level mathematics courses also will satisfy this requirement.

MGF2106

Survey in Mathematics

3

MGF2107

Mathematics for Liberal Arts

3

STA2023

Elementary Statistics

3

MAC1105

College Algebra

3

MAC2311C

Calculus I and Lab

4

MAC1105: Students seeking to transfer to Bachelor's programs are often recommended to complete MAC1105 to satisfy their Mathematics core requirement. See an academic advisor for details.


III. Natural Sciences

Note: Higher-level natural science courses also will satisfy this requirement.

Column I

AST1002

Astronomy

3

BSC1005

Survey of Biological Sciences (For Non-Science Majors)

3

BSC1010C

General Biology I (For Science Majors) and Lab

4

BSC1085C

Human Anatomy and Physiology I and Lab

4

CHM1020

Chemistry in Society

3

CHM1045C

General College Chemistry I and Lab

4

EVR2001

Introduction to Environmental Science

3

PHY1020

Energy and its Environmental Effects

3

PHY1053C

General Physics I and Lab

4

PHY2048C

Physics with Calculus I and Lab

5

Column II

BOT1010C

General Botany and Lab

4

BSC1020

Human Biology

3

CHM1025C

Introduction to Chemistry and Lab

4

GLY2010C

Physical Geology and Lab

4

HUN1201

Human Nutrition

3

MET2010

Meteorology

3

OCE1001

Introduction to Oceanography

3

 

IV. Humanities

Note: All courses in this area satisfy the College-Level Communication and Computational Skills Administrative Rule writing requirement.

Column I

ARH1000

Art Appreciation

3

HUM2020

Introduction to Humanities

3

LIT2000

Literature and Culture

3

MUL1010

Music Appreciation

3

PHI2010

Introduction of Philosophy

3

THE1000

Theatre Appreciation

3

Column II

AML2600

Introduction to African American Literature

3

ARH2050

Survey of Art History I

3

ARH2051

Survey of Art History II

3

HUM2230

Renaissance to Postmodern Humanities

3

LIT2110

Masterpieces of World Literature I

3

LIT2120

Masterpieces of World Literature II

3

MUL2380

Popular Music in America

3

PHI2600

Introduction to Ethics

3

REL2300

World Religion

3

V. Social Sciences

Column I

AMH2020

United States History 1865 to Present

3

ANT2000

Introduction to Anthropology

3

ECO2013

Principles of Macroeconomics

3

POS2041

American Federal Government

3

PSY1012

General Psychology

3

SYG2000

Introduction to Sociology

3

Column II

AMH2010

United States History to 1877

3

AMH2091

Survey of African American History

3

CPO2001

Comparative Government

3

DEP2004

Developmental Psychology

3

ECO2023

Principles of Microeconomics

3

EUH2000

History of Western Civilization to 1648

3

EUH2001

History of Western Civilization from 1648 to Present

3

GEB2351

International Business

3

GEO2420

Cultural Geography

3

GEB2430

Ethics and Social Responsibility

3

GEO2000

World Geography

3

INR2002

International Relations

3

SLS1122

Managing Your Success

3

SLS2281

Diversity, Culture and Communication

3

SYG2010

Social Problems and Deviance

3

 

WOH2012

World History Before 1500

3

 

WOH2022

World History After 1500

3