Passport Courses

Passport Courses

The following courses are transferable to most Virginia public institutions of higher education and will, with a few exceptions, satisfy a lower-division general education requirement. These courses should be considered if you are not sure of your transfer major or transfer school. If you are following transfer pathways, these courses are already used in those guides.

Select one course from Blocks I, III, IV, and V.  

One additional course must be selected from either Blocks II or VI.  

Block I - Written Communication

• ENG 111 - College Composition I  

Block II -(Humanities/Arts)

- Art

• ART 100 - Art Appreciation   
• ART 101 - History of Art: Prehistoric to Gothic       
• ART 102 - History of Art: Renaissance to Modern     
• CST 130 - Introduction to the Theatre  
• CST 151 - Film Appreciation I   
• MUS 121 - Music in Society  
• MUS 221 - History of Western Music Pre-1750  
• MUS 222 - History of Western Music 1750 to Present    

- Humanities

• HUM 201 - Early Humanities  
• HUM 202 - Modern Humanities  
• HUM 210 - Introduction to Women and Gender Studies  
• HUM 220 - Introduction to African-American Studies  
  HUM 256 - Comparative Mythology  
• HUM 259 - The Greek and Roman Tradition 
• PHI 100 - Introduction to Philosophy      
• PHI 111 - Logic  
• PHI 220 - Ethics and Society  
• REL 100 - Introduction to the Study of Religion  
• REL 237 - Religions of the East        

Block III- Social and Behavioral Sciences

• ECO 150 - Economic Essentials: Theory and Application   
• ECO 201 - Principles of Macroeconomics  
• ECO 202 - Principles of Microeconomics  
• GEO 210 - People and the Land: An Introduction to Cultural Geography  
• GEO 220 - World Regional Geography   
• PLS 135 - U.S. Government and Politics  
• PLS 140 - Introduction to Comparative Politics  
• PSY 200 - Principles of Psychology  
• SOC 200 - Introduction to Sociology   
• SOC 211 - Cultural Anthropology  
• SOC 268 - Social Problems   

Block IV - Natural Sciences

• BIO 101 - General Biology I  
• CHM 101 - Introductory Chemistry I  
• CHM 111 - General Chemistry I  
• ENV 121 - General Environmental Science I  
• GOL 105 - Physical Geology   
• GOL 106 - Historical Geology  
• PHY 100 - Elements of Physics      

Block V - Mathematics

Quantitative/Statistics Pathway:

• MTH 154 - Quantitative Reasoning  
• MTH 245 - Statistics I  

 Calculus Pathway:

• MTH 161 - PreCalculus I  and MTH 162 - PreCalculus II  
• MTH 167 - PreCalculus with Trigonometry  
• MTH 261 - Applied Calculus I   
• MTH 263 - Calculus I  

* MTH 161/162 and 167 should only be taken by students preparing for calculus or for four-year degree programs that require study in College Algebra/PreCalc.  Precalculus may not satisfy general education and may not receive transfer credit.

Block VI - History

• HIS 101 - Western Civilizations Pre-1600 CE   
• HIS 102 - Western Civilizations Post 1600 CE   
• HIS 111 - World Civilizations Pre-1500 CE     
• HIS 112 - History of World Civilization post-1500 CE    
• HIS 121 - United States History to 1877   
• HIS 122 - United States History Since 1865  

Exceptions:

• JMU does not accept ENG 111 toward satisfaction of general education requirements.
• CNU does not accept MTH 154 toward satisfaction of general education requirements.
• W&M does not have a college-wide general education composition requirement. ENG 111 will not count toward satisfaction of general education requirements but students will receive generalized credit for the course.