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Approved Passport Course Roster 

(September 18, 2020)

The Passport and Uniform Certificate of General Studies (UCGS) are two-year college programs in which all courses are transferable and satisfy lower-division general education requirements at any Virginia public institution of higher education.  Both the Passport and UCGS consist of several course blocks assigned specific courses. To satisfy the Passport and UCGS students are required to complete the appropriate number of credits in each course block.  Student course selection should be carefully considered since the Passport and UCGS programs are not designed to capture the complexities of individual programs of study at the four-year institutions.  Students should be advised to take the Passport or UCGS course that best suits their intended program of study at the four-year institution.   The Passport Course Roster for both Richard Bland College (RBC) and the Virginia Community College System (VCCS) is below. The UCGS Course Roster is under development with an anticipated completion date of January 2021.

 

VCCS Passport Course Roster

 

Select one course from each area of study.

 

1) Block I (Written Communication): 

    ENG 111 – College Composition I

 

2) Block II (Humanities and Fine Arts OR History):

    ART 101 – History and Appreciation of Art I

    ART 102 – History and Appreciation of Art II

    ART 201 – History of Art I

    ART 202 – History of Art II

    HIS 111 – History of World Civilization I

    HIS 112 – History of World Civilization II

    HIS 121 – United States History I

    HIS 122 – United States History II

 

3) Block III (Social and Behavioral Sciences):

    ECO 201 – Principles of Macroeconomics

    PLS 135 – American National Politics

    PLS 211 – U.S. Government I

    PSY 200 – Principles of Psychology

    SOC 211 – Principles of Anthropology I


4) Block IV (Natural Sciences):

    BIO 101 – General Biology I

    CHM 101 – Introductory Chemistry I

    CHM 111 – General Chemistry I

 

5) Block V (Mathematics):

A. Quantitative/Statistics Pathway:

    MTH 154 – Quantitative Reasoning

    MTH 155 – Statistical Reasoning

B. Calculus Pathway:

    *MTH 161/162 – PreCalculus I/ PreCalculus II

    *MTH 167 – PreCalculus with Trigonometry

    MTH 245 – Statistics I

    MTH 261 – Applied Calculus I

    MTH 263/264 – Calculus I/Calculus II

 

* MTH 161/162 and 167 should only be taken by students preparing for calculus or for four-year degree programs that require study in College Algebra/PreCalc. Precalculus may not satisfy general education and may not receive transfer credit.

 

JMU does not accept ENG 111 toward satisfaction of general education requirements.

 

CNU does not accept MTH 154 toward satisfaction of general education requirements.

 

W&M does not have a college-wide general education composition requirement.  ENG 111 will not count toward satisfaction of general education requirements but students will receive generalized credit for the course. 

 

Courses included on the above roster and offered at Thomas Nelson are transferable to most of Virginia’s public four-year colleges and universities.