General Studies (GENS)

College level learning achieved in a non-traditional setting. The learning documented in a portfolio must be comparable to a course offered at USF.

Is designed to engage students in methods of research useful in decision making. It will prepare students to be informed consumers of research. It will prepare students in professional leadership positions to understand, analyze, and use information to make sound judgments.

Offers the student the opportunity to explore and study related themes in literature and the arts. The primary emphasis may be on literary, dramatic, or visual art forms, but the course will include some treatment of each. Students will be asked to respond and reflect, both affectively and intellectually, analyze (the works covered) and synthesize (their own ideas about the works), and write out their responses in cogent, effective prose. Writing intensive course; research paper required.