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2011-2012 Catalog 
    
2011-2012 Catalog [ARCHIVED CATALOG]

General Education Requirements




Arizona General Education Curriculum (AGEC - A)


General Education and Transfer Degrees

Associate of Arts (AGEC- A) General Education Core Requirements

The AGEC-A, a minimum block of 35 credit hours of lower-division general education course work, may be completed at any state of Arizona community college. The approved courses will fulfill lower-division, general education requirements at any state of Arizona university or community college. Students will be required to fulfill the course prerequisites, major requirements and upper-division requirements specified by each university. This block of courses represents only the general education portion of a degree. See specific programs of study for total credit-hour requirements.

A. Freshman Composition: 6


B. Mathematics: 3 - 4


F. Options: 6 - 7


Select courses according to major and language proficiency requirements. Courses should be selected from Sections C, D, and E above. If two optional courses are chosen from section F below, select from two different prefixes.

Communication, Computer Information Systems, Critical Thinking & Logic, International/ Multicultural Studies & Language

Total Minimum Hours Credit: 35 - 37


Note:


**Please note that courses may have prerequisite requirements.


Arizona General Education Curriculum (AGEC - B)


Associate of Business (AGEC-B)

General Education Core Requirements

The AGEC-B, a minimum block of 35 credit hours of lower-division general education course work, may be completed at any state of Arizona community college. The approved courses will fulfill lower-division, general education requirements at any state of Arizona university or community college. Students will be required to fulfill the course prerequisites, major requirements and upper-division requirements specified by each university. This block of courses represents only the general education portion of a degree. See specific programs of study for total credit-hour requirements. Associate of Business degree core courses may not be used not satisfy AGEC-B requirements

A. Freshman Composition: 6


B. Mathematics: 3 - 4


F. Options: 6 - 7


Select courses according to major and language proficiency requirements. Courses should be selected from Sections C, D, and E above. If two optional courses are chosen from section F below, select from two different prefixes.

Communication, Computer Information Systems, Critical Thinking & Logic, International/ Multicultural Studies & Language

Total Minimum Hours Credit: 35 - 37


Note:


**Please note that courses may have prerequisite requirements.


Arizona General Education Curriculum (AGEC - S)


Associate of Science (AGEC-S)

General Education Core Requirements

The AGEC-S, a minimum block of 36 credit hours of lower-division general education course work, may be completed at any Arizona community college. The approved courses will fulfill lower-division, general education requirements at any state of Arizona community college or state of Arizona university. Students will be required to fulfill the course prerequisites, major requirements, and upper-division requirements specified by each university. This block of courses represents only the general education portion of a degree. See specific programs of study for total credit hour requirements.

A. Freshman Composition: 6


B. Mathematics: 4


E. Physical and Biological Sciences 8 - 10


 (Choose two courses in the same sequence)

F. Options: 7 - 8


(Choose two courses)

Based on program/degree requirements and using a transfer guide or consulting advice from a university program advisor, select math courses above Calculus 1 and/or science courses from astronomy, biology environmental science, chemistry, geology, physics, or geography.

Total Minimum Hours Credit: 37 - 40


Note:


**Please note that courses may have prerequisite requirements.


A.A.S. General Education Checklist


Associate of Applied Science (AAS)

General Education Core Requirements

A minimum block of 15 credits hours of lower-division general education coursework must be completed. The block of courses represents only the general education portion of an AAS degree. See your specific program of study for total credit hour requirements. The AAS is not a transfer degree program; however, many of the individual courses listed in the core may transfer to any state of Arizona community college or state of Arizona university.

Communications: 6


Choose two courses from the following list:

Critical Thinking and Reasoning: 3 - 4


Choose one course from the following list:

Any vocational ethics course


Technology: 3


Choose one course from the following list:

Total AAS General Education Credit Hours: 15 - 17