(1) The following meta-major academic pathways are established for the purposes of advising Florida College System associate degree seeking students of the gateway courses that are aligned with their intended academic and career goals.
    (a) Arts, humanities, communication and design.
    (b) Business.
    (c) Education.
    (d) Health sciences.
    (e) Industry/manufacturing and construction.
    (f) Public Safety.
    (g) Science, technology, engineering, and mathematics.
    (h) Social and behavioral sciences and human services.
    (2) Students shall be advised of the academic pathway that correlates with their selected meta-major to include gateway courses that are appropriate to the student’s intended program of study.
    (a) English Composition I, ENC X101, is the gateway course for all meta-major academic pathways.
    (b) The gateway courses for mathematics are aligned with the meta-major academic pathway.
    1. The gateway courses for business are College Algebra, MAC X105, or Elementary Statistics, STA X023.
    2. The gateway courses for science, technology, engineering, and mathematics is College Algebra, MAC X105.
    3. The gateway courses for all other meta-major academic pathways identified in subsection (1) of this rule are College Algebra, MAC X105, Liberal Arts Mathematics I, MGF X106, Liberal Arts Mathematics II, MGF X107, or Elementary Statistics, STA X023.
    (3) Meta-major academic pathways must be a component of each Florida College System institution’s approved comprehensive advising plan pursuant to Section 1008.30(6)(a), F.S., for entering, first-time-in-college students.
Rulemaking Authority 1001.02, 1008.30(5) FS. Law Implemented Florida Statutes § 1008.30. History-New 10-22-13.