Arizona General Education Curriculum (AGEC - A)

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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

ENG 101 - English Composition I Credits: 3
ENG 102 - English Composition II Credits: 3

B. Mathematics: 3 - 4

MAT 142 - College Mathematics Credits: 3 [MAT 151* College Algebra or a quantitative course that requires MAT 151 as a prerequisite.]

C. Arts and Humanities: 6

(Choose two courses with different prefixes)

ART 130 - Survey of World Art I Credits: 3
ART 230 - Survey of World Art II Credits: 3
ENG 137 - Introduction to Literature Credits: 3
ENG 233 - English Literature I Credits: 3
ENG 234 - English Literature II Credits: 3
ENG 235 - American Literature I Credits: 3
ENG 236 - American Literature II Credits: 3
HUM 150 - Introduction to the Humanities I-Prehistory to the Middle Ages Credits: 3
HUM 151 - Introduction to the Humanities II - Renaissance to the Present Credits: 3
HUM 250 - Introduction to Cinema Credits: 3
MUS 101 - Appreciation and Literature of Music Credits: 3
PHI 101 - Introduction to Philosophy Credits: 3
PHI 205 - Comparative World Religions Credits: 3

D. Social and Behavioral Sciences: 6

(Choose two courses with different prefixes)

ANT 102 - Cultural Anthropology Credits: 3
BUS 206 - Micro Economics Credits: 3
BUS 207 - Macro Economics Credits: 3
GHY 240 - World Regional Geography Credits: 3
HIS 131 - History of the United States I Credits: 3
HIS 132 - History of the United States II Credits: 3
HIS 135 - Western Civilization I Credits: 3
HIS 136 - Western Civilization II Credits: 3
HIS 137 - Twentieth Century World History Credits: 3
POS 120 - American National Government Credits: 3
PSY 101 - Introductory Psychology Credits: 3
SOC 131 - Introductory Sociology Credits: 3
SOC 136 - Marriage and Family Credits: 3
SOC 140 - Race and Ethnic Relations Credits: 3

E. Physical and Biological Sciences: 8

(Choose two courses)

AST 101 - Introductory Astronomy Credits: 4
BIO 100 - Biology Concepts Credits: 4
BIO 181 - General Biology (Majors) I Lab Credits: 0
BIO 182 - General Biology (Majors) II Credits: 4
CHM 130 - Fundamental Chemistry Credits: 4
CHM 151 - General Chemistry I Credits: 4
CHM 152 - General Chemistry II Credits: 4
ENV 101 - Environmental Science Credits: 4
GHY 212 - Introduction to Meteorology Credits: 4
GLG 101 - Physical Geology Credits: 4
GLG 102 - Historical Geology Credits: 4
GLG 110 - Environmental Geology/Natural Disasters Credits: 4
GLG 140 - Introduction to Oceanography Credits: 4
PHY 107 - Conceptual Physics Credits: 4
PHY 111 - General Physics I Credits: 4
PHY 112 - General Physics II Credits: 4
PHY 115 - University Physics I Credits: 5
PHY 116 - University Physics II Credits: 5

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

COM 121 - Interpersonal Communications Credits: 3
COM 151 - Public Speaking Credits: 3
CIS 110 - Intro to Computer Info Systems Credits: 3
PHI 151 - Ethics Credits: 3
EDU 214 - Cultural Diversity In Education Credits: 3
HIS 234 - History of Indians of North America Credits: 3
HIS 281 - Latin American History Credits: 3
PHI 205 - Comparative World Religions Credits: 3
SPA 101 - Elementary Spanish I Credits: 4
FRE 101 - Elementary French I Credits: 4
ASL 101 - American Sign Language I Credits: 4

Total Minimum Hours Credit: 35 - 37

Note:

**Please note that courses may have prerequisite requirements.