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 101 - Orientation to Liberal Arts & Social Sciences Transfer 2 CR ²
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 Elective 3 CR
Science Sequence ELE - Science Sequence Elective 4 CR
MTH 155 - Statistical Reasoning 3 CR *(or MTH 261 *) ¹
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 Elective 3 CR
Humanities/Fine Arts ELE - Humanities/Fine Arts Elective 3 CR
Transfer ELE - Transfer Elective I 3 CR

Fourth Semester

Transfer ELE - Transfer Elective II 3 CR
Transfer ELE - Transfer Elective III 3 CR
Humanities/Fine Arts ELE - Humanities/Fine Arts 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 Social Science electives: Social Science ELE .

³SDV 108 will satisfy the SDV 101 requirement. SDV 108 is for developmental English students.

* This course has a requisite.