| Broad Knowledge and Intellectual Skills (minimum 3 courses Bachelor’s, 2 courses Associate’s) | Communications (minimum one course) Christian Life and Thought (minimum one course) |
| Fall 1 (August 19-October 13) Fall 2 (October 21-December 15) | Spring 1 (January 6-March 1) Spring 2 (March 16-May 10) Summer (June 1-July 26) |
In addition to achieving their degree program outcomes, students completing a City Vision degree will achieve the outcomes below in these domains:
City Vision’s general education requirements were adapted from models provided by the Lumina Foundation’s Degree Qualification Profile as well as the AAC&U’s LEAP campaign’s Essential Learning Outcomes. Much of the language and categories for our revised general education requirements come from these two sources because they represent the most widely used related standards in the US. City Vision has simplified their requirements to reflect our mission that focuses primarily on degree completion for adult learners. These general education requirements went into effect for the 19-20 academic year. For our prior general education requirements see below. Students from previous catalog years that are still active with City Vision may request to change their catalog year to the new requirements.
Students entering City Vision with transfer credits of less than half their degree (60 for Bachelor’s or 30 for Associate’s) will be required to take the following specific courses to meet the above requirements and graduate.
Foundational Courses
Signature Courses
Students that maintain at least a 3.5 GPA at graduation may be granted an exception to the above prescribed Foundational Course requirements. The above courses will count toward general education unless they are already applied to their core degree requirement.
The following is how transfer credit will be mapped to general education credits with City Vision.
Communications
Including: Survey of Literature, Technical Writing, Poetry Writing, English Composition, Business Communication, etc.
Broad Knowledge and Intellectual Skills
Christian Life, Thought and Social Responsibility
Any Christian course that helps achieve the outcomes similar to those listed in the General Education Outcomes tab above or other foundational Christian subjects.
Bachelor’s degree students must take a total of 30 credits, with at least 3 being from each of the four general education areas (English & Communications, Social & Behavioral Sciences, Mathematics & Natural Sciences, Humanities & Fine Arts). Associate degree students must take a total of 15 credits, with at least 3 from each.
If a student already has a bachelor’s degree from an accredited school, then the General Education requirements are waived.
At minimum, general education credits must include:
English & Communications | min 3 / max 21 |
To learn more about the types of accreditation accepted, the conversion of quarter hours to semester hours and related topics, view our Transfer Credit Policies page.
The following is a list of how City Vision courses may be used to fulfill general education requirements.
English & Communications (min 3 / max 21)
Students who have not previously attended college are required at least to take English Composition I and/or Business Communications.
Based on feedback from faculty and staff, we may require students to take English Composition if their writing is not at a sufficient level to meet the requirements of more advanced courses.
Social & Behavioral Sciences (min 3 / max 21)
Mathematics & Natural Science (min 3 / max 21)
Humanities & Fine Arts (min 3 / max 21)
The list below shows how common courses from other institutions would be classified for transfer credit.
Classification of Courses for Transfer Credit – Typical Courses
English / Communications
| Mathematics
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Natural Sciences
| Humanities
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Social Sciences
| Fine Arts
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