State Board of Education Rule 6A-10.030

Prior to receipt of an Associate of Arts degree from a public community college or university or prior to entry into the upper division of a public university or college, a student shall complete successfully the following:

• Six (6) semester hours of English coursework and six (6) semester hours of additional coursework in which the student is required to demonstrate college-level writing skills through multiple assignments.
• Six (6) semester hours of mathematics coursework at the level of college algebra or higher. For the purposes of this rule, applied logic, statistics and other such computation coursework which may not be placed within a mathematics department may be used to fulfill three (3) hours of the six (6) hours required by this section.

A grade of C or higher is required for all Gordon Rule coursework.

All mathematics courses offered by FGCU except MAT 1033 (Intermediate Algebra) fulfill Gordon Rule requirements.

FGCU has designated certain courses as "writing-intensive" for the purpose of meeting part one of this rule. Courses that count toward Gordon Rule writing requirements include a statement in their course descriptions to that effect. Students are strongly urged to complete ENC 1101 (Composition I) before attempting any additional writing-intensive courses.

• AFA 2000 Intro to African & Diaspora Studies (3)
• AMH 2010 US History to 1877 (3)
• AMH 2020 US History since 1877 (3)
• ANT 2211 Peoples of the World (3)
• CRW 2001 Intro to Creative Writing (3)
• ENC 1101 Composition I (3)
• ENC 1102 Composition II (3)
• ENC 2160 Intro to Nature Writing (3)
• ENC 3250 Professional Writing (3)
• ENC 3310 Expository Writing (3)
• IDH 2931 Honors Humanites Seminar (3)
• IDS 3920 University Colloquium (3)
• LAS 2000 Intro to Latin American Studies (3)
• LIT 2000 Introduction to Literature (3)
• PHI 2000 Introduction to Philosophy (3)
• POT 3003 Political Theorists (3)
• WOH 1023 World Civ 1500-1815 (3)
• WOH 1030 World Civ since 1815 (3)

Students awarded college credit based on their demonstration of writing skills, or mathematics skills at the level of college algebra or higher, through credit-by-exam equivalencies adopted by the Florida Department of Education's Articulation Coordinating Committee, shall be considered to have satisfied the Gordon Rule requirements to the extent of the college credit awarded.

Transfer students who have taken one or more of the above courses at another Florida institution will have these courses counted toward Gordon Rule requirements only if the course was so designated at the institution where the course was taken.

Note: Courses designated by Florida Gulf Coast University to satisfy the Gordon rule requirement are subject to change. Students should check with an academic advisor for the most up-to-date information.

Click here for a copy of the FGCU Gordon Rule Policy document [.pdf - 198 KB]