GENERAL EDUCATION
74 General Education Program Requirements
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ASSOCIATE OF ARTS AND ASSOCIATE OF SCIENCE GENERAL
EDUCATION REQUIREMENTS
The following General Education requirements apply to all Associate of Arts and
Associate of Science degrees except the Associate of Arts in General Education
(formerly the Associate of Arts). This program has specic General Education
requirements. Please see the specic information in the program for more infor-
mation.
The General Education program for the Associate of Arts and Associate of Sci-
ence degrees promotes the intellectual growth of all students in National Uni-
versity’s Associate level undergraduate degree programs. The general education
curriculum assumes that undergraduates will not concentrate on a major eld of
study until they have completed a general education program that provides in-
struction in writing and mathematical skills as well as introducing the student to
subject matter in the Humanities, Information Literacy and Science and Social
Science disciplines. Students will also address the cultural diversity of contem-
porary society.
Students in the general education program are advised to focus on writing and
speech communication rst. Students are then counseled to explore mathematical
and other formal systems to develop abstract reasoning abilities and are encour-
aged to take a course in informational literacy. Finally, all students are required to
have exposure to the natural sciences, the humanities, ne arts, language, and the
social and behavioral sciences. Many of these courses include an examination of
the human condition in a multicultural society.
The general education curriculum emphasizes communications, mathematics and
sciences, humanities, arts, language, and social/behavioral sciences. Thus, the
curriculum provides coherence to Associate level undergraduate education.
Program Learning Outcomes
Upon successful completion of this program, students will be able to:
• Demonstrate critical thinking, reading and writing skills appropriate to
lower-division college work.
• Demonstrate critical awareness of the major approaches, methods, assump-
tions, and applications of different academic disciplines.
• Employ college-level scientic and quantitative reasoning skills to ap-
praise information and to solve problems.
• Demonstrate awareness of past and present human and cultural diversity.
• Access, evaluate and use information gathered through a variety of re-
sources and technologies in developing research projects and presentations.
Degree Requirements
The general education curriculum furnishes students with the basic knowledge
necessary to pursue any Associate level degree program. Students who fulll the
curriculum gain an interdisciplinary liberal arts framework geared toward prob-
lem solving. This emphasis promotes self-directed research in many academic
areas that have traditionally been kept separate.
Diversity Requirement
The diversity component serves the general education program goal of increasing
respect for, and awareness of, diverse peoples and cultures. A plus [+] after any
course on the list of approved general education courses signies a diversity-en-
riched course. Students must complete at least one diversity-enriched course in
the general education program.
General Education Program Requirements
The general education program consists of a minimum of 34.5 quarter units. Of
the 34.5 quarter units, students must complete at least 4.5 units in diversity en-
riched coursework.
AREA A: ENGLISH COMMUNICATION
(Minimum 10.5 quarter units)
Category 1 Writing
(6 quarter units)
ENG 100 Effective College English I (3 quarter units)
Prerequisite: Satisfactory performance on Accuplacer
ENG 101 Effective College English II (3 quarter units)
Prerequisite: ENG 100
Category 2 Oral Communication
(4.5 quarter units)
COM 100 Intro to Mass Communication
COM 103 Public Speaking
COM 120 Intro to Interpersonal Comm
AREA B: MATHEMATICAL CONCEPTS AND QUANTITATIVE REASONING
(Minimum 4.5 quarter units)
MTH 204 Mathematics for Science
Prerequisite: MTH 12A and MTH 12B
MTH 209A Fundamentals of Mathematics I
Prerequisite: Placement Evaluation
MTH 210 Probability and Statistics
Prerequisite: Placement Evaluation
MTH 215 College Algebra & Trigonometry
Prerequisite: Placement Evaluation
MTH 216A College Algebra I (3 quarter units)
Prerequisite: Placement Evaluation
MTH 216B College Algebra II (3 quarter units)
Prerequisite: MTH 216A
MTH 220 Calculus I
Prerequisite: MTH 215 or Placement Evaluation
MTH 301 Fundamentals of Mathematics II
Prerequisite: MTH 209A
CSC 208 Calculus for Comp. Science I
Prerequisite: MTH 215
MNS 205 Intro to Quantitative Methods
Prerequisite: Placement Evaluation
BST 322 Intro to Biomedical Statistics
AREA C: INFORMATION LITERACY
(Minimum 4.5 quarter units)
ILR 260 Information Literacy
Prerequisite: ENG 100, and ENG 101
AREA D: ARTS AND HUMANITIES, AND LANGUAGE
(Minimum 4.5 quarter units)
ARB 100 Beginning Arabic I
ARB 101 Beginning Arabic II
Prerequisite: ARB 100
ARB 200 Intermediate Arabic I
Prerequisite: ARB 101
ARB 201 Intermediate Arabic II
Prerequisite: ARB 200
ART 100 Introduction to Art History
Prerequisite: ENG 100 and ENG 101
ART 200 Visual Arts
ASL 120 American Sign Language I
ASL 220 American Sign Language II
Prerequisite: ASL 120
ASL 320 American Sign Language III
Prerequisite: ASL 220
HIS 233* World Civilizations I
Prerequisite: ENG 100 and ENG 101
HIS 234* World Civilizations II
Prerequisite: ENG 100 and ENG 101
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LIT 100 Introduction to Literature
Prerequisite: ENG 100 and ENG 101
LIT 345 Mythology
Prerequisite: LIT 100
MUS 100 Fundamentals of Music
MUS 327+ World Music
Prerequisite: ENG 100, and ENG 101
PGM 101 Philosophy of Coaching
PHL 100 Introduction to Philosophy
Prerequisite: ENG 100, and ENG 101
PHL 337 Ethics
Prerequisite: ENG 100, and ENG 101
SPN 100 Beginning Spanish I
SPN 101 Beginning Spanish II
Prerequisite: SPN 100
SPN 200 Intermediate Spanish I
Prerequisite: SPN 101
THR 200 Theater Arts
+ Diversity Enriched Offering
*Minnesota residents must complete other Humanities classes to satisfy Minne-
sota degree standards.
AREA E: SOCIAL AND BEHAVIORAL SCIENCES
(Minimum 4.5 quarter units)
COM 100 Intro to Mass Communication
COM 220 Media Literacy
COM 380+ Democracy in the Info. Age
Prerequisite: ENG 100 and ENG 101
ECO 203 Principles of Microeconomics
ECO 204 Principles of Macroeconomics
HIS 220A+ United States History I
Prerequisite: ENG 100 and ENG 101
HIS 220B+ United States History II
Prerequisite: ENG 100 and ENG 101
HIS 300 Roots of Western Civilization
Prerequisite: ENG 100, and ENG 101
PGM 100 History of Sport
POL 100 Introduction to Politics
Prerequisite: ENG 100 and ENG 101
POL 201 American Politics
Prerequisite: ENG 100 and ENG 101
PSY 100 Introduction to Psychology
SOC 100+ Principles of Sociology
Prerequisite: ENG 100 and ENG 101
SOC 260 Cultural Anthropology
Prerequisite: ENG 100 and ENG 101
SOC 350+ Cultural Diversity
Prerequisite: ENG 100 and ENG 101
+ Diversity Enriched Offering
AREA F: PHYSICAL AND BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES
(Minimum 6 quarter units [Note: One science lab is required])
BIO 100 Survey of Bioscience
BIO 100A Survey of Bioscience Lab (1.5 quarter units)
Prerequisite: BIO 100 for non-science majors (GE) or BIO 163
for science majors
BIO 161 General Biology 1
BIO 162 General Biology 2
Prerequisite: BIO 161
BIO 201 Human Anatomy & Physiol I
Recommended: Prior completion of: BIO 100, BIO 100A,
CHE 101, CHE 101A or equivalent courses.
BIO 201A Human Anatomy & Physiol Lab I (1.5 quarter units)
Prerequisite: BIO 201
BIO 202 Human Anatomy & Physiol II
Recommended: Prior completion of: BIO 201 and BIO 201A,
BIO 100 and BIO 100A, CHE 101 and CHE 101A or equivalent
courses
BIO 202A Human Anatomy & Physiol Lab II (1.5 quarter units)
Prerequisite: BIO 202
BIO 203 Introductory Microbiology
Recommended: Prior completion of: BIO 201 and BIO 201A,
BIO 202 and BIO 202A, BIO 100 and BIO 100A, CHE 101 and
CHE 101A or equivalent courses
BIO 203A Introductory Microbiology Lab (1.5 quarter units)
Prerequisite: BIO 203
CHE 101 Introductory Chemistry
Recommended Preparation: MTH 204 or MTH 215 or MTH 216A
and MTH 216B
CHE 101A Introductory Chemistry Lab (1.5 quarter units)
Prerequisite: CHE 101 or CHE 141 for science majors
CHE 141 General Chemistry 1
Prerequisite: MTH 215 or equivalent, CHE 101
CHE 142 General Chemistry 2
Prerequisite: CHE 141
EES 103 Fundamentals of Geology
EES 103A Fundamentals of Geology Lab (1.5 quarter units)
Prerequisite: EES 103
PHS 104 Introductory Physics
Prerequisite: 2 years of high school algebra and MTH 204 or
MTH 215 or MTH 216A and MTH 216B
PHS 104A Introductory Physics Lab (1.5 quarter units)
Prerequisite: PHS 104 or PHS 171 for science majors
PHS 171 General Physics 1
Prerequisite: MTH215 or MTH216A and MTH216B
PHS 172 General Physics 2
Prerequisite: PHS 171
Please Note: It is strongly recommended that students in the BIO 201 - 203A
series complete this series in numerical sequence BIO 201 + 201A, 202 + 202A,
203 + 203A.
AREA G: LIFELONG LEARNING AND SELF DEVELOPMENT
(Minimum 4.5 quarter units)
ART 250 Self-Reection via Visual Art
Recommended Preparation: ART 100, ART 200
COH 100 Personal Health
COH 201 Integrative Health
COH 317 Public Health Nutrition
COH 318 Drug Use and Abuse
COH 319 Human Sexuality
FFL 100 Foundation to Academic Success
GLS 150 Global Issues and Trends
NSG 280 Human Lifecycle Development
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GENERAL EDUCATION FOR BACHELOR DEGREES
The general education program promotes the intellectual growth of all students
in National University’s undergraduate degree programs. The general education
curriculum assumes that undergraduates will not concentrate on a major eld of
study until they have completed a thorough general education program that is
writing-intensive and addresses the cultural diversity of contemporary society.
Students in the general education program are advised to focus on writing and
speech communication rst. Students are then counseled to explore mathematical
and other formal systems to develop abstract reasoning abilities and are required
to take a course in informational literacy and report writing. Finally, all students
are required to have a signicant exposure to the natural sciences, the humanities
and ne arts, and the social and behavioral sciences and modern language. Many
of these courses include an examination of the human condition in a multicultural
society.
The general education curriculum emphasizes communications, mathematics and
sciences, humanities and social/behavioral sciences. Thus, the curriculum provides
coherence to undergraduate education, affording the student the opportunity to:
Program Learning Outcomes
Upon successful completion of this program, students will be able to:
• Demonstrate critical thinking, reading and writing skills appropriate to
upper-division college work.
• Demonstrate critical awareness of the major approaches, methods, assump-
tions, and applications of different academic disciplines.
• Employ college-level scientic and quantitative reasoning skills to ap-
praise information and to solve problems.
• Develop basic prociency in another language.
• Demonstrate awareness of past and present human and cultural diversity.
• Access, evaluate and use information gathered through a variety of
resources and technologies in developing research projects and presenta-
tions.
The general education curriculum furnishes students with the basic knowledge
necessary to pursue any degree program. Students who fulll the curriculum gain
a strong interdisciplinary liberal arts framework geared toward problem solving.
This emphasis promotes self-directed research in many academic areas that have
traditionally been kept separate.
Diversity Requirement
The diversity component serves the general education program goal of increasing
respect for, and awareness of, diverse peoples and cultures. A plus [+] after any
course on the list of approved general education courses signies a diversity-en-
riched course. Students must complete at least one diversity-enriched course in
the general education program.
CSU General Education Certifications and IGETC
National University will accept the following General Education certications:
California State University (CSU) General Education Breadth Certication and
the Inter-Segmental General Education Transfer Curriculum (IGETC). All re-
quirements for CSU General Education and IGETC must be completed and certi-
ed prior to transfer to National University. The University will not accept partial
certications. Students transferring with full certications are typically required
to take one to three upper-division general education courses at National in order
to fulll the unit requirements. Students must provide an ofcial transcript with
the certication included or a separate certication form from the community
college attended.
General Education Program Requirements
The general education program consists of a minimum of 70.5 quarter units. Of
the 70.5 quarter units, students must complete at least 4.5 units at the upper-di-
vision level and 4.5 units in diversity enriched coursework. All undergraduate
students working toward any associate or bachelor’s degree must meet the Uni-
versity’s diversity requirement. A maximum of 13.5 upper-division units may be
utilized to meet general education requirements.
National University has general education requirements in the following areas:
AREA A: ENGLISH COMMUNICATION
(Minimum 15 quarter units)
Category 1: Writing
(10.5 quarter units required)
ENG 100 Effective College English I (3 quarter units)
Prerequisite: Satisfactory performance on Accuplacer
ENG 101 Effective College English II (3 quarter units)
Prerequisite: ENG 100
ENG 240 Advanced Composition
Prerequisite: ENG 100, and ENG 101
or
ENG 334A Technical Writing
Prerequisite: ENG 100, and ENG 101, (Only Business, Engineering
andNursingmajorsmayfullltherequirementbytakingENG334A)
Category 2: Oral Communication
(4.5 quarter units required)
COM 101 Intro. to Oral Communication
COM 103 Public Speaking
COM 120 Intro to Interpersonal Comm
AREA B: MATHEMATICAL CONCEPTS AND QUANTITATIVE REASONING
(Minimum 4.5 quarter units)
MTH 204 Mathematics for Science
Prerequisite: MTH 12A and MTH 12B or Accuplacer test placement
MTH 209A Fundamentals of Mathematics I
Prerequisite: Accuplacer test placement evaluation or MTH 12A
and MTH 12B
MTH 210 Probability and Statistics
Prerequisite: Accuplacer test placement evaluation or MTH 12A
and MTH 12B
MTH 215 College Algebra & Trigonometry
Prerequisite: Accuplacer test placement evaluation or MTH 12A
and MTH 12B
MTH 216A College Algebra I (3 quarter units)
Prerequisite: Accuplacer test placement evaluation or MTH 12A
and MTH 12B
MTH 216B College Algebra II (3 quarter units)
Prerequisite: MTH 216A
MTH 220 Calculus I
Prerequisite: MTH 215 or Accuplacer test placement
MTH 301 Fundamentals of Mathematics II
Prerequisite: MTH 209A or Accuplacer test placement evaluation
CSC 208 Calculus for Comp. Science I
Prerequisite: MTH 215
MNS 205 Intro to Quantitative Methods
Prerequisite: Placement Evaluation
BST 322 Intro to Biomedical Statistics
AREA C: INFORMATION LITERACY
(Minimum 4.5 quarter units)
ILR 260 Information Literacy
Prerequisite: ENG 100 and ENG 101
AREA D: ARTS, HUMANITIES, AND LANGUAGES
(Minimum 18 quarter units in at least 2 areas)
ARTS
ART 100 Introduction to Art History
Prerequisite: ENG 100 and ENG 101
ART 200 Visual Arts
MUS 100 Fundamentals of Music
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MUS 327+ World Music
Prerequisite: ENG 100 and ENG 101
THR 200 Theater Arts
HUMANITIES
HIS 233* World Civilizations I
Prerequisite: ENG 100 and ENG 101
HIS 234* World Civilizations II
Prerequisite: ENG 100 and ENG 101
LIT 100 Introduction to Literature
Prerequisite: ENG 100 and ENG 101
LIT 345 Mythology
Prerequisite: LIT 100
PGM 101 Philosophy of Coaching
PHL 100 Introduction to Philosophy
Prerequisite: ENG 100, and ENG 101
PHL 337 Ethics
Prerequisite: ENG 100, and ENG 101
*Minnesota residents must complete other Humanities classes to satisfy Minne-
sota degree standards.
Languages
ARB 100 Beginning Arabic I
ARB 101 Beginning Arabic II
Prerequisite: ARB 100
ARB 200 Intermediate Arabic I
Prerequisite: ARB 101
ARB 201 Intermediate Arabic II
Prerequisite: ARB 200
ASL 120 American Sign Language I
ASL 220 American Sign Language II
Prerequisite: ASL 120
ASL 320 American Sign Language III
Prerequisite: ASL 220
SPN 100 Beginning Spanish I
SPN 101 Beginning Spanish II
Prerequisite: SPN 100
SPN 200 Intermediate Spanish I
Prerequisite: SPN 101
Students may also satisfy Area D Foreign Language requirements with
9 quarter units of computer languages:
CSC 242 Intro to Programming Concepts
Prerequisite: MTH 215
CSC 252 Programming in C++
Prerequisite: CSC 242
CSC 262 Programming in JAVA
Prerequisite: MTH 215
AREA E: SOCIAL AND BEHAVIORAL SCIENCES
(Minimum 13.5 quarter units)
COM 100 Intro to Mass Communication
COM 220 Media Literacy
COM 380+ Democracy in the Info. Age
Prerequisite: ENG 101 and ENG 100
ECO 203 Principles of Microeconomics
ECO 204 Principles of Macroeconomics
HIS 220A+ United States History I
Prerequisite: ENG 100, and ENG 101
HIS 220B+ United States History II
Prerequisite: ENG 100, and ENG 101
HIS 300 Roots of Western Civilization
Prerequisite: ENG 100, and ENG 101
PGM 100 History of Sport
POL 100 Introduction to Politics
Prerequisite: ENG 100 and ENG 101
POL 201 American Politics
Prerequisite: ENG 100 and ENG 101
PSY 100 Introduction to Psychology
SOC 100+ Principles of Sociology
Prerequisite: ENG 100 and ENG 101
SOC 260 Cultural Anthropology
Prerequisite: ENG 100 and ENG 101
SOC 350+ Cultural Diversity
Prerequisite: ENG 100 and ENG 101
AREA F: PHYSICAL AND BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES
(Minimum 6 quarter units required [Note: One science lab is required])
BIO 100 Survey of Bioscience
BIO 100A Survey of Bioscience Lab (1.5 quarter units)
Prerequisite: BIO 100 for non-science majors (GE) or BIO 163
for science majors
BIO 161 General Biology 1
BIO 162 General Biology 2
Prerequisite: BIO 161
BIO 201 Human Anatomy & Physiol I
Recommended: Prior completion of: BIO 100, BIO 100A,
CHE 101, CHE 101A or equivalent courses.
BIO 201A Human Anatomy & Physiol Lab I (1.5 quarter units)
Prerequisite: BIO 201
BIO 202 Human Anatomy & Physiol II
Recommended: Prior completion of: BIO 201 and BIO 201A,
BIO 100 and BIO 100A, CHE 101 and CHE 101A or equivalent
courses
BIO 202A Human Anatomy & Physiol Lab II (1.5 quarter units)
Prerequisite: BIO 202
BIO 203 Introductory Microbiology
Recommended: Prior completion of: BIO 201 and BIO 201A,
BIO 202 and BIO 202A, BIO 100 and BIO 100A, CHE 101 and
CHE 101A or equivalent courses
BIO 203A Introductory Microbiology Lab (1.5 quarter units)
Prerequisite: BIO 203
CHE 101 Introductory Chemistry
Recommended Preparation: MTH 204 or MTH 215 or MTH 216A
and MTH 216B
CHE 101A Introductory Chemistry Lab (1.5 quarter units)
Prerequisite: CHE 101 or CHE 141 for science majors
CHE 141 General Chemistry 1
Prerequisite: MTH 215 or equivalent, CHE 101
CHE 142 General Chemistry 2
Prerequisite: CHE 141
EES 103 Fundamentals of Geology
EES 103A Fundamentals of Geology Lab (1.5 quarter units)
Prerequisite: EES 103
PHS 104 Introductory Physics
Prerequisite: 2 years of high school algebra, and MTH 204, or
MTH 215, or MTH 216A and MTH 216B
PHS 104A Introductory Physics Lab (1.5 quarter units)
Prerequisite: PHS 104 or PHS 171 for science majors
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PHS 171 General Physics 1
Prerequisite: MTH215 or MTH216A and MTH216B
PHS 172 General Physics 2
Prerequisite: PHS 171
AREA G: LIFELONG LEARNING AND SELF DEVELOPMENT
(Minimum 4.5 quarter units)
ART 250 Self-Reection via Visual Art
Recommended Preparation: ART 100, ART 200
COH 100 Personal Health
COH 201 Integrative Health
COH 317 Public Health Nutrition
COH 318 Drug Use and Abuse
COH 319 Human Sexuality
FFL 100 Foundation to Academic Success
GLS 150 Global Issues and Trends
NSG 280 Human Lifecycle Development
AREA A-G: GENERAL EDUCATION
(Minimum 4.5 quarter units)
If a student has not met the upper-division unit requirement in the completion of
the above general education areas, an upper-division course from the following
list must be taken. (Upper-division courses applicable to General Education are
numbered 300-399). If a student has already met the upper-division unit require-
ment in the completion of the above general education areas, any course below or
any course in Areas A through G may satisfy this Area.
ART 315 Film as Art
Prerequisite: ENG 100, ENG 101
ART 329+ World Art
Prerequisite: ENG 100, ENG 101
BRO 210 History of Television
Prerequisite: ENG 100, ENG 101, and COM 100 or COM 103
COM 360+ Representation in the Media
Prerequisite: ENG 100 and ENG 101
COM 380+ Democracy in the Info. Age
Prerequisite: ENG 101 and ENG 100
EES 301 Earth & Planetary Sciences
EES 322 Oceanography
EES 335 Environmental Science
ENG 375 Nature Writing
Prerequisite: ENG 100 and ENG 101
HIS 300 Roots of Western Civilization
Prerequisite: ENG 100 and ENG 101
LIT 311 British Literature I
Prerequisite: LIT 100 and ENG 240
LIT 312 British Literature II
Prerequisite: LIT 100 and ENG 240
LIT 321 American Literature I
Prerequisite: LIT 100 and ENG 240
LIT 322 American Literature II
Prerequisite: LIT 100 and ENG 240
MUS 326+ American Music
Prerequisite: ENG 100 and ENG 101
PHL 320+ World Religions
Prerequisite: ENG 100 and ENG 101
PHL 332 Religion of Islam
Prerequisite: ENG 100 and ENG 101
PHL 375 Environmental Ethics
Prerequisite: ENG 100 and ENG 101
PHS 102 Survey of Physical Science
PSY 300 Social Psychology of Sport
Prerequisite: ENG 100, ENG 101, PSY 100
PSY 301 Child Development
Prerequisite: ENG 100 and ENG 101
SCI 300+ Geography
SOC 325 Popular Culture
Prerequisite: ENG 100 and ENG 101
SOC 327 Arab Culture
Prerequisite: ENG 100 and ENG 101
SOC 336+ American Film and Society
Prerequisite: ENG 100 and ENG 101
SOC 344 Marriage, Sex and the Family
Prerequisite: ENG 100 and ENG 101
SOC 350+ Cultural Diversity
Prerequisite: ENG 100 and ENG 101
SOC 352 Modern Chinese Culture
Prerequisite: ENG 100 and ENG 101
+ Diversity Enriched Offering
Remedial courses taken to achieve minimum levels of collegiate-level competen-
cy in the areas of writing and mathematical concepts and systems do not satisfy
any portion of the general education requirement.