General Education Requirements

Associate in Arts

Transfer Programs (36 minimum credits)

Communications - 6 Credits
Course Number Course Title
COM121 English Composition or COM122
COM131 Composition and Literature or COM 132
Humanities - 6 Credits
Course Number Course Title
Choose two of the following courses:
ART111 Introduction to Drawing
ART 112 Drawing II
ART 113 Design
ART121 Painting
ART201 Art Appreciation
HUM221 Music Appreciation
HUM231 World Literature I
HUM235 World Literature II
HUM241 American Literature I
HUM245 American Literature II
HUM249 Contemporary American Literature
HUM251 Introduction to Drama
HUM255 Shakespeare
HUM261 Film Studies
HUM271 Introduction to Philosophy
HUM275 Ethics
HUM299 Seminar
200 level Humanities Honors Elective
Information Technology - 3 Credits
Course Number Course Title
IFT110* Microcomputer Applications
Mathematics - 3 to 4 Credits
Course Number Course Title
Choose one of the following courses:
MAT150 Foundations of Mathematics
MAT160 College Algebra
MAT165 Trigonometry
MAT180 Precalculus
MAT210 Statistics
MAT220 Calculus I
Natural/Physical Sciences - 7 Credits
Course Number Course Title
ENV130 The Environment  or ENV 131
AND choose one of the following four-credit laboratory courses:
BIO120 Biological Concepts
BIO150 Biology I
BIO155 Biology II
BIO205 Zoology
BIO210 Botany
BIO280 Microbiology
CHE120 Principles of Chemistry
CHE150 Chemistry I
CHE155 Chemistry II
CHE210 Organic Chemical Concepts
PHY120 Principles of Physics
PHY240 Physics I
PHY245 Physics II
Social Sciences - 6 Credits
Course Number Course Title
Choose one from the following list:
ANT140 Cultural Anthropology
POS130 American Government
PSY130 General Psychology
SOC125 Individual & Society
SOC130 Sociology
AND choose one from the following list:
ANT135 Human Evolution: Physical, Anthropology & Archeology
ANT140 Cultural Anthropology
BUS200 Macroeconomics
BUS201 Microeconomics
HIS110 History of US I
HIS115 History of US II
HIS120 Western Civ: to 1600
HIS125 Western Civ. 1600-1945
ECO250 Comparative Economic Systems
POS130 American Government
POS135 State & Local Government
PSY120 Interpersonal Relationships
PSY130 General Psychology
SOC125 Individual and Society
SOC130 Sociology
  Social Science Honors Elective
Orientation - 2 Credits
Course Number Course Title
ORI102 College Success Strategies *** (to be taken during first term enrolled)
Elective Credits- 6 Credits
Course Number Course Title
Choose one of the following courses or any course listed on this page that has not been used to fulfill the academic discipline requisite:
COM151 Fundamentals of Speech
PSY120 Interpersonal Relations
HEA110 Health
- - - - Foreign Language

A minimum of 60 credits is required to fulfill the graduation requirements for the Associate in Arts 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.

* Students who feel that they can demonstrate that they have already mastered the competencies for this course should contact Janine Tiffany at jtiffany@racc.edu about credit by examination a semester before they are scheduled to take IFT 110
** Major requirements may not be used to satisfy general education requirements.
***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.