General Education Requirements

General education requirements for the Associate in General Studies

Individualized Program (minimum credits 23)

Communications - 6 Credits
Course Number Course Title
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 - 3 Credits
Course Number Course Title
Choose one of the following courses:
ART111 Introduction to Drawing
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 History of Film
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:
BUS110 Business Mathematics
MAT110 Algebra II
MAT150 Foundations of Mathematics
MAT160 College Algebra
MAT165 Trigonometry
MAT180 Precalculus
MAT210 Statistics
MAT220 Calculus I
Natural/Physical Sciences - 3 to 4 Credits
Course Number Course Title
Choose one of the following courses:
BIO120 Biological Concepts
BIO150 Biology I
CHE120 Principles of Chemistry
CHE150 Chemistry I
ENV130 Environment
ENV150 The Visible Universe
PHY120 Principles of Physics
PHY240 Physics I
Social Sciences - 6 Credits
Course Number Course Title
Choose two of the following courses:
ANT135 Human Evolution: Physical, Anthropology & Archeology
ANT140 Cultural Anthropology
HIS110 History of US I
HIS115 History of US II
HIS120 Western Civ: to 1600
HIS125 Western Civ. 1600-1945
HIS130 Introduction Contemporary History
POS130 American Government
POS135 State & Local Government
PSY120 Interpersonal Relationships
PSY130 General Psychology
SOC125 Individual & Society
SOC130 Sociology
Orientation - 1 Credit
Course Number Course Title
ORI102 College Success Strategies * (to be taken during first term enrolled)
Elective Requirements Credits 36-38

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.

** 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