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General Education Core Curriculum

Develop skills to move forward in your career and make a difference.

Flexible and Practical. Take courses related to your career path and explore your interests.

Gen Ed at LVC allows students to add a second major or minor, study abroad, or change their major. And transferring to LVC has never been easier!

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First-year Experience (FYE)

Become more comfortable—and successful—as you start your LVC journey through our First-year Experience requirement. You’ll develop personal relationships with faculty mentors, gain lifetime friends with similar academic and social interests, and learn how to navigate life easier at The Valley and after graduating.

You’ll take small, seminar-style courses where you’ll get to know your professors and classmates on topics you choose, like Making Major Decisions, Law & Justice, and The Horror Genre in Film & Literature.

During your transition to college during the first semester, you will learn academic skills, how to cope with stress, plan for your career (whatever that evolves into), manage time, and understand your major and General Education requirements.

Learn More about FYE

Curriculum Requirements

In Their Words

Alumni Outcomes
I came to LVC with no actual clue about what I was doing here or how I’d survive a semester, let alone four years. With my FYE, I immediately felt like I had a team. I wasn’t alone because everyone was going through the same thing. Through my FYE, I explored my passion for horror, learned how to be a college student, and made a large group of friends.
Brandon Seigel ’19, Psychology, Human Resource Generalist, Virginia Commonwealth University
I came to LVC with no actual clue about what I was doing here or how I’d survive a semester, let alone four years. With my FYE, I immediately felt like I had a team. I wasn’t alone because everyone was going through the same thing. Through my FYE, I explored my passion for horror, learned how to be a college student, and made a large group of friends.
Brandon Seigel ’19, Psychology, Human Resource Generalist, Virginia Commonwealth University
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Why LVC’s General Education Program?

Course Scheduling

Literacy and Disciplinary Competency designations will be attached to various courses across the LVC curriculum, allowing you to pick courses to meet your interests and career goals while completing General Education requirements. This flexibility will enable you to explore more courses of personal or professional interest and give you greater flexibility in scheduling classes.

Double Major or Minor

We know LVC students have diverse interests, and our General Education program allows students to explore other majors while completing general education requirements. These explorations might easily lead to adding a second major or minor!

Transfer-Friendly

Don’t take a step backward if you transfer into LVC. Our revised Gen Ed curriculum makes it easier to transfer and keep moving forward on your degree path.

*LVC’s General Education curriculum meets all Pennsylvania Department of Education (PDE) and Middle States Commission on Higher Education (MSCHE) requirements.