The purpose of general education at St. Johns River State College is to foster knowledge and skills essential to all academic disciplines and to encourage the pursuit of lifelong learning. Students who complete the general education requirements at SJR State shall obtain, interpret, and apply academic principles from diverse sources to evaluate and solve problems.
Students may fulfill the general education requirements using the identified courses or their honors equivalent. For example, a student can use either ENC 1101 Composition I or ENC 1101 Honors Composition I to fulfill their ENC 1101 general education requirement. A minimum grade of “C” is required in each communications, humanities, and mathematics course for general education credit.
Associate in Arts General Education Requirements
Specifically Associate in Arts students will:
- Demonstrate effective communication strategies in reading, writing and speaking;
- Demonstrate an understanding of humanity’s defining cultural trends throughout history by the study of art, literature, music, dance, theatre, philosophy or religion;
- Apply appropriate methods of mathematics to solve problems;
- Apply the methods, principles and concepts of the natural sciences;
- Examine human behavior and institutions from political, economic, historical, psychological or sociological perspectives;
- Use critical thinking to collect, assess, analyze and synthesize information.
General education requirements for the Associate in Arts degree, as specified in the program of study, must total a minimum thirty six (36) credit hours that include identified courses in the following academic areas: six (6) credits in communications, nine (9) credits in humanities, six (6) credits in mathematics, six (6) credits in natural science, six (6) credits in social science and three (3) credits of general education electives.
Associate in Science General Education Requirements
Specifically Associate in Science students will:
- Demonstrate effective communication strategies in reading, writing and speaking;
- Demonstrate an understanding of humanity’s defining cultural trends throughout history by the study of art, literature, music, dance, theatre, philosophy or religion;
- Apply appropriate methods of mathematics to solve problems;
- Apply the methods, principles and concepts of the natural sciences;
- Examine human behavior and institutions from political, economic, historical, psychological or sociological perspectives;
- Use critical thinking to collect, assess, analyze and synthesize information.
General education requirements for the Associate in Science degree, as specified in the individual program information, must total a minimum of fifteen (15) credit hours that include the following: three (3) credits in communications, three (3) credits in humanities, three (3) credits in mathematics, three (3) credits in natural science and three (3) credits in social science. These courses must be selected from the general education core courses listed below.
Baccalaureate General Education Requirements
General education requirements for the Baccalaureate degree mirror that of the Associate in Arts and must total a minimum thirty six (36) credit hours that include identified courses in the following academic areas: six (6) credits in communications, nine (9) credits in humanities, six (6) credits in mathematics, six (6) credits in natural science and six (6) credits in social science. Please see the Associate in Arts program of study for the list of required general education courses.
