GENERAL EDUCATION COURSE SELECTIONS 2016-2017 CATALOG AND STUDENT HANDBOOK GENERAL EDUCATION COURSE SELECTIONS 12-Week Quarters (6-Week Sessions) UPPER DIVISION Communication+ MMC 3407 Visual Communication in the Media+ Humanities+ AML 4680 Literature of American Minorities+ ART 3477 Art in the World and the Workplace+ PHY 4060 Understanding Ourselves Through Physics+ POT 4001 Political Thought+ Math/Natural Sciences+ EVR 3410 Human Uses of the Environment MAT 3172 The Mathematics of Games+ STA 3215 Inferential Statistics and Analytics1 Social Sciences+ AMH 3304 Visions of America Since 1945 CPO 4003 Comparative Politics ECO 3250 Managerial Economics 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 PSY 3738 The Psychology of Social Media+ SYG 4119 Sociology in a Digital World+ See specific course requirements on program pages. 4 4 4 4 4 GENERAL EDUCATION REQUIREMENTS FOR RASMUSSEN COLLEGE Bachelor’s degree candidates must successfully complete at least twenty-four (24) upper-division General Education credits beyond the lower-division credits required in an associate’s degree (see program page for specific requirements). Upper-division courses have course numbers in the 3000s and 4000s, and lower-level courses have course numbers in the 1000s and 2000s. Bachelor’s degree upper- division General Education credits should be distributed across the following categories: Communication, Humanities, Math/Natural Sciences, and Social Sciences. Associate’s degree candidates must successfully complete at least thirty-two (32) credits of General Education coursework distributed across the following categories: English Composition, Communication,Humanities, Math/Natural Sciences, and Social Sciences (see program page for specific requirements). Diploma programs include General Education courses as designated by program. Certificate programs may not include General Education courses because they are career focused. Developmental Education courses do not count toward General Education requirements (or major and core requirements) in any program. GENERAL EDUCATION PHILOSOPHY General Education inspires commitment to lifelong learning by providing learners transferable skills desirable in the workplace, such as communication, critical thinking, information literacy, diversity and teamwork, ethics and professional responsibility, and digital fluency. General Education courses may adhere to a learner’s major program, satisfy an intellectual curiosity, or both. General Education allows learners to flourish amid change, better understand their own learning, and assists in applying ideas to the modern world and workplace. GENERAL EDUCATION COURSE CATEGORIES In the areas of English Composition and Communication, students will demonstrate understanding of basic rhetorical strategies including audience, purpose, thesis statements, effective organization, and/or the use of adequate and relevant evidence. In the area of Humanities, students will demonstrate understanding of different forms of art; the difference between creative and critical thinking; the elements associated with various art forms; and/or the function of creative production and expression in society. In the area of Math and Natural Sciences, students will demonstrate understanding of the notation and terminology used in mathematics; the effect that such calculations accomplish; the difference between the valid and invalid use of data and statistics; the fundamental scientific processes, theories, facts, concepts, and principles; the difference between facts and opinions; and/or the steps of the scientific method. In the area of Social Sciences, students will demonstrate understanding of the major concepts, issues, ideas and models in social science; methods of scientific inquiry as they affect social science; methods of qualitative and quantitative research; and/or how social, cultural, and political factors influence social and historical change. + Flex Choice Credit by Assessment courses available; see page 108 for details. The “+” symbol following a course title indicates that there is an equivalent Credit by Assessment option specifically for this course. The “+” symbol appearing after a General Education category heading indicates that there is at least one Credit by Assessment option available to fulfill an elective within this category. ¹ Students may not take both Advanced Statistics and Analytics and Inferential Statistics and Analytics. 888-5-RASMUSSEN 65 GENERAL EDUCATION COURSE SELECTIONS
