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 36 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.
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.
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 |
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.
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.
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 |