NOVA Advising Sheet 2025-2026
Uniform Certificate of General Studies (UCGS)
Catalog Year: 2025-2026
Code: 695
| One Year | Credits | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| 4 | Communication, Languages, Studio Art, and Technology Elective | 6 | |
| 1 | Humanities/Fine Arts Elective | 3 | |
| 2 | Physical or Life Science Elective w/Lab | 4 | |
| 3 | Social/Behavioral Sciences Elective | 3 | |
| ENG | 111 | College Composition I | 3 |
| Choose One | |||
| ENG | 112 | College Composition II OR | 3 |
| ENG | 113 | Technical-Professional Writing | 3 |
| 5 HIS | Elective | 3 | |
| Choose One | |||
| MTH | 154 | Quantitative Reasoning OR | 3 |
| MTH | 155 | Statistical Reasoning OR | 3 |
| 1 | Humanities/Fine Arts Elective | 3 | |
| Choose One | |||
| SDV | 100 | College Success Skills OR | 1 |
| SDV | 101 | Orientation to (a Specific Discipline) | 1 |
| Total Credits for Uniform Certificate of General Studies (UCGS) = 32 | |||
Students who are placed in A.A.A. and A.A.S. programs may work with a counselor to be placed in this program under certain circumstances. See a counselor for more information.
Electives should be selected with advice of a counselor or academic advisor to meet the requirements of the transfer institution.
UCGS courses are denoted with an asterisk (*).
1 Select any UCGS course from the humanities/fine arts courses listed under General Education Electives. Must be from two different categories.
2 Select any UCGS course from the physical and life science courses listed under General Education Electives.
3 Select any UCGS non-HIS course from the social/behavioral science courses listed under General Education Electives.
4 Select any UCGS course from the communication, languages, studio art, and technology courses listed under General Education Electives or any UCGS course listed under the General Education Electives.
5 Select any UCGS HIS course listed under social/behavioral sciences in General Education Electives.