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Associate in General Education (A10300)

The Associate in General Education degree shall be granted for planned programs of study consisting of a minimum of 64 and a maximum of 65 semester hours of approved courses. Within the degree program, the college shall include opportunities for the achievement of competence in reading, writing, oral communications, fundamental mathematical skills, and the basic use of computers.

Curriculum Checklist

General Education Courses (15SHC)*
ENGLISH COMPOSITION (6 SHC)
ENG 111 is required. Students will only receive credit for one of the following: ENG 112, ENG 113 or ENG 114.
111	Expository Writing	3	0	0	0	3
112	Argument-Based Research	3	0	0	0	3
113	Literature-Based Research	3	0	0	0	3
114	Prof. Research & Report	3	0	0	0	3

HUMANITIES/FINE ARTS (3 SHC)
Select one course from the following discipline areas.

111	Art Appreciation	3	0	0	0	3
114	Art History Survey I	3	0	0	0	3
115	Art History Survey II	3	0	0	0	3
116	Survey of American Art	3	0	0	0	3
117	Non-Western Art History	3	0	0	0	3

ENGLISH
131	Introduction to Literature	3	0	0	0	3
231	American Literature I	3	0	0	0	3
232	American Literature II	3	0	0	0	3
241	British Literature I	3	0	0	0	3
242	British Literature II	3	0	0	0	3

HUMANITIES
110	Technology and Society	3	0	0	0	3
115	Critical Thinking	3	0	0	0	3
160	Introduction to Film	2	2	0	0	3

MUSIC
110	Music Appreciation	3	0	0	0	3
112	Introduction to Jazz	3	0	0	0	3
113	American Music	3	0	0	0	3

PHILOSOPHY
210	History of Philosophy	3	0	0	0	3
215	Philosophical Issues	3	0	0	0	3
220	Western Philosophy I	3	0	0	0	3
221	Western Philosophy II	3	0	0	0	3
230	Introduction to Logic	3	0	0	0	3
240	Introduction to Ethics	3	0	0	0	3

RELIGION
REL	110	World Religion	3	0	0	0	3
REL	111	Eastern Religion	3	0	0	0	3
REL	112	Western Religion	3	0	0	0	3
REL	211	Intro to Old Testament	3	0	0	0	3
REL	212	Intro to New Testament	3	0	0	0	3

SOCIAL/BEHAVIORAL SCIENCES (3 SHC)
Select one courses from the following discipline areas.
ANTHROPOLOGY
ANT	210	General Anthropology	3	0	0	0	3
ANT	220	Cultural Anthropology	3	0	0	0	3
ANT	221	Comparative Cultures	3	0	0	0	3
ANT	230	Physical Anthropology	3	0	0	0	3
ANT	230A	Physical Anthropology	0	2	0	0	1
ANT	240	Archaeology	3	0	0	0	3

ECONOMICS
Students may not receive credit for ECO 151 if they have received credit for ECO 251 or ECO 252.
ECO	151	Survey of Economics	3	0	0	0	3
ECO	251	Prin. of Microeconomics	3	0	0	0	3
ECO	252	Prin. of Macroeconomics	3	0	0	0	3

HISTORY
HIS	111	World Civilizations I	3	0	0	0	3
HIS	112	World Civilizations II	3	0	0	0	3
HIS	114	Comparative World History	3	0	0	0	3
HIS	116	Current World Problems	3	0	0	0	3
HIS	131	American History I	3	0	0	0	3
HIS	132	American History II	3	0	0	0	3

POLITICAL SCIENCE
POL	110	Intro Political Science	3	0	0	0	3
POL	120	American Government	3	0	0	0	3
POL	210	Comparative Government	3	0	0	0	3
POL	220	International Relations	3	0	0	0	3

PSYCHOLOGY
PSY	150	General Psychology	3	0	0	0	3
PSY	237	Social Psychology	3	0	0	0	3
PSY	239	Psychology of Personality	3	0	0	0	3
PSY	241	Developmental Psychology	3	0	0	0	3
PSY	281	Abnormal Psychology	3	0	0	0	3

SOCIOLOGY
SOC	210	Introduction to Sociology	3	0	0	0	3
SOC	213	Sociology of the Family	3	0	0	0	3
SOC	220	Social Problems	3	0	0	0	3
SOC	225	Social Diversity	3	0	0	0	3
SOC	230	Race and Ethnic Relations	3	0	0	0	3
SOC	240	Social Psychology	3	0	0	0	3

GEOGRAPHY
GEO	111	World Geography	3	0	0	0	3
GEO	112	Cultural Geography	3	0	0	0	3
GEO	130	Gen. Physical Geography	3	0	0	0	3

NATURAL SCIENCES/MATHEMATICS (3 SHC)
Choose one course.
ASTRONOMY
AST	111	Descriptive Astronomy	3	0	0	0	3
AST	111A	Descriptive Astronomy Lab	0	2	0	0	1

BIOLOGY
BIO	110	Principles of Biology	3	3	0	0	4
BIO	111	General Biology I	3	3	0	0	4
BIO	112	General Biology II	3	3	0	0	4
BIO	120	Introductory Botany	3	3	0	0	4
BIO	130	Introductory Zoology	3	3	0	0	4
BIO	140	Environmental Biology	3	0	0	0	3
BIO	140A	Environmental Biology Lab	0	3	0	0	1

CHEMISTRY
CHM	131	Introduction to Chemistry	3	0	0	0	3
CHM	131A	Intro. to Chemistry Lab	0	3	0	0	1
CHM	132	Organic and Biochemistry	3	3	0	0	4
CHM	151	General Chemistry I	3	3	0	0	4
CHM	152	General Chemistry II	3	3	0	0	4

GEOLOGY
GEL	111	Introductory Geology	3	2	0	0	4

PHYSICS
PHY	151	College Physics I	3	2	0	0	4
PHY	152	College Physics II	3	2	0	0	4

MATHEMATICS
MAT	161	College Algebra	3	0	0	0	3
MAT	161A	College Algebra Lab	0	2	0	0	1
Or
CIS	110	Introduction to Computers	2	2	0	0	3
Or
CIS	115	Intro. to Prog. & Logic	2	2	0	0	3
Or
MAT	151	Statistics I	3	0	0	0	3
MAT	151A	Statistics Lab	0	2	0	0	1
Or
MAT	263	Brief Calculus	3	0	0	0	3
MAT	263A	Brief Calculus Lab	0	2	0	0	1

Hours from mathematics labs will be applied towards Other Required Hours explained below.

OTHER REQUIRED HOURS (49-50 SHC)
Must include additional general education and professional courses that have been approved for transfer and/or approved by the advisor or required for specific AAS Programs. Only courses numbered 110-199 or 210-299 will count.

Total Semester Hours Credit: 64-65

Prin. of Macroeconomics

PSYCHOLOGY

GEOGRAPHY

CHEMISTRY