The program is specifically intended to meet the requirements of students interested in transferring to one of Florida’s many public colleges or universities or continuing to pursue a four-year bachelor’s degree at Florida State College at Jacksonville. Students are encouraged to determine which upper-division major they plan to pursue and advised to follow the state standard for their specific degree major. Students should also plan to meet with an Advisor to assist them in selecting general education courses and the best recommended electives for their advising track in order to best compliment their selected upper-division major.

Students should be aware of the specific requirements of the Associate in Arts degree imposed by state of Florida regulations and laws and the requirements established by the Southern Associate of Colleges and Schools as well as Florida’s Gordon Rule.

"To improve articulation and reduce excess credit hours, beginning with students initially entering a Florida College System institution in 2013-2014 and thereafter, the articulation agreement must require each student who is seeking an associate in arts degree to indicate a baccalaureate degree program offered by an institution of interest by the time the student earns 30 semester hours. The institution in which the student is enrolled shall inform the student of the prerequisites for the baccalaureate degree program offered by an institution of interest."

General Education Paradigm/Philosophy

General Education course selections at Florida State College at Jacksonville prepare students to become thoughtful, generative learners. Through exploring broad areas of knowledge - the human condition, the global and historical, the cultural and aesthetic, and the communicative, mathematical, scientific, and technological - students will develop the knowledge bases, and intellectual competencies, and be exposed to the values requisite for participating responsibly in, and adapting to, a complex and diverse world.

Knowledge Bases

A generally educated person possesses knowledge in the following areas:

Human Awareness and Understanding

Comprehends the dynamics of human behavior, development, and relationships
Comprehends the dynamic relationship between culture and human awareness
Comprehends the factors that promote physical, mental, and social well-being

Global and Historical Knowledge and Understanding

Comprehends a general knowledge of the nature, origins, and contributions of civilizations
Comprehends the workings and interrelations of personal, business, and government economies
Comprehends political, social, and economic systems and their effects upon society

Cultural and Aesthetic Knowledge and Understanding

Comprehends the contributions of the arts, humanities, and sciences of the human experience upon the individual and their world
Comprehends the development of the arts and sciences and their impact upon the individual and their world
Comprehends cultural systems and their effects

Communications

Comprehends the importance of human communications and understands a variety of effective communications methods
Comprehends the importance of effective communication
Comprehends methods for gathering, synthesizing, and integrating information in written and oral communication
Comprehends the connection between critical thinking and effective communication

Mathematics, Science and Technology

Comprehends the basic concepts and investigative processes of the natural sciences
Understands various mathematical skills and techniques, and is able to apply them appropriately to solve real world problems
Comprehends the way science and technology shape our world

Intellectual Competencies

A generally educated person:

Reads, writes, speaks, and listens effectively
Acquires, evaluates, analyzes, presents, and communicates information
Employs quantitative and qualitative analyses to solve problems
Uses information technology in communication, research, and problem solving
Organizes concepts into orderly systems
Works collaboratively within complex systems and diverse groups
Applies ethical judgment to everyday life
Applies the scientific method of inquiry

Values

A generally educated person values:

Intellectual honesty
Curiosity and openness to new ideas
Recognition of one’s own creative and intellectual potential
Acceptance of differences among people and cultural diversity
Civic engagement
Lifelong learning
Social justice and equality

Associate in Arts (Baccalaureate Transfer) (A.A.) (1108)

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