2015-2016 Academic Year
The Associate in Arts degree requires a minimum of 60 acceptable college-level credits
including 36 credits in general education, 24 credits of acceptable electives, and satisfaction of
the foreign language proficiency requirement.
General Education Program Requirements for the Associate
in Arts Degree (36 Credits)
The general education program at Valencia is an integral part of the A.A. degree program and 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
Communications
Humanities
Math
Science
Social Science
SLS 1122 (New Student Experience)
SPC 1608 or SPC 1017
Total
Hours
6
6
6
6
6
3
3
36
Area 1. Communications (12 Hours)
CORE COURSE (Requirement)
ENC 1101
FRESHMAN COMPOSITION I (GR)
or ENC 1101H
FRESHMAN COMPOSITION I - HONORS (GR)
INSTITUTIONAL HOURS
ENC 1102
FRESHMAN COMPOSITION II (GR)
or ENC 1102H
FRESHMAN COMPOSITION II - HONORS (GR)
ADDITIONAL REQUIRED COURSEWORK
SPC 1608
or SPC 1608H
SPC 1017
or SPC 1017H
FUNDAMENTALS OF SPEECH
FUNDAMENTALS OF SPEECH - HONORS
INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION
INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION HONORS
AND
SLS 1122
THE NEW STUDENT EXPERIENCE
Area 2. Humanities (6 Hours)
CORE COURSES
ARH 1000
HUM 1020
or HUM 1020H
MUL 1010
PHI 2010
THE 1000
LIT 1000
THE VISUAL ARTS TODAY
INTRODUCTION TO HUMANITIES
INTRODUCTION TO HUMANITIES-Honors
MUSIC APPRECIATION (GR)
PHILOSOPHY
INTRODUCTION TO THEATRE
INTRODUCTION TO LITERATURE
INSTITUTIONAL HOURS
HUM 2220
or HUM 2220H
HUM 2223
or HUM 2223H
HUMANITIES - GREEK AND ROMAN (GR)
HUMANITIES- GREEK AND ROMAN- HONORS (GR)
HUMANITIES - LATE ROMAN AND MEDIEVAL (GR)
HUMANITIES - LATE ROMAN AND MEDIEVAL HONORS (GR)
HUM 2232
or HUM 2232H
HUM 2234
or HUM 2234H
HUM 2250
or HUM 2250H
HUM 2310
or HUM 2310H
HUM 2410
HUM 2461
MUT 1111
HUMANITIES - RENAISSANCE AND BAROQUE (GR)
HUMANITIES - RENAISSANCE AND BAROQUE - HONORS (GR)
HUMANITIES - ENLIGHTMENT AND ROMANTICISM (GR)
HUMANITIES - ENLIGHTENMENT AND ROMANTICISM - HONORS (GR)
HUMANITIES - TWENTIETH CENTURY (GR)
HUMANITIES - TWENTIETH CENTURY - HONORS (GR)
MYTHOLOGY (GR)
MYTHOLOGY - HONORS (GR)
ASIAN HUMANITIES (GR)
LATIN AMERICAN HUMANITIES (GR)
MUSIC THEORY I
PHI 2600
REL 2300
or REL 2300H
ETHICS AND CRITICAL THINKING (GR)
UNDERSTANDING RELIGIOUS TRADITIONS(GR)
UNDERSTANDING RELIGIOUS TRADITIONS-HONORS (GR)
ARH 2051
or ARH 2051H
ARC 1701
INTRODUCTION TO ART HISTORY II (GR)
INTRODUCTION TO ART HISTORY II - HONORS (GR)
HISTORY OF ARCHITECTURE I (GR)
Area 3. Mathematics (6 Hours)
CORE COURSES
MAC 1105
or MAC 1105H
MGF 1106
MGF 1107
MAC 2311
or MAC 2311H
STA 2023
or STA 2023H
COLLEGE ALGEBRA (GR)
COLLEGE ALGEBRA - HONORS (GR)
COLLEGE MATHEMATICS (GR)
MATH FOR THE LIBERAL ARTS (GR)
CALCULUS WITH ANALYTIC GEOMETRY I (GR)
CALCULUS WITH ANALYTIC GEOMETRY I - HONORS (GR)
STATISTICAL METHODS (GR)
STATISTICAL METHODS - HONORS (GR)
INSTITUTIONAL HOURS
MAC 1114
MAC 1140
MAC 2312
or MAC 2312H
MAC 2233
or MAC 2233H
COLLEGE TRIGONOMETRY (GR)
PRECALCULUS ALGEGRA (GR)
CALCULUS WITH ANALYTIC GEOMETRY II (GR)
CALCULUS WITH ANALYTIC GEOMETRY II - HONORS (GR)
CALCULUS FOR BUSINESS AND SOCIAL SCIENCE (GR)
CALCULUS FOR BUSINESS AND SOCIAL SCIENCE (GR)
Area 4. Science (6 Hours)
CORE COURSES
AST 1002
or AST 1002H
BSC 1005
BSC 1005L
BSC 1005C
or BSC 1005H
BSC 1010C
or BSC 1010H
CHM 1020
CHM 1045C
or CHM 1045H
ESC 1000
PHY 1020
PHY 2053C
PHY 2048C
or PHY 2048H
EVR 1001
or EVR 1001H
ASTRONOMY
ASTRONOMY - HONORS
BIOLOGICAL SCIENCE
LAB IN APPLIED BIOLOGY
BIOLOGICAL SCIENCE
BIOLOGICAL SCIENCE - HONORS
FUNDAMENTALS OF BIOLOGY I
FUNDAMENTALS OF BIOLOGY - HONORS
CHEMISTRY IN EVERYDAY LIFE
GENERAL CHEMISTRY WITH QUALITATIVE ANALYSIS
GENERAL CHEMISTRY WITH QUALITATIVE ANALYSIS I -HONORS
EARTH SCIENCES
FUNDEAMENTALS OF PHYSICS
INTRODUCTORY PHYSICS I
GENERAL PHYSICS WITH CALCULUS I
GENERAL PHYSICS WITH CALCULUS I - HONORS
INTRODUCTION TO ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE
INTRODUCTION TO ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE-HONORS
INSTITUTIONAL HOURS
BOT 2010C
BSC 1011C
or BSC 1011H
BSC 1020
BSC 1020C
BSC 1026
or BSC 1026H
BSC 2093C
BSC 2094C
CHM 1025C
CHM 1046C
or CHM 1046H
GLY 2010C
BOTANY
FUNDAMENTALS OF BIOLOGY II
FUNDAMENTALS OF BIOLOGY II - HONORS
HUMAN BIOLOGY
HUMAN BIOLOGY
BIOLOGY OF HUMAN SEXUALITY
BIOLOGY OF HUMAN SEXUALITY - HONORS
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
GLY 2160
MET 1010
OCB 1000
GEOLOGY OF NATURAL PARKS
INTRODUCTION TO METEORLOGY
INTRODUCTION TO MARINE BIOLOGY
OCE 1001
or OCE 1001H
PHY 2054C
PHY 2049C
or PHY 2049H
MCB 2010C
INTRODUCTION TO OCEANOGRAPHY
INTRODUCTION TO OCEANOGRAPHY-HONORS
INTRODUCTORY PHYSICS II
GENERAL PHYSICS WITH CALCULUS II
GENERAL PHYSICS WITH CALCULUS II HONORS
MICROBIOLOGY
Area 5. Social Science (6 Hours)
CORE COURES
POS 2041
or POS 2041H
AMH 2020
or AMH 2020H
ECO 2013
or ECO 2013H
ANT 2000
or ANT 2000H
PSY 2012
or PSY 2012H
SYG 2000
or SYG 2000H
U.S. GOVERNMENT.
U.S. GOVERNMENT - HONORS
U.S. HISTORY 1877 TO PRESENT
UNITED STATES HISTORY 1877 TO PRESENT - HONORS
PRINCIPLES OF ECONOMICS-MACRO
PRINCIPLES OF ECONOMICS-MACRO-HONORS
INTRODUCTION TO ANTHROPOLOGY
INTRODUCTION TO ANTHROPOLOGY-HONORS
GENERAL PSYCHOLOGY
GENERAL PSYCHOLOGY - HONORS
INTRODUCTORY SOCIOLOGY.
INTRODUCTORY SOCIOLOGY- HONORS
INSTITUTIONAL HOURS
EUH 2000
ANCIENT AND MEDIEVAL WESTERN CIVILIZATION (GR)
EUH 2001
MODERN WESTERN CIVILIZATION (GR)
INR 2002
INTERNATIONAL POLITICS (GR)
or INR 2002H
INTERNATIONAL POLITICS (GR)
STATE AND LOCAL GOVERNMENT (GR)
POS 2112