Arizona General Education Curriculum (AGEC - S)

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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

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

B. Mathematics: 4

MAT 221 - Analytic Geometry and Calculus I Credits: 4 or any course for which this is a prerequisite.

C. Arts and Humanities: 6

(Choose two courses with different prefixes)

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

D. Social and Behavioral Sciences: 6

(Choose two courses with different prefixes)

ANT 102 - Cultural Anthropology Credits: 3
BUS 207 - Macro Economics Credits: 3
GHY 240 - World Regional Geography Credits: 3
HIS 132 - History of the United States II Credits: 3
HIS 136 - Western Civilization II Credits: 3
HIS 234 - History of Indians of North America Credits: 3
POS 120 - American National Government Credits: 3
SOC 131 - Introductory Sociology Credits: 3
SOC 140 - Race and Ethnic Relations Credits: 3
BUS 206 - Micro Economics Credits: 3
GHY 212 - Introduction to Meteorology Credits: 4
HIS 131 - History of the United States I Credits: 3
HIS 135 - Western Civilization I Credits: 3
HIS 137 - Twentieth Century World History Credits: 3
HIS 281 - Latin American History Credits: 3
PSY 101 - Introductory Psychology Credits: 3
SOC 136 - Marriage and Family Credits: 3

E. Physical and Biological Sciences 8 - 10

(Choose two courses in the same sequence)

BIO 181 - General Biology (Majors) I Credits: 4 and
BIO 182 - General Biology (Majors) II Credits: 4
or
PHY 115 - University Physics I Credits: 5 and
PHY 116 - University Physics II Credits: 5

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.