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 three credit hours of ENC 1101 FRESHMAN COMPOSITION I or ENC 1101H Freshmen Comp 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 three credit hours from the core offerings.
| ART APPRECIATION ~ | |
| 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 |
| LIBERAL ARTS MATHEMATICS I +*~ (GR) | |
| LIBERAL ARTS MATHEMATICS I - HONORS |
| LIBERAL ARTS MATHEMATICS II +*~ (GR) | |
| CALCULUS WITH ANALYTIC GEOMETRY I +*~ (GR) | |
| CALCULUS WITH ANALYTIC GEOMETRY I - HONORS |
| STATISTICAL METHODS +*~ (GR) | |
| STATISTICAL METHODS - HONORS |
| COLLEGE TRIGONOMETRY +*~ (GR) | |
| PRECALCULUS ALGEBRA +*~ (GR) | |
| CALCULUS WITH ANALYTIC GEOMETRY II +*~ (GR) | |
| CALCULUS WITH ANALYTIC GEOMETRY II - HONORS |
| CALCULUS FOR BUSINESS AND SOCIAL SCIENCE +*~ (GR) | |
| CALCULUS FOR BUSINESS AND SOCIAL SCIENCE |
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.
| ASTRONOMY ~ | |
| ASTRONOMY - HONORS |
| BIOLOGICAL SCIENCE ~ | |
| LAB IN APPLIED BIOLOGY ~ | |
| 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 |
| CONCEPTUAL PHYSICS ~ | |
| GENERAL PHYSICS WITH CALCULUS I *~ | |
| GENERAL PHYSICS WITH CALCULUS I - HONORS |
| COLLEGE PHYSICS I WITH ALGEBRA *~ | |
| BOTANY ~ | |
| GENERAL BIOLOGY II *~ | |
| GENERAL BIOLOGY II - HONORS |
| HUMAN BIOLOGY ~ | |
| HUMAN BIOLOGY COMBINED ~ | |
| BIOLOGY OF HUMAN SEXUALITY ~ | |
| BIOLOGY OF HUMAN SEXUALITY - HONORS |
| INTRODUCTION TO BIOTECHNOLOGY | |
| HUMAN ANATOMY AND PHYSIOLOGY I *~ | |
| HUMAN ANATOMY AND PHYSIOLOGY II *~ | |
| INTRODUCTION TO GENERAL CHEMISTRY *~ | |
| GENERAL CHEMISTRY WITH QUALITATIVE ANALYSIS II *~ | |
| GENERAL CHEMISTRY WITH QUALITATIVE ANALYSIS II HONORS |
| PHYSICAL GEOLOGY ~ | |
| GEOLOGY OF NATIONAL PARKS ~ | |
| THE SCIENCE OF NUTRITION | |
| INTRODUCTION TO METEORLOGY ~ | |
| INTRODUCTION TO MARINE BIOLOGY ~ | |
| INTRODUCTION TO OCEANOGRAPHY ~ | |
| INTRODUCTION TO OCEANOGRAPHY-HONORS |
| GENERAL PHYSICS WITH CALCULUS II *~ | |
| GENERAL PHYSICS WITH CALCULUS II HONORS |
| COLLEGE PHYSICS II WITH ALGEBRA AND TRIGONOMETRY *~ | |
| MICROBIOLOGY *~ | |
Area 5. Social Science (3 Credits)
Required Courses - There are 3 required credits. Students must take three credits from the core offerings.
| POS 2041 | U.S. GOVERNMENT ~ | 3 |
| or POS 2041H | U.S. GOVERNMENT - HONORS |
| AMH 2020 | U.S. HISTORY 1877 TO PRESENT ~ | 3 |
| or AMH 2020H | UNITED STATES HISTORY 1877 TO PRESENT - HONORS |
| ANT 2000 | INTRODUCTORY ANTHROPOLOGY ~ | 3 |
| or ANT 2000H | SAME AS ANT 2000. IN ADDITION, COURSE CONTENT WILL SATISFY ONE HONORS PROGRAM LEARNING OUTCOME. HONORS PROGRAM PERMISSION REQUIRED. |
| ECO 2013 | PRINCIPLES OF ECONOMICS-MACRO | 3 |
| or ECO 2013H | PRINCIPLES OF ECONOMICS-MACRO-HONORS |
| PSY 2012 | GENERAL PSYCHOLOGY ~ | 3 |
| or PSY 2012H | GENERAL PSYCHOLOGY - HONORS |
| SYG 2000 | INTRODUCTORY SOCIOLOGY | 3 |
| or SYG 2000H | INTRODUCTORY SOCIOLOGY- HONORS |
