Associate of General Studies

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The Associate of General Studies degree is for the student who plans to transfer to a four-year institution, but wants to take lower division courses outside of General Education. The student must demonstrate mastery of skills and knowledge against specified performance standards in at least one specific area or discipline. Students completing this degree should meet the lower division requirements in General Education but will not be guaranteed transfer as a college junior.

Required Courses

ENGL 1013 - English Composition I Credits: 3
ENGL 1023 - English Composition II Credits: 3 or
ENGL 1033 - Technical Report Writing Credits: 3
ET 1001 - Technical Mathematics I Credits: 1 and
ET 1002 - Technical Mathematics II Credits: 2 or
MAT 1011 - Mathematics for Career and Technology I Credits: 1 and
MAT 1012 - Mathematics for Career and Technology II Credits: 2 or
MAT 1123 - Mathematics for Career and Technology III Credits: 3 or higher
Humanities Elective Credits: 3 *
Lab Science Electives Credits: 4 **
CIS 1103 - Introduction to Information Technology Credits: 3 or
EDUC 2213 - Educational Technology Credits: 3
Social & Behavioral Sciences Credits: 3 ***
HIST 2003 - United States History I Credits: 3 or
HIST 2013 - United States History II Credits: 3 or
PLSC 2003 - American National Government Credits: 3
General Education Directed Elective (No PE) Credits: 3 *

General Education Electives *

(Only 2 Hours PE) Select from:

AJ, ART, BIOL, CHEM, DRAM, ECON, ENGL, FA, FL, GEOG, GEOL, HIST, MAT (higher than 1123), MUS, ORT, PE, PHIL, PHSC, PHYS, PLSC, PSYC, S0C, SPCH

Total Credits: 16-18

Degree Emphasis **

Total Credits: 14-16

Grand Total Credits: 60

* Humanities courses may be chosen with the following prefixes: ART, DRAM, ENGL, FA, FL, MUS, PHIL.

** Lab Science courses may be chosen with the following prefixes: BIOL, CHEM, GEOL, PHSC, PHYS.

*** Social & Behavioral Science courses may be chosen with the following prefixes: ECON, GEOG, HIST, PLSC, PSYC, SOC

*General Education Electives may be chosen from courses with the following prefixes: AJ, ART, BIOL, CHEM, DRAM, ECON, ENGL, FA, FL, GEOG, GEOL, HIST, MAT (higher than 1123), MUS, ORT, PE (limit 2 hours), PHIL, PHSC, PHYS, PLSC, PSYC, S0C, SPCH

**Degree Emphasis: Courses must include 14-16 approved credit hours from one of the following areas:

Liberal Arts: AJ, ART, DRAM, EDUC, ECON, ENGL, FA, FL, GEOG, HIST, MUS, PHIL, PLSC, PSYC, SOC, SPCH

Agriculture, HPER, Math & Science: AGRI, BIOL, CHEM, GEOL, HPER, MAT (higher than 1123), PHSC, PHYS

Business: BA, CIS, MM

Pre-Allied Health: ALDH, EMS, HIT, MLT, NURS, PN, RADT, SUR

Technical: AST, CAD, CEO, CIT, CRT, CT, ET, HVAC, MT, TTD, WLD