General Education (Baccalaureate Programs and Associate in Arts Program)

Minimum Grades

The student in an Associate in Arts (AA) degree program must maintain an overall GPA of 2.0 or higher and must earn a minimum grade of C or better in each course meeting a general education writing emphasis requirement and in each mathematics course meeting the general education requirement. An overall GPA includes the Pensacola State College cumulative GPA as well as any transfer courses earned prior to enrollment at Pensacola State College.

 

Non-Traditional Credits

An AA student may not earn more than 15 credit hours of the general education coursework through non-traditional credits. Non-traditional credits include the following: credits earned through CLEP, departmental exemption examination, Prior Learning Assessment (PLA), and all other credits described in Non-Traditional Credits section.

Civic Literacy Requirement

Each student who initially enters a Florida College or state university in the 2018-2019 school year and thereafter and who anticipates earning an Associate in Arts degree or a baccalaureate degree must demonstrate competency in civic literacy. This civic literacy requirement may be met by successful completing of

AMH 2020 American History from 1877

OR

POS 2041 American National Government

OR

US Citizenship and Immigration Services Naturalization Test -      a grade 60 or above

Civics (U.S. history and government) with supplemental questions

AP Government and Politics: United States   a score of 3 or above

AP United States History                                    a score of 4 or above

CLEP: American Government                        a score of 50 or above

Foreign Language Requirement

A student who is enrolling in college for the first time (not a transfer student) in Fall 2014, or thereafter, and anticipates earning a baccalaureate degree or an Associate in Arts degree must meet the foreign language requirement. The foreign language requirement may be met with two years of the same foreign language in high school, two terms of the same foreign language in college, the second term of a freshman-level foreign language course, or appropriate scores on an external test for a foreign language.

An alternate method for students to demonstrate equivalent foreign language competence is by credit awarded on the basis of scores on the foreign language subject matter examinations in the College Level Examination Program (CLEP) as indicated in 6A-10.024(5)(b), F.A.C., which shall count toward the eight to ten term hours. The examination, minimum scores for awarding credit, and maximum credit to be awarded are as follows:

Examination

Minimum Score

Credit Awarded

 French

59

6 cc 

   

German

60

 6 cc 

   

Spanish

63 

 6 cc 

A student who received an Associate in Arts degree prior to September 1, 1989, or who enrolled in a program of studies leading to an Associate in Arts degree from a Florida state college prior to August 1, 1989, and has maintained continuous enrollment shall be exempt from this admissions requirement. Any lower division student admitted without meeting the foreign language requirement must earn such credits prior to admission to the upper division of a state university. Any Associate in Arts degree graduate from a public community college admitted without meeting the foreign language requirement must earn such credits prior to graduation from a state university.

College-Level Communication and Computation Skills

Per Florida Administrative Code 6A-10.030, prior to receipt of an Associate in Arts degree or prior to entry into the upper division of a public university or college, a student must successfully complete, with a grade of C or higher, the following: 6 semester credit hours of English coursework (ENC 1101C and ENC 1102) and 6 semester credit hours of additional coursework in which the student is required to demonstrate college-level writing skills through multiple assignments. PSC designates such courses Writing Emphasis courses. In addition, a student must complete 6 semester credit hours of mathematics coursework at the level of college algebra or higher. The College-Level Communication and Computation Skills requirement was formerly referred to as the Gordon Rule.

Writing Emphasis Courses

AMH 2010

American History to 1877

3 cc

AMH 2020

American History from 1877

3 cc

AML 2010

American Literature to 1870

3 cc

AML 2020

American Literature from 1870

3 cc

AML 2600

African American Literature

3 cc

DAN 2100

Dance Appreciation

3 cc

ENC 1101C

English Composition I

3 cc

ENC 1102

English Composition II

3 cc

ENL 2012

English Literature to 1800

3 cc

ENL 2022

English Literature from 1800

3 cc

EUH 1001

European History II

3 cc

LIT 2090

Contemporary Literature

3 cc

LIT 2110

World Literature to 1650

3 cc

LIT 2120

World Literature from 1650

3 cc

MUH 2110

Introduction to Music History

3 cc

PHI 2010

Introduction to Philosophy

3 cc

PHI 2600

Ethics

3 cc

POS 2041

American National Government

3 cc 

PSY 2012

General Psychology

3 cc

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