The general education program at Valencia is designed to contribute to the student’s educational growth by providing a basic liberal arts education. A student who completes the general education program should have achieved the following outcomes:
Cultural and Historical Understanding: Demonstrate understanding of the diverse traditions of the world, and an individual’s place in it.
Quantitative and Scientific Reasoning: Use processes, procedures, data, or evidence to solve problems and make effective decisions.
Communication Skills: Engage in effective interpersonal, oral and written communication.
Ethical Responsibility: Demonstrate awareness of personal responsibility in one’s civic, social and academic life.
Information Literacy: Locate, evaluate and effectively use information from diverse sources.
Critical Thinking: Effectively analyze, evaluate, synthesize, and apply information and ideas from diverse sources and disciplines.
Area 1. Communications (3 Credits)
Required Course - There are 3 required credits. Students must take 3 credits of ENC 1101 FRESHMAN COMPOSITION I or ENC 1101H FRESHMAN COMPOSITION I - HONORS. The Freshman Composition course must be completed with a minimum grade of C to fulfill the Gordon Rule requirement.
Area 2. Humanities (3 Credits)
Required Courses – There are 3 required credits. Students must take 3 credits from the Core offerings.
| ART APPRECIATION ~ | |
| ART APPRECIATION - HONORS |
| INTRODUCTION TO HUMANITIES ~ | |
| INTRODUCTION TO HUMANITIES - HONORS |
| INTRODUCTION TO LITERATURE | |
| MUSIC APPRECIATION +*~ (GR) | |
| PHILOSOPHY ~ | |
| INTRODUCTION TO THEATER ~ | |
Area 3. Mathematics (3 Credits)
Required Courses – There are 3 required credits of math, and students should select from the Core. Any student who successfully completes a mathematics course for which one of the general education Core course options in mathematics is an immediate prerequisite shall be considered to have completed the mathematics Core.
| COLLEGE ALGEBRA +*~ (GR) | |
| COLLEGE ALGEBRA - HONORS |
| MATHEMATICAL THINKING +*~ (GR) | |
| MATHEMATICAL THINKING - HONORS |
| CALCULUS WITH ANALYTIC GEOMETRY I +*~ (GR) | |
| CALCULUS WITH ANALYTIC GEOMETRY I - HONORS |
| STATISTICAL METHODS +*~ (GR) | |
| STATISTICAL METHODS - HONORS |
Area 4. Science (3 Credits)
Required Courses - There are 3 required credits of Science, and students should select from the core. Any student who successfully completes a natural science course for which one of the general education Core course options in natural science is an immediate prerequisite shall be considered to have completed the natural science Core.
Valencia does not require a science course with a laboratory; however, university majors determine if the student must take one or more laboratory science courses at Valencia. To select the most appropriate science courses for your major or transfer plan, complete an education plan through Atlas.
| DESCRIPTIVE ASTRONOMY ~ | |
| DESCRIPTIVE ASTRONOMY - HONORS |
| BIOLOGICAL SCIENCE ~ | |
| BIOLOGICAL SCIENCE COMBINED ~ | |
| BIOLOGICAL SCIENCE - HONORS |
| GENERAL BIOLOGY I +*~ | |
| GENERAL BIOLOGY I HONORS |
| CHEMISTRY IN EVERYDAY LIFE ~ | |
| GENERAL CHEMISTRY WITH QUALITATIVE ANALYSIS I +*~ | |
| GENERAL CHEMISTRY WITH QUALITATIVE ANALYSIS I -HONORS |
| EARTH SCIENCES ~ | |
| INTRODUCTION TO ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE ~ | |
| INTRODUCTION TO ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE HONORS |
| PHYSICAL GEOLOGY ~ | |
| INTRODUCTION TO OCEANOGRAPHY ~ | |
| FUNDAMENTALS OF PHYSICS ~ | |
| GENERAL PHYSICS WITH CALCULUS I +*~ | |
| GENERAL PHYSICS WITH CALCULUS I - HONORS |
| GENERAL PHYSICS I +*~ | |
Area 5. Social Science (3 Credits)
Required Courses - There are 3 required credits. Students must complete 3 credits from the Civic Literacy course options to satisfy the Civic Literacy course requirement.
| UNITED STATES HISTORY TO 1877 (completed Fall 2024 or after) ~ | |
| UNITED STATES HISTORY TO 1877 - HONORS |
| U.S. HISTORY 1877 TO PRESENT ~ | |
| UNITED STATES HISTORY 1877 TO PRESENT - HONORS |
| U.S. GOVERNMENT ~ | |
| U.S. GOVERNMENT - HONORS |
