General Education Requirements

Beginning in Fall 1993, students who have earned an Associate’s Degree (except General Studies or Applied Science degrees) for the Virginia Community College System, automatically fulfill the general education requirements.

The requirements for general education credits in each area of study are as follows:

Quantitative Reasoning

One course (three credits) focusing on the role of quantitative information in various settings and the ability to reason abstractly.

Natural Science

One course (four credits) focusing on the natural sciences including a laboratory component.

Quantitative Reasoning or Natural Science

One course (three credits) focusing on the role of quantitative information and the ability to reason abstractly, or natural science, or mathematical applications such as computer science, logic or music theory.

Human Experience & Society

Two courses (six credits) from two different disciplines that explore the forces shaping human activity, relationships, social structures, institutions, and intellectual systems.

Global Inquiry

One course (three credits) focusing on global interconnections related to economic, political, cultural, social, public health, or environmental issues.  An approved study abroad or other field program can fulfill this requirement if it includes a satisfactory evaluation of written reflection of a student’s experience in that program by a University of Mary Washington faculty member.

Arts, Literature & Performance

 Two courses (six credits) focusing on art, literature or performance. At least one course focusing on the appreciation and interpretation of artistic expressions.  The other course may provide an opportunity for exploring the process of creating artistic work, by pursuing a course in the “process” sub-category, or provide an opportunity for further work (a second course) within the sub-category of “appreciation and interpretation.”

Click here to see the courses listed in the Undergraduate Catalog that fulfill the General Education requirements in the College of Arts and Sciences.