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The standardized general education curriculum required of all college students in the state of Florida is comprised of 15 credit hours distributed across five areas. Students must take one course from each of the following five areas. Below, please find the Statewide General Education courses by area along with a sample syllabus for each. Students should reference the section syllabus provided at the beginning of the semester for specifics regarding assignments and grade assignments.
Quantitative and Logical Thinking (3 hours)
- MAC1105 College Algebra (MAC1105 Standard Syllabus)
- MAC2311 Calculus with Analytic Geometry 1 (MAC2311 Standard Syllabus)
- MGF1106 Mathematics for Liberal Arts 1 (MGF1106 Standard Syllabus)
- MGF1107 Topics in Practical Finite Mathematics (MGF1107 Standard Syllabus)
- STA2023 Fundamental Business Statistics (STA2023 Standard Syllabus)
(any course that includes the above as a direct prerequisite) Students choose one of the above courses
English Composition (3 hours)
- ENC1101 Freshman Composition and Rhetoric (ENC1101 Standard Syllabus)
All students must take or exempt this course
Social Sciences/History (3 hours)
- AMH2020 History of the United States Since 1877 (AMH2020 Standard Syllabus)
- ANT2000 Introduction to Anthropology (ANT2000 Standard Syllabus)
- ECO2013 Principles of Macroeconomics (ECO2013 Standard Syllabus)
- POS1041 American Government: National (POS1041 Standard Syllabus)
- PSY2012 General Psychology (PSY2012 Standard Syllabus)
- SYG1000 Introductory Sociology (SYG1000 Standard Syllabus)
Students choose one of the above courses
Humanities/Ethics (3 hours)
- ARH2000 Art, Architecture, and Artistic Vision (ARH2000 Standard Syllabus)
- HUM2020 The Art of Being Human (HUM2020 Standard Syllabus)
- LIT2000 Introduction to Literature (LIT2000 Standard Syllabus)
- MUL2010 Music Literature, Listening and Understanding (MUL2010 Standard Syllabus)
- PHI2010 Introduction to Philosophy (PHI2010 Standard Syllabus)
- THE2000 Introduction to Theatre (THE2000 Standard Syllabus)
Students choose one of the above courses
Natural Sciences (3 hours)
- AST1002 Planets, Stars, and Galaxies (AST1002 Standard Syllabus)
- BSC1005 General Biology for Non-majors (BSC1005 Standard Syllabus)
- BSC2010 Biological Science I (BSC2010 Standard Syllabus)
- BSC2085 Anatomy and Physiology I (BSC2085 Standard Syllabus)
- CHM1020 Chemistry for Liberal Studies (CHM1020 Standard Syllabus)
- CHM1045 General Chemistry I (CHM1045 Standard Syllabus)
- ESC1000 Introduction to Earth Science (ESC1000 Standard Syllabus)
- EVR1001 Introduction to Environmental Science (EVR1001 Standard Syllabus)
- PHY1020 Fundamentals of Physics (PHY1020 Standard Syllabus)
- PHY2048 General Physics A (PHY2048 Standard Syllabus)
- PHY2053 College Physics A (PHY2053 Standard Syllabus)
(any course that includes the above as a direct prerequisite) Students choose one of the above courses