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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 - Fine Arts, Humanities

• ART 100 - Art Appreciation   
• ART 101 - History and Appreciation of Art I     New Title Effective Fall 2022 -History of Art: Prehistoric to Gothic  
• ART 102 - History and Appreciation of Art II   New Title Effective Fall 2022 -History of Art: Renaissance to Modern   
• CST 130 - Introduction to the Theatre  
• MUS 121 - Music in Society  
• MUS 221 - History of Western Music Pre-1750  
• MUS 222 - History of Western Music 1750 to Present  
• MUS 226 - World Music   
• HUM 201 - Early Humanities  
• HUM 202 - Modern Humanities  
• HUM 210 - Introduction to Women in Humanities  
  HUM 216 - Introduction to Non-Western Cultures  -Effective Fall 2022
• HUM 220 - Introduction to African-American Studies  
  HUM 256 - Comparative Mythology  -Effective Fall 2022
• HUM 259 - Greek Mythology  
• PHI 100 - Introdction to Philosophy -Effective Fall 2022
• PHI 111 - Logic I  
• PHI 220 - Ethics  
• REL 100 - Introduction to the Study of Religion   
• REL 237 - Eastern Religions -New Course Effective Fall 2022
• REL 240 - Religions in America -New CourseEffective Fall 2022

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 - Principles of Sociology   
• SOC 211 - Principles of Anthropology I  
• SOC 268 - Social Problems   

Block IV - Natural Sciences

• BIO 101 - General Biology I  
• BIO 106 - Life Science -Effective Fall 2022
• CHM 101 - Introductory Chemistry I  
• CHM 111 - General Chemistry I  
• ENV 121 - General Environmental Science I  
• GOL 105 - Physical Geology   
• GOL 106 - Historical Geology  
• GOL 110 - Earth Systems: An Environmental Geology Perspective - New Course Effective Fall 2022
• 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 - History of Western Civilization I   New Title Effective Fall 2022 Western Civilizations Pre-1600 CE
• HIS 102 - History of Western Civilization II   New Title Effective Fall 2022 Western Civilizations Post-1600 CE
• HIS 111 - History of World Civilization I     New Title Effective Fall 2022 World Civilizations PRE-1500 CE
• HIS 112 - History of World Civilization II    New Title Effective Fall 2022 Worl Civilizations Post-1500 CE
• HIS 121 - United States History I   New Title Effective Fall 2022 United States History 1877
• HIS 122 - United States History II  New Title Effective Fall 2022 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.