Associate of Arts
Preparatory Courses
Preparatory courses are required only for certain students as noted.
Students whose high school GPA is below 2.50, whose Composite ACT score is less than 19, or who are required to do so after examination of academic records by the Admissions Committee must take the following:
COR-1012M | Discipleship of the Christian Mind (Mentor) | 2 |
CSS-1011 | Advanced College Success Strategies | 2 |
Mathematics Preparatory Courses
Students whose academic program includes courses with Algebra prerequisites can fulfill those requirements through approved placement or exam scores, or by taking the MVNU course shown below. Credits from these courses do not count toward graduation credit minimums.
Students with an ACT mathematics subscore less than 19, an SAT mathematics subscore of less than 530, or an ALEKS PPL score of less than 46 must take the following:
MAT-0073 | College Preparatory Mathematics | 3 |
General Education Curriculum
Note: All courses taken for general education purposes will have the G suffix designation.
MVNU Core (11-14)
Take all of the following:
COR-1012G | Discipleship of the Christian Mind | 2 |
COR-2003G | Exploring Vocation I: Living a Called Life | 3 |
THE-3003G | Christian Beliefs and Convictions | 3 |
Take either:
BIB-1023G | The Narrative of Scripture | 3 |
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| OR BOTH | |
BIB-1003G | Old Testament History & Literature | 3 |
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| AND | |
BIB-1013G | New Testament History & Literature | 3 |
Competencies (6-9)
Writing Requirement (3-4)
Take one of the following:
Communication Arts (3-5)
Take one of the following:
Explorations (14-16)
Take one course from each Explorations category. No one Explorations course may count for more than one category.
The Arts (1-3)
Take one of the following:
History (3)
Take one of the following:
HIS-1003G | Western Civilization I: Antiquity to Reformation | 3 |
HIS-1013G | Western Civilization II: Reformation to the Present | 3 |
HIS-2013G | United States History to 1865 | 3 |
HIS-2023G | United States History Since 1865 | 3 |
Note: Students may petition the English and History Department to take another course with an HIS prefix to complete this requirement.
Literature (3)
Take one of the following:
Natural Science (4)
Take one of the following:
BIO-1014G | Principles of Biology with Laboratory | 4 |
BIO-1054G | General Zoology with Laboratory | 4 |
BIO-1074G | General Botany with Laboratory | 4 |
BIO-1094G | Environmental Conservation and Sustainability | 4 |
CHE-1034G | General Chemistry I with Laboratory | 4 |
CHE-1064G | Principles of General, Organic, and Biological Chemistry with Laboratory | 4 |
ESS-1034G | Earth Science with Laboratory | 4 |
ESS-1044G | Astronomy with Laboratory | 4 |
ESS-1054G | Meteorology With Laboratory | 4 |
PHY-2014G | General Physics I with Laboratory | 4 |
PHY-2055G | University Physics I with Laboratory | 5 |
Social Science (3)
Take one of the following:
Elective Courses
General Electives (24-32)