General Studies, A.S.

Associate of Science
699

Purpose: This curriculum is designed to satisfy the general education component of a baccalaureate degree for students who intend to transfer to a four-year institution.

Admission Requirements: Applicants must meet the requirements for admission to credit-level coursework established by the college.

Developmental Requirements: Students who do not place into college-level English will be required to take developmental courses.

Students who do not demonstrate proficiency in MTE 1 , MTE 2 , MTE 3 , MTE 4 , and MTE 5 will be required to take developmental courses.

It is strongly recommended that developmental education requirements be completed as soon as possible.

While a course may satisfy a requirement for a Virginia Western program, it may not fulfill a requirement at a four-year institution. Students who intend to transfer should verify specific program requirements with their four-year institution.

First Semester

SDV 100 - College Success Skills 1 CR ³
SDV 101 - Orientation to Liberal Arts & Social Sciences Transfer 1 CR ³
ENG 111 - College Composition I 3 CR *
MTH 154 - Quantitative Reasoning 3 CR * (or MTH 161 *)
Science Sequence ELE - Science Sequence Elective 4 CR
ITE 115 - Introduction to Computer Applications and Concepts 3 CR (or ITE 119 )

Second Semester

ENG 112 - College Composition II 3 CR *
Social Science ELE - Social Science AS Elective 3 CR
Science Sequence ELE - Science Sequence Elective 4 CR
MTH 155 - Statistical Reasoning 3 CR *(or MTH 261 *) ²
CST 100 - Principles of Public Speaking 3 CR

Third Semester

HIS 111 - History of World Civilization I 3 CR (or HIS 121 )
ENG LIT - Literature Elective 3 CR *
Social Science ELE - Social Science AS Elective 3 CR
Humanities/Fine Arts ELE - Humanities/Fine Arts AS Elective 3 CR
Transfer ELE - Transfer AS Elective 3 CR

Fourth Semester

HLT/PED ELE - Health and Physical Education Electives (3) 3 CR ¹
Transfer ELE - Transfer AS Elective 3 CR
Humanities/Fine Arts ELE - Humanities/Fine Arts AS Elective 3 CR
ENG LIT - Literature Elective 3 CR *
HIS 112 - History of World Civilization II 3 CR (or HIS 122 )

Total Minimum Credits for Degree: 61

¹ Veterans with an honorable discharge will be awarded HLT/PED credit based on military service.

² At least one semester of math must be completed for the degree. If only one semester of math is taken, an elective must be selected from the list of transfer electives: Transfer ELE .

³The two credit SDV 108 will satisfy both the SDV 100 and SDV 101 requirements. SDV 108 is for developmental English students.

* This course has a requisite.