Uniform Certificate of General Studies

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The Uniform Certificate of General Studies (UCGS) is a two-year college program in which all courses are transferable and satisfy lower-division general education requirements at any Virginia public institution of higher education. The Passport is a component of the UCGS and is therefore a subset of courses in the UCGS. The UCGS consists of seven blocks. To satisfy the UCGS students are required to complete the appropriate number of courses in each block as described below. Student course selection should be carefully considered since the UCGS program is not designed to capture the complexities of individual programs of study at four-year institutions. Students should be advised to take the UCGS course that best suits their intended program of study at the four-year institution.

Block 1 - Written Communication

Take both classes. 6 credits total.

ENG 111 - College Composition I 3 cr.
ENG 112 - College Composition II 3 cr.

Block 2 - Humanities and Arts

Select two courses from different categories (Art, Humanities, Literature). 6 credits total.

Arts
ART 100 - Art Appreciation 3 cr.
ART 101 - History of Art: Prehistoric to Gothic 3 cr.
ART 102 - History of Art: Renaissance to Modern 3 cr.
CST 151 - Film Appreciation I 3 cr.
MUS 121 - Music in Society 3 cr.
Humanities
HUM 201 - Early Humanities 3 cr.
HUM 202 - Modern Humanities 3 cr.
HUM 216 - Introduction to Non-Western Cultures 3 cr.
HUM 256 - Comparative Mythology 3 cr.
HUM 259 - The Greek and Roman Tradition 3 cr.
PHI 100 - Introduction to Philosophy 3 cr.
PHI 111 - Logic 3 cr.
PHI 220 - Ethics and Society 3 cr.
REL 100 - Introduction to the Study of Religion 3 cr.
REL 230 - Religions of the World 3 cr.
Literature
ENG 225 - Reading Literature: Culture and Ideas 3 cr.
ENG 245 - British Literature 3 cr.
ENG 246 - American Literature 3 cr.
ENG 250 - Children’s Literature 3 cr.
ENG 255 - World Literature 3 cr.
ENG 258 - African American Literature 3 cr.
ENG 275 - Women’s Literature 3 cr.

Block 3 - Social/Behavioral Sciences

Select one course. 3 credits.

Block 4 - Natural Sciences

Select one course. 4 credits.

BIO 101 - General Biology I 4 cr.
BIO 102 - General Biology II 4 cr.
CHM 101 - Introductory Chemistry 4 cr.
CHM 111 - General Chemistry I 4 cr.
CHM 112 - General Chemistry II 4 cr.
ENV 121 - Foundations of Environmental Science 4 cr.
ENV 122 - Applications in Environmental Science 4 cr.
GOL 105 - Physical Geology 4 cr.
GOL 106 - Historical Geology 4 cr.
PHY 100 - Elements of Physics 4 cr.
PHY 201 - General College Physics I 4 cr.
PHY 202 - General College Physics II 4 cr.
PHY 241 - University Physics I 4 cr.
PHY 242 - University Physics II 4 cr.

Block 5 - Mathematics

Select one course. 3 or more credits.

Qualitative/Statistics Pathway
MTH 154 - Quantitative Reasoning 3 cr.
MTH 155 - Statistical Reasoning 3 cr.
MTH 245 - Statistics I 3 cr.
Calculus Pathway
MTH 161 - Precalculus I 3 cr.
MTH 162 - Precalculus II 3 cr.
MTH 167 - Precalculus with Trigonometry 5 cr.
MTH 261 - Applied Calculus I 3 cr.
MTH 263 - Calculus I 4 cr.
MTH 264 - Calculus II 4 cr.

Block 6 - History

Select one course. 3 credits.

Block 7 - Specialized General Education Requirements

Select two courses. 6 or more credits.

NOTE: For Block VII, students may complete courses from Blocks I-VI or any additional course below. Students should align their Block VII course selection with their intended transfer destination’s specific GE or programmatic requirements.

ASL 101 - Beginning American Sign Language I 4 cr.
ASL 102 - Beginning American Sign Language II 4 cr.
ASL 201 - Intermediate American Sign Language I 3 cr.
ASL 202 - Intermediate American Sign Language II 3 cr.
ART 121 - Foundations of Drawing 3 cr.
ART 131 - Two-Dimensional Design 3 cr.
ART 132 - Three-Dimensional Design 3 cr.
ART 223 - Life Drawing 3 cr.
CSC 110 - Principles of Computer Science 3 cr.
CST 100 - Principles of Public Speaking 3 cr.
CST 110 - Introduction to Human Communication 3 cr.
Foreign Language
ITE 152 - Introduction to Digital Literacy and Computer Applications 3 cr.