2020-2021 Catalog and Student Handbook 
    
    Mar 28, 2024  
2020-2021 Catalog and Student Handbook [ARCHIVED CATALOG]

AA/AB/AS General Education Requirements


The general education requirements listed here cover transfer degrees to NSHE four-year institutions. The completion of the associate of arts, associate of science, and associate of business degree automatically fulfills the lower-division general education requirements at any other NSHE institution1. Completion of the associate of arts, associate of science, or the associate of business degree does not guarantee satisfaction of all State College or university lower-division requirements except for the lower-division general education requirements2.

The general education requirements for the AA, AB, and AS degrees cover the following NSHE General Education Requirements3:

  1. English (3-6 credits)
    • Freshman level English Composition including English 102.
  2. Mathematics (3 credits)
    • Three credits of lower-division coursework.
  3. Natural Science (6 credits)
    • Six credits of lower-division coursework to include at least one laboratory experience.
  4. Social Sciences or Humanities/Fine Arts (9 credits)
    • Nine credits of lower-division coursework in either the social sciences or humanities/fine arts.
  5. U.S./Nevada Constitutions
    • Instruction must be given in the essentials of the Constitution of the United States and the Constitution of the State of Nevada, including the origin and history of the Constitutions and the study of and devotion to American institutions and ideals pursuant to Nevada Revised Statutes 396.500 for all associate and baccalaureate degrees.

The general education requirements at CSN are broken down as follows:

Common Core Requirements

All students must satisfy these requirements.

  • Mathematics
  • English
  • Values and Diversity

Subject Area Requirements

Students pursuing a General Associate of Arts or Associate of Science degree must complete all these requirements. Student pursuing a specific major will complete those requirements outside the student’s major. Special program degree requirements for specific majors will contain requirements fulfilling the General Education requirements for that major’s Subject Area.

  • Literature
  • Analytical Reasoning
  • Natural Science
  • Humanities
  • Fine Arts
  • Social Sciences
  • U.S. and Nevada Constitutions

Additionally

In no case may one course be used to meet more than one requirement except for the Values and Diversity general education requirement which may be used to fulfill the corresponding general education or special program requirement.

The General Education requirements do not include remedial courses which may need to be taken before completing some of the subject areas listed below. All MATH and ENG courses numbered 01-99 must be completed before reaching 30 total college-level credits. No course under 100-level counts toward degree completion. All degree-seeking students must be continuously enrolled in appropriate mathematics and English courses until the institutional core curriculum mathematics and English requirements are completed4. Finally, general education courses cannot be waived.

AA/AB/AS General Education Requirements and Course Choice Breakdown


Mathematics (3 Credits)


Please note: 300-level and above courses will NOT satisfy this GE requirement.

Literature (3 Credits)


Please note: 300-level and above courses will NOT satisfy this GE requirement.

Natural Science (6-7 Credits)


Please note: 300-level and above courses will NOT satisfy this GE requirement.

Choose two courses; one must include a lab.

Humanities (6 Credits)


Please note: 300-level and above courses will NOT satisfy this GE requirement.

Fine Arts (3 Credits)


Please note: 300-level and above courses will NOT satisfy this GE requirement.

Social Science (9 Credits)


Please note: 300-level and above courses will NOT satisfy this GE requirement.

Choose three courses; each course must be from a different discipline.

Values and Diversity


All students MUST fulfill this requirement. Course chosen may also be used to fulfill the corresponding general education or special program requirements.

Note


1BoR Handbook Rev 269 (03/16) Title 4, Chapter 14, page 12.
2BoR Handbook Rev 269 (03/16) Title 4, Chapter 14, page 12.
3BoR Handbook Rev 269 (03/16) Title 4, Chapter 14, page 17.
4BoR Handbook Rev 267 (09/15) Title 4, Chapter 16, page 3.