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.

 

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

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

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
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