Florida State University

Tallahassee, FL

Florida State says, "As critic Mark Van Doren has observed, 'Liberal education makes the person competent not merely to know or do, but also, and indeed chiefly, to be.' The essential curriculum of a college education, Van Doren explained, teaches students to learn progressively the arts of investigation, discovery, criticism, and communication. The Florida State University's [general education program]...helps to develop these crucial intellectual values and critical skills in all undergraduate students." [Source]

General Education Requirements

  • 1. Composition

    YES
  • 2. Literature

    YES
  • 3. Foreign Language

    NO

    See Note

    No credit given for Foreign Language because students in select degree programs may fulfill the requirement with elementary-level study.

  • 4. U.S. Government or History

    NO
  • 5. Economics

    NO
  • 6. Mathematics

    YES
  • 7. Science

    YES
  • General Education Assessment

    Florida State University uses one or more of the following instruments to assess undergraduate progress in core collegiate skills: the Council on Aid to Education Collegiate Learning Assessment (CLA), the Educational Testing Service Proficiency Profile, or the ACT Collegiate Assessment of Academic Proficiency (CAAP). For more information, visit www.voluntarysystem.org.

B

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