General Core

The general core courses provide the breadth of learning necessary to meet the challenges of a lifetime of independent and creative thinking. All students at SVC are required to take the following core courses in addition to the courses required by their chosen degree programs:

Baccalaureate Degree Requirements:

Course Credits
Quest for Success: The First Year Experience (Fy100) 3
Fundamentals of Academic Computing (IT150) 3
Macro-Economics (Ec200) 3
Effective Speaking (En100) 3
English (En 101 and En102 or En150 and approved En or Cw course) 6
Environmental Issues Requirement (select one)
  • Ev102
  • Ev200
  • Ev220 Ev230
  • Ev250
  • Ev302 or
  • Ev303
 3
History and Politics (select one)
  • Hp200
  • Hp201
  • Hp206
  • Hp207
  • Hp208
  • Hp209 or
  • Hp210
 3
Humanities (select two)
  • Ar201
  • Ar202 Ar230
  • Cm101
  • Cm110
  • Cw100
  • Cw200
  • Cw215
  • En103
  • En203
  • En204
  • En205
  • En206
  • En209
  • En215
  • En220
  • En221
  • En222
  • En223
  • En250
  • En260
  • En311
  • En315
  • En316
  • En317
  • Hu200
  • Hu204
  • Hu240
  • Mu107
  • Mu210
  • Mu215
  • Mu216 or
  • Mu217
 6
Math 3
Natural Sciences (select one)
  • Ev102
  • Ns101
  • Ns102 Ns110 Ns120
  • Ns200 Ns221 or
  • Ns235
 3
Philosophy/Ethics (select one)
  • Ev308
  • Mg320
  • Ph200
  • Ph240
  • Ph250
  • So206
 3
Social Sciences (select two)
  • Cj101
  • Py150
  • So100
  • So150
  • So201
  • So202
  • So250
 6
Total General Core Credits 45
Major Variable
Minor (required in some majors) 18
General Electives Variable
Total Minimum 120