General Education Requirements

General education requirements for the Associate in General Studies

Individualized Program (minimum credits 23)

COMMUNICATIONS CREDITS - 6
       
COM121 English Composition or COM122
and choose one of the following courses:
       
BUS106 Business Communications    
COM131 Composition and Literature or COM132
COM141 Technical Writing    
COM151 Fundamentals of Speech   or COM152
       
HUMANITIES CREDITS - 3
Choose one of the following courses:    
       
ART111 Introduction to Drawing HUM249 Contemporary American Literature
ART121 Painting HUM251 Introduction to Drama
ART201 Art Appreciation HUM255 Shakespeare
HUM221 Music Appreciation HUM261 History of Film
HUM231 World Literature I HUM271 Introduction to Philosophy
HUM235 World Literature II HUM275 Ethics
HUM241 American Literature I HUM299 Seminar
HUM245 American Literature II 200 level Humanities Honors Elective
       
MATHEMATICS CREDITS - 3 to 4
Choose one of the following courses:
       
BUS110 Business Mathematics MAT165 Trigonometry
MAT110 Algebra II MAT180 Precalculus
MAT150 Foundations of Mathematics MAT210 Statistics
MAT160 College Algebra MAT220 Calculus I
       
NATURAL/PHYSICAL SCIENCES CREDITS - 3 to 4
Choose one of the following courses:
       
BIO120 Biological Concepts ENV130 Environment
BIO150 Biology I ENV150 The Visible Universe
CHE120 Principles of Chemistry PHY120 Principles of Physics
CHE150 Chemistry I PHY240 Physics I
       
ORIENTATION CREDITS - 1
       
ORI102 College Success Strategies * (to be taken during first term enrolled)
       
SOCIAL SCIENCES CREDITS - 6
Choose two of the following courses:
       
ANT135 Human Evolution: Physical, Anthropology & Archeology HIS130 Introduction Contemporary History
ANT140 Cultural Anthropology POS130 American Government
HIS110 History of US I POS135 State & Local Government
HIS115 History of US II PSY120 Interpersonal Relationships
HIS120 Western Civ: to 1600 PSY130 General Psychology
HIS125 Western Civ. 1600-1945 SOC125 Individual & Society
    SOC130 Sociology
   
Elective Requirements
Credits - 36 to 38

A minimum of 60 credits is required to fulfill the graduation requirements for the Associate in General Studies degree program. Please see your academic advisor at least two terms prior to graduation to determine whether you meet the graduation requirements for your major.

*Any transfer student who has completed a minimum of 24 credits with a GPA of 2.0 or better from an accredited college or university may choose to have the College Success Strategies class waived.