Virginia Community College System (VCCS) Transfer Guide
General Education Requirements
The mission of George Mason University's General Education Program is to educate, liberate and broaden the mind and to instill a lifelong love of learning. The program is divided into three areas: 1) Foundation requirements - written communication, oral communication, information technology and quantitative reasoning; 2) Core requirements - literature, fine arts, western civilization, social & behavioral science, global understanding and natural science; and 3) a Synthesis requirement. Not all requirements are completed in the first two years of the degree program.
| Semesters | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Transfer Course | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | GMU Equivalent |
| ENG 111, 112 | 3 | 3 | ENGL 101 plus ENGL elective | ||
| CST 105, 110, or 126 | 3 | COMM 100, 101 or 104 | |||
| IST 117 and 128 | 3 | IT 103 | |||
| MTH 151, 152, 162, 183, 181, 173, 286, 241 and 242, 271 | 3 | IT 250, MATH 106, 108, 110, 111, 113, 125, STAT requirement | |||
| ENG 125, 230, 232, 235, 237, 241, 247, 245-47, 251-57, 265-68, 271-73, 275-77, 279, GER 221, 231 | 3 | CLAS 250, ENGL 201 Literature Requirement | |||
| ART 100, 101, 102, 111, 112, 131, 121, 241, 231; SPD 131 | 3 | ARTH 101, 200, 201, ART L399, L399, AVT 104, 222, 232, 262; THR 210 | |||
| European History course | 3 | Western Civilization | |||
| SOC 212,211;ECO 120,202,201;GEO 210;PLS 110,135; PSY 201, 202,231,232,216;SOC 201,202; HIS 121,122 | 3 | ANTH 114, 135; ECON 100, 103,104; GEOG 103; GOVT 103; PSYC 100, 211, 231; SOC 101; HIST 121,122 | |||
| GEO 220; PLS 241; HIS 112,253,254,203,204,232,251,252,241,242,256; REL 231 and 232 | 3 | GEOG 101; GOVT 132; HIST 130,251,252,261,262,204,231,232,251,252; RELI 211, 212 | |||
| GEO 205 | 3 | GEOG 101 - non-lab science | |||
| Any lab science such as BIO,CHEM,GOL,PHY | 4 | 4 | Natural Lab Science requirement | ||
| Total Credits: | 9 | 9 | 10 | 13 | |
Notes
For the Approved General Education Course Listing for George Mason University, please see http://provost.gmu.edu/gened/approvedcourselisting.html.
Please Note: Not all NVCC Humanities/Fine Arts electives qualify as General Education Elective requirements (i.e. ENG 211-212, Creative Writing I&II and ART 121-122, Drawing I&II) for NVCC.
While other VCCS courses may also qualify for some of the categories above, we have included those that are most often available. We strongly recommend that you work closely with your VCCS Counselor or Faculty Advisor to assure the most appropriate choices for your major.