General Education/Liberal Arts Courses

The State of Florida requires every student earning a post-secondary degree to complete what are called “General Education Core Courses". The general education core course options were adopted in State Board of Education Rule 6A-14.0303, F.A.C. and Board of Governors Regulation 8.005.

As a SACSCOC accredited institution for higher learning, Florida National University recognizes that these general education courses help students acquire a knowledge-based foundation of academic skills that are essential to developing students in a holistic manner. These courses also provide an intentional pathway for lifelong learning and professional success.
With its liberal arts and sciences focus, FNU’s General Education curriculum promotes scientific, aesthetic, historical, and interdisciplinary content that prepares students for more specialized study within their chosen discipline or program. General Education courses contain academic and critical thinking skills and common competencies that students must demonstrate to successfully complete each course. As students matriculate through the curriculum, they acquire a competency in multiple modes of inquiry and transferrable skills. As they acquire new competencies and broaden their perspectives, FNU students develop as culturally aware and self-reflective critical thinkers who will engage in and adapt to an ever-changing local and global society.

FNU students are required to earn 39 credit hours of general education for any Bachelor degree or Associate of Arts degree, and 19 credit hours of general education for an Associate of Science degree. Students must complete, at a minimum, one course from each of the general education areas. Some programs may require additional, or specific courses, as part of their program of study. Students should consult their academic advisor or program advisor for additional information regarding program specific general education requirements. FNU students must take general education courses every semester until the requirements are met.

Humanities

Outcome 1: Students will demonstrate the ability to think critically through confirming interpretive competence and cultural literacy.

Outcome 2: Students will demonstrate competence in reflecting critically upon the human condition.

*Course Number*	*Course Name*	*Credit Hours*
AML 1010	Survey of American Literature	3
AML 1631	Hispanic American Literature	3
HUM 1020	Humanities	3
HUM 1030	Origins of Western Civilization	3
HUM 1510	Understanding Art	3
HUM 2050	Introduction to Health Humanities	3
LIT 2330	Children's Literature	3
LIT 2460	Literature through Film	3
MUH 2011	Music Appreciation	3
PHI 1010	Introduction to Philosophy	3
PHI 1100	Logic	3
PHI 1600	Ethics	3

Information Literacy

Outcomes 1: Students will demonstrate the ability to identify technology devices and applications and how their use enhances educational and business processes.

Outcomes 2: Students will demonstrate a fundamental understanding of commonly used business and productivity software to educational and business practices.

*Course Number*	*Course Name*	*Credit Hours*
CGS 1030	Introduction to Information Technology	3

Mathematics

Outcome 1: Students will determine appropriate mathematical and computational models and methods in problem solving and demonstrate an understanding of mathematical concepts.

Outcome 2: Students will apply appropriate mathematical and computational models and methods in problem solving.

*Course Number*	*Course Name*	*Credit Hours*
MAC 1105	College Algebra I	3
MAC 1107	College Algebra II	3
MAC 1300	Calculus	3
MTG 2204	Geometry	3
STA 2014	Introduction to Statistics	4

English and Communications

Outcome 1: Students will demonstrate the ability to communicate effectively within in the conventions of Standard English, both orally and in writing.

Outcome 2: Students will demonstrate the ability to analyze communication critically.

Course Number	Course Name	Credit Hours
ENC 1101	English Composition I	3
ENC 1102	English Composition II	3
SPC 1017	Fundamentals of Oral Communications	3

Natural Sciences

Outcome 1: Students will demonstrate the ability to critically examine and evaluate scientific observation, hypothesis, or model construction, and to use the scientific method to explain the natural world.

Outcome 2: Students will successfully analyze and comprehend scientific literature and explain fundamental concepts, principles, and processes about the natural world.

Course Number	Course Name	Credit Hours
AST 1003C	Astronomy of Solar System	3
BSC 1010	General Biology I	3
BSC 1010L	General Biology I Lab	1
BSC 2011	General Biology II	3
BSC 2011L	General Biology II Lab	1
BSC 1081	Basic Anatomy & Physiology	3
BSC 1085C	Anatomy and Physiology I	4
BSC 1086C	Anatomy and Physiology II	4
CHM 1033	Introduction to Chemistry	3
CHM 1033L	Introduction to Chemistry Lab	1
CHM 1045	General Chemistry I	3
CHM 1045L	General Chemistry I Lab	1
CHM 1046	General Chemistry II	3
CHM 1046L	General Chemistry II Lab	1
ESC 1000	Earth Science	3
GLY 1010C	Physical Geology	3
PCB 1030	Introduction to Ecology	3
PHY 1020	Fundamentals of Physics	3
PHY 1020L	Fundamentals of Physics Lab	1

Social Sciences

Outcome 1: Students will demonstrate the ability to examine behavioral, social, and cultural issues from a variety of analytical perspectives.

Outcome 2: Students will demonstrate an understanding of basic social and behavioral science concepts and principles used in the analysis of behavioral, social, and cultural issues, past and present, local and global.

Course Number	Course Name	Credit Hours
AMH 1010	American History to 1865	3
AMH 1020	History of U.S. from 1865 to present	3
CCJ 2001	Criminology	3
DEP 2004	Human Growth and Development	3
ECO 2013	Principles of Macroeconomics	3
POS 2041	American Government and Politics	3
PSY 1012	General Psychology	3
SYG 2000	Principles of Sociology	3