Undergraduate General Education Requirements
- Students must have a total of 30 credits for Bachelor’s or 15 credits for Associate’s in the domains: Broad Knowledge and Intellectual Skills, Communications, and Christian Life and Thought. The courses for each domain are listed below with each course being 3 credits.
- Transfer credits may be used to meet general education requirements according to the guidelines below.
- Each course may only be used to meet either major/concentration requirements or general education requirements, but not both.
| 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:
- Communication.
Associate’s: Develop and present cogent, coherent and substantially error-free writing for communication to general and specialized audiences.
Bachelor’s: Construct sustained, coherent arguments, narratives or explications of issues, problems or technical issues and processes, in writing and at least one other medium, to general and specific audiences. - Broad Knowledge and Intellectual Skills.
Apply practical skills, literacy, technology skills, critical thinking and lifelong learning skills in personal and professional life, utilizing knowledge from Social and Behavioral Sciences, Humanities, Arts, Mathematics, Natural Sciences and other fields. - Christian Life, Thought and Social Responsibility.
Develop a life plan for their own personal vocation, life balance and calling, as well as bringing social change to the world in line with Christian values.
Articulate a Christian worldview within their profession and its impact on their approach to work in their field and implications for social responsibility.
Develop plans and competencies to increase personal and organizational cross-cultural effectiveness
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.
Prescribed General Education Courses for Students Transferring In Less than Half Their Degree
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
- CVC 101 Student Success
- ENG101 English Composition
- BUS105 Business Communications (only required for Bachelor’s degree)
Signature Courses
- CVC 406 Vocation, Calling and Purpose of Work
- CVC 432 Technology, Life Balance and Behavioral Addictions (only required for Bachelor’s degree)
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.
Mapping Transfer Credit to General Education
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
- Mathematics including: Algebra, Geometry, Trigonometry, Calculus, Differential Equations, etc.
- Sciences including: Astronomy, Biology, Ecology and Environmental Science, Chemistry, Geology, Nutrition, Physical Geography and Oceanography, Physics, etc.
- Humanities including: History, Literature, Philosophy And Ethics, Foreign Languages And Cultures, Linguistics, Jurisprudence or Philosophy of Law, Archaeology, Comparative Religion, The History, Theory, and Criticism, of the Arts, etc.
- Social Sciences including: Anthropology, Sociology, Psychology, Political science, Government, Economics, Communications Studies, Fine Arts, Painting, Sculpture, Music, Film, Photography, etc.
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.
Institutional Learning Outcomes: Profile of a City Vision Graduate
Institutional learning outcomes are the outcomes that all City Vision should have upon graduation. Students completing a City Vision degree will achieve the outcomes below in each of these domains:
- Communication.
Associate’s: Develop and present cogent, coherent and substantially error-free writing for communication to general and specialized audiences.
Bachelor’s: Construct sustained, coherent arguments, narratives or explications of issues, problems or technical issues and processes, in writing and at least one other medium, to general and specific audiences. - Broad Knowledge and Intellectual Skills.
Apply practical skills, literacy, technology skills, critical thinking and lifelong learning skills in personal and professional life, utilizing knowledge from Social and Behavioral Sciences, Humanities, Arts, Mathematics, Natural Sciences and other fields. - Christian Life, Thought and Social Responsibility.
Develop a life plan for their own personal vocation, life balance and calling, as well as bringing social change to the world in line with Christian values.
Articulate a Christian worldview within their profession and its impact on their approach to work in their field and implications for social responsibility.
Develop plans and competencies to increase personal and organizational cross-cultural effectiveness. - Specialization. Please see the degree-specific outcomes for each degree that describe what students will achieve upon graduation.
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.
- English Composition I
- Business Communication
Social & Behavioral Sciences (min 3 / max 21)
- Urban Youth Ministry
- Christian Community Development
- Managing Residential Recovery Programs
- Counseling in the City
- Life Skills Training
- Urban Evangelism & Discipleship
- Case Management
- Recovery Dynamics
- Counseling Foundations
- Drugs of Abuse
- Counseling Alcoholics
- Professional Counseling Practices
- Mental Illness and Addiction
- Group Counseling Practices
- Sexual Issues in Addiction
- Family Issues and Recovery
Mathematics & Natural Science (min 3 / max 21)
Humanities & Fine Arts (min 3 / max 21)
- Theology & Strategies of Urban Missions
- Theology of Work
- History of Urban Missions
- Old Testament Survey
- New Testament Survey
- Bible Interpretation
- Biblical Theology
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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