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The standardized general education curriculum required of all college students in the state of Florida is comprised of 15 credit hours distributed across five areas. Students must take one course from each of the following five areas. Below, please find the Statewide General Education courses by area along with a sample syllabus for each. Students should reference the section syllabus provided at the beginning of the semester for specifics regarding assignments and grade assignments.
- MAC1105 College Algebra
- MAC2311 Calculus with Analytic Geometry 1
- MGF1130 Mathematical Thinking
- STA2023 Fundamental Business Statistics
(Students choose one of the above courses, or a mathematics course for which one of the above general education core course options in Mathematics is a direct prerequisite)
- ENC1101 Freshman Composition and Rhetoric
All students must take or exempt this course
- AMH2010 A History of the United States to 1877
- AMH2020 History of the United States Since 1877
- ANT2000 Introduction to Anthropology
- ECO2013 Principles of Macroeconomics
- POS1041 American Government: National
- PSY2012 General Psychology
Students choose one of the above courses
- ARH2000 Art, Architecture, and Artistic Vision
- HUM2020 The Art of Being Human
- LIT2000 Introduction to Literature
- MUL2010 Music Literature, Listening and Understanding
- PHI2010 Introduction to Philosophy
- THE2000 Introduction to Theatre
Students choose one of the above courses
- AST1002 Planets, Stars, and Galaxies
- BSC1005 General Biology for Non-majors
- BSC2010 Biological Science I
- BSC2085 Anatomy and Physiology I
- CHM1020 Chemistry for Liberal Studies
- CHM1045 General Chemistry I
- GLY2010C Physical Geology
- ESC1000 Introduction to Earth Science
- EVR1001 Introduction to Environmental Science
- OCE1001 Elementary Oceanography
- PHY1020 Fundamentals of Physics
- PHY2048 General Physics A
- PHY2053 College Physics A
(Students choose one of the above courses, or a natural science course for which one of the above general education core course options in Natural Sciences is a direct prerequisite)