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General Studies, AA

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The Associate of Arts in General Studies degree provides students knowledge in many academic disciplines and allows students to customizable the degree with required general education courses that transfer to bachelor’s degree programs at four-year colleges and universities.

Institutional Requirements

IDS 110 - Student Success Credit Hours: 1-3
IDS 115 - Career Exploration Credit Hours: 1

Written Communications

ENG 110 - Writing I Credit Hours: 3
ENG 210 - Writing II: Academic Writing Credit Hours: 3
OR
ENG 221 - Writing II: Writing for the Professions Credit Hours: 3

Oral Communications

COM 115 - Fundamentals of Public Speaking Credit Hours: 3

Mathematical Sciences

MTH 130 - Contemporary Mathematics Credit Hours: 3
OR
MTH 136 - Pre-Calculus I: Algebra Credit Hours: 3
OR
Completion of a course that uses MTH 130 or MTH 136 as a prerequisite Credit Hours: 3

Social/Behavioral Science - Civics

PLS 101 - American Democracy and Citizenship Credit Hours: 3
HST 121 - Survey of US History to 1877 Credit Hours: 3
OR
HST 122 - Survey of US History Since 1877 Credit Hours: 3

Social/Behavioral Science

Choose any course from below:

ANT 125 - Exploring Our Human Ancestry Credit Hours: 3
ANT 226 - Cultural Anthropology Credit Hours: 3
CFD 155 - Principles of Human Development Credit Hours: 3
ECO 101 - Economics of Social Issues Credit Hours: 3
ECO 155 - Principles of Macroeconomics Credit Hours: 3
ECO 165 - Principles of Microeconomics Credit Hours: 3
GRY 100 - World Regional Geography Credit Hours: 3
HST 103 - World History to 1600 C. E. Credit Hours: 3
HST 104 - World History Since 1600 C.E. Credit Hours: 3
PLS 205 - Comparative Government: Countries and Cultures Credit Hours: 3
PLS 232 - International Relations Credit Hours: 3
PSY 121 - Introductory Psychology Credit Hours: 3
SOC 150 - Principles of Sociology Credit Hours: 3

Humanities/Fine Arts

Choose three courses from at least two disciplines.

ART 115 - Drawing I Credit Hours: 3
ART 200 - Art in Context Credit Hours: 3
ENG 200 - Great Books and Instant Classics Credit Hours: 3
ENG 203 - Creative Writing: Poetry Credit Hours: 3
ENG 215 - Creative Writing: Short Story Credit Hours: 3
ENG 235 - Critical Approaches to Literature Credit Hours: 3
ENG 240 - Surveys of World Literature I Credit Hours: 3
ENG 241 - Survey of World Literature II Credit Hours: 3
ENG 250 - Survey of American Literature I Credit Hours: 3
ENG 251 - Survey of American Literature II Credit Hours: 3
MED 274 - Understanding Film Credit Hours: 3
MUS 239 - Introduction to World Music Credit Hours: 3
MUS 241 - The Language of Music Credit Hours: 3
PHI 110 - Introduction to Philosophy Credit Hours: 3
PHI 115 - Introduction to Ethics Credit Hours: 3
REL 100 - Religion and Human Culture Credit Hours: 3
SPN 101 - Elementary Spanish I Credit Hours: 3
SPN 102 - Elementary Spanish II Credit Hours: 3
THE 101 - Introduction to Theatre and Drama Arts Credit Hours: 3

Natural Science

Students must choose one life science course and one physical science course and onelab component. (Courses with † have a lab component.)

Life Sciences

BIO 100 - Biological Science for Educators Credit Hours: 4 †
BIO 101 - Biology in Your World Credit Hours: 3
BIO 111 - Laboratory for Biology in Your World Credit Hours: 1 †
BIO 121 - General Biology I Credit Hours: 4 †
BMS 110 - Introduction to Human Biology Credit Hours: 4 †
ENV 105 - Environmental Science Credit Hours: 4 †

Physical Sciences

CHM 116 - Fundamentals of Chemistry Credit Hours: 4
CHM 117 - Fundamentals of Chemistry Laboratory Credit Hours: 1 †
CHM 160 - General Chemistry I Credit Hours: 4
CHM 161 - General Chemistry I Laboratory Credit Hours: 1 †
GLG 110 - Principles of Geology Credit Hours: 4 †
GRY 142 - Introductory Physical Geography Credit Hours: 4 †
PHY 100 - Survey of Physics with Laboratory Credit Hours: 4 †
PHY 101 - Physics by Inquiry for Educators Credit Hours: 4 †
PHY 102 - Survey of Physics Credit Hours: 3 †
PHY 123 - Introduction to Physics I Credit Hours: 4 †
PHY 203 - Foundations of Physics I Credit Hours: 5 †

CORE 42 Requirements Total Credit Hours: 42

Students should choose additional hours to reach 42, CORE 42 hours .

Electives

Students should complete additional courses to total a minimum of 60 total credit hours.

Total Hours Required 60

† lab component

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